Kalpa Bhadra Kadampa Buddhist Center is located on Wiconisco Street in Harrisburg just off of 2nd Street near Pinnacle Health and Italian Lake. Open to everyone, the center provides a year-round program of meditation classes, workshops, and retreats that offer practical advice on how to apply Buddha's teachings to daily life.
"If we train in meditation our mind will gradually become more and more peaceful, and we shall experience a purer and purer form of happiness. Eventually we shall be happy all of the time, even in the most difficult circumstances."
— Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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Tuesday Night Classes
Drop in any Tuesday evening for a guided meditation followed by a short talk on applying Buddhist principles to daily life. Time is allowed for questions and answers. The classes are designed to give a broad introduction to Buddhist meditation, ideas, and practice. These classes are open to everyone, and suitable for “drop-in” attendance. Please come whenever you like! Click here for more info.
Meditation Retreat in West Virginia
Get away from the daily grind and retreat into the mountains of West Virgina for a relaxing and rejuvenating weekend meditation retreat from June 8-10. This weekend will include guided meditations and talks on developing inner balance and inner peace, which will help us deeply relax and recharge our spiritual batteries. Click here for more info.
Workshops in Pittsburgh: First Saturdays of the Month
Meditation workshops in Pittsburgh take place on the first Saturdays of the month from 1-4pm in the city’s Shadyside neighborhood. A typical workshop consists of two sessions, each including a guided meditation to reduce stress and distractions, and a talk on applying Buddhist principles to daily life. Click here for information.
Prayers for World Peace on Sunday Mornings
Join in for a guided meditation, a short teaching on Buddhist philosophy that can be applied to modern life, and of course, sincere prayers for world peace.
Everyone is welcome – you do not have to be Buddhist to attend. Please come in comfortable clothes, and stay for hot tea and refreshments. Click here for information.
Living at the Center
Living at the center is a most meaningful experience and is a great way to learn how to put Dharma into action. It is an opportunity to live in a place of harmony and peace and to use the teachings to the best of our ability in loving service to others. There is currently a room available at the center that is open to anyone who is sincerely interested in deepening their experience of Kadam Dharma. Click here for information.
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Prayer eBooklets
Prayers are special methods for generating positive states of mind, and can be used as a preparation for successful meditation on any of the stages of the path to enlightenment. Following the requests of many people, prayers are now available from Tharpa in eBooklet (epub) format. These Prayer eBooklets are ideal for modern-day practitioners who wish to familiarize themselves with their meditation practices on the go. Click here to learn more.
Eight Steps to Happiness eBook
This eBook, Eight Steps to Happiness – The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness is a commentary to one of Buddhism’s best-loved teachings, Eight Verses of Training the Mind, composed by the great Tibetan Buddhist Master, Geshe Langri Tangpa. These eight short verses contain in essence the entire Buddhist spiritual path, with a particular focus on developing loving-kindness. Click here to learn more.
Modern Buddhism – Free eBook!
This eBook Modern Buddhism – The Path of Compassion and Wisdom, in three volumes, is being distributed free of charge. The author, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, says: “Through reading and practicing the instructions given in this book, people can solve their daily problems and maintain a happy mind all the time.” So that these benefits may pervade the whole world the author wishes to offer this eBook freely to everyone. Download it here.
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