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RETREATS & SPECIAL EVENTS
Meditation retreats & workshops, social events, and public talks.
We offer a variety of workshops, public talks, retreats, and social events throughout the year. All are held in person, and many are also available by livestream for monthly members.
Member discounts activeSat, Apr 11KMCC - Wicker ParkAn authentically pure and peaceful world must begin by developing a compassionate, pure and peaceful mind. Learn and practice a joyful and highly creative practice which purifies your mind, fosters pure concentration, and accumulates vast amounts of positive energy and good fortune.
Member discounts activeTue, Apr 14KMCC - Oak ParkThis special fasting and purification practice is traditionally done by Kadampa Centers worldwide on Buddha’s Enlightenment Day, April 15. Among many benefits, it's a special method for receiving blessings & improving your experience of love, compassion and the supreme good heart of bodhichitta.
Member discounts activeThu, Apr 16The Coffeehouse in Uptown NormalRelationships of all types can be a struggle! Healthy ones depend on healthy love. Learn practical methods and meditations to help develop this type of love and improve the quality of all your relationships. Led by Gen Zamling, a Buddhist monk and meditation teacher.
Member discounts activeSat, Apr 18Normal First United Methodist ChurchLove is the most powerful force in the universe. It protects from resentment, unhappiness, loneliness, and so much more! In this guided retreat, learn how to develop pure love in meditation so that it sustains you in your daily life with others.
Member discounts activeSat, Apr 18KMCC - Wicker ParkThrough wisdom and meditation, learn how to be truly happy and content all the time, in particular when things don’t go as expected or when they aren’t perfect. Learn how to recognize your potential for inner development and growth, and to build a life of deep inner peace, joy, and fulfillment.
Fri, Apr 24Kadampa Meditation Center New YorkApril 24 - 29 | Gather with practitioners from across the US to make meaningful connections, and learn & meditate together.
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