Providence Branch
Teacher: Kelsang Dorje, American Buddhist Monk
Location: We've Moved! Our new home is located at 339 Ives Street, Providence, RI (near the corner of Waterman & Ives) Please stop by and visit our new meditation center! *Classes/Events held in other locations will be noted accordingly.
Contact: 401-286-9760 or info@meditationinprovidence.org
NEW LOCATION!
Our new home is located at 339 Ives Street, Providence, RI (near the corner of Waterman & Ives) Please stop by and visit our new meditation center!
Weekly Drop-in Meditation Class:OVERCOMING ADVERSITY
Tuesdays: June 16 - July 14
7:00-9:00pm
Fee: $10.00 per classTo solve our human problems and enable us to find everlasting peace and happiness,
Buddha gave the most profound teachings for us to use as practical advice. In these classes we will explore the supreme instructions known as the Four Noble Truths. Through putting these instructions into practice, we can use this precious human life in the most meaningful way possible and free ourselves from future suffering.
How can we begin to do this? By learning how to evict the destructive influence of anger from our mind and lay the foundation for permanent inner peace and happiness through the practice of patience.Everyone welcome. No pre-registration required. Come to one or as many classes as you like.
CREATING A SACRED SPACE
with Kadampa Teacher Susan Dearing
Saturday, July 11th; 10am-1pm
Fee: $20
This special workshop introduces us to the beauty and ritual involved in creating and maintaining a sacred space in our home, which helps to improve meditation practice and brings pure joy to our life. In this workshop you will understand the meaning behind offerings and how to make them; investigate how we can increase our mindfulness through making offerings; and learn how to set up a simple Buddhist shrine that will help you focus your energy for spiritual practice.
Everyone welcome.
Please call/email to arrange a space.NOONTIME MEDITATIONS
Mondays; at 12pm-1pm
Summer Schedule: Mondays until July 13th - resuming again on August 17th
Fee: $8.00 per class
Through learning to meditate we can train our mind to become peaceful and we shall be happy all the time, even in the most adverse conditions. Join us for a mid-day meditation to receive practical advice on how to enjoy a meaningful life through contemplation and meditation.
Everyone welcome.
No pre-registration reguired. Drop-in to any class.
MEDITATIONS FOR WORLD PEACESundays, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Summer Schedule: Sundays until July 19th - resuming again on August 16th
with Kadampa Teacher, Susan Dearing
Without first developing inner peace, would peace will remain impossible to achieve. We all have within us the potential for peace and happiness. Cultivating this potential creates the harmony we seek. Classes include teachings, meditations and discussion.Everyone is welcome. Drop-in to any class
Fee: $8.00 per class
LAMRIM RETREAT IN AUGUST!
Lamrim Retreat - A Special Presentation of the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment with Kelsang Dorje
The practice of Lamrim is very important because everyone needs to cultivate peaceful states of mind. By listening to or reading these teachings we can learn how to control our mind and always keep a good motivation in our heart. This will make all our daily actions pure and meaningful.
Introductory Talk: Saturday, August 22 at 9:30 am.
The retreat will continue to August 28 with 4 retreat sessions a day. Each session is an hour and a half. Come for all retreat sessions or as many as you can!
Cost: Intro $10; $5 per session or $15 per day; Entire retreat $65.
Retreat sessions: Sat. & Sun. 9:30am; 11:30am; 4pm & 6pm Mon.-Fri. 7:30am; 11:30am; 5:30pm & 7:30
For more information please contact us.
Foundation Study Program:
Mondays, 5:30-9:00pm
Deepening our commitment to heal our self and to benefit others.
Join us for an in depth look at Buddha's teachings.The Foundation Program provides an opportunity to deepen our understanding and experience of Buddhism through a systematic study that includes weekly teachings, discussion and guided meditation. We are now studying 'Universal Compassion'.
Note: You need to register for this study program. If you would like more information, please contact us so we can arrange for you to come to an introductory class.
SPECIAL CHANTED PRAYERS:
Liberation From Sorrow: Praises and Requests to Tara
Wednesday, July 8th 7pm
Tara is our holy spiritual mother who helps and protects us in all our activities. In particular she helps us to deepen our understanding of Lamrim (the stages of the path to enlightenment). By offering praises and requests to Tara we increase our wisdom and compassion and come under the loving care and protection of an enlightened mother.
Offering to the Spiritual Guide
A special Guru yoga practice of Je Tsongkhapa's traditionThursday, June 25th at 7pm
Offering to the Spiritual Guide is a special Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa in conjunction with Highest Yoga Tantra. It was compiled by the first Panchen Lama, Losang Chökyi Gyaltsän, as a preliminary practice for Vajra-yana Mahamudra. The main practice is relying upon the Spiritual Guide, but it also includes all the essential practices of the stages of the path (Lamrim) and training the mind (Lojong), as well as both the generation stage and completion stage of Highest Yoga Tantra.The essence of Guru yoga is to develop a strong conviction that our Spiritual Guide is a Buddha, to make prostrations, offerings, and sincere requests to him or her, and then to receive his or her profound blessings. According to the Guru yoga of Offering to the Spiritual Guide, we develop conviction that our Spiritual Guide is the same nature as Je Tsongkhapa, who is an emanation of the Wisdom Buddha Manjushri.
Everyone welcome to all chanted prayers.
CHANTED PRAYERS - HEART JEWEL PUJA*Note: No Prayers on July 23 & 30
We generally have prayers on: Tuesdays at 5:30pm, and Thursdays at 7:00pm - please email/call the center at: info@meditationinprovidence.org or 401-286-9760 for further info.
A puja is a chanted prayer to a specific Buddha, requesting that Buddha to bestow his or her blessings upon us. Pujas vary in length from one hour to three and a half. All pujas are in English and are open to everyone. Even if you are just curious and would care only to listen and observe, feel free to drop by. See below for more details.
Heart Jewel is the Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa combined with the condensed sadhana of his Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugdän. These two practices are the very essence of the New Kadampa Tradition of Mahayana Buddhism. If we practise them regularly and sincerely, we will reap a rich harvest of pure Dharma realizations, and eventually come to experience the supreme joy of full enlightenment. The practice takes approximately 45 minutes.
