Sunday Mornings:
The Happiness Hour
Drop-in Classes with Gen Thekchen
at KMC Ottawa
The Happiness Hour
Weekly Drop-in classes,
Sundays, 11am - 12pm
at Kadampa Meditation Centre Ottawa
with Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Thekchen
Starting Sunday Jan. 26
In-person: $15 per drop-in class
Free for members: Click here to become a member
These classes are available as live-stream for members, for free.
Buddha’s teachings on loving kindness reveal that all the happiness in the world arises from wishing others to be happy. Based on the book The New Eight Steps to Happiness by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, learn about one of Buddhism’s best loved teachings – happiness through kindness. These Sunday morning classes will not only transform your weekend, but maybe your life!
Each class includes a guided meditation on the breath, to calm the mind, plus a short talk on how to bring loving kindness into our daily lives and a guided meditation based on the talk.
There will be time for discussion, and Q&A.
Refreshments will be served after the class. Everyone is welcome!
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.
To hear a sample of a teaching with Gen Thekchen, click on the arrow below.
Sunday Morning
The only way to attain the permanent peace of liberation is to cultivate and increase our present peaceful minds.