Welcome to Vajravarahi Meditation Center
Vajravarahi Meditation Center is a Kadampa Buddhist Meditation Center on Long Island, New York. Located in Hampton Bays, the Center provides meditation classes and teachings on the Eastern end of Long Island.
Taught by qualified Western teachers, the meditation classes are very easy to understand and apply to our daily lives. The classes are suitable for both beginners and more advanced meditation practitioners, and emphasize how to meditate and practice in the environment of our modern daily life.
Meditation can help you to:
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Reduce stress and tension
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Reduce our frustration and anger
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Increase our happiness and inner peace
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Develop a calm and peaceful mind
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Overcome the minds of anxiety and depression
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Improve our relationships with others
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Increase our inner wisdom
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Improve the quality of our life
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Let go of the causes of our pain and
dissatisfaction
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Current Classes & Courses
Come and experience a different side of Vajravarahi Meditation Center!
Center Hours and Practiced in July
We look forward to welcoming you to this peaceful and inspiring place for meditation, community and spiritual development. All are welcome!
Sundays 10am-12:30pm
Chanted Prayers and Meditation Class
Mondays 12-1pm
Lunchtime Meditation 12:15pm-12:45pm
Tuesdays 12-1pm
Lunchtime Meditation 12:15pm-12:45pm
Wednesdays 8:30-11:30am
Morning Meditation 9-9:30am
Thursdays 12-1pm
Lunchtimme Meditation 12:15-12:45pm
Friday Evenings 7-7:45pm
Heart Jewel Chanted Prayers
Saturdays 10:30-11:30am
Morning Meditation 10:45-11:15am
Monday July 12
VMC will be open from 6:30 am-8:30 pm. Everyone is welcome to visit the Center and join us for a day of precepts, pujas and guided meditation sessions. Free
Saturday July 17
Sunrise Meditation at Long Beach at Sag Harbor
Saturday July 31
The Practice Class: The Mandala Offering
Meditation in Hampton Bays
Sunday Morning Chanted Prayers
10:00-10:20am
Prayers for Meditation
Sunday Morning Meditation Class
10:30-11:45am
Fearless Life
May 30, June 6, June 13, June 20, June 27
The Wisdom of Letting Go:
Fulfilling All Wishes Through the Wisdom of Emptiness
July 11, July 18, July 25, August 1
Happiness is Easy:
Bringing Happiness to Ourself, Relationships and Life
August 8, Aug 15, Aug 22, Aug 29, Sept 5
Tuesday Evening Chanted Prayers
6:30-6:50pm
Prayers for Meditation
Tuesday Evening Meditation Class
7-8:15pm
Eight Steps to Happiness
Chanted Prayers and Meditation - Summer Schedule
Friday Evenings
7-7:45pm
Heart Jewel
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 Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. After the meditation we make prayers to our Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugdän. Through this we can overcome obstacles to our practice and create favorable conditions so that we can nurture and increase our pure Dharma realizations.
Free
Saturday June 26 10am - 5:00pm
Journey to Enlightenment
Going for Refuge and Becoming a Bodhisattva
with Kadam Morten
at Chakrasambara Buddhist Center
322 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY
$30 for the day / free for cardholders
Enlightenment is a state of perfect freedom, compassion and wisdom. It is a state of being that we can tap into at any moment and that eventually we can attain and make available to everyone else. In this course we will learn the practice of going for refuge to the enlightened state, and how to live the life of a Bodhisattva, someone who is journeying towards enlightenment. In both cases the emphasis will be on integrating these orientations into our daily life, so that they inform everything we do. In this way our own life becomes a joyful path to enlightenment, and one in which we are continuously tuned into the inspiration, guidance and sheer transformative power of the enlightened mind. Everyone is welcome.
The course will conclude with a profound and beautiful ritual where we can formally go for refuge to Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, and receive the Bodhisattva vow, in which we decide gradually to make our life the life of a Bodhisattva. The meaning of these events will be explained within the course itself. Everyone is welcome to attend, and to receive the blessings of the ritual at their own level.
This will be Kadam Morten's final course before leaving for England for the summer. The refuge and Bodhisattva ceremony is a concluding celebration of what we have accomplished together this year.
UK Summer and Fall Festivals 2010
You can now find information about the International UK Summer and Fall Festivals on the Kadampa Festivals site.
Summer Festival 2010 – Booking now open
Fall Festival 2010 - Booking now Open
The official site of the New Kadampa Tradition -
International Kadampa Buddhist Union
Founder:
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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