Daily Services

You are welcome to join us for all or part of our morning and evening services, called "tsokpa", to sit in meditation.  Chanting is in Tibetan, so for those interested in participating in the chanting, transliterated copies of the text are available for use in the shrine room.

Daily 6:00-8:00am | Morning Tsokpa
Includes Tara and Medicine Buddha.

Daily 5:00-6:30pm | Evening Tsokpa
Mahakala Protector practice

Saturday Mornings (Day subject to change: call 845-297-2500 to confirm)

8:30am | Tong Chö
A traditional Tong Chö of 1,000 butter lamps, 1,000 bowls of saffron water and 300 bowls filled with rice, incense and flowers is offered weekly, accompanied by chanting of the Chenrezi practice.

10:00am | Monlam Choga, followed by the Short Shitro Practice
Chanting of the Monlam Choga (Prayers of Auspiciousness), a practice of offering and aspiration prayers compiled by Dorje Chang Kalu Rinpoche. This is followed by the short liturgy of Shitro (Peaceful and Wrathful Deities), a profound practice from the cycle of teachings and meditations of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. We dedicate this practice to the deceased in order to purify negativities, avert obstacles in the bardo, and establish a connection with the deities that will ripen in future lives.

Monday Evenings

7:00-7:30pm | Beginner's Tibetan
Study and practice of the Tibetan alphabet

7:30-8:30pm | Introduction to Buddhist Meditation
Teachings on foundational Buddhist thought along with meditation instructions

Tuesday Evenings

7:30-9:00pm | Ngöndro
Preliminary practices chanted in both English and Tibetan

Wednesday Evenings

7:30-8:30pm | Sitting Meditation
Our weekly open practice hour consists of sitting meditation guided by a resident lama.  It is an opportunity for individuals to work with meditation methods they have learned during KTC's Monday night class or on their own.  There is no formal teaching or questions and answers.

Thursday Evenings

7:30-8:30pm | Chenrezig Chanting Practice
Please join us as we chant and meditate in order to realize our inborn great compassion. Our root lama, Dorje Chang Kalu Rinpoche, emphasized the practice of Chenrezig for his western students. In his own words, “Chenrezig represents the union of love and compassion of all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Meditation on Chenrezig develops that love and compassion in practitioners, thus leading to the realization of emptiness, the ultimate nature. That is why I chose this deity for Western students.”

We chant in Tibetan, and the liturgy is translated as well as written phonetically. You can chant along, or silently read the translation.

Saturday Evenings

7:30-8:30pm | Chenrezig Chanting Practice
Please join us as we chant and meditate in order to realize our inborn great compassion. Our root lama, Dorje Chang Kalu Rinpoche, emphasized the practice of Chenrezig for his western students. In his own words, “Chenrezig represents the union of love and compassion of all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Meditation on Chenrezig develops that love and compassion in practitioners, thus leading to the realization of emptiness, the ultimate nature. That is why I chose this deity for Western students.”

We chant in Tibetan, and the liturgy is translated as well as written phonetically. You can chant along, or silently read the translation.