Half day workshop

If we want to enjoy meditation and integrate it into our life, it helps to create a special space for it—especially helpful when life gets stressful. This course is an opportunity to understand the beauty and power of setting up a Buddhist shrine that will act as a focus for the energy of our spiritual practice. We will explore the meaning behind the different elements of a traditional shrine as well as essential aspects of setting it up and making offerings. Our personal shrine will become a refuge, supporting our meditation and making our spiritual practice joyful and fulfilling.

Everyone welcome.

Registration details

Cost: $20; free for members

As the year draws to an end, come and celebrate the holidays with us!

The evening begins with an inspiring teaching and guided meditation with our Resident Teacher, Gen Dorje. Afterwards we will enjoy the company of friends and a delectable dinner. 

Menu:

• Appetizers:
  • Colorful vegetable pinwheels
  • Buffaloed cauliflower bites
  • Assorted raw vegetables, dips + crackers
• Salad
  • Mixed lettuce greens with sliced cucumbers
  • Garlic croutons
• Main course (choice of one)
  • Eggplant parmesan
  • Roasted chickpeas and fall vegetable medley
• Dessert buffet:
  • Tea or coffee
  • Snowball and ornament mini cakes
  • Festive assortment of cookies and bites
  • Dressed fruit

“Please nourish me with your goodness. 
That I in turn may nourish all beings
With an unceasing banquet of delight.”
– from the Liberating Prayer

Registration details

Cost: $25; $20 if you register before Dec 9

The New Year is a symbol of possibility. We wish to change and for our lives to go in a better direction but for that to happen we need to connect with the potential that exists within our minds. As 2023 comes to a close, our thoughts turn to new beginnings and a fresh start.

Within Buddhist meditation we find transformative tools to give greater meaning to our life and the ability to become the person we wish to be: more loving, peaceful, and happier.

In this New Years Eve talk, Gen Kelsang Dorje will explore how we can use Buddhist meditation to set a special intention for the New Year giving us the ability to make the most of 2024. We will then engage in prayers to Arya Tara.

When asked how we can best help the world Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche advised us to pray to Arya Tara, our Blessed Mother.

When we are young, we turn to our worldly mother for help. She protects us from immediate dangers, provides us with all our temporal needs, and guides and encourages us in our learning and personal development. In the same way, during our spiritual growth, we need to turn to our Holy Mother, Tara, for refuge. She protects us from all internal and external dangers, she provides us with all the necessary conditions for our spiritual training, and she guides us and inspires us with her blessings as we progress along the spiritual path.” 

–Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Registration details:

Cost: $15 per person