Welcome to the Lama Yeshe Ling Tibetan Buddhist Group Community

Visit the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archives - photo by Merry ColonyLama Yeshe Ling Tibetan Buddhist Group is an open-hearted community that empowers people to discover and develop their inherent potential for compassion, wisdom and inner peace. Here you can get in touch with what is happening in our community, meet friends, learn about Buddhist Philosophy, and most importantly discover methods that may help you to overcome suffering, develop compassion and gain insight. We are a collection of FPMT study groups in Central Ontario, meeting in Kitchener/Waterloo, Oakville, Burlington, Hamilton and Toronto.

The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition ('FPMT') transmits the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through Tibetan Buddhist teachings, meditation, community service, retreat centers, and projects that support the Inspiration and Guide of the FPMT His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The FPMT is based on the Gelugpa tradition of Lama Tsong Khapa of Tibet as taught by our founder, Lama Thubten Yeshe and spiritual director, Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

Special Dharma Events

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THE MIND: MENTAL FACTORS, AND THE ANTIDOTES TO SUFFERING

It is the mind that creates the happiness of daily life, as well as the happiness of liberation and enlightenment. It is the mind also that creates suffering, through the mistakes it makes and unpleasant feelings these mistakes in turn produce. The mind is primary: a dissatisfied mind will remain unhappy despite abundant good circumstances, yet difficult circumstances are no match for a wise and peaceful mind.

Discovering your mind, its ways, and the antidotes to its mistakes, is like discovering that a vehicle has a steering wheel, brakes and an accelerator. Generally speaking, we are unaware of how our mind is involved in our experience of the world and ourselves, and so we remain unaware of the possibility of becoming navigators; of working with our mind rather than experiencing the roller-coaster life of a mind out of control. You can learn, by your own observations and reasoning, that it is possible to navigate this life toward greater freedom, peace and definite happiness.

Lama Yeshe said:

"When you study Buddhism you are studying yourself - the nature of your body, speech and mind, with the main emphasis being on the nature of your mind and how it works in everyday life. Why is it so important to know the nature of your own mind?"

"Since we all want happiness, enjoyment, peace and satisfaction, and since these things do not come from ice cream but from wisdom and the mind, we have to understand what the mind is and how it works."

Learn about your own mind with, Geshe Ngawang Tharchin,who is a scholar and an ordained Tibetan Buddhist monk.

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Special Essential Events

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16 Guidelines for Life: Tools for Personal Happiness and Cultural Change with Dekyi-Lee Oldershaw, Elizabeth Skronski and Laurie Dolan

This is a full 2-day workshop being held on Sat May 25th and Sun May 26th from 9am to 4:30pm each day.

Through guided mindfulness exercises, group discussion, and experiential exploration, you will examine each of the 16 Guidelines from Humility to Courage. This will deepen your understanding of what they mean and how they might help make your life and work more meaningful.

Participants will receive:

• A toolkit consisting of personal exercises and educational resources detailing the philosophy and origins of the 16 Guidelines


• Access to online resources and the Universal Education for Compassion and Wisdom international community


Life Purpose Workshop with Dekyi-Lee Oldershaw and Laurie Dolan - June 1/13

What is your life purpose?  Are you living it?  Are you ready to explore and discover what will bring you meaning and increased vitality in life and how to get there?  If these are questions you find compelling and wish to explore, please join Dekyi-Lee Oldershaw, Transformative Mindfulness, and Laurie Dolan, Engage Potential, for this experiential life-changing workshop.  You will explore your strengths, attributes and passions that will lead to discovering, or perhaps rediscovering, your life purpose.  You will walk away with a clear life-purpose statement and the next steps necessary for engaging in your life’s full potential.

Planning For the Final Act workshop with Laurie Dolan - June 15, 2013

Do your loved ones know what you want if you are unexpectedly incapacitated or pass away?  Have you had this important discussion so that you can get on with living knowing that the loose ends have been tied up?  Too often a loved one unexpectedly passes away and someone is left trying to figure out what to do or what he/she would have wanted at a very emotional time.  Join Laurie Dolan, Engage Potential, for this interactive workshop which goes beyond the Last Will and Testament to list and describe all your wishes; plan your service or celebration of life; write your eulogy; write letters to loved ones; and practice having this discussion with the person you will entrust with your wishes.

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