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Heart-centred Living
Get away from the stress of a busy life and learn to access and experience the deep peace and tranquility within your own mind.
The focus of the retreat is meditation on love. We all have within us the capacity to love others in a way that brings joy and happiness, and Buddhist teachings have inspiring and practical methods to help us develop that capacity. All our relationships benefit as a result, / this has a beneficial impact on all our relationships, at home and at work.
A weekend retreat allows us to go deeper into our experience of meditation without the distractions of daily life, to really see what is going on in our mind and to take the teachings deep into our heart. The quiet and peaceful environment of Loon Lake Retreat Centre is the perfect place to immerse ourself in meditation so that we feel refreshed, energized and ready to take on the world.
Each session will include guided meditation and Buddhist teachings on developing a joyful loving good heart. There will be plenty of time between sessions to enjoy the forest and lake walks, so that you can return home feeling truly rested and relaxed.
Loving others is principally an attitude of mind. We cannot physically care for everyone, but we can develop a caring attitude towards all beings.
- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, How to Transform Your Life
Retreat Venue
Loon Lake Lodge and Retreat Centre
14500 Silver Valley Road,
Maple Ridge, BC V4R 2R3
Retreat Timetable
Friday 29th
7:30–8:45pm Session 1
Saturday 30th
9:00–10:15am Session 2
11:00–12:15pm Session 3
4:30–5:45pm Session 4
7:30–8:45pm Session 5
Sunday 1st
9:00–10:15am Session 6
11:00–12:15pm Session 7
PRICING AND REGISTRATION
Members, shared room (two twin beds): $420
Members, single room: $675
Non Member, shared room (two twin beds): $520
Non Member, single room: $775
Prices are all inclusive - teachings, accommodation, meals, and snacks.
HOW TO REGISTER
You can register using the buttons below. Please note the following:
* contact registrar@kmcfv.ca for further information if you wish to register for an option that is unavailable
* please bring your own linens and toiletries: sheets, blankets (or a sleeping bag), pillows, towels, shampoo, etc…
* please contact registrar@kmcfv.ca for any dietary restrictions, allergies, or other special needs, or if you wish to share a room with a specific registrant…we will do our best to accommodate your needs, or we will let you know if we are unable to do so…thank you!
About the Teachers
Gen Kelsang Delek and Gen Kelsang Sanden, who are the Teachers at the Kadampa Meditation Centres in Vancouver and Fraser Valley, will be leading this retreat.
They are senior Teachers in the Kadampa Tradition much appreciated for their joyful, practical approach to Buddha’s teachings, with many years of experience practising and teaching between them.
Clarity of Mind - a silent retreat
Our mind’s true nature is like a clear sky, but so often it’s clouded by our busy, uncontrolled and sometimes negative thoughts.
In this one day retreat we will engage in meditations from the Buddhist Mahamudra tradition, leading to an experience of our spacious, peaceful, blue sky mind. Gen Delek will explain how to eliminate distractions and engage in clear and joyful meditations.
What a great way to prepare for the holiday season ahead!
This retreat is suitable for everyone - Buddhist, non-Buddhist, beginners and those with some experience of meditation. Everyone is welcome and will benefit from this day retreat!
To help us let go of our busy external world, settle our mind, and get the most out of this precious time on retreat, we will keep silence inside the building throughout the day.
Cost
$50 for non-members
$20 for members
Includes lunch and refreshments
Schedule
Session 1: 10:00 – 11:00am
Session 2: 11:30am – 12:30pm
Lunch: 12:30 – 2:00pm
Session 3: 2:00 – 3:00pm
About the Teacher
Gen Kelsang Delek, the Resident Teacher of KMC Vancouver, is a senior Teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU). She has been a Kadampa Buddhist nun and Teacher under the guidance of her Spiritual Guide, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, for almost 30 years and has been the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Centres in Canada, Japan and the UK.
Pure Heart of Compassion
Buddha Avalokiteshvara is the embodiment of the compassion of all enlightened beings. Through sincerely engaging in Buddha Avalokiteshvara's brief and powerful meditation practice we can gradually awaken our compassionate Buddha nature. We can solve our own daily problems by controlling our delusions, and then from this state we can bring so much extraordinary benefit to our family, our community and our world.
An empowerment is a guided Tantric meditation that harnesses wisdom, imagination and the power of enlightened beings to take us to pure worlds and pure experiences. It bestows upon us special blessings that heal our mental continuum and awaken our Buddha nature. During this special new year course, Gen Delek will grant the blessing empowerment of Avalokiteshvara and give the transmission of the mantra, followed by teachings on how to integrate this practice into our daily lives and a retreat on Avalokiteshvara practice.
Cost
Empowerment, commentary and retreat:
$75 for non-members
$50 for members
Schedule
Tuesday, December 31st
7:00-9:00pm – Empowerment
Wednesday, January 1st
11:00-12:30pm – Commentary to Avalokiteshvara practice
2:00-3:00pm – Retreat
3:30-4:30pm – Retreat
About the Teacher
Gen Kelsang Delek, the Resident Teacher of KMC Vancouver, is a senior Teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU). She has been a Kadampa Buddhist nun and Teacher under the guidance of her Spiritual Guide, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, for almost 30 years and has been the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Centres in Canada, Japan and the UK.
New Year’s Eve Celebration
A New Year’s Eve with a difference! Bring in the new year with prayers to the Buddha of Compassion, Avalokiteshvara, and simple mantra recitation. Everyone is invited to light a candle and make their own personal prayers for the new year.
This is open to everyone, Buddhist, non-Buddhist, beginners and more experienced. Everyone is welcome!
Schedule
10:00-11:00pm: Refreshments
11:00pm - 12:15am: Avalokiteshvara prayers & candle lighting
Cost
$20 Non-members
FREE for Members
About the Teacher
Gen Kelsang Sanden is a Canadian Buddhist monk, and the Second Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Centre Vancouver. He has been a long time student of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition. He is well loved for his compassion, sense of humour and the clarity of his teachings.
Keys to Successful Meditation
Saturday, October 19th @ 10am-1pm
Do you feel that your meditation practice isn’t really progressing? Do you struggle to maintain your practice amidst the busyness of daily life? Is it difficult to improve your concentration? This course will help you to overcome such obstacles and create an effective and joyful meditation practice.
Gaining deep inner experience of meditation depends upon certain inner conditions. Just as we need to prepare the ground before we plant seeds in a garden, so we need to prepare our mind if we are to enjoy the fruits of our meditation practice. If our mind is burdened with too much negativity, or if it lacks inner power, and if we’re not receiving the empowering inspiration of enlightened beings our progress will be limited.
Josh will show how we can remove these obstacles so that our mind is clear and strong. He will explain the practices of purifying negativity, accumulating merit, and receiving the inspiring blessings of enlightened beings, which are essential for a confident and joyful meditation practice.
Everyone is welcome to attend this course, regardless of previous experience.
Cost
$35 for non-members
Free for members
Schedule
Session 1: 10:00 – 11:15am
Break
Session 2: 11:45am – 1:00pm
About the Teacher
Josh Baker has been practising Kadampa Buddhism for more than 15 years, and often teaches meditation classes at KMC Vancouver. He is known for his kind and gentle delivery of Dharma teachings and for his faith and enthusiasm for Kadam Dharma. Josh lives in Vancouver with his wife and daughter.
Mandala Offerings and Guru Yoga Retreat
Gaining deep experience of Dharma depends not just upon meditation but also upon creating certain inner conditions such as purifying negativity, accumulating merit, and receiving blessings. In this retreat we will focus on the preliminary practices of accumulating merit by making mandala offerings and receiving blessings through Guru yoga practice. *
The practice of mandala offerings is a beautiful, imaginative practice whereby we create then causes for a completely pure world to appear. Remembering that everything starts in the imagination, we envision peaceful, beautiful environments and offer them to the holy beings. To offer mandalas we can construct traditional rice mandalas or we can simply visualize a pure world.
We receive blessings by engaging in Guru yoga practice. This special practice enables us to strengthen our connection with our Spiritual Guide and feel very close to him or her. We make many requests by reciting the special Migtsema prayer, and then receive our Spiritual Guide’s transformative blessings.
We will engage in this retreat in conjunction with the prayers Hundreds of Deities of the Joyful Land According to Highest Yoga Tantra. There will be silent periods to concentrate and meditate on offering mandalas and recite the Migtsema prayer.
Offering the mandala is offering a Pure Land generated through the power of correct imagination. There is no difference between offering a Pure Land generated through the power of correct imagination and offering an actual Pure Land – both are mere appearance to the mind.
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso — from Oral Instructions of Mahamudra
*To learn more about these important preliminary practices for meditation be sure to attend our morning course with Josh Baker called Keys to Successful Meditation on October 19th.
Retreat Schedule
Friday 11th
7:00 – 8:15pm Introduction
Saturday 12th
9:00 – 10:15am
11:00 – 12:15pm
4:30 – 5:45pm
7:00 – 8:30pm
Sunday 13th
9:00 – 10:15am
11:00 – 12:30pm
Event Cost
Non-members
Whole retreat: $35
Friday evening: $15
Sat and Sun retreat sessions: $5 per session
Members free, included in your membership
Please pay at the door
About the Teacher
Gen Kelsang Delek, the Resident Teacher of KMC Vancouver, is teaching these classes in May. She is a senior Teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU). She has been a Kadampa Buddhist nun and Teacher under the guidance of her Spiritual Guide, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, for almost 30 years and has been the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Centres in Canada, Japan and the UK.
The Wheel of Life
Even if we contemplate deeply the most sublime works of art we cannot gain benefits that compare with the benefits of contemplating and meditating on the diagram of the Wheel of Life because this diagram reveals the complete path to enlightenment.
Joyful Path Of Good Fortune.
The Wheel of Life is a famous diagram drawn by Buddha Shakyamuni that teaches the complete path to enlightenment. Its vivid imagery helps us understand why we experience the sufferings and problems that we do, and how we can permanently break free from these. It includes illustrations of the Twelve-Dependent Related Links, a chain-like series of cause and effect that reveals the way in which we are caught up in a cycle of suffering.
In this course Gen Rinzin will give a practical and contemplative tour of the Wheel of Life and show how we can use this diagram to inspire our meditations and guide ourselves along the spiritual path.
Everyone is welcome to attend; no previous knowledge of these teachings is required. This special course is ideal for visual learners and those who enjoy imagery as a source of inspiration and learning.
Following the course, we can enjoy a movie, a video of the play The Wheel of Life, which tells the story of the life of King Bimbisara, a friend and contemporary of Buddha, and how the diagram of the Wheel of Life came to be drawn.
Schedule
Session 1: 10:00am – 11:15am
Session 2: 11:45am – 1:00pm
Lunch: 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Session 3: 2:30pm – 3:45pm
Film showing of the Wheel of Life: From 4:15pm
Event Cost
Non-members $50 per person
Members $20 per person
Includes lunch and refreshments
Please register below to secure your space
About the Teacher
Gen Rinzin was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 2004 and taught at Heruka Buddhist Center in Fort Collins, Colorado for 15 years. He has been the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center Washington since October 2020. Gen Rinzin communicates his love of Dharma with a down-to-earth approach and humour that helps the listener appreciate and understand the teachings and put them into practice. His teachings are clear and practical, making them easy to apply to modern life. We are delighted to have him visit KMC Vancouver to teach on October 5th.
Open House
FREE and open to the public
Everyone is welcome!
Discover a peaceful oasis in your neighbourhood at Kadampa Meditation Centre Vancouver.
Schedule:
Talk & meditation 11:00-11:30am
Tours of our shrine room
15 min taster meditations
Delicious refreshments
Meet our warm-hearted Kadampa community!
Finding Stillness Within
Treat yourself to a retreat and find stillness within.
Gen Sanden will guide various breathing meditations that are both simple and profound, leading us to an experience of peace that is naturally within us all.
Breathing meditation enables us to control our mind rather than allowing our mind to control us. It temporarily removes all negative conceptual thoughts from our mind, making it calm like water that has become pure and still. In this way, we get immediate relief from anxiety, stress and other painful states of mind.
To help us let go of our busy external world, settle our mind, and get the most out of this precious time on retreat, we will keep silence inside the building throughout the day.
This event is suitable for everyone. Beginners are welcome.
Event Schedule
Session 1: 10:00 – 11:00am
Session 2: 11:30am – 12:30pm
Lunch: 12:30 – 2:00pm
Session 3: 2:00 – 3:00pm
Event Cost
Non-members $50
Members $20
Includes lunch and refreshments
Please register below to secure your space
About the Teacher
Gen Kelsang Sanden is a senior Teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition. Well loved for his compassion, sense of humour and the clarity of his teachings, he has been a Kadampa Teacher and monk for more than 20 years.
Introduction to Tantra
Introduction to Tantra
In Kadampa Buddhism, we practice the union of Sutra and Tantra: both are equally important and together they form a complete spiritual path. In Buddha's Sutra teachings, his public teachings, we understand how to attain enlightenment but that attainment can feel remote to us. Through practicing Buddha's Tantric teachings we are given a clear vision of what enlightenment is and special tools to accomplish this sublime state swiftly.
In this short course, Gen Delek will explain some of these special tools - such as the skillful use of the imagination in envisioning enlightenment, and how to develop a blissful mind - that you can practise and benefit from immediately, even though an in-depth practice of Tantra depends upon first receiving an empowerment.
This course is an ideal preparation for the NKT International Fall Festival 2024 in Brazil, when Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong, General Spiritual Director of NKT IKBU, will be giving Highest Yoga Tantra empowerments, following the teachings of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche.
This half-day course will include practical teachings, guided meditations and time for questions.
Everyone is welcome!
Cost
$35 , Free for members
About the Teacher
Gen Kelsang Delek, the Resident Teacher of KMC Vancouver, is teaching these classes in May. She is a senior Teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU). She has been a Kadampa Buddhist nun and Teacher under the guidance of her Spiritual Guide, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, for almost 30 years and has been the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Centres in Canada, Japan and the UK.
Island Retreat
Friday, August 23rd to Sunday August 25th
In this silent retreat we will take a deep dive into the true nature of reality, emptiness, based on the eighth verse of the much-loved text, Eight Verses of Training the Mind. This remarkable text, composed by Bodhisattva Langri Tangpa, an eleventh-century Buddhist Master from Tibet, reveals the essence of the path to enlightenment in eight verses. It shows how we can transform our mind from its present confused and self-centred state into the perfect wisdom and compassion of a Buddha.
At last year’s Island Retreat we meditated on the first seven verses; this year we will focus on the eighth verse, and in particular, we will explore the emptiness of phenomena which is explained here in a unique and very special way.
There are eight phenomena (production, disintegration, impermanence, permanence, going, coming, singularity and plurality) that we think about in a mistaken, or extreme, way: we believe them to be inherently existent. Our minds that grasp at these eight extremes are different aspects of our self-grasping ignorance.
Gen Delek and Gen Sanden will bring out the practicality and relevance of this subject to our daily happiness. We will understand how our self-grasping ignorance causes us to experience endless suffering and problems, and how to cease this ignorance permanently by meditating on the emptiness of all phenomena. Thus we cease our suffering permanently and accomplish the real meaning of our human life.
Furthermore, through all the above practices,
Together with a mind undefiled by stains of conceptions of the eight extremes
And that sees all phenomena as illusory,
May I and all living beings be released from the bondage of mistaken appearance and conception.- Verse 8 from Eight Verses of Training the Mind
Retreat Schedule
Friday, August 23rd
From 5:00pm Registration
6:00 - 7:00pm Supper
7:30 - 8:45pm Session 1
Saturday , August 24th
7:30 - 8:30am Breakfast
9:00 - 10:15am Session 2
10:15 - 11:00am Break
11:00 - 12:15pm Session 3
12:30 - 1:30pm Lunch
4:30 - 5:45pm Session 4
6:00pm Supper
7:30 - 8:45pm Session 5
Sunday, August 25th
7:00 - 8:00am Breakfast
8:30 - 9:45am Session 6
9:45 - 10:15am Break
10:15 - 11:15pm Session 7
11:15 - noon Clear up!
Fees & Registration
Only a few spots still available - Book now!
Shared Accommodation (2 Twin Beds): MEMBERS $350/person | NON-MEMBERS $465/person
Shared Accommodation (1 Queen Bed): MEMBERS $350/person | NON-MEMBERS $465/person
Single Occupancy (1 Twin Bed): MEMBERS $535/person | NON-MEMBERS $620/person
About the Teachers
Gen Kelsang Delek, the Resident Teacher of KMC Vancouver, is teaching these classes in May. She is a senior Teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU). She has been a Kadampa Buddhist nun and Teacher under the guidance of her Spiritual Guide, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, for almost 30 years and has been the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Centres in Canada, Japan and the UK.
Gen Kelsang Sanden is a Canadian Buddhist monk, and the second Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Centre Vancouver. He has been a long time student of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition. He is well loved for his compassion, sense of humour and the clarity of his teachings.
The good heart of equanimity
The Good Heart of Equanimity
Join us for this summer meditation workshop with Kadampa Teacher, Inkeri Meharg, who will guide meditations, lead a walk, and inspire us to integrate meditation into our daily experience of life.
The workshop will begin at Kadampa Meditation Centre with an explanation of the meditation on equanimity. Then Inkeri will guide us in a silent walk around Trout Lake where we will contemplate what we see in light of that explanation.
Regrouping at the Centre, there will be discussion and refreshments followed by Inkeri guiding a meditation to help us develop the loving good heart of equanimity, using our experiences gained on the walk.
This workshop will show us how we can integrate meditation into our everyday life; we will experience how to make meditation live in our life, which will bring profound benefits to ourselves and others.
The walk around Trout Lake will happen, rain or shine. Please dress for the weather!
Cost
$35 , Free for members
Registration CLICK HERE
About the Teacher
Inkeri is a senior Kadampa teacher who has been practicing for over 20 years. She brings a wealth of practical experience of integrating Buddhist teachings with daily life. Inkeri often teaches the Learn to Meditate courses at our main Kadampa centre.
Clear Mind Silent Retreat
Clear Mind Silent Retreat
When the turbulence of distracting thoughts subsides and our mind becomes still, a deep happiness and contentment naturally arises from within.
- Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
The real source of happiness is inner peace. If our mind is peaceful, we will be happy all the time, regardless of external conditions, but if it is disturbed or troubled in any way, we will never be happy, no matter how good our external conditions may be.
On this relaxed retreat learn guided meditations that can be practiced by anyone. With regular practice, these meditations help us overcome distractions and experience mental clarity and inner peace.
Join us in person at Kadampa Meditation Centre Vancouver and experience the benefits of meditation on Saturday June 8th from 10am to 3pm.
A wonderful opportunity to relax in a beautiful, peaceful environment and enjoy refreshments and a wholesome vegetarian lunch between sessions.
The retreat will be led by Gen Kelsang Sandenw, who will explain and guide meditations. Other than that, the retreat will be in silence to enable participants to settle their minds and enjoy a day of stillness and peace. At the end of the day, there will be an opportunity for Q&A.
This event is suitable for everyone, beginners are welcome.
Event Schedule
Session 1: 10:00 – 11:00am
Session 2: 11:30am – 12:30pm
Lunch: 12:30 – 2:00pm
Session 3: 2:00 – 3:00pm
Cost
Public $50 | Members $15 (lunch included)
Registration Click HERE
About the Teacher
Gen Kelsang Sanden is a Canadian Buddhist monk, and the second Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Centre Vancouver. He has been a long time student of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition. He is well loved for his compassion, sense of humour and the clarity of his teachings.
Offering our Faith Retreat
Offering Our Faith Retreat
FREE for Everyone | Drop-ins welcome | Available via livestream for members
Every day we remember the extraordinary kindness of Venerable Geshe-la, our Root Guru and Founder of the New Kadampa Tradition. But on this auspicious day, June 4 (Turning the Wheel of Dharma Day), at Kadampa centres around the world, with minds of rejoicing and gratitude, we offer him our faith through using the special prayer Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso from his Faithful Disciples and collecting our Guru’s name mantra in a one-day retreat. Everyone is welcome to take part.
Gen Delek will give a short explanation of the retreat at 8am, at the beginning of the first session.
This event is suitable for everyone, beginners are welcome.
Event Schedule
Session 1: 8:00–9:30am
Session 2: 11:00am – 12:15pm
Session 3: 4:00 – 5:15pm
OSG Prayers: 7:00 – 8:30pm
About the Resident Teacher
Gen Kelsang Delek, the Resident Teacher of KMC Vancouver. Her extensive experience and excellent example are well appreciated by her students. With her practical approach and clear explanations of even the most profound of Buddha’s teachings, Gen Delek inspires us to put Dharma into practice in our daily lives.
Nyungnay Purification Retreat
Drop in and pay/register at the door $30 non-members, Free for members
On this special annual retreat that comes around just once every year. We will spend two days with thousand-armed (eleven-faced) Avalokiteshvara – ‘Mahakaruna’ – the nature of our Guru’s great compassion. This will involve making exquisite offerings, praises and prostrations and thereby accumulating huge merit, purifying vast negativity for ourself and others and receiving the most powerful blessing to propel ourself swiftly along our path to enlightenment.
Wrapped within the practice of the Mahayana Precepts, Nyungnay involves fasting and making three sessions of prostrations, with the sadhana ‘Drop of Essential Nectar‘, over two days. Usually the second day is accompanied by a full fast, which although recommended, is not compulsory.
Everyone is welcome to join us for this special retreat.
Event Schedule
Sunday April 14th:
6:30–7:00 am Mahayana Precepts
7:00–8:15 am Session 1
9:15–10:30 am Session 2
11:00am–12:00 pm Happiness hour
2:00–3:30 pm Session 3
Monday April 15th:
3:30–5:30pm OSG/Buddha’s Enlightenment Day
Friday April 12th:
7:00–8:30 pm Introduction Talk
Saturday April 13th:
6.30–7:00 am Mahayana Precepts
7:00–8:15 am Session 1
10:00–11:15 am Session 2
2:30–3:45 pm Session 3
About our Resident Teacher
Gen Kelsang Sanden is a Canadian Buddhist monk, and the Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Centre Vancouver. He has been a long time student of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition. He is well loved for his compassion, sense of humour and the clarity of his teachings.
Canadian National Festival
Join us for this year's Canadian National Festival taking place on March 29th to April 2nd at Kadampa Meditation Centre Canada in Toronto, this year being taught by Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong.
During the Festival, Gen-la will grant the empowerment of Wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa and give teachings on the special Kadampa prayer Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche from his Faithful Disciples.
This deeply blessed prayer is at the very heart of the spiritual practice of fortunate modern Kadampa disciples. Gen-la will give a brief commentary on the meaning and importance of this prayer and how to use it in daily life.
This is a rare and special opportunity, in Canada, to receive these instructions from Gen-la Dekyong and in turn, to deepen our faith and ability to rely upon our Spiritual Guide.
Don't miss this wonderful opportunity to receive teachings from this deeply inspiring and experienced Spiritual Guide.
East Vancouver Mindfulness Walk
Beauty and kindness abound in our neighbourhood, yet we are often too distracted to notice. Join us at Kadampa Meditation Centre from 1:30pm -2:30pm to learn a tool to stay focused on what brings peace of mind and awaken your sense of joy and belonging, by a qualified Kadampa Meditation Teacher. Then, head out together for a silent walk up to and around Brewer’s Park where we will enjoy the scenery and gardens before returning back to Kadampa Meditation Centre to share your experience and enjoy some hot tea.
Please dress for the weather. Although much of this activity will be indoors there will be a short silent walk south to visit a local park to expand on the meditative experience. This event will be proceeding unless we are experiencing a snow blizzard, so please register here for this free event. Venture out to enjoy the hidden gems in our neighbourhood.
Buddhist Solutions for Life's Challenges
Buddhist Solutions for Life's Challenges
FREE public talk with Buddhist monk Gen Sanden
Gordon Neighbourhood House
1019 Broughton Street, Vancouver, BC, V6G 2A7
We can see for ourselves that despite all our efforts to solve our problems, there is no less suffering in the world today, and there are no fewer problems. In recent years our knowledge of modern technology has increased considerably, but there has not been a corresponding increase in happiness or decrease in suffering or challenges. Buddha’s teachings clarify why this is so and show us why, if we seek real happiness and solutions to the challenges we face, we must improve the quality of our mind.
Buddhist teachings give us scientific methods to do exactly that.
During these Public Talks, Buddhist Teacher Gen Sanden, will share specific solutions to life’s challenges and in turn fill our lives with meaning and purpose.
Join us for this special opportunity. Stay for refreshments after the talk.
***Gordon Neighbourhood House and the Association of Neighbourhood Houses (ASH) are not sponsors of the activity described, and neither Gordon Neighbourhood House, nor ANH assume any responsibility for, and provide no endorsement of the activity.***
About the Resident Teacher
Gen Kelsang Sanden is a Canadian Buddhist monk, and the Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Centre Vancouver. He has been a long time student of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition. He is well loved for his compassion, sense of humour and the clarity of his teachings.
Buddhist Solutions for Life's Challenges
Buddhist Solutions for Life's Challenges
FREE public talk with Buddhist monk Gen Sanden
We can see for ourselves that despite all our efforts to solve our problems, there is no less suffering in the world today, and there are no fewer problems. In recent years our knowledge of modern technology has increased considerably, but there has not been a corresponding increase in happiness or decrease in suffering or challenges. Buddha’s teachings clarify why this is so and show us why, if we seek real happiness and solutions to the challenges we face, we must improve the quality of our mind.
Buddhist teachings give us scientific methods to do exactly that.
During these Public Talks, Buddhist Teacher Gen Sanden, will share specific solutions to life’s challenges and in turn fill our lives with meaning and purpose.
Join us for this special opportunity. Stay for refreshments after the talk.
About the Resident Teacher
Gen Kelsang Sanden is a Canadian Buddhist monk, and the Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Centre Vancouver. He has been a long time student of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition. He is well loved for his compassion, sense of humour and the clarity of his teachings.
Buddhist Solutions for Life's Challenges
Buddhist Solutions for Life's Challenges
FREE public talk with Buddhist monk Gen Sanden
We can see for ourselves that despite all our efforts to solve our problems, there is no less suffering in the world today, and there are no fewer problems. In recent years our knowledge of modern technology has increased considerably, but there has not been a corresponding increase in happiness or decrease in suffering or challenges. Buddha’s teachings clarify why this is so and show us why, if we seek real happiness and solutions to the challenges we face, we must improve the quality of our mind.
Buddhist teachings give us scientific methods to do exactly that.
During these Public Talks, Buddhist Teacher Gen Sanden, will share specific solutions to life’s challenges and in turn fill our lives with meaning and purpose.
Join us for this special opportunity. Stay for refreshments after the talk.
About the Resident Teacher
Gen Kelsang Sanden is a Canadian Buddhist monk, and the Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Centre Vancouver. He has been a long time student of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition. He is well loved for his compassion, sense of humour and the clarity of his teachings.
Buddhist Solutions for Life's Challenges
Buddhist Solutions for Life's Challenges
FREE public talk with Buddhist monk Gen Sanden
We can see for ourselves that despite all our efforts to solve our problems, there is no less suffering in the world today, and there are no fewer problems. In recent years our knowledge of modern technology has increased considerably, but there has not been a corresponding increase in happiness or decrease in suffering or challenges. Buddha’s teachings clarify why this is so and show us why, if we seek real happiness and solutions to the challenges we face, we must improve the quality of our mind.
Buddhist teachings give us scientific methods to do exactly that.
During these Public Talks, Buddhist Teacher Gen Sanden, will share specific solutions to life’s challenges and in turn fill our lives with meaning and purpose.
Join us for this special opportunity. Stay for refreshments after the talk.
About the Resident Teacher
Gen Kelsang Sanden is a Canadian Buddhist monk, and the Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Centre Vancouver. He has been a long time student of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition. He is well loved for his compassion, sense of humour and the clarity of his teachings.
Turning to Tara On New Year’s
Turning to Tara on New Year’s
Sunday December 31 @ 7pm to Monday January 1 @ 4:15pm
Free event
Immerse yourself in Tara’s inspiring blessings and start the New Year feeling hopeful and transformed.
During this event we will be praying to Buddha Tara, a female enlightened being, for peace in our troubled world. These prayers, consisting of praises and requests to Tara, are approximately one-hour in length and are chanted every 4 hours for a period of 24 hours. They are very powerful because they are Sutra, the actual words of Buddha.
Tara is known as the Great Compassionate Mother and her name means ‘Rescuer’. Her energy is loving and wise. She is swift with her transformative blessings, and rescues living beings from fears and inner and outer dangers.
You can attend one or two sessions, or the entire retreat. Everyone is welcome.
SCHEDULE
December 31
7pm- 8:15pm Session 1
11am-12:15am Session 2
January 1
3am-4:15am Session 3
7am - 8:15am Session 4
11am - 12:15pm Session 5
3pm - 4:15pm Session 6
In each of the six prayer sessions we will use the prayer booklet called Liberation from Sorrow.
We will provide copies for you to use in the retreat, and copies will also be available for purchase from our bookshop. Doors will open half an hour before the first and second sessions, 15 minutes before the night-time sessions and half an hour before the last two sessions.
Everyone is welcome!
About the Resident Teacher
Gen Kelsang Sanden is a Canadian Buddhist monk, and the Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Centre Vancouver. He has been a long time student of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition. He is well loved for his compassion, sense of humour and the clarity of his teachings.
Becoming a Friend of the World
Becoming a Friend of the World
Course: $35 | Party: Free
In these difficult times a world free from suffering and true happiness can seem impossible, yet it is Buddha’s most fundamental teaching that each and every living being has this potential. In fact, Buddha taught that each of us has the potential to attain the supreme happiness of enlightenment.
In this year end course, Gen Sanden, Resident Teacher at KMC Vancouver, will share teachings on the Bodhisattva’s way of life and how we ourselves can become a Bodhisattva. Bodhisattvas are true friends of the world with a clear vision that cannot be clouded by the difficulties of these times and never waver in their love and compassion for all living beings.
A Bodhisattva’s life is joyful, confident, and strongly directed towards the attainment of enlightenment in order to develop great power to help all living beings accomplish their potential.
At the end of the course, there will be an opportunity for those who wish to take Bodhisattva Vow, making a commitment (at whatever level they are able) to follow this compassionate, hopeful path to enlightenment.
We will end the day with light refreshments and an opportunity to rejoice together in our Centre's activities to benefit others!
Event Schedule
Session 1: 1:00-2:15pm
Break: 2:15-2:45pm
Session 2: 2:45-4:00pm
Break: 4:00-4:20pm
Bodhisattva Vow Ceremony: 4:20-5:30pm
Centre gathering: 5:45pm
Everyone is welcome to the course and subsequent vow ceremony and everyone (whether they come to the course or not!) is welcome to our gathering celebrating our Centre and community that is dedicated to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life.
About our Resident Teacher
Gen Kelsang Sanden is a Canadian Buddhist monk, and the Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Centre Vancouver. He has been a long time student of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition. He is well loved for his compassion, sense of humour and the clarity of his teachings.
Finding Happiness from a Different Source
FINDING HAPPINESS FROM A DIFFERENT SOURCE
How Meditation changes everything | Thursday, November 16 @ 7:00 – 8:15pm
$25 early bird |$30 after November 6th
We tend to look for happiness outside ourself, thinking that if we arrange everything perfectly we would be truly happy.
We could change our home or our partner countless times, but until we change our restless, discontented mind we will never find real happiness. It is time we sought happiness from a different source. Happiness is a part of the mind, so the real source of happiness must lie within us.
Join us for this public talk with internationally renowned Teacher and Buddhist monk, Gen Rigpa, on finding a true source of happiness within our own peaceful mind through the practice of Buddhist meditation.
Stay for refreshments after the talk Everyone is welcome!
This event is expected to sell out. Please register early!
Gen Rigpa is also leading the Western Canada Dharma Celebration November 17-19, and will be bestowing the Blessing Empowerment of Prajnaparamita, and giving special teachings on how to Overcome Obstacles. Consider attending both events to experience the greatest impact.
“When our mind is peaceful we will be free from worries and mental discomfort, and so we will experience true happiness; but if our mind is not peaceful we will find it very difficult to be happy, even if we are living in the very best conditions. If we train in meditation, our mind will gradually become more and more peaceful, and we will experience a purer and purer form of happiness. Eventually we will be able to stay happy all the time, even in the most difficult circumstances.”
– Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
Gen Kelsang Rigpa is the Western US National Spiritual Director of the NKT-IKBU and the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center LA. Through his clear presentation and heartfelt teachings, he is able to help students easily integrate Buddha’s timeless teachings into our modern world, in a way that makes everyday life joyful and meaningful.
The Power of Mantra
The Power of Mantra
In person and live stream for members
With Resident Teacher Gen Sanden
Protect your mind, find healing and peace through meditation and mantra.
Mantra means mind protection. It can be used in many ways to help us, protect us, gain concentration and help us change our mind from negative to positive. It can be used in a simple yet profound way.
On this morning course taught by Gen Kelsang Sanden, Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Centre Centre Vancouver, you will learn:
the meaning of mantra and how it functions
a simple but powerful method to attain a calm and positive mind and to calm your mind in times of crisis
how to connect with enlightened power
Join us to discover the power of mantra and create special causes to experience the supreme inner peace of our enlightened mind.
Everybody is welcome!
Schedule
10:00 – 11:00am Teaching & meditation
11:30 – 12:30pm Teaching & meditation
Cost
$35 | Free for members
From Worrier to Warrior
From Worrier to Warrior
With Resident Teacher Gen Sanden
Imagine living without stress and tension – a life free from worry, anxiety, and the many daily problems these negative states of mind create.
On this course we will look at how meditation can eliminate stress and help us become more relaxed, peaceful and positive in our daily life. By training in powerful stress-busting techniques derived from ancient Buddhist wisdom, we can learn to face life’s adversities with a happy heart, deal with ‘difficult people’ without getting angry and transform hardships into opportunities for spiritual growth that we can even look forward to!
Full Schedule
Friday September 15
7:00 – 8:30pm Introduction
Saturday September 16
9:30 – 10:45am Teaching
11:15 – 12:30pm Teaching & meditation
1:30 – 2:45pm Teaching & meditation
3:15 – 4:30pm Teaching & meditation
Cost
$80 | $35 for members
Includes lunch & refreshments