Lamrim Guided Retreat:
Your Step-by-Step Path to Enlightenment
with our Resident Teacher
Gen Kelsang Thekchen
Sunday, January 4 - Thursday, January 8
at KMC Ottawa
Embark on a life-changing retreat where you’ll experience guided meditations, clear teachings, and silent reflection that awaken your Buddha nature, moving you from everyday worries to boundless compassion and wisdom. Whether you’re new to the path or deepening your practice, this retreat offers the complete roadmap in a supportive, modern setting.
Each session will include a teaching, chanted prayers and a guided meditation. No previous experience of meditation or Buddhism is needed. Everyone is welcome!
This guided retreat follows a half-day course called Learn to Meditate: First Steps on the Path to Enlightenment on Sat Jan 3, 10am-1pm, which will also be led by Gen Thekchen. Attending this course would be excellent preparation for participating in the retreat. For more info about this course, click here.
Retreat Schedule
Sunday, January 4
9-10:15am - Precious Human Life
10:45am-12pm - Death and Impermanence
1:15-2:30pm - Dangers of lower rebirth and benefits of refuge practice
7-8:30pm - Karma
Monday, January 5
9-10.15am - Renunciation - True Sufferings
10:45am-12pm - Renunciation - True Origins
1:15-2:30pm - Renunciation - True Paths
7-8:30pm - Renunciation - True Cessations
Tuesday, January 6
9-10.15am - Developing equanimity
10:45am-12pm - Recognizing all beings as our mother
1:15-2:30pm - Remembering the kindness of mother beings
7-8:30pm - Wishing to repay the kindness of mother beings
Wednesday, January 7
9-10.15am - Equalizing self and others
10:45am-12pm - The faults of self-cherishing
1:15-2:30pm- The benefits of cherishing others
7-8:30pm - Exchanging self and others
Thursday, January 8
9-10.15am - Great Compassion
10:45-12pm - Taking
1:15-2:30pm - Wishing Love and Giving
7-8:30pm - Bodhichitta
This retreat will be led by Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Thekchen, who is a senior Teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition. He has been a Kadampa Buddhist monk and Teacher under the guidance of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for more than 30 years. He is well known for his ability to present Buddha's teachings in a simple, practical and often humorous way, making them easy to put into practice in everyday life.
To hear a sample teaching given by Gen Thekchen, click on the podcast arrow below.
Click below to pre-register or register at the door. Various prices available- click the link below. We accept Cash, Credit or Debit but are unable to accept $100 bills.
In the beginning of our practice the most essential thing is to tame our mind, for only this will enable us to benefit all sentient beings.