Welcome! Mahayana Sutra and Tantra Center of Washington, DC

  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…]

  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…]

  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…]