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SUMMARY:Canceled: The Instructions of Gampopa:  A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path
DESCRIPTION:In keeping with COVID-19 precautions\, the class is canceled until further notice. \nBy the blessings of the Triple Gem Refuge\, may this pandemic be swiftly pacified and may all beings be free from the fear of illness.\n  \nInstructions of Gampopa:  A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path\nFour-Session Teaching and Oral Transmission with Khenpo Karten Rinpoche\nSundays\, March 8-29\, 10:00am – 12:00pm\nManjushri Dharma Center\n724 Forest Avenue in Pacific Grove\n$10.00 donation per class requested\nNo one turned away for lack of funds\n \nThe teachings will be live-streamed and recorded via Facebook–may the teachings help and spread worldwide! \n“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 he 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. (note 1).” \nKhenpo Karten Rinpoche\, resident monk and spiritual teacher of the Manjushri Dharma Center\, will lead a four-session teaching and oral transmission of this text\, Sundays 10am-12pm\, March 8-29th.  Rinpoche previously taught on the Jewel Ornament of Liberation\, and he composed and taught on his succinct commentary called the “Excellent Path Of Freedom\, The Jewel Ornament of Liberation in Brief\,” and also 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.    Please join us for the this precious teaching. \nAbout Gampopa: \n“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 1)” \n  \nNote 1:  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/
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LOCATION:Manjushri Dharma Center\, 724 Forest Ave\, Pacific Grove\, CA\, 93950\, United States
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SUMMARY:Birthday Celebration for Khenpo Karten Rinpoche
DESCRIPTION:Happy Birthday Rinpoche!   Although we typically celebrate Rinpoche’s birthday on March 10th\, Tibetan Uprising Day\, this year Rinpoche would like us to focus our energies on the protest\, and celebrate his birthday a little early–Sunday\, March 8th\, at 12pm following his first teaching on The Instructions of Gampopa:  A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path.  The location is the Manjushri Dharma Center\, 724 Forest Avenue in Pacific Grove. \nAll are welcome to this “lucky-pot” celebration (that is Rinpoche speak for pot-luck).   Please feel free to bring whatever you would like\, and we will eat together and celebrate our precious teacher. \nEditors note:  Healthy\, less sugary and homemade foods are encouraged\, and as a bonus challenge\, avoid single use plastic packaging\, and bring your own cutlery to wash at home.  Sustainable Sangha! \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/birthday-celebration-for-khenpo-karten-rinpoche-2/
LOCATION:Manjushri Dharma Center\, 724 Forest Ave\, Pacific Grove\, CA\, 93950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Green Tara Sadhana
DESCRIPTION: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.  Texts provided\, all welcome.
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/green-tara-sadhana/
LOCATION:Manjushri Dharma Center\, 724 Forest Ave\, Pacific Grove\, CA\, 93950\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tibetan Uprising Day Protest
DESCRIPTION:Since the Chinese occupation in 1959\, more than one million Tibetans have been killed. To fly a Tibetan flag\, send an email abroad\, or say the phrase “human rights\,” is cause for imprisonment and torture. 99% of all Tibetan monasteries have been closed. The Tibetan people and their culture are being systematically attacked.  Our own teacher\, Khenpo Karten Rinpoche risked his life to become a monk in Tibet before fleeing in 1996. Stand up against this repression and violence.  Lend your voice to peace\, justice\, and freedom:  Support Tibet!  Join us on Tuesday\, March 10th\, 4:00pm to 6:00pm at Windows on the Bay as we join a day of international protests known as Tibetan Uprising Day. Signs provided (or you may bring your own). We will be there rain or shine.  Please note: Protesters cannot step into the street or hand out leaflets to cars\, as per a city safety mandate.  May all cultures and peoples live together in harmony and peace. \n\nLearn more:  Free Tibet–https://freetibet.org/about \n\nQuestions:  831-901-3156 (Manjushri Dharma Center phone\, volunteer staffed).  \n\n\n“Imagine you are not allowed to whistle ‘Yankee  Doodle’  as  you  work.  You  can’t  talk  about  the  day’s  events  in  your  native  language\,  nor  wear  blue  jeans  and  tennis shoes\, or any other garment quintessentially American. Your children go to a new school where  they  learn  a  language  other  than  yours\, and are taught to report you to the authorities  if  you  speak  English  at  home.  Forget going to church.  This is Tibet today.” quote from 2016 article in Cedar St. Times. \n\nLearn more about the issue:\nFree Tibet website\n2016 PG Cedar Street Times article (bottom of p1\, includes photos of Rinpoche during his trek across the Himalayas)\nVideo: Tibet Today
URL:https://manjushridharmacenter.org/event/tibetan-uprising-day-protest/
LOCATION:Windows on the Bay\, Corner of Del Monte and Camino El Estero\, Monterey\, 93940\, United States
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