Available in-person, and all Centre Members can attend online.
Heart Jewel Prayers and Lamrim meditations are heart practices of the New Kadampa Tradition. They are a daily practice at KMC Ottawa and all NKT centres throughout the world.
Through practicing Heart Jewel, we learn how to generate the right state of mind with which to meditate successfully. It empowers, purifies and, most importantly, blesses our mind, so that we can meditate at much deeper levels and gain actual experience in meditation.
Lamrim meditations are essential Buddhist meditations that guide us step-by-step towards enlightenment.
From Monday to Friday each week, we will offer Heart Jewel Prayers from 8 to 9:10am with a special Lamrim meditation, which will be guided by Gen Kelsang Thekchen.
July 8 ~ Exchanging Self and Others
July 9 ~ Great Compassion
July 10 ~ Taking by Means of Compassion
July 11 ~ Wishing Love
Please note - There won't be Heart Jewel Prayers from Monday July 14 to Friday August 9, because of our Guru Yoga Mandala Offering Retreat, and International Summer Festival. The prayers will resume on Monday Aug. 11.
Aug. 11 ~ Giving by Means of Love
Aug. 12 ~ Bodhichitta
Aug. 13 ~ Tranquil Abiding - Clarity of mind
Aug. 14 ~ Emptiness of the body
Aug. 15 ~ Emptiness of the Self
Everyone can attend in-person, and all Centre Members can attend online.
DOOR LOCKED: Please note, for those who wish to attend in person, it is recommended to let us know that you plan to attend so that we can be sure that the door is unlocked. The door is often locked at that time of day for security reasons. If you arrive prior to 0800 and the door is locked, please knock at the side door, (main entrance), to let us know that you've arrived.
For more information, please contact education@meditateinottawa.org
The Heart Jewel Prayer Booklet
This short prayer booklet includes two practices revealed by the Wisdom Buddha Manjushri. By engaging in the special Guru yoga practised in conjunction with Je Tsongkhapa we can purify negativity, accumulate merit and receive blessings, and attain a very special wisdom. By engaging in the special method for relying upon the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden we can overcome obstacles to our practice and create favourable conditions so that we can nurture and increase our spiritual realizations. These two practices are the very essence of Kadampa Buddhism. If we practise them regularly and sincerely, we will reap a rich harvest of pure Dharma realizations, and eventually come to experience the supreme joy of full enlightenment.
There are copies of this prayer booklet available for you to use or purchase at our Centre or you may purchase your own hard or electronic copy at Heart Jewel THARPA publications.
Questions? Please contact education@meditateinottawa.org .
No matter how difficult our external circumstances may become, for as long as we maintain a calm and peaceful mind, the situation will not be a problem for us.