Our Classes
UNLOCK YOUR POTENTIAL FOR LASTING INNER PEACE
Unlock Your Potential for Lasting Inner Peace
Unlock Your Potential for Lasting Inner Peace
Unlock Your Potential for Lasting Inner Peace
MENLHA
KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTER
Events
We offer many special events throughout the year. Check back often to see what's coming up!
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Rest and Reflect Retreat
with Rob Kelly
Saturday, July 12
Time: 10 am – 12 noon
Everyone welcome.
$20
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50% discount for Tier 1 & 2 members
Free for Tier 3 & 4 members​​
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Take a break from the hustle and bustle of everyday life in the peaceful surroundings of Menlha's beautiful meditation room. Everything has been arranged for you to rest your mind and reflect on positive thoughts. During these Saturdays, you will be gently guided in two meditations that heal our past, our body and our mind. Each month we change the focus of our reflections – from simple breathing meditations to healing our body meditations, to contemplations on cherishing others more deeply. Everyone welcome.
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July 2025 focus: Meditations for a Kind Heart
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SCHEDULE
10–10:45 am: Cherishing Others
10:45–11:15 am: Break
11:15–12:00 pm: Giving Happiness
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This World Is Not Our Home
with Rob Kelly
Saturday, July 19
Time: 10 – 11:15 am
Everyone welcome.
$12
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50% discount for Tier 1 & 2 members
Free for Tier 3 & 4 members​​
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In Kadampa Buddhism, the practice of transference of consciousness is known as 'powa,' which literally means "transference". Join us each month to explore this ancient practice which involves guiding the consciousness of the recently deceased to the Pure Land of Buddha, a world free from the painful rebirths of samsara.
This class follows the monthly Prayers for the Recently Deceased Practice. This class will be based on the book Living Meaningfully, Dying Joyfully by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, which is available in our bookstore, or here in e-book, paperback, and audiobook formats.
Growing Up: Spiritual maturity through the Six Perfections
with Sarah Paden
Saturday, July 26
Time: 10 am – 12:30 pm
Everyone welcome.
$25
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50% discount for Tier 1 & 2 members
Free for Tier 3 & 4 members​​
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What does it mean to be a bodhisattva, a ‘friend of the world’? This Buddhist term refers to a person who has developed the most loving heart possible, known as ‘the supreme good heart of bodhichitta’ by training in the ‘six perfections’ of giving, moral discipline, patience, joyful effort, concentration, and wisdom. By growing into the six perfections we become the best version of ourselves and can be of benefit to everyone that we meet.
In this workshop we explore the six perfections, focusing on practical ways of weaving them into our home and work lives, our relationships and our other activities, such that everything we think, say and do becomes profoundly beneficial to others, and a cause of our own inner peace, healing and happiness.
"The six perfections are the practices of giving, moral discipline, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom, motivated by bodhichitta. We should recognize that the six perfections are our daily practice." - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, "The New Heart of Wisdom"
SCHEDULE
10–11 am: Teaching
11–11:30 am: Break
11:30–12:30 pm: Teaching
24 hour Tara Retreat for World Peace
with Gen Kelsang Chogyop
Friday, August 8, starting at 4 pm
Saturday, August 9, ending at 12 pm
Everyone welcome.
This retreat is FREE.​​
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Homage to the Swift One, the Heroine.
Who is Buddha Green Tara and the Twenty-one Taras?
Tara is a female Buddha, a manifestation of the ultimate wisdom of all the Buddhas. Each of the Twenty-one Taras is a manifestation of the principal Tara, Green Tara. Tara is also known as the ‘Mother of the Conquerors’. Tara is our common mother, our Holy Mother. When we are young we turn to our worldly mother for help. She protects us from immediate dangers, provides us with all our temporal needs, and guides and encourages us in our learning and personal development. In the same way, during our spiritual growth we need to turn to our Holy Mother, Tara, for refuge. She protects us from all internal and external dangers. Her dearest wish is that all living beings be free from suffering and find inner peace, and so she seeks to help us swiftly overcome our obstacles.
In this retreat, we dedicate a 24-hour period to making prayers and praises to Buddha Tara for the welfare of the world.
Six sessions of Tara prayers will be held at regular intervals over the 24 hours, with each one lasting for about 75 minutes.
A virtuous pajama party! In between sessions, bring a pillow and blanket and rest on one of the many comfortable sofas at Menlha.
All are welcome to join as many (or as few) sessions as they would like.
SCHEDULE
Friday, August 8
4 pm – Session 1
8 pm – Session 2
Saturday, August 9
12 am midnight – Session 3
4 am – Session 4
8 am – Session 5
12 noon – Session 6
