Meditation & Modern Buddhism in London, Ontario

You are welcome to attend our Open House Foundation Program Class: May 3 @ 6:30pm Everyone welcome! https://akbc.ca/foundation-program... On May 3, we begin a new term of study with the second section of Meaningful to Behold - Becoming a Friend of the World, a commentary to Shantideva's teaching, Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life. This section of the book covers Chapters 3 "Conscientiousness" and Chapter 4 "Guarding the Mind With Alertness." https://youtu.be/-qkRUBouj_Y

The new Kadampa World Peace Temple is going up in Malaga, Spain. See how much work has been done on the Temple this year!

Perceiving Only Empty Like Space Special Weekend Online Course with Gen-la Khyenrab - March 12 - 14 Join us for Buddha's precious teachings on the ultimate nature of reality. By putting these teachings into practice we can solve our daily problems of uncontrolled desire, anger and ignorance and make our human life meaningful. Everyone Welcome! https://youtu.be/49AtdQUOFTU

Join us this Saturday for our Introduction to Tantra course - What is Tantra? How do we begin with a practice of Tantra? And get some experience of tantra meditation. Everyone welcome! Saturday morning - online and onsite

in his sutra teachings Buddha gives us great encouragement to accomplish the ultimate goal of human life. This goal will be accomplished quickly through the practice of Tantra. ~ Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche

You should never abandon Highest Yoga Tantra, But realize it has inconceivable meaning And is the very essence of Buddhadharma. ~ Buddha

Half day course - Introduction to Tantra - Saturday 6 March 10am - 1pm. Everyone welcome!

Join us for meditation class tonight at 7pm. Online or onsite. Everyone welcome! Friends, the thing you desire give no more satisfaction than drinking sea water, therefore practice contentment" ~ Venerable Atisha from Advice from Atisha's Heart

This April we will only offer online classes. See you at a class soon. Everyone welcome to join us with Zoom!

Join us this Saturday for a virtual morning course and learn how to break bad habits applying Buddha's wisdom. Ancient wisdom for modern problems! Everyone welcome!

This year's digital version of the brochure is available for your phone, tablet or desktop. Follow the international teaching program, and Kadampa events from around the world directly from your device. Download here: https://kadampa.org/2021/01/kadam-dharma-worldwide

Meditation on Giving In this meditation, we give pure happiness to all living beings using our imagination. By putting this meditation into practice, we will gain the actual ability to bestow pure and everlasting happiness on all living beings. ~ Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso from The New Meditation Handbook

We are closed for onsite classes until mid February. Please join us ONLINE. Make this a meaningful lockdown by engaging in meditation practice and train in developing a deep and lasting inner peace. Everyone welcome. For a list of all our classes: akbc.ca

WISDOM TEACHINGS FROM GEN-LA KHYENRAB APPEARENCES ARE LIKE DREAMS In the previous post of this mini series, Gen-la Khyenrab introduced how to meditate on the emptiness of the body. In this clip he explains how we can deepen our understanding of emptiness. https://kadampa.org//wisdom-teachings-from-gen-la-khyenrab

Join us online for class this Wednesday. Develop inner wisdom that chooses patience over anger and resentment. Contemplations and meditations for everyone. Everyone welcome! 7pm with Gen Kunden.

There is still time to register for the Ontario Dharma Celebration - starting tonight ONLINE! Blessing Empowerment of Buddha Maitreya and teachings on love. Register at meditationintoronto.com https://youtu.be/mC_z-TxRbMc

If you appreciate our meditation classes, please consider making a one-time or monthly donation to Avalokiteshvara Centre. Our donation goal is $2100.

Choose Happiness! Public Talk ONLINE with our National Spiritual Director Gen-la Khyenrab will take place on Tuesday 1 December from 7:30 - 9pm. ONLINE. Learn the tools to create happiness for yourself in your life. Everyone welcome.

Join us tonight with meditation on renunciation. Meditate on the joyful wish to become permanently free from suffering. This meditation is where our freedom begins! Everyone welcome!

What is the difference between self-confidence and self-importance? One is a mind that generates happiness and the other a mind that generates suffering. Learn to tell the difference in our Wednesday meditation class tonight. Everyone welcome!

THE FALL FESTIVAL 2020 ONLINE Follow the Festival Diaries each day with fresh reports, photos, videos and much more: https://kadampa.org/2020/10/fall-festival-2020-day-1 Here is a special message from Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong to help us prepare for the Fall Festival teachings. https://fb.watch/1iJCV_Aovt/

What is the difference between self-confidence and self-importance? One is a mind that generates happiness and the other a mind that generates suffering. Learn to tell the difference in our Wednesday meditation class tonight. Everyone welcome!

On October 19, we will begin studying Meaningful to Behold, a commentary to Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life... https://akbc.ca/foundation-program/ Venerable Geshe-la says of the book The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life - Through sincerely practising these instructions we can transform our ordinary, self-centred intentions into the supreme good heart, our ordinary, confused view into profound wisdom, and our ordinary way of life into a Bodhisattva’s way of life. In this way, we will attain the supreme inner peace of enlightenment, which is the real meaning of our human life.

Join us tonight at 7pm with meditations on dispelling the origin of our problems. Everyone welcome. Onsite at AKBC or online via Zoom.

Join us this Saturday, for a meaning Saturday morning learn how to transform our anxiety into a positive and powerful mind! Everyone welcome!

Class tonight - Build your Inner Confidence and Joy this Wednesday with Meditation. And come along this Saturday for our Transforming Fear Morning course from 10am - 1pm. Learn how to get control of your mind and transform your mind from negative to positive with meditation.

Today is Buddha's Return from Heaven Day. Every year on September 22 we celebrate Buddha’s return from the desire god realm called Land of the Thirty-three Heavens, where he had been to visit his mother who had been reborn there. This day is therefore very special. It is said that if we engage in any kind of virtuous action on this day it becomes especially powerful and our merit greatly increases. For example, if we offer one single light offering this action is multiplied ...to become millions of light offerings. On this day we should especially remember Buddha’s kindness. https://kadampa.org/2020/09/descent-from-heaven

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

Enjoy this teaching from Gen-la Jampa on the benefits of Lamrim. And join us for our "21 Meditations" (Lamrim) class tonight at 7pm. Onsite and online. https://kadampa.org/podcast/the-benefits-of-lamrim

We should try to maintain this thought all the time.

Ontario Dharma Celebration will be held online the first weekend of December with Gen-la Khyrenrab granting the Empowerment of Buddha Maitreya and giving teachings on loving kindness. Everyone welcome!

A reminder that we have a special opportunity to receive the Blessing Empowerment of Medicine Buddha ONLINE! this October. Heal your mind with the blessings of Medicine Buddha. The International Fall Festival 2020 will be presented online from Manjushri KMC, October 23-29. https://kadampafestivals.org/fall

Join us this evening for a meditation on karma. No matter how uncertain life may seem, by understanding karma we can forge a path to happiness. Everyone welcome. 7pm online via zoom or onsite at AKBC.

Join us this Saturday for a special morning course. How to put down that phone and make time for our meditation practice! Meaningful contemplations and meditations with our resident teacher, Kelsang Kunden. Everyone welcome. Online with zoom. Or onsite at AKBC.

Join us for meditation class tonight to train in developing and maintain positive virtuous minds like love and compassion with meditation. Everyone welcome. Online or with zoom.

Book now for the NKT Fall Festival Online. October 23 - 29. The healing medicine of wisdom live-streamed directly to you! Medicine Buddha Empowerment: the supreme medicine of faith and wisdom. Everyone welcome!

WHAT IS AFFECTIONATE LOVE? Did you hear the latest podcast by Gen-la Khyenrab, helping us to extend a warm heart to all living beings? So many incredible podcasts to enjoy! https://kadampa.org/podcast

Stop Worrying! this Fall. Join our morning meditation retreat on Oct 31 for meditation training to overcome anxiety and stress. Everyone welcome.

Now that the Canadian Festival has come to a close, time to resume classes at AKBC. Learn how to seize the day and make the most of your precious human life with meditation on death tonight at 7pm. This is a joyous meditation that will build confidence and inspiration in our heart. Everyone welcome!

For a list of all the Kadampa Centres in Canada, please visit https://akbc.ca/centres-in-canada/

Enjoy this short excerpt of a teaching on conventional truths with Gen-la Khyenrab from the Canadian Kadampa Festival this weekend.

Kelsang Kunden invites you to attend the Canadian National Festival this weekend! There is still time to register at kadampafestivals.ca https://youtu.be/a9DqqhvO_qs

21 Meditations Class tonight on our the first lamrim meditation - Our Precious Human Life. Through a deep understanding of how our life is rare, precious and meaningful, we will not waste it. Instead make every moment count. Join us online or on zoom. Everyone welcome! https://akbc.ca/akbc-portfolio/twenty-one-meditations/

Join us for meditation class this Wednesday online with Zoom. Make this fall a year to increase your inner peace with meditation. Everyone welcome!

New class starting this Tuesday 8 September. Join us for meditation on our precious human life - with a new cycle of the 21 lamrim (stages of the path to enlightenment) meditations. This is a drop in class, online and onsite. Everyone welcome!

Check out our new series of classes starting this week! Classes are available online or you are welcome to join us onsite. Tuesday evenings: 21 Meditations - Join us for a drop-in class as we cycle through the 21 lamrim meditations Wednesday evenings: GP Class - Drop in meditation class "Transforming Our Life with Meditation"... Check out our upcoming half day courses. Everyone welcome! https://akbc.ca/classes

Join us tonight for our weekly Wednesday meditation class as we explore even more reasons to not get angry. Shantideva said: There is no evil greater than anger, And no virtue greater than patience...... See you tonight at 7pm!

Join us for meditation class tonight online and establish a peaceful mind for the week ahead. Everyone welcome.

Find deep inner peace by meditating on the nature of your own mind. This meditation is powerful to reduce stress and anxiety and to help us overcome negative minds that cause us pain. Join us for a meaningful morning of meditation this Saturday 22 August with two sessions of meditation with this morning retreat. Everyone welcome, regardless of background or previous experience. with Kadampa Buddhist nun, Kelsang Kunden

Arya Tara - the Great Liberator from all suffering, sickness and misfortune - surrounded by her twenty-one manifestations. Happy Tara Day https://tharpa.com/ca/green-tara-4-and-the-21-taras.html

We may think that anger is a useful response to the world's and our own problems, but it is in fact just making our mind unpeaceful and unhappy. Patience, love and compassion are always more skillful responses.