Kadampa Meditation Center Maryland, World Peace Temple & Cafe
WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO LIVESTREAM CLASSES AT THIS TIME DUE TO COVID-19 CONTAINMENT EFFORTS. PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR OUR WEEKLY LIVESTREAM GENERAL PROGRAM CLASSES These classes include both meditations and teachings based on Buddha’s wisdom that can help us…
Prayers are neither small nor passive actions. Rather, they are a force for change in our shared world. Join us to bring peace to our world through the action of meditating together and dedicating our prayers for world peace. The morning includes a guided meditation, talk on Buddhism applied to daily life & a traditional chanted prayer in English.
Everyone is welcome!
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Take a break and de-stress from the pressure of your day so you can return refreshed and nourished. We all have much more to give in a peaceful way when we’ve first taken care of ourselves.
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Every Friday @ 10am – 10:30am during the Summer
June 5, 12, 19, 26 | July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 | and Aug 7
These 30 minute live-streamed meditation classes for kids offer a simple introduction to meditation and Buddha’s teachings, emphasizing kindness, respect for others and keeping a happy heart. Children, ages 5 to 11, will learn basic social and emotional skills such as the importance of loving everyone, being generous, and what to do when they have angry, worried, or unhappy states of minds.
Live-streamed on Thursdays at 10 – 11am. Are you a teenager interested in meditation, mindfulness, or Buddhism? This class will explore basic meditations and Buddhist advice that you can apply in your life to find deeper peace and connection with others.
Selected Saturdays (June 27, and Aug 29) at 2pm – 3:30pm
Available Via Livestream only currently
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The purpose of doing ‘powa’, or transference of consciousness, is to lead countless deceased beings to the Pure Land of a Buddha.
PLEASE NOTE TIME AND DATE CHANGE — Saturday Aug 8th 11am
This event will have to be rescheduled. Please check back for updates
Join us for an energizing 3-mile* hike through the beautiful McKeldin area of Patapsco Valley State Park. At the same time, help raise money for the Kadampa Meditation Center Maryland World Peace Temple and the International Temples Project.
Read More “Walk for World Peace Fundraiser, Sat, Apr 25th @ 10am – 1:30pm”
General Program classes (GP, or drop-in classes) are the best place to begin to become familiar with the teachings and meditations and decide if they resonate with you and your experiences.
World Peace Cafes are grassroots developments initiated by Kadampa Buddhist communities around the world. All the cafes are bound by the same purpose- to help increase peace in the world. All profits are given to the International Temples Project, a Kadampa Buddhist project dedicated to world peace. That’s why we’re called the ‘World Peace Café!’
Kadampa Meditation Center Maryland is a Temple dedicated to bringing peace and happiness to the world, and to removing suffering, through offering the methods of meditation and modern Buddhism.
Annual US Festival 2020 is June 12 – 17 with Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong, General Spiritual Director of the New Kadampa Tradition. Click here for more information. Registration Goes Live on Wednesday, March 11th at 2pm EST.
