Christmas Day- Tour the Kadampa World Peace Temple
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Kadampa Meditation Center New York Sullivan County Catskills is open, free to the public on Christmas Day 2020 and New Year's Day 2021. Kadampa Meditation Center is kid-friendly, and pet-friendly (on a leash)!
TEMPLE GROUNDS AND HIKING NATURE TRAILS are open on Christmas Day and New Year's Day from 9:00 AM - Dusk. Enjoy walking on the grounds, including nature trails, a pond, garden, streams and soft springy moss. Relax in our outdoor seating areas, picnic tables and hidden nature benches.
Stroll around the Kadampa Buddhist World Peace Temple. Buddhists believe that walking around a Temple that houses a statue of Buddha brings great good fortune. It is called ‘circumambulating’ and is usually done in a clockwise direction.
KADAMPA WORLD PEACE BUDDHIST TEMPLE is open on Christmas Day 2020 and New Year's Day 2021 for FREE Tours from 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM.
The Temple meditation room is available to visitors for a Free tour or personal meditation practice. The Temple is one of five Kadampa Temples around the world. The Temple’s unique design is based on the celestial palace of Heruka, the Buddha of Compassion.
The design also represents all the stages of the spiritual path.
Just seeing it reminds us that we have the potential to improve our human nature and qualities through developing the capacity of our mind.
Gift Shop and Buddhist Book store are also open.
WORLD PEACE CAFE COFFEE SHOP is open 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
Window ordering, outdoor seating area. Enjoy a cup of coffee, latte, tea, hot chocolate, soda drinks, snacks and homemade baked goods.
For more information call 845-856-9000 or visit www.KadampaNewYork.org
Open Hours subject to change. Please check our online calendar.
If you are looking for unique things to do in upstate NY or hidden places in upstate New York, Kadampa Meditation Center World Peace Buddhist Temple is one! Located at 47 Sweeney Road, Glen Spey, NY 12737, just 4 miles from Hawk's Nest Highway - iconic New State 97 - Upper Delaware Scenic Byway. This is an amazing free upstate New York destination attraction in all seasons Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.
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