Retreat with Guest Teacher Gen Samten Kelsang: Remembering Emptiness in Daily Life
Although we may have heard teachings and read books on emptiness, and even meditated on these, when we are in our busy daily life we usually forget about it and as a result feel strongly caught up in our experiences which generates stress and unhappiness.
Gen Samten will give us tools that will help us remember that the things we normally see do not exist so that we can relate to their illusion-like nature, deeply relax, and make progress on our spiritual path to permanent liberation from suffering.
Cost: Whole Weekend: $45 ($40 for students, seniors, and unemployed, and early registration by November 11).
Saturday only: $35 ($30 for students, seniors, and unemployed, and early registration by November 11).
Benefactor level members: free
Supporter level members: $20
Includes Saturday lunch
Schedule:
Saturday:
10-11 a.m.
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Lunch
2-3 p.m.
WFJ with offerings at 3:30 p.m.
Sunday:
10:30-11:45 a.m. (Meditations for Modern Life class)
1:30-2:30 p.m.
3-4:15 p.m. (Q&A for last 15 minutes)
About the Teacher: Gen Samten Kelsang
Gen Samten is the Resident Teacher at KMC New York, and regularly teaches throughout the US and world. He is renowned for the clarity of his teachings and his ability to help students improve their meditation practice, taking them to deeper levels of experience.
As one of Venerable Geshe-la’s senior disciples, Gen Samten has had the unique opportunity to engage in a three-year retreat and carries with him a wealth of experience in skillfully guiding sincere practitioners to profound meditative insights on retreat.
