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• Tibetan Sound Bowl Journey and Meditation

  • When
    29 Oct 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Drepung Gomang Center for Engaging Compassion

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  with Robin Aleksevitch

  Thursday, October 29, 6:30 – 7:30pm, DGCEC

  Join Robin for an evening of restoration through the resonance of Tibetan sound bowls, gongs, and meditation.

  Based on the research of the frequency of sound and its ability to help fight the negative effects of stress, being immersed in a sound bath and singing bowl resonance offers benefits that can include:

  • Calming the nervous system, helping you to cope with symptoms tied to chronic stress
  • Improving your mood and decreasing depression and anxiety symptoms
  • Deepening meditation and focus
  • Boosting creativity and decision-making
  • Helping with management of chronic pain
  • Improving sleep and reducing insomnia
  • Supporting cardiovascular and digestive health

  In the session you will also have the opportunity to work with an ancient Tibetan singing bowl as you set your intention and open up your energy channels. This will prepare your body for the resonance of the sound journey. Join us for this special gathering.

  Registration is not required, but is welcome HERE or by calling. Please join us! We thank our generous sponsor for making this offering free to all.

  
  

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• Tibetan Momo Dinner and Movie Night

  • When
    30 Oct 2026
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    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    DGCEC

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  featuring the documentary “What Remains of Us”

  Friday, Oct 30, Dinner at 5:30pm, Free Movie at 6:15pm

  French filmmakers joined with Kalsang Dolma, a Tibetan exile living in Quebec to bring a message from the exiled Dalai Lama to ordinary Tibetans. Dolma smuggled into Tibet videotape containing a message from the Tibetan spiritual leader urging his people to be true to the Buddhist ideals of compassion for your enemies and to continue their peaceful resistance. Participants were warned that there might be potential persecution for those who watched the video if the Chinese authorities should obtain the film and recognize them. Dolma takes the tape to peasant farmers, sex trade workers, families and friends crowded around the tiny screen, as many see an image of the Dalai Lama for the first time. Some cry, others pray, many shake and all at first are speechless, unable to speak. When they do, some offer expressions of joy, some hope, others cynicism and despair but all express gratitude to the Dalai Lama. (Reflection by a viewer) (2004, 77 minutes) 

  Pre-Registration Required for the Momo Dinner which includes momos, salad, other tasties, and shared community. Cost: $25, $30 or $35: DrepungGomangUSA.org or 502-614-5616. Your fee helps support the compassion mission of DGCEC.

  The movie is free, but please register so we can expect you.

  
  

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• Nonviolent Louisville Gathering and Affirmations

  • When
    05 Nov 2026
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    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Muhammad Ali Center

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  Thursday, November 5, 11:00am – Noon

  Hosted at DGCEC (411 N. Hubbards Ln, 40207)

  YOU are invited to be part of expanding this new city-wide Nonviolent Louisville Movement that is committed to creating our Beloved Community.

  This monthly gathering highlights great efforts and features: 

  - Jeremy Jackson from Chestnut Street YMCA about how they are creating a more compassionate and nonviolent community

  - Nonviolent Louisville organizers explaining how to be a pledging organization

  - and affirming Moms Demand Action and Jacob's Ladder that are creatively using nonviolent strategies for life’s conflicts. 

  Refreshments served. Please let us know if you are coming! Register here or call 502-614-5616. 

  Nonviolent Louisville is a project catalyzed by Drepung Gomang Center for Engaging Compassion, with the collaboration of other organizations, for the benefit of everyone in our community. Each of us has the power to make a difference. Join us!  NonviolentLouisville.org

  
  

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• Gladdening the Heart with Forgiveness

  • When
    05 Nov 2026
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    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    DGCEC

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  with Jenny Bell

  Thursday, November 5, 6:00 – 8:00pm, In-Person at DGCEC

  Join Jenny for this compelling workshop on the Science of Forgiveness.  Learn how to become a forgiving person through practical and proven methods.

  Based on the forgiveness techniques for healing found in the groundbreaking research of the Stanford Forgiveness Project, learn and discuss what forgiveness is – and what it is not. Explore grievances, rules, wishes, hopes, letting go of hurts, and how to stop feeling like a victim.

  Forgive for Your Own Goodness Sake is framed with mindful self compassion and trauma sensitive mindfulness.  Together we will delve into the book and work of Dr. Fred Luskin and Forgive for Good.  Come learn this proven prescription for health and happiness ~ and forgive for good!

  Cost on a sliding scale – please pay what you are able:  $25, $35 or $45. Register HERE or 502-614-5616.  Some partial scholarships may be available: DrepungGomangCompassion@gmail.com. 

  Jenny Bell is an earth poet, artist, mindful self compassion mentor and certified Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness Meditation instructor hosting sacred circles, workshops + retreats in our community for nearly a decade. Her offerings are born where spirituality and creativity intersect. Her classes blend ancient wisdom with practical, down-to-earth techniques to help students reduce stress, improve focus and cultivate everyday joy. Driven by a lifelong curiosity about the mind-body connection, Jenny guides students on a path toward radical self-compassion and inner healing. Her offerings create a safe, inclusive space for exploration. Jenny’s teaching integrates breathwork and somatic awareness to help individuals process trauma, navigate intense emotions and find true freedom.

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• Fundraiser for Jangchub Choeling Library and Learning Center

  • When
    09 Nov 2026
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    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    DGCEC

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  with Ani Tenzin Choyang, Project Leader

  Monday, November 9, 6:00 – 8:00pm, DGCEC

  Tibetan Dinner and Presentation

  DGCEC is honored to bring a rare offering by Ani Choyang, a dedicated Tibetan Buddhist nun, teacher, and burgeoning research scientist originally from Tibet. She is based at Jangchub Choeling Nunnery in southern India — an institution established by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

  Jangchub Choeling Nunnery currently serves a community of 340 nuns and is evolving into an International Women’s Center — a hub where nuns and women from local and global communities learn, retreat, and grow together.

  Learn more about how you can support Jangchub Choeling Library and Learning Center, which is a project committed to becoming an educational institution dedicated to empowering women. Encouraging young nuns to study subjects like science, English, and mathematics enables them to share their insights and teachings with a broader audience while contributing meaningfully to the modern world.

  Register for this Fundraiser Event for the Library Project: $40, $60, $80. We are Hoping to Generate Deep Financial Support through this evening’s event.

  The Project Goal of the Hidden Happiness Tour in the United States is $235,000. If this goal is reached by December, a $235,000 matching grant will be donated to the project. Friends of Jangchub Choeling Nunnery’s Louisville goal is $25,000.

  
  

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• The Art of Letting Go: An Autumn Invitation

  • When
    10 Nov 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    DGCEC

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  with Jenny Bell

  Tuesday, November 10, 6:00 – 8:00pm, In-Person

  Autumn teaches us the art of letting go like deciduous trees effortlessly release their leaves to conserve energy and prepare for renewal. Join Jenny for this one time session on mindfulness and the nature of impermanence. Just as leaves change color and fall – our thoughts, emotions and life phases come and go. Allowing them to pass without resistance reduces our suffering.

  This experiential session will offer mindfulness tools to support you whether you are shedding heavy burdens or simply trying to let go of the emotional, physical or mental weight of everyday life stressors.  Learn essential practices to unhand whatever it is we may be clinging so tightly to.

  The practice of letting go is a peaceful, cyclical part of life in which we can free ourselves of unresolved grief, grudges, past guilt, anxiety, perfectionism or self-judgment. Trust in the nature of impermanence and allow your worries to fall away. Let go of whatever it is we are grasping, in exchange for peace.

  This class includes trauma sensitive mindfulness tools and self compassion practices.

  All are welcome!

  Cost on a sliding scale – please pay what you are able:  $25, $35 or $45. Register at DrepungGomangUSA.org or 502-614-5616.  Some partial scholarships may be available: DrepungGomangCompassion@gmail.com. 

  Jenny Bell is an earth poet, artist, mindful self compassion mentor and certified Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness Meditation instructor hosting sacred circles, workshops + retreats in our community for nearly a decade. Her offerings are born where spirituality and creativity intersect. Her classes blend ancient wisdom with practical, down-to-earth techniques to help students reduce stress, improve focus and cultivate everyday joy. Driven by a lifelong curiosity about the mind-body connection, Jenny guides students on a path toward radical self-compassion and inner healing. Her offerings create a safe, inclusive space for exploration. Jenny’s teaching integrates breathwork and somatic awareness to help individuals process trauma, navigate intense emotions and find true freedom.

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• Teaching on Dream Yoga with Ani Tenzin Choyang

  • When
    12 Nov 2026
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    6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    DGCEC

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  Thursday, November 12, 6:30 – 8:00pm, via Zoom and In-Person at DGCEC

  Explore the ancient practice of “Dream Yoga” which begins with lucid awareness in sleep and an opportunity to transform dreams into meditative and investigative states. Ani Choyang shares her own work with leading sleep researchers and offers practical insights into a centuries old practice.

  Drepung Gomang Center for Engaging Compassion is pleased to welcome a visit by Ani Tenzin Choyang, a dedicated Tibetan Buddhist nun, teacher, and burgeoning research scientist originally from Tibet. Ani Choyang is a scholar who has studied in the US at Emory-Tibet Science Initiative at Emory University. In addition, she is nearing completion of her Geshema Degree (a Doctorate in Buddhist Philosophy and Psychology). Ani la lives at Jangchub Choeling Nunnery in southern India.

  Jangchub Choeling Nunnery currently serves a community of 340 nuns. Ani Choyang is the project director of a center for Buddhist philosophy and science – called Jangchub Choeling Library and Learning Center – which will be a hub where nuns and women from local and global communities learn, retreat, and grow together.

  Proceeds from this event will help this project reach completion. The Jangchub Choeling Library and Learning Center is committed to becoming an educational institution dedicated to empowering women, encouraging young nuns to study subjects like science, English, and mathematics enables them to share their insights and teachings with a broader audience while contributing meaningfully to the modern world.

  Please register: $20, $25, $30. Larger donations are welcome. Checks can be made to Friends of Jangchub Choeling Nunnery or offered on the website JangchubChoeling.org.

  The Project Goal of the Hidden Happiness Tour in the United States is $235,000. If this goal is reached by December, a $235,000 matching grant will be donated. Friends of Jangchub Choeling Nunnery’s Louisville goal is $25,000.

  
  

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• Intro to Shamatha / Calm Abiding Meditation

  • When
    14 Nov 2026
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    10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    DGCEC or via DGCEC Zoom Platform

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  with Geshe Kalsang Rapgyal

  Saturday, November 14, 10:00 – 11:00am, In-Person or via Zoom
  

  Geshela will offer a Dharma Talk reflection on Shamatha / Calm Abiding Meditation, and lead participants in the practice.

  This class is offered for free for all who are interested, but please register for the Zoom Link or to join us In-Person. 

  
  

  
  

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• Radical Gratitude: Mindfulness and An Abundant Heart

  • When
    19 Nov 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    DGCEC

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  with Jenny Bell

  Thursday, November 19, 6:00 – 8:00pm, In-Person

  How does a vigorous mindfulness practice support a more grateful heart? Join Jenny for this one time session on how living in radical gratitude cultivates an abundant, boundless heart.

  Radical gratitude is a practice of being deeply thankful for everything in your life-not just the obvious blessings, but also the challenges, mundane moments and the neutral experiences. When paired with mindfulness, it shifts your perspective away from scarcity and negativity directly into a state of abundance and balance. Radical gratitude allows you to unlock fulfillment right now by changing how you pay attention. Mindfulness turns your attention to the wealth of the present moment. 

  The action or practice of radical gratitude chooses to appreciate all parts of your story. This means thanking the difficult moments for the resilience they built and thanking the ordinary moments for their peacefulness. This session will invite you to look for the lesson, the silver lining or the anchor of grace even in the middle of a crisis or loss. This sort of purposeful, intentional gratitude finds appreciation, meaning or growth in all circumstances. A radical gratitude mindset asks- What can I learn or how can I grow from this? From this curiosity and tenderness is born, an abundant heart. Practical tips and ideas on how to practice radical gratitude and incorporate it into your daily routine will be shared.

  A study from UC, Berkeley, showed that practicing gratitude can change brain activity, making us more attuned to positive experiences and less reactive to negative ones. These findings suggest that by incorporating gratitude into our daily lives, especially radical gratitude, we can enhance our overall well-being and resilience. It is like giving our brains a regular workout to stay positive and focused on what truly matters.

  All are welcome!

  Cost on a sliding scale – please pay what you are able:  $25, $35 or $45. Register at DrepungGomangUSA.org or 502-614-5616.  Some partial scholarships may be available: DrepungGomangCompassion@gmail.com. 

  Jenny Bell is an earth poet, artist, mindful self compassion mentor and certified Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness Meditation instructor hosting sacred circles, workshops + retreats in our community for nearly a decade. Her offerings are born where spirituality and creativity intersect. Her classes blend ancient wisdom with practical, down-to-earth techniques to help students reduce stress, improve focus and cultivate everyday joy. Driven by a lifelong curiosity about the mind-body connection, Jenny guides students on a path toward radical self-compassion and inner healing. Her offerings create a safe, inclusive space for exploration. Jenny’s teaching integrates breathwork and somatic awareness to help individuals process trauma, navigate intense emotions and find true freedom.

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• Teaching with Gerardo Abboud

  • Start
    20 Nov 2026
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    6:00 PM
  • End
    22 Nov 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    DGCEC and via Zoom

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  Special Dharma Teaching (Topic to be announced - Save the Dates!)

  Friday, November 20 – Sunday, November 22, Eastern Time, In-Person or via Zoom

  We are honored to welcome Gerardo Abboud for a teaching again this year.

  The teaching will be held over four sessions: Friday, 6:00-8:00pm; Saturday, 10:00am-12:00pm and 2:00-4:00pm; Sunday, 10:00am-12:00pm. It will be recorded for those who miss sessions.

  Cost on a Sliding Scale - Please share what you are able to keep this teaching accessible to all:  $85, $115, $145; Patron $250; DGCEC registered members - $65.  Some partial scholarships are available – please contact us at DrepungGomangCompassion@gmail.com. Register HERE or call 502-614-5616. 

  SCHEDULE - US Eastern Time

  Friday, 6:00 - 8:00pm: Session One

  Saturday, 10:00am - 12 Noon: Session Two

  Saturday, Noon: Lunch Break

  Saturday, 2:00 - 4:00pm:  Session Three

  Sunday, 9:00 - 9:45am:  Shrine Room Open for Meditation

  Sunday, 10am - 12 Noon:  Session Four

  Gerardo Abboud:  Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, into a Christian family, Gerardo Abboud was educated as an engineer and worked as a financial analyst at Ford before he made a dramatic change in his life.  In the 1970s he traveled to India and resided there and in Nepal for 14 years as a student of Buddhism and of the Tibetan language.  His desire was to leave behind the “life of promotions, high salaries, and consumerism” in order to discover the richness within himself.  Back in Argentina in 1986, Abboud was nominated president of the Dongyuling Center, which offers free teachings in Buddhist theory and practice.  He has served as the Dalai Lama’s interpreter in Latin America since 1992. 

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