Online Classes for Newfoundland students
Tuesday & Sunday Weekly Classes
with Buddhist monk & Teacher
Gen Kelsang Thekchen
KMC Ottawa offers two weekly meditation class series, which are both taught by our Resident Teacher, Buddhist monk Gen Kelsang Thekchen.
We are offering the video recordings of these classes for students in Newfoundland because the 1.5 hour time difference would make it challenging for people in Newfoundland to attend via Livestream.
The recorded video of each class will be available to registrants for 1 week. Simply preregister for one or more of the classes that you'd like, by clicking the registration buttons below. Once registered, you'll receive the link to the recorded class by email.
Questions? Contact us at meditateinnfld@gmail.com
Cost per recorded class = $10. Once you register online, the link will be sent to you by email within a couple of days. Please contact us if you have not received your link after having registered.
When we experience stress and tension in our lives, it’s easy to feel emotionally overwhelmed or powerless; but it doesn't have to be that way! All of us have inner reservoirs of peace, wisdom, and sanity waiting to be discovered. In particular, we can learn to roll with life’s punches and make peace with adversity. These are essential skills in a world where we cannot always control what happens, whether that’s with personal struggles or the uncertain times we live in. Our real power lies in how we respond and show up for others.
This series explores powerful mind training techniques and meditations to help turn a difficult situation or person into an opportunity for spiritual growth, compassion and wisdom. Gen Thekchen will explain these methods based on the book “New Eight Steps to Happiness” by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
These classes include two guided meditations and an uplifting talk. Each class is self-contained, so you are welcome to join at any time. No previous experience with meditation is necessary.
Cost per recorded class = $10. Once you register online, the link will be sent to you by email within a couple of days. Please contact us if you have not received your link after having registered.
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.
The Happiness Hour - Available May 6
These recorded weekly classes are taught by Buddhist monk & 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 and/or view samples of teachings with Gen Thekchen, click on the podcast arrows below.
As conscientious Dharma practitioners, we should observe our own shortcomings instead of being preoccupied with those of other people.