Although Buddha taught many different methodsto purify negative or nonvirtuous actions and other obstacles from our mind, the supreme method is the practice of meditation and recitation of Vajrasattva, the Buddha of purification.
Venerable Geshe-la says, “This practice is the scientific method to purify our mind and to transform our mind from an impure mind into a pure mind using Tantric technology.” This retreat provides an opportunity to learn and gain deep experience of this important spiritual practice. Kadam Trina will give an introductory talk to this retreat on Sunday, Nov 29, 4 - 5:30 pm. Although thisis a Teacher Training Program retreat everyone is welcome.
However, the sessions are self-guided, using the practice Offering to the Spiritual Guide with the sadhana Meditation and Recitation of Solitary Vajrasattva.
Cost Intro $12, $45/entire retreat, $3/session
Supporter Level 2 Intro $6, $22.50/entire retreat, $3/session
Supporter Level 3 and Benefactor Free
Retreat is free for those enrolled in KMC WA Teacher Training Program
This is an in-person event
Although Buddha taught many different methodsto purify negative or nonvirtuous actions and other obstacles from our mind, the supreme method is the practice of meditation and recitation of Vajrasattva, the Buddha of purification.
Kadam Trina will give an introductory talk to this retreat on Sunday, Nov 29, 4 - 5:30 pm.
Although thisis a Teacher Training Program retreat everyone is welcome.
Everyone is welcome!
Enjoy taking a break from your busy, modern life with a few, restful hours in peaceful silence.
Our mind always has the potential to be clear, spacious and positive. Through guided meditation, learn how to let go of distractions and access the clear, peaceful nature of your mind.
These mini-meditation retreats include four gently-guided meditation sessions with meditation instruction, interspaced with breaks for silence, refreshments and contemplation.
No experience necessary, everyone is welcome. Our beautiful meditation room offers seating in both chairs and floor cushions.
Enjoy taking a break from your busy, modern life with a few, restful hours in peaceful silence.
Our mind always has the potential to be clear, spacious and positive. Through guided meditation, learn how to let go of distractions and access the clear, peaceful nature of your mind.
These mini-meditation retreats include four gently-guided meditation sessions with meditation instruction, interspaced with breaks for silence, refreshments and contemplation.
No experience necessary, everyone is welcome. Our beautiful meditation room offers seating in both chairs and floor cushions.
Enjoy taking a break from your busy, modern life with a few, restful hours in peaceful silence.
Our mind always has the potential to be clear, spacious and positive. Through guided meditation, learn how to let go of distractions and access the clear, peaceful nature of your mind.
These mini-meditation retreats include four gently-guided meditation sessions with meditation instruction, interspaced with breaks for silence, refreshments and contemplation.
No experience necessary, everyone is welcome. Our beautiful meditation room offers seating in both chairs and floor cushions.
Going for refuge is the first of the four great preliminary guides. Through training in sincerely going for refuge we enter the gateway to Buddhism, and through training in the compassionate mind of bodhichitta we enter the gateway to the Mahayana, the main path to enlightenment.
If we do not have a practice of refuge in the Three Jewels we will not enter Buddhism and have no opportunity to attain permanent liberation from suffering or the supreme happiness of enlightenment. Then we will have lost the meaning of human life.
Kadam Trina will give an introductory talk to this retreat on Sunday, Nov 1, 7-9 pm. Although this is a Teacher Training Program retreat everyone is welcome. However, the sessions are self-guided, using the practice Essence of Good Fortune.
Kadam Trina will give an introductory talk to this retreat on Sunday, Nov 1, 7-9 pm.
Intro Talk, Sunday Nov 1 | 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Retreat star with the Intro talk
Sunday, Nov 1
4:00 - 5:30 pm Introduction with Kadam Trina
6:30 - 7:30 pm Wishfulfilling Jewel with Tsog
Everyone is welcome!
Our Real Heart Jewel
Je Tsongkhapa Empowerment
Teachings on Faith in Guru Tsongkhapa and the Blessed Practice of the Migtsema Request Prayer
with Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong
at Kadampa Meditation Center Spain in Málaga
During the Fall Festival 2026, Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong will grant the empowerment of the Wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa. She will also explain how to develop and improve our faith in our Spiritual Guide seen as one with Je Tsongkhapa, and on the practice of Migtsema, the special mantra and prayer of praise and request to Je Tsongkhapa.
Schedule
2:00-4:00pm: Je Tsongkhapa Empowerment
Must register for the KMC WA Watch Party by the end of Sunday, October 4. The watch party is dependent on a minimum number of registrants, and may be cancelled if too few people sign up.
So sign up soon!
Join us for an informative and inspirational Community Talk as we kick off the 2026 - 2027 term. Kadam Trina and Leisha will give a community talk after FP and TTP on Sunday, Sept 27th at 6:15pm.
Kadam Trina will tell us about the new developments and projects happening in the NKT, plans for the 50th Anniversary of Geshe-la coming to the west, The Kadampa Tours Project - featuring, The Gen-la's World Tours 2027, and more!
Meet new Sangha members and catch up with friends you haven't seen in a while. For those of you who won't be able to join us in person, the Community Talk will be streamed so those who are far-flung can enjoy as well. It will be streamed on the general KMCWA streaming link.
Everyone Welcome!
After the talk, we'll go downstairs to share and enjoy a potluck dinner together. Hope to see you here
Everyone is welcome!
Sunday Morning Talk &
Sunday Evening Talk, Prayers & Party
A Special Sunday Morning Class Talk
10:00-11:15am - Inner Peace in a Changing World: Who are the Kadampas?
With Nick Birdsall
$12 / Free for supporters
Special Sunday Evening Talk & Prayers
4:00-4:30pm - Talk: Je Tsongkhapa, the Manifestation of all Buddhas
With Kadam Trina
4:30-6:15pm - Chanted Prayers: Offering to the Spiritual Guide
6:15pm - Tsog Offering Party
Free
Sunday, October 25 is Je Tsongkhapa Day, when Kadampa centers and practitioners around the world remember the great kindness of the great Spiritual Guide Je Tsongkhapa. At Kadampa Meditation Center Washington, we will celebrate Je Tsongkhapa’s life and his lineage of pure teachings he has given to the world.
Venerable Geshe-la says in Mirror of Dharma, “Many scholars have said that the power of Je Tsongkhapa’s blessings and his skillful methods to lead practitioners to the state of enlightenment is unequalled among those of all other Buddhas. We should rejoice in having met the doctrine of Je Tsongkhapa, and in having the opportunity to listen to and practice the oral instructions of this precious Guru who is the synthesis of all Buddhas.”
Everyone is warmly invited to join us for these two special events.
Heart Jewel Day Retreat:
Abiding in the Blessings of Losang Dragpa
Everyone is welcome to join us for a guided day retreat on Heart Jewel practice, the daily meditation practice of Kadampa Buddhism. Kadam Trina will guide three sessions, with meditations on visualizing and receiving blessings from Je Tsongkhapa (ordained name: Losang Dragpa).
This guided day retreat is an excellent opportunity to become closer to this pure Spiritual Guide and abide in his blessings. Just visualizing Je Tsongkhapa with faith is a powerful method for receiving the blessings of all the Buddhas. Even in these impure times, faithful Kadampa practitioners can receiving unceasing blessings from Je Tsongkhapa, transforming their mind into the peaceful mind of Dharma realizations.
Saturday 21 | 10am
Everyone is warmly welcome to receive the blessing empowerment of Medicine Buddha in the blessed space of our urban temple in Seattle.
By receiving Medicine Buddha’s healing blessings and relying on this enlightened being with faith, we can heal our physical and mental sickness at the deepest level, and develop a special power of our own body, speech and mind, which we can use to help others through healing actions.
Please note that non-festival / celebration empowerments are not available by Livestream. Please come in person & enjoy this precious opportunity with others.
Schedule
Empowerment 10am-12pm
Teaching on the Practice 2-3:30pm
Guided Practice 4:30-5:30pm
Everyone is welcome!
Take a break from the hustle-and-bustle of your busy daily life in the beautiful Skagit Valley. During this one-day meditation retreat, you will be guided in meditations on the nature of your own mind.
These sublime meditations are effective methods for improving concentration and counteracting negative mental habits. By training in these meditations, your mind will become progressively more subtle and peaceful causing you to experience a profound inner stillness and tranquility.
Everyone welcome.
We are offering these once-monthly Highest Yoga Tantra (HYT) practice classes to help practitioners gain understanding, familiarity and confidence in HYT practice. Key to this is finding a daily practice that gets us moving in the right direction, keeps our empowerment blessings alive, and works with our daily schedules.
These classes are currently exploring how to easily and simply practice of the essentials of Vajrayogini self-generation practice. Guided step-by-step, we will gradually build up a qualified understanding and practice of Dakini Yoga, Blissful Path or Quick Path to Great Bliss.
We are offering these once-monthly Highest Yoga Tantra (HYT) practice classes to help practitioners gain understanding, familiarity and confidence in HYT practice. Key to this is finding a daily practice that gets us moving in the right direction, keeps our empowerment blessings alive, and works with our daily schedules.
These classes are currently exploring how to easily and simply practice of the essentials of Vajrayogini self-generation practice. Guided step-by-step, we will gradually build up a qualified understanding and practice of Dakini Yoga, Blissful Path or Quick Path to Great Bliss.
We are offering these once-monthly Highest Yoga Tantra (HYT) practice classes to help practitioners gain understanding, familiarity and confidence in HYT practice. Key to this is finding a daily practice that gets us moving in the right direction, keeps our empowerment blessings alive, and works with our daily schedules.
These classes are currently exploring how to easily and simply practice of the essentials of Vajrayogini self-generation practice. Guided step-by-step, we will gradually build up a qualified understanding and practice of Dakini Yoga, Blissful Path or Quick Path to Great Bliss.
Kadampa Meditation Center Washington is a 501(c)3 non-profit. Member of the New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union.
