Retreats & Events

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

Join our Resident Teacher, Gen Kelsang Wangpo, for a guided experience and learn to meditate. Once you do, you will discover the purpose of meditation - enjoying a calm and peaceful mind.

A post-Summer festival retreat based on the Brief Self-Generation of Heruka Body Mandala practice.

In this meditation workshop led by our Resident Teacher, Gen Kelsang Wangpo, we will explore how to keep our mind light and flexible, even as we tackle big tasks, work projects, and other challenges.

If you have a strong wish to follow the spiritual path that Buddhism presents, then this book-study program may be perfect for you. Join us at the regular Foundation Program class time to find out more about studying with us.

Gather together with Kadampa Buddhist practitioners from all around the Southwest United States in a celebration of faith, wisdom and compassion. Meet new Sangha friends from other Centers, discuss Dharma, listen, contemplate and meditate on profound teachings, and relax within the peaceful environment of the International Kadampa Retreat Center Grand Canyon.

In this special course our Resident Teacher, Gen Kelsang Wangpo, an American Buddhist monk, will share how even in our modern society we can find the practical application of Buddha's most important teachings.

Join us for Buddha’s Return from Heaven Day, which we celebrate with the tsog offering puja Offering to the Spiritual Guide.

In this workshop with our Resident Teacher, Gen Kelsang Wangpo, we will learn about special practices for building our faith and improving our mind of prayer, through which our wisdom, compassion, and spiritual power will increase.