1) Learn to Meditate in Half a Day
2) 2008 US Kadampa Buddhist Festival at KMC New York with Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab
3) Foundation Program ~ Buddhist Study Program
4) Parbawatiya Expansion Project
5) Sunday Morning Meditation & Kids' Meditation Classes
6) April: The New Meditation Handbook
7) Learn to Meditate
8) Monthly Calendars
9) Become a Parbawatiya Center Sponsor!

A Meditation Course at Parbawatiya Buddhist Center
with Resident Teacher Kadam Lucy James
Sunday, May 4, 9:30am-2:00pm

Learning to meditate is the best way to overcome stress and keep a positive relaxed attitude to life. Once we know how to do it, we discover that we have instant access to peace and happiness. Experienced meditation teacher Kadam Lucy James, will explain the basics of Buddhist meditation and how to get started. This half-day workshop will combine guided meditations, talks, and a chance to ask questions.

Everyone is welcome. No previous experience is necessary.

Please call (727) 797-9770 to pre-register, or email parbawatiya@meditationinflorida.org

Cost: $35 ($20 students/limited income) and includes a delicious vegetarian lunch! Center Sponsors receive a $25 discount off the regular course price.

Thursday April 24 - Tuesday April 29

Everyone, whether new to Buddhism or a longtime student, can appreciate the special magic of this annual event. The Festival is a joyful gathering where we can receive and explore Buddha’s timeless teachings in the company of spiritual friends from around the country. In the inspiring environment of the World Peace Temple, we can easily take new understandings and insights deep into our heart. Listening to clear, practical advice and meditating on it together, we lay the foundation for lasting peace and happiness. This year, please join us in a beautiful ceremony to receive the empowering blessings of our Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden, and teachings on the practice of Wishfulfilling Jewel.

View the festival website for more information.

Foundation Program with Kadam Lucy James is starting Part Two of Universal Compassion ~ a great time to come along and check it out!
Fridays, 7:00pm-9:00pm

This is a perfect time to consider joining FP, as we are embarking on the study and practice of Part Two of Universal Compassion. This part of the book gives a practical and uplifting explanation of how we can transform everything – including even the most difficult and demanding situations – into opportunities for personal and spiritual development. It also includes Buddha’s wise and applicable advice for following the Bodhisattva’s way of life every day of our lives by practicing the precepts and commitments of training the mind. In these ways, we can experience a life of great meaning and happiness for ourself and others. Many thousands of people worldwide have gained incredible benefits from this Program and from this book. You can audit the program for three classes before deciding whether or not to enroll.

We are delighted to say that Phase One of our Expansion Project is now successfully completed, and we have the most beautiful and inspiring large new meditation room. This gives us perfect conditions for meditation, teachings and practice. This building is the "first-ever green building in Safety Harbor" and has attracted a lot of local interest. Please check out this page for up to date pictures and links to various articles in the press. And please come and see it soon! Phase Two of our Expansion Project, converting the existing house, will be finished in two weeks.

While adults enjoy Sunday morning Meditation & Prayers for World Peace with our Resident Teacher Kadam Lucy James, kids explore a similar spiritual theme in the kids' class.

In the adults' classes we will be learning to meditate on Eight Verses of Training the Mind -- cultivating our potential for love, compassion, patience, and wisdom. Everyone is welcome to attend these inspiring teachings and meditations. They are accompanied by short prayers dedicated to world peace.

In the kids' classes, we share a short meditation, a prayer reading, a brief teaching and an art activity. Classes are for children of any age. The spiritual themes emphasize kindness to others and how to develop inner peace and a happy heart. The kids classes are taught by Dr Anika Trancik who also works as a doctor in child clinical psychology.

Please pre-register by phone at (727) 797-9770 or email parbawatiya@meditationinflorida.org.

Tuesdays 8:00-9:00pm with Buddhist monk Kelsang Sanden
At Parbawatiya Center, Safety Harbor

Repeated every four weeks, these short meditation classes explain the basics of meditation and include a relaxing guided breathing meditation. If we establish a simple meditation practice, we will enjoy many immediate and lasting benefits. We can:
- reduce our stress
- improve our health and well-being
- have a clearer mind and better concentration
- naturally develop warmth and friendliness towards others

Class cost: $9 ($5 students/limited income) (Free to Center Sponsors)

We post monthly calendars on the website for all the different Kadampa Buddhist Meditation Centers throughout Florida, with detailed information on Center activities for every day of the month, including who's teaching what, where, and when.  

We are a non-profit organization and rely upon your tax-deductible contributions for all our operating expenses.  Please consider becoming a sponsor of Parbawatiya Center by making a monthly commitment of $60 or more. All regular classes are free to Center Sponsors, and it is a wonderful way to insure that classes continue to help us, and our friends find greater inner peace. Center Sponsors also receive discounts on special events. Please email us at parbawatiya@meditationinflorida.org

For more information about all center activities throughout Florida visit: http://www.MeditationInFlorida.org
For more information about the New Kadampa Tradition throughout the world visit: http://www.Kadampa.org