UPDATE: Due to scheduling difficulties, Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche has let us know that he needs to cancel his trip to the Washington, DC area during August/September of this year. We have already requested to Rinpoche to once again return to MSTC-WDC at a later date to … [Read more…]
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 – Day of Miracles The Day of Miracles is one of the four holy days in the Tibetan Buddhist calendar. It celebrates the time when a group ascetics challenged the Buddhas Shakyamuni to a contest of miracle powers at Sravasti. Because the Buddha wanted to help these ascetics develop … [Read more…]
The actual Tibetan New Year date of February 5 marks the beginning of the auspicious year of the Female Earth Pig, 2146 / 2019. “Losar is the Tibetan New Year and the first two weeks, in particular, commemorate the time when the Buddha uncharacteristically displayed his power by doing a number of miracles to win over hundreds … [Read more…]
The Seven Point Mind Training is a classic Mind Training text written by Geshe Chekawa Yeshe Dorje (1101–1175). This was a secret tradition only passed down orally to select disciples until it came to Geshe Chekawa, who wrote it down and began to teach it openly in order to keep the tradition from being lost. … [Read more…]
Lama Tsongkhapa Day, or Ganden Ngamchoe, is a celebration of the anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa’s parinirvana. It is celebrated on the 25th day of the 10th month in the Tibetan calendar. This year, Lama Tsongkhapa Day falls on Sunday, December 2. Lama Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) was a Tibetan Buddhist master whose studies and meditations in all … [Read more…]
The Seven Point Mind Training is a classic Mind Training text written by Geshe Chekawa Yeshe Dorje (1101–1175). This was a secret tradition only passed down orally to select disciples until it came to Geshe Chekawa, who wrote it down and began to teach it openly in order to keep the tradition from being lost. … [Read more…]
The Necklace of the Fortunate, also known as Jorchu, is a meditation practice for preparing the mind to contemplate the stages of the path to enlightenment. It connects us to the blessings of the lineage of teachers who have transmitted the instructions on the vast activities of bodhisattvas and the profound view of sages from … [Read more…]
Schedule for this event: 2:30 to 3:20 Speakers/Presenters Introductory Remarks by Hugh Byrne, PhD, Insight Meditation Community of Washington Chanting and Guided Meditation led by Venerable Bhante Uparatna, Abbot of Maryland Buddhist Vihara Group Prayer of Compassion led by Lorne Ladner, PhD, Guhyasamaja Center Concluding Remarks by Wilson Hurley, LCSW, Mahayana Sutra and Tantric … [Read more…]
In the afterglow of Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche’s incredible teachings on White Tara at the Mahayana Sutra and Tantra Center -Washington DC over the Labor Day weekend, we thought it a good time to reach out to members and friends to see what programs might be of interest this fall. We have been alternating between classes … [Read more…]
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…]