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Southern Dharma Celebration

Becoming Medicine Buddha |  March 21-23 with the Eastern US Spiritual Director Kadam Morten Clausen, Held at KMC North Carolina in Charlotte, NC

During this rare and precious event, the New Kadampa Tradition’s Eastern U.S. National Spiritual Director, Kadam Morten Clausen, will grant the blessing empowerment of Medicine Buddha.. Everyone is welcome!

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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

The Key to Enjoying Our Life: Knoxville TN
Saturday March 15 | 10:30-1:00pm 

We all want to enjoy our lives; our friends, family, food etc. However, when we check we find that at best these things provide only temporary happiness. Buddhism encourages us to be happy but due to minds of attachment and craving we instead often feel discontent in our life. In this course we will explore the minds of attachment and craving and see how we can reduce them...

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Finding Hope in a Hopeless World
Saturday April 5 | 10:00-11:30am Mini-Course

It is easy these days to feel discouraged both with the difficulties we experience in our own lives and those that we see in the world. In this talk we will explore Buddha’s teachings that give us special ways of thinking to help us to feel hopeful, inspired and encouraged.

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The Peace of Patience: Johnson City, TN
Saturday April 5 | 2:00-4:00pm

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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Nyungnay: Purification and Fasting Retreat
Monday April 14 & Tuesday April 15 | 7am-4:45pm 

Every April Kadampa Buddhists around the world celebrate Buddha’s Enlightenment Day by engaging in Nyungnay, a special purification practice. This two-day retreat, which is done in conjunction with Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara practice, is a powerful method for purifying negative karma of body, speech, and mind, and for pacifying strong delusions...

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Letting go of Perfect: Half-Day Meditation Course
Saturday April 26 | 10:30am - 1pm

Put down “perfect”. In this workshop, we will discover how perfectionism blocks self-honesty and stifles positive change. Through observing its harmful effect on our minds, we will develop a strong wish to be free of its influence...

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A Sense of Possibility: Contemplating Karma and Emptiness Meditation Retreat
Saturday May 17 | 10:30am-1pm

Normally we relate to ourselves as if we are fixed and unchangeable. As a result, we feel stuck in our limitations. Buddha's teachings on karma and emptiness, however, show the falsity of that view and instead give us a vibrant sense of possibility....

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The Peace of Patience: Brevard NC
Saturday September 20 | 10:30am-12:30pm

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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Upcoming Kadampa Festivals

Kadampa Buddhism Worldwide 2025

The 2025 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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1070 Tunnel Road, Bldg 2, Unit 20
Asheville, NC 28805

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