Recent Posts by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche and the MDC Volunteers
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Tan Jāgaro – the American Theravada Monk on Pilgrimage
One morning about three weeks ago, the MDC Board President David Winkler (Karma Dorje) contacted me; he told me that there was a monk who wanted to see me and possibly stay with me at
A Mirror Revealing the Crucial Points: Advice on the Ultimate Meaning
Rinpoche shared this text from the Venerable Longchen Rabjam Zangpo during Monday night prayers on August 14, 2023. Find the text in Tibetan and many other languages on the website Lotsawa House (Dharma.On the House).
Encountering a False Teacher – the story of Aṅgulimāla
During the time of the Buddha’s summer retreat in Nyenyoe (present-day Shravasti, India), one of Buddha’s friends, King Saggya, had a clever minister. At that time, the minister’s wife became pregnant. In the Indian tradition,
General Sangha Meeting 2023 Recap
Dear Sangha, I want to say a little bit about our wonderful Sangha meeting which took place a few days ago after Saturday morning meditation. I am very happy because this board really wants to
Meditation and Mindfulness
My root guru always said to me that it is very simple to meditate on our minds. The reason he explained is because everyone has a mind, the one who guides the mind to meditation
A Prayer for Quelling the Fear of Diseases
During Monday Medicine Buddha prayers on July 17, 2023, Rinpoche shared with us this text: ༄༅། །གྲུབ་ཐོབ་ཐང་སྟོང་རྒྱལ་པོའི་རྡོ་རྗེའི་གསུང་ནད་ཀྱི་འཇིགས་པ་ཞི་བའི་གསོལ་འདེབས་ས་སྐྱ་ནད་གྲོལ་མ། The Verses That Saved Sakya from an Epidemic A Prayer for Quelling the Fear of Diseases The vajra words
How to Create Your Own Happiness
Originally posted on June 20, 2020. Reposted June 19, 2023, after it was read during Monday night prayers. These days, I spend many hours a day alone in my dharma center. I spend a lot
Mahamudra Teaching with Ven. Khenpo Karten Rinpoche, July 8-9, 2023
Mahamudra Teaching by Venerable Khenpo Karten Rinpoche Saturday and Sunday, July 8 and 9, 2023 10:00am to 12:00pm & 2:00pm to 4:00pm (Pacific Time) each day Four sessions in total, held in-person and on