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SCHEDULE

Friday, December 6
7-8:30pm: Living With a Mind of Prayer with Gen Rigpa

Saturday, December 7
11am-1pm: Empowerment with Gen Rigpa
3-4:30pm: Teaching with Gen Rigpa

Sunday, December 8
9-10am: Guided Meditation with Gen Rigpa
11:15am-12:30pm: Teaching with Gen Rigpa
1:30-2:30pm: Guided Prayers for World Peace with Christian Gauthier

Saturday, December 14
9-10am | 10:30-11:30am | 12-1pm:
Guided Retreat on
The Yoga of Thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara with Gen Rigpa

*For Member Livestream: After registering for empowerment weekend sessions, KMC-LA members may email [email protected] to request livestream links. Livestreams are live at the time of the sessions; no replay option. Per NKT guidelines, the Empowerment itself is in-person only; no livestream.


How to Heal Ourself & Others

Buddha Vajrapani Empowerment Weekend

Friday, December 1 - Sunday, December 3
Blessing Empowerment and Teachings
with Gen Kelsang Rigpa

Follow-up Half-day retreat
Saturday, December 9 · 9am-1pm


During this weekend event, Gen Rigpa will grant the empowerment of Thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of compassion. This empowerment blesses our body, speech & mind and ripens our potential for enlightenment. We will then receive teachings on the practice Prayers for World Peace that Kadampa centers engage in all over the world.

Through contemplating these prayers compiled by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, we learn to cherish others. If everyone sincerely prays to be able to cherish others, then gradually through the power of this prayer, everyone will actually cherish each other. The world will then be permanently at peace, and pure and everlasting happiness will pervade the entire world.

Pricing

Friday only $15 | Sat $50 | Sunday $20

Entire weekend $70

Entire weekend + half-day retreat = $85  ($70 for level 3&4 members)

Half-day retreat only $25 (free for Level 3 & 4 members)

Audio Recordings: 
Fri: $5; Sat: $10 Sun $5; Entire weekend: $20

REGISTRATION OPENS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16
Teacher Bio
Gen Kelsang Rigpa is the Western US National Spiritual Director of the NKT-IKBU and the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center LA. Through his clear presentation and heartfelt teachings, he is able to help students easily integrate Buddha’s timeless teachings into our modern world, in a way that makes everyday life joyful and meaningful.