Vajrasattva Purification Retreat via Zoom
2020-12-27 09:00 - 17:00, 2020-12-28 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
Everyone Welcome.
Purification practice ensures that the mental environment within which we plant the seeds of meditation is pure and level — not like stony ground.
All Buddhas appear in the form of Buddha Vajrasattva to purify the minds of living beings. For this reason the practice of meditation and recitation of Vajrasattva is superior to other purification practices. By relying upon Vajrasattva practice, we become happier and and find it easier to experience ever purer states of mind such as love, compassion, and wisdom.
The main body of the practice is concentrating on removing the negative karma in our mind by applying the Four Powers:

Reliance on the Compassion, Wisdom, and Power of Enlightened Beings
Regret for Engaging in Harm and Negativity
The Virtuous Opponent Force of the Mantra of Purification
The Promise to Refrain from Negative Habits of Body, Speech, and Mind

An introduction to the practice will be presented by our Resident teacher, Kadam Keli Vaughan, on Saturday, December 26 at 9am. This will help both beginners and experienced meditators set a good intention for the retreat.
Each meditation session lasts 90 minutes and includes some instruction on the practice, as well as preparatory prayers and time for mantra recitation. Saturday and Sunday sessions will be guided. Monday sessions will be self-guided for those who are familiar with the practice. The final session each day will be the heart practice of Kadampa Buddhism – Heart Jewel Prayers.
You are welcome to join us for the entire retreat, or to drop in for any session you have time for. Any meditation retreat becomes more qualified and beneficial if sequential sessions are attended.
Join Zoom retreat:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88401540998
Meeting ID: 884 0154 0998

Retreat Schedule:
Saturday (guided)
Session 1 Introduction to Purification Practice 9:00-10:30am
Session 2 11:00am-12:30pm
Session 3 2:00-3:30pm
Session 4 4:00-5:00pm Heart Jewel
Sunday (guided)
Session 1 9:00-10:30am
Session 2 11:00am-12:30pm
Session 3 2:00-3:30pm
Session 4 4:00-5:00pm Heart Jewel
Monday (self-guided)
Session 1 9:00-10:30am
Session 2 11:00am-12:30pm
Session 3 2:00-3:30pm
Session 4 4:00-5:00pm Heart Jewel

Fees: You can donate HERE.

$5 for each session.
$25 for whole retreat.
Free for monthly members.

Long Protector Puja
2020-12-29 17:00 - 20:30 | CA
This extensive sadhana—ritual prayers for spiritual attainments—is called “Kangso” in Tibetan, which means “Fulfilling and Restoring Ritual.”
Usually performed once a month in Dharma Centers in our tradition, it is used for fulfilling our heart commitment to practice Lamrim, Lojong, and Mahamudra, for restoring any degenerate or broken commitments we may have incurred, and to rely on the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden, regarding him as inseparable from our Spiritual Guide and Buddha.
All chanted prayers are free, and everyone is welcome to attend. Please email us for a zoom link.

Wednesday Evening Meditation Class via Zoom
2020-12-30 18:30 - 19:30 | Mahakankala Kadampa Buddhist Center, 1825 State Street Suite 202, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101, United States
How to Solve Inner Problems

NYE Meditation
2020-12-31 18:30 - 19:45 | CA
“Only by creating peace within our own mind and helping others to do the same can we hope to achieve peace in this world.”
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Please consider joining us on ZOOM during the early part of your New Year’s Eve. Together we can create a healthy world with a shift in the way we think and perceive. We make that shift through contemplation, prayer, and meditation.
Invite your friends! Celebrate our collective wish to remove suffering from our world. The evening’s program will include a guided meditation and prayers to Avalokiteshvara, Buddha of Compassion.
This event is free of charge, but donations are always welcome. You can donate HERE.

Join Zoom Alt New Year
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/98408612855
Meeting ID: 984 0861 2855

Long Life, Great Wisdom, Good Fortune Retreat
2021-01-01 10:00 - 17:00 | CA
New Years Day Amitayus Retreat

Join in on Zoom to start your new year with four sessions of meditation on the Yoga of Buddha Amitayus.
Amitayus is the Buddha of Long Life, Great Wisdom and Good Fortune. By engaging in sincere prayers to him we can increase our lifespan, reduce our ignorance, and increase our good karma.
The first two sessions will be guided by our Resident Teacher, Kadam Keli Vaughan. Prayers for this practice can be purchased in a downloadable format HERE.

Join Zoom retreat:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88401540998
Meeting ID: 884 0154 0998

Retreat Schedule:
Session 1 10:30-11:45 am
Session 2 1:45-3:00 pm
Session 3 3:30-4:45 pm
Session 4 5:15-6:30 pm

Fees: You can donate HERE.

$5 for each session.
Free for monthly members.

Guided Lamrim Meditation via Zoom
2021-01-04 18:00 - 19:00, 2021-01-11 18:00 - 19:00 | CA
21 Meditations to Transform Your Life

In these ZOOM meditation classes we will familiarize ourselves with the minds of Lamrim.
Lamrim is a special set of meditations presented by the Indian Buddhist Master Atisha that condenses all the essential teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni into a practice that modern people can use in their daily life.
Please arrive five minutes early to settle.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86832404786
Meeting ID: 868 3240 4786

Suggested donation is $10, and you can donate HERE.

Quick Path to Great Bliss
2021-01-05 07:30 - 09:00, 2021-01-12 07:30 - 09:00, 2021-01-19 07:30 - 09:00 | CA
*Highest Yoga Tantra practitioners only, please.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84948252948
Meeting ID: 849 4825 2948

Wednesday Evening Meditation Class via Zoom
2021-01-06 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-01-13 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-01-20 18:30 - 19:30 | CA
Overcoming Our Own Discouragement

How to uplift our mind and develop new confidence

The past year has been a challenge. With so many unexpected events and unwanted changes to our lives, it’s easy for us to feel discouraged, disappointed, and angry.

Buddha’s teachings explain the painful feelings of discouragement, disappointment, and anger and how to develop a new mental environment of confidence and contentment. In this series we will explore meditations on how to uplift our own mind, and how to practically and skillfully navigate through our life with confidence and meaning.

Each class begins with a guided breathing meditation and culminates with a second meditation based upon the evening’s topic. Perfect for beginners or those with meditation experience. Open to everyone.
Please arrive five minutes early to settle.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84060006948
Meeting ID: 840 6000 6948

Thursday Evening Meditation Class via Zoom
2021-01-07 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-01-14 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-01-21 18:30 - 19:30 | CA
Taking Refuge in Impermanence

We look to our enjoyments, our relationships, and our livelihoods for security. But what happens when these things change, or disappear altogether?

When we accept and embrace change and decay as the way of the world, we loosen our tight grasping at the things we think we need to be happy — not just understanding Buddha’s teachings on impermanence intellectually, but actually taking refuge in them.

Each class begins with a guided breathing meditation and culminates with a second meditation based upon the evening’s topic. Perfect for beginners or those with meditation experience. Open to everyone.

Please arrive five minutes early to settle.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85226687739
Meeting ID: 852 2668 7739

24-Hr Tara Prayers (final session)
2021-01-08 14:00 - 15:30 | CA
Worldwide puja joined by many from around the world to pray for the welfare of the world.
This calendar listing is for the sixth session of six.
Six sessions over 24 hours on the 8th day of each month, with first session starting at 00:00 UK time; on Pacific time, the first session of six begins on the 7th at 6pm.
This puja is currently streamed online at: https://kadampa.org/liberation-from-sorrow

Hundreds of Deities Day Retreat
2021-01-09 10:30 - 17:30 | CA
This guided retreat in four sessions is open to Highest Yoga Tantra practitioners and anyone who has a sincere wish to receive the HYT empowerment in 2021.
Session 1 10:30 -11:30 am
Session 2 12:00-1:00 pm
Session 3 3:00-4:00 pm
Session 4 4:30-5:30 pm

Join Zoom retreat:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88401540998
Meeting ID: 884 0154 0998

Fees: You can donate HERE.
$20 for whole retreat.
Free for monthly members.

Quick Path w/ Offerings
2021-01-10 17:00 - 19:30 | CA
Celebrating Vajrayogini Day

*Highest Yoga Tantra practitioners only, please.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84948252948
Meeting ID: 849 4825 2948

Refuge Retreat
2021-01-16 10:30 - 18:30, 2021-01-17 10:30 - 18:30, 2021-01-18 10:30 - 18:30 | CA
Retreat is a time to withdraw our attention from the world and place it on meaningful meditation objects. This online retreat will be guided on Saturday and Sunday by our Resident Teacher, Kadam Keli Vaughan. Monday’s online sessions will be self-guided.
The meaningful meditation object of this retreat is our own mind turning towards the Three Jewels for protection from inner and outer dangers. This mind is called Refuge, and it is the door through which we enter Buddhism. ‘Refuge’ means protection.

The preparatory prayers for this retreat will be Essence of Good Fortune, which you can purchase for download (ebooklet) HERE. You may also purchase a copy from our center’s bookstore for “curbside” pick-up. Call us at (805) 563-6000.

Retreat Schedule:
Session 1 10:30-11:45am
Session 2 1:45-3:00pm
Session 3 3:30-4:45pm
Session 4 5:15 Heart Jewel Prayers

Join Zoom retreat:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88401540998
Meeting ID: 884 0154 0998

Fees: You can donate HERE.

$5 for each session.
$25 for whole retreat.
Free for monthly members.

Introduction to Concentration Retreat
2021-01-22 18:30 - 20:00 | CA
In this introduction to the practice of meditation retreat Kadam Keli Vaughan will review

setting a correct motivation for retreat
how to skillfully set retreat boundaries
explain the levels of concentration we can accomplish through continual familiarity with one meditation object

During the silent retreat that follows on Saturday and Sunday, the center will host the retreat on Zoom for meditators who wish to deepen their practice of concentration in four sessions. Silence will be observed during retreat.
Each session will begin with the preparatory practices of prayers, up to visualizing receiving blessings from Buddha Shakyamuni and all the Enlightened Beings.
The remainder of the session will be in silence with no concluding prayers. Timed chimes will alert participants to each session’s end.
GUIDELINES FOR THIS 2-DAY RETREAT

Please come to your meditation space prepared with your meditation object. When training in developing concentration we practice meditating on the same object in all sessions. Examples of meditation objects: Equanimity, Death and Impermanence, Renunciation, Compassion, Taking, Giving, Emptiness of the Body, the form of Buddha Shakyamuni
Please arrive early so you can settle and start prayers on time.
Once the session begins, please be prepared not to leave your cushion or chair. This determination will support your practice.

Join Zoom Retreat Intro:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88401540998
Meeting ID: 884 0154 0998

Weekend Retreat Schedule:
Saturday
Session 1 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Session 2 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Session 3 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Session 4 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Sunday
Session 5 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Session 6 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Fees: You can donate HERE.
$5 for each session.
$10 for Introduction on Friday night.
$25 for whole retreat.
Free for monthly members.

Silent Concentration Retreat
2021-01-23 10:30 - 17:30 | CA
The center will host a retreat on Zoom for meditators who wish to deepen their practice of concentration in four sessions. Silence will be observed during retreat.
Each session will begin with the preparatory practices of prayers, up to visualizing receiving blessings from Buddha Shakyamuni and all the Enlightened Beings.
The remainder of the session will be in silence with no concluding prayers. Timed chimes will alert participants to each session’s end.
GUIDELINES

Please come to your meditation space prepared with your meditation object. When training in developing concentration we practice meditating on the same object in all sessions. Examples of meditation objects: Equanimity, Death and Impermanence, Renunciation, Compassion, Taking, Giving, Emptiness of the Body, the form of Buddha Shakyamuni
Please arrive early so you can start prayers on time.
Once the session starts, please be prepared not to leave your cushion or chair. This determination will support your practice.

Join Zoom Retreat:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88401540998
Meeting ID: 884 0154 0998

SCHEDULE
Saturday:
Session 1 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Session 2 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Session 3 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Session 4 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Sunday:
Session 5 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Session 6 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Fees: You can donate HERE.
$5 for each session.
$25 for whole retreat.
Free for monthly members.

Meditation for World Peace via Zoom
2021-01-24 10:30 - 11:45 | CA
“Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible.” ~
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche

Prayer and meditation are neither small nor passive actions. Rather, they are a force for change in our shared world. Join us to bring peace to our world through the action of meditation, and dedicating our prayers for world peace. Everyone is welcome – you do not need to be a Buddhist to attend.
Class is $10, payable through our Donate page.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/98408612855

Meeting ID: 984 0861 2855

Each class consists of a guided breathing meditation, a short teaching on the practice of wisdom and compassion, and prayers (in English) to the Buddha of Compassion. Prayer booklets and downloaded e-prayer booklets can be purchased HERE.

Silent Concentration Retreat
2021-01-24 15:00 - 17:30 | CA
The center will host a retreat on Zoom for meditators who wish to deepen their practice of concentration in four sessions. Silence will be observed during retreat.
Each session will begin with the preparatory practices of prayers, up to visualizing receiving blessings from Buddha Shakyamuni and all the Enlightened Beings.
The remainder of the session will be in silence with no concluding prayers. Timed chimes will alert participants to each session’s end.
Join Zoom retreat:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88401540998
Meeting ID: 884 0154 0998

SCHEDULE
Saturday:
Session 1 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Session 2 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Session 3 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Session 4 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Sunday:
Session 5 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Session 6 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
GUIDELINES

Please come to your meditation space prepared with your meditation object. When training in developing concentration we practice meditating on the same object in all sessions. Examples of meditation objects: Equanimity, Death and Impermanence, Renunciation, Compassion, Taking, Giving, Emptiness of the Body, the form of Buddha Shakyamuni
Please arrive early so you can start prayers on time.
Once the session starts, please be prepared not to leave your cushion or chair. This determination will support your practice.

Fees: You can donate HERE.
$5 for each session.
$25 for whole retreat.
Free for monthly members.

Quick Path w/ Offerings
2021-01-25 10:30 - 13:00 | CA
Celebrating Heruka Day

*Highest Yoga Tantra practitioners only, please.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84948252948
Meeting ID: 849 4825 2948
