Detox the Mind ~ Buddha Vajrasattva Empowerment with Gen Thekchen

We spend almost all our time and energy trying to avoid problems and experience happiness by changing the world around us. However, our unhappiness and difficulties do not come from external things, they are the result of the negative actions, or ‘karma’, we performed in the past. 

By receiving the purifying blessing of Buddha Vajrasattva and turning inwards for solutions we embark on a true path to happiness. 

An empowerment is a blessing ritual and guided meditation through which we make a deep connection with an enlightened Buddha and create the cause to achieve that Buddha's enlightened state.

The blessing empowerment of Buddha Vajrasattva, the Buddha of purification, will enable us to connect directly with Vajrasattva's mind and to receive purification simply through his blessings. This powerful experience gives us a brief glimpse of the inner freedom and universal love experienced by an enlightened mind.

During the teachings on this simple but effective practice, Gen Kelsang Thekchen will illuminate the purification practice of Buddha Vajrasattva following the sadhana Meditation and Recitation of Solitary Vajrasattva. This skilful and creative practice allows us to connect with the natural potential of our mind, to heal our past, and to free ourselves from old, painful habits of thinking and behaving. Through purifying our mind gradually we experience a wonderful lightness and inner freedom.  We are then free to live a life based on wisdom and love, to experience a truly joyful heart and to become the person we really wish to be.

This event will be followed by a 6-day Vajrsattva Retreat, which will give us an opportunity to practice purifying our negative karma before it ripens as negative experiences for us.  Click here for more information about that retreat and how to register.

Everybody welcome.

Schedule

Saturday December 12

10am-12pm - Empowerment

1.30-3pm - Teaching

3.30-4.30pm ~  Guided Meditation

This special Blessing Empowerment  event will be led by our Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Thekchen, who is a Kadampa Buddhist monk & senior Teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition. He has been a Teacher under the guidance of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for more than 30 years. Gen Thekchen has taught widely in Canada and in the UK, and is now the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Centre Ottawa. He is well known for his ability to present Buddha's teachings in a practical, profound and often humorous way, making them very accessible and easy to practise in everyday life.