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Kalachakra Centers and Practice Groups 

 
A number of Centers and Groups who specialize in Kalachakra practice have developed in the last few years:

International

Dzokden - International Practice Community
The Dzokden Kalachakra practice community is an international network of individuals, practice groups, training institutes and retreat centres under the leadership of HE Khentrul Rinpoché Jamphel Lodrö. Our mission is to generate the causes for global peace and harmony by practicing in accordance with the teachings of the Kalachakra Tantra.
The Dzokden practice groups focus on the Jonang Kalachakra Vajra Yoga path.
The Dzokden book clubs focus on exploring a Rimé unbiased view to help people cultivate the qualities of compassionate warriors within themselves in order to manifest the nature of Shambhala in our world.
To find a local a local group in your country, check out the website dzokden.org

 

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Kalachakra Practice Group Sao Paolo
A group of Kalachakra practitioners is regularly meeting in Sao Paolo.
If you are interested, you can email Marcos Piani. for more information.

Kalachakra Circle Gompa Ensa-Lux
A reserved Kalachakra group - Guararema (SP)
Contact for more information, contact: Alberto Brum.

Canada

Oakville, near Toronto
A Kalachakra Six-Session Yoga practice goup meets once a month.
Contact: Dekyi Lee Oldershaw

EDMONTON
Edmonton Kalachakra Practice Group

Gaden Samten Ling Tibetan Buddhist Medictation Society
11403 101 Street, Edmonton, AB T5G 2A9
Once monthly Kalachakra 6-Session Guru Yoga practice and study session led by the Venerable Lobsang Dhamchoe, Master of Sutra and Tantra from Namgyal Monastery and currently Resident Teacher and Spiritual Director of Gaden Samten Ling Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Society.
Please check www.gsl-ab.ca for practice dates.
Contact: Marissa Wohllebe.

USA

Ithaca, NY: Namgyal Monastery's Du Khor Choe Ling (DKCL) —Land of Kalachakra Study & Practice. Located in Ithaca, NY, His Holiness Dalai Lama's North American Seat and only monastery in US. There are several opportunities to study and practice Kalachakra at DKCL. Currently available, direct teachings on Kalachakra and other related topics & practices as well as prolonged annual retreats and weekend intensives. Individual direction from resident & visiting Lamas in an authentic and fully monastic setting.
For more information please contact: office@namgyal.org or go to www.namgyal.org. +1-607-272-2785.

Maitripa College, Portland, Oregon USA
Student-led Kalachakra practice & study group.
Every Wednesday 7-9 pm.
Location: Maitripa College, 1119 SE Market St., Portland, Oregon 97214
Open to those who have received the Kalachakra Initiation.
Please contact if interested in attending, or if you have any questions.

Lion's Roar Dharma Center - Sacramento, California
We hold monthly Kalachakra Six Session Guru Yoga practices under the instruction of our teacher, Lama Yeshe Jinpa, the Spiritual Director. The practice is in the lineage of Khensur Tulku Jhado Rinpoche and His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. All of the 15-20 regular practitioners who attend have had the Kalachakra Jenang or Empowerment from either Jhado Rinpoche or the Dalai Lama.
The practices are held on the third Sunday of each month from 11:00am to 2:00pm, and we welcome other practitioners who have also had the Jenang or Empowerment.
Lion's Roar also offers a full program of Dharma practices and teachings throughout each month, and we have embarked on our long-planned project to build a Kalachakra Stupa in the Sacramento area.
If you are interested or would like to contact Lama Jinpa about attending our Kalachakra Six Session Guru Yoga practices, please visit our website at lionsroardharmacenter.org.

Charlottesville, Virginia,Tashi Choeling Buddhist Center
Our group meets regularly on Sundays 10-11:30. The rest of the year, teachings and meditation and various other social activities. Everyone is welcome. English translation available, more info:TCBC website or .
Khenpo Ngawang Dorjee also offers services in Tibetan Astrology and protection wheels, please call for appointments (1-434-293-7739),

Seattle: the Dharma Friendship Foundation (3204 W. Lynn, in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle, Washington) hosts a Kalachakra practice group (recitation of the Kalachakra Six Session Guru Yoga sadhana with meditation), every Thursday evening from 7 to 8.30 pm. We are considering changing the time to Sunday afternoon and welcome the input of local practitioners who might be interested in attending. Please email with specific preferences regarding time.

Italy

Shri Dhanya Kataka
Prezervatione e Studio Tantra di Kalachakra
Via di Santa Colomba, 42 Santa Colomba, 56031 (Pisa) Italy
Tel. (0039) 0597-714377
Contact: Alessandro.

Northern Shambhala
Kalacakra Practice Group Italy
Kalacakra Tantric Temple, consecrated by Ven. Khensur Jhado Rinpoche
The Kalacakra practice group meets weekly.
Northern Shambhala Archive, Preservation and Studies of Kalacakra we publish on demand sacred texts in pecha style and a unique series of Kalacakra iconography.
Kalacakra Retreats, please enquire.
Via Papa Giovanni XXIII, 23, 62026 San Ginesio (Mc) Italy
Tel. 0039 340 9897757
www.northernshambhala.org

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London Kalacakra Practice Group
We regularly meet on Saturdays once a month at Jamyang Buddhist Centre in London from 2 to 5pm.
Please see their website or contact them to find out the next date of our meeting.

Leeds Kalachakra Practice Group
Jamyang Leeds hosts a weekly practice session of the Kalachakra Six Session Guru Yoga, led by Andy Wistreich. 
The sessions are every Thursday at 2:30pm UK time on Zoom. The session lasts around 1 hour 30 mins. All with the initiation are welcome, and feel free to pass to others who have initiation too, they’d be most welcome. 
Contact Jamyang Leeds: smile@jamyangleeds.co.uk

France

Kalachakra Groupe Paris
La pratique du mandala de l’esprit et du gourou yoga de Kalachakra. Que vous soyez francilien ou provincial, vous pourrez pratiquer avec nous via Skype le sadhana du mandala de l’esprit et le gourou yoga de Kalachakra, pseudo Skype à contacter = kalachakra.centre. Rejoignez nous physiquement ou sur skype pour ces pratiques. Nous pouvons vous envoyer par émail la sadhana sur simple demande à info@centre-kalachakra.net.
Contact : 01 40050222
Aux: Kalachakra Centre, 5 passage Delesert, 75010, Paris

Kalachakra Stupa Practice Group
Guided by Sungjang Rinpoche, the 4th Ngawang Drakpa
At Tatsang Lhundup Ling, « The Garden of Spontaneous Accomplishments »
45 rue Alfred de Musset – Hameau de Lorey – 27640 BREUILPONT
More info via: Sofia Stril-Rever , tel: + 33 6 01 91 92 10

Kalachakra Practice Group at Institut Vajra Yogini
Once a month, our group meets in the South of France at 40 km from Toulouse, at the Institut Vajra Yogini 81500 MARZENS. For dates, call 09 50 55 18 39 or write to:   
Une fois par mois, notre groupe se réunit dans le Sud de la France á 40 km de Toulouse. A l'Institut Vajra Yogini 81500 MARZENS.

Germany

Kalachakra Gruppe Berlin
We practice and study the Kalachakra Six-Session Yoga in English and German
under the guidance of Alex Berzin.
Usual location: Buddhistische Gesellschaft Berlin, Wulffstr. 6, 12165 Berlin, Germany.
For mores info ee Alex Berzin's Teaching Schedule