Manjushri Dharma Center

Saturday Morning Meditation
2022-10-01 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-09-24 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-09-03 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-08-27 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-08-20 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-08-13 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-08-06 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-07-30 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) and 1 more date | 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
2022-09-28 17:00 - 18:30, 2022-09-21 17:00 - 18:30, 2022-09-14 17:00 - 18:30, 2022-09-07 17:00 - 18:30, 2022-08-31 17:00 - 18:30, 2022-08-24 17:00 - 18:30, 2022-08-10 17:00 - 18:30, 2022-08-03 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
2022-09-26 18:30 - 20:00, 2022-08-08 18:30 - 20:00, 2022-07-25 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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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.

15th Annual Amitabha Dechen Shingdrup 2022 - Mt. Adams Buddhist Temple (Trout Lake, WA)
2022-09-16 07:00 - 2022-09-18 15:00 | online event, CA, United States
The 15th Annual Amitabha Shingdrup Retreat & Teaching
The 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.
Week 1 at the NWTCA Community Center (Portland, OR)

Saturday, September 10 – Monday, Sept 12: 7:00AM – 4:00PM

Week 2 at the Mount Adams Buddhist Temple (Trout Lake, WA)

Friday, September 16 – Sunday, September 18 – 7:00AM – 3:00PM

Morning Session: Sojong and Amitabha Sadhana practice
Afternoon Session: Teaching on ‘The Words of my Perfect Teacher’ by Patrul Rinpoche
Last Day: Butter Lamp Prayer and Tsok Offering
Breakfast 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)

refraining from killing, stealing, sexual activity, and dishonesty
avoiding the three kinds of adornment and three kinds of entertainment
abstaining from eating at inappropriate times (at night) and from sitting on high and luxurious seats.

Contact person: Dikyi Lhamo (Spiritual Director) at 360 721-2962 or for further information, visit www.nwtca.org

15th Annual Amitabha Dechen Shingdrup 2022 - NWTCA Community Center (Portland, OR)
2022-09-10 07:00 - 2022-09-12 16:00 | online event, CA, United States

Monday Night Chanted Prayers - Amitabha Puja
2022-09-05 18:30 - 20:00, 2022-08-29 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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Welcome Guest Lama Geshe Lobsang Konchok !
2022-09-01 13:30 - 14:30 | Manjushri Dharma Center, 724 Forest Ave, Pacific Grove, CA, 93950, United States
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.

Monday Night Chanted Prayers - Medicine Buddha
2022-08-22 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.
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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Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers Online--Medicine Buddha
2022-08-17 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 Prayers Online--Guru Rinpoche
2022-08-15 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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