Kadampa Meditation Centre Ottawa

Name: Guided Morning Meditations with Gen Thekchen; Monday to Friday, 8-9:15am
Start: 2026-09-03T12:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-09-03T13:15:00.000Z
Location: Kadampa Meditation Centre Ottawa

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About us

Our Centre was established in 1996, under the direction of our Founder, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. We are a charitable non-profit organization. Our goal is to provide people in the Ottawa area with an opportunity to practise Buddha’s teachings, to help them to solve their daily problems and find lasting happiness. (To learn more about Our Founder, Our Teachers, and Modern Kadampa Buddhism, click here.)
Our general meditation classes teach practical methods to improve the quality and meaning of life through developing inner peace, compassion and wisdom. We also offer more advanced classes for those wishing to deepen their understanding and practice of Buddhism.
Our Centre has a beautiful meditation room, where our classes are held. While most people sit in chairs when attending our classes, we can provide you with a meditation cushion to sit on, if you’d like one. We also offer a small bookshop/gift shop, and a quiet reading area.
You don’t need to be a Buddhist to attend our classes, or to benefit from them. Everyone is welcome here.

Featured event

CA$5.00

The Path to Lasting Freedom Retreat; a 2-day guided retreat w. Kelsang Thekchen

Thu, Sep 3 · 9:00 AM EDT

Kadampa Meditation Centre Ottawa, 879 Somerset St W, Ottawa, ON, CA

This is a guided retreat in which we will learn practically how to use Buddha’s wisdom to release our mind from our habitual ways of thinking that keep us trapped in a state of confusion and suffering, and thus begin to discover the freedom and joy that comes from authentic inner development.

It is suitable for everyone, whether you want to start a meditation practice or deepen your experience, everyone is welcome.

It will include meditations on the stages of the path to enlightenment, Lamrim. All the Lamrim meditations are the very essence of Buddha’s teachings and are very practical – ideally suited to modern life.

You may choose to attend the entire retreat or just some.

Schedule - (Initial Scope)

Thursday, Sept 3

9-10:30am Precious Human Life

11:15am-12:30pm Death and Impermanence

2-3:15pm Dangers of lower rebirth, and refuge

7-8:15pm Karma

Friday Sept 4 - (Intermediate Scope)

9-10:15am Renunciation - True Sufferings

11:15am-12:30pm Renunciation - True Origins

2-3:15pm Renunciation - True Path

7-8:15pm Renunciation - True Cessations

For Part 2 of this Lamrim retreat, on Sept 5, 6 & 7, we will delve into the deeper meditations on the Great Scope, (love, compassion and wisdom). Attendance for Part 2 is not mandatory, but recommended.

This retreat will be led by Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Thekchen, who is a senior Teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition. He has been a Kadampa Buddhist monk and Teacher under the guidance of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for more than 30 years. He is well known for his ability to present Buddha's teachings in a simple, practical and often humorous way, making them easy to put into practice in everyday life.