Welcome to Kalpa Bhadra Kadampa Buddhist Centre

Upcoming Events:

Learn about the basics of buddhist view and practice: Buddhism 101
A 4 week course on Thursday evenings from June 18 - July 9

Next Retreat: One week Lamrim Retreat
August 20 - 27

Practicing Meditation

By practicing Buddha's teachings, or Dharma, we protect ourselves from suffering and problems. All the problems we experience during daily life originate in our negative responses and our mistaken views, particularly in our self-grasping ignorance, and the method for eliminating this ignorance is to practice Dharma.

Practicing Dharma is the supreme method for improving the quality of our human life because the quality of life depends not upon external development or material progress, but upon the inner development of peace and happiness.

Meditation is the method to put Dharma into practice, making our mind clear and free from distractions and then mixing our mind with the teachings we have received.
Through becoming familiar with positive attitudes and thoughts, meditation gives us a lasting experience of peace, improved health, happier relationships with others, and a more relaxed approach to life. Buddha's teachings offer very practical advice that we can use to solve our everyday problems and help others.

Classes consist of guided meditations, talks, and discussion. They are suitable for both beginners and the more experienced.
Each class is self-contained, feel free to drop in any time.

Other News:

Living or visiting at KBBC: Room available
for short term or long term at the Centre's residence in Guelph

Our Downtown Location

We are located upstairs at 42 Quebec Street in downtown Guelph, right across from The Bookshelf (just look for the bright yellow door).

Here we hold our regular Monday night meditation classes, as well as several other meditation classes throughout the week to suit many busy schedules. Our program includes: Lunchtime Meditation for the downtown Guelph community, more in-depth meditation classes in the evenings, weekend workshops, retreats, as well as different chanted prayers with meditation throughout the week.
In May 2008 we established a second small meditation room at our Dharma house , 153 Norfolk Street, which is used for morning meditations, some retreats and which is open at other times for private practice.