Hello, and welcome to Kagyu Chögyi Gyaltsen. We are a Tibetan Buddhist meditation and study center serving the Capitol District, located just outside of Albany, New York. Please take a little time to learn about us, and feel free to contact us to learn more about our group. You can also find on Facebook and Twitter.
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We meet most Sundays mornings. Please look at our schedule for more information.
KCG is on hiatus, and will not be meeting again until noted otherwise. We hope to start up again in the future, and will share any updates as they become available.
For a Buddhist practitioner, the goal is to develop this genuine compassion, this genuine wish for the well-being of another, in fact for every living being throughout the universe.
HH The 14th Dalai Lama
We will not meet this Thursday, but will resume next Thursday, October 10th The next time we meet we will continue a teaching given by Lama Norlha Rinpoche on Atisha’s The Seven Points of Mind Training. The Seven Points of Mind Training is a set of slogans that foster the development of bodhicitta – the desire to reach enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. It is an important Mayahana Buddhist text that generations of Buddhist practitioners have used to integrate the Buddhist teachings of compassion and wisdom into their lives.
KCG is located just outside of Albany in the village of Voorheesville. Map and Directions available here.
Feel free to attend as much or as little of the program as desired. Meditation instruction is available for newcomers.
Thursday Program Schedule
| 7:00pm – 8:00pm | Study and Discussion |
| 8:00pm – 9:00pm | Meditation |
In the moment of love, the empty essence dawns nakedly.
Rangjung Dorje, Third Karmapa
Join us this Thursday for meditation and study. We will be continuing a teaching given by Lama Norlha Rinpoche on Atisha’s The Seven Points of Mind Training. The Seven Points of Mind Training is a set of slogans that foster the development of bodhicitta – the desire to reach enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. It is a powerful tool that generations of Buddhist practitioners have used to integrate the Buddhist teachings of compassion and wisdom into their lives. We will be listening to, and discussing, the remainder of the teaching over the next several weeks.
KCG is located just outside of Albany in the village of Voorheesville. Map and Directions available here.
Feel free to attend as much or as little of the program as desired. Meditation instruction is available for newcomers.
Program Schedule
| 7:00pm – 8:00pm | Study and Discussion |
| 8:00pm – 9:00pm | Meditation |
Be ever mindful of the shortcomings of desire’s rewards, and know that all the phenomena of the cycle of existence are never still, like the ripples on a pond, and that these manifestations of delusion which are no things in themselves are like magic and dreams.
– Kalu Rinpoche
Join us this Thursday for meditation and study. We will be continuing a teaching given by Lama Norlha Rinpoche on Atisha’s The Seven Points of Mind Training. The Seven Points of Mind Training is a set of slogans that foster the development of bodhicitta – the desire to reach enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. It is a powerful tool that generations of Buddhist practitioners have used to integrate the Buddhist teachings of compassion and wisdom into their lives. We will be listening to, and discussing, the remainder of the teaching over the next several weeks.
KCG is located just outside of Albany in the village of Voorheesville. Map and Directions available here.
Feel free to attend as much or as little of the program as desired. Meditation instruction is available for newcomers.
Program Schedule
| 7:00pm – 8:00pm | Study and Discussion |
| 8:00pm – 9:00pm | Meditation |
We should be thankful to all beings, for enlightenment depends upon them, and have as much love and compassion towards our enemies as we have towards our friends.
– Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
We will not meet this Thursday, but will resume next Thursday, August 22nd. The next time we meet we will continue a teaching given by Lama Norlha Rinpoche on Atisha’s The Seven Points of Mind Training. The Seven Points of Mind Training is a set of slogans that foster the development of bodhicitta – the desire to reach enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. It is an important Mayahana Buddhist text that generations of Buddhist practitioners have used to integrate the Buddhist teachings of compassion and wisdom into their lives.
KCG is located just outside of Albany in the village of Voorheesville. Map and Directions available here.
Feel free to attend as much or as little of the program as desired. Meditation instruction is available for newcomers.
Thursday Program Schedule
| 7:00pm – 8:00pm | Study and Discussion |
| 8:00pm – 9:00pm | Meditation |
In the moment of love, the empty essence dawns nakedly.
Rangjung Dorje, Third Karmapa
We will not meet this Thursday, but will resume next Thursday, August 8th. The next time we meet we will continue a teaching given by Lama Norlha Rinpoche on Atisha’s The Seven Points of Mind Training. The Seven Points of Mind Training is a set of slogans that foster the development of bodhicitta – the desire to reach enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. It is an important Mayahana Buddhist text that generations of Buddhist practitioners have used to integrate the Buddhist teachings of compassion and wisdom into their lives.
KCG is located just outside of Albany in the village of Voorheesville. Map and Directions available here.
Feel free to attend as much or as little of the program as desired. Meditation instruction is available for newcomers.
Thursday Program Schedule
| 7:00pm – 8:00pm | Study and Discussion |
| 8:00pm – 9:00pm | Meditation |
Relax completely, let everything go, and rest in that state of emptiness.
Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye – The Great Path of Awakening
Join us Thursday for meditation and study. We will be continuing a teaching given by Lama Norlha Rinpoche on Atisha’s The Seven Points of Mind Training. The Seven Points of Mind Training is a set of slogans that foster the development of bodhicitta – the desire to reach enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. It is a powerful tool that generations of Buddhist practitioners have used to integrate the Buddhist teachings of compassion and wisdom into their lives. We will be listening to, and discussing, the remainder of the teaching over the next several weeks.
KCG is located just outside of Albany in the village of Voorheesville. Map and Directions available here.
Feel free to attend as much or as little of the program as desired. Meditation instruction is available for newcomers.
Program Schedule
| 7:00pm – 8:00pm | Study and Discussion |
| 8:00pm – 9:00pm | Meditation |
Therefore, the true nature of mind is the ultimate object of meditation,
what we are to realize.
When purified of stains, it is nirvana.– Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
Just a reminder that we will be meeting tonight. We will begin a teaching given by Lama Norlha Rinpoche on Atisha’s The Seven Points of Mind Training as well as Jamgon Kongtrul’s commentary, The Great Path of Awakening. The Seven Points of Mind Training is a set of slogans that foster the development of bodhicitta – the desire to reach enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. It is a powerful tool that generations of Buddhist practitioners have used to integrate the Buddhist teachings of compassion and wisdom into their lives. We will be listening to, and discussing, the remainder of the teaching over the next several weeks.
KCG is located just outside of Albany in the village of Voorheesville. Map and Directions available here.
Feel free to attend as much or as little of the program as desired. Meditation instruction is available for newcomers.
Program Schedule
| 7:00pm – 8:00pm | Study and Discussion |
| 8:00pm – 9:00pm | Meditation |
Therefore, the true nature of mind is the ultimate object of meditation,
what we are to realize.
When purified of stains, it is nirvana.– Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
All the joy the world contains
Has come through wishing happiness for others.
All the misery the world contains
Has come through wanting pleasure for oneself.Is there need for lengthy explanation?
Childish beings look out for themselves,
While buddhas labor for the good of others:
See the difference that divides them!Shantideva,
The Way of the Bodhisattva
We will not be meeting this Thursday, but will resume July 11th at which time we’ll begin a series of sessions listening to, and discussing, a teaching given by Lama Norlha Rinpoche on Atisha’s The Seven Points of Mind Training as well as Jamgon Kongtrul’s commentary, The Great Path of Awakening. The Seven Points of Mind Training is a set of slogans that foster the development of bodhicitta – the desire to reach enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. It is a powerful tool that generations of Buddhist practitioners have used to integrate the Buddhist teachings of compassion and wisdom into their lives.
KCG is located just outside of Albany in the village of Voorheesville. Map and Directions available here.
Feel free to attend as much or as little of the program as desired. Meditation instruction is available for newcomers.
Program Schedule
| 7:00pm – 8:00pm | Study and Discussion |
| 8:00pm – 9:00pm | Meditation |
Without others, we would have no chance at all to develop beyond ego. So the idea here is to feel grateful that others are presenting us with tremendous obstacles -even threats and challenges. The point is to appreciate that. Without them, we could not follow the path at all.
– Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Kagyu Chögyi Gyaltsen 