Tuesday Evening Classes
with Gen Kelsang Thekchen at KMC Ottawa
Five Keys to Inner Peace:
A Journey of Love, Wisdom, and Enlightenment
Tuesday evenings, 7-8:30pm
Beginning May 27
with Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Thekchen
at KMC Ottawa
879 Somerset Street West
Cost: $15 per individual class
Five Keys to Inner Peace
Tuesday Evening Classes
Five Keys to Inner Peace:
A Journey of Love, Wisdom & Enlightenment
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.
May 27: 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 3: 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 10: 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 17: 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 24: 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
Register online in advance, or at the door.
Please note we are unable to accept $100 bills.
The Tuesday evening 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.
Modern Buddhism:
The Path of Compassion & Wisdom
Tuesday evenings, 7-8:30pm
from July 1 to August 19
with Kadampa Teacher Steve Grover
at KMC Ottawa
879 Somerset Street West
Cost: $15 per individual class
Modern Buddhism classes with Steve Grover
Buddha explained that all our problems and suffering arise from confused, negative states of mind, and all our happiness and good fortune arise from peaceful, positive states of mind. He taught methods for gradually overcoming negative states of mind such as anger & jealousy, and methods for developing positive minds such as love, compassion and wisdom. By practising Buddha’s teachings, even in the midst of modern daily life, we can develop lasting inner peace.
Buddha’s teachings work for anyone, in any country, at any age. The Buddhist way of life – peace, loving kindness and wisdom – is just as relevant today as it was when Buddha appeared in ancient India. Once we have gained experience for ourselves, we can pass this experience on to others. In this way, we can help to establish peace in the world.
In these classes, Steve Grover will look at Buddha’s teachings as explained in the book Modern Buddhism ~ The Path of Compassion & Wisdom by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Each class will contain a practical talk and two guided meditations. Everyone is welcome!
Tuesday July 1: What is Buddhism?
Tuesday July 8: The Preciousness of Our Human Life
Tuesday July 15: What Does our Death Mean?
Tuesday July 22: What Happens after Death?
Tuesday July 29: Going for Refuge
Tuesday August 5: What is Karma?
Tuesday August 12: Is Liberation Possible?
Tuesday August 19: Becoming a Friend of the World
Please note the text this series is based on, Modern Buddhism by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, is available for sale at our Centre from our bookshop. An e-copy is also available as a free download; please click here for more information.
The teacher for this Tuesday summer series of classes is Steve Grover, who has been practising and teaching Buddhist meditation for many years. His classes are practical, uplifting & inspiring, and are often marked by his great sense of humour.
Cost: $15 per class
Register online in advance, or at the door.
Online registration will soon be available.
Please note we are unable to accept $100 bills.
As conscientious Dharma practitioners, we should observe our own shortcomings instead of being preoccupied with those of other people.