Recent Posts by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche and the MDC Volunteers
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2021 Message of Greeting
My warmest greetings and tashi deleks to all of my Dharma friends who are hearing these words today! Today we are beginning the retreat that we do for a few days at the beginning of
Manjushri Dharma Center Diversity Statement—Wisdom, Equity and Inclusion
"Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or the in the darkness of destructive selfishness." Martin Luther King "Peace does not mean an
Register Now for the January 2021 Retreat
A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path--Three-Day Virtual Retreat with Khenpo Karten Rinpoche & Guests Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, January 16-18, 2021 10:00am-12:00pm & 2:00pm-4:00pm Pacific Time Online via Zoom--Registration Required Donation requested at $10.00
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