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 🙂
Inspiring Solutions for Difficult Times
This series shows us how to take life’s adversities and transform them into spiritual growth. This ability is vital since we are constantly surrounded by difficulties, like a candle flame exposed to the wind, blown first from this direction, then from that. There is no way of avoiding difficult situations, but if we can change our attitude towards them they will no longer be problems for us. Instead of allowing adversities to make us unhappy and discouraged we can use them to enhance our experience of the spiritual path, and thereby maintain a peaceful and balanced mind all the time.
March 24: The power of compassion
March 31: Immeasurable love
April 7: Learning to surf – how to ride the waves of life
April 14: Acceptance
April 21: Compassion in action
April 28: The Buddhist way of loving kindness–with Jill Arseneau
The Essentials of Buddhist Meditation
This course is a practical and inspiring guide to Buddhist meditation. Based on The New Meditation Handbook, we will take an in-depth look at why we meditate, how meditation works, and explore some essential Buddhist concepts that empower our meditation practice.
Take your meditation practice to the next level! Develop confidence in your ability to change your mind through meditation and experience real happiness that you can share with others.
May 5: No Class due to the Canadian National Festival
May 12: Finding happiness from within
May 19: What is meditation?
May 26: What is the mind?
June 2: Karma: the law of cause and effect
June 19: Understanding samsara
June 16: How to meditate: a guide
June 23: The peace of concentration
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.
