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• Tibetan Sound Bowl Journey and Meditation

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

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  with Robin Aleksevitch

  Thursday, June 18, 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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• Vajrasattva Practice and Meditation Mini-Retreat

  • When
    20 Jun 2026
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    10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    DGCEC or via Zoom

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  with Geshe Kalsang Rapgyal

  Saturday, June 20, 10:00am – 3:00pm, In-Person or via Zoom

  Vajrasattva is the Buddha of Purification. In conjunction with our ritual practice booklet, this one-day retreat will provide us the opportunity to purify whatever karmic negativities that we have accumulated in the past. This practice of recitation and visualization will also help us to overcome our present suffering, remove causes of our future suffering as well as the obstacles to our meditation and spiritual practice.
  

  The retreat is spread over four sessions, with breaks for tea or lunch between them.  In each session Geshe Rapgyal will offer a teaching, lead a visualization practice and meditation.  This is a wonderful practice offered shortly after the month of Saka Dawa.

  Cost:  The $40, $50, or $60 fee helps cover the costs of running a dharma center as well as providing a delicious, vegetarian lunch.

  Please contact us for a partial scholarship at DrepungGomangCompassion@gmail.com.

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• Tibetan Momo Dinner and Movie Night

  • When
    26 Jun 2026
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    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    DGCEC

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  Tibetan Momo Dinner and Movie Night

  featuring Women of Tibet: Gyalyum Chemo – The Great Mother

  Friday, June 26, 5:30pm Dinner and 6:10pm Movie

  This documentary recounts the compelling story of Dekyi Tsering, the mother of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

  Dekyi Tsering, known by Tibetans as 'Gyalyum Chemo' or 'Great Mother,' gave birth to 16 children, three of whom were recognized as incarnate lamas. Weaving anecdotal threads and personal reflections from her children, grandchildren, and friends, with never before seen photographs from their family collections and rare footage of Tibet, the film offers an intimate glimpse into Tibet's first family and the woman who inspired them.

  His Holiness talks about how his mother helped shape the man he is today and the relationship between healthy family and healthy humanity, and how it all begins with a mother’s love.

  Dr. Marion Woodman (Addiction to Perfection), Alice Walker (The Color Purple), and Angeles Arrien (The Second Half of Life) link this uniquely Tibetan story to a much broader perspective of motherhood and how the Great Mother lives within each of us. Created by Rosemary Rawcliffe and Frame of Mind films. (57 minutes, 2006)

  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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• Walk for Peace Louisville

  • When
    27 Jun 2026
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    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Presbyterian Church USA

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  Join this city-wide event to use our words, our feet, and our hope to declare that Love Transforms!

  Saturday, June 27, 9:00 – 11:00am, Gathering outside PCUSA, 100 Witherspoon St, 40202

  This event features the creation of a Flower Mandala for Peace outside PCUSA, speakers from the community, a 2.5 mile walk in the downtown area, and a closing ritual. Join us as a people who envision peace and flourishing for everyone in our community and world.

  Walk for Peace Louisville is sponsored by Drepung Gomang Center for Engaging Compassion and Nonviolent Louisville. Our growing list of Peace Partners includes Presbyterian Church USA, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, St. William Church, Locust Grove, The Muhammad Ali Center, Center for Interfaith Relations, ListenLearnAct, ChooseWell Communities, Forward Justice Action Network, Passionist Earth & Spirit Center, and Buddha Blessed Temple. 

  We have t-shirts for sale at DGCEC.

  Register HERE to get reminders and details or call 502-614-5616.

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• Community Celebration of the Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

  • When
    05 Jul 2026
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    3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    DGCEC

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  You are invited to a Community Celebration

  91 years of the Precious Life of Compassion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

  Sunday, July 5, 2026, 3:00pm

  You are invited to join us in honoring His Holiness’ great life of peacemaking and international compassion-building. Please join us in honoring His Holiness’ great life of peacemaking and international compassion-building. The event will include interfaith speakers, wisdom quotes, a Fire Puja, and a Long Life Prayer for His Holiness. Stay for a reception and a birthday cake!

  Registration Requested online here or by calling 502-614-5616.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Nonviolent Louisville Gathering and Affirmations

  • When
    09 Jul 2026
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    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    DGCEC

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  Thursday, July 9, 11:00am – 12:00 Noon, DGCEC

  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:

  - A representative of the Muhammad Ali Center speaking about creating a more compassionate and engaged community

  - Organizations sharing why they have made a Nonviolent Louisville pledge

  - Celebrating two local groups that are creatively using nonviolent strategies for life’s conflicts

  Simple 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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• Dharma Talk: 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva with Geshe Rapgyal

  • When
    11 Jul 2026
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    10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    DGCEC or via Zoom

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

  Please join us on the second Saturday of each month for a Dharma Talk in English offered by our Spiritual Teacher, Geshe Kalsang Rapgyal.

  In this introduction to Buddhism session we will explore the practices that are central to creating Bodhichitta Mind. All are welcome.

  Please Register for the Zoom Link or to join us In-Person: 

  DrepungGomangUSA.org or 502-614-5616.

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• Meditation Essentials for Modern Life with Jenny Bell

  • When
    14 Jul 2026
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    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    DGCEC

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  Tuesday, July 14, 2026, 6:00 - 8:00pm, In-Person

  In times like these, meditation is not so much about isolated mountain tops, but is more about carving out a pocket of stillness amid relentless schedules, fast paced information systems and screen time.

  Join Jenny for this instructive and illuminating session on the essentials for modern meditation practice. Learn how to intentionally curate mindful moments of quiet and stillness to counter digital fatigue, chronic stress, and an overwhelming to do list. Explore how to ground your nervous system and develop mental resilience, and how to create refuge for yourself and build a sustainable routine. Receive resources to design a realistic daily meditation practice that can support you in our modern times. Trauma sensitive mindfulness and mindful self compassion components are interwoven throughout this offering.

  This one-time session is great for beginners or seasoned practitioners.

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

  Jenny Bell is a poet, aspiring heart healer and earth artist. She is a Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness instructor offering classes and retreats throughout our community. Her offerings are born where spirituality + creativity intersect. She is a compassionist by heart ~ a stone mason by trade.  Most days you will find her in the wilderness creating nature mandalas.

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• Forgive for Your Own Goodness Sake - Forgiveness Workshop

  • When
    28 Jul 2026
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    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    DGCEC

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  with Jenny Bell

  Tuesday, July 28, 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 call 502-614-5616. Some partial scholarships available: DrepungGomangCompassion@gmail.com.

  Jenny Bell is a poet, aspiring heart healer and earth artist. She is a Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness instructor offering classes and retreats throughout our community. Her offerings are born where spirituality + creativity intersect. She is a compassionist by heart ~ a stone mason by trade.  Most days you will find her in the wilderness creating nature mandalas.

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