Recent Posts by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche and the MDC Volunteers
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Reflections on Teaching to York School
ས་གནས་འདིའི་མཐོ་རིམ་སློབ་གྲྭ་ཞིག་གི་སློབ་མ་འགའ་ཤས་ལ་བྱམས་དང་སྙིང་རྗེའི་སྐོར་ཆོས་བཤད་བྱས་པས་དགེ་སློབ་ཡོངས་ཤིན་ཏུ་ནས་དགའ་བོ་བྱུང་སོང་། Today (April 28th, 2026), I was very happy to host a group of students from the York School. This is the 4th year in a row in which students visited the Manjushri Dharma Center.
A lovely visit, a lovely connection
On Wednesday, April 22nd, Rinpoche hosted the founding members and leaders of the Kagyu Teksum Choling Dharma Garden of the 3 Yanas/Vehicles, established by the 16th Karmapa. The Kagyu Teksum Choling monastery was a lovely
One who fearlessly vowed to protect
14) One who fearlessly vowed to protect All those who merely hear his name Keep this Deity, Buddha Amitabha As your eternal refuge! That is my heart advice. This verse teaches us to keep Buddha
An Update on Rinpoche’s Move
Hello Dear Sangha, Rinpoche has let the us know that he will not move this year! He intends to move to Portland (or the surrounding area) by next year, sometime in the early summer. How
Maintaining Stability
13 )Whether we are jumping for joy Or crying in pain, during all highs and lows, Whatever illusions of happiness or sadness arise, Use them for your spiritual path! That is my heart advice. The
Contentment is the Supreme Wealth
12) No matter how much glory, wealth, Fame or knowledge we may have, Pride never raises us higher; Always keep a humble position. That is my heart advice. This verse instructs us to be humble
Recording of Guru Practice: Rain of Blessings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6zdo6f9a7I At the request of some of my students, who asked me about my daily main practice of Guru Yoga and who were greatly touched by this practice, I decided to record a short