7–8:30pm “Verse by Verse” VAJRAYOGINĪ class
Description: This is the first of a series of classes that attempt to cover "new ground" for our Vajrayoginī practice. Namely — based on modern oral and traditional written commentaries — it attempts to go through the entire sādhana verse by verse. Who can attend this class: Whoever has received Vajrayoginī abhiṣheka. Since the classes will be [...]
8–10am Vajrayoginī
Please feel free to join our daily Vajrayāna morning practice. We in general practice from 8–10am Vajrayoginī, but prior and post to the Chakrasaṃvara Feast Day and Intensive Day, we practice Chakrasaṃvara from 8–10am. And yes, on Wednesday mornings we have Mindfulness practice from 8–11am. Please check our monthly calendar for specifics: https://www.kccl.ca/events/month/ Whoever has received [...]
5–6pm Mindfulness
Please join us for our daily 5–6pm mindfulness practice session (shamatha-vipashyanā mahāmudrā). You are also welcome to stay on for evening chants (6–6:30pm) and a light dinner (usually soup).
8–11am MINDFULNESS practice
Please join us for our weekly 8–11 am “mindfulness practice” sessions. Who can attend: Everybody. In particular, beginning students are welcome. If you need beginning instruction on mindfulness (= shamatha) practice, please get in touch with us beforehand. Even though mindfulness practice is, in comparison to tantric practice, a “quick entry” practice, it can also be seen as [...]
4–5:30pm Weekly LOJONG class
Lojong Class (Seven Points of Mind Training) Wednesday, December 13, from 4:00pm to 5:30pm Lojong is a mind training practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition based on a set of slogans composed in the 12th century by Chekawa Yeshe Dorje. The fifty-nine or so slogans that form the root text of the mind training practice are designed as [...]
3–8pm Vajrayoginī feast
Vajrayoginī feast Monthly Vajrayoginī feast practice, open to sādhakas who have received the Vajrayoginī abhiṣheka. Bring your liturgy and practice implements. In case you have concerns about driving back home at night after the feast, we usually have space for you to stay overnight. $5 for participants contributing food to the pot-luck; $10 for participants who don’t.
8–10am Vajrayoginī
Please feel free to join our daily Vajrayāna morning practice. We in general practice from 8–10am Vajrayoginī, but prior and post to the Chakrasaṃvara Feast Day and Intensive Day, we practice Chakrasaṃvara from 8–10am. And yes, on Wednesday mornings we have Mindfulness practice from 8–11am. Please check our monthly calendar for specifics: https://www.kccl.ca/events/month/ Whoever has received [...]
4pm Bodhisattva Vow Ceremony
If you have not already taken the bodhisattva and strongly desire to do so, please contact Lodrö Sanpgo: 902-576-3655 or e-mail: lodro.sangpo@kccl.ca. If you have already received the vow and would like to participate in this ceremony conducted by Lodrö Sangpo, please do so.
5–6pm Mindfulness
Please join us for our daily 5–6pm mindfulness practice session (shamatha-vipashyanā mahāmudrā). You are also welcome to stay on for evening chants (6–6:30pm) and a light dinner (usually soup).
Unscheduled Open Day
Unscheduled open day.
“Loving-kindness” Intensive
This Intensive will include a talk and guided meditations given by Gelong Lodrö Sangpo on the first of the four kinds of "Immeasurables" (Skt.: apramāṇa): loving kindness (maitrī); compassion (karuṇā); sympathetic joy (muditā); equanimity (upekṣā). These meditations and contemplations are called "immeasurable" since, according to the Abhidharmakośa: "(a) they take an immeasurable number of sentient [...]
8–10am Vajrayoginī
Please feel free to join our daily Vajrayāna morning practice. We in general practice from 8–10am Vajrayoginī, but prior and post to the Chakrasaṃvara Feast Day and Intensive Day, we practice Chakrasaṃvara from 8–10am. And yes, on Wednesday mornings we have Mindfulness practice from 8–11am. Please check our monthly calendar for specifics: https://www.kccl.ca/events/month/ Whoever has received [...]