Manjushri Dharma Center

No Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers
2022-01-05 17:00 - 18:30, 2021-12-29 17:00 - 18:30, 2021-12-22 17:00 - 18:30, 2021-12-15 17:00 - 18:30, 2021-12-08 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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 - Medicine Buddha
2022-01-03 18:30 - 20:00, 2021-11-15 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.
Please join us as we wish for all beings to have health and peace of mind.

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No Saturday Morning Teaching: Precious Garland of the Supreme Path
2022-01-01 09:00 - 10:30, 2021-12-25 09:00 - 10:30 | online event, CA, United States
We will resume on Saturday, January 8th, 2022. Happy New Year!
More information: Precious Garland of the Supreme Path

Monday Night Chanted Prayers - Green Tara Practice
2021-12-27 18:30 - 20:00, 2021-11-29 18:30 - 20:00, 2021-11-08 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.
The feminine embodiment of enlightened activity, Green Tara is the swift liberator, a compassionate and loving protector in times of distress and great danger. Through meditating on the form and mantra Arya Tara, and chanting the Praises to her 21 different manifestations, we receive the blessings to become inseparable from Tara herself, actualizing the potential to liberate all motherly sentient beings from the suffering ocean of samsara.
She is known as the Mother of all Buddhas, born from Chenrezig’s tear of compassion. She will swiftly come to comfort and protect those who supplicate her. Especially from emotional, and physical sufferings. In her hands she holds utpala flowers which symbolize power and purity.
This is also my daily practice; we will pray for overcoming fear and clearing of obstacles. Also pray for those who have passed away from coronavirus. We will recite the mantra “OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA “. 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.
Prayers will be recited in both Tibetan and English.
Text:

Main prayer text, courtesy of KTD Publications in Woodstock NY (for students only, please do not make or distribute printed copies): Green Tara Sadhana of Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Supplemental texts:

Concise Tara Prayer by Lama Gephel
GreenTara-Sevenfold Supplication by Drikung Kyobpa Jikten Sumgon

Description of the Tara practice above was written by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche. Image courtesy of Miles McBreen.

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Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers Online-Green Tara Practice
2021-12-22 17:00 - 18:30 | online event, CA, United States
Green Tara is known as the Mother of all Buddhas, born from Chenrezig’s tear of compassion. She will swiftly come to comfort and protect those who supplicate her. Especially from emotional, and physical sufferings. In her hands she holds utpala flowers which symbolize power and purity.
This is also my daily practice; we will pray for overcoming fear and clearing of obstacles. Also pray for those who have passed away from coronavirus. If anyone would like to join please sit and recite the mantra “OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA “. 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.
Via Facebook Live: Manjushri Dharma Center Facebook

Monday Night Chanted Prayers - Chenrezig Practice
2021-12-20 18:30 - 20:00, 2021-11-22 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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Saturday Morning: Precious Garland of the Supreme Path Online
2021-12-18 09:00 - 10:30, 2021-12-11 09:00 - 10:30, 2021-12-04 09:00 - 10:30, 2021-11-27 09:00 - 10:30, 2021-11-20 09:00 - 10:30, 2021-11-13 09:00 - 10:30, 2021-11-06 09:00 - 10:30 | online event, CA, United States
Instructions of Gampopa: A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path
Teachings and Oral Transmission with Khenpo Karten Rinpoche
Saturdays until completed
9:00am – 10:30am Pacific Time (time updated as of 11/27/2021)
Online via Zoom, link below
All welcome to join at any time
Free of charge, but donations always welcome

Although he lived long ago, Gampopa is someone who can relate to the suffering and turmoil of modern times. Gampopa, a medical doctor of his time, lived through a pandemic in Tibet, losing his son, daughter, and his wife. In his intense suffering, he sought relief by becoming a monk, and studying the Dharma (teachings of the Buddha Shakyamuni). He entered the Kadampa order, learning many texts and becoming well versed in the Dharma, but it was Milarepa, the fully enlightened yogi of Tibet, who became his root guru. Under Milarepa’s teachings, he learned the visualization practice of tantra. He combined the step-by-step, graduated path and logic of the Kadam master Atisha, with the tantric practice of Milarepa, and founded the “practice lineage,” the Karma Kagyu.
“Gampopa, the father of the Kagyu tradition in Tibet, wrote a number of commentaries on Buddha’s teachings. The most notable are The Jewel Ornament of Liberation and A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path. In A Precious Garland, Gampopa gives precise instructions on what is needed to develop one’s understanding, meditation and conduct on the spiritual path. Gampopa succinctly outlines in twenty-eight categories what we need to know in order to perfect our spiritual practice*.”
This is the fourth text by Gampopa that Khenpo Karten Rinpoche has taught at the Manjushri Dharma Center. Previously he taught the Jewel Ornament of Liberation, and next he taught on his succinct commentary called the “Excellent Path Of Freedom, The Jewel Ornament of Liberation in Brief,” and most recently he taught on the Four Dharmas of Gampopa. In the Four Dharmas of Gampopa, one line says: “May the Dharma become the Path.” The Precious Garland of the Supreme Path addresses the many facets of turning the Dharma into the Path: bullet points for right actions and intentions. In addition, the text includes many inspiring and poetic descriptions of the ultimate nature of mind and reality. The text will be shown on the screen, and resources to purchase or download a free version are below. There will be time made for questions and answers at the end of the class periodically. Please join us for the this precious series of teachings!

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About Venerable Gampopa Sonam Rinchen:
“Gampopa lived from 1070 to 1153. He was born in Central Tibet and trained as a doctor. At age 26, when his family succumbed to an epidemic, he promised his wife on her deathbed that he would become a monk and devote his life to Buddhism. He eventually met the great yogi Milarepa and became his foremost student. He founded the system of Mahamudra which combines the tantric teachings of the great siddhas of India with the graduated path teachings of Atisha.*”
*Note: The general description of the text and Gampopa’s life is credited and quoted from Shambala Publications: https://www.shambhala.com/snowlion_articles/the-instructions-of-gampopa/

About the Venerable Khenpo Karten Rinpoche

Khenpo 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.
In 1996, he left Tibet and traveled to Dharamsala, India to meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Upon His 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.
Khenpo 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.

About the Text
Instructions of Gampopa: A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path was written roughly 900 years ago, and there are many translations in many languages.

Here is a Tibetan version of the text, and please email rachelmdc2016@gmail.com for an English version.
An English version, translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso and Laura Roth, can be purchased from Snow Lion publication, with commentary by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche. Shambala Publications has an e-book, and it was originally published in 1996 as a paperback.
There is a free, downloadable PDF version of the text in both Tibetan and English, translated and edited by Dr.Konchok Rigzen of the Central Institute of Buddhist Studies in Leh-Ladak, India. It includes an extensive introduction, description of Gampopa’s life, and detailed footnotes.

Accompanying Texts:

Preliminary prayers (in English)
Closing prayers (in both Tibetan and English)
Khenpo Karten Long Life Prayers (in Tibetan)-Updated
Khenpo Karten Long Life Prayers (in English)-Updated

Recordings from Past Sessions

Session #1, Verse 1: July 10th, 2021,The Ten Causes of Loss

https://youtu.be/7fp-4mLF8fQ

Session #2, Verse 2: July 17th, 2021,The Ten Necessary Things

https://youtu.be/4b5MVrxW7KA

Session #3, Verse 3: July 24th, 2021,Ten Things Upon Which to Rely

https://youtu.be/tW8bugRPQLw

Session #4, Verse 4: July 31st, 2021,The Ten Things to be Abandoned

https://youtu.be/l82UXM2RXkA
Notes from Session 4

Session #5, Verse 5: August 7th, 2021, The Ten Things Not to be Abandoned

https://youtu.be/RG9QGJ4BVKA
Notes from Session 5

Session #6, Verse 6: August 14th, 2021,The Ten Things to be Known

https://youtu.be/1JJ0Qt4fdxE
Notes from Session 6

Session #7, Verse 7: August 21/2021,The Ten Things to be Practiced

https://youtu.be/4QWv51yTVDs
Notes from Session 7

Session #8, Verse 8: August 28, 2021,The Ten Things to Emphasize

https://youtu.be/xebiQ2kbasM
Notes from Session 8-part 1
Notes from Session 8-part 2-How to Listen to Dharma

Session #9, Verse 9: September 4, 2021, Ten Exhortations

Unfortunately, this recording was not captured–technical difficulties

Session #10, Verse 10: September 11, 2021,Ten Deviations

https://youtu.be/PlkF9MtopvM

Session #11, Verses 11-12: September 18, 2021,Ten Confusions of One Thing for Another & Ten Unmistaken Things

https://youtu.be/H9gMbaOdQGY

Session #12, Verse 13, September 25, 2021,Fourteen Useless Things

https://youtu.be/1RkXTJjk9rA

Session #13, Verse 14: October 2, 2021,Eighteen Hidden Evils of Practitioners

https://youtu.be/vJj5UUZBVqI

Session #14, Verse 15: October 23, 2021,Twelve Indispensable Things

https://youtu.be/I0ZxbI8xwIQ
Notes from Session 14, Verse 15
Notes from Session 14, Verse 15-part 2

Session #15, Verse 16: October 30, 2021, Eleven Marks of a Holy Person

https://youtu.be/kMlT5Bgvce0

Session #16, Verse 17: November 6, 2021,Ten Things of No Benefit

https://youtu.be/HuHihvG9Zog
Notes from Session 16, Verse 17

Session #17, Verse 18: November 13, 2021,The Ten Ways of Accomplishing One’s Own Disaster

https://youtu.be/iOCGKO8emLs

Session #18, Verse 19: November 20, 2021, The Ten Great Kindnesses to Oneself

https://youtu.be/0OLsh0e-R10
Notes from Session 18, Verse 19

Session #19, Verse 20: November 28, 2021, The Ten Perfect Things

https://youtu.be/e6pM9rr53uQ
Notes from Session 19, Verse 20

Session #20, Verse 21: December 4, 2021, Ten Bewilderments of Practitioners

https://youtu.be/wtUVT6bfNBA

Session #21, Verse 22: December 11, 2021, Ten Necessary Things

https://youtu.be/Z0UbQrkxQMo
Notes from Session 21, Verse 22

Session #22, Verse 23: December 18, 2021, Ten Unnecessary Things

https://youtu.be/qdt4_1Wa0QI
Notes from Session 22 (referring back to question in Session 21)

Session #23, Verse 24: January 8, 2022, Ten Superior Things

https://youtu.be/La5PeWGjll8

Session #24, Verse 25: January 15, 2022, Ten Situations in which Whatever is Done is Excellent

https://youtu.be/fQ7-VVhk6Rs

Session #25, Verse 26: January 22, 2022, Ten Qualities of Genuine Dharma

https://youtu.be/umB1xh06ioc
Notes from Session 25, Verse 26

Session #26, Verse 27: January 29, 2022, Ten Things that are Merely Names

https://youtu.be/suCjNAKyFuM
Rinpoche also read verses from his composition The Excellent Path of Freedom: The Jewel Ornament of Liberation in Brief, verses 67-71

Session #27, Verse 28: February 6, 2022, Ten Things that are Spontaneously Present as Great Bliss

https://youtu.be/0wvmT7kvLf4
Please note: the final session of this series was part of the 2-day retreat held in early Februrary, 2022. The entire retreat and videos can be found here: https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/2022_februaryretreat/2022-02-05/

Written Transcriptions of Each Session
Through the kindness of Florence Lee, written transcriptions of each session are being compiled. They will be uploaded here as they become available.

Monday Night Prayers Online--Guru Rinpoche
2021-12-13 18:30 - 20:00 | 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 both Tibetan and English.
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
Additional texts: Awakening to the Guru’s Pure Vision
Yeshe Tsogyal’s Prayer to Guru Rinpoche as He Left Tibet

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Remembrance Ceremony + Amitabha Prayers
2021-12-10 15:30 - 17:00 | Manjushri Dharma Center, 724 Forest Ave, Pacific Grove, CA, 93950, United States
Remembrance Ceremony
Friday, December 10th, 2021
3:30pm Pacific Time
In-person at the Manjushri Dharma Center
Backyard/Outdoor event
724 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA
Friday, 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.
Rinpoche 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).
The ceremony will take place outside, in the backyard of the Dharma Center. Masks are encouraged, and social distancing will be maintained.
For questions, contact support@manjushridharmacenter.org.
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Monday Night Chanted Prayers - Amitabha Puja
2021-12-06 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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No Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers Online
2021-12-01 17:00 - 18:30 | online event, CA, United States
We celebrate Rinpoche’s silent home retreat for the month of November! There will be no chanted prayer session on Wednesday, December 1st on Facebook Live. The next session is scheduled for Wednesday, December 22nd, but be sure to check Facebook for any updates.

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.
Please join us as we wish for all beings to have health and peace of mind.
Wednesday night prayers tend to be in Tibetan, but Rinpoche always gives some guidance and teaching in English as well. All practitioners can follow along in the spirit and intention of peace and healing.

Via Facebook Live: Manjushri Dharma Center Facebook
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No Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers
2021-11-24 17:00 - 18:30, 2021-11-17 17:00 - 18:30, 2021-11-10 17:00 - 18:30, 2021-11-03 17:00 - 18:30 | online event, CA, United States
There will be no Wednesday evening chanted prayers for the entire month of November, as Rinpoche is on retreat.

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