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RETREATS & SPECIAL EVENTS

Meditation retreats & workshops, social events, and public talks.

RETREATS & SPECIAL EVENTS

We offer a variety of workshops, public talks, retreats, and social events throughout the year. All are held in person, and many are also available by livestream for monthly members.

  • Nyungnay Compassion & Fasting Retreat 2025
    Nyungnay Compassion & Fasting Retreat 2025
    Member discounts active
    Mon, Apr 14
    KMCC - Oak Park
    This special fasting and purification practice is very powerful in purifying negative karma as well as pacifying strong delusions. It is also a special method for receiving blessings and improving your experience of love, compassion and Bodhichitta.
  • Depression & Anxiety: A Buddhist Perspective
    Depression & Anxiety: A Buddhist Perspective
    Member discounts active
    Sat, Apr 19
    KMCC - Wicker Park
    AM and PM workshops using meditation and special insights to help you let go of pain and enjoy greater peace and well-being!
  • How to Stop Overthinking
    How to Stop Overthinking
    Member discounts active
    Sat, Apr 26
    KMCC - Oak Park
    Break free from the exhausting cycle of overthinking! This workshop will explore meditation techniques and perspectives that help you experience a more peaceful, spacious state of mind.
  • Awakening the Path to Pure Happiness:  Meditation Retreat
    Awakening the Path to Pure Happiness:  Meditation Retreat
    Member discounts active
    Sat, Apr 26
    Normal First United Methodist Church
    Discover how to awaken your inner potential to experience everlasting happiness and freedom from mental suffering; by contemplating and meditating on The Liberating Prayer you’ll find a practical way to overcome day-to-day problems and strengthen peaceful states of mind.
  • Happy Half-Hour (Wicker Park) - May
    Happy Half-Hour (Wicker Park) - May
    Mon, May 05
    KMCC - Wicker Park
    Enjoy vegetarian nibbles, non-alcoholic drinks and the company of other people like you who desire to be happy 24-7. No charge … just show up!
  • Prayers to Green Tara: Liberation from Sorrow
    Prayers to Green Tara: Liberation from Sorrow
    Thu, May 08
    KMCC - Wicker Park
    A special evening of beautiful Buddhist prayers and Tara mantra chanting with special guest teacher and Buddhist nun, Gen Demo.
WHAT ABOUT WEEKDAYS?

We also have a recurring schedule of drop-in classes throughout the week.

Drop-In Classes
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