Kadampa Meditation Center San Francisco
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08/26/2024
Sangha reuniting at a beautiful Offering to the Spiritual Guide service, happening on the 10th and 25th day of very month.
We also got to celebrate:
1) the return of our much missed Gen Choma from teaching in Seattle directly after her Manjushri summer sojourn of festival and studies.
2) the weekend visit of Kadam Amy Peng (pictured here next to Gen Choma), the Resident Teacher at The Kadampa Buddhist Center in Palm Springs.
Our cup runneth over with blessings, gratitude and good fortune to be safely reunited and reenergized for an incredible September season ahead.
Gen Choma is back teaching on Tuesday nights—drop in to experience the wisdom and kindness of KMC SF’s 💎 of a teacher these past 13 years, and one of America’s first nuns to be ordained in the International Kadampa Buddhist Union tradition over 30 years ago.
Everyone welcome!
08/17/2024
Come appreciate how great this human life is together at the reopening of KMC SF’s drop-in classes tomorrow, August 18th.
Both our Sunday Intro to Buddhism class and Kids’ class are back on at 11 after Prayers for World Peace at 10 am.
Meditate and Be Happy returns this Monday at 6:30 pm, and Tuesday’s Buddhist Wisdom and Meditations for Modern Times is back at 7pm.
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08/02/2024
08/02/2024
Scenes from the first week of Summer Festival 2024 where almost 3,000 people—including a dozen of us from KMC SF *💚—have gathered on the bucolic grounds of the Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Center in the UK to meditate and receive teachings together.
With thousands more joining in online from the around world, a truly global Sangha received the empowerment of Prajnaparamita and teachings on the Heart Sutra, the heart essence of Buddha’s perfection of wisdom teachings.
With time to rest, reflect and enjoying volunteering to serve one another, the two weeks near the Southern Lake District town of Ulverston truly look and feel like world peace in action.
Check out the for more detailed stories and posts to see what life is like here at summer festival!
*The latest addition is the adorable baby Marcus pictured here with our Resident Teacher, a beaming Gen Choma.
KMC SF reopens for Lunch Time Meditation on Monday August 12th at 12pm!
06/05/2024
Joining the popular Living Clarity Podcasts is a new NKT
You Tube Channel—rejoicing over so many accessible ways to learn more about and experience meditation and Dharma!
Welcome to the NKT YouTube Channel Are you interested in learning more about meditation or Buddhism? Do you want to hear from people on a spiritual journey? Or do you just want to be a calmer ...
05/09/2024
Get lifted and happy this Saturday, 10:30am at our wisdom-sharing Public Talk with visiting KMC New Mexico Resident Teacher, Gen Kelsang Khyenwang.
Would be wise to register for the optional lunch after as only 8 spots remain!
🌟 Discover Clarity in Chaos 🌟
Why am I here? What is my purpose?
These are the questions that stir the soul. In a world brimming with contradictions and confusion, finding answers can seem overwhelming. 🌍✨
Join us for an enlightening morning with Gen Kelsang Khyenwang on May 11th, from 10:30 AM to 12 PM, as we explore Buddha's profound insights into life's most compelling questions.
📅 WHY AM I HERE? BUDDHA'S ANSWERS TO LIFE'S QUESTIONS – A Public Talk that promises not just answers but a pathway to peace and clarity.
Dive deep into the wisdom of Buddha's teachings and uncover a new perspective on your life and the world around you.
This is an In-Person Only event, a real opportunity to connect and reflect among like-minded seekers.
🔗 Seats are limited! Reserve your spot now and begin a journey to understanding and tranquility.
👉 RSVP Today! : https://www.meditateinsanfrancisco.org/pages/why-am-i-here
Embrace the chance to transform your understanding and find serenity amidst life's storms:
02/29/2024
New morning time, same joyful feeling.
Join us for 20 minutes of Prayers for World Peace at 10am, then stick around for 45 minutes of class with Gen Choma or Meditation for Kids at 11!
With time between for coffee and conversation or quiet contemplation, it’s the perfect Sunday morning bow to close the week and start the next one fresh.
Disconnect from your devices and busy life, and enjoy short teachings, gently guided meditations, and breaks for silence, tea, and contemplation.
Our mind always has the potential to be clear, spacious, and positive. Learn how to let go of distractions and access the clarity of your mind and kindness of your heart.
No experience necessary, everyone is welcome.
02/20/2024
A whole lot of heartfelt and joyful connections were made at last weekend’s Real Connections in a Digital Age, Turning Loneliness into Love with Gen Kelsang Rigpa.
We’re grateful to Gen Rigpa for spending a few days with us and at Petaluma‘s for their Public Talk on Healing Anxiety. 🧘♂️🧘♀️🧘
We’re also thankful for Gen Choma, Kelsangs Rak-ma, Lamden and Labsum; our Sangha volunteers; and especially to all the new curious and thoughtful people who filled our precious temple and hearts on the most rainy of Saturday mornings. 🙏🏼❤️🤍🙏🏼❤️🤍🙏🏼
We had a great time getting to know one another over a delicious lunch courtesy of our kind Valencia Street neighbors, Restaurant Thanh Tam II. 🙏🏼❤️🤍🙏🏼❤️🤍
Hope to see you all soon at our next Talk at our new monthly series kicking off this Friday, 2/23 at 7:30pm with Gen Choma!
Clases de Meditación y Enseñanzas sobre El modo Budista de Amar
Domingos 1-2pm | $8 | Clases en español
¿Quieres mejorar tus habilidades interpersonales? En este curso"Cómo tener relaciones positivas" obtendrás información invaluable sobre cómo construir y mantener conexiones saludables y positivas. Ya sea que esté buscando profundizar las relaciones existentes o forjar otras nuevas, este curso brinda el conocimiento y las habilidades para navegar las complejidades de las interacciones humanas. No te pierdas esta clase y abre la puerta a un mundo de relaciones positivas y duraderas.
Para más información: https://www.meditateinsanfrancisco.org/pages/clases-en-espanol
Sundays, 11 am – 11:45 am with Gem Choma.
Learn life changing skills for discovering the inner peace of meditation and how to apply meditation in your own daily life. Each self-contained class functions as a practical guide to meditation and teaches us how to make both ourselves and others happy, both in the present and in the future.
For more information: https://www.meditateinsanfrancisco.org/pages/sundaymorningclass
01/31/2024
One of the great things about being both a meditation center and a Buddhist temple is in just one short weekend all kinds of events like our Kids Class, Prayers for World Peace and General Program classes can happen alongside a Guru Sumati Buddha Heruka Counting Retreat.
One hour a precocious child is artfully planting seeds of Karma and the next more senior practitioners are drawing closer to their chosen Spiritual Guide by deepening their concentration and peace of mind by counting mantras and meditating.
Thanks to the kindness of our Resident Teacher, Gen Choma, teaching an introductory session and practicing with us, the retreat was open to anyone curious enough to drop in and check out at their speed.
The same is true for all our on-going weekly GP classes, as well as our Foundation and Teacher Training Program classes resuming next week.
Everyone is welcome to audit those study programs twice for free to see if it’s a good fit.
Simply email Matt at [email protected] to audit FP or TTP.
And check out our site for all our GP classes, events, daily free prayers and drop in anytime.
Everyone welcome. Words to invite, words to live by.
01/31/2024
Last sunday we taught kids about Karma and the importance of planting virtuous seeds in the garden of our mind!!
In this lighthearted and fun class, we use Buddha’s teachings to build inner strength and confidence by developing our good qualities. Each class will include a short meditation, a teaching, and activities to help children increase their positive minds of patience, respect for others, giving, and loving kindness.
For more information: https://www.meditateinsanfrancisco.org/pages/kidsclass
01/23/2024
It’s not selfish to rest and find stillness.
Come find some at our drop-in classes and monthly Silent Saturdays 🧘🤍🧘♂️🤍
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APRENDE A MEDITAR DESDE CERO | Clases Presenciales | Domings 1-2 p.m
Con las prisas y exigencias de la vida moderna, normalmente estamos demasiado ocupados y estresados, y a menudo no tenemos tiempo para completar nuestras tareas.
El cansancio y el estrés nos producen tristeza, impaciencia y frustración, e incluso pueden afectar a nuestra salud. Estamos tan ocupados que no encontramos tiempo para meditar.
Sin embargo, con la meditación, en realidad ahorramos tiempo porque gracias a ella podemos centrarnos y calmarnos. Una simple meditación en la respiración nos ayudará a superar el estrés y a encontrar paz y equilibrio mentales.
La meditación también puede ayudarnos a comprender nuestra mente. De este modo, aprenderemos a transformar los estados mentales negativos en positivos, los alterados en apacibles y los insatisfechos en gozosos.
Para más información: https://www.meditateinsanfrancisco.org/pages/clases-en-espanol
Tuesday Drop-In Classes | 7 - 8:30pm | With Gen Choma
Who are you and who can you be - now? Learn how to change in supportive ways that bring you permanent peace and happiness through Buddha’s ancient and encouraging Ta**ra teachings that are so effective in/for modern times. We will joyfully learn how to accomplish our best selves ever and be of lasting benefit. Suitable for beginners and advanced practitioners; come understand Ta***ic technology or revitalize your Ta***ic practice.
For more information: https://www.meditateinsanfrancisco.org/pages/tuesdaynightclass
Start the new year right by finding stillness within at our kickoff Silent Saturdays Mini-Retreats
https://www.meditateinsanfrancisco.org/pages/stillnesswithin
12/17/2023
HOLIDAY PARTY AT KMC SAN FRANCISCO 🎉🎉🎉
BUDDHIST WISDOM & MEDITATIONS FOR MODERN TIMES
Sundays, 11 am – 12:00 pm | With Gen Choma
December Series: Developing Universal Compassion
In this class, we will be looking at the Meditations known as Lojong presented in Universal Compassion by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
Practical instructions showing how to transform even the most difficult daily life experiences into opportunities for spiritual growth through developing and enhancing minds of universal love and compassion.
Everybody Welcome!
For more information:
https://www.meditateinsanfrancisco.org/pages/sundaymorningclass
Buddhist Wisdom & Meditations for Modern Times
Tuesdays, 7 - 8:30pm | With Gen Choma
December Series: Living Joyfully
If everyone were to practice cherishing others, many of the major problems of the world would be solved in a few years. Just as our happiness is important, so too is the happiness of everyone else.
Everybody Welcome!
For more information: https://www.meditateinsanfrancisco.org/pages/tuesdaynightclass
11/10/2023
✨Scenes from our blessed and beautiful Vajrasattva Empowerment✨
How wonderful to have Sangha from South Bay, East Bay, Petaluma and Sacramento join us and contribute to this powerful, purifying event led by our dear resident teacher, Gen Choma. 🤍❤️
The joyful purification continues this weekend at our Vajrasattva retreat happening Saturday-Monday. All details online at meditateinsanfrancisco.org.
Drop by for one or as many sessions as you like.
Everyone welcome.🤍❤️🤍
11/01/2023
Meditation for Kids makes our Sundays of Prayers for World Peace and Spanish class all the sweeter.
Learning how to meditate, cherish others and think things through peacefully while creating and having fun is the cornerstone of our class. They and their generation are our future world peace leaders.
Parents and interested parents please take note that with our Vajrasattva Empowerment weekend coming up this Saturday, Nov 4th, we’ll be hosting the next Kids class on Sunday, November 12th instead of on the 5th.
See you all soon on this Saturday the 4th for the Empowerment, and the 12th for the next class!
Thanks to the fabulously talented Ania Zimnoch for these precious pictures!
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10/25/2023
⏰🎉 OSG puja and party 7-9pm
📍❤️ 3324 17th Street
Today is Je Tsongkhapa Day, when we celebrate the life and works of the Founder of the New Kadampa Lineage. Je Tsongkhapa demonstrated the manner of being a qualified Spiritual Guide - a humble, sincere practitioner leading his disciples to correct spiritual paths and setting a pure example for others to follow.
All these remarkable qualities were also displayed by our contemporary Spiritual Guide, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, founder of the New Kadampa Tradition.
In place of our Wednesday evening Foundation Program class, students and teacher will be helping our Sangha and resident teacher Gen Choma create a beautiful Offering to the Spiritual Class to Guru Tsongkhapa to celebrate both Mahayana masters tonight at 7pm!
Everyone is welcome, bringing a vegetarian snack to share is encouraged but not required to enjoy the blessings and feast. Your presence is all the offering needed.
Anyone looking to learn more about our Foundation Program classes can ask questions tonight or at anytime ➡️
[email protected]. Auditing 2 free classes is a great way to see just how powerful getting a deeper, weekly study of Buddha’s Wisdom Teachings can be when it comes to solving today’s modern problems.
10/23/2023
Have you registered to clean up your karma on Sat Nov 4?
🤍The Early Bird Discount ends this Friday!🤍
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10/19/2023
Let it all go at the Empowerment of Buddha Vajrasattva ✨
No experience necessary.
Everyone is welcome.
⏰10:30 am, Saturday, November 4th, 2023
📍3324 17th Street
SF, CA 94110
⏰Early Bird Discount ends October 24th
10/09/2023
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⏰ SAT NOV 4 | 10:30AM ✨
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We have an enormous opportunity to purify our negative karma and ripen these precious seeds of pure potential already within us — NEXT MONTH at our Vajrasattva Empowerment!
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