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A Life of Profound Purpose

How to Seize the Day, Every Day

Everyone needs a sense of purpose in their life, a deeper reason to engage with their life beyond the random observing, consuming and reacting to whatever is arising. Often our sense of purpose  is wrapped up with career goals, family commitments, or personal achievements and enjoyments.

But what happens when we fail to achieve these goals, or the circumstances around them change? What then? It’s difficult to develop a deeper purpose unless we have become aware of the extraordinary potential that lies within each and every one of us, the natural potential within our mind for the fulfillment of the deepest and most pervasive of our wishes, the wish for lasting happiness and freedom from suffering. It is this recognition that opens us to developing a spiritual purpose that transcends our ordinary ones, while at the same allowing us to fulfill them as well, if we wish.

Based on their combined practice and teaching of more than 80 years, Kadam Lucy and Kadam Morten, will explain how to train, in and out of meditation, in developing and applying profound, joyful, and life-affirming purposes. They will share from their own experience of training in the Bodhisattva’s way of life and the incredible inspiration they received from the example of their Spiritual Guide, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche.

Each session will include a talk and guided meditation, and the course will conclude with a Q&A with the two Kadams.

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UPCOMING COURSES, RETREAT AND SPECIAL EVENTS

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Make Others Happy

Saturday, December 20
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Tim Cockey

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Christmas Eve Compassion Prayers

Wednesday, December 24
6:00 – 7:00pm
Everyone welcome!

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The Healing Power of Meditation

Saturday, December 27
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Natalia Darialova

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New Year’s Eve Meditation & Celebration

Wednesday, December 31
9:00pm – midnight
with Kadam Morten

City Meditation Retreats (1080 x 1080 px)

January City Retreats 2026

Offered Throughout January
January 1-29
with Kadam Morten

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Inner Protection for Difficult Times

Saturday, January 3
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Kadam Morten

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Everything is Mind

Saturday, January 10
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Kadam Morten

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How Tantric Meditation Works

Saturday, January 17
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Kadam Morten

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Chakras, Channels and the Mind of Great Bliss

Saturday, January 24
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Kadam Morten

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Learn the Fundamentals of Buddhist Meditation

Saturday, January 31
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Edwin Tubb

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Freedom From Insecurity

Saturday, March 7
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Kadam Donna

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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 Life of a Bodhisattva

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

USF Social

US National Festival

US National Festival
April 24-29
Temple for World Peace, Glen Spey, NY

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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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Country Retreat 2026

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