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Welcome…
Learn practical skills for a calmer, happier life.
Atisha Kadampa Buddhist Center is located in the Fox Point neighborhood of Providence. We offer meditation and modern Buddhism for all levels of experience.
You’ll feel welcome at any weekly class, retreat, or special event. We’re here as a place of refuge and to support you on your path.
Meditation. No experience needed. Everybody Welcome.
Featured Classes
Whether you’re new to meditation or looking to improve your practice, our weekly meditation classes are suitable for all levels of experience. Join us for teaching, guided meditation, discussion, and Q&A.
Featured Events
January 19th | 3:30PM-5:45PM
January 20th | 10:30AM – 3:30PM
Retreat: What Do We Wish For And Where Do These Wishes Take Us
In this retreat we will explore five new wishes that come from wisdom and create the mental pathway for us to experience a life that is permanently free from problems and suffering. This pathway is called Lamrim and is the heart of Kadampa Buddhism. Everyone can benefit from developing these new ways of thinking and because they arise from wisdom, they always lead to happiness!
The meditations will be from the meditation section of the text: How To Understand The Mind by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
You can attend any number of sessions on a drop-in basis or attend all 5 to immerse yourself in the retreat experience.
February 1st | 11AM – 12:30 PM
All About Meditation: Start or Strengthen Your Meditation Practice
This class is designed to help you improve your daily meditation practice, or start a practice. Meditation is the main tool that Buddhists use to make lasting positive changes in our minds and lives. Learn to meditate in an authentic way that has been used for centuries to reduce mental and physical suffering and increase the power of the mind, resulting in greater peace and happiness.
Receive guidance on how to customize your practice to achieve your goals and conquer your obstacles. This class includes time for discussion and Q&A.
The Yoga of Buddha Amitayus Retreat
Sunday, February 2nd | 12:45 PM – 3:45 PM
Increase your lifespan, good fortune and wisdom by participating in this two session retreat to grow closer to Guru Amitayus, the Buddha who is the embodiment of all these good qualities. This retreat is traditionally held in February throughout the world in New Kadampa Centers.
Session 1: 12:45pm – 1:45pm
Session 2: 2:30pm – 3:45pm
Free
Love Without Pain
February 14th, 2025 | 7 – 8:15PM
Love does not have to be painful. In this Friday Night Lecture, we will learn specific methods for improving all our relationships through differentiating real love from the delusion of attachment.
Often it can seem that the very people we are trying to love are the ones standing in the way of our happiness! Those we love can test us, try our patience and fail to meet our wishes and expectations. How are we to maintain our love for others amidst the everyday challenges that pop up in all of our relationships?
In Buddha’s teachings we can find the answers we are looking for. These teachings give us the ability to continuously improve all of our relationships through learning to recognize the difference between real love and our unrealistic ideas about love.