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The Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness

The Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness

Thursdays 6:30 - 8:00 PM Join Lama Karma in-person or online! PW: lotus How do we hold our sense of self? How is this related to how we are holding our sense of “reality?’ From the Buddhist perspective, the answers to these questions are subtle and different for each...

Truth Mandala Series

Truth Mandala Series

Saturday, Sept 3 session is cancelled..... Rarely do we find ourselves in a situation that supports us in processing how we feel about what is happening in our lives, communities and the world at large. A Truth Mandala provides a simple, respectful, whole group...

Self Compassion on the Threshold of Wisdom

Self Compassion on the Threshold of Wisdom

IMPORTANT UPDATE! Lama Zoe will not be able to join us in person for this teaching. However, she would like to continue with the Saturday July 16th sessions online. Although, the event itself will be online, you can join us live at Lotus Light Center to watch...

Membership Meeting | Sunday, June 5, 2022

Membership Meeting | Sunday, June 5, 2022

Please plan to attend our membership meeting Sunday, June 5 at 3 PM. Attendance is open to current members as well as other heart-centered folks with an interest in Buddhism and contemplative practices. We are planning to meet in-person as well as on Zoom. In this...

Moving Ground | Art Builds Community | May 14, 2022

Moving Ground | Art Builds Community | May 14, 2022

Join us in the park for Dance, Art and Music! Saturday, May 14th Noon to 3pm Fearless Motion and Lotus Light invite you to our center to enjoy a Picnic in the Park. Bring a blanket and spend the afternoon with us! Moving Ground is a 3-hour dance installation designed...

Decide To Thrive

Decide To Thrive

Saturday, April 9 2-4 PM Decide To Thrive is a new series of talks at Lotus Light created to help bring the community together to inspire positive change THIS MONTH'S TOPIC USING HEART TO GO BEYOND LIMITING MINDSETS Our Speakers include: Rosetta Greer, Emma Cosigua...

Art Auction Social | Art, Chai & Pie

Art Auction Social | Art, Chai & Pie

Everyone is welcome! What: Art Auction and Social to support the Moving Ground Dance Installation (coming in Spring 2022) Where: Historic Mechanicsville Neighborhood, Just west of downtown Knox in our historic building at Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center 501...

Statement on Racism

In deep grief over the recent murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Jacob Blake, Elijah McClain and so many others, the Lotus Light community acknowledges the still-present racism that poisons life in America. We call for a fresh and coordinated...

Upcoming Special Events

Lama Rangbar, September 7-9 Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings....

Lama Rangbar Teachings

Lama Rangbar will be visiting Lotus Light from September 7th-9th, giving teachings on a variety of topics including “Extracting Wisdom from Chaos,” “Maintaining Samaya in the Modern World,” and as well as the practices of Riwo Sangcho and the Lion Faced Dakini.