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SUMMARY:Summer Solstice Blessing of the Waters
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, June 21st 2023 is the summer solstice\, the longest day of the year.  For many years now\, at both summer and winter solstices\, Khenpo Karten Rinpoche offers a Blessing of the Waters\, by reciting two prayers that he composed\, Propitiating the Devas of the Four Elements and the Prayer for World Peace.  This year\, we will meet again in person.  We will gather in community and send our good energy to the ocean\, to all the waters of the world\, and to all of nature and humanity.  Attendees are asked to bring flower petals/flowers for the offering. \nBecause this practice is on the beach\, there is no opportunity for us to also broadcast online (as far as known). \nThis practice may also be done by any person in they place they live.  Practitioners may download these prayers to recite at the beach\, by a river\, or wherever you choose outside in nature.  Bring some flowers to offer and send your good energy and wishes for healing to the waters of the world\, all the elements of nature\, and all sentient beings. \nAdditionally\, here is an “instruction on how to practice” the Blessing of the Waters\, composed by Rinpoche and Pema/Aaron with more information on how to  conduct a “do-it-yourself” Blessing of the Waters ceremony. \nInstructions on Blessing the Waters \nTashi Delek! \nPrayer for World Peace \nThrough roots of goodness of us all on this vast earth\, \nMay all living creatures become full of\nlove and compassion\, \nSo that all enjoy peace on earth! \nStop bad intentions\, thoughts and deeds\nof all those who terrorize others\, \nThat all living beings on this earth\ncome together like one family! \nMay all be well\, have long life and health\nwith bliss of mind\, free of illusion. \nMay all mothers have oceans of bliss\nof body\, for now\, and ultimately of mind. \nMay this lamp of wisdom love\, oneness\,\nhighest remedy to clear darkness\, \nEnter the hearts of all living beings\,\nso their perfect path be illumined! \nFootnote:  In the name of all religions on earth\, as I see and hear of increasingly many unwarranted harmful actions being enacted\, thinking\, with a joyful\, universal aspiration\, how wonderful it would be if all such activities ceased entirely.  Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\, on 2-4-2015\, on Wednesday\, His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s auspicious day\, wrote this dedication prayer to be recited at the conclusion of other prayers\, meditation\, or practices. \n 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/sunday-summer-solstice-blessing-of-the-waters-2023-06-21/
LOCATION:Lover’s Point Beach\, 17th St and Ocean View Blvd\, Pacific Grove\, CA\, 93950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230527T110000
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SUMMARY:Karma Shawa Rememberance Day
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 27th\, marks the one year anniversary of the passing of Rinpoche’s precious son and baby fawn\, Karma Shawa. Immediately following Saturday morning meditation\, we will move to the MDC backyard where Rinpoche will conduct a short ceremony and prayers in his memory. You can bring flowers if you would like \nFor those who are not familiar with Karma Sharwa’s story here is the link to my blog that I wrote one year ago and also an article written by Christopher Neely on Monterey County Weekly. \nhttp://www.khenpokarten.org/2022/06/karma-shawa-first-draft-i-would-like-to.html \nhttps://www.montereycountyweekly.com/opinion/mcnow_intro/the-story-of-a-pacific-grove-tibetan-monk-and-his-fawn-friend/article_53381ca6-ff0f-11ec-9803-0b96561ba5c2.html \nDo pray for Karma Sharwa on his anniversary day 🙏 Tashi delek \nHere is a prayer that Rinpoche wrote for his friend: \nPrayer for Karma Shawa \nOM SVASTI\nProtector Amitabha of Sukhavati\,\nSupreme Deity of Infinite Light\, closest to our lives\,\nAs you hear my bereaved\, yearning request\,\nQuickly come\, unimpeded\, to the space before me!\nDuring this time when images of Dharma can still be seen\,\nThough our bodies were different\, me\, a human being\,\nAnd you\, a dear little animal\, we came together\nIn this place\, here\, like a father and his son.\nSeparated in the briefest moment\, the nature of impermanent things\,\nYet\, by power of our profound connection during this short time\,\nAnd the positive potential of your good instincts for compassion\,\nThrough forceful methods\, may you take birth in Sukhavati!\nEven if you are not reborn in Sukhavati\,\nMay you take ordination\, meet a Virtuous Spiritual Guide\,\nTrain your mind in successive hearing\, contemplation\, and meditation\,\nAnd finally become irreversible on the path.\nSupreme Deity\, Amitabha\, Lord of hundreds of Buddha families\,\nThrough blessings of your compassion\, coming close from afar\,\nPlease calm all frightening visions of the fawn’s intermediate state\nand swiftly guide the departed Karma Shawa to Sukhavati!\nFor your parents who are left behind\nMay our sorrow for you be consoled\nMay we enjoy health\, peace and happiness\,\nAnd never part from Dharma for a moment of the day or night. \n 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/karma-shawa-rememberance-day/
LOCATION:Manjushri Dharma Center\, 724 Forest Ave\, Pacific Grove\, CA\, 93950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230403T183000
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SUMMARY:Japa Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche Parinirvana Day -- Online Guru Yoga Practice
DESCRIPTION:March 27th\, 2023\, marks the 22nd anniversary of the Parinirvana of Kyabje Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche\, the kind hearted Root Guru of our own Khenpo Karten Rinpoche. \nOn Monday\, April 3rd\, at 6:30pm PST on ZOOM\, Khenpo Karten Rinpoche will remember the great kindness of his Guru Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche with the profound practice of Guru Yoga composed by Khenpo Karten and His Holiness the 17th Karmapa\, Ogyen Trinley Dorje.  The Sadhana text can be downloaded here:  The Guru Practice\, Rain of Blessings. \nSangye Tenzin spent 21 years in Chinese prison\, yet he transformed the experience into pure spiritual food\, and left the prison with only good wishes for his captors.  He was truly a Buddha appearing in this world. To learn more about Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche: “Medicine for the Mind:  On Using Suffering and Obstacles for Mental Development.”  or read about how Sangye Tenzin came to Khenpo Karten Rinpoche in his dreams by reading “An Amazing Dream Of My Root Guru.’ \nOnline via the MDC Zoom:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86274306749?pwd=MHhxUmtQZlVmWDJKUklSS3QvV05rdz09\nMeeting ID: 862 7430 6749\nPasscode: Love=Peace\nOne tap mobile\n+16699009128\,\,86274306749#\,\,\,\,*4723131265# US (San Jose)\n+16694449171\,\,86274306749#\,\,\,\,*4723131265# US\n\n“Master\, though you have passed to the sphere of reality\, Without thinking that I lack a Guru\, May I realize the whole of existence As the Guru’s mandala and so be Liberated. \nMaster\, You equal all Buddhas in realization\, Yet\, for this disciple\, you surpass them all. Father\, unrivaled Guru\, may all be auspicious For your presence in all places and times!”
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/sangye-tenzin-rinpoche-remembrance-guru-yoga-online-2-2023-04-03/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230319T183000
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SUMMARY:Rinpoche Homecoming Welcome and Khata Ceremony!
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, March 19\, 2023\, our precious Lama will return to the Manjushri Dharma Center in Pacific Grove after a long tour throughout Asia. The local Sangha will welcome Rinpoche back with a traditional khata ceremony; we hope that all Rinpoche’s dear students and friends are able to make it to rejoice and give our Lama a heartfelt welcome home! Regarding the event\, here’s a message from MDC President\, David Winkler (Karma Dorje): \n“Precious MDC Sangha members: Rinpoche is scheduled to return to San Francisco at 3:50 P.M. on Sunday 19 March. Tenzin and Dechen will be picking him up and bringing him home to Pacific Grove. Many of us would like to be on hand to welcome him back to his California home. Assuming that it will take about 2 hours to make the drive and that it will take at least 1/2-1 hour for Rinpoche to get off the plane and collect his bags\, the earliest we could expect to welcome him home would be about 6:30. Tenzin will text me when they are leaving the airport\, so we will be able to fine-tune our preparations a bit on the fly. \nI’m guessing that Rinpoche will be pretty tired after his 11 hour flight\, and I think we don’t want to do anything more than make sure he has some food in the kitchen and greet him on either side of the walk into his home\, katas at the ready.  \nPlease let me know if you are planning to be there on Sunday evening\, and please pass the word to other Sangha members for whom I don’t have email addresses handy? \nBlessings and dry warmth to all\, \nWink/Karma Dorje” \nFor more information about the event\, please feel free to reach out to MDC Board Secretary\, Miles McBreen (Karma Palden) at montereymiles222@gmail.com  or 831 521-2954
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/rinpoche-homecoming-welcome-and-khata-ceremony/
LOCATION:Manjushri Dharma Center\, 724 Forest Ave\, Pacific Grove\, CA\, 93950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230310T160000
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SUMMARY:Tibetan Uprising Day 2023
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, March 10th\, 2023 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm PST in-person at Windows on the Bay\, the corner of Del Monte and El Estero (703 Del Monte Ave\, Monterey\, CA 93940) as we join a day of international protests known as Tibetan Uprising Day. The event is being organized by Rinpoche’s niece Dechen and her partner Tenzin; if you’d like to register\, please check out their Facebook event page. Even in Rinpoche’s physical absence while he is on his Asia Tour 2023\, the annual event will continue! The annual protest on Tibetan Uprising Day is very special to Rinpoche\, an event that he has organized with the MDC annually for many years\, and he will be with us in spirit!\n \nSince the Chinese occupation in 1959\, more than one million Tibetans have been killed. To fly a Tibetan flag\, even mention His Holiness the Dalai Lama\, send an email abroad\, or say the phrase “human rights\,” is cause for imprisonment and torture. 99% of all Tibetan monasteries have been closed. These horrors and atrocities continue today throughout Tibet\, such as those recently in Drakgo\, Yarchen Gar\, Khamar Gonpa\, and many others. The situation is desperate and worsening; the Tibetan people and their culture are being systematically attacked. Yet\, they continue to stand up against this repression and violence in a non-violent way\, as they have each year for over 60 years. We cannot let the world forget. Please lend your voice to peace\, justice\, and freedom:  Support Tibet! \nPlease note: Protesters cannot step into the street or hand out leaflets to cars\, as per a city safety mandate. Signs will be provided\, or you may bring your own. We will be there rain or shine. \nWant to learn more about what is happening in Tibet?   Cannot join the protest in person\, but want to help take action?  Learn the latest and how you can help at the UK-based Free-Tibet website or the US-based Students For A Free Tibet.   \nMay all cultures and peoples live together in harmony and peace.
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/tibetan-uprising-day-protest-in-person-and-online-2023-03-10/
LOCATION:Windows on the Bay\, Corner of Del Monte and Camino El Estero\, Monterey\, 93940\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Rinpoche Livestream from Nepal
DESCRIPTION:སང་ཉིན་ཞོགས་པ་བལ་ཡུལ་ཆུ་ཚོད་དགུ་པའི་ཐོག་མཆོད་རྟེན་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ཐད་གཏོང་བྱེད་འཆར་ཡོད་པས་དེ་ལུགས་ཐུགས་ངེས་ཞུ།\n\n“I will be having a Facebook Livestream tomorrow morning at 9am Nepal time (7:15AM California time) to show all my friends the beautiful sights in Kathmandu. See you soon. Tashi delek 🙏🌻”\nManjushri Dharma Center Facebook Live
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/rinpoche-livestream-from-nepal/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Long Life Prayers for Rinpoche & A Prayer for Peace
DESCRIPTION:Following the usual Saturday morning meditation at the Manjushri Dharma Center\, students have requested to chant long life prayers for Rinpoche before his Asia Tour; additionally\, Rinpoche will hold a ‘Prayer for Peace’\, which will be the last Dharma activity that Khenpo La will conduct before his Asia Tour 2023. Please do join us on Zoom or in-person\, and say farewell and wish our precious Lama a fortuitous and pleasant trip! \nPrayer for Peace \nThrough roots of goodness of us all on this vast earth\,\nMay all living creatures become full of\nlove and compassion\,\nSo that all enjoy peace on earth!\nStop bad intentions\, thoughts and deeds\nof all those who terrorize others\,\nThat all living beings on this earth\ncome together like one family!\nMay all be well\, have long life and health\nwith bliss of mind\, free of illusion.\nMay all mothers have oceans of bliss\nof body\, for now\, and ultimately of mind.\nMay this lamp of wisdom love\, oneness\,\nhighest remedy to clear darkness\,\nEnter the hearts of all living beings\,\nso their perfect path be illumined!  
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/a-prayer-for-peace/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221130T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221130T203000
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SUMMARY:Special Event! Spiritual Journeys: Stories and pictures of the Dalai Lama and Tibetans in exile
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday night\, 11/30/22\, at 7:00PM at the Center for Spiritual Awakening in Pacific Grove\, CA\, Dr. Ginger Chih will be sharing photos and stories of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people in exile. Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\, the spiritual director of Pacific Grove’s Manjushri Dharma Center\, will also be sharing stories of his life in Buddhism and with the Dalai Lama. \nThis event is free and open to the community\, but donations are welcome. First editions of Ginger’s The Dalai Lama: Leadership and the Power of Compassion signed by the author\, will be available as a fundraiser for the creation of an outdoor meditation and meeting space at the Manjushri Dharma Center on Forest Avenue. \nIf you have any questions about the event\, please contact the MDC President\, David Winkler\, at wink01@gmail.com
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/spiritual-journeys-stories-and-pictures-of-the-dalai-lama-and-tibetans-in-exile/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussion/Support,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221127T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221127T120000
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SUMMARY:Khenpo Karten Rinpoche public talk at the CSA: 'Contentment\, the Supreme of Wealth'
DESCRIPTION:Rinpoche has been invited to visit and hold a teaching with his longtime friends at the Center for Spiritual Awakening in Pacific Grove\, California. The event will be held on Sunday\, November 27th\, at 10:00AM at the CSA:\n522 Central Avenue (Pacific Grove\, CA) 93950\nRinpoche will teach on ‘Contentment\, the Supreme of Wealth’. Please do join for this special occasion! Rinpoche will also be accompanied by expert Tibetan translator\, Jampa Tharchin. Chanted prayers will be held with accomplished pianist\, Michael Martinez. \nThe event will also be livestreamed on the Center for Spiritual Awakenings website: \nhttps://www.centerforspiritualawakening.org/csa-sundays.html \nAnd on the CSA YouTube channel: \nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQ751Yfg67eCuNxMQmj4lA
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/khenpo-karten-rinpoche-public-talk-at-the-csa-contentment-the-supreme-of-wealth/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220916T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220918T150000
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SUMMARY:15th Annual Amitabha Dechen Shingdrup 2022 - Mt. Adams Buddhist Temple (Trout Lake\, WA)
DESCRIPTION:The 15th Annual Amitabha Shingdrup Retreat & Teaching\nThe first week will be held at the Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association Community Center (Bhoekhang) in Portland\, Oregon. The second week will be held at the Mount Adams Buddhist Temple in Trout Lake\, Washington. There is no fee/registration and all Dharma students are welcome to join.\nWeek 1 at the NWTCA Community Center (Portland\, OR)\n\nSaturday\, September 10 – Monday\, Sept 12: 7:00AM – 4:00PM\n\nWeek 2 at the Mount Adams Buddhist Temple (Trout Lake\, WA)\n\nFriday\, September 16 – Sunday\, September 18 – 7:00AM – 3:00PM\n\nMorning Session: Sojong and Amitabha Sadhana practice\nAfternoon Session: Teaching on ‘The Words of my Perfect Teacher’ by Patrul Rinpoche\nLast Day: Butter Lamp Prayer and Tsok Offering\nBreakfast and lunch will be provided each of the days thanks to the generosity of Sangha members. Lama Kozen has kindly invited retreat participants to stay at the Mount Adams Buddhist Temple the second week of the retreat; participants can also camp out on the estate if they wish. Retreat participants will take the Sojong vows\, or the ‘observance of the eight temporary vows’ (https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/patrul-rinpoche/sojong-eight-branch-one-day?fbclid=IwAR2wgntf6bHXmD8Bb24R5TiDOnC9Q4G4Hu_PzgwX5hIyGFDU-g3039aYFAc)\n\nrefraining from killing\, stealing\, sexual activity\, and dishonesty\navoiding the three kinds of adornment and three kinds of entertainment\nabstaining from eating at inappropriate times (at night) and from sitting on high and luxurious seats.\n\nContact person: Dikyi Lhamo (Spiritual Director) at 360 721-2962 or for further information\, visit www.nwtca.org
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/amitabha-dechen-shingdrup-mt-adams-buddhist-temple-trout-lake-wa/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreats,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220910T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220912T160000
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SUMMARY:15th Annual Amitabha Dechen Shingdrup 2022 - NWTCA Community Center (Portland\, OR)
DESCRIPTION:The 15th Annual Amitabha Shingdrup Retreat & Teaching\nThe first week will be held at the Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association Community Center (Bhoekhang) in Portland\, Oregon. The second week will be held at the Mount Adams Buddhist Temple in Trout Lake\, Washington. There is no fee/registration and all Dharma students are welcome to join.\nWeek 1 at the NWTCA Community Center (Portland\, OR)\n\nSaturday\, September 10 – Monday\, Sept 12: 7:00AM – 4:00PM\n\nWeek 2 at the Mount Adams Buddhist Temple (Trout Lake\, WA)\n\nFriday\, September 16 – Sunday\, September 18 – 7:00AM – 3:00PM\n\nMorning Session: Sojong and Amitabha Sadhana practice\nAfternoon Session: Teaching on ‘The Words of my Perfect Teacher’ by Patrul Rinpoche\nLast Day: Butter Lamp Prayer and Tsok Offering\nBreakfast and lunch will be provided each of the days thanks to the generosity of Sangha members. Lama Kozen has kindly invited retreat participants to stay at the Mount Adams Buddhist Temple the second week of the retreat; participants can also camp out on the estate if they wish. Retreat participants will take the Sojong vows\, or the ‘observance of the eight temporary vows’ (https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/patrul-rinpoche/sojong-eight-branch-one-day?fbclid=IwAR2wgntf6bHXmD8Bb24R5TiDOnC9Q4G4Hu_PzgwX5hIyGFDU-g3039aYFAc)\n\nrefraining from killing\, stealing\, sexual activity\, and dishonesty\navoiding the three kinds of adornment and three kinds of entertainment\nabstaining from eating at inappropriate times (at night) and from sitting on high and luxurious seats.\n\nContact person: Dikyi Lhamo (Spiritual Director) at 360 721-2962 or for further information\, visit www.nwtca.org
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/amitabha-dechen-shingdrup-nwtca-community-center-portland-or/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreats,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220901T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220901T143000
DTSTAMP:20260508T215854
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SUMMARY:Welcome Guest Lama Geshe Lobsang Konchok !
DESCRIPTION:Please join us September 1st\, 2022\, at 1:30PM PST at the Manjushri Dharma Center to welcome Guest Lama Geshe Lobsang Konchok to the Manjushri Dharma Center in Pacific Grove with a traditional khata offering. Geshe La comes from one of the largest and well known Gelug-pa Monasteries in Southern India\, and had studied over 25 years before being bestowed the title of Geshe. Geshe\, or kalyāņamitra in Sanskrit\, translates to ‘virtuous friend’. Geshe La is a dear friend of Rinpoche’s and has visited the MDC in the past.
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/welcome-guest-lama-geshe-lobsang-konchok/
LOCATION:Manjushri Dharma Center\, 724 Forest Ave\, Pacific Grove\, CA\, 93950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220621T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220622T193000
DTSTAMP:20260508T215854
CREATED:20210515T011317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230520T224241Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Solstice Blessing of the Waters
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, June 21st 2023 is the summer solstice\, the longest day of the year.  For many years now\, at both summer and winter solstices\, Khenpo Karten Rinpoche offers a Blessing of the Waters\, by reciting two prayers that he composed\, Propitiating the Devas of the Four Elements and the Prayer for World Peace.  This year\, we will meet again in person.  We will gather in community and send our good energy to the ocean\, to all the waters of the world\, and to all of nature and humanity.  Attendees are asked to bring flower petals/flowers for the offering. \nBecause this practice is on the beach\, there is no opportunity for us to also broadcast online (as far as known). \nThis practice may also be done by any person in they place they live.  Practitioners may download these prayers to recite at the beach\, by a river\, or wherever you choose outside in nature.  Bring some flowers to offer and send your good energy and wishes for healing to the waters of the world\, all the elements of nature\, and all sentient beings. \nAdditionally\, here is an “instruction on how to practice” the Blessing of the Waters\, composed by Rinpoche and Pema/Aaron with more information on how to  conduct a “do-it-yourself” Blessing of the Waters ceremony. \nInstructions on Blessing the Waters \nTashi Delek! \nPrayer for World Peace \nThrough roots of goodness of us all on this vast earth\, \nMay all living creatures become full of\nlove and compassion\, \nSo that all enjoy peace on earth! \nStop bad intentions\, thoughts and deeds\nof all those who terrorize others\, \nThat all living beings on this earth\ncome together like one family! \nMay all be well\, have long life and health\nwith bliss of mind\, free of illusion. \nMay all mothers have oceans of bliss\nof body\, for now\, and ultimately of mind. \nMay this lamp of wisdom love\, oneness\,\nhighest remedy to clear darkness\, \nEnter the hearts of all living beings\,\nso their perfect path be illumined! \nFootnote:  In the name of all religions on earth\, as I see and hear of increasingly many unwarranted harmful actions being enacted\, thinking\, with a joyful\, universal aspiration\, how wonderful it would be if all such activities ceased entirely.  Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\, on 2-4-2015\, on Wednesday\, His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s auspicious day\, wrote this dedication prayer to be recited at the conclusion of other prayers\, meditation\, or practices. \n 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/sunday-summer-solstice-blessing-of-the-waters-2022-06-21/
LOCATION:Lover’s Point Beach\, 17th St and Ocean View Blvd\, Pacific Grove\, CA\, 93950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220328T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220328T200000
DTSTAMP:20260508T215854
CREATED:20210308T191942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230324T205859Z
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SUMMARY:Japa Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche Parinirvana Day -- Online Guru Yoga Practice
DESCRIPTION:March 27th\, 2023\, marks the 22nd anniversary of the Parinirvana of Kyabje Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche\, the kind hearted Root Guru of our own Khenpo Karten Rinpoche. \nOn Monday\, April 3rd\, at 6:30pm PST on ZOOM\, Khenpo Karten Rinpoche will remember the great kindness of his Guru Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche with the profound practice of Guru Yoga composed by Khenpo Karten and His Holiness the 17th Karmapa\, Ogyen Trinley Dorje.  The Sadhana text can be downloaded here:  The Guru Practice\, Rain of Blessings. \nSangye Tenzin spent 21 years in Chinese prison\, yet he transformed the experience into pure spiritual food\, and left the prison with only good wishes for his captors.  He was truly a Buddha appearing in this world. To learn more about Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche: “Medicine for the Mind:  On Using Suffering and Obstacles for Mental Development.”  or read about how Sangye Tenzin came to Khenpo Karten Rinpoche in his dreams by reading “An Amazing Dream Of My Root Guru.’ \nOnline via the MDC Zoom:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86274306749?pwd=MHhxUmtQZlVmWDJKUklSS3QvV05rdz09\nMeeting ID: 862 7430 6749\nPasscode: Love=Peace\nOne tap mobile\n+16699009128\,\,86274306749#\,\,\,\,*4723131265# US (San Jose)\n+16694449171\,\,86274306749#\,\,\,\,*4723131265# US\n\n“Master\, though you have passed to the sphere of reality\, Without thinking that I lack a Guru\, May I realize the whole of existence As the Guru’s mandala and so be Liberated. \nMaster\, You equal all Buddhas in realization\, Yet\, for this disciple\, you surpass them all. Father\, unrivaled Guru\, may all be auspicious For your presence in all places and times!”
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/sangye-tenzin-rinpoche-remembrance-guru-yoga-online-2/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220310T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220310T193000
DTSTAMP:20260508T215854
CREATED:20210302T021754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230301T172539Z
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SUMMARY:Tibetan Uprising Day 2023
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, March 10th\, 2023 from 6:00pm to 7:30pm PST in-person at Windows on the Bay\, the corner of Del Monte and El Estero (703 Del Monte Ave\, Monterey\, CA 93940) as we join a day of international protests known as Tibetan Uprising Day. The event is being organized by Rinpoche’s niece Dechen and her partner Tenzin; if you’d like to register\, please check out their Facebook event page. Even in Rinpoche’s physical absence while he is on his Asia Tour 2023\, the annual event will continue! The annual protest on Tibetan Uprising Day is very special to Rinpoche\, an event that he has organized with the MDC annually for many years\, and he will be with us in spirit!\n \nSince the Chinese occupation in 1959\, more than one million Tibetans have been killed. To fly a Tibetan flag\, even mention His Holiness the Dalai Lama\, send an email abroad\, or say the phrase “human rights\,” is cause for imprisonment and torture. 99% of all Tibetan monasteries have been closed. These horrors and atrocities continue today throughout Tibet\, such as those recently in Drakgo\, Yarchen Gar\, Khamar Gonpa\, and many others. The situation is desperate and worsening; the Tibetan people and their culture are being systematically attacked. Yet\, they continue to stand up against this repression and violence in a non-violent way\, as they have each year for over 60 years. We cannot let the world forget. Please lend your voice to peace\, justice\, and freedom:  Support Tibet! \nPlease note: Protesters cannot step into the street or hand out leaflets to cars\, as per a city safety mandate. Signs will be provided\, or you may bring your own. We will be there rain or shine. \nWant to learn more about what is happening in Tibet?   Cannot join the protest in person\, but want to help take action?  Learn the latest and how you can help at the UK-based Free-Tibet website or the US-based Students For A Free Tibet.   \nMay all cultures and peoples live together in harmony and peace.
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/tibetan-uprising-day-protest-in-person-and-online/
LOCATION:Windows on the Bay\, Corner of Del Monte and Camino El Estero\, Monterey\, 93940\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220204T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220204T193000
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SUMMARY:Transforming Difficulties into the Path of Joy; Buddhist Wisdom for the New Year
DESCRIPTION:The ancient teachings of the Buddha contain countless methods for using both favorable situations and our biggest problems into opportunities for lasting\, genuine happiness. With warmth\, humor and clarity\, Tibetan Buddhist Lama\, scholar and yogi Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\, will give advice on how to do just that through his characteristic blending of personal story\, original composition\, and classical verse. Rinpoche will also answer your questions. \n  \nThis virtual public talk was held on Zoom\, free and open to the public. This event also preceded the two-day February virtual retreat\, which also took place on Zoom. \nVideo of the Talk:\n\nhttps://youtu.be/6i3Vup7Uhqs\n\nTranscription of the Talk\n\nTransforming Difficulties into the Path of Joy:  Buddhist Wisdom for the New Year-talk transcription\ncourtesy of Florence Lee (thank you Florence!)\n\n\n\n\nTexts\n\nTwo texts were referenced in the teaching\, one written specifically for this evening class\, and one offered in previous years. \n\nTransforming Difficulties into the Path of Joy: Buddhist Wisdom for the New Year\nMedicine For The Mind:  Instructions for My Boston Dharma Brothers On Using Suffering and Obstacles for Mental Development\nDharma Gong to Wake Us from Ignorance\n\n  \nZoom link used for this event was: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86345470369?pwd=Mk1QQmFXVEdkd1N3RWlrbllNWXNFQT09\nMeeting ID: 863 4547 0369\nPasscode: Peace=Love \nOne tap mobile\n+16699009128\,\,86345470369#\,\,\,\,*4296739108# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,86345470369#\,\,\,\,*4296739108# US (Houston) \nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) \nMeeting ID: 863 4547 0369\nPhone Passcode: 4296739108 (no participant ID\, press # to bypass)\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kD7seFIYt
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/public-talk-feb-2022/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220123T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220123T113000
DTSTAMP:20260508T215854
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SUMMARY:Khenpo Karten Rinpoche public talk at the CSA: Transforming Life's Highs and Lows into Spiritual Practice
DESCRIPTION:Rinpoche has been invited to visit and hold a teaching with his longtime friends at the Center for Spiritual Awakening in Pacific Grove\, California. The event will be held on Sunday\, January 23rd\, at 10:00AM at the CSA: \n522 Central Avenue\, Pacific Grove\, CA 93950 \nRinpoche will teach on the 13th verse of his text Heartfelt Advice Of Dharma Nectar. The topic of the talk will be: Transforming Life’s Highs and Lows into Spiritual Practice \nWhether we are jumping for joy\nOr crying in pain\, during all highs and lows\,\nWhatever illusions of happiness or sadness arise\,\nUse them for your spiritual path! That is my heart advice. \nPlease do join! Rinpoche will also be accompanied by expert Tibetan translator\, Jampa Tharchin. Chanted prayers will be held with accomplished pianist\, Michael Martinez. \nThe event will also be livestreamed on the Center for Spiritual Awakenings website: \nhttps://www.centerforspiritualawakening.org/csa-sundays.html \nAnd on the CSA YouTube channel: \nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQ751Yfg67eCuNxMQmj4lA
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/khenpo-karten-rinpoche-at-the-center-for-spiritual-awakening-in-pacific-grove/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211210T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211210T170000
DTSTAMP:20260508T215854
CREATED:20211206T220127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211206T220127Z
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SUMMARY:Remembrance Ceremony + Amitabha Prayers
DESCRIPTION:Remembrance Ceremony\nFriday\, December 10th\, 2021\n3:30pm Pacific Time\nIn-person at the Manjushri Dharma Center\nBackyard/Outdoor event\n724 Forest Avenue\, Pacific Grove\, CA \nFriday\, December 10th is the 49th day of the dear sponsor of the Manjushri Dharma Center.  This sponsor\, who had always wished to remain anonymous\, funded the purchase of the building that has become the home of Khenpo Karten Rinpoche and the Manjushri Dharma Center.   Every year\, she consistently gave generously to fund Rinpoche’s travel and most recently\, helped to fund the new roof for the center. \nRinpoche invites all who are in the Monterey area to come and celebrate and remember this special person with prayers including a short Amitabha practice.   Attendees are encouraged to bring flowers and to wear white clothing.   Michael Martinez will be providing beautiful music\, and if all goes well\, will also stream the event on Facebook Live (or will post video after the event). \nThe ceremony will take place outside\, in the backyard of the Dharma Center.   Masks are encouraged\, and social distancing will be maintained. \nFor questions\, contact support@manjushridharmacenter.org.   \nImage credit:Alex Hu from Pixabay \n 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/remembrance-ceremony-amitabha-prayers/
LOCATION:Manjushri Dharma Center\, 724 Forest Ave\, Pacific Grove\, CA\, 93950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210624T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210624T110000
DTSTAMP:20260508T215854
CREATED:20210531T174315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210531T184813Z
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SUMMARY:Fire Puja (Riwo Sangchod)-In Person
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, June 24\nFire Puja (Riwo Sangchod)-In Person \n10:00 am at Manjushri Dharma Center (backyard)\nIn Person Event\, masks and social distance required\n724 Forest Avenue\, Pacific Grove\n \nOn Thursday\, June 24th beginning at 10:00am in the backyard of the Manjushri Dharma Center (724 Forest Avenue) Khenpo Karten Rinpoche will offer the Riwo Sangchod\, the Mountain Smoke Offering practice.   All attendees must wear masks and maintain social distance. \n“Riwo Sangchö\, The Mountain Smoke Offering’\, comes from the viewpoint of Dzogchen. It is really the best practice to remove obstacles and fulfil both temporary and long-term wishes. The smoke offering is made to all wisdom beings\, to the Three Jewels\, the Three Roots and Dharma Protectors\, and the Three Kayas. Offering to the wisdom beings helps us to accumulate merit and wisdom. This brings short-term happiness and ultimate enlightenment. We also offer to all demonic beings who are actually manifestations of our karmic debt. These karmic debtors cause obstacles of all kinds\, both temporary in this life and also long-term obstacles to enlightenment. Through this offering\, karmic debtors are repaid\, removing all of these obstacles. This is really the best technique.” –Lama Tharchin Rinpoche
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/fire-puja-riwo-sangchod-in-person/
LOCATION:Manjushri Dharma Center\, 724 Forest Ave\, Pacific Grove\, CA\, 93950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210620T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210621T193000
DTSTAMP:20260508T215854
CREATED:20210515T011317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230520T224240Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Solstice Blessing of the Waters
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, June 21st 2023 is the summer solstice\, the longest day of the year.  For many years now\, at both summer and winter solstices\, Khenpo Karten Rinpoche offers a Blessing of the Waters\, by reciting two prayers that he composed\, Propitiating the Devas of the Four Elements and the Prayer for World Peace.  This year\, we will meet again in person.  We will gather in community and send our good energy to the ocean\, to all the waters of the world\, and to all of nature and humanity.  Attendees are asked to bring flower petals/flowers for the offering. \nBecause this practice is on the beach\, there is no opportunity for us to also broadcast online (as far as known). \nThis practice may also be done by any person in they place they live.  Practitioners may download these prayers to recite at the beach\, by a river\, or wherever you choose outside in nature.  Bring some flowers to offer and send your good energy and wishes for healing to the waters of the world\, all the elements of nature\, and all sentient beings. \nAdditionally\, here is an “instruction on how to practice” the Blessing of the Waters\, composed by Rinpoche and Pema/Aaron with more information on how to  conduct a “do-it-yourself” Blessing of the Waters ceremony. \nInstructions on Blessing the Waters \nTashi Delek! \nPrayer for World Peace \nThrough roots of goodness of us all on this vast earth\, \nMay all living creatures become full of\nlove and compassion\, \nSo that all enjoy peace on earth! \nStop bad intentions\, thoughts and deeds\nof all those who terrorize others\, \nThat all living beings on this earth\ncome together like one family! \nMay all be well\, have long life and health\nwith bliss of mind\, free of illusion. \nMay all mothers have oceans of bliss\nof body\, for now\, and ultimately of mind. \nMay this lamp of wisdom love\, oneness\,\nhighest remedy to clear darkness\, \nEnter the hearts of all living beings\,\nso their perfect path be illumined! \nFootnote:  In the name of all religions on earth\, as I see and hear of increasingly many unwarranted harmful actions being enacted\, thinking\, with a joyful\, universal aspiration\, how wonderful it would be if all such activities ceased entirely.  Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\, on 2-4-2015\, on Wednesday\, His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s auspicious day\, wrote this dedication prayer to be recited at the conclusion of other prayers\, meditation\, or practices. \n 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/sunday-summer-solstice-blessing-of-the-waters/
LOCATION:Lover’s Point Beach\, 17th St and Ocean View Blvd\, Pacific Grove\, CA\, 93950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210220T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210220T103000
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SUMMARY:Saturday Morning Special Event: Oral Transmissions
DESCRIPTION:Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\nto Bestow the Reading Transmissions\nof his Dharma Lineage \nSaturday\, February 20\nSaturday\, March 6\nSaturday\, March 13\nSaturday\, March 20\n9:00-10:30 AM \nManushri Dharma Center is very pleased to announce that over select weekends in February and March\, our precious teacher Khenpo Karten Rinpoche will begin the process of offering the reading transmissions of all the main practices that he holds from his own Root Guru\, Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche\, and his other primary teachers. \n\nOn February 20th\, Khenpo Karten Rinpoche bestowed the following transmissions: \n1. From the Thukdrup Barched Kunsel\, “Trinley Dringpo” (medium length Guru sadhana)\n2. Trinley Nyingpo (“Essence of Enlightened Activity”) from the Thukdrup Barched Kunsel cycle\n3. Gyungyi Kholjang (concise daily sadhana for the Lamei Thukdrup Barched Kunsel) a joint treasure revelation by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Chokgyur Lingpa\n4. Lamei Thukdrup Barched Lamsel (Prayer that Removes Obstacles from the Path)\n5. From Lamei Thukdrup Yidzhin Norbu\, Sampa Lhundrupma ( Prayer for the Spontaneous Fulfillment of Wishes)\n6. Du Sum Sangye (a very concise six line Barched Lamsel) \nOn March 6th\, 2021\, Khenpo Karten Rinpoche bestowed the following transmissions of the two-volumes of the cycle of practices related to the wrathful wisdom deity Vajrakilaya: Sangthik Phurba Single-Mudra Vajrakumara\, from the Seven Profound Cycles revelations of Chokguyr Dechen Lingpa. Among the Three Roots (Lama\, Yidam\, and Khandro)\, Vajrakilaya\, is the primary yidam (meditational deity) for the Chokling Tersar and most other Nyingma lineages. As a wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva\, Vajrakilaya is an extremely powerful deity for dispelling obstacles and purifying negative karma.\n\nOn March 13\, Rinpoche bestowed the following transmissions:\n\nThe Medicine Buddha Sadhana (“River of Lapis Lazuli”) of Namchoe Mingyur Dorje (from the “Sky Dharma” treasures).\nThe Medicine Buddha Sadhana of Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa\, from the Lamei Thukdrup Barched Kunsel\n\nOn March 20th\, Rinpoche bestowed the following transmissions: \n1. Amitabha sadhana of Namcho Mingyur Dorje\n2. Amitabha sadhana of Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa\n3. Green Tara sadhana of Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa\n4. Longchen Nyingthig Chod Practice: “The Sound of Dakini Laughter” of Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa\n5. Dzogchen Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra (“Kunzang Monlam”) of Rigdzin Godemchen\n6. Guru Practice “Rain of Blessings” of Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\n7. Namcho Amitabha Lineage Prayer\n8. Kagyu Lineage Prayer of 8th Karmapa\n\nPlease read on for some important information about the Reading Transmission for Tibetan Buddhist practitioners. \nWang\, Lung\, and Tri in Tantric Buddhism\nGenerally\, the scriptures of the Buddhadharma can be divided into the two categories of Sutra and Tantra. As students of Buddhist Tantra (alternatively called Secret Mantra\, Vajrayana\, Mantrayana\, or Tantrayana)\, it is essential that we engage in the study and practice of these very special and profound teachings only after having connected with the lineage through a genuine and qualified teacher. There are many wonderful texts\, such as Words of My Perfect Teacher\, which explain the qualifications of a genuine Tantric teacher\, and it is important that we familiarize ourselves with them. \nOnce we have met a qualified teacher\, as we have in Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\, we can enter through the doors of faith and devotion into the Vajrayana path\, which can lead us to complete and perfect Buddhahood in as little as a single lifetime. Having connected to the blessings of the lineage by receiving from the master what is known in Tibetan as Wang\, Lung and Tri (Empowerment\, Transmission\, and Oral Instructions)\, we become qualified to study and practice a given Vajrayana method. All three of these must be received in order for the teachings to truly take hold in\, ripen\, and liberate our mind stream. \nIn the past\, Rinpoche has bestowed empowerment and oral instructions for various practices\, and will continue to do so. Through the Wang\, the “Vajra Master” initiates the student into the mandala of a particular yidam or meditational deity\, such as Amitabha\, Chenrezig\, Tara\, or Vajrayogini. With Tri\, the Vajra Master provides specific commentary\, in accordance with his or her own lineage\, on how to properly perform each stage of the practice. This may involve ritual\, visualization\, mudras and mantras\, which are sometimes very concise\, but often highly elaborate. Importantly\, Tri also explains the profound and layered meaning of each particular aspect of the practice. \nNow\, we are extremely fortunate to be able to receive the crucial Reading Transmissions for some of the core practices that we have been doing as Rinpoche’s sanghas\, as well as for many he intends to introduce us to in the future. This will include some of the main practices of the Treasure Revelations (terma) of the Tertons Namchoe Mingyur Dorje and Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa. It was the terma cycle of the latter treasurer revealer that formed the core practice curriculum for Khenpo Karten’s Three Year\, Three Month\, Three Day retreat in Tibet. \nWhy we receive the Reading Transmission\nIn receiving the Reading Transmission\, we simply listen to the words read aloud in Tibetan by our teacher\, with as much faith and devotion\, and as little mind-wandering\, as possible. In this way\, the powerful blessings of all the realization of the yogis and yoginis who have held and passed on this unbroken lineage fall upon our ears. Without the Reading Transmission\, we will fully connect with the lineage\, and over time\, the potency and integrity of the teachings will become diluted and begin to degrade. But\, baving been connected to this lineage and the liberating words of the Dharma through receiving the Transmission\, the seed of realization is planted in our own heart\, the lineage remains intact\, and its longevity is ensured. \nA Very Special Method of Receiving the Reading Transmission\nKhenpo Karten has shared with us a very special way to receive the Reading Transmission. It is\, in Rinpoche’s words\, a “secret” or “sacred” instruction\, which he received from his late uncle and one of his most important teachers\, a terton and senior khenpo of Shechen Monastery\, Lama Gephel. \nVisualize that your ears transform into fully bloomed lotus blossoms\, and that the stems are luminous transparent wisdom channels. These stem-like channels”descend down inside your body and connect to your heart chakra. As Rinpoche gives the Reading Transmission\, visualize that the sounds of the words float out of his mouth in the form of the “Ali Kali” — the Tibetan or Sanskrit vowels and consonants (if you do not know what these syllables look like\, you can visualize the words in English\, or at least\, generate the conviction that this is occurring). The syllables\, made of golden light\, float to the pollen heart of the lotus blossoms that are your ears. As the sounds/syllables fall upon your lotus ears\, they transform into drops of wisdom nectar in the form of golden liquid light. The drops of luminous nectar drip and flow down through the stem channels into your heart chakra\, blessing your heart-mind with the wisdom of the Buddhadharma. \n\nLink to Join Oral Transmission special event via Zoom:\nOral Transmission \nPassword required:  WorldPeace\nOr join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):\nUS: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 646 876 9923 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799\nMeeting ID: 970 1801 1835\nInternational numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3\nPhone Password: 470102 (no participant ID\, bypass with #) \nPhoto credit: Khenpo Karten Rinpoche \n 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/saturday-morning-special-event-oral-transmissions/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210115T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210115T200000
DTSTAMP:20260508T215854
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210115T224419Z
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SUMMARY:How to Have a (Truly) Happy New Year-A Virtual Public Talk
DESCRIPTION:How to Have a (Truly) Happy New Year\nA Virtual Public Talk\nwith Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\nFriday\, January 15th\, 2021\n6:00 – 8:00 PM Pacific Time\nOnline via Zoom\nFree & Open to the Public–Registration Requested\n \nAbout the Talk\nAre you hoping to find purpose and meaning in the events of the past year\, while living with greater peace and authenticity in the year to come? Spend an evening with Tibetan monk\, scholar\, and meditation master\, Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\, who has distilled centuries of Buddhist wisdom to its essence in original poetic verse. With warmth and clarity\, Rinpoche will draw on his decades of personal study and meditation practice to explain a selection of verses on the nature of happiness and methods to cultivate it. Time will be made for Rinpoche to answer your questions. Attendees are also invited to register for our virtual annual retreat (Jan 16-18\, 2021)\, where Rinpoche will teach on The Instructions of Gampopa: Precious Garland of the Supreme Path.  More about the retreat can be found on our webpage: https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/january-retreat-2021-precious-garland-of-the-supreme-path-online/2021-01-16/ \nAbout the Teacher\, Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\nSangye Tenzin Rinpoche (left) with Khenpo Karten (right)\, his heart student. \nKhenpo Karten Rinpoche is an accomplished teacher and practitioner of the Karma Kagyu Lineage and is also trained in the Nyingma Lineage of Buddhism. He was born in the beautiful mountains of the Himalayas of Tibet.  At the age of twelve\, he was ordained at Ja-pa monastery\, where he began his formal education of reading\, writing and ritual practice. At the age of fifteen having completed the basic studies\, he furthered his studies in the Sutra and Tantric texts under the accomplished master Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche and Pema Tsewang Rinpoche for eight years. Subsequently Khenpo Karten Rinpoche went to the hermitage of anther accomplished teacher\, Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche and completed five years of retreat under the great master. In the retreat he completed the practices of the Naropa’s six yoga\, Mahamudra and many others.  In recognition of his achievements\, Sangye Tenzin Ringpoche bestowed upon him the title\, Khenpo Karma Lekshe Tharchin in 1994. \nIn 1996\, he left Tibet and traveled to Dharamsala\, India to meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Upon \nKhenpo Karten Rinpoche (right) with His Holiness the Dalai Lama (upper left) and the Manjushri Dharma Center (lower right) \nHis Holiness’ advice\, he spent another two years doing retreat. H.H Dalai Lama also recognizing his achievement\, bestowed upon him the title Khenpo Rinpoche. After his retreat\, Khenpo Karten Rinpoche was requested by H.E Tai Situ Rinpoche to go to the monastery of Venerable Tsoknyi Rinpoche\, to teach the young monks there. \nKhenpo Karten arrived in the United States in 2008\, and taught in the Monterey Bay area for the first time in September of that year. After meeting a group of prospective students and seeing the hills of Big Sur which remind him of Tibet\, he returned in 2009 to make the Monterey Bay his permanent home. Since then\, Rinpoche has established the Manjushri Dharma Center (MDC) in Pacific Grove\, California\, which has become his main teaching location and his home residence.  With unflinching faith in the precious Buddha Dharma\, Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\, now a U.S. citizen\, bestows sacred teachings to thousands of people all over the world\, with weekly teachings and events. \n\n\nRegistration\nRegistration is requested\, but not required.  Registration will allow participants to receive a reminder email two days prior to the event\, and fifteen minutes ahead\, so the links below will be close at hand.   To register\, please visit EventBrite:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-have-a-truly-happy-new-year-public-talk-wkhenpo-karten-rinpoche-tickets-134906156947 \n\n\nZoom link:  How to Have a (Truly) Happy New Year–Virtual Public Talk\nPassword:  InnerPeace \nTo join by phone: first dial one of the phone numbers below (normal charges apply)\, then enter the meeting ID\, there is no participant ID so just press #\, then enter the password\, and you will be able to hear the teachings over the phone.  For international numbers\, click this link. \nUS: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 646 876 9923 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799\nMeeting ID: 943 7151 7846\nPassword: 4905734269 \n\nFor questions & more information\nPlease contact Aaron Joseph\, Manjushri Dharma Center Board President\, 805-618-8822 or jwlinthelotus@yahoo.com.  You may also subscribe to our weekly newsletter for updates on events and written teachings delivered to your email in-box each Monday. \nThe beautiful image of Big Sur shown above is by Miles McBreen.
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/how-to-have-a-truly-happy-new-year-a-virtual-public-talk/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dharma Class,Discussion/Support,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201221T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201221T200000
DTSTAMP:20260508T215854
CREATED:20201207T175900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201214T203651Z
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SUMMARY:Monday Winter Solstice Blessing of the Waters--Online
DESCRIPTION:Water Blessing 2017 \nMonday\, December 21st\, 2020 is the winter solstice\, the shortest day of the year.   For many years now\, at both summer and winter solstices\, Khenpo Karten Rinpoche offers a Blessing of the Waters\, by reciting two prayers that he composed\, Propitiating the Devas of the Four Elements and the Prayer for World Peace.   Typically we gather in community and send our good energy to the ocean\, to all the waters of the world\, and to all of nature and humanity. \nThis year\, once again due to concerns about Covid-19\, we will not gather together to perform this ceremony\, but each individual is encouraged to visit nature while remaining socially distant\, and to “collectively while apart” send good energy out to the world.   Practitioners may download these prayers to recite at the beach\, by a river\, or wherever you choose outside in nature.  Bring some flowers to offer and send your good energy and wishes for healing to the waters of the world\, all the elements of nature\, and all sentient beings.  Additionally\, here is an “instruction on how to practice” the Blessing of the Waters\, composed by Rinpoche and Pema/Aaron with more information on how to  conduct a “do-it-yourself” Blessing of the Waters 2020.  Instructions on Blessing the Waters \nFinally\, we will come together at 6:30pm online via Zoom\, during our regular Monday night prayer practice\, and recite these prayers and wishes together.    Below is the Zoom link\, and Rinpoche’s Prayer for Peace. \nLink to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom:  Monday Night Prayer Practice\nPassword required:  WorldPeace\nOr join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):\nUS: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 646 876 9923 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799\nMeeting ID: 970 1801 1835\nInternational numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3\nPhone Password: 470102 \n  \nPrayer for Peace\nThrough roots of goodness of us all on this vast earth\, \nMay all living creatures become full of\nlove and compassion\, \nSo that all enjoy peace on earth! \n  \nStop bad intentions\, thoughts and deeds\nof all those who terrorize others\, \nThat all living beings on this earth\ncome together like one family! \n  \nMay all be well\, have long life and health\nwith bliss of mind\, free of illusion. \nMay all mothers have oceans of bliss\nof body\, for now\, and ultimately of mind. \n  \nMay this lamp of wisdom love\, oneness\,\nhighest remedy to clear darkness\, \nEnter the hearts of all living beings\,\nso their perfect path be illumined! \n  \nFootnote:  In the name of all religions on earth\, as I see and hear of increasingly many unwarranted harmful actions being enacted\, thinking\, with a joyful\, universal aspiration\, how wonderful it would be if all such activities ceased entirely.  Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\, on 2-4-2015\, on Wednesday\, His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s auspicious day\, wrote this dedication prayer to be recited at the conclusion of other prayers\, meditation\, or practices. \n  \n 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/monday-winter-solstice-blessing-of-the-waters-online/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201107T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201107T193000
DTSTAMP:20260508T215854
CREATED:20201026T190731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201102T200324Z
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SUMMARY:Lhabab Duchen Celebration Online
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, November 7th\, at 6:00pm Pacific Time\, we will celebrate the auspicious day of Lhabab Duchen\, one of the most holy days in the Buddhist calendar. It commemorates the Buddha’s descent to the human world from the Heavenly Realms where his mother had been reborn shortly after giving birth. In order to repay her kindness\, he taught the Dharma to her and other gods there before once again Turning the Wheel of Dharma for our benefit. \nOn this day\, all the karmic effects of our actions are multiplied many millions of times. For this reason\, virtuous conduct and group spiritual practice\, dedicated for the benefit of all “mother sentient beings”\, is emphasized. \nWe will recite Shakyamuni prayers in Tibetan and English. \nZoom link below: \nLink to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom:\nSaturday Night Nov. 7th Lhabab Duchen Prayer Practice\nPassword required:  WorldPeace \nOr join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):\nUS: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 646 876 9923 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799\nMeeting ID: 970 1801 1835\nInternational numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3\nPhone Password: 470102
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/lhabab-duchen-celebration-online/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dharma Class,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201003T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201003T090000
DTSTAMP:20260508T215854
CREATED:20201003T030216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201003T030216Z
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SUMMARY:Amitabha Dechen Shingdrup
DESCRIPTION:Saturday and Sunday\, Oct. 3-4\, 7am-9am PT Online \nབཀྲ་ཤིས་བད་ེལེགས། ཨ་རིའི་པོར་ལེན་ནུབ་བྱང་བོད་མིའི་རིག་གཞུང་ཚོགས་པས་གོ་སྒྲིག་འོག། འདི་ལོའི་བདེ་ཆེན་ཞིང་སྒྲུབ་ཆེན་མོ་ཐེངས་བཅུ་གསུམ་པ་་ཉིད་སྤྱི་ཚོགས་དྲྭ་རྒྱ་འཛུམ་Zoomགྱི་ནང་། སྤྱི་ཟླ་བཅུ་པའི་ཚེས་གསུམ་དང་བཞི་རེས་གཟའ་སྤེན་པ་དང་ཉི་མར་ཞོགས་པ་ཁ་ལི་ཧྥོ་ཉའི་ཆུ་ཚོད་བདུན་ནས་དགུའི་བར་འཚོགས་གཏན་ཁེལ་བྱུང་བ་ལགས་ན། བོད་རིགས་དད་ལྡན་མཉམ་ཞུགས་གནང་འདོད་ཡོད་མཁན་རྣམས་གཤམ་གྱི་དྲྭ་ཚིག་བརྒྱུད་ནས་ཅི་ནས་ཀྱང་ཕེབས་རོགས་ཞུ། \nDue to this year’s pandemic\, the Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association will hold the annual Amitabha Dechen Shingdrup virtually via Zoom meetings. Khenpo Karten Rinpoche will hold the Puja on October 3rd and 4th (Saturday and Sunday) from 7:00AM to 9:00AM Pacific Time.\nAs in the past\, we will take sojong vows refraining from 8 kinds of activities; prayers and teachings will be in Tibetan\, but all are welcome to join for the\n13th Dechen Shingdrup Anniversary. \nZoom Link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85879812603?pwd=cytmOXJ1TC9OUGNSVnFTRE9nUnhDQT09 \nEditor’s note:  Sorry for the short notice! 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/amitabha-dechen-shingdrup/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200808T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200808T123000
DTSTAMP:20260508T215854
CREATED:20200803T162443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200803T202237Z
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SUMMARY:Fire Puja (Riwo Sangchod) & Silent Meditation--In Person
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 8\n10:00 am at Manjushri Dharma Center \nLimited to first 10 people to sign up\nRegistration Required \nOn Saturday\, August 8th beginning at 10:00am in the backyard of the Manjushri Dharma Center (724 Forest Avenue) Khenpo Karten Rinpoche will offer the first in-person event for Manjushri Dharma Center sangha since the lockdown began.   It will be limited to the first ten people who sign up\, and all details including COVID precautions and the address of the residence will be provided with registration.   More about the practice is below.    To register\, please contact Shayna Morse at Edovid@aol.com or phone her at 404-310-6323. \n  \n“Riwo Sangchö\, The Mountain Smoke Offering’\, comes from the viewpoint of Dzogchen. It is really the best practice to remove obstacles and fulfil both temporary and long-term wishes. The smoke offering is made to all wisdom beings\, to the Three Jewels\, the Three Roots and Dharma Protectors\, and the Three Kayas. Offering to the wisdom beings helps us to accumulate merit and wisdom. This brings short-term happiness and ultimate enlightenment. We also offer to all demonic beings who are actually manifestations of our karmic debt. These karmic debtors cause obstacles of all kinds\, both temporary in this life and also long-term obstacles to enlightenment. Through this offering\, karmic debtors are repaid\, removing all of these obstacles. This is really the best technique.” –Lama Tharchin Rinpoche
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/fire-puja-riwo-sangchod-silent-meditation-in-person/
LOCATION:Manjushri Dharma Center\, 724 Forest Ave\, Pacific Grove\, CA\, 93950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200620T054900
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200620T202900
DTSTAMP:20260508T215854
CREATED:20200615T002700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200620T180319Z
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SUMMARY:Saturday Summer Solstice Blessing of the Waters
DESCRIPTION:Water Blessing 2017 \nThis Saturday\, June 20th\, 2020 is the summer solstice\, the longest day of the year\, with the sun rising at 5:49am and setting at 8:29pm Pacific Time.   This year the solstice is also part of the concluding days of Saga Dawa\, which ends on June 22nd.  For many years now\, at both summer and winter solstices\, Khenpo Karten Rinpoche offers a Blessing of the Waters\, by reciting two prayers that he composed\, Propitiating the Devas of the Four Elements and the Prayer for World Peace.   Typically we gather in community and send our good energy to the ocean\, to all the waters of the world\, and to all of nature and humanity. \nThis year\, due to concerns about Covid-19\, we will not gather together to perform this ceremony\, but each individual is encouraged to visit nature while remaining socially distant\, and to “collectively while apart” send good energy out to the world.   Practitioners may download these prayers to recite at the beach\, by a river\, or wherever you choose outside in nature.  Bring some flowers to offer and send your good energy and wishes for healing to the waters of the world\, all the elements of nature\, and all sentient beings. \nWater Blessing 2017 \nAdditionally\, here is an “instruction on how to practice” the Blessing of the Waters\, composed by Rinpoche and Pema/Aaron with more information on how to  conduct a “do-it-yourself” Blessing of the Waters 2020. \nInstructions on Blessing the Waters \nTashi Delek! \n  \nPrayer for Peace \nThrough roots of goodness of us all on this vast earth\, \nMay all living creatures become full of\nlove and compassion\, \nSo that all enjoy peace on earth! \n  \nStop bad intentions\, thoughts and deeds\nof all those who terrorize others\, \nThat all living beings on this earth\ncome together like one family! \n  \nMay all be well\, have long life and health\nwith bliss of mind\, free of illusion. \nMay all mothers have oceans of bliss\nof body\, for now\, and ultimately of mind. \n  \nMay this lamp of wisdom love\, oneness\,\nhighest remedy to clear darkness\, \nEnter the hearts of all living beings\,\nso their perfect path be illumined! \n  \nFootnote:  In the name of all religions on earth\, as I see and hear of increasingly many unwarranted harmful actions being enacted\, thinking\, with a joyful\, universal aspiration\, how wonderful it would be if all such activities ceased entirely.  Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\, on 2-4-2015\, on Wednesday\, His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s auspicious day\, wrote this dedication prayer to be recited at the conclusion of other prayers\, meditation\, or practices. \n  \n 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/saturday-summer-solstice-blessing-of-the-waters/
LOCATION:In Nature\, Outside\, In Nature\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200426T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200426T180000
DTSTAMP:20260508T215854
CREATED:20200426T043212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200426T043212Z
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SUMMARY:Supplication Prayers Red Avalokiteshvara–Online
DESCRIPTION:This Sunday\, April 26th\, 2020 at at 4:30PM Pacific Standard Time\, we will again practice supplication prayers for Red Avalokiteshvara\, Khorwa Dongtruk\, “shaker of samsara from its depths.” \nThis Sunday\, 4/26\, at 4:30PM PST (Pacific Standard Time)\, we will again practice supplication prayers for Red Avalokiteshvara\, Khorwa Dongtruk\, “shaker of samsara from its depths”.\n\nThis is a terma (hidden spiritual treasure) revealed by the great dharma king Chogyur Dechen Lingpa. This deity is the supreme embodiment of love and compassion and is very powerful. This was practiced by Patrul Rinpoche and is also my daily practice; we will pray for those who have died\, especially those who have passed away from coronavirus.\n\nIf anyone would like to join please sit and recite the mantra “OM MANI PADME HUM”. The text is The Essential Sadhana from the Guru’s Heart Practice\, Shaker of Samsara from its Depths. The prayers will be recited in Tibetan\, but please participate. You can see me and recite the mantra at the same time so we can practice together for those who have recently died. Thank you and Tashi Delek \nWritten by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche and posted to his Facebook\, Saturday\, 4.25.2020 \nHow to access the online video/livestream:  Facebook Livestream\, Manjushri Dharma Centre 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/supplication-prayers-red-avalokiteshvara-online-2/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200421T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200421T193000
DTSTAMP:20260508T215854
CREATED:20200422T012105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200422T012105Z
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SUMMARY:Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche Remembrance Guru Yoga--Online
DESCRIPTION:Kyabje Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche was the kind hearted teacher of our own Khenpo Karten Rinpoche.   Sangye Tenzin spent 21 years in Chinese prison\, yet he transformed the experience into pure spiritual food\, and left the prison with only good wishes for his captors.  He is a Buddha appearing in this world\, and March 26th\, 2020 marked the 19th anniversary of his passing into nirvana. \nOn Wednesday\, April 21\, at 6pm PST\, Khenpo Karten Rinpoche will remember the great kindness of Kyabje Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche by reciting his Guru Yoga composed by Khenpo Karten and His Holiness the Karmapa.  He will run the prayer session over Facebook live\, and the sadhana may be downloaded here:  The Guru Practice\, Rain of Blessings. \nLearn More about Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche: “Medicine for the Mind:  On Using Suffering and Obstacles for Mental Development.”  or read about how Sangye Tenzin came to Khenpo Karten Rinpoche in his dreams by reading “An Amazing Dream Of My Root Guru.’ \n\nLink to join MDC Facebook live:   Sangye Tenzin Remembrance Ceremony Guru Yoga\n 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/sangye-tenzin-rinpoche-remembrance-guru-yoga-online/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200412T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200412T163000
DTSTAMP:20260508T215854
CREATED:20200412T053256Z
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SUMMARY:Supplication Prayers Red Avalokiteshvara--Online
DESCRIPTION:This Sunday\, April 12th\, 2020\, at 3:30PM (Sorry everyone\, originally posted as 3pm) Pacific Standard Time\, we will practice supplication prayers for Red Avalokiteshvara\, Khorwa Dongtruk\, “shaker of samsara from its depths.” This deity is the supreme embodiment of love and compassion and is very powerful. This is also my daily practice; we will pray for those who have died\, especially those who have passed away from Corona-virus. If anyone would like to join please sit and recite the mantra “OM MANI PADME HUM.” \nThe text is The Essential Sadhana from the Guru’s Heart Practice\, Shaker of Samsara from its Depths. The prayers will be recited in Tibetan\, but please participate. You can see me and recite the mantra at the same time so we can practice together for those who have recently died. Thank you Tashi Delek. \nWritten by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche and posted to his Facebook\, Saturday\, 4.11.20 \nHow to access the online video/livestream:  Facebook Livestream\, Manjushri Dharma Centre 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/supplication-prayers-red-avalokiteshvara-online/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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