"Unlike an external enemy, the inner enemy cannot regroup and launch a comeback once it has been destroyed from within."

~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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Jun 11-17, 2018
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2018 STUPA CIRCUMAMBULATION COUNT: 12,470
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– PUJAS & HOLY DAYS–
Sat, Jun 16, 6:00-8:30p
Sat, Jun 23
No puja at Center; reminder for those who may wish to perform tsog at home
Thu, Jun 28, Noon-1:00p
– UPCOMING RETREAT –
Kadampa Center will host a Nyung Nä Retreat, a powerful practice for purification and the accumulation of merit, led by Venerable Amy Miller. The retreat will be held at the Thousand Buddha Temple in Greensboro. A non-refundable registration fee of $50 covers meals and use of the facility.

  • WHAT: Nyung Nä Retreat
  • WHEN: Thu, Jul 19 (3:00p)-Sun, Jul 22 (11:30a)
  • WHERE: Thousand Buddha Temple, Greensboro
  • FEE: $50
  • REGISTRATION: Now open! Register here
– UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS –
Creating merit is an essential part of Buddhist practice. When we build up stores of merit, it removes obstacles in our spiritual lives. Making merit is also great purification! In these sessions, Geshe Sangpo will briefly explain the purpose and benefits of the practices and teach us how to do them, and then we will all do the practice together, benefiting all participants.

– Jun 21: Mandalas
– Jul 5: Prostrations
  • WHERE: Kadampa Center Gompa
To celebrate His Holiness' 83rd birthday, Kadampa Center will hold a blood drive on Fri., July 6 from 10:00a-2:30p. We will send His Holiness a card signed by all our donors and support volunteers, so the more bountiful the number of donations, the better!
Be a wish-fulfilling jewel and offer a pint of blood,
a gift of life to others!

  • WHAT: Blood Drive 2018:
Our Birthday Gift for His Holiness the Dalai Lama
  • WHEN: 10:00a-2:30p, Fri, Jul 6
  • WHERE: Kadampa Center Gompa
  • REGISTRATION: Sign-up here
– VISITING TEACHER –
In this weekend course with Don Handrick, we will explore four attitudes – the cultivation of equanimity, loving-kindness, compassion, and empathetic joy – and learn how to skillfully advance them to a limitless degree, eventually making our hearts as wide as the world.

  • WHAT: Four Paths to Awaken a Kind Heart with Don Handrick
  • WHEN:
– Fri Jul 6, 7:00-9:00p
– Sat Jul 7:
  • 10:00-12:30p
  • 12:30-2:00p (lunch break)
  • 2:00-4:00p
– Sun, Jul 8:
  • 10:30-Noon
  • 12:30-2:00p (lunch break)
  • 2:00-4:00p
  • WHERE: Kadampa Center Gompa
– UPCOMING HOLY DAYS –
CHOKHOR DUCHEN – BUDDHA'S FIRST TEACHING
Seven weeks after attaining enlightenment at Bodhgaya, India, the Buddha gave his first teaching at the Deer Park in Sarnath. He expressed his profound realizations of the nature of existence in the Four Noble Truths. Kadampa Center's Observance of this teaching, referred to as the First Turning of the Wheel, Chokhor Duchen, will include Eight Mahayana Precepts, an Animal Blessing and Liberation, and a Shakyamuni Buddha Puja.

– 5:30-7:00a, Eight Mahayana Precepts, register here
– 7:00-8:30p, Shakyamuni Buddha Puja
  • WHERE: Kadampa Center Gompa
– UPCOMING CLASSES –
Meditation 101 is an introductory course on basic Buddhist meditation techniques for complete beginners, and includes Buddhist meditations that can be used by anyone to create more peace and happiness in daily life. Presented in five sessions. Led by Linda Saah.

  • WHAT: Meditation 101
  • WHEN: Tuesdays, Jun 5-Jul 3, 7:00-8:30p
  • WHERE: Kadampa Center Gompa
  • REGISTRATION: None required
BUDDHISM IN A NUTSHELL – New Daytime Hours!
An introductory course that provides a broad, simple overview of key aspects of Buddhism and our practice in five short classes. No homework or quizzes, just a suggested reading list for those who want to learn more. Presented in five sessions. Led by Patti Pandya.

  • WHAT: Buddhism in a Nutshell
  • WHEN: Thursdays, Jun 7-Jul 5, 10:00-11:30a
  • WHERE: Kadampa Center Gompa
  • REGISTRATION: None required
Learn the disadvantages of self-cherishing and the advantages of cherishing others. Learn to employ the special techniques of mind training ( lojong) to transform problems into happiness. Transforming Problems is part of a two-year series of classes called Discovering Buddhism. On the first night, July 9, the session will be led by visiting teacher Don Handrick. Presented in five sessions. Led by Stephanie Smith.

  • WHAT: Discovering Buddhism: Transforming Problems
  • WHEN: Mondays, Jul 9-Aug 6, 7:00-8:30p with a break Jul 16 for Chokhor Duchen
  • WHERE: Kadampa Center Gompa
  • REGISTRATION: None required
WELCOME FAMILIES – JOIN US!
Sunday morning classes begin at 10:30

NEW FAMILY PROGRAMING NOW UNDERWAY LEARN MORE
Dharma Parents, check out our new Family Programing for Sunday Morning. For ten weeks (June 17-August 19), families will learn about the four branches of the 16 Guidelines:
  • Think
  • Act
  • Relate
  • Meaning
OPERATION 16G: The summer program objective is to highlight the four branches (Think, Act, Relate, and Meaning) of the 16 guidelines using a condensed format. Two of the pre-selected electives are Right Speech and Service. Electives from the other two branches were selected by the summer program participants. This will be achieved through various activities and the Summer Sessions.

  • In 10 weeks over the Summer, kids will produce a movie, interact with art projects, and volunteer service. The Summer Program objectives will start with a Spring Family Campout, and culminate with the 5th Annual Family Dharma Camp.

  • This is a drop-off program. Ages 5 and up will meet in the classroom building. Middle school and high school members will act as co-facilitators of the program. They will be of great service to our family program and will provides excellent leadership. Their assistance can be applied to any school requirement for volunteer hours. Preschoolers will continue to have drop off in the main building.

Note: Dharma parents, if this type of class is not for you, children may always accompany you in the gompa. If they are restless or noisy or distracting – it's okay! We understand that children are children, and we welcome them in our gompa.

Parents, be sure to mark your calendars for the 5th Annual Family Dharma Camp at Agapé

  • WHAT: 5th Annual Family Dharma Camp
  • WHEN: Sat Aug 25-Mon Aug 27
  • WHERE: Camp Agapé, Fuquay-Varina
  • REGISTRATION: Opens soon!
The 16 Guidelines are an initiative of The Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom (FDCW), an international non-profit organization.

Ready to be a Family Program volunteer? Sign up here!
GUEST SPEAKER - Som Paneru
Join us on June 13, 7 - 8 pm, for an informative presentation about Nepal problems and living conditions of the gentle Nepalis. Mr. Paneru will also describe what  Nepal Youth Foundation  is doing to address the suffering of the girls sold into the "indentured servitude" KAMARI system.
LOVE NOTES PROJECT
Write a note with a simple expression of hope and love to brighten someone's day. We are pleased to work with Meals on Wheels to deliver Love Notes with daily meals. Send your message of Love and Hope to hungry hearts. Pick-up/drop-off at Kadampa Center.
10 cards
10 minutes
10 hearts touched
NOTE: This project is coming to a close, so please complete your cards and return them to the Center.
NEW COLLECTION OPPORTUNITIES
Stay tuned for information on new ways you can help others through your generous donations, coming soon!
INTERCONNECTED: EMBRACING LIFE IN OUT GLOBAL SOCIETY
~ By His Holiness the Karmapa
Now in paperback! We have always been, and will always be, interconnected—through family, community, and shared humanity. Plucked from a humble nomad family to become the leader of one of Tibet’s oldest Buddhist lineages, the young Seventeenth Karmapa draws on timeless values to create an urgent ethic for today’s global community.
GLASS MANTRA TO BLESS WATER
The mantra engraved on this crystal comes from the great tantric master Padma-sambhava. It reads:
OM SHA SAHABHI YATA SHA AMOGHA SAMBAHALITU
According to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, the mind and heart are blessed by drinking water that has touched the mantra. The mantra can be place into a water container, such as a spring water bottle or jug.
  • GLASS MANTRA $15
BOOKSTORE HOURS
Office hours and before/after teachings
WELCOME NEW BOOKSTORE MANAGER AMANDA HENRY
Join us in welcoming Amanda Henry as our new Bookstore Manager. Amanda first discovered Kadampa Center through a teaching given by Venerable Robina Courtin in 2012. She currently serves as office administrator, where she is responsible for many of the day-to-day operational activities for the Center’s office, and has offered to serve as bookstore manager. Amanda also coordinates the Kadampa Center Prison Project Pen Pal Program.
Thank you, Amanda, for your amazing effort to benefit the Center in so many ways!
Lend a hand...
 Help Dharma thrive – with your help we can accomplish so much more this year.

OPEN POSITIONS INCLUDE:

  • Front Desk Greeter
  • Painters, Interior - June & July - sign up today!
  • Membership Coordinator
– MERIT MAKERS –
Thanks go out this week to Arlene VanRyckeghem. She will be stepping down as bookstore manager and we thank her for her valiant effort in making the bookstore a success! A puja will be held in her honor at Kopan Monestary with this dedication:
"For the dedication and offering of service by Arlene VanRyckeghem as Bookstore Manager at Kadampa Center. May the blessings Arlene has brought to the Center survive and spread for eons to come and may all the seeds planted in the minds of all who have shopped in our store for books or gifts ripen in the future enlightenment of all beings. Thank you Arlene for your kind service!"
– SIDE NOTES –
Link through to FB articles much? Found a neat one on a friend’s page and had to click through looking for a little proof this sentence is true...
– WORDLY WISE –
A small town near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India; the site of Deer Park, where the Buddha first turned the wheel of Dharma, giving his famous discourse on the Four Noble Truths.
– QUICK CONNECTIONS –
KADAMPA CENTER HOURS
Tue-Fri: 10:00a-5:30p (call ahead to check)
Silent Meditation: During open hours
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