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Monday, May 29, 2023
May 2023

Monday, May 01, 2023

Daily Morning Services (Mon, May 01, 2023 6:00 am - 8:00 am)

These services are held everyday, but their details are only listed on the first day of the month.

 

You are welcome to join us for all or part of our morning 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. Morning Tsokpa includes Tara and Medicine Buddha.

(Free of charge)

Daily Evening Services (Mon, May 01, 2023 6:00 am - 7:30 am)

These services are held everyday, but their details are only listed on the first day of the month.

 

You are welcome to join us for all or part of our 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. Evening Tsokpa includes the Mahakala Protector practices.

(Free of charge)

Introduction to Buddhist Meditation (Mon, May 01, 2023 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Teachings on foundational Buddhist thought along with basic meditation instructions taught by resident teachers who have graduated from the KTC three-year retreat program. Appropriate for beginners and for anyone who would like to refresh their understanding of meditation or just meditate with a group. No prerequisites or attendance requirement, join us any Monday. This class is held in the Maitreya Center, Mahayana shrine room.

 


For information on how to join us via ZOOM, please click here.

 

(Free of charge)

Tuesday, May 02, 2023

Study Group on Awakening the Sleeping Buddha (Tue, May 02, 2023 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Led by Lamas Depa and Lhadrun, we will be exploring in depth Awakening the Sleeping Buddha written by the Twelfth Tai Situpa, Pema Donyo Nyinche. In this book, HE Tai Situ Rinpoche lucidly presents and explains very basic and important principles such as Buddha Nature, Bodhichitta, Reincarnation, Karma and Emptiness. In this class, which includes study, discussion and meditation, we will investigate these principles deeply, and also draw from the works of other Buddhist masters for further elucidation.

 

Guru Vajradhara Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa, The Twelth Tai Situpa, is a great meditation master, scholar, artist, and is the abbot of Sherab Ling Monastery in northern India, as well as the head of our own monastery, Palpung Thupten Choling.

 

We are very much looking forward to this new class and students of all levels are welcome to join. There are no prerequisites and no attendance requirement. 

 

 To join us via Zoom please click here.

 

(Free of charge)

 

Wednesday, May 03, 2023

Medicine Buddha Practice and The Verses that Saved Sakya from Sickness (Wed, May 03, 2023 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Please join us as we chant this essential practice which can increase our healing powers so that we can help those in our lives who are struggling with illness and obstacles and also remove our own physical and mental suffering. An abbreviated version of the Chenrezig practice is inserted in the prayer which follows, known as the Verses that Saved Sakya from Sickness.

 

The liturgies are being screen shared and are translated as well as written phonetically. You can chant along, or silently read the translation.

 

 To join us via Zoom please click here.

 

(Free of Charge)

Thursday, May 04, 2023

Chenrezig Practice (Thu, May 04, 2023 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Please join us as we chant and meditate in order to realize our inborn great compassion.  Guru Vajradhara Tai Situ Rinpoche has said that, “Chenrezig is the embodiment of compassion, Bodhicitta. We reach Buddhahood intentionally, and the intention is Bodhicitta. That is what Chenrezig represents. The Chenrezig Sadhana is the most sacred and profound sadhana. By practicing it with awareness, you can attain Chenrezig’s enlightened body, speech, and mind.”

 

The liturgy is being screen shared. It is translated as well as written phonetically. You can chant along, or silently read the translation.

 

 To join us via Zoom please click here.

 

(Free of Charge)

Saturday, May 06, 2023

Kalu Rinpoche's Practice of Aspiration Prayers (Monlam Choga), followed by the Short Practice of the Peaceful & Wrathful Deities (Shitro) (Sat, May 06, 2023 10:00 am - 12:00 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Chanting of the Monlam Choga, 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.

 

To join us via ZOOM, please click here

 

(Free of charge)

Monday, May 08, 2023

Introduction to Buddhist Meditation (Mon, May 08, 2023 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Teachings on foundational Buddhist thought along with basic meditation instructions taught by resident teachers who have graduated from the KTC three-year retreat program. Appropriate for beginners and for anyone who would like to refresh their understanding of meditation or just meditate with a group. No prerequisites or attendance requirement, join us any Monday. This class is held in the Maitreya Center, Mahayana shrine room.

 


For information on how to join us via ZOOM, please click here.

 

(Free of charge)

Tuesday, May 09, 2023

Study Group on Awakening the Sleeping Buddha (Tue, May 09, 2023 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Led by Lamas Depa and Lhadrun, we will be exploring in depth Awakening the Sleeping Buddha written by the Twelfth Tai Situpa, Pema Donyo Nyinche. In this book, HE Tai Situ Rinpoche lucidly presents and explains very basic and important principles such as Buddha Nature, Bodhichitta, Reincarnation, Karma and Emptiness. In this class, which includes study, discussion and meditation, we will investigate these principles deeply, and also draw from the works of other Buddhist masters for further elucidation.

 

Guru Vajradhara Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa, The Twelth Tai Situpa, is a great meditation master, scholar, artist, and is the abbot of Sherab Ling Monastery in northern India, as well as the head of our own monastery, Palpung Thupten Choling.

 

We are very much looking forward to this new class and students of all levels are welcome to join. There are no prerequisites and no attendance requirement. 

 

 To join us via Zoom please click here.

 

(Free of charge)

 

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Medicine Buddha Practice and The Verses that Saved Sakya from Sickness (Wed, May 10, 2023 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Please join us as we chant this essential practice which can increase our healing powers so that we can help those in our lives who are struggling with illness and obstacles and also remove our own physical and mental suffering. An abbreviated version of the Chenrezig practice is inserted in the prayer which follows, known as the Verses that Saved Sakya from Sickness.

 

The liturgies are being screen shared and are translated as well as written phonetically. You can chant along, or silently read the translation.

 

 To join us via Zoom please click here.

 

(Free of Charge)

Thursday, May 11, 2023

Chenrezig Practice (Thu, May 11, 2023 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Please join us as we chant and meditate in order to realize our inborn great compassion.  Guru Vajradhara Tai Situ Rinpoche has said that, “Chenrezig is the embodiment of compassion, Bodhicitta. We reach Buddhahood intentionally, and the intention is Bodhicitta. That is what Chenrezig represents. The Chenrezig Sadhana is the most sacred and profound sadhana. By practicing it with awareness, you can attain Chenrezig’s enlightened body, speech, and mind.”

 

The liturgy is being screen shared. It is translated as well as written phonetically. You can chant along, or silently read the translation.

 

 To join us via Zoom please click here.

 

(Free of Charge)

Saturday, May 13, 2023

Kalu Rinpoche's Practice of Aspiration Prayers (Monlam Choga), followed by the Short Practice of the Peaceful & Wrathful Deities (Shitro) (Sat, May 13, 2023 10:00 am - 12:00 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Chanting of the Monlam Choga, 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.

 

To join us via ZOOM, please click here

 

(Free of charge)

Monday, May 15, 2023

Introduction to Buddhist Meditation (Mon, May 15, 2023 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Teachings on foundational Buddhist thought along with basic meditation instructions taught by resident teachers who have graduated from the KTC three-year retreat program. Appropriate for beginners and for anyone who would like to refresh their understanding of meditation or just meditate with a group. No prerequisites or attendance requirement, join us any Monday. This class is held in the Maitreya Center, Mahayana shrine room.

 


For information on how to join us via ZOOM, please click here.

 

(Free of charge)

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Study Group on Awakening the Sleeping Buddha (Tue, May 16, 2023 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Led by Lamas Depa and Lhadrun, we will be exploring in depth Awakening the Sleeping Buddha written by the Twelfth Tai Situpa, Pema Donyo Nyinche. In this book, HE Tai Situ Rinpoche lucidly presents and explains very basic and important principles such as Buddha Nature, Bodhichitta, Reincarnation, Karma and Emptiness. In this class, which includes study, discussion and meditation, we will investigate these principles deeply, and also draw from the works of other Buddhist masters for further elucidation.

 

Guru Vajradhara Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa, The Twelth Tai Situpa, is a great meditation master, scholar, artist, and is the abbot of Sherab Ling Monastery in northern India, as well as the head of our own monastery, Palpung Thupten Choling.

 

We are very much looking forward to this new class and students of all levels are welcome to join. There are no prerequisites and no attendance requirement. 

 

 To join us via Zoom please click here.

 

(Free of charge)

 

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Medicine Buddha Practice and The Verses that Saved Sakya from Sickness (Wed, May 17, 2023 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Please join us as we chant this essential practice which can increase our healing powers so that we can help those in our lives who are struggling with illness and obstacles and also remove our own physical and mental suffering. An abbreviated version of the Chenrezig practice is inserted in the prayer which follows, known as the Verses that Saved Sakya from Sickness.

 

The liturgies are being screen shared and are translated as well as written phonetically. You can chant along, or silently read the translation.

 

 To join us via Zoom please click here.

 

(Free of Charge)

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Chenrezig Practice (Thu, May 18, 2023 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Please join us as we chant and meditate in order to realize our inborn great compassion.  Guru Vajradhara Tai Situ Rinpoche has said that, “Chenrezig is the embodiment of compassion, Bodhicitta. We reach Buddhahood intentionally, and the intention is Bodhicitta. That is what Chenrezig represents. The Chenrezig Sadhana is the most sacred and profound sadhana. By practicing it with awareness, you can attain Chenrezig’s enlightened body, speech, and mind.”

 

The liturgy is being screen shared. It is translated as well as written phonetically. You can chant along, or silently read the translation.

 

 To join us via Zoom please click here.

 

(Free of Charge)

Saturday, May 20, 2023

Kalu Rinpoche's Practice of Aspiration Prayers (Monlam Choga), followed by the Short Practice of the Peaceful & Wrathful Deities (Shitro) (Sat, May 20, 2023 10:00 am - 12:00 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Chanting of the Monlam Choga, 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.

 

To join us via ZOOM, please click here

 

(Free of charge)

Monday, May 22, 2023

Introduction to Buddhist Meditation (Mon, May 22, 2023 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Teachings on foundational Buddhist thought along with basic meditation instructions taught by resident teachers who have graduated from the KTC three-year retreat program. Appropriate for beginners and for anyone who would like to refresh their understanding of meditation or just meditate with a group. No prerequisites or attendance requirement, join us any Monday. This class is held in the Maitreya Center, Mahayana shrine room.

 


For information on how to join us via ZOOM, please click here.

 

(Free of charge)

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Study Group on Awakening the Sleeping Buddha (Tue, May 23, 2023 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Led by Lamas Depa and Lhadrun, we will be exploring in depth Awakening the Sleeping Buddha written by the Twelfth Tai Situpa, Pema Donyo Nyinche. In this book, HE Tai Situ Rinpoche lucidly presents and explains very basic and important principles such as Buddha Nature, Bodhichitta, Reincarnation, Karma and Emptiness. In this class, which includes study, discussion and meditation, we will investigate these principles deeply, and also draw from the works of other Buddhist masters for further elucidation.

 

Guru Vajradhara Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa, The Twelth Tai Situpa, is a great meditation master, scholar, artist, and is the abbot of Sherab Ling Monastery in northern India, as well as the head of our own monastery, Palpung Thupten Choling.

 

We are very much looking forward to this new class and students of all levels are welcome to join. There are no prerequisites and no attendance requirement. 

 

 To join us via Zoom please click here.

 

(Free of charge)

 

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Medicine Buddha Practice and The Verses that Saved Sakya from Sickness (Wed, May 24, 2023 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Please join us as we chant this essential practice which can increase our healing powers so that we can help those in our lives who are struggling with illness and obstacles and also remove our own physical and mental suffering. An abbreviated version of the Chenrezig practice is inserted in the prayer which follows, known as the Verses that Saved Sakya from Sickness.

 

The liturgies are being screen shared and are translated as well as written phonetically. You can chant along, or silently read the translation.

 

 To join us via Zoom please click here.

 

(Free of Charge)

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Chenrezig Practice (Thu, May 25, 2023 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Please join us as we chant and meditate in order to realize our inborn great compassion.  Guru Vajradhara Tai Situ Rinpoche has said that, “Chenrezig is the embodiment of compassion, Bodhicitta. We reach Buddhahood intentionally, and the intention is Bodhicitta. That is what Chenrezig represents. The Chenrezig Sadhana is the most sacred and profound sadhana. By practicing it with awareness, you can attain Chenrezig’s enlightened body, speech, and mind.”

 

The liturgy is being screen shared. It is translated as well as written phonetically. You can chant along, or silently read the translation.

 

 To join us via Zoom please click here.

 

(Free of Charge)

Saturday, May 27, 2023

Kalu Rinpoche's Practice of Aspiration Prayers (Monlam Choga), followed by the Short Practice of the Peaceful & Wrathful Deities (Shitro) (Sat, May 27, 2023 10:00 am - 12:00 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Chanting of the Monlam Choga, 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.

 

To join us via ZOOM, please click here

 

(Free of charge)

Monday, May 29, 2023

Introduction to Buddhist Meditation (Mon, May 29, 2023 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Teachings on foundational Buddhist thought along with basic meditation instructions taught by resident teachers who have graduated from the KTC three-year retreat program. Appropriate for beginners and for anyone who would like to refresh their understanding of meditation or just meditate with a group. No prerequisites or attendance requirement, join us any Monday. This class is held in the Maitreya Center, Mahayana shrine room.

 


For information on how to join us via ZOOM, please click here.

 

(Free of charge)

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Study Group on Awakening the Sleeping Buddha (Tue, May 30, 2023 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Led by Lamas Depa and Lhadrun, we will be exploring in depth Awakening the Sleeping Buddha written by the Twelfth Tai Situpa, Pema Donyo Nyinche. In this book, HE Tai Situ Rinpoche lucidly presents and explains very basic and important principles such as Buddha Nature, Bodhichitta, Reincarnation, Karma and Emptiness. In this class, which includes study, discussion and meditation, we will investigate these principles deeply, and also draw from the works of other Buddhist masters for further elucidation.

 

Guru Vajradhara Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa, The Twelth Tai Situpa, is a great meditation master, scholar, artist, and is the abbot of Sherab Ling Monastery in northern India, as well as the head of our own monastery, Palpung Thupten Choling.

 

We are very much looking forward to this new class and students of all levels are welcome to join. There are no prerequisites and no attendance requirement. 

 

 To join us via Zoom please click here.

 

(Free of charge)

 

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Medicine Buddha Practice and The Verses that Saved Sakya from Sickness (Wed, May 31, 2023 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Masks are required indoors. 

 

Please join us as we chant this essential practice which can increase our healing powers so that we can help those in our lives who are struggling with illness and obstacles and also remove our own physical and mental suffering. An abbreviated version of the Chenrezig practice is inserted in the prayer which follows, known as the Verses that Saved Sakya from Sickness.

 

The liturgies are being screen shared and are translated as well as written phonetically. You can chant along, or silently read the translation.

 

 To join us via Zoom please click here.

 

(Free of Charge)

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