Email kagyudc@gmail.com for more information.
We hope to see you at the Center this month!

No Sangha Meetings from July 26 – August 23

Extended Meditation Sessions – June 2 & July 7

Guided meditation practice in calm abiding.

KDC's June Dharma Schedule

Seminal Buddhist Teachings by Lama Chödron

Lama Chödron is teaching on selected Sundays.
This month Lama Chödron is teaching on June 23^rd and 30^th
June 30^th – Lama Chödron will be teaching in person at KDC
The subject of her teaching will be "The Great Path of Awakening."
Suggested reading: Jamgon Kongtrul, The Great Path of Awakening, Ken McLeod transl.

We'd love to see you at KDC, but if you can't come, join Lama Chödron on your device. Email goldberg@umbc.edu for more information.

Many of you have had the opportunity to be taught by Lama Chödron and know what an inspired and inspiring teacher she is. Read bio.

We study basic Kagyu texts with Lama Chödron
through her regularly scheduled Zoom or in person teachings.
Other Lamas who are teachers also come to KDC. Click to read bios.
Texts:
Ringu Tulku, Path to Buddhahood
Traleg Rinpoche, Karma: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why It Matters
Gampopa, Ornament of Precious Liberation
Jamgon Kongtrul, Great Path of Awakening

Regular Programs:

Sangha Schedule – Sundays, 11am – 1pm

Meditation (shinay), plus practices of:
Chenrezig, Medicine Buddha, and Short Amitabha Practice

With Medicine Buddha and Amitabha practices,
we support those who are sick and who have died.
Medicine Buddha (prayers for the sick)
Amitabha (prayers for those who have died recently)
June 2: Extended Meditation Session

11:00 – 1:00: Meditation (shamata & shinay), Chenrezig, Medicine Buddha, and Amitabha Practices

June 9: Meditation

11:00 – 1:00: Meditation (shamata & shinay), Chenrezig, Medicine Buddha, and Amitabha Practices

June 16: Meditation

11:00 – 1:00: Meditation (shamata & shinay), Chenrezig, Medicine Buddha, and Amitabha Practices

June 23: Meditation and Teaching

11:00 – Noon: Meditation (shamata), Chenrezig and Medicine Buddha Practices
Noon – 1:00: Lama Chödron teaches via Zoom on
"The Great Path of Awakening"

June 30: Meditation and Teaching followed by a potluck lunch

11:00 – Noon: Meditation (shamata), Chenrezig and Medicine Buddha Practices
Noon – 1:00: Lama Chödron teaches in person at KDC
"The Great Path of Awakening"
1:00: A potluck lunch with Lama Chödron will follow her teaching.

Saturdays, 10:45 am – Noon

Saturday Morning Meditation @ Capital Hill Presbyterian Church
201 4th Street, SE   (4th and Independence Ave., SE)
      See church web page »       See map »
(Email saturdaymindfulness@gmail.com for more information.)

Join KDC in helping the homeless

Please drop off non-perishable foods and warm clothing at KDC.Consider donating food and coats to the homeless who visit Shirley's Place Day Center. Non-perishable foods, especially comfort foods, such as frozen lasagna or mac and cheese, are much welcomed. Coats, especially in larger sizes, are too. All will be given to Shirley's Place Day Center, a drop-in center for our homeless Capitol Hill neighbors. (Read more) Shirley's Place is run by social service arm of the Capitol Hill Group Ministry, to which KDC belongs.

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Kagyu Drupgyu Chödzong is a Tibetan Buddhist Community in Washington, DC. We are located at 1519 D Street SE, Washington, DC. For more information, including directions, please visit http://www.kagyudc.org/.

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