" If we really want to make our lives meaningful and happy, we should begin by thinking sanely.
We should cultivate the human qualities we all possess but which we bury under a
heap of confused thinking and conflicting emotions."

~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama
QUICK LINKS TO TAKE ACTION
FAMILY PROGRAM: We need you! Enroll your Children; Sign-up for Service!
YOUR INPUT MATTERS: Take a brief survey now for our Hospitality Team!
2018 ANNUAL APPEAL: It's Time To... JOIN THE JOURNEY!
Dec 4-10, 2017
MONDAY, DEC 4

TUESDAY, DEC 5
  • 7:00-8:30p, Buddhism in a Nutshell led by Sandy Carlson (session five of five-session course; meets Tuesdays – all welcome!)

WEDNESDAY, DEC 6

FRIDAY, DEC 8

SATURDAY, DEC 9

SUNDAY, DEC 10
PUJAS
PRAYER GATHERINGS – ALL WELCOME!
Tuesday, Dec 12
Center open from 10:00a-5:00p for personal practice.
Join us from 7:00-8:00p for Guru Puja with Tsog ,
followed by reciting from the Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga.
Sat, Dec 16, 6:00-8:30p
Thu, Dec 28, Noon-1:30p
Burn Negative Karma Away!
Sunday, Dec 31
Join us at 7:00p for Kadampa Center's annual
New Year's Eve Dorje Khadro Fire Puja
Th  is is a powerful Mahayana purification practice
that offers us the opportunity to burn negative karma away
and begin the new year with a relatively clean slate.
Bring the entire family for this fire puja practice.
ANNUAL APPEAL
IT'S TIME TO JOIN THE JOURNEY!
Every single way we give at the Center plays an integral role in maintaining our community where the Dharma thrives. Your gift of generosity will benefit our community, and more importantly, it will benefit YOU!

  • SERVICE
  • IN-KIND
  • FINANCIAL
  • CIRCUMAMBULATIONS

SPIRITUAL PROGRAM
STUDY & PRACTICE OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET SPIRITUAL NEEDS
THE FOUNDATION OF ALL GOOD QUALITIES
Lamrim classes begin again on Wed, Dec 6 at 7:00p. Geshe Gelek will be teaching The Foundations of All Good Qualifies, a condensed text that contains the entire Lamrim in 14 stanzas.
  • WHAT: Lamrim Classes with Geshe-la!
  • WHEN: Begins Wed, Dec 6 at 7:00p
  • WHERE: Kadampa Center Gompa
MEDITATIONS ON THE MIND
Spend a day focusing on core meditation practices that are ideal for incorporating into your daily practice.

  • WHAT: Meditations on the Mind
  • WHEN: Sat, Dec 9 from 9:00a-4:00p
  • WHERE: Kadampa Center Gompa
COMMEMORATE ANNIVERSARY OF NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AWARD TO HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA
In honor of this distinctive award, we will invite His Holiness into the gompa and offer food and prayers. Special guest Tibetan students will sing songs and make other presentations for us. Come join the fun!

  • WHAT: COMMEMORATE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AWARD TO HIS HOLINESS
  • WHEN: Sun, Dec 10 at 10:30a
  • WHERE: Kadampa Center Gompa
HOSPITALITY TEAM
SURVEY REQUEST: YOUR VOICE MATTERS!
DEAR KADAMPA CENTER FRIENDS,
The development of a NEW Kadampa Center Hospitality & Engagement Program is underway, and your input is needed. By completing a brief survey, your input will help guide the creation of social programs and events for our entire community! Please take a moment to complete the survey now.

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Your input supports efforts to create a better community for all!
~ Heather, Hospitality Coordinator
FAMILY PROGRAM
ENROLLMENT OPEN ; CLASSES ONGOING
WELCOME FAMILIES - JOIN US!
Family Program Volunteer, we depend on you, learn more!
NEW FOUR-WEEK MODULAR CLASSES
  • Current Topic: Courage
  • Dec 19
  • Enroll your child today!
See more on upcoming modules.
FOUR CLASS LEVELS
  • Preschool
  • Lower Elementary
  • Upper Elementary
  • Middle School
BOOKSTORE CORNER
BOOKS, DHARMA RITUAL & GIFT ITEMS
WHY BUDDHISM IS TRUE: THE SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY OF MEDITATION AND ENLIGHTENMENT
~ By Richard Wright
Buddhism holds that human suffering is a result of not seeing the world clearly—and proposes that seeing the world more clearly, through meditation, will make us better, happier people.
ANIMAL HAND PUPPETS
Delightful hand puppets in animal characters – Tiger, Elephant, Bunny, and more! Each hand puppet is about 9" high and is made of soft, felt-like material. A cute gift to spark imaginative play.
$12 each
STOP. LOOK. SHOP.
Kadampa Center's Bookstore is brimming with new books,
dharma-related items, and fun merchandise!
HAVE YOUR SEEN OUR $20-OR-LESS BOOK GIFT TABLE?
If you're shopping for the holidays, stop by and take a look!
BOOKSTORE HOURS
Office hours and before/after teachings
OUTREACH
COMPASSION IN ACTION
COMPASSION CULTIVATION TRAINING
Compassion Cultivation Training is an eight-week program designed to develop the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness for oneself and for others. The program, which was developed at Stanford University and is taught by a former Tibetan Buddhist nun, is being offered at Unity of the Triangle Church in Raleigh.

  • WHAT: Compassion Cultivation Training
  • WHEN: Sundays from 1:00-3:30p, Dec 3-Jan 28
  • WHERE: Unity of the Triangle Church, 5570 Munford Road, Raleigh
  • COST: $100 Love Offering for Series

Through Kadampa Center's affiliation with Triangle Interfaith Alliance,
we provide opportunities to get to know people of all faiths, and join
together in activities of goodwill and compassion for others.
MERIT MAKERS
Thanks go out this week to our own "Dan the bookstore man" for his years of service ordering books, shelving all the new orders and working in the bookstore one Sunday a month. Dan, you have supported our Dharma needs for many many years, and we greatly appreciate you! Thanks for your "happy to help" attitude and stellar advice for so long.
BENEFIT KADAMPA CENTER
YOU SHOP. AMAZON DONATES!
SUPPORT KADAMPA CENTER WHEN YOU SHOP THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!
Buy your gifts and holiday essentials at smile.amazon.com. AmazonSmile  is the same Amazon you know - same products, prices and service. You shop, and Amazon will donate. Be sure you've registered the Kadampa Center as the charitable organization of your choice!

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Kadampa Center, and benefit our Center as you shop!
WORDLY WISE
GOOD THINGS TO KNOW

Food; one of the offering substances.
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KADAMPA CENTER HOURS
Mon-Fri: 10:00a-5:30p (call ahead to check)
Silent Meditation: During open hours
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