At The Weekend
KMC Plymouth unless otherwise stated
48-50 Mutley Plain, Plymouth PL4 6LE
Membership is not required to attend these events but they are free to members depending on your membership package. See individual events for details.
Empowerment of 1000 Armed Avalokiteshvara
Empowerment
Saturday 7th February
10:30am-4.30pm
Everyone is welcome at this very special event.
During this very special day, Gen Kelsang Dragden, Resident Teacher at KMC Plymouth, will grant the blessing empowerment of One Thousand Armed Avalokiteshvara. This is a series of special guided meditations to gain a deep connection with this enlightened being.
Please see our Empowerments page for full details
Long Life Retreat
Free Day Retreat
Saturday 14th February
9.00am-5.15pm
Long Life Retreat
This event is FREE to attend for everyone, and everyone is welcome! There is no need to book for this event, simply turn up on the day for any or all of the sessions.
Please see our Retreats page for full details
Overcoming Exhaustion
Half Day Course
Saturday 14th March
10am-1.15pm
Overcoming Exhaustion
Tired? Busy? Stressed? Or just completely exhausted? Wouldn’t it be wonderful to find a fresh, continuous source of joyful energy…
Within meditation techniques and Buddhist teachings there are many ways we can start to achieve this. We can learn simple methods first to relax and let go of the stress and tension that is so tiring. Then we can look deeper into the real causes of our tiredness and discover practical methods we can use to help us to get more energy and vitality.
No previous experience needed.
Schedule
Session 1: 10am – 11.15am Teaching with guided meditations
Break (45minutes)
Session 2: 12pm – 1.15pm Teaching with guided meditations
Our Coffee Bar will be open during the break serving hot and cold drinks, delicious home-made cakes and a variety of snacks.
Fees & Booking
Half Day Event: £15
Pay on the door by cash or card or book in advance online.
This event is included as free for both standard and premium members.
Use the button to book online at our Box Office:
Event Format
These events are suitable for everyone, no previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
Enjoy the benefits of more time than in our evening classes, the opportunity to meet and talk with fellow attendees and the chance to take some time out in the peaceful atmosphere of KMC Plymouth.
- Guided breathing meditation
- Practical teaching
- Second meditation with guidance based on the teaching
- A break for light refreshments in our World Peace Café
- Second teaching and meditation session
- Option to ask the Teacher questions at the end of the class and discuss with fellow attendees
Who Am I?
Half Day Course
Saturday 28th March
10am-1.15pm
Who Am I?
Who we are very much depends on who we think we are. Through learning Buddha’s practical insights into who we really are and who we can be, we can stop struggling with ourselves and uncover our potential for growth, change and inner peace. When we understand ourselves a little better the door opens to endless, positive possibilities and this is what we shall explore and meditate on this very practical half-day course.
Schedule
Session 1: 10am – 11.15am Teaching with guided meditations
Break (45minutes)
Session 2: 12pm – 1.15pm Teaching with guided meditations
Our Coffee Bar will be open during the break serving hot and cold drinks, delicious home-made cakes and a variety of snacks.
Fees & Booking
Half Day Event: £15
Pay on the door by cash or card or book in advance online.
This event is included as free for both standard and premium members.
Use the button to book online at our Box Office:
Event Format
These events are suitable for everyone, no previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
Enjoy the benefits of more time than in our evening classes, the opportunity to meet and talk with fellow attendees and the chance to take some time out in the peaceful atmosphere of KMC Plymouth.
- Guided breathing meditation
- Practical teaching
- Second meditation with guidance based on the teaching
- A break for light refreshments in our World Peace Café
- Second teaching and meditation session
- Option to ask the Teacher questions at the end of the class and discuss with fellow attendees
Nyungnay Purifying Ritual Practice Retreat
Free Two Day Retreat
Tuesday 14th &
Wednesday 15th April
Various Times
Nyungnay Purifying Ritual Practice Retreat
This special fasting and purification practice is traditionally done by Kadampa Centres worldwide around the anniversary of Buddha’s Enlightenment on 15th April. This is a more advanced practice, so please see the notes on our retreats page on the link below.
Please see our Retreats page for full details
Introduction to Tantra
Half-Day Course
Saturday 25th April
10am-1.15pm
Introduction to Tantra
Tantra is the quick path to enlightenment. It is the rarest of instructions and so we have a wonderful opportunity on this introductory half-day course to start exploring the power and purity of Tantric practices. Through carefully structured and proven meditation techniques, we can image bringing our inner potential for future results of the path to enlightenment into the here and now. In doing so Tantra uses the power of our imagination to create the pure and perfect world that we would love for everyone.
This event is also a perfect introduction for anyone attending this year’s NKT-IKBU International Summer Festival where a Highest Yoga Tantra Empowerment will be granted. More details on the link:
More About This Event
Through carefully structured and proven meditation techniques, we can image bringing our inner potential for future results of the path to enlightenment into the here and now; awakening our pure mind. Relating to this we create the causes to experience results in our everyday lives much more quickly. By imagining ourselves filled with compassionate and wisdom, we can break free of our usual mundane ideas and rouse our potential for limitless, pure happiness.
This introductory course will give us practical skills to meditate on two key stages of Tantric practices, dispel the myths about Tantra and give us the confidence to use these meditations in our daily life.
Schedule
Saturday 25th April
Session 1: 10am – 11.15am
Session 2: 12pm – 1.15pm
Each sessions includes a teaching and guided meditations.
Our World Peace Café will be open during the break serving hot and cold drinks, delicious home-made cakes and a variety of snacks.
Fees & Booking
Individual Tickets: £15
Pay on the door by cash or card
OR
Book in advance online via our Box Office:
All Members Attend for Free
This event is free to members
Event Format
These half-day events are suitable for everyone, no previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
Enjoy the benefits of more time than in our evening classes, the opportunity to meet and talk with fellow attendees and the chance to take some time out in the peaceful atmosphere of KMC Plymouth.
Each session consists of:
- a guided breathing meditation
- a practical teaching
- a second meditation with guidance based on the teaching
Between sessions there is a break for light refreshments in our World Peace Café
At the end of the event there is the option to ask the Teacher questions, whilst during the event there is the ability to discuss the teachings and meditations with fellow attendees
Venue
Kadampa Meditation Centre Plymouth,
48-50 Mutley Plain,
Plymouth,
PL4 6LE
Truths to Live By
Half-Day Course
Saturday 9th May
10am-1.15pm
Truths to Live By
There is a way to live which is free from problems and filled only with joy. Recognising our problems and dissatisfaction and realistically knowing that more will undoubtedly arise in the future, we can understand the very practical advice regarding their origins. Inspired by this we can work to bring about the ending of our future suffering and to follow the inner path that leads to pure happiness.
More About This Event
With clear instructions and practical guided meditations this half day course will give us the means to understand our problems, abandon the minds which keep is locked into our current and future unhappiness and give us the determination to instead follow the true inner path to unparalleled bliss and happiness.
These half-day events are suitable for everyone, no previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
Schedule
Saturday 9th May
Session 1: 10am – 11.15am
Session 2: 12pm – 1.15pm
Each session conissts of a teaching with guided meditations.
Our World Peace Café will be open during the break serving hot and cold drinks, delicious home-made cakes and a variety of snacks.
Fees & Booking
Individual Tickets: £15
Pay on the door by cash or card
OR
Book in advance online via our Box Office:
All Members Attend for Free
This event is free to members
Event Format
These half-day events are suitable for everyone, no previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
Enjoy the benefits of more time than in our evening classes, the opportunity to meet and talk with fellow attendees and the chance to take some time out in the peaceful atmosphere of KMC Plymouth.
Each session consists of:
- a guided breathing meditation
- a practical teaching
- a second meditation with guidance based on the teaching
Between sessions there is a break for light refreshments in our World Peace Café.
At the end of the event there is the option to ask the Teacher questions, whilst during the event there is the ability to discuss the teachings and meditations with fellow attendees.
Venue
Kadampa Meditation Centre Plymouth,
48-50 Mutley Plain,
Plymouth,
PL4 6LE
Learning To Let Go
Half-Day Urban Retreat
Saturday 16th May
10am-1.30pm
Learning to Let Go
This half-day urban retreat gives the opportunity to immerse ourselves in short teachings combined with long guided meditations. We will have the time and space to literally “let go”.
Please see our Retreats page for full details
Becoming Fearless
Half-Day Course
Saturday 11th July
10am-1.15pm
Becoming Fearless
There appears to be so much to fear and be worried about in our world today, but what if we could build within ourselves an inner protection that had the power to help and protect us from painful feelings such as anxiety or worry?
These half-day events are suitable for everyone, no previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
More About This Event
What if there was a power that enabled us to do the things we never thought we could and that enabled us to overcome the fear that we might fail when we tried? We all have the potential to develop this, all we need to do is gain familiarity with training our mind in positive attitudes and actions.
On this half day course, we will look first at the Buddhist approach to overcoming fear and worry: what is fear, how does it arise, what can we do to reduce it? We will then explore meditations and daily life practices that can help us take on life’s challenges without fear.
Schedule
Saturday 11th July
Session 1: 10am – 11.15am
Session 2: 12pm – 1.15pm
Each session conissts of a teaching with guided meditations.
Our World Peace Café will be open during the break serving hot and cold drinks, delicious home-made cakes and a variety of snacks.
Fees & Booking
Individual Tickets: £15
Pay on the door by cash or card
OR
Book in advance online via our Box Office:
All Members Attend for Free
This event is free to members
Event Format
These half-day events are suitable for everyone, no previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
Enjoy the benefits of more time than in our evening classes, the opportunity to meet and talk with fellow attendees and the chance to take some time out in the peaceful atmosphere of KMC Plymouth.
Each session consists of:
- a guided breathing meditation
- a practical teaching
- a second meditation with guidance based on the teaching
Between sessions there is a break for light refreshments in our World Peace Café
At the end of the event there is the option to ask the Teacher questions, whilst during the event there is the ability to discuss the teachings and meditations with fellow attendees
Venue
Kadampa Meditation Centre Plymouth,
48-50 Mutley Plain,
Plymouth,
PL4 6LE