8–10am Vajrayoginī

Please feel free to join our daily Vajrayāna morning practice. We in general practice from 8–10am Vajrayoginī, but prior and post to the Cakrasaṃvara Feast Day and Intensive Day, we practice Chakrasaṃvara from 8–10am. And yes, on Wednesday mornings we have Mindfulness practice from 8–11am. Please check our monthly calendar for specifics: https://www.kccl.ca/events/month/ Whoever has received [...]

5–6pm Mindfulness

Please join us for our daily 5–6pm mindfulness practice session (śamatha-vipaśyanā mahāmudrā). You are also welcome to stay on for evening chants (6–6:30pm) and a light dinner (usually soup).

7–8:30pm Verse-by-Verse Vajrayoginī class: The four praises

Verse-by-Verse Vajrayoginī class: The four praises Monday, October 8, from 7:00pm to 8:30pm Description: This series of classes attempts to cover “new ground” for our Vajrayogini practice. Namely — based on modern oral and traditional written commentaries — it attempts to go through the entire sadhana verse by verse. We will be discussing the "four praises" within the [...]

6–7:30am SOJONG

Sojong (Poṣhadha) The Meaning of Poṣhadha In Indian Hindu societies, members of the community regularly observe rites for renewing their connection with virtue. The days of the new and full moons are regarded as holy and set aside for purification of non-virtue and re-establishment of virtue. Those days, and the purification rites performed on those [...]

5–6pm Sādhana of Mahāmudrā

The purpose of the sādhana: “[The Sādhana’s] purpose was to bring together the two great traditions of the Vajrayāna, as well as to exorcise the materialism which seemed to pervade spiritual disciplines in the modern world. The message that I had received from my supplication was that one must try to expose spiritual materialism and [...]

8–11am MINDFULNESS PRACTICE

Please join us for our weekly 8–11 am “mindfulness practice” sessions. Who can attend: Everybody. In particular, beginning students are welcome. If you need beginning instruction on mindfulness (= shamatha) practice, please get in touch with us beforehand. Even though mindfulness practice is, in comparison to tantric practice, a “quick entry” practice, it can also be seen as [...]

5–6pm Mindfulness

Please join us for our daily 5–6pm mindfulness practice session (śamatha-vipaśyanā mahāmudrā). You are also welcome to stay on for evening chants (6–6:30pm) and a light dinner (usually soup).

7–8:30pm New Kagyü Ngöndro class: Sacred Outlook Ngöndro presentation

Description: This new class is geared toward new and old ngöndro students. Even though the individual classes can stand on their own and people who have received ngöndro transmission can join in at any time, the classes will also be recorded so that people can listen to missed classes if they so wish. In this [...]

8–10am Vajrayoginī

Please feel free to join our daily Vajrayāna morning practice. We in general practice from 8–10am Vajrayoginī, but prior and post to the Cakrasaṃvara Feast Day and Intensive Day, we practice Chakrasaṃvara from 8–10am. And yes, on Wednesday mornings we have Mindfulness practice from 8–11am. Please check our monthly calendar for specifics: https://www.kccl.ca/events/month/ Whoever has received [...]