"Your whole life is controlled by karma, you live within the energy field of karma. Your energy interacts with another energy, then another, and another. That’s how your entire life unfolds. Physically, mentally, it’s all karma.
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~ Lama Thubten Yeshe
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QUICK LINKS TO TAKE ACTION
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MONDAY, JAN 28
TUESDAY, JAN 29
WEDNESDAY, JAN 30
- Tsog Day
(reminder for those who wish to perform tsog at home)
FRIDAY, FEB 1
SATURDAY, FEB 2
SUNDAY, FEB 3
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Please enter your count
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– TARA PRAISES FOR LIGHT OF THE PATH RETREAT –
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Our precious spiritual director, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, advised us to recite 100,000
Praises to the 21 Taras to create the causes for the next Light of the Path Retreat. Remember to keep a count of your personal recitations and enter them
here. Our progress as of Friday:
4,563 (4.5 percent of the goal)
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This is an amazing chance to create merit!
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No puja at Center; reminder for those who may wish to perform tsog at home
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- LOSAR -
Tue, Feb 5, Noon-1:30p
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– UPCOMING VISITING TEACHERS –
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Anyone is welcome to sponsor a scheduled puja or a visiting teacher.
Learn more about puja sponsorships
here
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– HOLY DAYS AND FESTIVALS –
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CELEBRATE LOSAR, TIBETAN NEW YEAR
Losar is the Tibetan New Year, when families gather to celebrate hopes for a better coming year. The first two weeks of the Tibetan year are particularly powerful spiritually, and auspicious for practice.
Losar falls on Tuesday, February 5, when we'll hold a special guru puja at noon, and on Sunday, February 10, we will celebrate in the gompa with treats, song and dance.
Losar ushers in the Days of Miracles, a 15-day period when karmic results of all our actions are multiplied. Our Tara practice in February falls within this period, so there's lots of energy in participating in this practice!
• Tue, Feb 19: All day,
Day of Miracles - Monlam Chenmo
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Noon, group reading Sanghata Sutra; 7:00p, group reading, Golden Light Sutra; those who have taken the Eight Mahayana Precepts previously from a qualified teacher are encouraged to take them at home at "first light."watch for further details
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– UPCOMING AND ONGOING CLASSES AND TEACHINGS –
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Geshe Gelek continues teaching on the Lamrim by Lama Tsongkhapa.
- WHEN: 7:00-8:30p, Wednesdays
- WHERE: Kadampa Center Gompa
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In these teachings, Geshe Gelek will use topics from the Kadampa Master Geshe Chekawa's
The Seven Point Mind Training
as a tool for exploring methods of making our lives happier.
- WHEN: Sundays, 10:30-Noon
- WHERE: Kadampa Center Gompa
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The first module in a two-years series of classes, in this class we'll examine the mind and how it creates happiness and suffering, and learn how to transform destructive thoughts and attitudes to create a positive and joyous mind.
- WHEN: 7:00-8:30p, Mondays (Jan 7-Feb 11)
- WHERE: Kadampa Center Gompa
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Join us for this introductory course that provides a broad, simple overview of key aspects of Buddhism and our practice. No homework or quizzes. Presented in five sessions with Sandy Carlson.
- WHEN: 7:00-8:30p, Tuesdays, (Jan 8-Feb 5)
- WHERE: Kadampa Center Gompa
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For complete beginners, this intro course on basic Buddhist meditation techniques includes meditations that can be used by anyone to create more peace and happiness in daily life. Presented in five sessions. Drop-ins welcome.
- WHEN: 10:00-11:30a, Thursdays (Feb 7-Mar 7)
- WHERE: Kadampa Center Gompa
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– UPCOMING VISITING TEACHER WEEKEND WORKSHOP –
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Lojong, or thought transformation, teaches us how to see problems as opportunities for spiritual growth. Explore this process with
Venerable Amy Miller in her workshop
Awakening the Warrior Within. Mark your calendars for this insightful workshop.
- WHEN: Feb 22-24; 7:00-9:00p Fri evening; 10:00a-4:00p Sat and Sun
- WHERE: Kadampa Center Gompa
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Sponsoring teachings is an amazing practice of generosity - it is giving the Dharma, the means to enlightenment! Find out how to sponsor this teaching and dedicate your merit
here
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WELCOME FAMILIES – JOIN US!
Sunday morning classes begin at 10:30
Our Sunday Program is a vibrant mix of drop-off and family programming. Much of our curriculum content is based on the
16 Guidelines
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Winter/Spring Session, Jan 13-Apr 28
- Students will be studying the 16 Guidelines from the wisdom group How We Think.
- There are three classes: preschool, grades K-4, and grades 5-8
- Drop off is made available by the generosity of many volunteer teachers and assistants
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– 16 GUIDELINES NEWSLETTER –
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By Kadampa Center 5th-8th grade Sunday School Class
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KADAMPA CENTER OUTREACH
seeks to provide opportunities to practice Compassion in Action through various activities that benefit sentient beings.
Watch for exciting Outreach opportunities coming soon!
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This month, the Kadampa Center Prison Project team began a new class called, "Healthy Responses to Anger." It's the first of its kind and the response from the students was enormously positive. Many shared personal stories of how they wanted to lessen their anger and act in more positive and compassionate ways.
How can you help? Use the button below to:
- Make a General Donation to KCPP
- Make a donation for 1-5 books for the next course, Working with Anger, by Venerable Thubten Chodron at $15 per book
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Your donations benefit incarcerated men by giving them the tools to work with their minds, and learn to develop healthy responses to anger. Thank You!
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WHEN THE CHOCOLATE RUNS OUT
~ by Lama Yeshe
Now in Paperback! To know Lama Yeshe was to know he loved chocolate; it was his favorite metaphor to describe the nature of our attachments. This funny and trenchant little volume answers the question of how we can be happy even after the "chocolate" has run out. By cutting the cords of attachment, we discover the indestructible happiness that has always been—and always will be—available to us.
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HANDMADE INCENSE
A wonderful variety of handmade incense are available, including Tara Meditation Incense and Tibetan Health Incense. The incense comes from a centuries old tradition of combining special medicinal and therapeutic substances derived from herbs, flowers and minerals. Bhutanese Incense Sticks, suitable for gift-giving, are also available.
- Handmade Incense $4
- Bhutanese Incense Sticks $6
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CALENDARS NOW ON SALE - 50% OFF!
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SAVE - 2019 BUDDHIST CALENDARS NOW ON SALE
A wide selection of beautiful and inspirational Buddhist calendars are now on sale for half-price (50% discount)! Titles include: Sacred Images of Tibet, Pema Chodron: Awakening the Heart, The Dalai Lama: Heart of Wisdom, and Insight from the Dalai Lama page-a-day.
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BOOKSTORE HOURS
Office hours and before/after teachings
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Interested in volunteering as a Sunday Morning Greeter? Learn more and sign up
here
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BOARD OF DIRECTOR'S JANUARY MESSAGE
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The Board of Directors would like to thank everyone for a successful Annual Appeal. Together our generosity brought in 79% of our budget and we hope to raise the remaining 21% of the "Other Funds" during the rest of the year. We look forward to an exciting 2019 including visiting teachers Venerable Amy in February and Venerable Robina in June. Thank you for all the ways each and every one of you supports Kadampa Center in service to our teachers.
With love and appreciation,
Your Board of Directors
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Join us Saturday nights, for an evening of fun, food and conversation as we create the cause and conditions for a strong dharma community.
- WHAT: Dinners at 6
- WHEN: 6:00p, Saturdays, (see calendar for weather or conflict cancellations)
- WHERE: Aladdin's Eatery, 4209 Lassiter Mill Rd., Suite 136, Raleigh (Quail Ridge Bookstore side of North Hills Mall)
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PLEASE NOTE: Everyone is responsible for their own meal; click
here
for menu and pricing
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CAFE SNACKING ENCOURAGED
Do you have the urge for a cuppa Dunkin' Donuts
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coffee (K-cup pod), a spot of tea, or an Oreo
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Thins Snack Pack? You'll find them all at Kadampa Cafe!
Cafe goods are available on a donation-only basis; one-hundred percent of Kadampa Cafe donations benefit our Center. Rejoice!
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SUGGESTED
DONATION
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• Hot Beverages $1
• Bottled Water $1
• Snacks $0.50
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Thanks go out this week to David Hinds and Renate Puckett for keeping us supplied with water in our cafe. David and Renate have brought us 5 gallon jugs for years. This has saved us time and funds and we thank you for your generosity, consistency and quenching our thrist! We appreciate YOU!
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May you have just enough of life's offerings today to help your mind become more clear and not so much that the waters are muddied.
"Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone." ~ Alan Watts
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"Also known as "mind training" or "mind transformation". A powerful approach to the development of bodhicitta, in which the mind is trained to use all situations, both happy and unhappy, as a means to destroy self-cherishing and self-grasping.
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KADAMPA CENTER HOURS
Tue-Fri: 10:00a-5:30p (call ahead to check)
Silent Meditation: During open hours
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TUNE-IN TO TEACHINGS
Tune to 90.3 FM when listening to teachings live in the Gompa
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Sincerely,
Kadampa Center
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Kadampa Center is an affiliate of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) in the lineage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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