Training in Emptiness Retreat
with our Resident Teacher
Gen Kelsang Thekchen
Sunday, January 11 - Thursday, January 15
at KMC Ottawa
This partially guided retreat offers a wonderful opportunity to deepen our experience of the true nature or emptiness of our body, our self and all phenomena. This retreat will include powerful meditations to connect with the wisdom of all Buddhas, guided meditations and teachings helping us to become free from the root of all suffering, the ignorance of self grasping. Don’t miss this special opportunity to develop this profound wisdom.
"Emptiness is the way things really are. It is the way things exist as opposed to the way they appear... There is no greater method for experiencing peace of mind and happiness than to understand and meditate on emptiness."
— Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
Each session will include chanted prayers and a meditation. Everyone is welcome!
This guided retreat follows a half-day course called Exploring the Dream-like Nature of Reality, Emptiness on Sat Jan 10, 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.
Daily Retreat Schedule
(Sun Jan 11 - Thurs Jan 15):
Session 1 - 9-10:15am
Session 2 - 11:15-12:30pm
Session 3 - 2-3:15pm
Session 4 - 7-8:30pm (please note no Session 4 on Tuesday or Thursday.)
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.
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.