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Special Public Talk with Buddhist Monk Kelsang Tabkay
Thursday January 9 | 7-8:30pm

Self-confidence is not a quality that we either have or we don’t have. In fact, it is a state of mind that can be cultivated. By applying Buddha’s teachings on the mind we come to discover that our insecurities are based on mistaken apprehensions of ourselves. As a result, we end up identifying with our limitations...

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A Transformation of the Heart: Weekend Away Retreat
Feb 21-23 held at Mt Mitchell Eco Retreat.

*Registration Opens Monday December 9 at 10am

Held at the beautiful and serene Mount Mitchell Eco Retreat. A Weekend of Powerful Meditations on Enhancing Loving Kindness.

The weekend will give us a chance to rest, reflect and bring the meaning of the Dharma on Loving Kindness into our hearts. This is a special opportunity to spend time quieting the mind, and deepening your meditation practice, free from everyday distractions.

 

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Weekly Meditation Classes

at Je Tsongkhapa Kadampa Buddhist Center

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Sundays | 10:30 - 11:45am
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Mondays | 10:00 - 11:00am
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Wednesdays | 7:00 - 8:00pm

Classes in Other Areas

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@ Greenville SC Branch
Sundays | 4:00 - 5:15pm
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@ Knoxville  TN Branch
Tuesdays | 7:00 - 8:15pm

Upcoming Events & Retreats

Meditation for People who Just Can't Meditate
Saturday January 11 | 10:00-11:30am Mini-Course

Maybe you’ve heard about all the wonderful benefits of meditation. How it can help you feel relaxed and calm, improve your health, and give you greater focus, clarity and meaning in your life. But feel like you just can’t meditate.

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Lonely but not Alone: Knoxville TN
Saturday January 18 | 10:30am - 1pm

Meditation & Modern Buddhism Course

We often feel as if we are isolated individuals and suffer from loneliness, even when we are not alone. Longing to feel a sense of connection to others but instead sometimes feeling disconnected and separate from others. 

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Empowerment of Buddha Vajrasattva
Saturday March 8 | 10:00am - 3:30pm

Have you ever wanted to heal past wounds and move onwards with a clear, positive attitude? Shift old or painful habits of thinking and acting? Melt away obstacles to your spiritual practice? 

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The Peace of Patience: Brevard, NC
Saturday April 19, 10:30am-1pm

Meditation & Modern Buddhism Course

There are many things in life that we just don’t like and would rather avoid, There are difficult people, disappointments and loss, or a life that looks and feels quite differently then how we had hoped, imagined, or planned. 

 

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Welcome to Je Tsongkhapa Kadampa Buddhist Center!

Living Clarity - Kadampa Podcasts are growing

Kadampa Podcasts are developing to bring more teachings from more teachers to more people.
 

Upcoming Kadampa Festivals

Kadampa Buddhism Worldwide 2024

The 2024 international brochure showing the latest developments in Modern Kadampa Buddhism worldwide, and the international teaching program of Festivals and Dharma Celebrations for the year is now available.

The brochure shows the extraordinary developments in Kadam Dharma around the world that have emanated from the heart of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. Please share this amazing story.

Meet Our Resident Teacher

About the Teacher

Kadam Sharon Lovich

Kadam Sharon has been practicing meditation and Kadampa Buddhism since 2003 and is the Resident teacher of the Je Tsongkhapa Kadampa Buddhist Center in Asheville. Before Sharon moved to Asheville in 2011, she volunteered as the Education Program Coordinator for several years at the internationally renowned world peace temple for meditation and modern Buddhism, Kadampa Meditation Center New York. There she received teachings and guidance directly from our General Spiritual Director, Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong, guided retreats, and taught classes. She has engaged in numerous focused meditation retreats and is known for teaching others how to develop a peaceful mind with great skill, lightness, and humor. Today, Sharon is a part of the Special Teacher Training Program and teaches numerous meditation classes and retreats in Asheville, NC and Greenville, SC. Sharon and her husband have one son.

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Je Tsongkhapa Kadampa Buddhist Center
1070 Tunnel Road, Bldg 2, Unit 20
Asheville, NC 28805

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