COMPLETED Ven. LAMA JAMPA THAYE teaches at Ewam Choden on April 6th and 7th, 2013
March 22, 2013 by bhockman
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This event has been successfully completed, many thanks to Lama Jampa.
Saturday, 4/6 from 1 to 4 p.m. Lama Jampa will speak on The RiMe approach to Buddhist Practice
Sunday, 4/7 from 1 to 4 p.m. Lama Jampa will speak on Rangtong and Shentong: 2 Approaches to Ultimate Reality
Requested Donation for this Event is $30 for one day or $50 for both days, and
$20 per day for youth (24 years and under), seniors and EC members.
See below for more information about the teachings and
for Lama Jampa Thaye’s biographical information
OR CLICK HERE to Download Flyer for this Event
ABOUT THE TEACHINGS
Rime – The Inclusivist Approach
The Rime or ‘boundaryless’ movement began in the 19 century. It was not a new school but rather a move away from the narrow mindedness of sectarian rivalry and a recognition of the power inherent in the teachings of all the major Tibetan Buddhist traditions.
Lama Jampa will guide us through the Three Vehicles that are common to all the major schools of Tibetan Buddhism and explain how the Rime spirit is so important for the proper development of Tibetan dharma in the West today. Lama Jampa will also focus on the three major figures who introduced the Rime movement: the Sakyapa Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo; the Kagyupa Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye; and the Nyingmapa terton Chogyur Dechen Lingpa.
Rangtong and Shentong
In this teaching, Lama Jampa will explore the highest view regarding the true nature of mind and reality, the Middle Way View (Skt. Madhyamaka). A correct understanding of the view is essential to the development of meditative realization in both the ordinary (Paramitayana) and extraordinary (Vajrayana) meditative practices of Buddhism. Lama Jampa will illustrate the profundity of the view through delineating two subtly different presentations, the view of intrinisic emptiness (Rangtong) and the view of extrinsic emptiness (Shentong). Great Buddhist masters in Tibetan spiritual history have held either one or the other position.
ABOUT LAMA JAMPA THAYE
Lama Jampa Thaye is a scholar and meditation master trained in the Sakya and Kagyu traditions by his two principal teachers, His Holiness
Sakya Trizin and Karma Thinley Rinpoche. Born in England in 1952, he became a student of Rinpoche at the age of 20 and met His Holiness a year later.
Lama Jampa obtained his PhD in Tibetan Buddhist history and served as Lecturer of Buddhist Studies and the History of Ideas for over twenty
years at the University of Manchester. He was appointed by Karma Thinley Rinpoche as his dharma-regent in 1977 and given the authority to bestow vajrayana initiations in 1988. Since then he has traveled extensively giving teachings and initiations and is the author of numerous books and dharma treatises. His many dharma activities include a YouTube channel where his teachings can be heard.
The main website for his centers is www.dechen.org.
Lama Kunga Rinpoche Travels in March and June 2013 to give Empowerments
March 5, 2013 by bhockman
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Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche completed teaching in Brazil from March 4 – March 18 and returned safely. Rinpoche will be in Minneapolis from June 18 – 23 and give empowerments of The Thirteen Golden Dharmas of the Sakyapa tradition and other teachings. Please visit http://mnsakyacenter.org for details.
LOSAR GREETINGS FROM LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE
February 11, 2013 by bhockman
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The traditional Tibetan New Year, Losar, falls on February 11. It’s the year of the Female Water Snake. Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche led a morning of joyful prayers for Losar on Sunday, February 10, after the usual Chenrezi compassion meditation. The room-full of people joined him in prayers for peace and auspiciousness for all sentient beings. New Year’s Card by Max Butler
Postponed–Ven. KHENPO PEMA WANGDAK teaches at Ewam Choden
February 11, 2013 by bhockman
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The date for Khenpo Pema Wangdak’s visit to E.C. has been postponed. New information will be posted when available.
Sad News — The passing of Tashi, the E.C. Bodhi-Cat
December 16, 2012 by bhockman
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With sadness, we inform you that the beautiful and devoted white cat who lived with Lama Kunga Rinpoche, has passed on. He was apparently the victim of a motorist as his body was found in the middle of Cambridge Street, not far from home. In addition to his own outdoor adventures, Tashi frequently attended meditations, empowerments, and tsoks in the shrine room. He was loved by everyone and shared his affection in return. We pray for his quick rebirth in the human realm where he can meet gurus and continue on the Bodhisattva path.
COMPLETED–KHENPO PEMA WANGDAK teaches at EC on Saturday, Aug. 25 & Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012
September 2, 2012 by bhockman
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Khenpo Pema Wangdak will teach on LOJONG or 7 Point Mind Training. This deep, comprehensive Buddhist mind-training was taught over 1,000 years ago.
PLACE–Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center DAY/TIME—8/25 10 am to 12:30 pm & 2 pm to 4:30 pm (Bring lunch.) 8/26 10 am to 12:30 pm only Donation requested–$45 for all three sessions, $20 for one session.
Brief Biography of Khenpo Pema Wangdak
In 1982, he was sent to the West by His Holiness Sakya Trizin, as the first of the younger generation of Tibetan teachers in America from the Sakya School.
In 1989 Lama Pema founded the Vikramasila Foundation which encompasses the Palden Sakya Centers in New York and three other states.
Lama Pema is the creator of “Bur Yig”–Tibetan Braille, and the founder of Pema Ts’al (English for Lotus Grove) Schools in Mundgod, India (for Tibetan lay children); Pokara, Nepal (monastic schools for boys); and Pema Ts’al School in New York City, with a curriculum modeled on that of Sakya College, India. The Pema Ts’al School in New York City provides a traditional Buddhist education of monastic training and study, in the format of Western university teaching.
Lama Pema was recognized with the title of “Khenpo” by His Holiness Sakya Trizin in 2007. He received the distinguished “Ellis Island Medal of Honor” award by the National Ethical Coalition of Organizations in May, 2009 at Ellis Island for his humanitarian work around the world. Lama Pema is the first Tibetan ever to have received such an award.
COMPLETED Event ! KHENPO MIGMAR TSETEN at Ewam Choden on Sunday, July 1st, 2012
June 21, 2012 by bhockman
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KHENPO MIGMAR TSETEN at Ewam Choden on Sunday, July 1st, 2012
Lama Kunga Rinpoche and Ewam Choden are pleased to announce that Khenpo Migmar Tseten will offer a practice and a teaching on Sunday, July 1st at the Ewam Choden center. The program is the following:
10:00 a.m. to Noon—The Sixteen Arhart Puja, followed by a dedication to Lama Kunga Ngor Thartse Rinpoche’s long life.
All students will have an opportunity to offer a mandala, and a khata to Rinpoche at the conclusion.
*** Pot Luck Lunch *** from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m. to 5:50 p.m.—Shenpa Shidrel: Freedom from the Four Attachments—This is a Mind Training teaching essential to the Tibetan Buddhist canon and particularly to the Sakya tradition. This classic teaching was handed down by Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092-1158), who received it in a vision from Manjushri.
REQUESTED DONATION, AS A BENEFIT FOR EWAM CHODEN TIBETAN BUDDHIST CENTER
Both morning and afternoon sessions: $100 nonmembers, $80 members
Each session separately—$60
The dana (offering) to the Lama is separate.
Everyone is welcome.
Please arrive early and be considerate of neighbors when parking in our residential neighborhood.
ABOUT LAMA MIGMAR
Lama Migmar Tseten was born in Tibet in 1956. In 1980, he received the Acharya degree from the Tibetan Institute at Varanasi where was recognized for academic achievement by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He is currently the Buddhist chaplain at Harvard university, and the director of the Sakya Institute of Buddhist Studies in Cambridge, MA, and of the Sakya Retreat Center in Barre, MA.
Lama Migmar previously taught on Abhidharma at Ewam Choden. His clarity, thoroughness, and familiarity with western thought make him a much sought-after teacher of Tibetan Buddhism.
*new* SANGYE MENLA MEDITATION PRACTICE on Monday Evenings
February 5, 2012 by bhockman
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A group practice of the Medicine Buddha (Sangye Menla) will be held on Monday evenings at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome and the sadhana will be provided. This practice brings countless benefits to oneself and to others. Since reciting the Medicine Buddha’s mantra is a method for healing physical illness, it is especially important now for Rinpoche. The practice is scheduled for the following dates– Feb. 13, Feb. 27, March 5, 12, 26. April 2, 9, 23, & 30. Check the website and the calendar for updates.
Important: Kindly refrain from coming to EC if you or someone with whom you’re in contact is ill and contagious.
Passing of a dear friend of EC
January 21, 2012 by admin
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It is with great sadness that Ewam Choden announces the passing of Wolfgang Saumweber.
Wolf succumbed to cancer this morning January 21st.
Wolf was a student of Lama Kunga Rinpoche and a great friend and supporter of our community. A dedicated dharma practitioner, he particularly benefited our Center by working with Lama Kunga Rinpoche on the editing of sadhanas. His elaborate and colorful layouts are now the standard for EC sadhanas.
Wolf also created and maintained Ewam Choden’s first website and generously established numerous Vajrayana websites
Wolfgang will be greatly missed.
We ask for your prayers to assist him during this transition, and may all the great works he performed bring benefit to him, his wife Linda, and his family.
His Holiness Dalai Lama with Wolf
SUNDAY MEDITATION CONTINUES
January 8, 2012 by admin
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While Rinpoche is receiving medical treatments, we will still continue our traditional Sunday Chenrezig meditation, which will also include a brief Medicine Buddha recitation. Beginning at 10 a.m., these sessions will be lead by Rinpoche’s senior students. Click here for more info
