STRENGTHEN
Special Events
Day Courses,
Public Talks,
Retreats
ACTUALIZE YOUR FULL POTENTIAL
“What is enlightenment? It is the inner light of wisdom that is completely free from all mistaken appearance, and whose function is to bestow mental peace upon each and every living being every day.”
- Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY
Intro: 7:00 - 8:15pm
SATURDAY
Session 1: 10:30-11:45am
90 MIN BREAK
Session 2: 1:00-2:15pm
30 MIN BREAK
Session 3: 2:45-4:00pm
60 MIN BREAK
Session 4: Quick Path with Tsog Offering 5:00-6:30pm
The Blissful Path:
A Highest Yoga Tantra Retreat
with Resident Teacher, John Baker
Friday, January 9th (Intro) & Saturday, January 10th • $35
This retreat will help build confidence and gain familiarity in the generation stage practice of Vajrayogini and in the short Vajrayogini sadhana, The Blissful Path.
*To participate, it is necessary to have received the Highest Yoga Tantra Empowerments or to have the wish to attend the next HYT Empowerments at Summer Festival 2026.
Please remember to bring a tsog offering and The Blissful Path prayer booklet.
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Developing Beneficial Views & Intentions
A Lamrim Retreat
with Resident Teacher, John Baker
Saturday, January 17th & Sunday, January 18th
$35 full retreat -or $20/day (FP & TTP discounts apply)
In this two day retreat increase your experience of the foundational meditations for stable mental peace, the Stages of the Path, "Lamrim" in Tibetan. Each retreat session will include chanted prayers, a brief teaching, and guided meditation.
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SATURDAY 1/17
Session 1: 10:00 - 11:00 am - Meditation on the Preciousness of Our Human Life
Session 2: 11:30am - 12:30pm - Meditation on Going for Refuge
Session 3: 2:00 - 3:00pm - Meditation on Karma
Session 4: 3:30 - 4:30pm - Meditation on Renunciation
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SUNDAY 1/18
Session 1: 10:30 - 11:45am - Sunday Morning Meditation - Cherishing All Living Beings
Session 2: 1:00 - 2:00pm - Meditation on the Supreme Good Heart, Bodhichitta
Session 3: 2:30 - 3:30pm - Training in Meditation on Emptiness
Session 4: 4:00 - 5:00pm - Meditation on Relying on Our Spiritual Guide
SCHEDULE:
Session 1: 10-11:15am
Session 2: 11:45am-12:45pm
Lunch Served: 12:45 - 2:00pm
Session 3: 2:00-3:00pm
Session 4: 3:30-4:30pm
Tranquil Abiding on the Clarity of the Mind:
A SILENT Retreat
with Resident Teacher, John Baker
Saturday, January 24th • 10am - 4:30pm • $35 (Includes Lunch)
In our busy modern lives, it’s easy for our minds to become tired and tense, leaving inner peace feeling out of reach. But true mental clarity and lasting happiness are closer than we think.
In this SILENT day retreat, you’ll be guided in meditations and teachings that help access the natural stillness and spaciousness of your own mind. Drawing on the first stage of Buddha’s profound Mahamudra teachings, these practical methods offer genuine tools to calm the mind, reduce stress, and find balance in daily life.
Meditation on the sky-like nature of the mind is simple yet deeply transformative—perfect for both beginners and experienced meditators alike. Keeping silence throughout the day will help to reduce distractions and maintain stillness.
Join us for an inspiring day of rest, reflection, and renewal. Everyone is welcome
SCHEDULE:
Saturday 2/7
10:30-11am Registration
11am - 1pm Empowerment
1-2:30pm Lunch Break
2:30 - 3:30pm Teaching #1
3:30-4pm Break
4-5pm Teaching #2
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Sunday 2/8
9:30 - 10:30am Session 1
10:30-11am Break
11am - 12pm Session 2
12 - 12:30pm Break
12:30 - 1:30pm Session 3
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SUPREME UNCHANGING FRIEND
The Blessing Empowerment of Buddha Shakyamuni, Teachings & Retreat
with Resident Teacher, John Baker
Saturday, February 7th • Empowerment & Teachings • 10:30am - 5pm
Sunday, February 8th • Retreat (3 Sessions) • 9:30am - 1:30pm
$75/person
Please join us at KMC Philadelphia, February 7th & 8th, for a very special event. Saturday morning, Resident Teacher, John Baker, will grant Buddha Shakyamuni empowerment. The main purpose or aim of receiving an empowerment is to transform our mind from a negative state to a positive state. The word empowerment really means ‘receiving blessings’. Through making a special connection with Buddha Shakyamuni we receive powerful and profound blessings. Profound blessings directly cause us to gain inner realizations, which is the actual refuge that directly protects us from suffering.
Over the rest of the weekend there will be commentary based on Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche’s 2000 Spring Festival teachings, and a retreat to learn how to take the teachings to heart in meditation.
INTERNATIONAL & REGIONAL EVENTS
NKT-IKBU US National Festival 2026
The Heart of Reality
Prajnaparamita Empowerment & Teachings on the Heart Sutra
with Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab
Apr 24 - 29 • at Kadampa Meditation Center NY in Glen Spey, NY
Everyone Welcome • No Experience Necessary
The Heart Sutra, a beloved, sacred text taught by Buddha, includes a special technique for overcoming our own and other's inner and outer obstacles. While these obstacles can feel like walls that limit our life, we can transcend them using this profound and beautiful practice. In this festival, we will learn how to recite the Heart Sutra, dive into its profound and practical meaning, and see how it can help us overcome any obstacle life may present. This will grant us tremendous confidence to not only help ourselves, but to elevate, empower and protect others.
To aid our understanding of this profound practice, we will receive the empowerment of Buddha Prajnaparamita. Prajnaparamita is the embodiment of the higher perfection of wisdom. Empowerments are blissful, guided meditations that help facilitate a connection with a certain enlightened being. Through receiving this blessing empowerment, we will gain inspiration to understand these deep truths of the Heart Sutra and feel energized to make positive change in our life. Everyone welcome!
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REGISTRATION OPENS JAN 22ND