Kadampa Meditation Center Florida

Meditation for Kids
2025-10-05 11:00 - 12:15, 2025-10-12 11:00 - 12:15, 2025-10-19 11:00 - 12:15 (America/New_York) | Kadampa Meditation Center Florida, 730 N Washington Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
Enjoy a meaningful family-friendly morning at Kadampa Meditation Center in the heart of Sarasota. This event is an opportunity for families to get to know our temple and world peace garden, relax and enjoy a fun morning in serene surroundings. The activities, which include a simple guided meditation, story, art and outdoor games, are designed to help children and families cultivate inner peace and positive states of mind. All families are welcome!
$5 Suggested Donation

Prayers for World Peace
2025-10-05 11:00 - 12:15 | Kadampa Meditation Center Florida, 730 N Washington Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States

A Calm Mind: Practices For Everyday Life
2025-10-12 11:00 - 12:15 | Kadampa Meditation Center Florida, 730 N Washington Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
We need advice we can trust in these perilous times. We need advice that comes from enlightened minds that have perfected all their good qualities and whose only intention is compassion coming from wisdom that benefits everyone without exception. Atisha’s Advice is so inspiring and as relevant now as it was when het aught it a thousand years ago. This advice helps everyone develop a pure and happy mind. It shows us how to improve our relationships and serves as a reliable guide for our own inner development.
10/12 Who was Atisha; what is a spiritual guide?
10/19 Finding friends using wisdom
10/26 Virtuous time management
11/02 Priorities coming from wisdom
11/09 Real security for the future
11/16 Creating healthy relationships
11/23 Making every moment meaningful
11/30 Final advice and the six perfections

Lunchtime Meditation
2025-10-13 12:15 - 12:45, 2025-10-20 12:15 - 12:45 | Kadampa Meditation Center Florida, 730 N Washington Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
These lunchtime meditations taught by teachers of KMC Florida are suitable for everyone. They consist of a short talk on meditation followed by a guided meditation to set you up nicely for a tranquil day. Followed by lunch in our World Peace Cafe.
Everyone Welcome!

Dakini Yoga (HYT)
2025-10-13 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-16 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-10-20 17:00 - 18:00 | Kadampa Meditation Center Florida, 730 N Washington Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
Prayers and meditations that contain the essence of the self-generation practice of Vajrayogini – the female enlightened Deity of Highest Yoga Tantra who is the manifestation of the wisdom of all Buddhas. It is also a six-session yoga – a simple but powerful daily practice for maintaining all Tantric commitments for those who have received a Highest Yoga Tantra empowerment – that has been specially arranged for those who have received the empowerment of Vajrayogini. Also included are lists of the Bodhisattva and Tantric vows and commitments, and an explanation on how the practice of Dakini Yoga fulfils these commitments.
Those attending should have received Highest Yoga Tantra empowerment or have the intention to do so in the near future.

Teacher Training Program (TTP)
2025-10-13 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-10-16 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-10-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Kadampa Meditation Center Florida, 730 N Washington Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
The Teacher Training Program (TTP) is designed for students who wish to become qualified teachers of Modern Buddhism. There are twelve subjects and fourteen texts taught in TTP, including the six texts taught in FP. Students are also required to observe certain commitments and to complete a number of meditation retreats each year. Enrollment must be approved by the Resident Teacher. Find out more information HERE.

Quick Path (HYT)
2025-10-14 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-10-21 12:00 - 13:30 | Kadampa Meditation Center Florida, 730 N Washington Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
This session is open only to those who have received the Highest Yoga Tantra empowerments from the New Kadampa Tradition. If you have not received this empowerment please join us for another puja, such as Wishfulfilling Jewel with Lamrim Meditation. Quick Path is the tantric practice of Vajrayogini, a female enlightened being.
WALK INS WELCOME!
There is no registration for this prayer.
If you would like to attend this prayer live stream open the following link at the scheduled time
Puja Zoom Link

Heart Jewel with Silent Meditation
2025-10-14 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-15 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-21 17:00 - 18:00 | Kadampa Meditation Center Florida, 730 N Washington Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
The Heart Jewel prayer and meditation practice is the heart essence of Kadampa Buddhism. It is used by many Kadampas as their main daily practice.
Through these beautiful prayers we can overcome obstacles to our Dharma practice and create favorable conditions so that we can nurture and increase our pure Dharma realizations.
Practice details: In the first part we visualize our Spiritual Guide as Je Tsongkhapa. Then we make prayers and requests to purify any negativity, accumulate merit, and receive blessings. A pause for personal silent meditation is included. It is a very meaningful and enjoyable practice, especially when performed in a group setting.

Breathe Easy: How to Manage Stress and Anxiety
2025-10-14 19:00 - 20:15, 2025-10-21 19:00 - 20:15 | Kadampa Meditation Center Florida, 730 N Washington Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
This series will show us how we can use meditation and Buddha’s teachings to bring about positive changes that we can use in our daily life. Many people are overwhelmed by the stress and demands of everyday life. We will explore meditation methods and ways of thinking derived from Buddha’s teachings that will help us deal with our stressed and anxious minds more confidently and effectively.
Everyone is welcome. No previous meditation experience needed. There will be two guided meditations. One in the beginning to settle our mind and then another one after the teaching so we can contemplate the main points and take something away to test out in our daily life

35 Confession Buddhas
2025-10-15 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-10-22 11:00 - 11:45 | Kadampa Meditation Center Florida, 730 N Washington Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
The Boddhisattvas Confessions of Moral Downfalls
No matter how negative our mind is we have the opportunity to purify it completely by engaging in purification, the root of future happiness and spiritual realizations. In this practice, we visualize the Thirty-five Confession Buddhas and practice purification in their presence. Through the power of their blessings and prayers, we can swiftly purify even the heaviest negative actions simply by faithfully reciting their names. During this practice, we will make one prostration to each of the 35 Buddhas.

Lunchtime Meditation
2025-10-15 12:15 - 12:45 | Kadampa Meditation Center Florida, 730 N Washington Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
These lunchtime meditations taught by teachers of KMC Florida are suitable for everyone. They consist of a short talk on meditation followed by a guided meditation to set you up nicely for a tranquil day. Everyone Welcome!

Foundation Program (FP)
2025-10-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Kadampa Meditation Center Florida, 730 N Washington Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
The Foundation Program gives students the opportunity to engage in a more in-depth and structured approach to the practices of meditation and Buddhism. The structured curriculum allows us to develop a genuine experience of the Dharma while integrating it into our modern way of life. Participating in this program helps cultivate confidence in meditation, from fundamental techniques for addressing daily challenges to advanced practices that lead to ultimate happiness and lasting inner peace. Find out more HERE.

Wishfulfilling Jewel with food offering
2025-10-16 17:00 - 18:00 | Kadampa Meditation Center Florida, 730 N Washington Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
This practice is the heart essence of Kadampa Buddhism. In the first part we visualize our Spiritual Guide as Je Tsongkhapa and make prayers and requests to purify negativity, accumulate merit, and receive blessings. This prepares our mind for a 15-minute meditation on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. After the meditation we make prayers to our Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden. Through this we can overcome obstacles to our practice and increase our pure Dharma realizations.
This practice includes a tsog offering so you can bring a vegetarian food or beverage, packaged or prepared, as an offering if you wish. Fruits, vegetables, cookies, crackers, dips, and bottled beverages include some examples of common tsog offering items.

Meditations for a Meaningful Life
2025-10-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Kadampa Meditation Center Florida, 730 N Washington Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
The Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, or “Lamrim”, is a sophisticated, practical presentation of Buddhist teachings, which is designed to help us improve and grow in a deliberate and joyful way. Over 1000 years ago the Buddhist sage Atisha consolidated the 84,000 teachings of Buddha into the Lamrim, which are 21 essential meditations, revolutionizing the practice of Buddha’s teachings. Since then, Lamrim has flourished throughout the world and it perfectly fits within our modern lifestyle. It is simple, scientific, and incredibly potent.
The Lamrim takes us step-by-step through carefully crafted meditations so we can purposefully nourish the qualities in our mind that lead to our happiness and reduce our painful thoughts and feelings.
In this class, we will go one-by-one through the Lamrim, drawing out how we can personally use these meditations and create our own meditation practice. There will be a special emphasis on the art of meditation and how to really make our meditations effective.
Join us afterwards for lunch in our World Peace Cafe! Lunch is available for purchase at check in and will be served after the class.

Simply Meditate
2025-10-18 10:00 - 10:45 | Kadampa Meditation Center Florida, 730 N Washington Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
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.
Discover 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.

Center Cherishing
2025-10-18 11:00 - 13:00 | Kadampa Meditation Center Florida, 730 N Washington Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
All Kadampa centers are dedicated to all living beings. They belong to them, remaining in their service for all time, and can never be taken over by individuals or organizations and used for other purposes.
For this reason, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche says that these centers are very precious and that whenever we engage in an action to benefit a center we are in fact benefitting all living beings. Through such actions we accumulate vast merit, purify negativities and receive powerful blessings.
This event is a special opportunity for people to come together and cherish our center and in this way benefit our local community practically. Snacks will be provided. Everyone welcome!

A Calm Mind: Practices For Everyday Life
2025-10-19 11:00 - 12:15 | Kadampa Meditation Center Florida, 730 N Washington Blvd, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
We need advice we can trust in these perilous times. We need advice that comes from enlightened minds that have perfected all their good qualities and whose only intention is compassion coming from wisdom that benefits everyone without exception. Atisha’s Advice is so inspiring and as relevant now as it was when het aught it a thousand years ago. This advice helps everyone develop a pure and happy mind. It shows us how to improve our relationships and serves as a reliable guide for our own inner development.
10/12 Overcoming our Worst Habit in Relationships
10/19 Blaming the Right Thing for our Problems
10/26 The Key To Harmony in Relationships
11/02 The Natural Beauty of Ethics and Patience
11/09 Looking For Satisfaction
11/16 Tame the Mind Closest to You
11/23 Go Where You Grow
11/30 Time To Move (for the last time)

Get Control of Your Life: A Public Talk
2025-10-19 15:30 - 16:30 | FL
In this busy world, our experiences of happiness are fleeting and short-lived, while inner peace eludes us completely. Our negative states of mind, such as uncontrolled desire and anger, create endless problems for us (and others) and prevent us from fulfilling our deepest wishes. Buddha offers a clear and simple solution, guiding us to an oasis of boundless peace within our hearts.
This talk will be held at Hashtag Cafe
2781 Bee Ridge Rd, Sarasota, FL 34239
