Prepare your mind for deeper meditations and more stable understanding
Join us for a weekend retreat in Wimberley, Texas, where we’ll explore the Buddhist path to cultivating inner peace, compassion, and wisdom. This serene, distraction-free setting offers the perfect environment for both newcomers and experienced practitioners.
Noreen Flack, Resident Teacher from Kadampa Meditation Center Austin will guide this retreat and draw inspiration from Modern Buddhism by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche—a practical guide to integrating Buddha’s teachings into everyday life.
Lotus Ranch
525 Fischer Trail, Wimberley, TX 78676
Questions: Email Info@meditationinaustin.org
Cost
Whole Retreat $350 (**Registration closed on Jan 15 at 11pm )
Saturday or Sunday 1 day pass + Meals $165 (**Registration closed on Jan 15 at 11pm)
Saturday or Sunday 1 day pass w/o Meals $135 (Registration open until Jan 19)
Monday retreat + lunch $65 (**Registration closed on Jan 19)
Email info@meditationinaustin.org for questions or for registration after Jan 15.
We all need a clear direction in life that allows us to get closer to our personal goals. This is even more important for our spiritual path. This inner journey requires clear and easy to understand instructions that definitely lead us toward awakening our wisdom. Lamrim, or the stages of the path to enlightenment, is a timeless practice that has allowed countless practitioners to realize their most pure potential for peace and happiness. Come to one or all sessions. Everyone welcome!
**The New Meditation Handbook as well as Heart Jewel Prayers are helpful for this series but not essential. Both can be purchased through Tharpa Publications.
Live-Steam only
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Cost
Wednesdays in January
$12 / class
$6 / Seniors/students
Members free
Our lives nowadays are extremely busy and complicated, filled with an ever-increasing variety of distractions. And the news of the world in general can often compound our feeling of being overwhelmed and powerless. But it doesn’t have to be that way! Buddha taught methods to help us roll with life’s punches and make peace with adversity. This ancient wisdom offers essential skills in a world where we cannot always control what happens, whether that’s with personal struggles or the uncertain times we live in. Our real power lies in how we respond and show up for others.
Join us for these insightful classes taught by Donovan Acker.
Everyone welcome!
Live-Steam only
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Cost
Whole day $20
1 session $10
Seniors/students 50% off
Members free
Practitioners of Highest Yoga Tantra have an opportunity to engage in a short Vajrayogini self generation retreat guided by Noreen Flack, Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center Austin. This two session retreat is live-streamed and only open to HYT practitioners.
Live-Steam only
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Cost
2 Retreat sessions $20
1 Retreat Session $10
Members free
HYT Practioners only
We often look to other people to give us the happiness and security we long for. According to Buddha, this misunderstanding lies at the heart of much of our emotional pain. When we place the burden of our happiness on others, our relationships become strained and dissatisfaction grows.
In this morning class, Noreen Flack, Resident Teacher at KMC Austin, will share Buddhist understanding of attachment—why it arises, how it affects our mind, and how it quietly undermines our peace. Through meditation and practical reflection, you’ll learn how to cultivate genuine love and inner contentment, allowing relationships to become sources of connection and growth rather than stress and disappointment.
Cost
$12 / class
$6 / Seniors/students
Members free
(Live-stream option upon registration, but class is in person)
Buddha Amitayus is the Buddha of long life, merit and wisdom. This annual retreat is our prayer to Amitayus to help us remove obstacles to spiritual development, prevent untimely death, and attain the deathless state of enlightenment.
This day retreat offers three sessions of chanted prayers to Buddha Amitayus with breaks between each session. Everyone welcome!
Enjoy some respite from the busyness of everyday life and spend some time settling our mind. Two sessions of
meditation and contemplation will allow us to restore our mental peace as we engage in a silent morning with no phones, no computers (except for zoom!) and no talking. Just peace.
Come to one or both sessions. Everyone welcome.
What to Expect:
This is a live-streamed retreat. After you register, you’ll receive a Zoom link to join. Set yourself up in a peaceful space at home—a quiet room or a cozy corner—and find a comfortable seat. Please turn off all electronics except Zoom to support a calm and focused environment.
Angelina Fadool, the teacher, will begin with a guided meditation, followed by gentle meditative instruction. A second meditation will follow, offering a more specific focus or meditation object. Between the two sessions, you’ll have a one-hour break to walk, rest, enjoy a meal or a warm drink—whatever feels nourishing. Try to avoid your usual routine and give yourself permission to truly slow down. The second meditation session will follow the same structure. Take this time to settle, breathe, and feel the peace.
Live-Steam only
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Cost
$10 / retreat session
$20 / whole retreat (2 sessions)
Members free
Tantra is an inner spiritual technology that harnesses the power of our imagination to bring about swift transformation. In this class we will introduce how Tantric practice allows us to let go of our ordinary limited view of ourselves, and how to meditate very deeply with subtle and peaceful states of mind that have great power to purify our mind completely.
The gateway through which we enter Tantra is receiving a Tantric empowerment. An empowerment bestows upon us special blessings that heal our mental continuum and awaken our Buddha nature.
This introductory class is meant to encourage those who have not received a Tantric empowerment to consider attending the UK Summer Festival at Manjushri KMC in England.
We all need a clear direction in life that allows us to get closer to our personal goals. This is even more important for our spiritual path. This inner journey requires clear and easy to understand instructions that definitely lead us toward awakening our wisdom. Lamrim, or the stages of the path to enlightenment, is a timeless practice that has allowed countless practitioners to realize their most pure potential for peace and happiness. Come to one or all sessions. Everyone welcome!
**The New Meditation Handbook as well as Heart Jewel Prayers are helpful for this series but not essential. Both can be purchased through Tharpa Publications.
WK 1 = MEDITATION ON TAKING
WK 2 = MEDITATION ON WISHING LOVE
WK 3 = MEDITATION ON GIVING
WK 4 = MEDITATION ON BODHICHITTA
Live-Steam only
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Cost
$12 class fee
$6 seniors/students
Members free
Please reach out if you have any questions. We’re happy to help!
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Email: info@meditationinaustin.org
KMC Austin is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit & member of the New Kadampa Tradition—International Kadampa Buddhist Union
