Links to texts in Kyabje Yongzin Ling’s Teachings May 4-5, 2024

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

SAVE THE DATES: TUESDAY thru SUNDAY, 14 – 19 NOVEMBER 2023 7TH ANNUAL MEDICINE BUDDHA RETREAT

  7TH ANNUAL MEDICINE BUDDHA RETREAT MEDICINE BUDDHA SAND MANDALA – INITIATION – SADHANA PRACTICES & TEACHINGS – HEALING & PURIFICATION RITUALS – DISSOLUTION / DISTRIBUTION OF SAND MANDALA @ DDSC IN-PERSON to be led by XIV Siling Tongkhor Rinpoche and Monastics of Sera Mey Monastery with Ani Konchok Gamtso and Ani Konchok Tsechik …organized … [Read more…]

New Class News: Samatrabadha’s Prayer Feb.26th, 3:30pm to 5pm

  The Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra According to the Avatamsaka Sutra (The Flower Ornament Scripture), The King of Aspiration Prayers: the Aspiration for Noble, Excellent Conduct was uttered by the Great Bodhisattva Samantabhadra to Sudhana on the verge of enlightenment. This prayer is recited by Mahayana Buddhists as a call to awaken our mind’s Buddha-nature and perfect … [Read more…]

Losar – Tibetan New Year 2150 Year of the Water Rabbit

LOSAR – Tibetan: བོད་ཀྱི་ལོ་གསར།, Wylie: lo-gsar is a NEW YEAR festival celebrated in Tibet and similarly by Tibetan Buddhists worldwide. Tibetan Losar 2023 (New Year) festival falls on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. While the Gregorian calendar is purely solar, the Tibetan calendar (Tibetan: ལོ་ཐོ, Wylie: lo-tho) is lunisolar. The Tibetan year comprises either 12 or 13 lunar months, each beginning and ending with … [Read more…]

Next Class (Zoom) on 12/4th, Eight Verses on Training the Mind (Lojong Tsikgyema) 3:30pm to 5pm

In these challenging times, the text, Eight Verses for Training the Mind provides methods for transforming adverse circumstances into the path of awakening. Written by Langri Tangpa Dorje Seng-ge (1054-1123), this short text provides an entry way and path for anyone aspiring to temporal and ultimate wellbeing.   Topic: Eight Verses for Training the Mind … [Read more…]