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We are extremely fortunate that Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Losang Jampa will be teaching at our Center from May 17 to the fall of 2008. Khensur Rinpoche has agreed to teach on a wide variety of subjects to meet the needs of students at all levels. His teachings will include:
As always, if you have questions about your Dharma practice, you can meet with Rinpoche and ask his advice. This is a very rare opportunity to get detailed, customized guidance on your daily meditation practice from a fully qualified guru. Consultations will be held by appointment only at: 8120 Erika Drive, Manassas, VA. Ven. Tashi will be accompanying Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche. He prepares the ritual offerings, plays a lead role during our upcoming retreats, and manages Rinpoche's schedule. We are also fortunate that Tenzin Bhuchung, the translator who has served Khensur Rinpoche for the past two years will be accompanying Rinpoche during his visit. We would like to thank Khacholing Center, Minnesota for making Tenzin Bhuchung's translation services available here through its Dharma Outreach Program. During Rinpoche's visit, the Discovering Buddhism class will not be offered. We plan on continuing in the Fall of 2008. Lama Zopa Rinpoche encourages us to practice Lama Chopa with Tsok, Chittamani Tara, Medicine Buddha, and the Sanghata Sutra as important means for deepening our own Dharma practices and for building the Center. We welcome you to participate, please see below for specific dates. In the listing below, Dharma classes are presented first followed by group prayers and other practices. And don't forget the monthly "virtual" Golden Light Sutra readings (first Sunday of the month) organized by Ven. Tenzin Lhamo, click here for more information. All events are subject to change, please check the website for updates. Printable May calendar
Often our lives are so busy and stressful that it's easy to lose touch with ourselves, not really appreciating or learning deeply from our own experiences. It's also easy to lose track of what really matters to us. This series of three classes are about coming back to our senses and getting back in touch with our own hearts. In each class, we'll spend some time doing guided meditations to practice mindfulness. There's a huge body of scientific research showing many benefits from mindfulness practice including stress reduction, improved immune function, relaxation, decreased anxiety, increased self-awareness, and more. Together we will deepen our experience of the practice of mindfulness. And, we'll also spend time each session doing meditations and psychological exercises for increasing feelings of love, gratitude and compassion. Lorne Ladner has written a book, The Lost Art of Compassion, which teaches practical methods for increasing compassion and other positive emotions based on meditations from the Buddhist tradition. So, in each session one or two such methods will be taught and then practiced together. Overall, the Mindfulness & Compassion classes will be experiential, giving a chance to practice core meditations and also to discuss your experiences with others with the goal of then being able to use what you've learned at home to live in a more mindful, satifying and loving way. Instructor: Dr. Lorne Ladner Suggested donation: $10 - $20 per class. Your generous donation helps make it possible for us to offer classes.
The practice of confession is vital for eliminating obstacles and negative karma that prevent us from attaining everlasting peace. Ven Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche explains these core practices as they are described in Chapter 3 of the great Indian master Shantideva's most famous work, A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life. More... You are welcome to attend even if you have missed some of the classes.
2:00 - 4:00 pm 8120 Erika Drive, Manassas, VA. Ven Khensur Rinpoche gives a commentary on the practice of the Lama Chopa puja. He will discuss the stages of the path section from the Guru Puja. Open to all. More...
Tuesdays, January 8 - May 20th Directions: from the Dupont north metro exit: right on Q, left on New Hampshire , right on R (total 3 1/2 blocks) if driving: R Street is one-way heading west, between 17th St (one-way, heading south) and New Hampshire, north of Dupont Circle by a few blocks and south of U St by a few blocks The text for this group: How to See Yourself as You Really Are, by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Using discussion, meditation, and self-reflection, our group will draw on the teachings of Buddhism to develop new ways to understand ourselves better, to accept ourselves with compassion and redefine ourselves with wisdom, and to become truly able to create the lives we yearn for. Any requests and suggestions for the text used in our next study group can be sent to aniTenzinLhamo_at_gmail.com (replace the "_at_" with "@"), and announcements about that class will be made in August. Instructor: Ven Tenzin Lhamo. The text How to See Yourself as You Really Are, is available through Snow Lion Publications This class is offered under the auspices of the Guhyasamaja Center. For an interview with Ven Lhamo about the study group, please visit our blog.
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Saturday, May 3 The Sanghata Sutra is a direct teaching by the Buddha that promises to transform all who read or recite it. We will read certain chapters together and then each choose additional chapters to read on our own. Together we hope to complete at least one complete reading. At www.sanghatasutra.net, visitors can learn all about this sutra, find translations in nine languages, view stories of how others have been changed by the text, and get tips on reciting the text. Lama Zopa explains the benefits of reading the sutra: http://www.fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/advice/pdf/BensofSanghatastraapr06.pdf
Saturday, May 17
Friday, May
30 and Friday, June 13 The Lama Chopa (Guru Puja) combines chanted prayers (in Tibetan), offerings, and meditation. It contains all the elements of the Lam Rim with a focus on the profound nature of guru devotion. Traditionally participants bring flowers, fruits and other food offerings. Led by Ven Khensur Rinpoche. Open to all. More... Text: Lama Chopa Expanded Edition Spiral Booklet (SKU: E-LCS) http://www.fpmt.org/shop/ "Reciting Medicine Buddha mantra has inconceivable merit. Manjushri requested to "May all sentient beings such as ourselves ~ Wish Fulfilling Jewel: Medicine Buddha Puja Saturday, May 17 Suggestion donation (to cover the facility rental fee): $5 The Medicine Buddha practice is a powerful means of healing ourselves and others of sickness and disease. It helps us purify the negative karma that may ripen at any moment in the form of untimely death and other sufferings. Led by Dina Li.
Saturday, May 24 Tara (the Liberator) is a Buddha in female form who represents in particular all enlightened beings' skilful activities. Contemplating Tara brings quick results in whatever we want and need – the ultimate happiness of enlightenment. Join us for the Four Mandala Offering to Chittamani Tara, a practice that both Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche and Lama Zopa Rinpoche strongly recommended for strengthening the Center. Open to all. Please bring flowers and food offerings if you would like. Chanted in Tibetan. Suggestion donation (to cover the facility rental fee): $5
Saturday, May 31 Guhyasamaja is one of the key practices of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism. We will be reading a middle length version of the Guhyasamaja sadhana that was recommended by Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche. Open to Guhyasamaja initiates only. Led by Dina Li. Suggestion donation (to cover the facility rental fee): $5 Saturday, May 31 Ven Khensur Rinpoche leads prayers for peace throughout the world.
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