879 Somerset Street West, Ottawa

In-person: $15 per class, or $50 for a 4-class card
Free for members: Click here to become a member

Live-Streamed classes - As well as in-person for everyone, this course is available by Live-Stream for our Support Members. Click here for more details to access by Live-Stream.  Click here to become a monthly support member. 

We all want to be happy and live a meaningful life, but how can we be happy in the midst of all the different influences in our daily life? What are some simple practices that everyone can do to help their mind, both in and out of meditation? One particularly well-loved text within our lineage, known as Advice from Atisha’s Heart, is full of helpful tips from the great Buddhist master Atisha, who founded the Kadampa tradition around the year 1000 AD. They're filled with wise advice that everyone can practice, and are astonishingly relevant to our daily lives. Each verse addresses some aspect of our life in which we can find more peace and happiness by thinking in special ways.

In these classes, Gen Thekchen will introduce and guide meditations for all levels. Each class will focus on a few verses from Advice from Atisha’s Heart, looking at how we can understand and practice their meaning in a way that will improve our daily experience. 

Although it's presented as a series, you can drop in for any of these classes - each one is self-contained.

These classes are available in-person and by live-stream.  Contact info@meditateinottawa.org to learn more about the livestream option.

Class Schedule

These classes are taught by Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Thekchen,who is a Kadampa Buddhist monk & senior Teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition. He has been a Teacher under the guidance of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for more than 25 years. Gen Thekchen has taught widely in Canada and in the UK, and is now the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Centre Ottawa. He is well known for his ability to present Buddha's teachings in a practical, profound and often humorous way, making them very accessible and easy to practise in everyday life.