Everyone Welcome to Vajrapani Kadampa Buddhist Centre
We offer Study and Meditation programmes in Modern Buddhism. Everyone is warmly welcome at Vajrapani Kadampa Buddhist Centre in Penang and the surrounding area. With a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, you don’t have to be Buddhist to enjoy and benefit from our classes and events. We teach Buddha’s highly practical meditation techniques and insights, that can help everyone reduce their stress, increase their inner peace, happiness and well-being.
Half-day Course
STRESS MANAGEMENT THROUGH MEDITATION
Saturday 26th October | 9:30AM - 12PM
Imagine living without stress and tension – a life free from worry, anxiety, and the many daily problems these negative states of mind create.
On this half-day course we will look at how meditation can eliminate stress and help you to be more relaxed, peaceful and positive in daily life. Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Lamchung will introduce techniques, derived from ancient Buddhist wisdom, to help you face life’s adversities with a happy heart and transform hardships into opportunities for spiritual growth. Each session will consist of teachings and guided meditations.
FEE: RM25
SCHEDULE:
9:30am – 10:30am Session 1
11am – 12pm Session 2
Registration from 9am.
Please register on WhatsApp 016-666 6428
Meditation classes
How can we make our life meaningful? By developing more inner good qualities, such as love, compassion and peace. We can achieve this through meditation.
This class consists of Dharma talk and guided meditation. Each class is self-contained. The teaching will be given in English, with Chinese translation if needed.
Just drop in, no need to book. Suitable for beginners and experienced meditators.
Suggested donation: RM10
Patience is an inner strength that enables us to accept and grow from whatever life throws at us. Without cultivating patience we remain vulnerable to anger and frustration, and it is difficult for us to maintain peaceful relationships with others. Anger destroys our happiness and the happiness of those around us, so if we want to be happier more of the time, we need to train in patience.
In this series of meditation classes with Gen Kelsang Lamchung, we will learn how to apply practical methods in our daily life to recognize and reduce our anger, and how to practice patience.
All meditations are guided.
Suggested donation: RM10
Dates:
Thursdays 10, 17, 24 October; and 7, 14, 21 & 28 November
Just drop in, no need to book. Suitable for beginners and experienced Dharma practitioners.
Suggested donation: RM10
FREE LUNCHTIME MEDITATION
Would you like to get started with meditation, or improve your practice? This class will help you learn meditation skills and gain an experience of inner peace.
Discover for yourself how simple meditation techniques can give us a taste of peace which we can carry into our daily life.
All meditations are guided. The class is suitable for beginners and improvers.
No booking required, just drop in.
This class is held most Fridays – please check our monthly calendar above to confirm dates.
13 – 16 December 2024
Singapore
During this Festival, Gen Kelsang Rabten, National Spiritual Director of Kadampa Buddhism for Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand, will grant the blessing empowerment of Buddha Shakyamuni, and share the special transmission and blessing of the Liberating Prayer.
Liberating Prayer is not an ordinary prayer – It is like a text and has profound meaning. More information
Every year the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU) organises three International Festivals of modern Kadampa Buddhism taught by senior Teachers.
Learn more
International FALL FESTIVAL 2024
Highest Yoga Tantra Empowerments of Heruka & Vajrayogini & Commentary with Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong
Held at Kadampa Meditation Center Brazil, Oct 25 to Nov 1
Attend the International Fall Festival in person or online. You can book to attend online if you have previously received the Highest Yoga Tantra empowerments of Heruka and Vajrayogini in the New Kadampa Tradition. The empowerments are not available online, but you will receive commentary to the essential practices from General Spiritual Director Gen-la Dekyong.
New Kadampa Tradition
About the New Kadampa Tradition
The New Kadampa Tradition-International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU) follows the pure tradition of Mahayana Buddhism handed down in an unbroken lineage from Buddha Shakyamuni through the ancient Kadampa teachers Atisha and Je Tsongkhapa and introduced into the modern world by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. The NKT-IKBU is a legally and entirely independent Buddhist tradition, and it has no political affiliations.
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso - Founder of the New Kadampa Tradition
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso is a fully accomplished meditation master and internationally renowned teacher of Buddhism. The Founder of the New Kadampa Tradition – International Buddhist Union.
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- Organised Visit to Rio de Janeiro – Fall Festival 2024
On the last day of the International Fall Festival 2024, there will be a special opportunity to visit the new center in Rio de Janeiro. On Saturday, November 2, 2024, to celebrate the purchase of this center, Kadampas will come together for a tsog puja with Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong, the General Spiritual Director of NKT-IKBU. Find out about this visit and Post-festival retreat in Rio.
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