Manjushri Dharma Center

Special Event! Spiritual Journeys: Stories and pictures of the Dalai Lama and Tibetans in exile
2022-11-30 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | online event, CA, United States
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.
This 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.
If you have any questions about the event, please contact the MDC President, David Winkler, at wink01@gmail.com

Khenpo Karten Rinpoche public talk at the CSA: 'Contentment, the Supreme of Wealth'
2022-11-27 10:00 - 12:00 | online event, CA, United States
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:
522 Central Avenue (Pacific Grove, CA) 93950
Rinpoche 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.
The event will also be livestreamed on the Center for Spiritual Awakenings website:
https://www.centerforspiritualawakening.org/csa-sundays.html
And on the CSA YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQ751Yfg67eCuNxMQmj4lA

Saturday Morning Meditation
2022-11-26 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-11-19 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-11-12 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-11-05 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-10-29 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-10-22 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-10-15 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-10-08 10:00 - 11:00 and 2 more dates | Manjushri Dharma Center, 724 Forest Ave, Pacific Grove, CA, 93950, United States
All are welcome to join Saturday Morning Meditation Practice either in-person at Manjushri Dharma Center or online via Zoom. This will continue—with a high-tech twist—the long tradition of local sangha members gathering weekly on Saturday mornings to hear a dharma talk from Rinpoche and sit in silent meditation together.
Special Notice* Members of the Sangha are kindly asked to wear masks when attending Saturday morning meditation at the Center due to an upsurge in COVID cases and given the small size and limited ventilation of the Manjushri Dharma Center facilities and our precious Rinpoche’s pre-existing health conditions. There will be a box of masks at the front door for those who may happen to forget theirs. There is, of course, always the option to join virtually on Zoom:
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No Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers
2022-11-23 17:00 - 18:30, 2022-11-16 17:00 - 18:30, 2022-11-09 17:00 - 18:30, 2022-11-02 17:00 - 18:30, 2022-10-26 17:00 - 18:30, 2022-10-19 17:00 - 18:30, 2022-10-12 17:00 - 18:30, 2022-09-28 17:00 - 18:30 and 1 more date | online event, CA, United States
Please note that there will be no chanted prayers this Wednesday.
Photograph courtesy of Michael Klimov.

Monday Night Chanted Prayers - Chenrezig Practice
2022-11-21 18:30 - 20:00, 2022-11-07 18:30 - 20:00, 2022-10-17 18:30 - 20:00, 2022-09-26 18:30 - 20:00 | online event, CA, United States
Note* Monday night prayers are held both in-person at the Dharma Center and virtually on Zoom.

Avalokiteshvara, or Chenrezig in Tibetan, is the Bodhisattva who embodies the love and compassion of all Buddhas. Chenrezig is an important deity in Tibet and considered the patron Bodhisattva of the Tibetan people. Chenrezig is also believed by Tibetans to be the actual progenitor of the Tibetan people, and HH Dalai Lama and the Karmapa, who are considered living Buddhas, are also believed to be emanations of Chenrezig. It is said that even babies upon birth know the mantra OM MANI PADME HUM.

Text: https://manjushridharmacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ChenrezigPracticeText.pdf

Please do join us for this profound practice. Tashi Delek

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Special Monday Night Prayers Online - Lhabab Duchen w/ Buddha Shakyamuni Puja
2022-11-14 18:30 - 20:00 | online event, CA, United States
The auspicious day of Lhabab Duchen, is 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.
On 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.
The text will be read in Tibetan by Venerable Khenpo Karten Rinpoche.
Text: The Treasury of Blessings: A Practice of Buddha Sakyamuni, by Mipham Rinpoche and Great Praise of the Twelve Acts of the Buddha, by Arya Nagarjuna
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Monday Night Chanted Prayers - Amitabha Puja
2022-10-24 18:30 - 20:00 | online event, CA, United States
Monday night prayers are held both in person at the Dharma Center and virtually on Zoom. Our main Monday night prayer practice has always been Buddha Amitabha (the Buddha of Infinite Light). Here is a link to the main text: The Recitation for Accomplishment of Sukhavati from the Sky Dharma Mind Terma.
We also have a shorter text for reference: Amitabha Prayer Practice.
Please join us as we wish for all beings to have health and peace of mind.

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Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers Online-Guru Rinpoche
2022-10-05 17:00 - 18:30 | online event, CA, United States
Guru Rinpoche, also known as Padmasambhava or the Precious Master, is the founder of Tibetan Buddhism. He established the Buddhadharma in Tibet, and then developed the practice so that all the teachings of Buddha were preserved as a living tradition that has continued down to the present day.
Trinley Nyingpo, the “Essence of Enlightened Activity,” is the concise Guru Rinpoche sadhana practice from the Tugdrub Barche Kunsel, a hidden treasure teaching discovered by the King of Treasure Revealers, Chogyur Dechen Lingpa in the mid-19th century.
The central visualization for this practice is a triad of deities of the Three Kayas (“Enlightened Bodies”): the Dharmakaya Buddha Amitayus, the Samboghakaya Buddha Avalokitesvara, and the Nirmanakaya Buddha Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche). It also includes twelve additional manifestations of Guru Rinpoche.
Outwardly, Guru Rinpoche was a fully enlightened being who was invited from India by the Tibetan King Trisong Deutsen in the 8th century to establish the Vajrayana Buddhist teachings in Tibet. He personally blessed every square foot of Tibet and concealed innumerable “treasure teachings” (Terma) for future generations to receive and practice when the time was especially right. Trinley Nyingpo is one such terma.
Inwardly, Guru Rinpoche is the embodiment of all the Wisdom Gurus of the past, present, and future, and the essence of our own enlightened mind.
Prayers will be recited in Tibetan.
Via Facebook Live: Manjushri Dharma Center Facebook
Main text: Trinley Nyingpo, the “Essence of Enlightened Activity,” is the concise Guru Rinpoche sadhana practice from the Tugdrub Barche Kunsel
Lineage text: Thugdrup Barched Kunsel Lineage Prayer
Abbreviated text: Awakening to the Guru’s Pure Vision

Image from Flickr, artist Wonderlane, public domain image

Monday Night Chanted Prayers - Medicine Buddha
2022-10-03 18:30 - 20:00 | online event, CA, United States
Note* Monday night prayers are held both in-person at the Dharma Center and virtually on Zoom.
On Monday we will practice the prayers of Medicine Buddha (Buddha of Infinite Healing), creating the causes for a world that is healed from illness and disease. You can find a link to the prayer text here: MedicineBuddhaPuja_༄༅།-།སྨན་བླའི་སྒྲུབས་ཐབས་བཞུགས་སོ།-།.pdf
Additionally, Rinpoche wrote a very short but beautiful teaching on the practice of Medicine Buddha, which includes the visualization: Medicine Buddha Practice for Corona Virus from Khenpo Karten Rinpoche, posted on the Teachings page originally in March 2020.
Also, our main Monday night prayer practice has always been Buddha Amitabha (the Buddha of Infinite Light), so we typically also recite the Amitabha mantra. Here are two versions of that text–first a short version: Amitabha Prayer Practice. And here is the long text (this is our main text for practice): The Recitation for Accomplishment of Sukhavati from the Sky Dharma Mind Terma.
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No Monday Night Chanted Prayers
2022-09-19 18:30 - 20:00 | online event, CA, United States
Following the retreat, Rinpoche will take a short repose; there will no chanted prayers this Monday; prayers will resume the following Monday.
