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Three Excellences

Khenpo Karten Rinpoche2026-04-06T14:55:32-07:00April 6th, 2026|

11) Prepare with Bodhicitta, be undistracted in main practice, And dedicate at the end. Full attention to these three excellences Is cherished by those on the path to Liberation, it is taught. Don’t forget; keep

Thank you Garden Volunteers! April 2026

admin2026-04-06T14:21:26-07:00April 6th, 2026|

Thank you to all those who helped out on Saturday, April 4th in the garden! As per usual, Susan outworked us all! Rinpoche was a close second! Foster took command of the backyard with the

When Among Many, Watch Your Speech

Khenpo Karten Rinpoche2026-03-31T05:52:22-07:00March 31st, 2026|

10) When among many, watch your speech, When staying alone, watch your mind, it is taught. In all actions, again and again Check your body, speech, and mind. That is my heart advice. This verse

On Altruistic Bodhicitta

Khenpo Karten Rinpoche2026-03-26T21:22:15-07:00March 23rd, 2026|

9) The tracks left by all Buddhas, past, present and future Quintessence of the 84,000 Teachings Are the instructions on altruistic Bodhicitta; Don’t forget them, practice them! That is my heart advice. This verse teaches

Reflections on International Tibetan Uprising Day 2026

Khenpo Karten Rinpoche2026-03-26T21:19:20-07:00March 16th, 2026|

ལྷ་རེད་ཟེར་ནས་ཕོ་ཡིས་བསྟོད་ཀྱང་རུང་།། འདྲེ་རེད་ཟེར་ནས་མོ་ཡིས་སྨད་ཀྱང་རུང་།། རང་གི་ལམ་བུར་རང་ཉིད་བསྐྱོད་པ་འདིར།། ཕྱི་ནུད་གོམ་གང་མི་བྱེད་དམ་བཅའ་ཡིན།། I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you who participated in yesterday’s March 10th Tibetan Uprising Day protest in Monterey. It has now