STRENGTHEN
Special Events
Day Courses,
Public Talks,
Retreats
ACTUALIZE YOUR FULL POTENTIAL
“What is enlightenment? It is the inner light of wisdom that is completely free from all mistaken appearance, and whose function is to bestow mental peace upon each and every living being every day.”
- Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
FAMILIARITY & FOCUS
Focusing on Love
with Resident Teacher, John Baker
Sunday, May 17th • 10:30am - 1:45pm • $20 (Includes Sunday Morning Meditation Class) • Included in FP & TTP Membership
Everyone Welcome, No Experience Necessary
One of the main ways that our meditations improve is through familiarity with an object of meditation. Your mindfulness gets a boost and your object starts to come into focus becoming clearer and free from distractions.
Try out a mini retreat at our beautiful meditation center in Old City. The topic this month will be love. Included is a main teaching in the morning with a guided meditation, a short break, and then two guided meditations with a short break in between.
AWAY RETREAT
The Peace of Concentration
Training in Concentration & Tranquil Abiding
with Resident Teacher, John Baker & Resident Teacher of Menlha KMC and Dharmachakra KMC, Gen Kelsang Chogyop
Friday, June 5th -Sunday, June 7th • World Peace Temple in Glen Spey NY • Everyone Welcome
REGISTRATION OPENS at 9am on 4/20
SCHEDULE
Friday, June 7
7 - 8:15 pm Intro with John Baker
Saturday, June 7
9-10:30 am Session 1 with Gen Kelsang Chogyop
11:30am-1 pm Session 2 with John Baker
4-5:30 pm Session 3 with Gen Kelsang Chogyop
7-8:30 pm Q&A Discussion with Gen Kelsang Chogyop & John Baker
Sunday, June 8
8:30-10 am Session 4 with John Baker
11am-12:30 pm Prayers for World Peace with Gen Kelsang Chogyop
Joint Retreat with Kadampa Meditation Center Philadelphia, Menlha Kadampa Meditation Center & Dharmachakra Kadampa Buddhist Center
In our annual Away Retreat, find peace within and develop your concentration capacity through a relaxing retreat focusing on the breath.
“…I will control my mind with clear and joyful meditation.”
By learning how to improve our ability to focus, we can become spectacularly more happy. By learning how to maintain our mindfulness, we can become profoundly more happy. By learning how to improve our meditations, we can become magnificently more happy. It all comes down to concentration.
Taught by experienced Kadampa Teachers, Gen Kelsang Chogyop (Menlha KMC & Dharmachakra KBC) and John Baker (KMC Philadelphia), we will explore techniques for vastly improving our concentration skills, the key to both better meditations and a meaningful life. Come revel in your own inner peace.
"Even though breathing meditation is only a preliminary state of meditation, it can be quite powerful. We can see from this practice that it is possible to experience inner peace and contentment just by controlling the mind, without having to depend at all upon external conditions." extract from How to Transform Your Life by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
The retreat is suitable for all levels of experience, beginners to advanced.
INTERNATIONAL & REGIONAL EVENTS
NKT-IKBU US National Festival 2026
The Heart of Reality
Prajnaparamita Empowerment & Teachings on the Heart Sutra
with Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab
Apr 24 - 29 • at Kadampa Meditation Center NY in Glen Spey, NY
Everyone Welcome • No Experience Necessary
The Heart Sutra, a beloved, sacred text taught by Buddha, includes a special technique for overcoming our own and other's inner and outer obstacles. While these obstacles can feel like walls that limit our life, we can transcend them using this profound and beautiful practice. In this festival, we will learn how to recite the Heart Sutra, dive into its profound and practical meaning, and see how it can help us overcome any obstacle life may present. This will grant us tremendous confidence to not only help ourselves, but to elevate, empower and protect others.
To aid our understanding of this profound practice, we will receive the empowerment of Buddha Prajnaparamita. Prajnaparamita is the embodiment of the higher perfection of wisdom. Empowerments are blissful, guided meditations that help facilitate a connection with a certain enlightened being. Through receiving this blessing empowerment, we will gain inspiration to understand these deep truths of the Heart Sutra and feel energized to make positive change in our life. Everyone welcome!​