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“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
A String and a Prayer: Mala Making Course
Saturday, March 1st • 11:00am - 2:00pm • $40 (materials included)
with Kadampa Teachers, Vickie Clement & Eve Miller
Everyone Welcome, no experience necessary
A mala is a traditional Buddhist rosary used to recite mantras. In this course you will learn about the practice of mantra recitation and the traditional Buddhist techniques for making and using a mala. For Buddhist practitioners, a mala is very precious and meaningful. Through regular use, it becomes a very blessed and powerful object.
All materials for this course will be provided, including a selection of beads, threading and tassel materials. You will come away with a completed mala and understand how to use it to benefit yourself and others. Malas also make excellent gifts! Everyone welcome, no experience necessary.
Everyone is welcome. No experience necessary.
INTERNATIONAL & REGIONAL EVENTS
Mid-Atlantic Dharma Celebration 2025
Buddha Manjushri Empowerment and Teachings on the Protection of Wisdom
March 7 - 9 • Kadampa Meditation Center Washington DC
with Kadam Morten Clausen
Everyone Welcome
Join in with fellow meditators from throughout the Mid-Atlantic region to receive the blessing empowerment of Buddha Manjushri, listen to teachings on the protection of wisdom, and meditate and socialize together.
Wisdom is a virtuous intelligent mind that sees through the superficial veneer of things to the truth. It is a mind that aligns us with reality, thereby liberating us from ignorance, the source of all our suffering. It is like an inner teacher that we carry in our hearts and like a protector that protects us from future suffering. How can we develop this mind? By tuning in to the Buddha of Wisdom, Manjushri. When we open ourself to receiving Manjushri’s blessings, our mind is empowered to experience real insight into the truth of how things exist.
The Mid-Atlantic Dharma Celebration provides a precious opportunity to study, listen to and practice the special presentation of modern Buddhism taught by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, the Founder of the New Kadampa Tradition.
A Life Beyond Fear
with Internationally Renowned Buddhist Nun, Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong
Thursday, September 11, 2025 • 7-8:30pm
The Town Hall • 123 W 43rd St, New York, NY 10036
In NYC - One Night Only!
Everyone Welcome
In times as stressful and uncertain as the ones we seem to be experiencing more and more often, we may ask, is a life beyond fear even possible?
In truth, fear arises from our mind, not from our environment. The fear and the anxiety that so many experience is not inevitable. If we come to recognize their underlying sources, we can learn to change our relationship to them.
Through the practice of meditation, we can learn to work skillfully with our fear. Instead of allowing it to overwhelm us, we learn to redirect it, so that it moves us towards developing those states of mind that naturally give rise to peace, confidence and a strong sense of purpose.
Based on her nearly 40 years of experience of meditation, Buddhist nun Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong, senior disciple of the great Buddhist teacher, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche and Spiritual Director of the New Kadampa Tradition, will guide us into recognizing our potential for a meaningful and joyful life truly beyond fear.
Everyone welcome
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT! Register by 11:59pm February 15th with the code MED20 for 20% off