Recent Posts by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche and the MDC Volunteers
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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
An Update on COVID and the Manjushri Dharma Center
After consideration of the California guidance on reopening “Providers of Religious Services”, Rinpoche and the board agreed that the MDC center would not be able to meet the current guidelines, which include temperature screening, use
Compassion and Prayers for Every Living Being
This morning while I was taking my daily walk along the beach, I came across this bug. I usually go to the beach in the morning because the weather is cooler and there are fewer
Thank you to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Chenrezig Singhanada Empowerment
His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave a two days Avalokiteshvara initiation and Empowerment. This special Chenrezig Singhanada is a particularly important deity for this century. Chenrezig Singhanada is a deity who dispels all diseases and
Happy Saga Dawa 2020
Saga Dawa is the most significant “merit multiplying month ” for Vajrayana Practitioners and Tibetan Buddhism in general. In Tibetan, “Dawa” refers to the whole “month” and “Saga” is the name of a star in