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Paramita Center Southeast

the 14th Dalai Lama We offer meditations, teachings, retreats, initiations, and other activities.

Paramita Center Southeast - Meditation and Buddhist Philosophy in the Heart of the South sponsors teachings and events in meditation and philosophy in the Tibetan Buddhist Gelug tradition of H.H. Paramita Center Southeast - Meditation and Buddhist Philosophy in the Heart of the South

We are a US Center affiliated with the Paramita Centres of Québec, Toronto, France, and India. We teach meditation and Buddhist philosophy in the Tibetan Buddhist Gelug tradition, as founded by the great teacher Je Tsongkhapa and today led by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. The Centre made its beginnings in Quebec in 2003, founded by Geshe Lobsang Samten. Since then many Centers have been established in Quebec province and in France. The Centre started its activities in Ontario in 2015 and opened a location in Toronto in 2019, welcoming everyone to study and practice Meditation and Buddha’s Teachings in English. We are opening a center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to bring the Paramita Centre teachings to the US. The Center is directed by Lama Samten and one of his senior teachers, Tibetan monk Tenzin Gawa (Jason Simard). Lobsang Tharchin (Les Kertay), will teach classes in calm-abiding meditation and will organize other events through the Center.

02/18/2026

ལོ་སར་བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས། (Losar Tashi Delek!) A Tibetan New Year wish for auspicious beginnings, wisdom and happiness, and the arising of their causes for you and for all beings.

01/30/2026

Yesterday, I was able to meet His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama. There were many people, the line was long and the contact brief - and also timeless. I cannot imagine being in his presence and failing to understand why the Tibetan people revere him and consider him the emanation of Chenrezig, the essence of compassion.

01/22/2026

Because all flights from Dharmsala to Delhi were abruptly cancelled for the whole week change of plans. It took as long to get from Dharmsala to the monastery as it did to get from Chattanooga to India. Worth every minute. More soon!

01/16/2026

Follow along as I embarrass myself learning Tibetan (the words are right but the rhythm is all wrong!), explore Buddhism, and share travels. #2026

01/10/2026

What have you done lately that was a stretch, and why? For me it’s about hoping to understand more so I can help others. How about you?

01/07/2026

We take so much for granted. Stop, breathe, past attention. What do you notice most?

01/05/2026

This won’t be all travelogue, but this first week has been so full of sights and sounds that beg to be shared

01/02/2026

Life here often looks chaotic, but there’s a symphony underneath it. Can you hear it? Can you see the carefully choreographed dance?

01/01/2026

It would be almost impossible to overstate how different everything seems here, even before the monastery. The sights, the sounds, the smells, the learning, the new friends. What interests you the most about the trip? What do you wonder about? Let me know when the comments.

12/29/2025

A narrated video of what’s around me here in Dharmsala. Such lessons in the cycle of life, that there are more things than what we’re used to. And it reminds me just how much I take for granted.

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Chattanooga, TN

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+14236376606

Website

https://buddhismsoutheast.org/

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