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The Best Meditation for Improving Your Concentration

A Half-day Retreat

Improving our concentration in meditation naturally increases our experience of inner peace, happiness, confidence, and as well increasing our efficacy in all of other activities. Buddha highlighted one meditation in particular as the very best for increasing mindfulness and concentration, the meditation on the nature of the mind. In this series we will explore how gaining experience in this meditation helps us to easily overcome our tendency towards distraction and sets us up for making real progress in meditation, and consequently in life.

In this half-day retreat, Natalia will draw on some of the teachings on this meditation that are being covered in the Sunday General program series. Attendance on Sunday mornings is not necessary in order to draw great benefit from this retreat.

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UPCOMING COURSES, RETREAT AND SPECIAL EVENTS

Silence is Golden Retreat

Silence is Golden

Saturday, March 14
10:00am – 2:00pm (includes Q&A)
with Alex Bonano

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The 35 Confession Buddhas Practice

Saturday, March 21
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Julia Strohm

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Swift Wisdom, Swift Action

Saturday, March 28
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Michelle Valladares

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The Power of Meditation

Saturday, April 4
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Tracy OShaughnessy

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The Life of a Bodhisattva

Saturday, April 11
10:00am-1:30pm + Q&A
with Gen Samten Kelsang

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Bliss of Inner Stillness (Queens Branch)

In this half-day silent retreat, we’ll take a gentle pause from the hustle and bustle of daily life and learn to settle our mind like a still ocean. Our root…

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Buddha’s Enlightenment Day Two-Day Fasting Retreat

April 17 & 18
7:00am start
(Mahayana Precepts)

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US National Festival

April 24-29
Temple for World Peace, Glen Spey
New York

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Learn the Fundamentals of Buddhist Meditation

Saturday, May 16
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Sanna Tasala

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Spring Festival 2026

May 22-27
Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Center
Ulverston, UK

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Summer Festival 2026

July 24-August 8
Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Center
Ulverston, UK

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The Annual Northeast Dharma Celebration

September 4 – 7, 2026
Temple for World Peace, Glen Spey
with Kadam Morten

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Fall Festival 2026

October 9-15
Kadampa Meditation Center Spain
Malaga, Spain

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Country Retreat 2026

Friday, November 6-Monday, November 9
Temple for World Peace, Glen Spey
with Kadam Morten