2025 Meditation Challenge
Make 2025 a meaningful year through the power of your spiritual practice
January 2025
Additional classes added January 5- 17
Meditation is a powerful, life-changing practice that gives your life purpose and happiness. To help you start off 2025 in a positive, meaningful, and personally transformative way, we invite you to take The Meditation Challenge.
What is the challenge?
Attend 15 activities (i.e. a meditation class or prayers) in January.
How to Join the Challenge
Join at least as a Basic Member ($55) by January 1st. All KMC LA Members will receive a punch card to collect stamps at any chanted prayer, class or special event.
The prize for completing the challenge is five free guest passes to invite friends or family to classes. Additionally, everyone who completes the challenge will be entered into a drawing to attend one of our away retreats in 2025.
Additional Meditation Classes for the Challenge
Sunday, January 5 11:15-12:30pm The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness
Monday, January 6 7:30-8:30pm Seeing Kindness
Tuesday, January 7, 7:30-8:30pm Practicing Love in Daily Life
Wednesday, January 8, 7:30-8:30pm What Gets In the Way of Love?
Thursday, January 9, 7:30-8:30pm Heal Relationships with Empathy
Friday, January 10, 7:30-8:30pm Develop a Heart of Compassion
Monday, January 13, 7:30-8:30pm Love is the Answer
Tuesday, January 14, 7:30-8:30pm Patience is a Virtue
Wednesday January 15, 7:30-8:30pm The Practice of Taking & Giving
Thursday, January 16, 7:30-8:30pm The Supreme Good Heart
Friday, January 17, 7:30-8:30pm The True Nature of Reality
Each of these classes will be taught by senior teachers from KMC LA and will be based on the book “The New 8 Steps to Happiness” by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. This incredible text explains step by step, how to deepen our happiness and peace from within. Each session we will understand and meditate on one of the essential steps.
Joining as a Basic Member includes classes at the main center and branc locations. Excludes special events.
About the Center
Getting to the Center is simple. We're on the corner of Franklin Ave and Kenmore in the neighborhood of Los Feliz. Street parking is available in the surrounding neighborhoods, usually within a block or two of the Center's front door.
Originally a church built in 1937, KMC Los Angeles offers prime visibility on a busy east-west thoroughfare in a popular, trendy section of LA. The Meditation Hall features 25-foot high, vaulted, original wood ceilings, stained glass and seating for 250 people, including a balcony area. There is a small house on the property with three residents, and the second floor of the Temple, behind the balcony, is currently being renovated to accommodate four more residents.
KMC Los Angeles is located in a beautiful, dynamic neighborhood, walking distance from cafes and coffee shops, hiking distance from Griffith Park Observatory, and a short drive to iconic beaches, scenic hikes and the famed Hollywood Boulevard.
About Our Community
Attending class, chatting in the courtyard or even trying a volunteer role are great ways to experience the benefits of a service oriented community.
Community is important to us. The way of being at the Center exemplifies how Kadampa Buddhist practices and modern life go hand in hand. We integrate the teachings we receive into the activities and dialogue that make up our Center life. It feels simple, harmonious and easy to enjoy your inner and outer environment.
Our Founder and Spiritual Teacher Geshe Kelsang Gyatso often says, "everyone welcome!" Yes, everyone is welcome to join the Center, its classes, events and practices regardless of faith, ethnicity, gender and so on. We know that everyone benefits from Buddha's teachings and we're delighted to have our doors open to help make that happen.
Did you know that all our classes and events are run by a volunteer team of 60+?!