Classes & Retreats
Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Taking charge of your Holiday Experience: Ending Family Drama
Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.
Holiday Prayers for a Peaceful World
Join us for a special opportunity to gather in the beautiful Kadampa Temple for a holiday service about bringing more and more love, compassion and joy into your life and the lives of those around you.
New Year’s Eve Party: Living With Joy
Enjoy a meaningful and festive New Year’s Eve celebration in this joyful community! The evening includes vegetarian hors d’oeuvres, a guided meditation, prayers for compassion in the world and a fun raffle to celebrate the end of our annual fundraiser.
New Year’s Day Silent Retreat: Meditations to Nourish Your Body & Mind
Start your year off right! Refresh your body and mind with guided meditations and a day of silence, and develop mental peace to fortify yourself for the new year.
Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Understanding the Mind: The Nature and Function of our Mind. What is Our Mind?
Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.
Guru Sumati Buddha Heruka Retreat
Join us for this special mini retreat where you will be able to deepen your faith and reliance upon Guru Sumati Buddha Heruka following the oral instructions that Gen-la Dekyong received directly from Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Understanding the Mind: The Nature and Function of our Mind
Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Understanding the Mind: The Nature and Function of our Mind. What is our Mind?
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
Understanding the Mind: The Nature and Function of our Mind
Vajrayogini Self-Initiation
This event is open only to those who have already received Highest Yoga Tantra empowerments.
Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Understanding the Mind: The Nature and Function of our Mind. Understanding our Feelings.
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: Understanding the Mind: The Nature and Function of our Mind
Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Understanding the Mind: The Nature and Function of our Mind. Understanding Our Feelings.
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
Understanding the Mind: The Nature and Function of our Mind. Understanding Our Feelings
Eight Steps to Lasting Happiness: Meditations on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
These 8 meditations are the specific steps for eliminating negativity in our mind and increasing our capacity for inner peace and happiness. As we become familiar with these meditations, our mind becomes stronger and experiences longer and longer periods of peace and happiness.
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: Understanding the Mind: The Nature and Function of our Mind. Empowered to Choose.
Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Understanding the Mind: The Nature and Function of our Mind. Empowered to Choose.
Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Understanding the Mind: The Nature and Function of our Mind. Empowered to Choose.
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
Understanding the Mind: The Nature and Function of our Mind. Empowered to Choose.
Quick Path to Great Bliss: A Weekend Retreat for HYT Practitioners
This event is open only to those who have already received Highest Yoga Tantra empowerments.
Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Understanding the Mind: The Nature and Function of our Mind. Living with Clear Intention.
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: Understanding the Mind: The Nature and Function of our Mind. Living with Clear Intention
Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Understanding the Mind: The Nature and Function of our Mind. Living with Clear Intention
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
Understanding the Mind: The Nature and Function of our Mind. Living with Clear Intention
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.
Buddha Amitayus Retreat
Increase your lifespan, good fortune and wisdom by participating in this two session self-guided retreat to grow closer to Guru Amitayus, the Buddha who is the embodiment of all these good qualities.
HYT Practice Class
This event is open only to those who have already received Highest Yoga Tantra empowerments.
Saturday Retreat: Love Without Pain
Love does not have to be painful. In this retreat, we will learn specific methods for improving all our relationships through differentiating real love from the delusion of attachment.
Temple Beautification Day
Join the volunteer team as we clean up the temple today: some early Spring Cleaning. What a great opportunity to cherish your world peace temple!
Mid-Atlantic Dharma Celebration: The Protection of Wisdom
This regional gathering is the biggest event of the year, this year held at KMC Washington DC! The weekend includes the blessing empowerment of Wisdom Buddha Manjushri and teachings on “The Protection of Wisdom”, with Eastern US National Spiritual Director Kadam Morten Clausen.
Meditations for Modern Life
Taking Charge of Your Holiday Experience: Overcoming holiday blues (creating new ways to celebrate)
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 Taking Charge of Your Holiday Experience: Overcoming the holiday blues (creating new ways to celebrate)
Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic:Taking Charge of Your Holiday Experience: Overcoming the holiday blues (creating new ways to celebrate)
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: Taking charge of your Holiday Experience: Overcome the holiday blues (creating new ways to celebrate)
Holiday Shopping & Community Potluck Lunch
Join us for our potluck lunch & holiday shopping event where we will have food, fun, and free gift wrapping!
Mala Making Workshop
Learn how to make a mala (Buddhist prayer beads), and make a full length mala of your own! Kelsang Gyaltsen will also be explaining how to use a mala to count mantras.
Meditations for Modern Life
Taking Charge of Your Holiday Experience: Develop a positive mind for the holidays (gratitude)
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 Taking Charge of Your Holiday Experience: Develop a Positive Mind for the Holidays (gratitude)
Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic:Taking Charge of Your Holiday Experience: Develop a positive mind for the holidays (gratitude)
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: Taking charge of your Holiday Experience: Develop a positive mind for the holidays (gratitude)
Saturday Retreat: Purification in Daily Life- The Practice of Buddha Vajrasattva
Through the kindness of Vajrasattva, the Buddha of Purification, we have the opportunity to overcome our negative actions (or karma) by sincerely applying the four opponent powers. In this retreat, we will gain experience of how to apply these powers, and by doing so, begin to remove both the causes of future suffering and obstacles to our spiritual development. We will also learn how to transform our daily activities into purification practice.
Meditations for Modern Life
Learning to Let Go: Letting Go of Insecurity & Learning to Live Lightly
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 Learning to Let Go: Letting Go of Insecurity & Learning to Live Lightly
Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Learning to Let Go: Letting Go of Insecurity & Learning to Live Lightly
Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Learning to Let Go: Letting Go of Insecurity & Learning to Live Lightly
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: Learning to Let Go: Getting Rid of Negativity in Your Life -- Letting Go of What Others Think
Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Learning to Let Go: Getting Rid of Negativity in Your Life---Letting Go of What Others Think
Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.
Volunteer Appreciation Movie Night with The Life of Buddha
Calling all KMC Maryland Volunteers, please join in as we celebrate you and enjoy pizza and a meaningful movie, The Life of Buddha.
Meditations for Modern Life
Learning to Let Go: Getting Rid of Negativity in Your Life -- Letting Go of Negative Self Image
Meditations for Modern Life
Learning to Let Go: Letting Go of Insecurity & Learning to Live Lightly
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 Learning to Let Go: Getting Rid of Negativity in Your Life: Letting Go of Negative Self Image
Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Learning to Let Go: Getting Rid of Negativity in Your Life -- Letting Go of Negative Self Image