MEDITATION AND MODERN BUDDHISM
Class schedule change: Starting in January we have a NEW TUESDAY EVENING meditation for beginners class. However, we will no longer have Friday noon classes.
Upcoming Classes and Events:
Sundays 10:00 - 11:15 am
Tuesdays 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Wednesdays 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Thursdays 6:00 - 7:15 pm
WHAT TO EXPECT AT A CLASS:
Beginning Meditation: Be guided in a short 10 minute breathing meditation and connect to an experience of inner peace.
Short Teaching: Every week the teachings explore one aspect of Dharma, or Buddha’s teachings, which focus on solutions to problems in daily life, inducing genuine optimism and increased inner peace.
Concluding Meditation: At the end of the class, we conclude with a meditation based on the teaching that was given during the class. Opportunity for Q&A and refreshments after class.
No prior meditating experience or Buddhist background required. We have comfortable chairs and cushions. Please arrive 5-10 minutes before class to sign-in and get settled.You may attend the full series or drop-in any week!
Live-Streaming on ZOOM is available on THURSDAYS for our evening meditation class for supporting members. Become a supporting member first then request the live-stream link here.
Everyone welcome!
Our Resident Teacher:
Kelsang Lhamo
Kelsang Lhamo is the Resident Teacher at Tushita Kadampa Buddhist Center. Lhamo graduated from the intensive six-month teacher training program at Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Center in the UK where she received instruction from Gen-la Khyenrab. Lhamo has been a Buddhist practitioner since 2008. The first 12 years of her practice were in San Diego, California. She then spent 2021 in Denver at KMC Colorado and 2022 at the International Kadampa Retreat Center Grand Canyon. Lhamo was the Administrative Director for the San Diego Kadampa Center for 3+ years and served as President of the Board of Directors prior to that. Lhamo is eager to dedicate her efforts to bringing Dharma to Olympia and getting to know our community!
OUR OTHER TEACHERS
Kadampa Buddhism is a Mahayana Buddhist school founded by the great Indian Buddhist Master Atisha (AD 982-1054).
In the word, ‘Kadampa’, ‘Ka’ refers to Buddha’s teachings, and ‘dam’ to Atisha’s special Lamrim instructions. Kadampas, then, are practitioners who regard Buddha’s teachings as personal instructions and put them into practice by following the instructions of Lamrim.
By integrating their understanding of all Buddha’s teachings into their practice of Lamrim, and by integrating their experience of Lamrim into their everyday lives, Kadampas use Buddha’s teachings as practical methods for transforming daily activities into the path to enlightenment.
To provide a vehicle for promoting Kadampa Buddhism throughout the world, in 1991 Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso founded the New Kadampa Tradition, the International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT–IKBU).
It is an international association of study and meditation centers that follow the pure tradition of Mahayana Buddhism derived from the Buddhist meditators and scholars Atisha and Je Tsongkhapa and introduced into the West by the Buddhist Teacher Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
U.S. Festivals and International Festivals
