Special Courses
Purifying Negativity
With the 35 Confession Buddhas
February 18
9am - 1pm
The practice of prostrations to the 35 Confession Buddhas is an extremely powerful method for purifying our impure mind and actions. Through this practice we can remove the inner basis for problems and obstacles and experience a profound inner peace and happiness ~ it is also a great way to physical and mental health!
This course is suitable for everyone!
Cost: $30
Please note that registration and refreshments occur from 9 - 9:30am. We apologize but there is only on street parking available so please allow time to find a space.
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Refunds only available with 24 hours cancellation notice. Thank you.
Compassion For Animals
March 10
9am - 1pm
Animals experience many sufferings. They often live in constant fear, lack mental freedom and are exploited in their millions by humans. On this course Gen Losel will explain how we can develop deep compassion for our furred and feathered friends and how this furthers our spiritual development.
Cost: $30
Please note that registration and refreshments occur from 9 - 9:30am. We apologize but there is only on street parking available so please allow time to find a space.
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Refunds only available with 24 hours cancellation notice. Thank you.
Pathway to the Pure Land
Avalokiteshvara Empowerment
and Powa Teachings
April 7 - 8
Time: tba
Gen Losel will grant the empowerment of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion, and give teachings on Powa – how to transfer our consciousness to a Pure Land at the time of our death. Knowing this we can live meaningfully free from fear and die joyfully!
We apologize but there is only on street parking available so please allow time to find a space.
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Refunds only available with 24 hours cancellation notice. Thank you.
Learn to Meditate
March 31
9am - 1pm
These very popular introductory courses are a perfect opportunity for those new to meditation to learn all the basics. We all want to have a peaceful mind. These courses give us the methods and confidence to achieve it! They include practical advice, guided meditations, and question and answer sessions. Learn how to overcome stress, develop positive minds, and find inner peace.
Cost: $30
Please note that registration and refreshments occur from 9 - 9:30am. We apologize but there is only on street parking available so please allow time to find a space.
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Refunds only available with 24 hours cancellation notice. Thank you.
Three Principle Aspects of the Path
May 12
9am - 1pm 
The essential practices of Kadampa Buddhism are embodied in this profound text by Je Tsongkhapa. These verses include all the stages of the path condensed into the three practices of renunciation, bodhichitta and the correct view of emptiness. GL will explain how we can bring each of these into our daily life.
Cost: $30
Please note that registration and refreshments occur from 9 - 9:30am. We apologize but there is only on street parking available so please allow time to find a space.
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Refunds only available with 24 hours cancellation notice. Thank you.
The Power of Concentration
June 2
9am - 1pm 
A person who has good, virtuous concentration has control over their mind and their mind does what they want it to do ~ like a well-trained horse that obeys its rider. Join us for this special course where Gen Losel will show us how we can strengthen our mindfulness and concentration through systematic training in meditation.
Cost: $30
Please note that registration and refreshments occur from 9 - 9:30am. We apologize but there is only on street parking available so please allow time to find a space.
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Refunds only available with 24 hours cancellation notice. Thank you.
Mountain Retreat
Intermediate Scope: The Path to Liberation
June 15-17
Join us for a weekend of profound meditations with Gen Losel on how to enter into and make progress on the liberating path. By gaining the realizations of a person of Intermediate Scope, we liberate ourself from samsara and gain the supreme inner peace of nirvana - laying the foundation for attaining our ultimate goal of full enlightenment.
Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of previous experience.
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Registration after May 1 will be subject to a $30 late fee
Refunds only available with 24 hours cancellation notice. Thank you.
Art of Enlightenment
July 7
Time: tba
In this course Christa Rook will teach the basics of techniques of the traditional Buddhist art of drawing and painting Buddhas. Everyone can do this ~ and thereby generate positive mental energy and gain deep concentration! All materials will be provided.
We apologize but there is only on street parking available so please allow time to find a space.
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Refunds only available with 24 hours cancellation notice. Thank you.
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