Why I Give

Volunteering at the Center

Tony Allen
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Tony Allen

As lay people, we probably have not had much of an opportunity in this life to spend much time at a Buddhist monastery or nunnery and if we have, that time was probably all too brief.

We do not have a large monastic institution in our midst like Gaden Monastery or Sera Monastery where our precious Geshe Gelek and Geshe Sangpo spent so many years in training and study.  But we do have the next best thing.  We have a Dharma Center.

I have been attending the Kadampa Center since late 2008 and not long after that started to do a little volunteering.

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A message for the holidays

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Hemant Pandya

We're all on our own journey. It's a phrase I've thought and said many times in my life.  More recently, the year or so I've been coming here, the Center, and all that it represents, has become an integral part of that journey for me.

While I strive to follow the values I aspire to, like compassion, generosity and patience, I am thankful that the Kadampa Center, its community and teachings made available, help me to stay on the right path. Reminding me that it simply feels good to do good.

 Because the Center exists, we have our lineage teachers - like Geshe Gelek, Geshe Sangpo, and our

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A Time for Thanks

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Bud Luck

I've been coming to the Kadampa Center for about 8 years off and on, and from the first visit I was captivated. Kadampa Center offers an approach to spiritual development that I did not find anywhere else in the area and that resonated deeply with me. Over the years I've been able to develop an understanding of the Dharma, through spiritual programs like Discovering Buddhism, in a way that really links together the different aspects of Buddhist thought into a logical and consistent world view.

But education is only part of what Kadampa Center offers.....every Sunday I can recharge my

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Giving to the Kadampa Center

Friday, May 15, 2009

Shankha Mitra

Why do I give to the Center? There is the mundane reason: I've been blessed with some amount of financial well-being because of generosity in my previous lives. And I feel that it's important to be generous in this life if I can at all.

But there's a much more important reason. I want the Dharma to help others. The Dharma changed my life. Until I met my spiritual teacher I was aimless - without direction and dissatisfied even though I had so much. I had studied the Dharma but it was that spark with my teacher that propelled me like a rocket into the Dharma. So in a way I was "born again!"

Our

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Reflections on Generosity

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

James Hardi

Buddhism is so interesting. It reminds me of getting a college degree. There is so much to learn, no timetables, no cost, no pressure. Then I remember how much I spent to send myself to college and really didn't care about going - and about how much I spent to send my children to college, knowing they had the same feeling I did, which was that I had to go.

With Buddhism we have a choice. Go when we want, study when we want, read the quotes from the Dalai Lama each week. Go to see the Dalai Lama. See Venerable Robina. Have Lama Zopa Rinpoche right here in little old Raleigh.

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Bodhisattva Aspirations

Sharla Flora (now Venerable Choekyi)
Sunday, November 2, 2008

Sharla Flora (now Ven. Choekyi)

I've been thinking a lot lately about why I contribute to Kadampa Center. With apologies to my Bodhisattva aspirations, I recognize that my contributions are quite self-serving. What it comes down to, for me, is that when I give time or resources, I get so much more in return. I support Kadampa Center because I want to continue to have access to the lessons I learn here . that help me move closer to living my life as the person I want to become.

I give to Kadampa Center in the hopes that Geshe Gelek will remain to help teach us; that, like Ven.

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