PTC MATCHING CHALLENGE - GOAL ACCOMPLISHED!
A warm thank you for your kind support: together we have met the goal of the 2020 Matching Challenge! Your generosity is making it possible for the monastery to cover its expenses so we can continue to serve the community in the Dharma.
In addition to our daily prayers and weekly butterlamp offerings, we offer several weekly online classes and practices by Zoom to the public. To help alleviate the impact of the pandemic, Medicine Buddha practice is Zoomed every Wednesday at 7:30 pm.
Our heartfelt thanks go out to the sponsors who donated the original matching gift, and to all of you for your support. We pray always for your good health and safety during these challenging times.
With Appreciation,
Lamas and Staff of Palpung Thubten Choling
本寺由衷地感謝大家的幫助：由於我們大家的共同努力，2020年功德金雙倍配捐計劃已經達標！ 您的慷慨捐助使本寺能夠負擔日常開銷，從而讓我們可以繼續在此地弘揚佛法。
在這段關閉時期內，本寺仍如常舉行法務: 如每日誦經修法; 每週燃燈供佛, 每週數次在線開示 佛法共修；還有，為助平息疫情，每週三晚7:30共修藥師佛法門。
我們衷心地感謝贊助配捐基金的施主，以及各一位功德主。本寺在此非常時期，一直都在為 各位的健康安全祈禱。
此致極誠的謝意！
法林寺喇嘛及其他常住合十
Weekly Classes and Chanting Events Being Offered on Zoom
If you would like to participate please email Lama Lhadrun.
We are praying for everyone to be safe and healthy. Some of the practices being performed by resident monastics include the daily chanting of the Medicine Buddha sadhana and the weekly chanting of Kalu Rinpoche's Practice of Aspiration Prayers (Monlam Choga). Butterlamp offerings (Tongchö) will continue as usual, so please feel free to send in your prayers.
Please check our On-Going and Special Events pages for online teaching and chanting events.
Kagyu Thubten Chöling Monastery and Retreat Center
Under the Spiritual Direction of
Guru Vajradhara the 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa
Founded by Lama Norlha Rinpoche
Top: H.E. Tai Situ Rinpoche (Photo: K.S. Lhamo); Left: Lama Norlha Rinpoche (Photo: Robert Hansen-Sturm); Center: Buddha statue in main shrine room; Right: Kyabje Dorje Chang Kalu Rinpoche
Kagyu Thubten Chöling Monastery and its affiliate centers are branches of the Palpung Institution under the spiritual direction of Guru Vajradhara the 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa.
Kagyu Thubten Chöling Monastery and its Retreat Centers were founded in 1978 by Lama Norlha Rinpoche. Now affiliated with Palpung Congregation under the direction of Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa Rinpoche, the monastery provides opportunities for students at all levels. In addition to a daily schedule of practice, study and work, weekend seminars and special courses are led by resident and visiting lamas. The monastery is also home to a traditional three-year retreat program currently in its ninth cycle.
Over more than 30 years, we have been fortunate to host two visits from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and to receive blessings from both the 16th and 17th Karmapas, as well as numerous teachings and empowerments from the spiritual heads and other notable Lamas of all four lineages of Tibetan Buddhism.
Since its founding, a major focus of Kagyu Thubten Chöling Monastery has been the three-year retreat program which was initiated in 1982 and offers training to serious students in the core teachings and practices of the Kagyu Lineage. Three-year retreat graduates offer classes in Tibetan language, meditation, and traditional rituals, both at KTC and at our affiliated centers located in many cities throughout the U.S. East Coast and Peru. They also serve as mentors in the Dharma Path Program, a program created by Lama Norlha Rinpoche to provide serious practitioners in the lay community with comprehensive instruction in the progressive stages of meditation and contemplation.
