Kunzang Palyul Choling of Maryland
The
KPC-Maryland temple is situated on 72 pristine acres in rural
Montgomery County, Maryland, just outside Washington, DC. It provides
monastic living quarters for monks and nuns, regular teachings
and practices and a large stupa peace park.
Every Sunday you can attend an instructional class in various
Buddhist meditational practices, in-depth teachings in which the
Buddha’s wisdom is applied to everyday living, and ongoing
classes for new Buddhist practitioners.KPC Maryland often hosts
special workshops including training in the Bodhisattva way of
life, stabilizing the mind meditation and foundational Buddhist
thought. Bodhisattva instruction is also available for pre-teens
and teens upon request.
Special empowerments, teachings, and retreats are offered throughout
the year by Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo and visiting
teachers. They include such subjects of interest such as instruction
in Phowa, the transference of consciousness at the time of death,
as well as empowerments to engage in preliminary Buddhist practice.
In the early 1990's KPC-Maryland acquired 65 acres of unspoiled
land adjacent to the temple. Over time, a number of stupas, walking
trails and meditation gardens were developed on the land and it
is now a beautiful peace park with wonderful walking trails, meditation
benches, gardens and 28 consecrated stupas.
