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Photos from the Blessing of the Waters, Summer Solstice 2025
Friday, June 20th, 2025, we held the 31st Water Blessing on the summer solstice at Lover’s Point beach. Many people attended and it was a very beautiful ceremony. We chanted the prayers for propitiating the
If you have devotion, the Guru is always with you
Our present Guru correctly teaches us what to practice and what to abandon like a mother instructing her child and, in dependence upon these instructions of holy Dharma, we begin to distance ourselves somewhat from
Minutes & Report from 2025 All-Sangha Meeting
DOWNLOAD PDF: 6-14-25 All Sangha Meeting Minutes Annual Report 2025 Final
Happiness Comes from Within
Thus, it is better if we don't deceive ourselves by thinking that desirable qualities of outer forms, sounds, and so forth provide true happiness. Understanding that ultimate happiness comes from within, we should think about
Take Control of Your Own Mind
Accordingly, as Buddhas enjoy objects of form, sound, and so forth, they view them without grasping, like unreal illusions. Without rejecting objects of the senses we should give up grasping them. Even if we had
A Visit from Thay Kozen
On Saturday, May 24th, Rinpoche and the MDC sangha welcomed the Venerable Thay Kozen, spiritual director of the Mount Adams Buddhist Temple. We celebrate the connection between these two monks! The sangha greeted Thay warmly