Meditation for Everyone
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About Kosala Center
Kosala Mahayana Kadampa Buddhist Center of Chapel Hill, NC, is a non-profit Buddhist meditation center whose aim is to introduce meditation and practical Buddhist teachings in order to help others solve their daily problems and cultivate inner peace. Kosala offers teachings for all levels of interest; you do not have to be Buddhist to benefit from the Center's teachings and meditation classes.
Weekly Classes for Beginners on Buddhism and Meditation
We currently offer many weekly classes on meditation and other topics in Chapel Hill and throughout North Carolina. To support the Center, which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, we request a class fee of $5 - $10 for weekly classes, depending upon the class being offered. Alternatively, support the Center and attend all the classes you like by becoming a Monthly Member. No one is turned away due to lack of funds.
Group Meditations and Chanted Prayers
Drop by to enjoy chanted prayers and silent meditation, or join us for weekly and monthly chanted prayer practices. All prayers are in English, and many are suitable for beginners.About Meditation
The purpose of meditation is to make our mind calm and peaceful. If our mind is peaceful, we will be free from worries and mental discomfort, and so we'll experience true happiness. But if our mind isn't peaceful, we will find it very difficult to be happy, even if we are living in the very best conditions. If we train in meditation, our mind will gradually become more and more peaceful, and we will experience a purer and purer form of happiness. Eventually, we will be able to stay happy all the time, even in the most difficult circumstances.
With lakes, mountains, beaches and beautiful cities, North Carolina is one of the most externally beautiful states in the US, where it is easy to find places of external peace and tranquility.
Many people in North Carolina have material success and wealth and the resources to enjoy the external beauty, but still experience unhappiness, dissatisfaction, anger, relationship difficulties, and the pain of disappointment in never finding a happiness that lasts.
Happiness and suffering are both states of mind and cannot be found outside the mind. Through meditation and training the mind to cultivate real happiness and abandon the causes of unhappiness we can definitely find the lasting peace we long for.
