Kadampa Meditation Center Long Island Port Jefferson

03/20/2026

03/20/2026

With teacher Tom McGuire, we will focus on deepening our daily meditation practice and understanding how the mind develops through familiarity. Whatever we become familiar with increases - so, if we become familiar with anger, it grows stronger. Yet, if we become familiar with patience, compassion, and wisdom, these qualities increase. Using"How to Solve Our Human Problems," we'll learn practical methods to abandon negative states of mind and cultivate peaceful, loving minds.

03/19/2026

As Geshe Kelsang Gyatso teaches, without inner peace, outer peace is impossible. This course offers a practical, step-by-step approach drawn from the Lamrim. We will begin with foundational meditation techniques that calm and stabilize the mind, and then gradually cultivate realistic, positive states of mind that support genuine change. Rather than escaping difficulty, we learn how to meet life with clarity, balance, and purpose, no matter what circumstances arise.

03/16/2026

With teacher Ilene Hecht, learn how to recognize and eliminate distorted, painful versions of reality that lead to anger, worry or frustration. Then, work on replacing them with more realistic views that bring out one's inner goodness and wisdom.

03/15/2026

Teacher Howie Geismar shows how, through meditation and practical teachings, we can learn to recognize and abandon delusions - the unpeaceful states of mind that cause our suffering. By gradually training in positive states of mind, we then discover that happiness depends upon our own mental discipline. In this way, we can begin to create the causes of lasting happiness from within.

03/14/2026

With teacher Christine Chase, we'll explore how meditation helps us turn toward the real source of happiness, our own mind. Through guided meditation and practical teachings, we will learn how to calm the mind again and again, so peace becomes more familiar and our experience of daily life begins to feel warmer and lighter.