Transform Your Life with Loving Kindness – a Buddhist Approach
Finding Peace Weekend with Gen Kelsang Chodor
May 16 – 18 | Registration Open
Meditations on loving-kindness are simple, potent, and accessible even to busy people. In this retreat, we will look at different loving-kindness meditations that will help us develop confidence, relax, and improve our relationships with friends, family, and coworkers. We will emphasize how to integrate these meditations into our daily activities so that we will feel empowered to use them throughout the rest of our life.
Teacher: Gen Kelsang Chodor
Gen Kelsang Chodor is our Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Centre Canada. He has been ordained and has studied under the guidance of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for more than twenty-two years and taught extensively in the UK, US, and now Canada. He is admired by students for his practical knowledge, warm presentations and authentic teachings, his natural joy and sense of humour. He is skilled at putting everyone at ease and helping them solve their problems and anxieties with practical Dharma advice.
Course Information:
There are three parts to registration: course fee, accommodations and meals. Certain types of accommodation may require booking for the full event. Dorm and BYO camping accommodations are usually available by the night. Please confirm availability at booking. Our meals are vegetarian, with vegan and wheat-free options, and are cooked onsite by our resident chef. You can book the entire event or just part of the event.
Full Retreat: $100 (includes all meals per schedule)
Membership Discount: Basic: no discount | Standard: 50% | Plus: 100%
Partial bookings are available. Check with reception.
Schedule:
There are four sessions each day, each for approximately 75 minutes. The sessions combine practical instruction and guided meditation that will allow you to connect with an experience of true inner peace, develop basic techniques that can help you to create a consistent habit of meditation and leave with practical inner tools to apply what you have learned to your daily life.
Friday | Check-In: 2 – 7:30pm | Dinner: 6 – 6:45pm | Introduction: 7:30 – 9pm
Saturday | Guided Meditation: 9 – 10am | Teaching & Guided Meditation: 11:30am – 1pm | Lunch: 1 – 1:45pm | Teaching & Guided Meditation: 4:30 – 6pm | Dinner: 6 – 6:45pm | Teaching/Q&A: 7:30 – 9pm
Sunday | Guided Meditation: 9 – 10am | Final Session/Prayers for World Peace: 11am – 12:30pm | Lunch: 1 – 1:45pm