• Become Bliss & Emptiness Weekend Retreat

    Friday, August 24th-Sunday, August 26th, 7:00 pm - 11:30 am
    Individual days can be attended. See below

    Accommodation options available.

  • About This Event

    Please note: Heruka and Vajrayogini Highest Yoga Tantra empowerments are required for this retreat.  If you have not already received these empowerments they will be granted by Gen-la Dekyong at the NKT Summer Festival 2018.

    A wonderful opportunity to spend a weekend deepening your understanding of the profound and joyful Highest Yoga Tantra practices. The weekend will emphasize on gaining heartfelt experience of these sublime practices so that we can integrate them into daily life.

    This guided retreat will be based on Gen-la Dekyong’s commentary of the Summer Festival.

    • Leave behind this ordinary world of suffering and enter the Pure Land.
    • Learn special methods to transform every daily activity into a meditation on the union of bliss and emptiness.

    “As times become ever more impure we will receive the blessings and special care of Heruka and Vajrayogini more quickly, and through this we will attain realizations easily and quickly.” – Excerpt from the book The Oral Instructions of Mahamudra by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

  • Event Schedule

    The retreat will begin Friday evening at 7.00 pm with an introduction and will conclude on Sunday at 11.30 am with a delicious brunch.

    Friday:
    6 – 6:45 pm : supper (optional)
    7 - 8:30 pm : Introduction to weekend

    Saturday:
    9 – 10:15 am : Guided Meditation Session
    10:15 - 11 am : Break
    11 am - 12:15 pm : Guided Meditation Session
    12:30 - 2:30 pm : Lunch
    2.30 pm – 3:45 pm : Guided Meditation Session
    3:45 - 4.15 pm : Break
    4 .15– 5:30 pm : Guided Meditation Session
    5:45 - 6:45 pm : supper (optional)

    Sunday:
    8:15 – 9:30 am : Guided Meditation Session
    9:30 - 10 am : Break
    10 - 11:30 am : Meditations for World Peace
    11:30 am - 1 pm : brunch (optional)

  • Accommodation Options

    KMC Florida has a variety of on-site accommodation options including single, double, and triple occupancy rooms as well as a male and female dorm. We also have ample bathroom facilities for our guests. Staying onsite in our comfortable accommodation gives our retreat and class participants the opportunity to fully immerse themselves in the meditation retreat or course they are attending.

  • The Teacher

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    This event is taught by special guest teacher Gen Norden. Ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1994, Gen Norden has been teaching Buddhism and meditation in the US and the UK for over 20 years. We are very fortunate to have the opportunity to enjoy the precious dharma of Modern Buddhism with such an experienced practitioner.

  • Cost

    (with meal options)

    Entire Weekend (Friday - Sunday):
    Booked On-line: $55 | At door: $75 (includes lunch on Saturday - additional optional meals can be booked)

    Individual Days:
    Friday Booked On-line : $10 | At door $15 (optional supper can be booked)
    Saturday Only Booked On-line : $45 | At door $50 (includes lunch | optional supper can be booked)
    Sunday Only Booked On-line : $15 | At door $20 (optional brunch can be booked)

    Accommodation fees (per person - includes breakfast):
    Single Room $80/night
    Twin Room $55/night 
    Female Dormitory: $30/night
    Male Dormitory: $30/night

  • REGISTRATION

    Live streaming classes booked on this website are only open for those local to KMC Florida. To help build a sense of local community, we ask those living in Florida, closer to Tampa, Safety Harbor, Fort Myers, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, and Orlando, to receive live stream classes from these local Kadampa Meditation/Buddhist Centers.

    Before purchasing our live stream classes please read our payment terms and conditions. 

    KMC FL's Online Class Terms & Conditions

    • The fee for the live stream classes is per person - links to the classes are not to be shared
    • Classes are offered live and online. Unless stated, a video recording is not available afterward

    Refunds and Cancellation

    • Registrants can cancel participation to a live class and receive a full refund by emailing treasurerkmcfl@gmail.com at least 24 hours before the start time of the class.
    • No refunds are given within 24 hours of any class unless there are unique circumstances that are submitted in writing to treasurerkmcfl@gmail.com
    • KMC FL has done its best to provide a good quality live-stream service. We cannot be responsible for the internet speed, lagging, video or sound quality of the personal devices used by people to receive the live stream.



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