November 2023
White Tara Empowerment
Teacher
-
Gen Kelsang DorjeResident Teacher, KMC MadisonThe Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center Madison is Buddhist monk Gen Kelsang Dorje. Gen Dorje has been studying and practicing Buddhism for over 20 years under the guidance of his teacher Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition. Gen Dorje is admired for his warmth and humor in making Buddha’s teachings relevant to the modern world. He is an inspiring example of how to integrate Buddha’s teachings into a joyful life.
The Blessing Empowerment of White Tara – our potential for limitless love, wisdom, and happiness
The female enlightened being White Tara represents our spiritual potential: a vision of what we can achieve with our life. She embodies the limitless love, wisdom and happiness that we can all develop within our own mind. By receiving the blessing empowerment of White Tara—the Buddha of long life, wisdom and good fortune—we make a special connection with this extraordinary being.
An empowerment is a blessing ritual and guided mediation through which we make a deep connection with a Buddha and create the cause to actualize that Buddha’s enlightened state. The empowerment of White Tara is a special opportunity to transform our own mind to embody her special qualities and to recognize our pure potential for health, long life, and the happiness that comes from inner peace.
Registration details:
Cost: $55 includes lunch; $45 for empowerment only without lunch
Location:
Kadampa Meditation Center Madison
1825 S. Park St., Madison, WI
Hourly Schedule
Saturday, November 4
- 10am - 12pm
- Empowerment
- 1:30 - 2:45pm
- Commentary
- 3:15 - 4pm
- Meditation
Finding Gratitude Everywhere
Location
- KMC Madison
- 1825 S Park St, Madison, WI
Teacher
-
Lowanna MobleyKadampa TeacherLowanna Mobley has been a longtime student of our Foundation Program (FP), where she also serves as our FP Monitor. She is known for her enthusiasm and loving nature, bringing humor and genuine insight to her teaching.
Especially for beginners, beneficial for everyone!
This is an in-person event with livestream attendance available for members!
The Thanksgiving holiday gives us the perfect opportunity to pause and reflect on the many good conditions we have.
We not only enjoy a precious human life but also have the ability to train our mind, and abide in peace, even when things externally aren’t so good. Buddha taught many ways to see the kindness of others everywhere. When we see others’ kindness, instead of seeing their faults, we naturally have warm loving feelings towards them. We learn to live in a place of gratitude, loving affection and a wish to benefit others. This can be our greatest gift to the world.
“We are all interconnected in a web of kindness from which it is impossible to separate ourself. Everything we have and everything we enjoy, including our very life, is due to the kindness of others. In fact, every happiness there is in the world arises as a result of others’ kindness.”
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, How to Transform Your Life
Registration details
Cost: $20; free for members
Location:
Kadampa Meditation Center Madison
1825 S. Park St., Madison, WI
Hourly Schedule
Saturday, Nov 18
- 10 - 11:30 AM
- Session 1
- 12 - 1PM
- Session 2