Open to all! The Bodhisattvacharyāvatāra or Bodhicaryāvatāra, sometimes translated into English as A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s[1] Way of Life, is a famous Mahāyāna Buddhist text written c. 700 AD in Sanskrit verse by Shantideva (Śāntideva), a Buddhist monk at Nālandā Monastic University in India. It has ten chapters dedicated to the development of bodhicitta … [Read more…]
3rd Annual Medicine Buddha Retreat October 13-15, Offered by Khen Rinpoche Geshe Ngawang Jorden (Abbot of Sera Mey Monastery) Click image to view full-size:
Join us for meditations and contemplations based on the Water and Wood Shastras by the Third Gungtang Rinpoche, Venerable Konchok Tenpai Dronme In addition to guided mindfulness practice, participants will get a chance to try various traditional contemplations on both secular ethics and on the graded steps to enlightenment. Gungtang Rinpoche composed these poems based on years of … [Read more…]
With gratitude, thank you to Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa for offering teachings to us lucky students. We also thank Geshe Tashi for his wonderful translating! We will be sending out the link to audio recordings shortly. You will need to access Google Drive to listen to them.
The historic beginning of Buddhism. When Shakyamuni Buddha gave his first teaching on the Four Noble Truths at Deer Park in northern India.