Members of the New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union

Meditation is a method for making your mind calm and peaceful. When your mind is peaceful you are free from worries and mental discomfort, and you are able to experience true happiness. If you train your mind to become peaceful you shall be happy all the time, even in the most difficult circumstances. If your mind is not peaceful, even if you have the most pleasant external conditions you will find it difficult to be really happy.

What are the Benefits of Meditation?
More and more people are using meditation to change their lives. With a daily meditation of as little as 10-15 minutes you will soon experience many benefits. You will feel more peaceful, and loving, more patient and less likely to experience anger, your concentration and effectiveness will improve, and your relationships with partners, colleagues, children, and others, will improve.

You can use meditation to deal more effectively with life's ups and downs. When life is busy, meditation creates an inner calm. When you are feeling stressed, meditation helps relax your mind and body. When you are confronted with difficulties, meditation helps you deal with them in a positive way. When relationships turn sour, meditation gives you the wisdom to heal them. When you are focused on your own problems, meditation gives you the compassion to care for others.

What Meditations Can I do at the NKT-IKBU Centers in North Carolina?
Many different meditations are taught from simple breathing meditations, through the twenty-one meditations of Lamrim, up to the most advanced Tantric visualisation methods of the Vajrayana.

The twenty-one Lamrim meditations presented in The Meditation Handbook by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso are the essential practices of all the stages of the path to enlightenment taught by Buddha Shakyamuni. You can learn and do these meditations throughout the year from September to June in our general programs, and introduction to meditation programs and in the many day courses and retreats held throughout the year. Click on the links in the left hand menu for classes in different areas in North Carolina.