Events (Prior to 2015) - Page 2

Rimay Monlam 2014

Welcoming all Buddhist practitioners with the Blessings and Good Wishes of His Holiness The Dalai Lama Enjoy this special time and space for meditation, exercise, discussion and inspiration, celebration and consecration, as well as short discourses by prominent Dharma teachers in attendance. This event is in English, but with some gorgeous, traditional Tibetan chanting and […]

The Wisdom of Manjushri: Teachings on Professing the Qualities of Manjushri

Manjushri is the embodiment of the wisdom of all the Buddhas. Professing the Qualities of Manjushri (Manjushri nama samgiti), also known as the Litany of the Names of Manjushri, is one of the most revered tantric texts in Tibetan Buddhism. It is the first text within the Buddhist tantric canon, just before the root text […]

Longchen Nyingtig Powa Training Intensive with Tulku Sherdor

Powa, or the practice of transference of consciousness, pervades all of the trainings of the inner levels of tantra, according to both the old and new schools of Tibetan Buddhism. It is at the heart of the six yogas of Naropa, integral to the trainings in Chöd and feast and mandala offering, and at the […]

Translation and Transmission Conference

The Translation and Transmission Conference will inaugurate a series of meetings for translators, practitioners, and scholars of Tibetan Buddhism. Its purpose is to provide an international forum for sustained dialogue and the sharing of ideas and experiences, as well as for collective reflection on the larger cultural and societal dimensions of the transmission of Tibetan […]

3rd Karmapa's Mahamudra Prayer Seminar

Karmapa Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339), was an ecumenical (Rimay) Tibetan Buddhist master who integrated the mind-essence teachings of the Nyingma old school (Dzogchen) with the Mahamudra teachings of the Kagyu masters that were brought from India to Tibet several centuries later. This synthesis of the mind essence teachings is best expressed in his masterpiece known colloquially […]