With so much competing for our attention, it's easy to feel stressed, overwhelmed, or disconnected.  Buddhist wisdom offers practical methods for transforming difficulties into opportunities for growth, helping us develop greater resilience, clarity, and inner peace in everyday life.

This morning talk introduces Buddhist advice for keeping our inner peace when life’s challenges present themselves. Taught by Noreen Flack, Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center Austin.  Everyone welcome!

Location

Held at:
Bottega

2100 Robert Browning St.
Austin, Texas 78723

(nextdoor to the coffee shop)

Questions to info@meditationinaustin.org

price

$12 per person

$6 students & seniors

Members free

Celebrate with us this special Holy Day called Buddha’s Return from Heaven Day.

September 22 marks the celebration of Buddha’s return from heaven! On this day we celebrate Buddha’s return from the desire god realm called Land of the Thirty-three Heavens, so-called because it has thirty-three different types of god.

Traditionally this day also marks the day Buddha went to the Land of the Thirty-three Heavens to visit his mother, who had taken rebirth there after she died. Buddha deeply wanted to repay his mother’s kindness by teaching her Dharma. He stayed for three months teaching Dharma and then returned on this day.

This day is therefore very special. It is said that if we engage in any kind of virtuous action on this day it becomes especially powerful and our merit greatly increases. For example, if we offer one single light offering this action is multiplied to become millions of light offerings.

Kadampa centers around the world organize special activities including courses, meditations and prayers on this day. Join us here in Austin as we engage in prayers and dedications to strengthen our connection with Buddha Shakyamuni and celebrate this holy day together.

Join us for Offering to the Spiritual Guide prayers at 6:30pm. Use the chanted prayers link!

Everyone welcome!

Location

Online Only

Register for the live-stream link

Questions to info@meditationinaustin.org

Price

Free

For spiritual practiitioners, going for refuge to the Three Jewels, Buddha, Dharma and Sangha is the gateway for entering Buddhism. We recognize that we need help from the Three Jewels in order to make swift progress towards the real peace and happiness we seek. By going for refuge we can eventually accomplish full enlightenment and help others in the same way. 

This retreat is led by Noreen Flack, Resident Teacher at KMC Austin. Everyone welcome

10:30am - 11:45am First Retreat Session

12:45pm - 2pm Second retreat session

3pm - 4:30pm Third retreat session

Location

Live-stream only

Questions to info@meditationinaustin.org

Price

Whole Retreat $25

One Retreat session $10

Senior/Student Whole Retreat $15

Senior/Student one session $5

Members Free

Life can feel like one long rush from one thing to the next. This workshop offers a chance to pause, slow down, and reconnect with a sense of inner calm. Give yourself a slow Saturday morning to restore your clarity and peace with Buddhist wisdom and two guided meditation sessions.

Taught by Noreen Flack, Resident Teacher at KMC Austin. No experience necessary. Everyone welcome! 

Location

Live-stream only

Questions to info@meditationinaustin.org

Price

$20 Whole Retreat

$10 One session

$5 Senior/student one session

$10 Senior/student Whole Retreat

Members Free

Je Tsongkhapa Day is celebrated annually on October 25. It is a special day in Kadampa Buddhism to remember the kindness and life of Je Tsongkhapa, a 14th-century Tibetan Buddhist master whose teachings presented by Our Founder, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, form the basis of the study programs and Dharma taught in modern Kadampa centers throughout the world.

Please join us for a special Offering to the Spiritual Guide and community talk to celebrate the development of our new space in the Mueller neighborhood.

Everyone welcome!

Buddha Shakyamuni’s prediction
about how Manjushri would later emanate as Je Tsongkhapa.
“After I pass away
And my pure doctrine is absent,
You will appear as an ordinary being, 
Performing the deeds of a Buddha
And establishing the Joyful Land, the great Protector,
In the Land of the Snows.”
Heart Jewel by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso



Location

Vessel Offsite
7101 Easy Wind Drive unit 3108
Austin, Texas 78752

Questions to info@meditationinaustin.org

Everyone welcome!