Weekly Meetings

If it is your first time visiting one of our centers, please feel free to attend one of our general weekly meetings. Each center holds a public Dharma study session and discussion, with time for questions and answers, followed by a guided Diamond Way meditation. Our main practice as a group is the Guru Yoga Meditation on the 16th Karmapa. There is no charge and all are welcome to attend.

August 1-3 - Clear Lake Retreat with Tasso Kallianiotis Friday (August 1st) @ League City Civic Center / 300 West Walker, League City, TX 77573 1- Public Lecture - Introduction to Buddhism Saturday (August 2nd) @ Clear Lake Center 1609 Dakota St., League City, TX 77573 1 - Six Paramitas 2 - Meditation basics and brief overview of Ngondro 3 - Working with disturbing emotions or Yidams - Your choice Sunday (August 3rd) @ Clear Lake Center 1609 Dakota St., League City, TX 77573 1- Mindfulness and post-meditation. Taking it into everyday life. Tasso Kallianiotis has been a practicing Buddhist for 26 years. He is a close student of lama Ole Nydahl with whom he took refuge in 1982 and has received teachings and transmissions from many high lamas of the Karma Kagyu lineage. In 1993, he started organizing and overseeing the activities of the Diamond Way center in New York City and at Lama Ole's request, began teaching and introducing people to the methods of the Diamond Way. He now resides in Connecticut where he works as a software architect for a major corporation and spends the majority of his personal time teaching Buddhism and leading courses and retreats throughout North America and Europe. He has also given radio interviews and published articles on Diamond Way Buddhism.