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UNLOCK YOUR POTENTIAL FOR LASTING INNER PEACE
Unlock Your Potential for Lasting Inner Peace
Unlock Your Potential for Lasting Inner Peace
Unlock Your Potential for Lasting Inner Peace
Mahakaruna Kadampa Buddhist Center
Stages of the Path: A Guided Lamrim Retreat
January 7 - 8
$25 per day
Saturday, January 7
Join us for this guided weekend retreat where in each session we'll explore a different meditation from the set of meditations known as Kadam Lamrim or Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, as presented in various Kadampa texts. Each meditation is practical, easy to follow, and suitable for beginners and experienced meditators alike.
Session 1 10 - 11am
Recognizing that we now possess a precious human life
Session 2 12 - 1pm
Meditation on impermanence:
Understanding that we will die and lose everything physical we possess
Session 3 3 - 4pm
Finding inner refuge
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Session 4 5 - 6pm
Understanding actions and their effects
Sunday, January 8
Session 1 10 - 11am
The first Noble Truth: You should know suffering
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Session 2 12 - 1pm
The second Noble Truth: Understanding the origin of our suffering
Session 3 3 - 4pm
The third Noble Truth: How to attain a cessation of all sufferings
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Session 4 5 - 6pm
The forth Noble Truth: Meditating on the wisdom of emptiness -
the gateway to liberation