Silent Retreat @VKBC
Vajrayogini Kadampa Buddhist Center 231 Memory Lane, Santa Ana, CA, United StatesLooking for a meaningful and peaceful way to wrap up 2024? Join us for a guided multi-day silent retreat on the topic of your choice!
Looking for a meaningful and peaceful way to wrap up 2024? Join us for a guided multi-day silent retreat on the topic of your choice!
This monthly practice consists principally of extensive prayers to our Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden. A Dharma Protector is an emanation of a Buddha or Bodhisattva whose main functions are to avert the inner and outer obstacles that prevent practitioners from attaining spiritual realizations and to arrange all the necessary conditions for their practice. Dorje Shugden […]
Suitable for everyone, these classes offer practical methods to improve the quality of our lives through meditation and Buddhist teachings. Each meditation class will address a particular topic and give practical solutions to solve our daily problems. These popular classes are for anyone, both beginners and regular visitors - everybody welcome! Each class is self-contained. […]
We set aside time each month for people to come together and cherish our center, and in this way benefit our local community. Tasks generally include light cleaning and organizing. We have jobs for all physical capacities, and there is plenty of time to relax, enjoy, and meet new people. Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso says […]
This practice is the heart essence of Kadampa Buddhism. In the first part we visualize our Spiritual Guide as Je Tsongkhapa and make prayers and requests to purify negativity, accumulate merit, and receive blessings. This prepares our mind for a meditation on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment or Lamrim. After the meditation we make prayers […]
2024-2025 Foundation Program by Invitation. This study program is a systematic presentation of particular subjects of Mahayana Buddhism to enable practitioners to deepen their knowledge and experience of Buddhism. Ideal for those wishing to deepen their understanding of General Program teachings. Pre-registration is required
Suitable for everyone, these classes offer practical methods to improve the quality of our lives through meditation and Buddhist teachings. Each meditation class will address a particular topic and give practical solutions to solve our daily problems. These popular classes are for anyone, both beginners and regular visitors - everybody welcome! Each class is self-contained. […]
~Suitable for everyone, these classes offer practical methods to improve the quality of our lives through meditation and Buddhist teachings. Each meditation class will address a particular topic and give practical solutions to solve our daily problems. These popular classes are for anyone, both beginners and regular visitors - everybody welcome! Each class is self-contained. […]
Tara is a female Buddha whose name means"Rescuer". She is the embodiment of swift compassion. If we recite the twenty-one verses of praise we shall receive inconceivable benefits. These praises are very powerful because they are Sutra, the actual words of Buddha. It is good to recite them as often as we can. Everyone is […]
Transforma tu mente de un estado confuso e infeliz a uno de contentamiento y claridad. Este curso se basa en ocho versos de cuatro líneas compuestos por el gran Bodhisattva Tibetano Gueshe Langri Tangpa en el siglo XI. Este excepcional texto revela la esencia del camino budista. Línea por línea, paso a paso, aprenderemos el […]
Suitable for everyone, these classes offer practical methods to improve the quality of our lives through meditation and Buddhist teachings. Each meditation class will address a particular topic and give practical solutions to solve our daily problems. These popular classes are for anyone, both beginners and regular visitors - everybody welcome! Each class is self-contained. […]
We engage in special chanted prayers, or ‘puja’, called Offering to the Spiritual Guide. The practice of relying upon a Spiritual Guide, or ‘Guru Yoga’, is the root of the spiritual path and the foundation of all spiritual attainments. In Kadampa Buddhism, we engage in the Guru Yoga practice of Je Tsongkhapa, who is an emanation of […]