Lone Star Buddhist Meditation Center of Texas is a branch of Mahamevnawa Buddhist Meditation Center Sri Lanka. We are a non-profit organization dedicated to the practice and the teaching of the Gautama Buddha.
It is our mission to spread the Buddha’s teachings of generosity, morality, and meditation and to enhance the spiritual life of our members and the general public through cultivating friendship, compassion, and wisdom. The services of this organization are open to the public, to learn and practice meditation and Buddhism. Our services are free to the public.
We provide following programs for the community and our members
Meditation programs twice a month, which helps you manage and balance your lives, and to find your inner peace through developing mindfulness. Our resident monks guide the public based on the authentic teachings of historical Buddhism. The instructions given include meditation for beginners as well as meditation for advanced practitioners.
Provide blood drives every six months to the community.
Provide food drives for the needy every three months.
Youth programs for young children once a month, which teaches how to develop compassion, honesty, generosity, respect for the fellow human and how to develop mindfulness through meditation.
Children’s program once a month, which teaches how to develop compassion, honesty, generosity and respect for the fellow human. Also, teaches light meditation to develop mindfulness.
Weekly Dhamma programs for the community. Provide extensive teachings of the Buddha.
Monthly Sil program for the Buddhist community, providing Dhamma chanting, dhamma stories, Buddhist teachings, and meditation.
Learning Links
- Is there a charge for activities?
No. All of our events and activities are completely free. - Is the public welcome to attend?
Absolutely. That’s why we are here. Anyone interested in learning is welcome. No need to join. No need to register.
Buddhism is a philosophy that clearly shows the Path to liberation for all. This doctrine, perfect and consistent in the beginning, in the middle and in the end, can be realized in this life itself.
Everything we teach comes from the ancient sermons taught by Gautama Buddha and his enlightened disciples that lived with him. They have been preserved in the Sutta Pitaka by the Theravada Buddhist tradition.
We are part of the oldest living Buddhist tradition in the world, Theravada. The teachings come from the Buddha named Sidhartha Gautama, often referred to as the historical Buddha. He was born in India over 2,500 years ago and discovered not only the cause of suffering in the world, but the way to completely eliminate all forms of suffering, large and small.
The Buddha taught us that virtue is the foundation for all of the good qualities we can develop in the mind. By following five basic training rules we can eliminate worry and regret that disturbs our meditation. As well, we avoid all the unpleasant results of unwholesome actions.