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Gainesville Karma Thegsum Chöling-KTC

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Gainesville Karma Thegsum Chöling is a Buddhist meditation and practice center in the Tibetan Karma Kagyu tradition, led by resident teacher Lama Losang.

GKTC meets weekly for on-line Zoom dharma study and practice on Sundays 10-12 for meditation and teachings and on Monday evenings 5:30 pm for book study. All are welcome! We offer a traditional Tibetan Buddhist program, plus an informal discussion format. The Tibetan name for our group “Karma Thegsum (pronounced Tegsum) Chöling” roughly means “place of dharma teaching,” with Karma referring to our lineage name of Karma Kagyu. We hope you will join our “sangha” or community of practitioners.

06/09/2026

Join Helene on the 2nd Sunday of each month for a lovely combination of chanting mantras accompanied by harmonium, meditation and relaxing healing bowls! Suggested donation is $10.

06/02/2026

Our Ngondro Practice group will meet this Saturday (June 6) from 4pm-5:30pm. We hope everyone has been enjoying their practice!

This study group is for students who have begun the Mahamudra Ngondro accumulations and are regularly practicing the Ngondro. If you are interested in starting, please reach out to Gainesville KTC.

05/28/2026

🌕 This Weekend! Saga Dawa at Gainesville KTC 🌕

📅 May 30 | Saga Dawa Sit-A-Thon Fundraiser | 9am–5pm

Join us for a day of silent meditation in the shrine room as we raise funds for Gainesville KTC and support a student entering 3-year retreat this year.

Participants are welcome to come and go throughout the day; we simply ask everyone to maintain noble silence.

Lunch break at noon.

➡️ Sign up or donate via the link in the comments.

📅 May 31 | Refuge & Lay Vows with Lama Losang

In honor of Saga Dawa Duchen, Lama Losang will offer a teaching on Refuge and Lay Vows during Sunday morning program.

Following the regular schedule, vows will be offered to those who wish to take them. Please contact KTC if you are interested in taking the vows.

➡️ Donate or sign-up to participate in the fundraiser! You can donate even if you can't attend in person. Every donation helps!

05/26/2026

🌕 This Weekend! Saga Dawa at Gainesville KTC 🌕

📅 May 30 | Saga Dawa Sit-A-Thon Fundraiser | 9am–5pm
Join us for a day of silent meditation in the shrine room as we raise funds for Gainesville KTC and support a student entering 3-year retreat this year. Participants are welcome to come and go throughout the day; we simply ask everyone to maintain noble silence. Lunch break at noon.
➡️ Sign up or donate via the link in the comments.

📅 May 31 | Refuge & Lay Vows with Lama Losang
In honor of Saga Dawa Duchen, Lama Losang will offer a teaching on Refuge and Lay Vows during Sunday morning program. Following the regular schedule, vows will be offered to those who wish to take them. Please contact KTC if you are interested in taking the vows.
➡️ Donate or sign-up to participate in the fundraiser! You can donate even if you can't attend in person. Every donation helps!

05/20/2026

May 30th: Saga Dawa Sit-A-Thon Fundraiser 9am-5pm with lunch break at noon. Join us as we raise funds for Gainesville KTC as well as a student going into 3-year retreat this year. We'll host a silent meditation in the Gainesville KTC shrine room, participants may come and go as they please. We only ask that everyone honor the noble silence of the meditation practice. Sign up or donate at the link in the comments below.

May 31st: Refuge and Lay Vows given by Lama Losang. In honor of Saga Dawa Duchen (the Day of Saga Dawa) Lama Losang will give a teaching during our Sunday morning program on the taking of Refuge and Lay Vows. After our Sunday schedule has concluded, Lama will give the vows to any who are interested in taking them. If you'd like to take the vows or would like more info, please reach out to Gainesville KTC.

05/05/2026

Join the Karme Ling Seva Team! 🏔️

Volunteer to help us get ready for our annual Amitabha Retreat. Help us prepare our sacred space with outdoor landscaping or indoor cleaning tasks.

We Provide: Meals and lodging! 🍲💤
Please Bring: Work clothes, boots, and gardening gloves. 🧤

When: May 15–17 & May 22–24
Where: 315 Retreat Road, Delhi, NY 13573

To Sign Up: Email Lama Karlo at [email protected]

Help us beautify Karme Ling inside and out! ✨

05/02/2026

Join us for our first-ever Saga Dawa Sit-a-Thon! 🌟

On May 30th, Gainesville KTC will be opening its doors from 9am to 5pm for an open silent meditation session. Lunch at noon!💫

During this special event, we'll also be fundraising to support two causes:

1️⃣ A student embarking on long retreat 🙏
2️⃣ Our ongoing mission to provide affordable Buddhist programs and meditation instruction to our community 💛

Stay tuned for more details and mark your calendars! 📆 Registration coming soon!

04/28/2026

Our Ngondro group will meet this as planned Saturday (May 2nd) at 4pm for our monthly Ngondro study and practice session.

Open to all students who have received and are currently practicing the Karma Kagyu Mahamudra Ngondro accumulations. If you are interested in starting Ngondro but have not received transmission and instruction, please reach out to Gainesville KTC!

04/19/2026

On Buddhism and Anger:
Anger is not the problem: clinging and harmful action are the problem. Ultimately, it is about cultivating kindness and compassion for all beings, and suppressing emotions is not the answer.

In classical Buddhist psychology, anger becomes unwholesome when it solidifies into hatred, ill will, a wish to harm and right versus wrong. The feeling of anger itself is not condemned. It can be a signal that something is unjust, unsafe, or out of alignment with truth.

I have heard emotionally intelligent Buddhist teachers say that The emotion is not the poison. The grasping is the poison.

The hell realm imagery is about being consumed by reactive hatred. When you feel anger in response to injustice or gaslighting, that can be a manifestation of awakened clarity. Experiencing the feeling of anger itself is not necessarily a moral failure.

Gaslighting someone out of their anger is actually a form of harm. Telling someone you shouldn’t feel angry is not compassion. It is invalidating their direct experience, which is the opposite of mindfulness. Misusing Dharma to silence others is a grave karmic act, because it manipulates sacred teachings for ego protection.
Suppressing anger can create more suffering than feeling it: Buddhist psychology is explicit: repression leads to more kleshas, When someone is told: Good Buddhists don’t get angry, Your anger is unspiritual, Let it go (as a way to avoid accountability), they are being pushed into spiritual bypassing, which is a form of internalized violence.

Gaslighting is karmically heavy because it undermines another person’s sanity, breaks trust, distorts reality, violates Right Speech, prevents genuine ethical repair, causes confusion, which is a root poison in itself. In Buddhist ethics, causing confusion in another’s mindstream is considered a serious harm because it obstructs their path to liberation.

Yes, we train our minds and meditate so that we can respond wisely to anger, and all emotions, but that wisdom only comes when we’re willing to actually feel it, rather than when we're busy pushing it down and pretending it isn’t there. We need to listen to the message behind the anger.

I trust the person who can meet their anger with honesty; it’s the ones steeping in unspoken rage, calling it spiritual, who make my body tighten with fear, and they are everywhere in our communities.

Dharma protectors embody the fierce, protective energy that transforms anger into clarity and understanding so that it can be transmuted and used in the service of compassion.

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1216 NW 9th Avenue
Gainesville, FL
32601

Opening Hours

Monday	5:15pm - 7:30pm
Sunday	9am - 2pm

Telephone

+13523351975

Website

http://www.ktcgainesville.org/

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