Orléans Branch Classes
Wednesday Evenings with Gen Kelsang Thekchen
Drop-in Meditation Classes in Orléans:
Five Keys to Inner Peace:
A Journey of Love, Wisdom, and Enlightenment
with Gen Kelsang Thekchen
Wednesday evenings, 6:30-7:45pm
at the Orléans Public Library,
1705 Orléans Boulevard
Cost: $15 per class, or $65 for the 5-class series
We are unable to accept $100 bills
Five Keys to Inner Peace:
A Journey of Love, Wisdom & Enlightenment
Beginning May 28
This five-week series provides the tools to cultivate a peaceful, wise, and compassionate heart. Learn to develop a deeper understanding of how these qualities not only bring ourselves happiness but also ripple out to improve the well-being of others. Through practical advice and Kadampa Buddhist teachings, this series will guide us in learning to make mindful, wise and compassionate choices that contribute to a more harmonious and loving world.
These classes include two guided meditations and an uplifting talk. After each class there is time for Q&A.
Each class is self-contained, so you are welcome to join at any time. No previous experience with meditation is necessary. You don’t need to bring anything with you, and the meditation is conducted on chairs (though you are welcome to bring a cushion if you prefer).
Everybody is welcome!
Class Schedule
May 28: Choose Peace
- Introduction to meditation techniques that promote peace and mindfulness.
- Understanding the nature of our mind and how to transform negative mental states.
- Practical methods for reducing stress and anxiety in daily life.
June 4: Choose Kindness
- Learn to see kindness in everyone
- Cultivate Peace and Understanding in Difficult situations
- How small acts of kindness lead to greater peace and harmony
June 11: Choose Love
- Meditations on love and kindness
- Techniques for overcoming attachment and cultivating selfless love.
- The importance of loving-kindness for fostering genuine connections in the world.
June 18: Choose Compassion
- The practice of compassion meditation and visualization techniques.
- How to integrate compassion into daily life, both in personal relationships and in social actions.
- Exploring the power of compassion to heal emotional wounds and foster a sense of connectedness to all beings.
June 25: Choose Wisdom
- Meditations on the profound truth of emptiness
- How to live in the dream-like nature of reality
- How to bring wisdom into everyday life
Cost: $15 per class, or $65 for the 5-class series.
Register online in advance, or at the door.
Please note we are unable to accept $100 bills.
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.
As conscientious Dharma practitioners, we should observe our own shortcomings instead of being preoccupied with those of other people.