Manjushri Dharma Center

Monday Night Chanted Prayers Online–Padmasambhava Guru Yoga with Guest Anam Thubten
2021-05-03 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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
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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-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
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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--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.

Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers Online--Padmasambhava Guru Yoga
2021-05-19 17:00 - 19:30 | 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--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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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
International numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3
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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-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):
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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-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:
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Meeting ID: 863 4547 0369
Password required: Peace=Love

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

Sunday Special Event: The Four Causes of Rebirth in Sukhavati-online
2021-06-13 09:00 - 11:00, 2021-06-13 14:00 - 16:00 | 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
Facebook page

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Monday Night Chanted Prayers Online-Green Tara Practice
2021-06-14 18:30 - 20:00, 2021-07-12 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

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)

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.

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.

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
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.

Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers Online-Green Tara Practice
2021-06-23 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

Fire Puja (Riwo Sangchod)-In Person
2021-06-24 10:00 - 11:00 | Manjushri Dharma Center, 724 Forest Ave, Pacific Grove, CA, 93950, United States
Thursday, June 24
Fire Puja (Riwo Sangchod)-In Person
10:00 am at Manjushri Dharma Center (backyard)
In Person Event, masks and social distance required
724 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove

On 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.
“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

Monday Night Chanted Prayers Online--Medicine Buddha
2021-06-28 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.
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No Wednesday Night Prayers on June 30
2021-06-30 17:00 - 19:30 | online event, CA, United States
No Wednesday night chanted prayer practice on June 30, 2021, and also no practice on Wednesday, July 7th, 2021. The next practice will be July 14th with Chokor Duchen and a teaching from Rinpoche on the Four Noble Truths. This special event on July 14th will be on Zoom, rather than Facebook live.

Monday Night Chanted Prayers Online--Chenrezig Practice
2021-07-05 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

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Special Tuesday Night Event Online-Happy Birthday H.H. Dalai Lama
2021-07-06 18:30 - 20:00 | online event, CA, United States
On Tuesday, July 6, 2021, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will turn 86 years old! We will celebrate by giving the gift of prayers and practice. As Rinpoche said while discussing this special day last year, “His Holiness always says, ‘don’t give gifts of money, no need to spend anything, but make your heart and mind more compassionate, this is the best gift’.”
Please join us for this special evening of prayers and practice! The texts and practiced will be announced on the Manjushri Dharma Center (MDC) Facebook page and in the MDC Newsletter. To subscribe to the newsletter, click here: Manjushri Dharma Center Newsletter Sign Up
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About His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso–official website
From our 2020 celebration:
See this short video from last year, when the Dailai Lama gave advice on ways to honor his birthday: https://www.dalailama.com/videos/the-best-birthday-gift. We recited special prayers to honor His Holiness the Dalai Lama. We had a “butter lamp” ceremony–holding up candles on our Zoom screens.

No Wednesday Night Prayers on July 7
2021-07-07 17:00 - 18:30 | online event, CA, United States
No Wednesday night chanted prayer practice on Wednesday, July 7th, 2021. The next practice will be July 14th with Chokor Duchen and a teaching from Rinpoche on the Four Noble Truths. This special event on July 14th will be on Zoom, rather than Facebook live.

Special Wednesday Night Event: Choekhor Duchen & Four Noble Truths-Online
2021-07-14 17:00 - 18:30 | online event, CA, United States
Wednesday, July 14th, 2021 marks the Tibetan holy day of Choekhor Duchen, honoring the day that the Buddha Shakyamuni first taught the Four Noble Truths, and first turned the wheel of the Dharma. We will celebrate with an online talk via Zoom on the Four Noble Truths given by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche and special prayers. Please join us for this profound teaching on this very special occasion!

Please read Rinpoche’s 2019 teaching on the Essence of Buddhism as Related to the Four Noble Truths, which also contains a teaching on the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination.

Please note–this teaching will be on Zoom, rather than on Facebook live. Any additional information will be posted on the Manjushri Dharma Center (MDC) Facebook page and in the MDC Newsletter. To subscribe to the newsletter, click here: Manjushri Dharma Center Newsletter Sign Up

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For questions, please contact: rachelmdc2016@gmail.com.

Saturday Morning: Precious Garland of the Supreme Path Online
2021-07-17 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 Chanted Prayers Online–Padmasambhava Guru Yoga
2021-07-19 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
Abbreviated text: Awakening to the Guru’s Pure Vision

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No Wednesday Night Practice on July 21
2021-07-21 17:00 - 18:30 | online event, CA, United States
No Wednesday night chanted prayer practice on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. Wednesday night prayers will resume next week on July 28th with The Guru Practice, Rain of Blessings on Facebook Live at 5pm.
The Guru Practice, Rain of Blessings
