Completed—ANNUAL MEMORIAL PRAYERS at Ewam Choden on Wed. Nov. 20th at 7:00 p.m.
October 18, 2013 by bhockman
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Lama Kunga Rinpoche is conducting the annual Memorial Prayer service at Ewam Choden. This is a gathering to offer prayers for those sentient beings who have passed on. The event is open to everyone.
You may bring a photo of a special person or animal you wish to include. The gathering begins at 7 p.m. and lasts for about one and a half to two hours.
COMPLETED– LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE BRINGS KHENPO KUNGA DHONDUP to THARPA CHO LING on SATURDAY
October 4, 2013 by bhockman
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Rinpoche will lead the October 5th, Saturday morning Chenrezi meditation at Tharpa Cho Ling. The Sangha will then have an opportunity to meet Khenpo Kunga Dhondup, visiting from his monastic and educational center in Nepal. (See the separate article for more information about this.) They will return to Ewam Choden for the Sunday practice and meeting.
COMPLETED–VISIT OF KHENPO KUNGA DHONDUP to Ewam Choden this SUNDAY, Oct. 6, 2013 at Noon
October 4, 2013 by bhockman
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On Sunday, Oct. 6th, after the completion of Ewam Choden’s weekly Chenrezi compassion meditation practice, we will have the opportunity to hear Ven, Khenpo Kunga Dhondup speak about the Pema Ts’al Monastic Institute in Pokhara, Nepal.
This is the monastery and teaching center that he and Khenpo Pema founded in 1999. It was consecrated by H. H. Sakya Trizin during a trip to Nepal in 2012. Information about the monastery, Pema T’sal, can be found at www.pematsal-sakya.org.
Everyone is invited to attend. A potluck lunch is being hosted!
Completed–KHENPO MIGMAR TSETEN teaches HEART SUTRA at Ewam Choden on Aug. 17–18, 2013
July 30, 2013 by bhockman
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Khenpo Migmar Tseten returns to kindly offer teaching on the Prajna Paramita– the Heart Sutra. The event is a two-day retreat including meditation sessions guided by Khenpo Migmar. The sessions are from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm each day, with a break for a pot-luck lunch. The retreat starts with the 16 Arhart Puja dedicated to the long life of Lama Kunga Rinpoche on Saturday morning. The registration donation is $100.00. Pre-registration is NOT required but always encourgaed.
CLICK HERE to register via ONLINE or BY personal CHECK
THIS IS A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY THAT IS NOT TO BE MISSED.
ABOUT THE TEACHING according to Lama Migmar
The Heart Sutra is the essence of Buddha’s wisdom training to realize the right view to guide the meditation and conduct in the right direction to go beyond. The sutra explicitly shows the right view and implicitly gives instruction on meditation, how to make that right view a personal realization. Khenpo Migmar will give the teaching and lead meditation in English, based on the original Sanskrit and Tibetan materials.
ABOUT LAMA MIGMAR
Khenpo Lama Migmar is a Buddhist chaplain at Harvard University. He leads retreats at Buddhist centers throughout North America. He founded the Sakya Institute in Cambridge, MA, and has served as the head of the Sakya Retreat Center in Barre, MA. He also served as the head of the Sakya Center in Rajpur, India, and the Sakya Monastery in Puruwalla, India, from 1981 to 1989.
You may learn more about Lama Migmar at his websites: www.LamaMigmar.net and Sakya Center www.sakya.net
Khenpo Lama Migmar
REGISTRATION – H.E. Jetsun Kushok / Aug 9-13, 2013
June 14, 2013 by admin
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To register for Uncommon White Tara Empowerment and Teaching, CLICK HERE
Completed–H.E. JETSUN KUSHOK at Ewam Choden in August 2013
June 13, 2013 by admin
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Together with Sakya Dechen Ling,, Ewam Choden will host teachings by the venerable and inspirational teacher, Her Eminence Jetsun Kushok, on August 9 through August 13. Please note below the prerequisites for two empowerments.
UNCOMMON WHITE TARA Empowerment and Instruction–Aug. 9 to 11,
A public blessing empowerment of GREEN TARA–Aug. 10,
VAJRAYOGINI Empowerment and short teaching at Ewam Choden–Aug. 12 to 13.
TO READ ABOUT H.E. JETSUN KUSHOK’S LIFE, Click here.
Click here for more detailed information and requirements for the events.
Completed–Ven. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE gives 13 GOLDEN DHARMAS in MINNEAPOLIS in June
June 8, 2013 by bhockman
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Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche will be in Minneapolis from June 18 – 23 where he will give empowerments of The Thirteen Golden Dharmas of the Sakya tradition and other teachings.
The center is Sakya Thubten Dargye Ling, known as the Minnesota Sakya Center. Please visit their website, Minnesota Sakya Center, for details.
COMPLETED–EWAM CHODEN ATTENDS the 31st Annual Himalayan Fair at Live Oak Park in Berkeley, CA
May 8, 2013 by bhockman
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We will have a booth at the Fair, and Lama Kunga Rinpoche will be present (some of the time). Hours are Saturday, May 17th from 10 am to 7 pm and Sunday, May 18th from 10 am to 5:30 pm. See http://www.himalayanfair.net/ for information about the Himalayan Fair.
COMPLETED—EVENTS WITH HIS HOLINESS SAKYA TRIZIN on MAY 4th and 5th, 2013 THIS WEEKEND!
April 18, 2013 by admin
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HIS HOLINESS SAKYA TRIZIN will kindly and generously visit Ewam Choden and give teachings on May 4 & 5.
On Saturday morning, May 4th, His Holiness will bestow the empowerment of Vajrapani Bhutadamara.
This will take place at
The Arlington Community Church in Kensington, CA at 10:30 a.m. The requested donation is $30.00. Dana (offering) to the Lama is separate. Please arrive early to register.
On Saturday evening, May 4th, at 7:00 p.m., His Holiness will give a public talk on the subject, “Freeing the Heart and Mind: Introduction to the Buddhist Path“.
Everyone is welcome.
The admission is $20.00, $10.00 seniors and students.
This will also take place at The Arlington Community Church in Kensington, CA.
LOCATION of both (above) events — The Arlington Community Church is at 52 Arlington Ave. in Kensington. Wheelchair accessible with convenient parking nearby (in the area and across the street).
On Sunday, May 5th, His Holiness will meet the Tibetan community. He will bestow a Long-Life Empowerment and give a talk in Tibetan. The organizer is the SF Bay area Tibetan Sakya group (presented by Bay Area Tsechen Ling).
The location is the Berkeley Adult School, 1701 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley
The time is 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. and the doors open at noon.
His Holiness Sakya Trizin is the 41st throne holder of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism, and has been the supreme head of its many disciples for over fifty years. He is a descendent of the great masters who founded the order in 1073 and is considered to be an emanation of Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of transcendental wisdom.
He has been praised by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as ‘King of Vajrayana practitioners,’ and is renowned throughout the world for the brilliance and clarity of his teachings and his fluency and precise command of English.
Receiving teachings directly from His Holiness carries a special lineage of blessings from the founders of the Sakya Order, as well as from Manjushri himself.
His Holiness the Sakya Trizin
Vajrapani Bhutadamara
His Holiness Sakya Trizin’s Book
COMPLETED–LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE teaches in the SAN DIEGO area on April 13 and 14, 2013
March 23, 2013 by admin
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Lama Kunga Rinpoche will bestow empowerments at Drikung Kyobpa Choling.
Empowerments of White Mahakala and Medicine Buddha will be given on Saturday, April 13, 2013.
Chenresig Meditation and Tsok Offering will take place on Sunday, April 14, 2013.
(Click link below for more information.)
Drikung Kyobpa Choling , Escondido, CA
