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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201104T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201104T193000
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SUMMARY:No Practice on Wednesday 11/4/20
DESCRIPTION:Typically\, Rinpoche leads prayers online via Facebook livestream on Wednesday evenings at 6:00pm Pacific Time\, but this week there will be no event.  We will resume next week\, 11/11/20. \nImage by MDC Sangha member Marguerite Fishman. 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/no-practice-on-wednesday-11-4-20/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201102T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201102T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
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SUMMARY:Medicine Buddha Prayers Online
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, 11/2/20 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 \nOur 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.    Additionally\, we now have the long text:  The Recitation for Accomplishment of Sukhavati from the Sky Dharma Mind Terma. \nPlease join us as we wish for all beings to have health and peace of mind. \nLink to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom:  Monday Night Prayer Practice\nPassword required:  WorldPeace\nOr join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):\nUS: +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\nMeeting ID: 970 1801 1835\nInternational numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3\nPhone Password: 470102 \n  \nImage by MDC Sangha member Miles McBreen
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/medicine-buddha-prayers-online/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dharma Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201031T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201031T193000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
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SUMMARY:Saturday Event--Chöd Prayer Practice Online
DESCRIPTION: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.\n\n\nThis special practice will be held on Saturday\, Oct.31\, 2020 at 6pm on Zoom (details below).   What an appropriate way to celebrate the full moon and Halloween day!\n\n\nLink to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom:  Chod Prayer Practice\nPassword required:  WorldPeace\n  \nOr join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):\nUS: +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\nMeeting ID: 970 1801 1835\nInternational numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3\nPhone Password: 470102
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/saturday-special-event-chod-prayer-practice/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201028T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201028T193000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20201012T221428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201026T183731Z
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers Online--Avalokiteshvara
DESCRIPTION:Avalokiteshvara\, or Chenrezig in Tibetan\, is the Bodhisattva who embodies the love and compassion of all Buddhas.\n\nChenrezig 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.\n\nPlease do join us for this profound practice. Tashi Delek\n\nText:  from the Odiyana Institute:  Chenrezig Sadhana \nAlternate text: https://1drv.ms/w/s!AjwAt5Zl42NggSQu6LvP1SeO9b2t\n  \nVia Facebook Live:  Manjushri Dharma Center Facebook
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/wednesday-night-chanted-prayers-online-avalokiteshvara/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dharma Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201026T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201026T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20201012T220939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201012T224629Z
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SUMMARY:Monday Night Chanted Prayers Online--Padmasambhava Guru Yoga
DESCRIPTION: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. \nTrinley 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. \nThe 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. \nOutwardly\, 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. \nInwardly\, Guru Rinpoche is the embodiment of all the Wisdom Gurus of the past\, present\, and future\, and the essence of our own enlightened mind. \nPrayers will be recited in both Tibetan and English. \nMain text:  Trinley Nyingpo\, the “Essence of Enlightened Activity\,” is the concise Guru Rinpoche sadhana practice from the Tugdrub Barche Kunsel \nLineage text: Thugdrup Barched Kunsel Lineage Prayer \nAbbreviated text:  Awakening to the Guru’s Pure Vision \nLink to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom:  Monday Night Prayer Practice\nPassword required:  WorldPeace\n  \nOr join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):\nUS: +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\nMeeting ID: 970 1801 1835\nInternational numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3\nPhone Password: 470102
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/monday-night-chanted-prayers-online-padmasambhava-guru-yoga/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dharma Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201021T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201021T183000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20201012T220504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211229T172201Z
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers Online--Calling the Guru from Afar
DESCRIPTION:Calling the Guru from Afar is a heartfelt request to the guru for blessings to realize all the stages of the path to enlightenment\, as well as a meditation on the nature of the guru. \nThis beautiful devotional guru yoga practice was composed by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye; one of Tibet’s greatest scholars and poet. He also wrote more than 90 volumes of works known as the Great Treasuries.\n\nJamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye’s second reincarnation is Jamgon Kongtrul Palden Khyentse Oser\, who was born in Tsurpu as the son of 15th Karmapa. Palden Khyentse Oser was a renowned Mahamudra master and passed on the lineage to the 16th Karmapa. My root guru’s teacher was the second Jamgon Kongtrul and this text is also very much connected to our guru yoga practice that we hold regularly.\n\nJamgon Kongtrul’s best student was a very good practitioner and requested him to write a guru yoga practice . In her mind he is the triple gems as well as the lama\, yidam and dakini. Being humble he said that he did not have any good qualities but agreed to write this precious text for her. First he paid homage to all the lineage gurus from the four major lineages and then placed his own name at the end.�One of his best works was “Seven Points of Mind training” which is a direct path to the practitioner’s heart and transforms his mind. That is why it is also called the great path of awakening.\n\nPlease do join us. Thank you and Tashi Delek.\n\nHere is the link to the text for reference:\nhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/10Lb6ZK8mZwoaaiePE2CMiU6vd0CMXBB5L92YBSsRdA8/edit?usp=sharing\nVia Facebook Live:  Manjushri Dharma Center Facebook \nEditor’s note:  There is a wonderful version of this chanted prayer with beautiful images of Tibet on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhuW8xhcbUA.  
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/wednesday-night-chanted-prayers-online-calling-the-guru-from-afar/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dharma Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201019T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201019T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
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SUMMARY:Monday Night Chanted Prayers Online-Milarepa Guru Yoga
DESCRIPTION:Jetsun Milarepa (Tibetan: རྗེ་བཙུན་མི་ལ་རས་པ\, 1028/40–1111/23) was a Tibetan siddha (accomplished\, enlightened pratitioner)\, who famously was a murderer as a young man before turning to Buddhism and becoming a highly accomplished Buddhist disciple. He is generally considered one of Tibet’s most famous yogis and spiritual poets\, whose teachings are known among several schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He was a student of Marpa Lotsawa\, and a major figure in the history of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. \nLink to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom:  Monday Night Prayer Practice\nPassword required:  WorldPeace\n  \nOr join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):\nUS: +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\nMeeting ID: 970 1801 1835\nInternational numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3\nPhone Password: 470102
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/monday-night-chanted-prayers-online-milarepa-guru-yoga/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dharma Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201014T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201014T193000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20200928T203738Z
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers Online--Medicine Buddha
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, October 14th\, at 6.00PM PT we will practice Medicine Buddha supplication prayers. The practice of Sangye Menla\, King of Lapis Lazuli light is very powerful for healing both the inner sickness of afflictions as well as outer physical illnesses and sufferings. The 12 syllables of Medicine Buddha’s name in Sanskrit also represents his 12 great vows for the benefit of all sentient beings. \n\nThis Medicine Buddha supplication also forms part of my daily practice; we will pray for healing of the body as well as invoking Medicine Buddha’s blessings especially during this great time of suffering in the world. We will also pray for those who have passed away from coronavirus. If anyone would like to join please sit and recite the mantra “Tayata Om Bekanze Bekanze Maha Bekanze Radza Samudgate 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVia Facebook Live:  Manjushri Dharma Center Facebook\n\nWritten by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\, posted to the Manjushri Dharma Center Facebook page.   Photo credit Miles McBreen.
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/wednesday-night-chanted-prayers-online-medicine-buddha/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dharma Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201012T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201012T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20200928T202932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200928T202932Z
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SUMMARY:Monday Night Chanted Prayers Online-Dakini Practice
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, October 12th at 6:30pm PT\, Khenpo Karten Rinpoche will lead the practice of Dakini Yoga\, channeling the female energy of wisdom.    More details to come about this practice! \n  \nLink to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom:  Monday Night Prayer Practice\nPassword required:  WorldPeace\n  \nOr join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):\nUS: +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\nMeeting ID: 970 1801 1835\nInternational numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3\nPhone Password: 470102 \n 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/monday-night-chanted-prayers-online-dakini-practice/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dharma Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201007T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201007T193000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20200928T201752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200928T201752Z
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SUMMARY:No Practice on Wednesday\, Oct. 7th\, 2020
DESCRIPTION:Usually on Wednesday nights Khenpo Karten leads chanted prayers online via Facebook live\, but on Wednesday Oct. 7th\, 2020\, no session will be held.    The practice will reconvene online Wednesday the 14th with Medicine Buddha practice.
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/no-practice-on-wednesday-oct-7th-2020/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201005T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201005T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20200928T201302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200928T201846Z
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SUMMARY:Monday Night Chanted Prayers Online--Guru Rinpoche Practice
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, October 5th\, 2020 at 6:30pm PT via Zoom\, Khenpo Karten will lead us in the practice of Guru Rinpoche. \nGuru 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. \nTrinley 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. \nThe 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. \nOutwardly\, 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. \nInwardly\, Guru Rinpoche is the embodiment of all the Wisdom Gurus of the past\, present\, and future\, and the essence of our own enlightened mind. \nPrayers will be recited in both Tibetan and English. \nMain text:  Trinley Nyingpo\, the “Essence of Enlightened Activity\,” is the concise Guru Rinpoche sadhana practice from the Tugdrub Barche Kunsel \nLineage text: Thugdrup Barched Kunsel Lineage Prayer \nAbbreviated text:  Awakening to the Guru’s Pure Vision \nLink to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom:  Monday Night Prayer Practice\nPassword required:  WorldPeace\n 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/monday-night-chanted-prayers-online-guru-rinpoche-practice/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dharma Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201003T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201003T090000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20201003T030216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201003T030216Z
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SUMMARY:Amitabha Dechen Shingdrup
DESCRIPTION:Saturday and Sunday\, Oct. 3-4\, 7am-9am PT Online \nབཀྲ་ཤིས་བད་ེལེགས། ཨ་རིའི་པོར་ལེན་ནུབ་བྱང་བོད་མིའི་རིག་གཞུང་ཚོགས་པས་གོ་སྒྲིག་འོག། འདི་ལོའི་བདེ་ཆེན་ཞིང་སྒྲུབ་ཆེན་མོ་ཐེངས་བཅུ་གསུམ་པ་་ཉིད་སྤྱི་ཚོགས་དྲྭ་རྒྱ་འཛུམ་Zoomགྱི་ནང་། སྤྱི་ཟླ་བཅུ་པའི་ཚེས་གསུམ་དང་བཞི་རེས་གཟའ་སྤེན་པ་དང་ཉི་མར་ཞོགས་པ་ཁ་ལི་ཧྥོ་ཉའི་ཆུ་ཚོད་བདུན་ནས་དགུའི་བར་འཚོགས་གཏན་ཁེལ་བྱུང་བ་ལགས་ན། བོད་རིགས་དད་ལྡན་མཉམ་ཞུགས་གནང་འདོད་ཡོད་མཁན་རྣམས་གཤམ་གྱི་དྲྭ་ཚིག་བརྒྱུད་ནས་ཅི་ནས་ཀྱང་ཕེབས་རོགས་ཞུ། \nDue to this year’s pandemic\, the Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association will hold the annual Amitabha Dechen Shingdrup virtually via Zoom meetings. Khenpo Karten Rinpoche will hold the Puja on October 3rd and 4th (Saturday and Sunday) from 7:00AM to 9:00AM Pacific Time.\nAs in the past\, we will take sojong vows refraining from 8 kinds of activities; prayers and teachings will be in Tibetan\, but all are welcome to join for the\n13th Dechen Shingdrup Anniversary. \nZoom Link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85879812603?pwd=cytmOXJ1TC9OUGNSVnFTRE9nUnhDQT09 \nEditor’s note:  Sorry for the short notice! 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/amitabha-dechen-shingdrup/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200930T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200930T193000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20200928T200004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200928T200004Z
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers Online-Green Tara Practice
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, September 30th\, at 6:00pm PT\, Rinpoche will practice Green Tara prayers via Facebook Live. \nGreen 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. \nThis 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.  \nVia Facebook Live:  Manjushri Dharma Center Facebook
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/wednesday-night-chanted-prayers-online-green-tara-practice/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200928T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200928T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20200928T194931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200928T204744Z
UID:75620-1601317800-1601323200@manjushridharmacenter.org
SUMMARY:Monday Night Chanted Prayers Online--Chenrezig Practice
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, 9/28/20 at 6:30 PM PST\, we will live stream via Zoom the practice of “The Recitation for the Chenrezig Meditation”.\n\nAvalokiteshvara\, or Chenrezig in Tibetan\, is the Bodhisattva who embodies the love and compassion of all Buddhas.\n\nChenrezig 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.\n\nPlease do join us next week for this profound practice. Tashi Delek\n\nText:  We are using the version of the text as posted by the Odiyana Institute:  Chenrezig Sadhana\n\nLink to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom:  Monday Night Prayer Practice\nPassword required:  WorldPeace\n  \nOr join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):\nUS: +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\nMeeting ID: 970 1801 1835\nInternational numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3\nPhone Password: 470102
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/monday-night-chanted-prayers-online-chenrezig-practice/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dharma Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200907T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200907T183000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20200906T070016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200906T222741Z
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SUMMARY:No Monday Night Chanted Prayers
DESCRIPTION:Typically on Monday nights Khenpo Karten Rinpoche leads prayers and meditation over Zoom–but this Monday\, Labor Day September 7th\, 2020\, we will rest from our routine\, and find rest in the Dharma of our home practice.  We look forward to resuming next week\, 6:30pm online.  Thank you Sangha!  Rest well Rinpoche!
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/no-monday-night-chanted-prayers-2/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200808T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200808T123000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20200803T162443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200803T202237Z
UID:17575-1596880800-1596889800@manjushridharmacenter.org
SUMMARY:Fire Puja (Riwo Sangchod) & Silent Meditation--In Person
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 8\n10:00 am at Manjushri Dharma Center \nLimited to first 10 people to sign up\nRegistration Required \nOn Saturday\, August 8th beginning at 10:00am in the backyard of the Manjushri Dharma Center (724 Forest Avenue) Khenpo Karten Rinpoche will offer the first in-person event for Manjushri Dharma Center sangha since the lockdown began.   It will be limited to the first ten people who sign up\, and all details including COVID precautions and the address of the residence will be provided with registration.   More about the practice is below.    To register\, please contact Shayna Morse at Edovid@aol.com or phone her at 404-310-6323. \n  \n“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
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/fire-puja-riwo-sangchod-silent-meditation-in-person/
LOCATION:Manjushri Dharma Center\, 724 Forest Ave\, Pacific Grove\, CA\, 93950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200724T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200724T193000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20200720T202002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200720T202002Z
UID:8292-1595613600-1595619000@manjushridharmacenter.org
SUMMARY:Four Noble Truths--Choekhor Duchen--Online
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, July 24th\, 2020 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!\n\n\n\nLink to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom:  Friday Night 4 Noble Truths Prayer Practice\nPassword required:  WorldPeace\n  \nOr join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):\nUS: +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\nMeeting ID: 970 1801 1835\nInternational numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3\nPhone Password: 470102 \n\n\nLearn More\nChokor Duchen Festival in Tibet is one of the four great seasonal festivals (Losar\, Saga Dawa\, Chokor Duchen and Lhabab Duchen) celebrated by all Tibetan Buddhists. During those times\, it is believed that the effects of positive or negative actions are multiplied ten million times.\nChoekhor means “Prayer Wheel” or “Dharma Wheel”\, the common religious objects in Tibet\, and Duchen means “great occasion” in Tibetan. Hand held prayer wheels are hollow wooden or metal cylinders attached to a handle which when turned are believed to spread spiritual blessing. Mantras—such as Om Mani Padme Hum\, believed to invoke the attention and blessings of Chenrezig\, the Buddha of compassion—may be printed on the outside.
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/four-noble-truths-choekhor-duchen-online/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200713T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200713T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20200713T190809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200713T190809Z
UID:8289-1594665000-1594670400@manjushridharmacenter.org
SUMMARY:No Monday Night Prayers on 7/13/2020
DESCRIPTION:Tashi Delek everyone\, \nI regret to inform you that this Monday\, 7/13\, we will NOT hold our regularly scheduled live practice via Zoom because I must attend to important family matters in Tibet. Thank you all for understanding\nKKR\n—\nKhenpo Karten Rinpoche \n  \n 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/no-monday-night-prayers-on-7-13-2020/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200706T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200706T183000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20200703T035730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200703T040243Z
UID:8266-1594060200-1594060200@manjushridharmacenter.org
SUMMARY:Happy Birthday H.H. Dalai Lama!
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, July 6th\, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will turn 85 years old!  We will celebrate by giving the gift of prayers and practice.  As Rinpoche said while discussing this special day\, “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’.”   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. \nThis year\, His Holiness requests special prayers and mantras–1000 Avalokiteshvara mantras with a compassionate heart for the whole world as we deal with COVID\, anxiety\, isolation and death. \nWe will accomplish 1000 mantras on Monday\, July 6th during our practice\, and we will recite special prayers  to honor His Holiness the Dalai Lama.   In addition\, we will have a “butter lamp” ceremony–please have a candle nearby and ready to hold up (even though we won’t see each other\, we still will add to the ceremony individually and collectively). \nPlease join us for this special evening of prayers and practice! \nLink to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom:  Monday Night Prayer Practice\nPassword required:  WorldPeace\n  \nOr join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):\nUS: +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\nMeeting ID: 970 1801 1835\nInternational numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3\nPhone Password: 470102 \n  \n 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/happy-birthday-h-h-dalai-lama/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200624T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200624T183000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20200622T194929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210928T142447Z
UID:8134-1593018000-1593023400@manjushridharmacenter.org
SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Chanted Prayers-Online
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday evenings Rinpoche live-streams prayers from Amitabha Buddha (the Buddha of Infinite Light)\, Avalokiteshvara (the Buddha of Infinite Compassion)\, Medicine Buddha (the Buddha of Infinite Healing)\, or Buddha Green Tara (the Mother of Swift Help). \nParticipants can send messages in the comment section of facebook. \nWednesday 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. \nVia Facebook Live:  Manjushri Dharma Center Facebook
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/wednesday-night-chanted-prayers-online/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dharma Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200620T054900
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200620T202900
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20200615T002700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200620T180319Z
UID:8111-1592632140-1592684940@manjushridharmacenter.org
SUMMARY:Saturday Summer Solstice Blessing of the Waters
DESCRIPTION:Water Blessing 2017 \nThis Saturday\, June 20th\, 2020 is the summer solstice\, the longest day of the year\, with the sun rising at 5:49am and setting at 8:29pm Pacific Time.   This year the solstice is also part of the concluding days of Saga Dawa\, which ends on June 22nd.  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.   Typically we 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. \nThis year\, due to concerns about Covid-19\, we will not gather together to perform this ceremony\, but each individual is encouraged to visit nature while remaining socially distant\, and to “collectively while apart” send good energy out to the world.   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. \nWater Blessing 2017 \nAdditionally\, 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 2020. \nInstructions on Blessing the Waters \nTashi Delek! \n  \nPrayer for Peace \nThrough roots of goodness of us all on this vast earth\, \nMay all living creatures become full of\nlove and compassion\, \nSo that all enjoy peace on earth! \n  \nStop bad intentions\, thoughts and deeds\nof all those who terrorize others\, \nThat all living beings on this earth\ncome together like one family! \n  \nMay all be well\, have long life and health\nwith bliss of mind\, free of illusion. \nMay all mothers have oceans of bliss\nof body\, for now\, and ultimately of mind. \n  \nMay this lamp of wisdom love\, oneness\,\nhighest remedy to clear darkness\, \nEnter the hearts of all living beings\,\nso their perfect path be illumined! \n  \nFootnote:  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. \n  \n 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/saturday-summer-solstice-blessing-of-the-waters/
LOCATION:In Nature\, Outside\, In Nature\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200617T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200617T183000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20200614T234824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220628T172157Z
UID:8109-1592413200-1592418600@manjushridharmacenter.org
SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Prayers Online-Chenrezig Practice
DESCRIPTION:Avalokiteshvara\, or Chenrezig in Tibetan\, is the Bodhisattva who embodies the love and compassion of all Buddhas.\n\nChenrezig 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.\n\nText: https://manjushridharmacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ChenrezigPracticeText.pdf\n\nPlease do join us next week for this profound practice. Tashi Delek\n\n\nVia Facebook Live:  Manjushri Dharma Center Facebook\n\nWritten by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\, posted to the Manjushri Dharma Center Facebook page.  Photo credit Miles McBreen. 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/wednesday-night-chenrezig-prayers/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200615T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200615T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20200614T232515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200614T234231Z
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SUMMARY:Monday Night Dakini Day Green Tara Prayers
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, 6/15\, is Dakini Day which celebrates the feminine energy of wisdom. We will therefore hold a short Green Tara practice Monday night\, 6/15\, at 6:30PM PST via a Zoom.\n\nThe feminine embodiment of enlightened activity\, Green Tara is the swift liberator\, a compassionate and loving protector in times of distress and great danger. She is known as the Mother of all Buddhas\, born from Chenrezig’s tear of compassion. 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.\n\nText for Monday:  Concise Tara Prayers\n\nPlease do join us to celebrate Dakini Day together!\nLink to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom:  Monday Night Prayer Practice\nPassword required:  WorldPeace\n  \nOr join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):\nUS: +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\nMeeting ID: 970 1801 1835\nInternational numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3\nPhone Password: 470102 \n 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/monday-night-dakini-day-green-tara-prayers/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200610T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200610T193000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20200608T175205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200608T180335Z
UID:8086-1591812000-1591817400@manjushridharmacenter.org
SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Chöd Prayer Practice-Online
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Wednesday\, 6/10\, at 6:00PM PST on Facebook Live and participate in the practice of Chöd. (Hopefully no technical issues like last week–so sorry everyone!)\n\n\nWe have added here the text for the practice:  The Longchen Nyingthig CHÖD PRACTICE\, “The Loud Laugh of the Dakini.”\n\nWe would like to give a BIG THANK YOU to Michael Martinez\, who has been volunteering on Wednesday evenings to help Rinpoche create beautiful\, meaningful live videos.   Thank you Michael!\n\n\nThe link to join and more about the prayer practice of Chöd is below. \n\n\n\n\nChöd\, 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.\n\n\n\nVia Facebook Live:  Manjushri Dharma Center Facebook\n\nWritten by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\, posted to the Manjushri Dharma Center Facebook page. 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/chod-prayer-practice-online-2/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dharma Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200608T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200608T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20200608T173912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200608T180220Z
UID:8014-1591641000-1591646400@manjushridharmacenter.org
SUMMARY:Monday Night Guru Rinpoche Prayer Practice-Online
DESCRIPTION:For Monday\, June 8th\, 2020\, Khenpo Karten Rinpoche will lead students in the abbreviated prayers known as Awakening to the Guru’s Pure Vision\, and he will then give us the oral transmission of the text so dear to his heart and central to his practice:  Trinley Nyingpo\, the “Essence of Enlightened Activity\,” is the concise Guru Rinpoche sadhana practice from the Tugdrub Barche Kunsel \nPlease note–there is a new link and password required for the Zoom meeting.   More information below. \n\nGuru 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. \nTrinley 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. \nThe 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. \nOutwardly\, 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. \nInwardly\, Guru Rinpoche is the embodiment of all the Wisdom Gurus of the past\, present\, and future\, and the essence of our own enlightened mind. \nKhenpo Karten Rinpoche first introduced a small group of students to this practice just a few weeks before Shelter-in-Place orders were given\, and now we are so fortunate to be able to receive and practice this profound teaching with him from all over the world. The Treasures of Chogyur Dechen Lingpa were the focus of Rinpoche’s practice during his 3-Year Retreat in Tibet. \nPrayers will be recited in both Tibetan and English. \nMain text:  Trinley Nyingpo\, the “Essence of Enlightened Activity\,” is the concise Guru Rinpoche sadhana practice from the Tugdrub Barche Kunsel \nLineage text: Thugdrup Barched Kunsel Lineage Prayer \nAbbreviated text:  Awakening to the Guru’s Pure Vision \nLink to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom:  Monday Night Prayer Practice\nPassword required:  WorldPeace\n  \nOr join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):\nUS: +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\nMeeting ID: 970 1801 1835\nInternational numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3\nPhone Password: 470102
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/guru-rinpoche-prayer-practice-online-2/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dharma Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200605T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200605T203000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
CREATED:20200601T203633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200601T205926Z
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SUMMARY:Saga Dawa Duchen Teaching on Love and Compassion-Online
DESCRIPTION:Saga Dawa is the most significant “merit multiplying month ” for Vajrayana Practitioners and Tibetan Buddhism in general. \nIn 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 on May 23 through June 22\, 2020.  The 15th day of this fourth lunar month which is the full moon is called Saga Dawa Duchen.   June 5th is the full moon in 2020.  This is the most important day of the year for all Vajrayana practitioners.   It commemorates the birth\, enlightenment\, and parinirvana of Lord Buddha Shakyamuni. \nAny 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. \nOn Friday\, June 5th at 7pm via Facebook Live\, Rinpoche will give a teaching on love and compassion.  The teaching will be in Tibetan\, but all Rinpoche’s students are welcome to “tune in” and rejoice in his teaching.  The teaching is planned to be on the Portland Sangha’s Facebook page\, but may be also be on the Manjushri Dharma Center (be prepared to check both sites). \nMore about this teaching from the Portland Sangha: \n\n།རང་གཞན་དོན་ནི་རང་བསྒྲུབ་ཕྱིར།\n།བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་ནི་བསྐྱེད་པར་བགྱི།\n།བྱང་ཆུབ་མཆོག་གི་སེམས་ནི་བསྐྱེད་བགྱིས་ནས།\n།སེམས་ཅན་ཐམས་ཅད་བདག་གིས་མགྲོན་དུ་གཉེར།\n\nFollowing His Holiness’ recent Avalokiteshwara empowerment\, it is fitting that we contemplate on the practice of Compassion. In these trying times in the midst of uncertainties and in the absence of our annual Saga Dawa activities at Bodkhang\, we are pleased to announce an online teaching by Ven. Khenpo Karten Rinpoche on བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་བསྐྱེད (Awakening the Bodhicitta Mind). \nRinpoche will teach the essence of Bodhicitta Mind\, its significance in our lives\, how to incorporate it in our daily practice\, and further develop its profound understanding through meditation.\n\nVia Facebook Live:  Check both\n\nNorthwest Tibetan Cultural Association Facebook\n\nManjushri Dharma Center Facebook\n  \nREAD MORE:  Happy Saga Dawa
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/saga-dawa-duchen-teaching-on-love-and-compassion/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dharma Class
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SUMMARY:Ceremony for Generating Bodhichitta (semkye) given by H.H. Dalai Lama on Saga Dawa Duchen
DESCRIPTION:Announcement from the official website of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama: \nHis Holiness the Dalai Lama will confer the Ceremony for Generating Bodhichitta (semkye) from approximately 9 am to 10 am (Indian Standard Time) on the occasion of the full moon day of Saka Dawa. Those interested may watch the live webcast in Tibetan\, English\, Chinese and other languages on the official websites and Facebook pages of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Viewers are requested to please follow their local social distancing rules. \nTime and Date in Pacific Standard Time:  Thursday\, June 4th\, 8:30pm. \nWebsite to view live webcast:  https://www.dalailama.com/\n 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/ceremony-for-generating-bodhichitta-semkye-given-by-h-h-dalai-lama-on-saga-dawa-duchen/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dharma Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200603T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200603T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
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SUMMARY:Chöd Prayer Practice-Online
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Wednesday\, 6/3\, at 6:00PM PST on Facebook Live and participate in the practice of Chöd.\n\nChöd\, 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.\n\n\n\nVia Facebook Live:  Manjushri Dharma Center Facebook\n\nWritten by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\, posted to the Manjushri Dharma Center Facebook page. 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/chod-prayer-practice-online/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dharma Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200601T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200601T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
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SUMMARY:Guru Rinpoche Prayer Practice-Online
DESCRIPTION: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. \nTrinley 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. \nThe 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. \nOutwardly\, 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. \nInwardly\, Guru Rinpoche is the embodiment of all the Wisdom Gurus of the past\, present\, and future\, and the essence of our own enlightened mind. \nKhenpo Karten Rinpoche first introduced a small group of students to this practice just a few weeks before Shelter-in-Place orders were given\, and now we are so fortunate to be able to receive and practice this profound teaching with him from all over the world. The Treasures of Chogyur Dechen Lingpa were the focus of Rinpoche’s practice during his 3-Year Retreat in Tibet. \nPrayers will be recited in both Tibetan and English. \nMain text:  Trinley Nyingpo\, the “Essence of Enlightened Activity\,” is the concise Guru Rinpoche sadhana practice from the Tugdrub Barche Kunsel \nLineage text: Thugdrup Barched Kunsel Lineage Prayer \nAbbreviated text:  Awakening to the Guru’s Pure Vision \nLink to Join Prayer Practice via Zoom:  Monday Night Prayer Practice\nPassword required:  WorldPeace\n  \nOr join by phone (your normal phone charges may apply):\nUS: +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\nMeeting ID: 970 1801 1835\nInternational numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/abeH9hRvO3\nPhone Password: 470102
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/guru-rinpoche-prayers-in-english-online/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dharma Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200527T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200527T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T061254
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SUMMARY:Medicine Buddha Prayers in Tibetan--Online
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday 5/27\, at 6.30PM PST (Pacific Standard Time)\, we will practice Medicine Buddha supplication prayers. The practice of Sangye Menla\, King of Lapis Lazuli light is very powerful for healing both the inner sickness of afflictions as well as outer physical illnesses and sufferings. The 12 syllables of Medicine Buddha’s name in Sanskrit also represents his 12 great vows for the benefit of all sentient beings. \n\nThis Medicine Buddha supplication also forms part of my daily practice; we will pray for healing of the body as well as invoking Medicine Buddha’s blessings especially during this great time of suffering in the world. We will also pray for those who have passed away from coronavirus. If anyone would like to join please sit and recite the mantra “Tayata Om Bekanze Bekanze Maha Bekanze Radza Samudgate 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVia Facebook Live:  Manjushri Dharma Center Facebook\n\nWritten by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\, posted to the Manjushri Dharma Center Facebook page.   Photo credit Miles McBreen.
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/medicine-buddha-prayers-in-tibetan-online/
LOCATION:online event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dharma Class
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