Upcoming Events
KMC Maryland offers many events including workshops, free public talks, and meditation retreats throughout Maryland. We offer events for new and experienced practitioners.
Use the links at the side to learn more about the types of events we offer. You can find a listing of all our upcoming events below.
Upcoming Events
Meditation for Relaxation: 3-week Series (Annapolis)
In this 3-week series, we will introduce Buddha’s teachings on the peaceful nature the mind and teach how to reduce busy thinking so that the mind’s peaceful and clear nature can be experienced.
... Read moreFreedom from Fear: A Free Lecture in Richmond
The mind has great power to create happiness. Yet, limiting emotions such as worry, anxiety and fear can interfere with many aspects of our life. They can prevent us from accomplishing our goals and experiencing greater meaning in our life. Modern Buddhist views explain how to differentiate fear that causes suffering from fear that is beneficial. Learn how to use meditation and transformative ways of thinking to calm the mind, develop inner peace, and gradually free our mind from the control of limiting habits....
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Vajrasattva Retreat
Through the kindness of Vajrasattva, the Buddha of purification, we have the opportunity to overcome our negative karma by sincerely applying the four opponent powers. On this retreat, you 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 the spiritual path. Through purifying your negativity your mind will gradually become happier and happier. Please come to any or all sessions
... Read moreTransforming Pain: Healing the Body and Mind Workshop
We all want pain to stop. The experience of pain can either intensify or reduce depending upon our insight into its origin and nature, and whether or not we can make pain spiritually meaningful.
... Read moreFree Public Talk: The Wisdom of Inner Balance
Our life is filled with pleasant or enjoyable experiences, difficult or painful experiences, or simply many ordinary ones. We are so actively involved with what is going on outside of ourselves that we can often feel unbalanced or lacking peace inside. This free talk will help you take a step back from what is happening from day to day. Through presenting mental tools from Buddhist teachings you can learn how to see through your eyes of wisdom and thereby create a daily experience of inner balance and peace of mind.
... Read moreBlessings of Wisdom: The Empowerment of Buddha Manjushri
Buddha Manjushri is the embodiment of the wisdom of all the Buddhas. Wisdom is a virtuous intelligent mind that understands things unmistakenly and dispels confusion and excessive doubts. Wisdom is like an inner Teacher that we carry in our hearts, and like a Protector that protects us from future suffering.
... Read moreMeditation for Peace of Mind: 3-Week Series (Severna Park)
Meditation is a practice of making the mind peaceful and positive through special ways of thinking and focusing our attention. If our mind is peaceful we will be free from worries and mental discomfort, and so we will experience a deeper and purer form of happiness.
... Read moreThe Poison of Anger: A Workshop for Eliminating Negativity
One of our most destructive states of mind is anger. It can so easily arise when we encounter something we do not like or we fail to satisfy ourselves. If anger is not recognized early on, it becomes a poison that destroys our inner peace and happiness and incites us to do harmful actions that cause suffering for ourselves and others.
... Read moreWalk for Peace
Walk for Peace on NKT Day with a delicious picnic at Oregon Ridge Park, April 7th. Friends, family, kids, and dogs are welcome too! All proceeds to our local temple fund.
... Read moreDrop of Essential Nectar
This annual fasting and purification retreat, done conjunction with the Buddha of Compassion, is a powerful way to purify bad habits of body, speech, and mind, and to pacify strong delusions such as hatred and attachment. It is also a special method for receiving blessings and improving our experience of love, compassion, and bodhichitta. To participate in this retreat, you must come to the 6:30 am session to receive Mahayana Precepts for each day you attend. Includes a light lunch on Friday.
Gen Chogden will also give a special teaching to celebrate Buddha’s Enlightenment Day.
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