Kadampa Meditation Center Florida

35 Confession Buddhas
2025-02-19 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-02-12 11:00 - 11:45 (America/New_York) | 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.

Change You Can Trust
2025-02-18 19:00 - 20:15, 2025-02-11 19:00 - 20:15
In this series we will explore practical and uplifting ways to transform our daily lives—including even the most demanding and difficult situations—into opportunities for personal growth and spiritual development which is the only change we can really trust. We will learn ancient meditation techniques that have been successfully practiced for centuries and integrate them into our own everyday experiences. Through these simple but profound instructions and meditations, we can reduce and eventually eliminate our anxiety and discouragement and remain positive and peaceful in all circumstances.
Please join us and start the new year by learning how to develop your own good qualities to their full capacity which is contributing to the world peace we all hope for in the most meaningful way.
Book: Universal Compassion: by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Heart Jewel with Silent Meditation
2025-02-18 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-02-17 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-02-13 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-02-12 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-02-11 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-02-06 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-02-05 17:00 - 18:00
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.

Quick Path (HYT)
2025-02-18 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-02-11 12:00 - 13:30
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

Lunchtime Meditation
2025-02-17 12:15 - 12:45
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!

Wishfulfilling Jewel with food offering
2025-02-16 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-02-09 14:00 - 15:00
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.

Transform the Way you Love Special Class
2025-02-16 11:00 - 12:30
In this special Valentines’ Weekend Retreat Gen Kelsang Khedrub, the resident teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center Boston, will be teaching and guiding practical meditations on developing our capacity to love others using the three types of love explained clearly in Buddhist psychology. We will learn that the more you love others—paradoxically—the happier you get! This seems counterintuitive because normally we think that happiness comes from “being loved enough”. But this never produces the feeling we are all looking for—no matter how hard we try.
Real happiness comes from doing the opposite—giving love. Everyone Welcome!

Prayers for World Peace
2025-02-14 17:30 - 18:00
Through contemplating, practicing and meditating on Buddha’s teachings we cultivate a mind of cherishing and loving ALL living beings so we can be the change for ourselves and our world. In Buddhism, “prayer” or “monlam” means wish path. We understand that we are all wishing for a more positive and peaceful world. Please join us for these beautiful prayers during this great time of need to create the world we want for ourselves and others.

The Power to Change
2025-02-14 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-02-07 11:00 - 12:00
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.

Transform the Way You Love
2025-02-14 - 2025-02-16
In this special Valentines’ Weekend Retreat Gen Kelsang Khedrub, the resident teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center Boston, will be teaching and guiding practical meditations on developing our capacity to love others using the three types of love explained clearly in Buddhist psychology. We will learn that the more you love others—paradoxically—the happier you get! This seems counterintuitive because normally we think that happiness comes from “being loved enough”. But this never produces the feeling we are all looking for—no matter how hard we try.
Real happiness comes from doing the opposite—giving love. Everyone Welcome!

Schedule
Fri, Feb 14
Session 1: 7-8:30pm

Sat, Feb 15
Session 2: 10-11:15am
Lunch: 11:30am-12:30pm
Session 3: 1-2:15pm
Session 4: 3-4:15pm

Sun, Feb 16
Session 5: 11am-12:30pm
Q&A: 12:30-1pm

Dakini Yoga
2025-02-13 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-02-06 17:00 - 18:00
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.

Lunchtime Meditation
2025-02-12 12:15 - 12:45, 2025-02-10 12:15 - 12:45
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!

Offering to the Spiritual Guide with food offering
2025-02-10 15:00 - 16:30
Offering to the Spiritual Guide is a special Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa in conjunction with Highest Yoga Tantra. It was compiled by the first Panchen Lama, Losang Chökyi Gyaltsän, as a preliminary practice for Vajrayana Mahamudra. The main practice is relying upon the Spiritual Guide, but it also includes all the essential practices of the stages of the path (Lamrim) and training the mind (Lojong), as well as both the generation stage and completion stage of Highest Yoga Tantra.
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.

Tara Prayers
2025-02-08 17:00 - 18:00
At Kadampa Centers worldwide, the eighth of the month is Tara Day. Tara is a female Buddha, whose name means “Rescuer”. She is the embodiment of swift compassion. If we rely upon Tara sincerely and with strong faith, she will protect us from all obstacles and fulfill all our wishes. Tara has the ability to protect us from all inner and outer fears – such as the dangers from wind and water.

Center Cherishing
2025-02-08 12:00 - 14:00
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!

Meditation for Kids & Families
2025-02-08 10:00 - 11:45
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. We will conclude the morning with a pancake brunch! All families are welcome.

Powa
2025-02-07 18:00 - 19:00
Powa, or transference of consciousness, is a profound method for transferring the consciousness of the deceased to the Pure Land of Buddha. After a person dies and before they take their next rebirth, there is an opportunity for those who have some connection with them to guide their consciousness’ away from the painful rebirths of samsara and into the pure lands, worlds created by minds experiencing things in a pure way.
