Recent Posts by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche and the MDC Volunteers
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How Mindfulness Changes Our Brains
Khenpo Karten Rinpoche posted this video to the Manjushri Dharma Center facebook page, please enjoy! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7CBfCW67xT8&feature=youtu.be
A Very Interesting Coincidence
I would like to share with you all a short story of a very interesting coincidence that happened a few days ago. As some of you may know, every 6 months I visit the doctor
Happy Birthday to H.H. the Karmapa
Happy 35th birthday to His Holiness 17th Karmapa Orgyen Trinley Dorje! (June 26, 2020) We wish you health and long life from everyone here at Manjushri Dharma Centre. Tashi delek ཀརྨ་པ་མཁྱེན་ནོ་།
Michael Martinez, thank you so much
Tashi Delek! Throughout this coronavirus pandemic, we cannot meet in person as before, so I have tried to practice Dharma and reach my students and friends through the medium of technology and social media in
How to Create Your Own Happiness
These days, I spend many hours a day alone in my dharma center. I spend a lot of time meditating on my cushion and much of that time, I have been reflecting on the suffering
Mothers and Fathers
These days some young people, when they become self-sufficient and make new friends, they completely forget about their kind parents. When their parents get old they never even go back to see them. I have
Summer Solstice 2020
June 20, 2020: Today we celebrated the longest day of the year, the summer solstice, with a water blessing ceremony at the Pacific Grove beach. The blessing honors all the earth’s elements, and Rinpoche chanted,
Songs from Rinpoche
Tashi Delek everyone! Two days ago, someone from the Center for Spiritual Awakening in Pacific Grove sent me these two recordings of chanted prayers that I recited at their center. I was invited to give







