Orléans Branch Classes
Wednesday Evenings with Gen Kelsang Thekchen
Drop-in Meditation Classes in Orléans:
Awakening the Buddha Within
with Gen Kelsang Thekchen
Wednesday evenings, 6:30-7:45pm
at the Orléans Public Library,
1705 Orléans Boulevard
Awakening the Buddha Within
Wednesdays, from 6:30 to 7:45pm
Buddhism teaches that each of us has the wisdom, love, compassion and power of a Buddha within, yet this remains untapped. This series of teachings and meditations will help us awaken that potential by revealing the trainings of a Bodhisattva. A Bodhisattva is a friend of the world who out of compassion for all living beings, strives to awaken the Buddha within. The path of the Bodhisattva is contained within a practice called the six perfections. In this series we will learn how to develop the best intentions for benefiting others; love and compassion and then we will learn how to practice six trainings; giving, moral discipline, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom both in & out of meditation. This is essential advice for those wishing to follow a way of life characterized by greater empathy and compassion for others.
This course is suitable for everyone.
Each class includes 2 guided meditations and a teaching. You can attend any or all of these great classes - each class is self-contained. Everybody is welcome!
Class Schedule - Wednesdays, 6:30 to 7:45pm
Nov 13 – Compassion in action - The Art of Giving
Nov 20 – Protecting our mind from negativity
Nov 27 - Remaining calm in difficult circumstances
Dec 4 – Training in concentration
Dec 11 – Realizing the dream-like nature of reality
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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.
Orléans Wednesdays
As conscientious Dharma practitioners, we should observe our own shortcomings instead of being preoccupied with those of other people.