Sunday Mornings

10:00 - 11:15am | with Kadam Trina

$12 standard admission | $6 students/seniors | Free for supporters

Generate authentic hope and happiness every Sunday morning at Kadampa Meditation Center Washington! Join us for our classes on building world peace one peaceful mind at a time, learning Buddha’s special methods of loving kindness. In these classes we will be exploring teachings from the book, The New Eight Steps to Happiness, written by the renowned Buddhist Master Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche.

Monday Evenings

7:00 - 8:30pm | with Kadam Trina

$12 standard admission | $6 students/seniors | Free for supporters

Mondays, February 16 - March 16

How do we find happiness and peace in our everyday life? Largely by learning how to overcome our own anger and negativity. In this series, we learn the Buddhist method to identify and control the negative trains of thought that lead to anger, and how to take our life in a wiser and happier direction. 

Feb 16 – The real nature of our problems

Feb 23 - A Buddhist understanding of anger

Mar 2 – How anger is our real enemy

Mar 9 – Learning how to control our anger

Mar 16 – Anger management as a spiritual journey

Mar 23 – MOVIE NIGHT - Life of Buddha.

Thursday Evenings

7:00 - 8:00pm | with Sam Forbes & Linda Mae Stangeland

$12 standard admission | $6 students/seniors | Free for supporters

In these Thursday evening classes we learn Buddhist meditation practices and understandings to grow our own joyful meditation practice and experience real inner peace. Everyone is welcome!

5-Feb                   What actually makes us unhappy?
12-Feb                The power of our mind
19-Feb                The importance of meditation practice
26-Feb                NO CLASS - NWDC preparation

5-Mar                  What is our mind?
12-Mar               How meditation solves our real problem
19-Mar               Discovering our mind's depth
26-Mar               The real meaning of our human life

Domingos

10:00 - 11:15am | Con la profesora Kadam Trina
Clase en engles (con traducion simultania al español)

$12 | gratis para los seguidores

¡Genera esperanza auténtica y felicidad cada domingo por la mañana en el Centro de Meditación Kadampa de Washington! Únete a nuestras clases sobre cómo construir paz mundial, una mente a la vez, aprendiendo los métodos especiales de bondad amorosa de Buda. En estas clases, exploraremos las enseñanzas del libro "Los Nuevos Ocho Pasos hacia la Felicidad", escrito por el reconocido maestro budista, el venerable Gueshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche.

16 de febrero – La verdadera naturaleza de nuestros problemas
23 de febrero – Una comprensión budista de la ira

2 de marzo – Cómo la ira es nuestro verdadero enemigo
9 de marzo – Aprender a controlar nuestra ira
16 de marzo – El manejo de la ira como un camino espiritual

Sunday Mornings

10:00 - 11:15am | $ by donation
Concurrent with Sunday Morning Meditation Class
with Cindy Irwin and Brian Hill

The Children’s class includes singing a prayer, interactive teaching on keeping a peaceful mind and a loving heart, short meditation, and coloring or other activities.

Children will be on the main floor, while adults have the option to be with their children or participate in the adult meditation class upstairs.

Suggested for ages 5 to 12.
Older (or quiet) children are welcome in the adult class.
Dharma for Kids is offered freely and supported by donations.

Kadam Trina

Resident Teacher

Kadampa Meditation Center Washington

Kadam Trina Gunther is the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center Washington. She has been a dedicated practitioner of modern Kadampa Buddhism since 2004.

Kadam Trina is an inspiring example of a lay practitioner of Kadampa Buddhism, and brings with her a wealth of experience of integrating Buddha's teachings with busy daily life. She offers a practical perspective to spiritual practice to help anyone apply Buddha's profound insights and meditations to their busy working and family lives with clarity and joy.