Meditation Classes at the Dallas Temple

Join our drop-in meditation classes at our beautiful temple in downtown Dallas, Texas—an inspiring, peaceful space to develop inner calm and clarity. Classes are ideal for beginners and open to everyone, regardless of background or experience.

Sunday Meditation Topics in Dallas

Meditation Classes for Everyone

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Dallas Sunday Morning – Having the Strength to Let Go Of Control
Mar 1
Dallas Sunday Morning – Having the Strength to Let Go Of Control

Attempting to control everything in our lives will leave us overwhelmed, anxious, disappointed, or angry. The Buddhist alternative is more practical and effective: we can learn to control our mind.

Dallas Sunday Morning – Healing the Mind with the Medicine of Dharma
Apr 5
Dallas Sunday Morning – Healing the Mind with the Medicine of Dharma

Dharma is the Sanskrit word for Buddha's wisdom. Meditating on this wisdom is regarded as medicine for the mental pain caused by our negative minds.

Dharma for Kids

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Dallas Sunday Morning Dharma For Kids
Jan 5
Dallas Sunday Morning Dharma For Kids

This class is designed for children in kindergarten and above. We also have a video link for parents with preschoolers, toddlers and infants. Each class will include a short meditation, a Buddhist lesson, and activities to help children increase their patience, respect for others and loving kindness.

Programa de Meditación en Español

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Domingos por la mañana en Dallas - La fuerza para soltar el control
Mar 1
Domingos por la mañana en Dallas - La fuerza para soltar el control

Intentar controlar todo en nuestra vida solo nos dejará agobiados, ansiosos, decepcionados o enfadados. La alternativa budista es más práctica y eficaz: podemos aprender a controlar nuestra mente.

Domingos por la mañana en Dallas - Sanar la mente con la medicina del Dharma
Apr 5
Domingos por la mañana en Dallas - Sanar la mente con la medicina del Dharma

Dharma es la palabra en sánscrito para la sabiduría de Buda. Meditar en esta sabiduría se considera una medicina para el dolor mental causado por nuestras mentes negativas.

Weekday Meditation Topics in Dallas

Tuesday Classes

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Dallas Tuesday Evening - Fearless Compassion in Unstable Times
Mar 3
Dallas Tuesday Evening - Fearless Compassion in Unstable Times

Most of the problems in the world today would be solved if everyone cared about each other. So the best way we can respond is by improving our good qualities and helping others do the same. This is the essence of the Buddhist path, and in all of our weekday classes around the metroplex, we share the methods that Buddha shared.

Dallas Tuesday Evening - The Seeds of Joy: Growing Through Challenge
Apr 7
Dallas Tuesday Evening - The Seeds of Joy: Growing Through Challenge

Learning how to cultivate happiness, like a farmer of virtue, is a special skill that we must train in. If we wish to be happy, especially in challenging times and circumstances, then we need to know how to cultivate our mind.

Thursday Classes

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Meditation Practice Series: Realize Your Potential
Feb 26
Meditation Practice Series: Realize Your Potential

This lamrim practice series focuses on realizing our potential for the greatest purpose.

What to Expect

Meditation is an action of our mind and is the main cause of inner peace.

So come and enjoy drop-in meditation classes at our 8500 square foot downtown Dallas Temple. The Temple offers an ideal setting to improve your meditation practice in an inspiring and peaceful environment.

Drop-in classes are oriented towards those that are new to meditation and Buddhism. Some classes have fees and some are by donation, however no one is ever turned away for lack of funds. 

Our classes are great for anyone.
Everyone Welcome.

Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche

Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche

“When our mind is peaceful, we are free from worries and mental discomfort, and we experience true happiness.”
— Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
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Meditation Practice Series: Realize Your Potential
Feb 26
Kadampa Meditation Center Texas
Meditation Practice Series: Realize Your Potential
Kadampa Meditation Center Texas

This lamrim practice series focuses on realizing our potential for the greatest purpose.

Kadampa Meditation Center Texas
The Preciousness of Tantra (A Four-Part Practice Series)
Feb 28
Kadampa Meditation Center Texas
The Preciousness of Tantra (A Four-Part Practice Series)
Kadampa Meditation Center Texas

Join us for this four-part series on the precious practice of Highest Yoga Tantra.

Kadampa Meditation Center Texas
The Healing Power of Friendship
Mar 21
Kadampa Meditation Center Texas
The Healing Power of Friendship
Kadampa Meditation Center Texas

Join us for an insightful class where we explore the significance of friendship in our lives through the lens of Buddha’s teachings. Learn how to build genuine connections, develop compassion, and build support.

Kadampa Meditation Center Texas
Keith House - Skyspaces and Perception
Mar 21
Keith House
Keith House - Skyspaces and Perception
Keith House

Join us for a special evening at Keith House in Fort Worth, including a guided meditation and sunset viewing in a James Turrell Skyspace.

Keith House
Learn to Meditate: Denton
Apr 4
Denton North Branch Library
Learn to Meditate: Denton
Denton North Branch Library

Join us in Denton for a free meditation workshop presented by Buddhist monk Gen Kelsang Wangpo.

Denton North Branch Library
A Buddhist View on Death and Dying
Apr 5
Kadampa Meditation Center Texas
A Buddhist View on Death and Dying
Kadampa Meditation Center Texas

Join us for a special evening with teachings that explore how living a meaningful life enables us to approach death with peace and acceptance.

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Dealing with Anger, Attachment and Craving
Apr 6
Kadampa Meditation Center Texas
Dealing with Anger, Attachment and Craving
Kadampa Meditation Center Texas

A monthly series about how meditation opens the path to overcome our deepest suffering.

Kadampa Meditation Center Texas
The Nature of Reality
Apr 11
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
The Nature of Reality
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge

Join us for one of our highly popular nature center day retreats! Get out of the city, slow down, and enjoy a uniquely meaningful perspective. During this retreat we will explore the nature of reality. Through meditation, we can begin to view our selves, our world, and our life in a more realistic way.

Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
Drop of Essential Nectar (Nyungne)
Apr 14
Kadampa Meditation Center Texas
Drop of Essential Nectar (Nyungne)
Kadampa Meditation Center Texas

Join us to celebrate Buddha’s Enlightenment Day with a special purification and fasting retreat.

Kadampa Meditation Center Texas
The Buddhist Practices that Turn Suffering Into Strength
Apr 18
Kadampa Meditation Center Texas
The Buddhist Practices that Turn Suffering Into Strength
Kadampa Meditation Center Texas

During this half-day workshop we will learn about this power of the mind and how to tap into it. Through developing our own wisdom, correct views, and flexibility, we can learn how not to feel so overwhelmed when life presents challenges.

Kadampa Meditation Center Texas
Compassion: The Unsurpassed Path of Healing, Harmony and Happiness (Away Retreat)
May 1
Greene Family Camp
Compassion: The Unsurpassed Path of Healing, Harmony and Happiness (Away Retreat)
Greene Family Camp

The weekend's teachings and meditations explore The Three Principal Aspects of the Path to Enlightenment and Essential Insights into the Avalokiteshvara Sadhana, from the text Mirror of Dharma with Additions by internationally renowned Buddhist author and teacher Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche.

Greene Family Camp

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