Classes & Retreats
Away Retreat in the Country: Freedom from Anger
Get away on retreat in a relaxed country setting! During this inspiring retreat, we will be learning meditations to free ourselves from anger. This retreat is suitable for everyone.
Registration opens Thursday, March 21st @ 6pm
Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Breaking Through Lonliness: Nourishing a warm heart (learning to love rather than be attached)
Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Breaking Through Loneliness: Nourishing a warm heart (learning to love rather than be attached)
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 Breaking Through Loneliness: Nourishing a warm heart (learning to love rather than be attached)
Temple Beautification Day
Join the volunteer team as we clean up today, in preparation for the empowerment the following weekend. 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 Breaking Through Loneliness: We are never alone (Holy Beings and blessings)
Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Breaking Through Lonliness: We are never alone (Holy Beings and blessings)
Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Breaking Through Loneliness: We are never alone (Holy Beings and blessings)
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 Breaking Through Loneliness: We are never alone (Holy Beings and blessings)
The Empowerment of Je Tsongkhapa: Compassion, Wisdom, & Spiritual Power
Buddha Je Tsongkhapa is regarded as the manifestation of Buddha’s compassion, wisdom, and spiritual power. By receiving the powerful blessings of Je Tsongkhapa through this empowerment, we will place indestructible potentials on our mind that will gradually result in our own experience of these qualities.
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 Forces for Positive Change: The Strength of Motivation
10 Year Anniversary Celebration of the Grand Opening of KMC Maryland
Join us in celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the grand opening of the KMC MD Temple for World Peace! During this celebration we will share stories and a slideshow of photos from the temple renovation, art project, and grand opening.
Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Forces for Positive Change: The Strength of Motivation
Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Forces for Positive Change: The Strength of Motivation
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 Forces for Positive Change: the Strength of Motivation
Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is Forces for Positive Change: Practice Makes Perfect
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: Forces for Positive Change: Practice Makes Perfect
Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Forces for Positive Change: Practice Makes Perfect
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 Forcing for Positive Change: Practice Makes Perfect
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.
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.
Heart Jewel Practice: A Weekend Retreat with Guest Teacher Gen Kelsang Norbu
The essential practice of Kadampa Buddhism is a daily practice of Heart Jewel Prayers with Lamrim meditation. This is the defining characteristic of a Kadampa Buddhist. In this weekend retreat, we will learn how to use these chanted prayers as a guided meditation that connects us with our Spiritual Guide and deepens our understanding of the Lamrim (stages of the path) meditations.
Art Workshop: Torma Making
Tormas are traditional food offerings (usually made of marzipan) that are offered to the Buddhas in various ritual practices such as empowerments, retreats and chanted prayers.
Learn about the various types of tormas and how to make them in a qualified manner according to the New Kadampa lineage.
Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Breaking Through Loneliness: How to break through (kindness of others and interconnectedness)
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 Breaking Through Loneliness: How to break through (kindness of others and interconnectedness)
Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Breaking Through Lonliness: How to break through.
Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is Breaking Through Loneliness: How To Break Through.
Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Breaking Through Loneliness: Why We Feel Alone Part 2.
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 Breaking Through Loneliness: Why We Feel Alone Part 2.
Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Breaking Through Lonliness: Why We Feel Alone: Part 2.
Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is Breaking Through Loneliness: Why We Feel Alone Part 2.
Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.
Introduction to Highest Yoga Tantra
Highest Yoga Tantra contains the specific meditation methods for attaining permanent liberation from suffering and the lasting pure peace of enlightenment. To practice these teachings, we must receive the empowerments of the Heruka Body Mandala and Vajrayogini.
These empowerments will be given this Fall at KMC Brazil. This class will help you understand in a more meaningful way why attaining these empowerments is essential for our spiritual development.
Art Workshop: Drawing Buddha
This art workshop is for everyone: no drawing experience required! It will be led by experienced Kadampa artist, Kelsang Gyaltsen.
Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Breaking Through Loneliness: Why We Feel Alone Part 1.
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 Breaking Through Loneliness: Why We Feel Alone Part 1.
Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Breaking Through Loneliness: Why We Feel Alone Part 1
Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is Breaking Through Loneliness: Why We Feel Alone Part 1
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 Free Yourself from Annoyance and Irritation: Anger is Our Only Enemy
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 Free Yourself from Annoyance and Irritation: Anger is Our Only Enemy
Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Free Yourself from Annoyance and Irritation: Anger is our Only Enemy.
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 Free Yourself From Annoyance and Irritation: Anger is Our Only Enemy
Saturday Retreat: Embracing Change
Although change is happening all the time, we often long for things to stay the same! However, when we embrace change our mind becomes less anxious and we feel more peaceful and content in our busy daily lives. In this retreat, we will learn practical tools for embracing change.
Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Free Yourself from Annoyance and Irritation: The Courage to Forgive
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.