Classes & Retreats

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is: Strengthening Our Mind: Embracing Uncertainty

Temple Beautification Day
Join the volunteer team as we clean up the temple today in preparation for next weekend’s empowerment event. What a great opportunity to cherish your world peace temple!

Garden Cherishing Day
Please join in to help us keep the World Peace Gardens maintained and beautiful!

Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.

Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Strengthening Our Mind: Managing Your Adversities

Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Strengthening Our Mind…Managing Your Adversities

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Strengthening Our Mind: Managing Your Adversities

Meditation Class with Prayers for World Peace
We can all do something to contribute to world peace! This class includes guided meditations, teachings on creating inner and outer peace, and chanted prayers for world peace.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is: Strengthening Our Mind: Managing Your Adversities

The Empowerment of Buddha Shakyamuni: How to Live as a Modern Buddhist
This empowerment will open the door to the profound methods of inner transformation that Buddha taught and will allow us to receive his inspiring blessings.

Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.

Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Strengthening Our Mind: These Feelings Are Not Me

Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Strengthening Our Mind…These Feelings Are Not Me

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Strengthening Our Mind: These Feelings Are Not Me

Meditation Class with Prayers for World Peace
We can all do something to contribute to world peace! This class includes guided meditations, teachings on creating inner and outer peace, and chanted prayers for world peace.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is: Strengthening Our Mind: These Feelings Are Not Me

Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.

Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Strengthening Our Mind: Put It in Perspective

Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Strengthening Our Mind…Put It in Perspective

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Strengthening Our Mind: Put It in Perspective

Meditation Class with Prayers for World Peace
We can all do something to contribute to world peace! This class includes guided meditations, teachings on creating inner and outer peace, and chanted prayers for world peace.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is: Strengthening Our Mind: Put It in Perspective

All About Meditation: Start or Strengthen Your Meditation Practice
This class is designed to help you start a meditation practice, or improve your daily practice. Learn to meditate in an authentic way that has been used for centuries to reduce mental and physical suffering and increase the power of the mind, resulting in greater peace and happiness.

Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Strengthening Our Mind: Protection through Compassion

Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.

Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Strengthening Our Mind…Protection through Compassion

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Strengthening Our Mind: Protection through Compassion

Meditation Class with Prayers for World Peace
We can all do something to contribute to world peace! This class includes guided meditations, teachings on creating inner and outer peace, and chanted prayers for world peace.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is: Strengthening Our Mind: Protection through Compassion

Saturday Retreat: Conquering Depression & Anxiety
This retreat teaches us how to lessen the sense of helplessness and hopelessness that accompanies depression and the sense of fear and urgency that accompanies anxiety.
Buddha taught very gentle, yet effective, methods for working with the mind so that we make psychological and spiritual progress and can more effectively help others who are suffering. We will learn how to transform our pain so that we can find true happiness and peace. This retreat is ideal for those suffering from depression and anxiety as well as their family and friends.

Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Strengthening Our Mind: What Can Provide Ultimate Protection

Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.

Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Strengthening Our Mind…What Can Provide Ultimate Protection

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Strengthening Our Mind: What Can Provide Ultimate Protection

Meditation Class with Prayers for World Peace
We can all do something to contribute to world peace! This class includes guided meditations, teachings on creating inner and outer peace, and chanted prayers for world peace.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is: Strengthening Our Mind: What Can Provide Ultimate Protection

Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Infusing Our Life with Joy: The Joy of Meditation

Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.

Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Infusing Our Life with Joy: The Joy of Medittion

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Infusing Our Life With Joy: The Joy of Meditation

Meditation Class with Prayers for World Peace
We can all do something to contribute to world peace! This class includes guided meditations, teachings on creating inner and outer peace, and chanted prayers for world peace.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is: Infusing Our Life With Joy: The Joy of Meditation

Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.

Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Infusing Our Life with Joy: Happy Thoughts Make a Happy Day

Temple Beautification Day
Join the volunteer team as we clean up the temple today in preparation for next weekend’s retreat with our Guest Teacher. What a great opportunity to cherish your world peace temple!

Offering Our Faith: Teaching & Retreat
To celebrate the very special occasions of Venerable Geshe-la’s birthday and Turning the Wheel of Dharma Day, we are offering a teaching and two sessions of retreat.

Solving Our Daily Problems with Loving Kindness: Weekend Retreat with Guest Teacher Kadam Michelle Gauthier
Meditations on loving-kindness are powerful, accessible, and deeply transformative. In this retreat, we will explore and practice guided meditations designed to open the heart, dissolve barriers to authentic love, and cultivate deeper connections.
Special emphasis will be placed on integrating these meditations into daily life—empowering participants to carry the warmth of loving-kindness into their relationships with family, friends, and colleagues.

Meditation Class with Prayers for World Peace
We can all do something to contribute to world peace! This class includes guided meditations, teachings on creating inner and outer peace, and chanted prayers for world peace.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Strengthening Our Mind: Embracing Uncertainty

Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Strengthening Our Mind…Embracing Uncertainty

Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Strengthening Our Mind: Embracing Uncertainty

Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.

Detox Your Mind: A Buddhist Fasting & Purifying Retreat
Celebrate Buddha’s Enlightenment Day with a special fasting and purifying retreat. Please note, the 6:30am session is required in order to participate in the retreat (see exceptions in full description).

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is: You Too Can Gain Realizations: Improving Our Concentration in Meditation

Meditation Class with Prayers for World Peace
We can all do something to contribute to world peace! This class includes guided meditations, teachings on creating inner and outer peace, and chanted prayers for world peace.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is You Too Can Gain Realizations! The Keys to Stable and Lasting Change. Improving Our Concentration in Meditation

Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: You Too Can Gain Realizations! The Keys to Stable and Lasting Change…..Improving Our Concentration in Meditation

Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.

Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: You Too Can Gain Realizations! The Keys to Stable and Lasting Change. Improving our Concentration in Meditation

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is: You Too Can Gain Realizations! The Keys to Stable and Lasting Change. Purifying the Mind in Daily Life

Meditation Class with Prayers for World Peace
We can all do something to contribute to world peace! This class includes guided meditations, teachings on creating inner and outer peace, and chanted prayers for world peace.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is You Too Can Gain Realizations! The Keys to Stable and Lasting Change. Purifying the Mind in Daily Life

Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: You Too Can Gain Realizations! The Keys to Stable and Lasting Change…..Purifying the Mind in Daily Life

International Kadampa Festivals Presentation
At this event, Gen Chogden tell us about the wonderful opportunities available to us at Kadampa Buddhist Festivals. A high point of the year for Kadampa Buddhists is the International & National Kadampa Buddhist festivals.

Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.

Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: You Too Can Gain Realizations! The Keys to Stable and Lasting Change. Purifying the Mind in Daily Life

Refuge Vow Ceremony & Teaching: Coming Under the Umbrella
At this event, Gen Chogden will explain and give the Refuge Vows. This afternoon’s teaching and ceremony will help us to understand the practice of Refuge, which characterizes the Buddhist way of life and is the foundation for all spiritual realizations.

All About Meditation: Start or Strengthen Your Meditation Practice
This class is designed to help you start a meditation practice, or improve your daily practice. Learn to meditate in an authentic way that has been used for centuries to reduce mental and physical suffering and increase the power of the mind, resulting in greater peace and happiness.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is: You Too Can Gain Realizations! The Keys to Stable and Lasting Change. The Power of Self Confidence

Meditation Class with Prayers for World Peace
We can all do something to contribute to world peace! This class includes guided meditations, teachings on creating inner and outer peace, and chanted prayers for world peace.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is You Too Can Gain Realizations! The Keys to Stable and Lasting Change. The Power of Self Confidence

Meditation Classes in Columbia
Note: Temporary location change to The Meeting House in Columbia. This class will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: You Too Can Gain Realizations! The Keys to Stable and Lasting Change.

Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: You Too Can Gain Realizations! The Keys to Stable and Lasting Change. The Power of Self-Confidence

Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.

Garden Cherishing Day
Please join in to help us keep the World Peace Gardens maintained and beautiful!

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is: You Too Can Gain Realizations! The Keys to Stable and Lasting Change. Stop Being Hard on Yourself (criticism we give ourself in meditation)

Meditation Class with Prayers for World Peace
We can all do something to contribute to world peace! This class includes guided meditations, teachings on creating inner and outer peace, and chanted prayers for world peace.