Recent Posts by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche and the MDC Volunteers
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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
Parting from the Four Attachments
If there is grasping, it is not the view If there is attachement to self, there is no bodhicitta If there is attachment to samsara, there is no renunciation If there is attachment to this
Photos from the New Year Retreat 2025
More to say about this momentous retreat, but for now, thanks to Miles McBreen (Karma Palden), here are photos from the event:
New Green Tara Text
Rinpoche recently shared a new version of the Green Tara sadhana, a text by Chokgyur Lingpa. Here is a rough version of this beautiful text, which we used for our Zoom session. New Green Tara
‘Jenang’ Empowerment and Blessings
I have received a few messages from some of my students who have expressed concern regarding the upcoming empowerment at the New Year Retreat. For this teaching and transmission, my students should not worry. With