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SUMMARY:Simply Meditate
DESCRIPTION:In today’s fast-paced world\, anxiety and stress are widespread\, making life feel overwhelming and difficult. This class equips you with meditation tools to help manage stress and change how you respond to your thoughts and emotions. \nDiscover how meditation helps you manage stress by showing you that many fears and negative feelings come from the mind. Through meditation\, you’ll learn how to control these emotions.
URL:https://meditationinsarasota.org/event/simply-meditate/2025-12-06/
LOCATION:Kadampa Meditation Center Florida\, 730 N Washington Blvd\, Sarasota\, FL\, 34236\, United States
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SUMMARY:Buddha Shakyamuni Blessing Empowerment
DESCRIPTION:More than 2\,500 years ago\, Buddha Shakyamuni opened the door to enlightenment. What he revealed in that moment—the sublime state of boundless happiness\, freedom and the compassionate ability to be of limitless benefit to others—is still available to all of us right now.  \nAn Empowerment empowers us with a vision and sense of what is possible for us to accomplish. The transformation that is possible for each and everyone of us. Not only do we become personally empowered to be the best we can be and to progress to enlightenment; we also become empowered to see our world in a different\, more authentic way. We recognize that if we purify our mind\, we purify our world. We all have this extraordinary potential within us and the function of an Empowerment is to awaken and nourish that potential. \nResident Teacher\, Gen Kelsang Lhadron\, will guide the Empowerment and give teachings. On Sunday\, she will give commentary to the Liberating Prayer\, which is a special prayer recited at every Kadampa Buddhist Center around the world. It has many levels of meaning and great power to transform our mind. \nPlease bring an offering for the Empowerment and Wishfulfilling Jewel Prayer. Offerings will also be available for purchase at registration. \nEvent Schedule\nFriday\, December 12 \n\n6:00 – 7:00pm | Registration and Check-In\n7:00 – 8:30pm | Introductory Talk with Gen Lhadron\n\nSaturday\, December 13 \n\n8:30 – 9:45am | Registration and Check-In\n10:00 – 12pm | Blessing Empowerment of Buddha Shakyamuni\n12:15 – 1:15pm | Lunch\n1:30 – 3:00pm | Commentary\n5:00 – 6:00 pm | Wishfulfilling Jewel with food offering\n\nSunday\, December 14 \n\n11:00 – 12:30 | Commentary to The Liberating Prayer\n\n  \nEvent Pricing\n\nEntire Weekend – $85\nSaturday Only – $60\nMember pricing available at registration.\n\nAccommodations available through registration.  \n  \n 
URL:https://meditationinsarasota.org/event/buddha-shakyamuni-blessing-empowerment/
LOCATION:Kadampa Meditation Center Florida\, 730 N Washington Blvd\, Sarasota\, FL\, 34236\, United States
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SUMMARY:Holiday Potluck Party
DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to join for a casual potluck party to celebrate the season together as a community. Enjoy a delightful and relaxing evening with spiritual friends. Please bring a vegetarian potluck dish to share and a $15 white elephant gift for the gift exchange. \nFree and Open to Everyone!
URL:https://meditationinsarasota.org/event/holiday-potluck-party/
LOCATION:Kadampa Meditation Center Florida\, 730 N Washington Blvd\, Sarasota\, FL\, 34236\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:New Years Eve Prayers for World Peace
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our annual New Year’s Eve Prayers for World Peace at Kadampa Meditation Center Florida \nIn these challenging times\, what better way to welcome the New Year than with sincere prayers for peace in our world? World Peace is possible! But as our founder Geshe Kelsang Gyatso often said “Without Inner Peace\, Outer Peace is Impossible.” We can make this special\, impactful evening truly meaningful and uplifting by developing our own Inner Peace\, the real source of our own happiness and of world peace. \nFollowing a talk on learning how to develop Inner Peace and how this is the only way to achieve World Peace\, we will collectively express our desire and hope for inner and world peace using music and meditation – and celebration. Please join us for an inspiring talk\, collective expression\, and a holiday party with vegetarian mocktails & appetizers. Our prayers and celebrations begin at 7:00pm. \n\n\n“Without Inner Peace\, Outer Peace is Impossible”\n– Geshe Kelsang Gyatso\n\n  \nSchedule\n7-8pm Mocktails and Appetizers8-9:15pm Talk and Prayers with Gen Lhadron9:15-9:30pm Bubbly Toast & Dessert \nWe look forward to bringing in the new year with you! \n\n  \nPricing\n\n$35
URL:https://meditationinsarasota.org/event/new-years-eve-prayers-for-world-peace/
LOCATION:Kadampa Meditation Center Florida\, 730 N Washington Blvd\, Sarasota\, FL\, 34236\, United States
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