# Event Details - **Event Name**: Meditation on Emptiness - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 10 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-06:00) - **Event Description**: Meditation on 'taking' on others' suffering to help us develop a pure motivation; then, meditate on the emptiness of the bodyAbout this EventFriday | Mar 27Time: 7 – 8:15pmCost: $10 | free for membersIn this meditation class, we will first engage in the meditation on ‘taking’, taking on others suffering to help us develop a pure motivation; then, Gen Khacho will explain the meditation on emptiness of the body, after which we will engage in the actual meditation.This is not a teaching on emptiness, so it is highly recommended that either, you have received teachings on emptiness or have read from any of Venerable Geshe-la’s books on emptiness. The purpose of this class, is to help us become familiar with this meditation.Emptiness is not nothingness, but is the real nature of phenomena. Ultimate truth, emptiness, and ultimate nature of phenomena are the same.We should know that all our problems arise because we do not realize ultimate truth. The reason we remain in samsara’s Pr*son is that due to our delusions we continue to engage in contaminated actions. All our delusions stem from self-grasping ignorance.Self-grasping ignorance is the source of all our negativity and problems, and the only way to eradicate it is to realize emptiness. Emptiness is not easy to understand, but it is extremely important that we make the effort. Ultimately our efforts will be rewarded by the permanent cessation of all suffering and the everlasting bliss of full enlightenment.The purpose of understanding and meditating on emptiness is to release our mind from wrong conceptions and mistaken appearances so that we shall become a completely pure, or enlightened, being.In this context, ‘wrong conception’ refers to the mind of self-grasping ignorance – a conceptual mind that grasps objects as truly existent; and ‘mistaken appearance’ refers to the appearance of truly existent objects. The former are the obstructions to liberation and the latter the obstructions to omniscience. Only a Buddha has abandoned both obstructions.There are two types of self-grasping: self-grasping of persons and self-grasping of phenomena. The first grasps our own or others’ self, or I, as truly existent, and the second grasps any phenomenon other than our own or others’ self as truly existent. Minds that grasp our body, our mind, our possessions, and our world as truly existent are all examples of self-grasping of phenomena.The main point of meditating on emptiness is to reduce and finally to eliminate both types of self-grasping. Self-grasping is the source of all our problems; the extent to which we suffer is directly proportional to the intensity of our self-grasping.For example, when our self-grasping is very strong, we feel a sharp mental pain when others simply tease us in a friendly way, whereas at times when our self-grasping is weak we just laugh with them. Once we completely destroy our self-grasping, all our problems will naturally disappear. Even temporarily, meditating on emptiness is very helpful for overcoming anxiety and worry. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/calgary/meditation-on-emptiness/100001983400402997 - **Event Categories**: meditation, health-wellness, workshops - **Slot details of has slots**: - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fmeditation-on-emptiness-tickets-1983400402997 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 12.06, max: 12.06, currency: CAD ## Event venue details - **city**: Calgary - **state**: AB - **country**: Canada - **location**: Akshobya Kadampa Buddhist Centre - **lat**: 51.052776 - **long**: -114.10912200000001 - **full address**: Akshobya Kadampa Buddhist Centre, 2120 Kensington Rd NW, Calgary, Canada ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Akshobya Kadampa Buddhist Centre (https://allevents.in/org/akshobya-kadampa-buddhist-centre/22562700) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/02791533756160f013567a4eba79d91fbeb08a18ebce2446c2d26ab70a10395b-rimg-w1200-h600-dc6072c3-gmir.jpg?v=1771655675 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/34de363a6d62d97fe93304cc2677d0be0b167ea7f6fc5c894c5cf5b3953c106f-rimg-w400-h400-dcaa8e92-gmir.jpg?v=1771655674 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-06:00) - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Akshobya Kadampa Buddhist Centre, 2120 Kensington Rd NW, Calgary, Canada - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 12.06 up to 12.06 CAD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Akshobya Kadampa Buddhist Centre - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** meditation, health-wellness, workshops - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Meditation on Emptiness ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Meditation on Emptiness", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/02791533756160f013567a4eba79d91fbeb08a18ebce2446c2d26ab70a10395b-rimg-w1200-h600-dc6072c3-gmir.jpg?v=1771655675", "startDate": "2026-03-27T19:00:00-06:00", "endDate": "2026-04-10T19:00:00-06:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/calgary/meditation-on-emptiness/100001983400402997", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Akshobya Kadampa Buddhist Centre", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "2120 Kensington Rd NW", "addressLocality": "Calgary", "addressRegion": "AB", "addressCountry": "CA" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "51.052776", "longitude": "-114.10912200000001" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Meditation on 'taking' on others' suffering to help us develop a pure motivation; then, meditate on the emptiness of the body", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "CAD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-02-20", "availabilityEnds": "2026-04-10T19:00:00-06:00", "validFrom": "2026-02-20", "lowPrice": "12.06", "highPrice": "12.06", "price": "12.06", "url": "https://allevents.in/calgary/meditation-on-emptiness/100001983400402997" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "CAD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-02-20", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-02-20", "url": "https://allevents.in/calgary/meditation-on-emptiness/100001983400402997", "price": "12.06", "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Akshobya Kadampa Buddhist Centre", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/akshobya-kadampa-buddhist-centre/22562700", "description": "Akshobya Kadampa Buddhist Centre is a flourishing Buddhist community located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 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