MAHAYANA SUTRA AND TANTRIC CENTER Serving the D.C. Metro Community for 50 years DHARMA FRIENDS MEETINGS Join us for free classes on Meditation, Dharma, and Friendship. Alternating Sundays, 3:30-5:00 PM Next meeting: May 24, 2026 Topic: Three Main Aspects of the Path, continued* Fairfax, VA. www.mstcdharma.org RSVP at sopanyima21@gmail.com In this series of classes led by … [Read more…]
Wishing everyone a Happy and Holy month of Saga Dawa! May Peace find its way into all our hearts!
In honor of the 90th birthday of HH the Dalai Lama, we will be hosting a Medicine Buddha Puja for his long life, good health, and success of all his activities. The prayers will take place at MSTC WDC on Sunday, July 6th from 3:30-5:00 PM. Email at sopanyima21@gmail.com for address. All are welcome! We will … [Read more…]
Happy Je Tsongkhapa’s Day Merry Christmas Wednesday, December 25, 2024 Wishing you and your family and friends blessed and joyful holidays with time to reflect on the spiritual significance of these holidays. “December 25, 2024 commemorates the 605th anniversary of Je Tsongkhapa’s parinirvana (passing into nirvana). This date holds profound significance in the Tibetan Buddhist … [Read more…]
Sera Mey Medicine Buddha Puja Text to Download: སྨན་བླ་བསྡུས་པ། སྐད་གཉིས།MBpuja
Links for translations of Jowo Atisha’s Jewel Garland of Bodhisattvas Thubten Jinpa’s translation: https://wisdomexperience.org/ebook/mind-training/1-bodhisattvas-jewel-garland/?sdchap=1 The Lotsawa House translation: https://www.lotsawahouse.org/indian-masters/atisha/jewel-rosary-bodhisattvas
HE Ling Rinpoche is coming for a USA tour this spring! Check out the details below! HE Ling Rinpoche will be in the Washington DC area May 4th & May 5th. SAVE THE DATES! May 4th: Teaching on Jowo Atisha’s Bodhisattva’s Jewel Garland (Morning & afternoon) May 5th: White Tara Long Life Initiation (Tsewang) (morning) … [Read more…]
Acharya Nagarjuna was a great sage born about 400 years after Buddha’s parinirvana. He composed several major texts elucidating the Middle Way teachings on emptiness and dependent origination. He is also credited for bringing the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras from the land of the Nagas to the human realm. In his text Sixty Stanzas on … [Read more…]