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:
Mini Retreat on Improving Our Concentration
Sunday, June 21st • 10:30am - 1:45pm • $20 (Includes Sunday Morning Meditation Class) • with Resident Teacher, John Baker
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 is improving our concentration. 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.
10:30 - 11:45am Sunday Morning Class
11:45 - 12:30 Break
12:30 - 1:00pm Meditation
1:00 - 1:15 Silent Break - we will keep silence during this break
1:15 - 1:45pm Meditation
FREEDOM OF MIND
Open House & Guided Meditations
Saturday, July 4th • 10am - 4pm • FREE!
Everyone Welcome • No Experience Necessary
Join us on America's 250th (in the City where it happened!) for a day celebrating 2500 years of Buddha Shakyamuni teaching living beings how to create a mind FREE of negativity and suffering. Buddha taught that true freedom comes from within. Start your personal journey to independence from the tyranny of negative states of mind with 15 minute guided meditations at the top of each hour. Enjoy light refreshments, air conditioning & the bookstore. Experienced meditators will be there to answer questions and give tours of the Buddhist shrine.
MEDITATION SCHEDULE:
10-10:15am
11-11:15am
12-12:15pm
1-1:15pm
2-2:15pm
3-3:15pm
NO REGISTRATION NECESSARY • DROP IN
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!​