Recent Posts by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche and the MDC Volunteers
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A Reminder Prior to Retreat
Khenpo Karten wrote this Reminder Prior to Heart Sutra Retreat as a blog on the 17th of March, 2019. We repost again today ahead of the January 2021 retreat. Things are different this year, as
A Ship Sailing to Liberation: English Version of Commentary Now Online
In 2012, as Khenpo Karten Rinpoche prepared to make his annual pilgrimage to India and South Asia, his American students asked him to give them some advice on how to practice in his absence. Rinpoche
A Special Day: December 10, 2020
Today is a very special day; not only is today Dakini Day, but also the date commemorating three very special events: Today is the anniversary day of The Great Phagmo Drupa, the heart Son of
A vivid dream of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Last Wednesday, November 11, I had a vivid dream of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Actually I had three separate dreams that same night, which is quite unusual. Wednesday is a very special day for
Cultivate Love and Compassion
In short, strive from now on to benefit others through your actions of body, speech, and mind. Even if you can't benefit them, don't be impolite to them, combative, disdainful toward them, and abandon all
Three Dharma Brothers at MDC by the Beach
Tashi Delek. Sharing a photo of my three dharma brothers at the new MDC by the beach. I head to the lover's point beach almost every day to meditate and these three squirrels will be
Blessing of the Butterflies 2020
Tashi Delek! These are photos from a blessing ceremony conducted at the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary in Pacific Grove. Pacific Grove has one of the largest monarch overwintering sites in the United States. At one time,
Blessing the Butterflies
This Saturday, October 17th at 1pm, Rinpoche will add his special blessings to the "Blessing of the Butterflies," in Pacific Grove. You can read more about the annual cycle of the Monarch Butterfly here: