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Half Day Course: Cleanse Your Mind, Renew Your Life – with Gen Kelsang Dragpa
Sunday 25 January | 10:00 – 13:00
Half-Day Course with Gen Kelsang Dragpa
Life in the city can feel like running on autopilot — with constant movement, constant input, constant pressure and expectations. This retreat offers a rare chance to pause, and clear out the mental clutter that weighs you down.
Through guided meditation and Buddhist purification practices, you’ll gently release old habits, stress, and emotional buildup. Learn how to calm and refresh your mind, renew energy, and create a fresh sense of clarity in your mind that you can carry back into the city and your daily activities.
Venue | KMC Netherlands: Spaarndammerstraat 32 Hs, 1013 SW Amsterdam
No experience is required. This half day course is suitable for the absolute beginner, as well as for the more advanced practitioner of meditation. The teachings will be in English.
Everybody welcome!
Thank you for booking below in advance.
Speaker
Gen Kelsang DragpaGen Kelsang Dragpa is a modern Kadampa Buddhist monk and teacher from the Netherlands. He is a Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Centre Netherlands in Amsterdam and the National Spiritual Director for the Nordic region and the Netherlands. Gen Dragpa teaches in a practical and accesible way.
Hourly Schedule
- 10:00 - 11:15
- Session 1
- Teaching and guided meditation
Speakers:
Gen Kelsang Dragpa
- 11:15 - 11:45
- Break
- Drinks and snacks
- 11:45 - 13:00
- Session 2
- Teaching and guided meditation
Speakers:
Gen Kelsang Dragpa
Gen Kelsang Dragpa
Gen Kelsang Dragpa is a modern Kadampa Buddhist monk and teacher from the Netherlands. He is a Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Centre Netherlands in Amsterdam and the National Spiritual Director for the Nordic region and the Netherlands. Gen Dragpa teaches in a practical and accesible way.
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Who can join?
Anybody can join, meditation can be practiced by everybody regardless of faith, or previous experience.
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What to bring?
Just show up, there is no need to bring anything.
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What is meditation?
Meditation is a mental activity that creates inner peace and tranquility, through following specific guidance.
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The benefits
Meditation has limitless potential to produce benefits, but the most common are: 1) Reduce Stress - Experience a calm mind & reduce mental tension and anxiety; 2) Find Inner Peace - Improve your sense of well-being & experience real happiness; 3) Benefit Others - Develop a positive outlook and caring attitude to others.
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The purpose
The purpose of meditation is to cultivate positive mental states and overcome negative habits. Through meditation we learn that happiness is a state of mind and that the real source of happiness lies within, not in external situations.