Manjushri Dharma Center

Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers Online-Green Tara Practice
2021-06-23 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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 Online-Amitabha Practice with Guest Lama Tsering Wangdu Rinpoche
2021-06-21 18:30 - 20:00 | online event, CA, United States
On Monday, June 21st, we will have a special blessing and teaching from Lama Tsering Wangdu Rinpoche, ahead of our Monday chanted prayers.
Learn more about Lama Wangdu: https://lamawangdu.org/
Our main Monday night prayer practice has always been Buddha Amitabha (the Buddha of Infinite Light). Since the Covid shelter-in-place, we have included the Amitabha mantra in every session, but this evening we will once again return to our 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.
Link to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom: Monday Night Prayer Practice
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For questions, please contact: rachelmdc2016@gmail.com.

Summer Solstice Blessing of the Waters
2021-06-20 18:30 - 2021-06-21 19:30 | Lover’s Point Beach, 17th St and Ocean View Blvd, Pacific Grove, CA, 93950, United States
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.
Because this practice is on the beach, there is no opportunity for us to also broadcast online (as far as known).
This 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.
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 ceremony.
Instructions on Blessing the Waters
Tashi Delek!
Prayer for World Peace
Through roots of goodness of us all on this vast earth,
May all living creatures become full of
love and compassion,
So that all enjoy peace on earth!
Stop bad intentions, thoughts and deeds
of all those who terrorize others,
That all living beings on this earth
come together like one family!
May all be well, have long life and health
with bliss of mind, free of illusion.
May all mothers have oceans of bliss
of body, for now, and ultimately of mind.
May this lamp of wisdom love, oneness,
highest remedy to clear darkness,
Enter the hearts of all living beings,
so their perfect path be illumined!
Footnote: 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.

No Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers June 16
2021-06-16 17:00 - 18:30 | online event, CA, United States
There will be no live-streamed prayers on Wednesday, June 16th, 2021. Facebook live prayers will return at 5pm on June 23rd with Green Tara prayers.

Monday Night Chanted Prayers Online-Green Tara Practice
2021-06-14 18:30 - 20:00 | online event, CA, United States
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. (Prayer text will be shown on screen, but we don’t have permission yet to add to our website)
Written by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche, adapted for the Monday night session.

Link to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom: Monday Night Prayer Practice
Password required: WorldPeace

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Sunday Special Event: The Four Causes of Rebirth in Sukhavati-online
2021-06-13 14:00 - 16:00, 2021-06-13 09:00 - 11:00 | online event, CA, United States
Venerable Khenpo Karten Rinpoche

Venerable Lama Lekshey Zangpo

Khenpo Karten Rinpoche will teach the students of Lama Lekshey Zangpo and any who wish to join on the subject of the Four Causes of Rebirth in Sukhavati. The event will be hosted by Lama Leshe on Zoom. You can see Lama Lekshey’s website here: Tsinta Mani Choling Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center.
The Four Causes of Rebirth in Sukhavati
Sunday, June 13th, 2021
Two Sessions:
*9:00am to 11:00am Pacific Time
*2:00pm to 4:00pm Pacific Time
Teachings by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche
Hosted by Lama Lekshey Zangpo
All Welcome
Zoom link below
More about Ven. Lama Lekshey Zangpo:

Tsinta Mani Choling Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center
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No Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers Online
2021-06-09 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
Image courtesy of Miles McBreen

Monday Night Chanted Prayers Online-Chöd Practice
2021-06-07 18:30 - 20:00 | online event, CA, United States
Please join us on Monday at 6:30PM PST on Zoom for the practice of Chöd.

Here is the text for the practice: The Longchen Nyingthig CHÖD PRACTICE, “The Loud Laugh of the Dakini.”

Chöd, which means “to cut,” is a profound path of severing dualistic fixation and ego-clinging. For the chod practitioner, the body is regarded as the primary object of clinging. Through visualizing one’s consciousness as the female Buddha T’hroma Nagmo (The “Wrathful Black Mother”) the yogi or yogini offers the ordinary body to the assembled guests: enlightened beings, gods and demons (personifications of the five poisons), and those owed karmic debts, purifying negative karma and accumulating merit on a vast scale. Combining the view of the Prajnaparamita Sutra with the highest view of Dzogchen, Chöd is known for its haunting melodies and ritual instrumentation. When performed for others, it is a powerful healing ritual.

Online via the MDC Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86345470369?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 863 4547 0369
Password required: Peace=Love

No Practice on Weds., June 2
2021-06-02 17:00 - 19:30 | online event, CA, United States
There will be no chanted prayer practice on Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021, but practice will resume on June 9th at 5pm on Facebook live with Medicine Buddha.

Monday Night Chanted Prayers Online-Amitabha Practice
2021-05-31 18:30 - 20:00 | online event, CA, United States
Monday, May 31st at 6:30 PM PST on ZOOM, we will hold a very special Amitabha Puja where we will be joined by the accomplished pianist and my longtime friend Michael Martinez of Pacific Grove California. Michael will play his piano along with the chanting of the Amitabha Buddha Mantra, “OM AMI DEWA HRIH”. This will be a shortened version of our usual practice of “The Recitation for Accomplishment of Sukhavati from the Sky Dharma Mind Terma”. This Amitabha Puja has been a part of my practice for quite a long time because this was also a part of my Root Guru, Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche’s practice. Amitabha is the Buddha in the Western Pureland of Bliss, known as Sukhavati or Dewachen in Tibetan. Amitabha, known as the Buddha of Infinite Light, is claimed by the Buddhas of the ten directions as the King of All Buddhas; Buddha Amitabha is a very important deity of love, compassion, and wisdom. Please do join us for this very special occasion!
Buddha Amitabha is the Buddha of Infinite Light. Our 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.
Link to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom: Monday Night Prayer Practice
Password required: WorldPeace

Or join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):
US: +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
Meeting ID: 970 1801 1835
International numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3
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Saga Dawa Duchen Amitabha Tsog Offering & The King of Aspiration Prayers-Online
2021-05-26 17:00 - 19:30 | online event, CA, United States
Saga Dawa is the most significant “merit multiplying month ” for Vajrayana Practitioners and Tibetan Buddhism in general. In Tibetan, “Dawa” refers to the whole “month” and “Saga” is the name of a star in the sky which appears especially brighter during the fourth lunar month. Saga Dawa begins May 12,2021 up until June 10, 2021. The 15th day of this fourth lunar month which is the full moon is called Saga Dawa Duchen. Wednesday, May 26, 2021 is the full moon celebration this year. This is the most important day of the year for all Vajrayana practitioners. It commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of Lord Buddha Shakyamuni. (more from Rinpoche below)
Saga Dawa Duchen 2021
Wednesday, May 26th
5:00pm to 8:00pm Pacific Time
Online via Zoom. Zoom link below.
(please note: Weds. night practice is typically on Facebook, however this special event will not be on Facebook. Please join the Zoom link below)

ZOOM Link to Join: Saga Dawa Prayer Practice
Password required: WorldPeace
Or join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):
US: +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
Meeting ID: 970 1801 1835
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Texts & Practice:
We will use two texts for the event, The Recitation for Accomplishment of Sukhavati from the Sky Dharma Mind Terma by (though we will abbreviate), and the The King of Aspiration Prayers: Samantabhadra’s “Aspiration to Good Actions” (Zangchö Mönlam) from the Gaṇḍavyūha chapter of the Avataṃsaka sūtra. Additionally, we will conduct an Amitabha Tsog Offering.

The Recitation for Accomplishment of Sukhavati from the Sky Dharma Mind Terma.
The King of Aspiration Prayers: Samantabhadra’s “Aspiration to Good Actions” (Zangchö Mönlam)

About Saga Dawa, written by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche 2021:
Wednesday, May 12, marked the beginning of the month of Saga Dawa which will end on June 10, 2021. This is the most auspicious month in the Tibetan lunar calendar. In Tibetan, “Saga” means fourth and is also the name of a star which is prominent in the sky during the fourth lunar month; “Dawa” refers to the whole month. Saga Dawa is sacred because in this month, three monumental events — the birth, enlightenment, and nirvana of Lord Buddha Shakyamuni — are all believed to have taken place. Because of this, throughout the month of Saga Dawa, there is a great multiplying effect of the meritorious and demeritorious actions of body, speech, and mind by 100,000 times. Throughout this month, any positive actions such as doing solitary retreats, meditation, prostrations, or any other form of virtuous Dharmic activities made through the body, speech, and mind will be multiplied by 100,000. In the same way, any unwholesome or negative activities will also be multiplied by 100,000.
The 15th day of this lunar month is a full moon and is called Saga Dawa Duchen. This year, Saga Dawa Duchen will take place on Wednesday, May 26. Saga Dawa Duchen, the “Great Occasion” of the month of Saga Dawa, commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of Lord Buddha Shakyamuni, the supreme and perfect Guru. The fifteenth day of the month is very special as the birth of Buddha Shakyamuni, which refers to the day the consciousness of the Buddha entered his mother’s womb rather than His physical birth. At the age of 35, the Buddha attained enlightenment at Bodhgaya. This day also marks the anniversary of His parinirvana at Kushinagara at the age of 80. This is the single most important day of the year for all Vajrayana practitioners and Tibetan Buddhists. Therefore, this month represents a great opportunity to commemorate and honor the Buddha, and to accumulate merit and purify our body, speech, and mind. This month only occurs once a year, so please wholeheartedly practice the Dharma during this precious time! Tashi Delek
About Saga Dawa, from Pema Tsultrim, 2020

Any positive actions like doing month long retreats, meditation, making lamp offerings, prostrations, animal liberation, the six paramitas or any other form of virtuous Dharma activities made by the body ,speech and mind during this whole month will be multipled 100,000 times. In the same way, any unwholesome or negative activities will also be multipled 100,000 times.
A beneficial opportunity during this special month might be the motivation for all of us to renew or re-energize our practice. During this time, one might do such practices as committing to reading a Buddhist book on a topic you have wanted to explore in more depth, spending a bit more time each day on your meditation cushion, and trying ways in which you can express more kindness and compassion for all beings around you. Specific activities that create much merit during this month include: making a generous donation offering to a dharma center or charity, and performing volunteer services for the organization of your choice.
Stepping up your activities by creating a more structured practice period for yourself during this month will result in the creation of great merit, benefiting yourself and others. Please don’t miss this opportunity to advance your practice during the most auspicious month of the entire Tibetan year. And we hope to see you at the Saga Dawa Duchen celebration on May 26!
About Tsog Offering:
In the teaching on the 8 extremes, coming/going, infinite/finite, singular/plural, existance/non-existance–we are asked to see a pure view that incorporates and transcends the labels. The Tsog offering honors the divine within. Rinpoche often reminds us, that although we visualize Buddha Amitabha (Buddha of Infinite Light) in the space before us, that Buddha Amitabha and all the divine energies are also within us. In a Tsog Offering, participants place tsog offerings like flowers and edible offerings: fruits, biscuits, cheese/crackers, nuts, and (for those who have Highest Tantra initiation) a small amount of meat and alcohol, on their alter. Participants will eat a small amount of the offerings to honor the divine within, and offer a portions to the divine without. It is a beautiful practice to accumulate merit and purify obscurations. (read more: Tsog Offering advise from Lama Yeshe and Shambala publication)
More on the Tibetan Practice of Saga Dawa:
Here are a few sites with more information (Editors note: the Manjushri Dharma Center is not affiliated with any of these organizations)

https://www.universalcompassion.org/event/saga-dawa-duchen-2021/
https://www.greattibettour.com/festivals/saga-dawa-festival.html
https://wondersoftibet.com/about-tibet/festivals/saga-dawa/

Monday Night Chanted Prayers Online--Chenrezig Practice with guest Ven. Thay Kozen
2021-05-24 18:30 - 20:00 | online event, CA, United States
This week we will have special guest the Venerable Thay Kozen, teacher at Trout Lake Abbey in Washington state.

Avalokiteshvara, or Chenrezig in Tibetan, is the Bodhisattva who embodies the love and compassion of all Buddhas. He is often described as emitting rainbow light. 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.

Please do join us next week for this profound practice. Tashi Delek

Text: We are using the version of the text as posted by the Odiyana Institute: Chenrezig Sadhana

Link to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom: Monday Night Prayer Practice
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Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers Online--Padmasambhava Guru Yoga
2021-05-19 17:00 - 19:30, 2021-04-28 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 both Tibetan and English.
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

Monday Night Chanted Prayers Online--Amitabha Practice with guest Tulku Orgyen P'huntsok Rinpoche
2021-05-17 18:30 - 20:00 | online event, CA, United States
This week, we will have special guest Tulku Orgyen P’huntsok Rinpoche, teacher at the Odiyana Institute in Santa Barbara, California.
Our main Monday night prayer practice has always been Buddha Amitabha (the Buddha of Infinite Light). Since the Covid shelter-in-place, we have included the Amitabha mantra in every session, but this evening we will once again return to our 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.
Link to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom: Monday Night Prayer Practice
Password required: WorldPeace
Or join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):
US: +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
Meeting ID: 970 1801 1835 (No participant ID, press # to bypass)
Phone Password: [REDACTED]
International numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3
For questions, please contact: rachelmdc2016@gmail.com.

No Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers Online
2021-05-12 17:00 - 18:30 | online event, CA, United States
No practice on Wednesday, May 12th, 2021. The practice will resume on Facebook live next week, May 19th with Guru Yoga.

Monday Night Chanted Prayers Online-Green Tara Practice with Guest Lama Leshe Zangpo
2021-05-10 18:30 - 20:00 | online event, CA, United States
This week, we will have special guest Lama Leshe Zangpo joining us.
Venerable Lama Leshe Zangpo
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. (Prayer text will be shown on screen, but we don’t have permission yet to add to our website)
Written by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche, adapted for the Monday night session.

Link to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom: Monday Night Prayer Practice
Password required: WorldPeace

Or join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):
US: +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
Meeting ID: 970 1801 1835
International numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3
Phone Password: [REDACTED] (phone password only, no participant ID, press # to bypass)

Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers Online--Medicine Buddha
2021-05-05 17:00 - 18:30 | online event, CA, United States
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.
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

Monday Night Chanted Prayers Online–Padmasambhava Guru Yoga with Guest Anam Thubten
2021-05-03 18:30 - 20:00 | online event, CA, United States
This week, we will have a special guest Anam Thubten, lay teacher at the Dharmata Foundation in Richmond, California.
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
Abbreviated text: Awakening to the Guru’s Pure Vision

Link to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom: Monday Night Prayer Practice
Password required: WorldPeace
Or join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):
US: +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
Meeting ID: 970 1801 1835
International numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3
Phone Password: [REDACTED]

No Wednesday Night Practice-04/21/2021
2021-04-21 17:00 - 18:30 | online event, CA, United States
No prayer practice on Facebook on Wednesday, April 21st. The practice resumes on 04/28 with the practice of Guru Yoga.

Monday Night Chanted Prayers Online--Chenrezig Practice
2021-04-19 18:30 - 20:00 | online event, CA, United States
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.

Please do join us next week for this profound practice. Tashi Delek

Text: We are using the version of the text as posted by the Odiyana Institute: Chenrezig Sadhana

Link to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom: Monday Night Prayer Practice
Password required: WorldPeace

Or join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):
US: +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
Meeting ID: 970 1801 1835
International numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3
Phone Password: [REDACTED]

Saturday Morning Lojong Teaching--Online via Zoom
2021-04-17 09:00 - 10:30 | online event, CA, United States
On Saturday Mornings, April 3rd, April 17th, and April 24th from 9:00am to 10:30am each day over Zoom, Khenpo Karten Rinpoche will offer teachings on the Eight Verses in Training the Mind, or Lojong, composed by Geshe Langri Tangpa, who lived in the 11th century.
Although the teachings will be in Tibetan, all are welcome to join and share the good energy and rejoice in the teaching for our Tibetan sangha. Contact Pema Tsomo to receive Zoom link at the phone number listed in the flyer.

འཛུམ་གྱི་དྲ་ཚིག་འདི་ཡིན།
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86208736682?pwd=[REDACTED]

For the English speaking Sangha: His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave a series of teaching on Lojong in 1998, and that can be found here: https://www.rfa.org/tibetan/society/dharma-center-and-tibetan-cause-03312021130121.html

Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers Online-Green Tara Practice
2021-04-14 17:00 - 18:30 | online event, CA, United States
On Wednesday, September 30th, at 6:00pm PT, Rinpoche will practice Green Tara prayers via Facebook Live.
Green Tara supplication prayers. 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. 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 Online--Medicine Buddha
2021-04-12 18:30 - 20:00 | online event, CA, United States
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.
Link to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom: Monday Night Prayer Practice
Password required: WorldPeace
Or join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):
US: +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
Meeting ID: 970 1801 1835 (there is no participant number, so press # to bypass)
Phone Password: [REDACTED]
International numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3
Image by MDC Sangha member Miles McBreen

An Invitation from Thay Kozen
2021-04-10 08:30 - 10:00 | online event, CA, United States
The Venerable Thich Minh Tinh (Thay Kozen) co-founder of the Mount Adams Buddhist Temple at Trout Lake Abbey has invited the Manjushri Dharma Center Sangha to participate in a special event on Saturday, April 10th, 2021.
APRIL 10th Taking Refuge & The Precepts
Novice Ordination for Sister Minh Bao (a novice nun)
9:00 AM to 10 AM – part of Saturday Service
Following 8:30 AM Check-In
Zoom link and more information:

Here is the Zoom link. The ordination will be part of a regular practice on Saturdays to which all are invited on a standing basis:
https://www.mtadamsbuddhisttemple.com/event/saturday-morning-service-sitting-meditation-dharma-talk-2021-04-10/
For a further description of the ordination, refuge practice and precept practice, use this link:
https://www.mtadamsbuddhisttemple.com/event/taking-refuge-the-precepts-and-novice-ordination-for-sister-minh-bao/

We rejoice that Khenpo Karten Rinpoche and Thay Kozen have the karma to cross paths, and share traditions across the two Sanghas!

Monday Night Chanted Prayers Online--Amitabha Practice
2021-04-05 18:30 - 20:00 | online event, CA, United States
Buddha Amitabha is the Buddha of Infinite Light. Our 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.
Link to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom: Monday Night Prayer Practice
Password required: WorldPeace

Or join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):
US: +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
Meeting ID: 970 1801 1835
International numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3
Phone Password: [REDACTED] (phone password only, no participant ID, press # to bypass)

Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers Online--Medicine Buddha
2021-03-31 17:00 - 18:30 | online event, CA, United States
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

No Wednesday Chanted Prayers
2021-03-24 17:00 - 18:30 | online event, CA, United States
No chanted prayer practice on Weds. , March 24th. We will resume next week, March 31, with Medicine Buddha practice.

Monday Night Chanted Prayers Online--Avalokiteshvara
2021-03-22 18:30 - 20:00 | online event, CA, United States
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.

Please do join us for this profound practice. Tashi Delek

Short text: Amitabha Prayer Practice.
Long text: The Recitation for Accomplishment of Sukhavati from the Sky Dharma Mind Terma.

Link to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom: Monday Night Prayer Practice
Password required: WorldPeace

Or join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):
US: +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
Meeting ID: 970 1801 1835
International numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3
Phone Password: [REDACTED] (phone password only, no participant ID, press # to bypass)
