When
Tuesdays
7:00-8:15pmWhere
In person at Kariton Art Gallery
2387 Ware Street, Abbotsford, BC
And livestreamed for KMCFV members at the usual link 🙂
Cost
$16 per class
$36 for a 3-class pass
$48 for a 4-class pass
$60 for 5-class pass
Multiple-class passes give you a 25% discount
Free for members
Books
These classes are an opportunity to get to know the books of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, the world-renowned meditation master who founded KMC Fraser Valley as well as hundreds of centres around the world, all part of the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union.
How to register
Non-members may register and pay at the door, or you may register and pay at the yellow “Pay Now” button below.
Members do not need to register. This class is included in your membership 🙂
Refreshing Perspectives on Life
Buddhist wisdom for modern times
Every day we experience so many problems: difficulties in our relationships, challenges at work, ill health, dissatisfaction and frustration with the circumstances of life. Buddha’s teachings offer a refreshing perspective that encourages us to look at life differently. Find real inner peace and a deep happiness from practicing these time-honoured meditations and transformative ways of thinking.
Based on the book The New Meditation Handbook by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, which is available for purchase at the class, these meditation classes are for everyone. They include two guided meditations, a practical talk on a different topic each week, and time for Q&A at the end.
Each class is self-contained, so you are welcome to join at any time. No previous experience is required.
September 8: How to wake up smiling: appreciating our precious life
September 15: Enriching our life through contemplating our death
September 22: What happens after this life: understanding reincarnation
September 29: Where to find refuge in an uncertain world
October 6: Karma: seeing cause and effect in our lives (via livestream for members only; no in-person class this evening)
October 13: ***No Class this evening***
The Power of a Loving Mind~Opening the Heart with Meditation
Learn practical meditations that give us hope in these troubled times and effective solutions to the challenges of our daily life. Through guided meditations, connect to the love in your heart, which is the key to solving our own and others’ problems and finding real happiness.
When we have a strong loving mind, our whole experience of the world improves. In addition, others sense our love and respond to it. In this way, love has the power to transform our world.
October 20: Relationships with wisdom
October 27: Re-imagining relationships
November 3: The heart solution
November 10: A meditation for world peace
November 17: Rooting out self-centredness
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.
