About this Event
A Full-day Course, for everyone, with our Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Thekchen: The Wheel of Life ~ The whole path to Liberation in one painting.
Saturday, November 7, 2026,
10:00 AM to 3:30 PM,
at Kadampa Meditation Centre Ottawa, 879 Somerset Street West.
To book, visit the , where you can also learn more. Pre-registration is recommended (lunch is included): buy your ticket here on Eventbrite or book through the website.
“Even if we contemplate deeply the most sublime works of art, we cannot gain benefits that compare with the benefits of contemplating and meditating on the diagram of the Wheel of Life, because this diagram reveals the complete path to enlightenment.” – Joyful Path of Good Fortune by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
The Wheel of Life is a beautiful piece of Buddhist art, inspired by Buddha himself, that illustrates the complete path to enlightenment.
Within it are Buddha’s teachings on the Four Noble Truths, showing us what we need to understand, abandon, practise, and attain in order to find true and lasting happiness. It also depicts the Twelve Dependent-Related Links — a chain of cause and effect that reveals how we become bound within samsaric suffering.
This course will offer a practical and contemplative tour of the Wheel of Life, showing how we can use this powerful diagram to inspire our meditations and guide us along the spiritual path.
Schedule:
10:00–11:15 AM teaching and meditation ·
11:15–11:45 AM break and refreshments ·
11:45 AM–1:00 PM teaching and meditation ·
1:00–2:00 PM lunch break ·
2:00–3:30 PM teaching & questions.
Teacher: Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Thekchen, a senior Teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition. He has been a Kadampa Buddhist monk and Teacher under the guidance of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for more than 30 years, and is well known for his ability to present Buddha's teachings in a simple, practical and often humorous way, making them easy to put into practice in everyday life.
Cost: $40 for the full day, including lunch; free for Silver, Gold & Platinum members. Please pre-register: buy your ticket here on Eventbrite or book on the course page.
Membership is available on the website.
Presented by Kadampa Meditation Centre Ottawa, a registered Canadian charity. Questions: [email protected] · 613-234-4347
Event venue & nearby stays
Kadampa Meditation Centre Ottawa, 879 Somerset Street West, Ottawa, Canada
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