This event occurs in the past. See below for our upcoming courses, retreats and special events.

Buddha’s Enlightenment Day Two-Day Fasting Retreat

April 15th is Buddha’s Enlightenment Day. Every year we celebrate this event with the traditional two day fasting purification practice known as Nyungnay, using the practice, Drop of Essential Nectar. During this practice we emphasize compassion, the very heart of enlightenment, by engaging in prostrations to 1,000 armed Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion.

This practice is very powerful for purifying negative karma of body, speech, and mind, and for pacifying strong delusions such as desirous attachment and hatred. It is also a special method for receiving blessings and improving our experience of love, compassion and bodhichitta.

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UPCOMING COURSES, RETREAT AND SPECIAL EVENTS

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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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How to Understand the Mind

Saturday, September 20
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Kadam Morten

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Meditation on the Nature of the Mind

Saturday, September 27
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Kadam Morten

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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!