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Upcoming Special Events
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Introduction to Tantra
Dates to be announced

with Gyume Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa.

Through the practice of Tantra, the goal of enlightenment can most quickly be realized. This powerful approach brings the future result of full awakening into the present moment of spiritual practice.

This precious class will be open to all serious practitioners. A tantric initiation is NOT required.



The Six Yogas of Naropa

Aug 21 & 22 and Sept 25 & 26

with Gyume Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa.

Gyume Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa continues this extremely rare and precious series of teachings on The Six Dharmas of Naropa. This profound instruction contains a unique body of meditation practices that relate to the completion stage of Buddhist Anuttarayoga Tantra.

The teachings are based on the system of instruction that is preserved in the Gelupa tradition. The primary text for this material is Lama Tsongkapa's instruction manual known by the title "Trustworthy in Three Ways." This extraordinary work explains in a clear and precise manner the entire range of meditation practices, beginning with the preliminaries and physical exercises, followed by the six principal topics: psychic heat, illusory body, clear light, consciousness transference, projection of consciousness into another body, and intermediate-state yoga.

Highest Yoga Tantra initiation required to attend.


 

Ongoing Classes
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Recent Events


The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva
with Gyume Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa

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Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche taught from this text written by Gyelsay Togmay Sangpo, who lived from 1295 to 1369. This work is about training the mind. This means ridding ourselves completely of all disturbing emotions and their imprints. At the very least it should help us to prevent their coarser forms and gradually to decrease them.



Celebration of the 1000 Buddha’s Offerings
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This celebration took place on the day of Lord Buddha's birth, enlightenment and parinirvana. Extensive offerings and prayers were made for the accumulation of merits and purification. This ceremony is very beneficial for purification of sickness, negative karma and also for those who have already passed away.



Tibetan Prayer Flag Ceremony
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Hosted by the Tibetan Women's Association, this ceremony for the Tibetan community featured a Tara Puja performed by resident monks.


Group Study Workshop on Lamrim Topics
with Geshe Lobsang Dhargye

Five dharma students were asked to lead discussions on one of five Lamrim topics. Participants were asked to prepare in advance, bringing questions, doubts and concerns about each topic.



Tong Len (Giving and Taking)
with Gyume Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa.

Gyume Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa presented teachings on destroying ego grasping and developing universal kindness.



Seven Point Mind Training
with Gyume Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa.

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The Seven Point Mind Training provides advice particularly useful for our day-to-day life. It is neither exotic nor poetic, but purely pragmatic: its subject is how to transform one's every activity into a method of opening the heart toward others. This is right livelihood, right action, in the deeper sense of the words.

Especially in the present age of social and economic unrest, when so few conditions encourage spiritual practice and so many oppose it, when the use of material resources, which are meant to support life, is exaggerated to obsession, the Lojong teaching is most useful.


Buddhist Dharma: Paths & Means - Selected Seminars
with Gyume Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa.

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This class provided an overview introduction of the stages of meditation and realization. Rinpoche explained the some of the practices involved in the five paths and ten grounds that a practitioner traverses to reach the state of perfect enlightenment.


Equalizing and Exchanging One Self with Others
with Gyume Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa.

Gyume Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa presented teachings on eliminating self cherishing, ego grasping and developing universal responsibility through the technique of Equalizing Self and Others.


Yamantaka Retreat Instruction with Gyume Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa.

Yamantaka is the wrathful emanation of Manjushri. His practice is auspicious for achieving long life, developing wisdom and is the antidote for many inner and outer obstacles. A Yamantaka practice is valuable during this degenerative time.


"Mind Training" or Lojong with Gyume Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa

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How does one manage relationships that are difficult? How does one learn to live with oneself and deal with one's weaknesses? These and other pertinent questions are dealt with in the teachings called "Mind Training" or Lojong.

The Lojong system was introduced to Tibet during the 11th and 12th century. Lojong is a body of teachings that is specifically structured for the "Training" of all the aspects of the "Mind" that are necessary for acquiring, and strengthening of the energy for complete enlightenment. It provides clear and detailed explanations for the complete transformation of all types of minds into healthier and wholesome states


Tundruk (Six Session Guru Yoga) Retreat with Gyume Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa.

In order to progress in your practice, it is most important that you keep all the vows and pledges as purely as you can. The main purpose of the Six-Session Guru Yoga practice is to help you keep the Bodhisattva and Tantric vows and pledges properly in the context of venerating your Root Lama. Broken vows stain your mind for a long time and block not only this but also future lives’ practice, preventing you from gaining understanding. Because of that, all of you who are sages should practice this Six-Session Guru Yoga as much as possible!


Monthly Children's Program
This month younger children learned to draw a Tibetan symbol while hearing about its meaning and benefit. Older children had a teaching from a wonderful Tibetan classic called "Treasury of Good Sayings of Saskya Pandita the Eminent Tibetan Lama, 1182-1251 -- Development of Awareness and Conduct."

The Mandala Dissolution Ceremony
Following a short one-hour teaching by Gyume Khensur Rinpoche the mandala, created by two monks from Gyume Monastery in India, was ritually dismantled and dispersed into a body of water, symbolizing the impermanence of life.

The Three Concerns:
Essential Practices for Life, Death, and Intermediate Stages

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The root text by the great Indian saint Matipa Rinpoche was taught by Gyume Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa based on a commentary by the 7th Dalai Lama. These are practiced on a daily basis so that one becomes proficient enough to practice them respectively at the time of death and in the bardo state.

The Compassionate Mandala Tour
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Visitors had the chance to observe the creation of the sacred art of the Tibetan sand mandala made from millions of grains of colored sand placed with great skill and patience to form intricate and beautiful sacred designs by exiled Gyumed Tibetan monks.

Mother's Day
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In Buddhism, Mothers are especially revered for their lovingkindness and generosity towards each of us. In fact we are taught that we can use this special relationship to help us develop these heartfelt feelings toward other sentient beings. Our resident spiritual teacher, Geshe Dhargye took the opportunity to host a special Children’s Program to honor mothers.

Animal Blessing
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Resident monks invited parents and children to bring family pets to be blessed.

 


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