Punta Gorda A Talk and Guided Meditation with Gen Kelsang Namdrol
Congregational United Church of Christ 1201 Aqui Esta Dr., Punta Gorda
Cost $15.00 (included for center members)
DROP-IN Class, just walk in – no pre-registration needed           

Saturday, April 19, 2025
Why Me?  Understanding Karma 

When we find ourselves immersed in problems, we often ask: Why me? But do we have an answer to that question? Do we feel unlucky? Do we feel that we’ve been dealt an unfair hand.

Buddha’s teachings on the law of karma give us a clear and practical explanation of why things happen the way they do, and how we can begin to change our experiences from not-so-great to fantastic. Or at the very least, better. Rather than seeking happiness, we learn to create it. Rather than running from unhappiness, we learn to abandon its causes. Understanding karma puts us in the driver’s seat of our own life.

Join Gen Namdrol as she will explain how using the law of karma we can change our experience of the present, heal the past, and create a more fortunate future.

Saturday, May 17, 2025
A Buddhist Perspective on Death and Dying

We are alive, therefore we will die. This is the simplest, most obvious truth of our existence, yet very few of us have come to terms with this fact.

The Buddhist understanding of death and dying is enormously beneficial.  It awakens us to an awareness that all things, including our very life, are impermanent.

Join us as Gen Namdrol will explain the death process and how this understanding can lead us to live a more full and meaningful life and meet our death without fear or regret.

Join Gen Namdrol for this monthly class that includes an inspiring talk, 2 guided meditations, and time for questions and answers. Everyone is welcome!

The Resident Teacher

Gen Kelsang Namdrol is a modern Buddhist nun and the
Resident Teacher of Samudrabadra Kadampa Buddhist Center.

She has been studying, practicing, and teaching Kadampa Buddhism for many years
under Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition. Gen Namdrol’s heartfelt and practical teachings are presented with warmth, clarity, and humor making them accessible to everyone.