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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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Puja & Potluck

Friday, July 4
4:30 – 8:00pm
with Kadam Morten

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How to Create a Better World Half-day Retreat

Saturday, July 5
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Kadam Morten

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The Perfect Path to Freedom

Saturday, July 12
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Henry Green

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How to Live Lightly

Saturday, July 19
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Natalia Darialova

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The Power of Meditation

Saturday, July 26
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Janna Bilski

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Overcoming Adversity

Saturday, August 2
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Bill Mabe

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International Kadampa Summer Festival 2025

Green Tara Empowerment & Teachings
July 25-August 9
with Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong and Gen-la Kelsang Jampa

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Discovering the Wonder of the Mind

Saturday, August 9
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Alex Bonano

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The Art of Letting Go

Saturday, August 16
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Edwin Tubb

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Learn the Fundamentals of Buddhist Meditation

Saturday, August 23
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Sanna Tasala

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Labor Day Weekend Country Retreat

Friday, August 29 – Monday, September 1
with Kadam Morten
Everybody welcome!

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Positive Empathy

Saturday, September 6
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Heather Chernack

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A Life Beyond Fear with Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong

Thursday, September 11
7:00 – 8:30pm at the Town Hall
with Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong

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International Kadampa Fall Festival 2025

Dorje Shugden Empowerment & Teachings
October 3-9
with Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong

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The Empowerment of Long-Life Buddha Tara

Saturday – Sunday, November 8-9
with Kadam Morten
Everybody welcome!