Recent Posts by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche and the MDC Volunteers
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The Essence of Mind
When we look at the essence of our mind we are talking about not following after any thoughts of the past, nor looking forward to any occurrences in the future, but focusing on the very
Expanded Closing Prayer
Here is an expanded version of the closing prayers we say in English as our dedication and aspiration--thank you Rinpoche for making it match the Tibetan prayers more fully.
How do we talk about emptiness?
In teaching emptiness there is nothing material to show, nothing to produce. So how do we talk about emptiness? It has to be based on experience. It has to be a sharing of experience. As
ལོ་གསར་ཐུང་མཚམས་ཤིག་ལ་བསྡད་པ།
See the original post on Rinpoche’s Blog: ལོ་གསར་ཐུང་མཚམས་ཤིག་ལ་བསྡད་པ།
The Five Precepts & Benefits and Precepts of Refuge
The 5 Precepts (Pancasila) "I undertake to abstain from killing sentient beings." "I undertake to abstain from stealing and taking what is not given." "I undertake to abstain from sexual misconduct." "I undertake to abstain
The Benefits of Receiving Transmission (Luung)
With transmission, the Teacher gives the permission and empowers the student to engage in the practice. The day you receive transmission, the Teacher gives you his entire unbroken lineage. In Vajrayana Buddhism, the unbroken lineage
Thank you Garden Volunteers! Photos from 1-18-25
We had a full house for meditation and many volunteers for the Garden Volunteer Day on January 18, 2025. Most started off by enjoying some coffee and tea, but Susan got right to work! No
Reflections and More Photos from 2025 New Year Retreat
གང་བྱས་དྲ་ཐོག་འཇོག་པ་འདི། །དྲན་རྟེན་ཡིན་ལས་ངོམ་ཆོས་མིན། །ཁྱེད་ཀྱི་ཡི་རངས་བྱས་པ་ན། །ང་གཉིས་ཐུན་མོངས་དགེ་རྩ་ཡིན། ། 1/12, marked the conclusion of Manjushri Dharma Center’s “Happy” New Year 2025 retreat, which was a Green Tara Empowerment & Phowa Teaching and Transmission. This is the second time Rinpoche