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Where does lasting happiness come from? We think we can find it somewhere outside ourselves—a new house, a delicious dessert, the right job. Yet those things, even if they’re great at first, let us down sooner or later. Real happiness comes from inner peace. Explore this ancient wisdom with us and learn how to f , ...

Heart Jewel is a special practice for developing compassion, wisdom, and spiritual strength by relying on the Wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa, and for overcoming obstacles and difficulties in our meditation (Dharma) practice by relying on the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. You can find the Heart Jewel Prayers booklet on T , ...

By learning how to authentically let go of the past, we can move in the direction of health, loving relationships and a happy life. Learn about the deep healing and freedom that is possible through the power of forgiveness. Free for Supporters , ...

Thursday Foundation Program with Kadam Heather Rocklin Book: Meaningful to Behold Thursdays | 9:30am-11:30am If you are interested in this class, please email info@meditationinoregon.org to learn how to become a Foundation Program member. Meaningful to Behold by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Many people have the compassionate , ...

Our 30-minute lunchtime classes are an enjoyable way to ease into meditation. Each class begins with a fifteen minute teaching explaining how to engage in one of six different meditations from the Living Meditation Series. Then the teacher guides the students in the meditation so they gain personal experience of it. Th , ...

Saturday Foundation Program With Kadam Heather Book: Universal Compassion Saturdays | 9:00am—11:00am If you are interested in this class, please email info@meditationinoregon.org to learn how to become a Foundation Program member. Universal Compassion is a commentary to a twelfth-century text on training the mind, enti , ...

Everyone has the capacity to tap into an endless supply of inner peace and happiness. Modern Buddhism gives us the techniques and meditations that we need in order to achieve this. In this talk, Kadam Heather Rocklin, Resident Teacher at the Mahasiddha Kadampa Buddhist Center in Portland, will explain the methods that , ...

Be inspired and uplifted as we gain experience of the special presentation of Buddha’s teachings known as Lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment.  This series of meditations will bring positive energy to our daily activities, help us solve our problems, and pervade our life with meaning Through deep experienc , ...

About the Teacher Training Program The Teacher Training Program (TTP) is designed for people who wish to train as authentic Dharma Teachers or simply engage with Buddha’s teachings in the deepest possible manner. In addition to completing the study of fourteen texts of Sutra and Tantra, the student is required to obser , ...

A Buddhist meditation class for challenging times. Based on the famous Eight Verses of Training the Mind by the great Bodhisattva, Langri Tangpa, this inspiring series will teach methods for transforming all life’s difficulties into valuable spiritual insights and for developing universal love and compassion, the sourc , ...

Must have Highest Yoga Tantra empowerment to participate in these prayers. Prayers and meditations that contain the essence of the self-generation practice of Vajrayogini – the female enlightened Buddha Deity of Highest Yoga Tantra who is the manifestation of the wisdom of all Buddhas. , ...

Heart Jewel is a special practice for developing compassion, wisdom, and spiritual strength by relying on the Wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa, and for overcoming obstacles and difficulties in our meditation (Dharma) practice by relying on the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. You can find the Heart Jewel Prayers booklet on T , ...

We’ll learn how to be happy all the time through meditation following the advice of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in the Mirror of Dharma With Additions. “The first point we should think about is, ‘Why do we need to practice Buddha’s teachings?’ The answer is very simple. It is because we want to be happy all the time, an , ...

Where does lasting happiness come from? We think we can find it somewhere outside ourselves—a new house, a delicious dessert, the right job. Yet those things, even if they’re great at first, let us down sooner or later. Real happiness comes from inner peace. Explore this ancient wisdom with us and learn how to f , ...

Tara is a female Buddha, a manifestation of the ultimate wisdom of all the Buddhas. Her name means “Rescuer” because she rescues us from all outer and inner fears. Ultimately she rescues us from all suffering and guides us to full enlightenment. Like a mother she protects us from all internal and external d , ...

Buddha taught the causes of our painful habits and how to let go. Through personal observation and training we can develop the skills to recognize our painful habits, and learn to apply methods to find inner peace and freedom. Free for Supporters , ...

Thursday Foundation Program with Kadam Heather Rocklin Book: Meaningful to Behold Thursdays | 9:30am-11:30am If you are interested in this class, please email info@meditationinoregon.org to learn how to become a Foundation Program member. Meaningful to Behold by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Many people have the compassionate , ...

Our 30-minute lunchtime classes are an enjoyable way to ease into meditation. Each class begins with a fifteen minute teaching explaining how to engage in one of six different meditations from the Living Meditation Series. Then the teacher guides the students in the meditation so they gain personal experience of it. Th , ...

This is a special practice of relying upon our Spiritual Guide as a Buddha and making praises and requests, but it also contains beautiful essential instructions on all the stages of the path to enlightenment and training the mind, as well as both the generation stage and completion stage of Highest Yoga Tantra. , ...

Buddhist Meditation for Beginners is designed to give you the encouragement and support you need to meditate regularly. This series will cover the fundamentals of meditation from the Buddhist point of view and offer short and simple guided meditations.  Classes will offer practical advise and cover key Buddhist princ , ...

On the path of healing, we need help, support and inspiring energy. By receiving the empowerment of Medicine Buddha, we have an opportunity to make a connection with an enlightened Doctor, who has accomplished permanent freedom from mental and physical suffering. Medicine Buddha is the embodiment of all enlightened hea , ...

Be inspired and uplifted as we gain experience of the special presentation of Buddha’s teachings known as Lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment.  This series of meditations will bring positive energy to our daily activities, help us solve our problems, and pervade our life with meaning Through deep experienc , ...

About the Teacher Training Program The Teacher Training Program (TTP) is designed for people who wish to train as authentic Dharma Teachers or simply engage with Buddha’s teachings in the deepest possible manner. In addition to completing the study of fourteen texts of Sutra and Tantra, the student is required to obser , ...

A Buddhist meditation class for challenging times. Based on the famous Eight Verses of Training the Mind by the great Bodhisattva, Langri Tangpa, this inspiring series will teach methods for transforming all life’s difficulties into valuable spiritual insights and for developing universal love and compassion, the sourc , ...

Must have Highest Yoga Tantra empowerment to participate in these prayers. Prayers and meditations that contain the essence of the self-generation practice of Vajrayogini – the female enlightened Buddha Deity of Highest Yoga Tantra who is the manifestation of the wisdom of all Buddhas. , ...

Heart Jewel is a special practice for developing compassion, wisdom, and spiritual strength by relying on the Wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa, and for overcoming obstacles and difficulties in our meditation (Dharma) practice by relying on the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. You can find the Heart Jewel Prayers booklet on T , ...

Heart Jewel is a special practice for developing compassion, wisdom, and spiritual strength by relying on the Wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa, and for overcoming obstacles and difficulties in our meditation (Dharma) practice by relying on the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. You can find the Heart Jewel Prayers booklet on T , ...

We’ll learn how to be happy all the time through meditation following the advice of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in the Mirror of Dharma With Additions. “The first point we should think about is, ‘Why do we need to practice Buddha’s teachings?’ The answer is very simple. It is because we want to be happy all the time, an , ...

Where does lasting happiness come from? We think we can find it somewhere outside ourselves—a new house, a delicious dessert, the right job. Yet those things, even if they’re great at first, let us down sooner or later. Real happiness comes from inner peace. Explore this ancient wisdom with us and learn how to f , ...

Powa Ceremony is a beautiful and powerful ritual practice drawn from the Buddhist tantras which enables us to benefit the deceased by coming together as a group and making prayers and offerings on their behalf. , ...

Buddha taught the causes of our painful habits and how to let go. Through personal observation and training we can develop the skills to recognize our painful habits, and learn to apply methods to find inner peace and freedom. Free for Supporters , ...

Thursday Foundation Program with Kadam Heather Rocklin Book: Meaningful to Behold Thursdays | 9:30am-11:30am If you are interested in this class, please email info@meditationinoregon.org to learn how to become a Foundation Program member. Meaningful to Behold by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Many people have the compassionate , ...

Our 30-minute lunchtime classes are an enjoyable way to ease into meditation. Each class begins with a fifteen minute teaching explaining how to engage in one of six different meditations from the Living Meditation Series. Then the teacher guides the students in the meditation so they gain personal experience of it. Th , ...

Buddhist Meditation for Beginners is designed to give you the encouragement and support you need to meditate regularly. This series will cover the fundamentals of meditation from the Buddhist point of view and offer short and simple guided meditations.  Classes will offer practical advise and cover key Buddhist princ , ...

Saturday Foundation Program With Kadam Heather Book: Universal Compassion Saturdays | 9:00am—11:00am If you are interested in this class, please email info@meditationinoregon.org to learn how to become a Foundation Program member. Universal Compassion is a commentary to a twelfth-century text on training the mind, enti , ...

Heart Jewel is a special practice for developing compassion, wisdom, and spiritual strength by relying on the Wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa, and for overcoming obstacles and difficulties in our meditation (Dharma) practice by relying on the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. You can find the Heart Jewel Prayers booklet on T , ...

Be inspired and uplifted as we gain experience of the special presentation of Buddha’s teachings known as Lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment.  This series of meditations will bring positive energy to our daily activities, help us solve our problems, and pervade our life with meaning Through deep experienc , ...

During this retreat, we will spend time developing the powerful mind of refuge, our actual protection from pain and problems. Through the practice of refuge, relying on the three jewels of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, we gradually build stable, peaceful and joyful minds that give us the confidence and strength to make au , ...

A Buddhist meditation class for challenging times. Based on the famous Eight Verses of Training the Mind by the great Bodhisattva, Langri Tangpa, this inspiring series will teach methods for transforming all life’s difficulties into valuable spiritual insights and for developing universal love and compassion, the sourc , ...

Must have Highest Yoga Tantra empowerment to participate in these prayers. Prayers and meditations that contain the essence of the self-generation practice of Vajrayogini – the female enlightened Buddha Deity of Highest Yoga Tantra who is the manifestation of the wisdom of all Buddhas. , ...

Heart Jewel is a special practice for developing compassion, wisdom, and spiritual strength by relying on the Wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa, and for overcoming obstacles and difficulties in our meditation (Dharma) practice by relying on the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. You can find the Heart Jewel Prayers booklet on T , ...

Heart Jewel is a special practice for developing compassion, wisdom, and spiritual strength by relying on the Wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa, and for overcoming obstacles and difficulties in our meditation (Dharma) practice by relying on the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. You can find the Heart Jewel Prayers booklet on T , ...

We’ll learn how to be happy all the time through meditation following the advice of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in the Mirror of Dharma With Additions. “The first point we should think about is, ‘Why do we need to practice Buddha’s teachings?’ The answer is very simple. It is because we want to be happy all the time, an , ...

Where does lasting happiness come from? We think we can find it somewhere outside ourselves—a new house, a delicious dessert, the right job. Yet those things, even if they’re great at first, let us down sooner or later. Real happiness comes from inner peace. Explore this ancient wisdom with us and learn how to f , ...

Heart Jewel is a special practice for developing compassion, wisdom, and spiritual strength by relying on the Wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa, and for overcoming obstacles and difficulties in our meditation (Dharma) practice by relying on the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. You can find the Heart Jewel Prayers booklet on T , ...

Buddha taught the causes of our painful habits and how to let go. Through personal observation and training we can develop the skills to recognize our painful habits, and learn to apply methods to find inner peace and freedom. Free for Supporters , ...

Thursday Foundation Program with Kadam Heather Rocklin Book: Meaningful to Behold Thursdays | 9:30am-11:30am If you are interested in this class, please email info@meditationinoregon.org to learn how to become a Foundation Program member. Meaningful to Behold by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Many people have the compassionate , ...

Our 30-minute lunchtime classes are an enjoyable way to ease into meditation. Each class begins with a fifteen minute teaching explaining how to engage in one of six different meditations from the Living Meditation Series. Then the teacher guides the students in the meditation so they gain personal experience of it. Th , ...

Buddhist Meditation for Beginners is designed to give you the encouragement and support you need to meditate regularly. This series will cover the fundamentals of meditation from the Buddhist point of view and offer short and simple guided meditations.  Classes will offer practical advise and cover key Buddhist princ , ...

Be inspired and uplifted as we gain experience of the special presentation of Buddha’s teachings known as Lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment.  This series of meditations will bring positive energy to our daily activities, help us solve our problems, and pervade our life with meaning Through deep experienc , ...

About the Teacher Training Program The Teacher Training Program (TTP) is designed for people who wish to train as authentic Dharma Teachers or simply engage with Buddha’s teachings in the deepest possible manner. In addition to completing the study of fourteen texts of Sutra and Tantra, the student is required to obser , ...

A Buddhist meditation class for challenging times. Based on the famous Eight Verses of Training the Mind by the great Bodhisattva, Langri Tangpa, this inspiring series will teach methods for transforming all life’s difficulties into valuable spiritual insights and for developing universal love and compassion, the sourc , ...

Must have Highest Yoga Tantra empowerment to participate in these prayers. Prayers and meditations that contain the essence of the self-generation practice of Vajrayogini – the female enlightened Buddha Deity of Highest Yoga Tantra who is the manifestation of the wisdom of all Buddhas. , ...

Heart Jewel is a special practice for developing compassion, wisdom, and spiritual strength by relying on the Wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa, and for overcoming obstacles and difficulties in our meditation (Dharma) practice by relying on the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. You can find the Heart Jewel Prayers booklet on T , ...

Heart Jewel is a special practice for developing compassion, wisdom, and spiritual strength by relying on the Wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa, and for overcoming obstacles and difficulties in our meditation (Dharma) practice by relying on the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. You can find the Heart Jewel Prayers booklet on T , ...

We’ll learn how to be happy all the time through meditation following the advice of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in the Mirror of Dharma With Additions. “The first point we should think about is, ‘Why do we need to practice Buddha’s teachings?’ The answer is very simple. It is because we want to be happy all the time, an , ...

Where does lasting happiness come from? We think we can find it somewhere outside ourselves—a new house, a delicious dessert, the right job. Yet those things, even if they’re great at first, let us down sooner or later. Real happiness comes from inner peace. Explore this ancient wisdom with us and learn how to f , ...

Heart Jewel is a special practice for developing compassion, wisdom, and spiritual strength by relying on the Wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa, and for overcoming obstacles and difficulties in our meditation (Dharma) practice by relying on the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. You can find the Heart Jewel Prayers booklet on T , ...

Buddha taught the causes of our painful habits and how to let go. Through personal observation and training we can develop the skills to recognize our painful habits, and learn to apply methods to find inner peace and freedom. Free for Supporters , ...

Thursday Foundation Program with Kadam Heather Rocklin Book: Meaningful to Behold Thursdays | 9:30am-11:30am If you are interested in this class, please email info@meditationinoregon.org to learn how to become a Foundation Program member. Meaningful to Behold by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Many people have the compassionate , ...

Our 30-minute lunchtime classes are an enjoyable way to ease into meditation. Each class begins with a fifteen minute teaching explaining how to engage in one of six different meditations from the Living Meditation Series. Then the teacher guides the students in the meditation so they gain personal experience of it. Th , ...

Buddhist Meditation for Beginners is designed to give you the encouragement and support you need to meditate regularly. This series will cover the fundamentals of meditation from the Buddhist point of view and offer short and simple guided meditations.  Classes will offer practical advise and cover key Buddhist princ , ...