Completed–LAMA JAMPA THAYE returns to teach MIND TRAINING at EC on Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27, 2016, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

 

Lama Jampa will expound on the Seven Points of Mind Training using Thogme Zangpo’s commentary. This system of meditation practice – known as lobjong in Tibetan – is one of the most popular and widely-practised in Buddhism. Codified by the 12th century master, Geshe Chekawa, it contains the Mahayana methods for transforming ordinary consciousness into the mind of enlightenment. At its heart is the practice of ‘Sending and Taking’, which is often referred to as, ‘the secret teaching of the Great Vehicle’.

This teaching is of great interest and benefit for any one interested in Buddhist philosophy, beginners and non-beginners alike, practitioners and scholars.

“I would like to commend Lama Jampa Thaye for the unflagging enthusiasm and effort
that he has devoted to the noble cause of making the dharma available to all those who have an interest in it,
and encourage him to continue his good works.”
H.H. Sakya Trizin

Suggested Donation:
$100 for the weekend session
10am-4pm
Saturday March 26 and Sunday March 27

For more info:
http://lamajampa.org/biography/

 

Completed–ANNIVERSARY DAY FOR SAKYA PANDITA Thursday, Dec. 24, 7:00 pm at EC

ANNOUNCING  the Anniversary Day of Sakya Paṇḍita Künga Gyeltsen   

    You are invited to attend a ceremony for the SAKYA PANDITA.  
    Thursday, December 24, 2015 at 7 pm at Ewam Choden

Sakya Pandita was born in 1182 in Sakya, Tibet and passed in Liangzhou in 1251. As a little child, he had amazing abilities to learn reading and writing Sanskrit and Tibetan, and all other subjects. He received tantric teachings, performed practices, and gave commentaries from a very young age.
  He became known as a great scholar in Tibet, Mongolia, China and India and was proficient in the five great sciences of Buddhist philosophy, medicine, grammar, dialectics and sacred Sanskrit literature as well as the minor sciences of rhetoric,  poetry, dancing and astrology. His teaching legacy reached far and wide. He was the fourth Sakya founder and sixth Sakya Trizin and one of the most important figures in the Sakya lineage.

Completed–ANNUAL MEMORIAL PRAYERS on WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18, at 7:00 pm

Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche will conduct the annual Memorial Prayer service at Ewam Choden. This is a gathering to offer prayers for the benefit of all of our friends, relatives and countless sentient beings who have passed on in this year and in previous years.  The event is open to everyone.
If you wish, you may bring a photo of a special person or animal to include, and you may bring tea candles or flowers to set up near the shrine. The gathering begins at 7 p.m. and lasts for about one and a half to two hours.

PHOTO from Lama Kunga Rinpoche’s visit to TSECHEN NAMDROL LING in Santa Fe

Lama Kunga Rinpoche recently gave empowerments of Medicine Buddha, White Mahakala, Avalokiteshvara, and Red Tara at the new Sakya center in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Here is a photo of the group there. Click on it to enlarge.

Completed—Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche will give empowerments in Arcadia, California on October 3rd, 2015

Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche will kindly bestow the empowerments of Two-Armed Black Mahakala, Six-Armed White Mahakala, and a Ngondro Transmission. For details, please click to go to the website for Tsechen Chokhor Ling.

Completed–CELEBRATION OF H.H. SAKYA TRIZIN’S BIRTHDAY on MONDAY, SEPT. 7 at 9:00 am

This information is from Bay Area Tsechenling. CLICK on the image below to enlarge it.

***** HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY to VEN. LAMA KUNGA THARTSE RINPOCHE ***** Wishes for continuing long-life and good health

Ven. Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche, originally from Ngor Monastery in Tibet, has kindly and generously shared his dharma wisdom with us in many ways for over forty years. We are infinitely grateful for Rinpoche’s display of patience and compassion, his profound teachings, his heartfelt empowerments, and his enduring patience.  Over the years, Rinpoche has kindly instructed students in Tibetan cooking as readily as in spoken and literary Tibetan language. We learn from him how to make tormas and treasure vases. He performs marriage ceremonies and conducts tsoks. He translates and interprets sadhanas and texts, guiding us in our understanding of them.  And especially, he imparts how and why to practice the Bodhisattva path of Vajrayana, measuring the teaching for each individual student. How fortunate we are to have such a wonderful Lama in our midst, and that we could meet him !

Rinpoche’s 80th birthday is on July 25, 2015.  Let’s honor his continuing presence and show our appreciation.

SAY LONG LIFE PRAYERS—You may find the long and short versions of Ven. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE’S Long Life Prayer on this website, as follows: On the front page, go to the yellow horizontal bar–Sakya School. From the pull-down menu there, stop at Prayers and move to the right for the prayer.

MAKE A DONATION TO EWAM CHODEN—Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche founded this Center and continues to lead it.  The Center is sustained by donations.  Use the PayPal link on the right side of the front page or send a check to make your special Birthday gift donation. (All donations are tax-deductible and will be acknowledged.)   This is the best birthday gift to Rinpoche (other than dharma practice).

COMPLETED—HER EMINENCE JETSUN KUSHOK Uncommon White Tara July 11-13, 2015

Together with Sakya Dechen Ling, the Bay Area seat for Her Eminence, we are pleased to jointly present teachings by Her Eminence Jetsun Kushok. 

Vajrayogini Blessing and Tsok  on July 11, 2015, at 2 pm.  Prerequisite: Without exception, people receiving this blessing for the first time from a Sakya lama must have already received a major empowerment of Hevajra or Cakrasamvara from a Sakya lama.  This event is sponsored by Sakya Dechen Ling.

Green Tara Initiation on July 13, 2015,  at 7 pm.  There are no prerequisites. However, you must maintain a vegetarian diet for the entire day of the empowerment, prior to it.  This event is sponsored by Sakya Dechen Ling.

REGISTRATION for the above two events IS ON THE SAKYA DECHEN LING WEBSITE –>  sakyadechenling.com

Uncommon White Tara Initiation on July 12, 2015, at 10:30 am at Ewam Choden.  Prerequisite: Without exception, people receiving this empowerment must have received a major empowerment, such as Hevajra, Cakrasamvara, or the recent Vajrakilaya empowerment, from a Sakya lama. This event will be held at Ewam Choden.  The REGISTRATION  is  $65.00

THIS REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON JULY 7 AT 11:59 PM.  Attendance is limited because of the space.

YOU MAY REGISTER FOR THE UNCOMMON WHITE TARA EMPOWERMENT VIA,
TWO WAYS :

REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT BY ONLINE, USING PAYPAL – CLICK HERE

OR

REGISTRATION ONLINE AND PAYMENT BY CHECK – CLICK HERE

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Her Eminence Jetsun Kushok Chimey Luding, the sister of His Holiness Sakya Trizin, is the greatest female Vajrayana lama of our time. CLICK HERE to visit her extensive biography at website for Sakya Dechen Ling

 

 

 

 

Completed SAKYA DECHEN LING presents A SPECIAL TEACHING ON NGONDRO — BEGINNING YOUR PRACTICE–June 27 & 28, 2015

NGONDRO TEACHINGS  at Sakya Dechen Ling–A Weekend of teachings with practice on Saturday and Sunday, June 27 and 28, 2015

The Tibetan term Ngondro refers to the preliminary or foundational practices common to all fours schools of Tibetan Buddhism. These preliminary practices establish the foundation for the more advanced Vajrayana teachings.

This event is an excellent opportunity for people who are new to Tibetan Buddhism to gain information about and familiarity with the essential foundations. Learn what it is, what it means, how to visualize, and what to do. Have an opportunity to ask all of your questions, and to get some answers.

The two-day teachings include:
6/27
Sat. morning–Discussion of the common foundation teachings, and vipassana mediation.
Sat. afternoon–Teaching on refuge and bodhicitta with meditation sessions on both
Sat. evening–Teaching on Vajrasattva with meditation session
6/28
Sun. morning–Teaching on Guru Yoga with meditation session
Sun. afternoon—Teaching on Mandala Offering along with practice and meditation session

Suggested Donation–$30 per session,  $125 for all sessions
LOCATION—Sakya Dechen Ling Center, 801 Pierce St., Albany, CA 94706

THE TEACHER

Jay Goldberg, also known as Ngawang Samten Chophel, has been a disciple of His Holiness Sakya Trizin since 1970, when he first went to India and stayed there. Eventually, he became an attendant and translator for His Holiness, and he took ordination as a monk.  Later, Jay was asked to travel with His Holiness, and then to give teachings and instructions on meditations in Malaysia, Singapore, and elsewhere. His name (either English or Tibetan) can be found as the translator or co-translator on many Sakya sadhanas and in a number of books.
He translated The Beautiful Ornament of the Three Visions and he is also a translator of Mo Tibetan Divination System.  Always dedicated to practicing and teaching the Dharma, Jay returned to secular life in 1988, and moved to California.
Now his experiential knowledge and wealth of information is being shared with Dharma students here.

TO REGISTER click HERE        OR GO TO  sakyadechenling.com

EMAIL FOR INFO   contact@sakyadechenling.com       CALL FOR INFO  510-466-5660

The Sakya Dechen Ling Center is the northern California seat of Her Eminence Jetsun Kushok Chimey Luding.

COMPLETED—THE UNCOMMON WHITE TARA EMPOWERMENT FROM H.E. JETSUN KUSHOK CHIMEY LUDING July 12, 2015

Her Eminence Jetsun Kushok will kindly bestow the Empowerment of the Uncommon White Tara, Chinta Chakra Tara,  Tara of the Wish-Fulfilling Wheel.  The date is Sunday, July 12, 2015 at 10:30 am.  The location is the Ewam Choden center.  The cost is $65.  Dana (offering) to the Lama is separate.

The empowerment will be followed by a teaching on the short sadhana. The Uncommon White Tara gives profound purification and blessings.

PREREQUISITE:  In order to receive this empowerment, you must have already received a high empowerment (2-day), such as, Cakrasamvara, Hevajra, or the recent Vajrakilaya, from a Sakya Lama.  There are no exceptions.

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.

H.E. Sakya Jetsun Chimey Luding Rinpoche, the highest and most thoroughly trained female Buddhist teacher in the West, was born into the Drolma Podrang, or Tara Palace of the Sakya Khon family in 1938, the year of the earth tiger. She began her dharma studies at the age of five. His Holiness Sakya Trizin was born when she was six years old. According to the tradition in her family, she took novice ordination when she was “old enough to scare crows away” at the age of seven.
The third woman in the history of Tibet to have transmitted the Lam Dre (the Path and Fruit) teachings, a fully accomplished guru and lineage holder, she is known for her teachings on Vajrayogini and is considered an emanation of that yidam of enlightened feminine energy.
Her full biography is available at SAKYA DECHEN LING BIO

    

 

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