Free for anyone in-person at our centre and by Zoom links for our monthly members.
Heart Jewel Prayers and Lamrim meditations are heart practices of the New Kadampa Tradition, (NKT). They are a daily practice at Kadampa Meditation Centre (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 along the stages of the path towards enlightenment.
From Monday to Friday each week, we offer Heart Jewel Prayers from 8 to 9:15 am with a Lamrim meditation, which will be guided by Gen Kelsang Thekchen, Kelsang Lamden or Kelsang Khandro.
Sept 24 ~ Concentration - Clarity of Mind
Sept 25 ~ Emptiness of the Body
Sept 26 ~ Emptiness of the Self
Sept 29 ~ Reliance on a Spiritual Guide
Sept 30 ~ Our Precious Human Life
Oct 1 ~ Death & Impermanence
Oct 2 ~ Danger of Lower Rebirth
Oct 3 ~ Refuge Practice
Oct 6 ~ Karma
Oct 7 ~ Developing Renunciation
Oct 8 ~ Meditation on Abandoning Self-Grasping Ignorance, the Root of Samsaric Rebirth
Oct 9 ~ Meditation on the Actual Path to Liberation, the Three Higher Trainings
Oct 10 ~ Meditation on our Determination to Attain True Cessations
Oct 13 ~ Developing Equanimity
Oct 14 ~ Recognizing All Living Beings as our Mothers
Oct 15 ~ Remembering the Kindness of All Living Beings
Oct 16 ~ Equalizing Self and Others
Oct 17 ~ The Dangers of Self-Cherishing
Everyone can attend for free in-person at our centre, and all Centre Members can attend online using the emailed Zoom link.
DOOR LOCKED: Please note, for those who wish to attend in person at our centre at 879 Somerset St West, 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 online Heart Jewel THARPA publications. The Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide from His Faithful Disciples that is also chanted is available as a free download.
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.