Sessions will resume Monday, Feb 3.
Available in-person, and all Centre Members can attend online.
Our Guru Sumati Buddha Heruka ~ January Retreat Challenge begins Friday Jan 3, and continues until Tues Jan 28.
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.
Feb 17 - no session
Feb 18 - Developing equanimity
Feb 19 - Recognizing all beings as our Mothers
Feb 20 - Remembering the Kindness of all our Mothers
Feb 21 - Wishing to Repay the Kindness of all our Mothers
Feb 24 - Equalizing Self and Others
Feb 25 - Faults of Self Cherishing
Feb 26 ~ Benefits of Cherishing Others
Feb 27 ~ Exchanging Self and Others
Feb 28 ~ Great Compassion
Everyone can attend in-person, and all Centre Members can attend online. 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 will be copies of this prayer booklet available for you at our Centre when you attend these sessions.
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.