Drikung Namgyal Ling

Tara Practice
2007-07-14 00:00 (America/Phoenix) | AZ
Tara embodies the female wisdom activity of the mind.She is often called the mother of all the Buddhas.
2nd and 4th Saturdays Each Month 5210 N. Nina Drive Tucson, Arizona 85704
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For More Information: Jacki Elder at 292-6070

Sangha Meditation: Practice, Study and Discussion
2007-07-14 00:00
This summer program will be an opportunity for folks who are new to Tibetan Buddhist Meditation practice, to receive introductory meditation instruction, guidance and support in establishing a meditation or Dharma practice in their day-to-day lives. Veteran meditation practitioners are encouraged to come and contribute to the group meditation environment, as well as deepen in their own practice.We will be practicing calm-abiding, bodhicitta (awakened-heart), taking refuge in the three jewels, and contemplating the four thoughts that turn the mind. Together these practices form the basis to all other advanced meditation practices. By listening and discussing related teachings and commentary given by Khenpo Sherab Rinpoche, Garchen Rinpoche, Khenchen Gyaltsen Rinpoche and others, we will learn how to apply the Holy Dharma. The intention is to stabilize our body, speech and minds through sangha meditation practice. We will examine how to apply this in our daily lives, so as to ease suffering and be a lamp unto the world.
The curriculum for this group has been organized by Khenpo Sherab Ozer Rinpoche and Khenchen
Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche specifically for their students in Tucson. If enough people express interest in this group it will become a weekly group at summerís end, so as to abide by Khenpo Ozerís wishes tocome together as a sangha while he is away teaching in Tibet the next couple of years.
These sessions will be facilitated by fellow sangha member, Matthew Vasquez at the request of Khenpo Sherab Ozer Rinpoche. If you have any further questions or concerns please feel free to contact him at 884-0554 or matthew@drikungkagyutucson.org. Individual meditation instruction is available upon request.
These sessions are free and open to the general public. Any donations offered will be contributed to Drikung
Namgyal Ling.

Saturday’s June 9, July 14, and August 18 @ 10am-1pm

Matthew and Rachel’s House
3935 North Country Club Road, #36A
Tucson, Arizona 85716
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For More Information:
Matthew Vasquez: 884-0554

Achi Practice
2007-07-24 00:00, 2007-08-14 00:00
Achi was the grandmother of Lord Jigten Sumgon, who founded the Drikung Kagyu Lineage. Achi is considered chief protectress of the Drikung Kagyu.
2nd & 4th Tuesdays, Every Month
Pati Stein 1871 N. King Street Tucson, Arizona 85749 (Click here for a map)
For More Information: Pati Stein: 465-1882

Lama Chopa Tsok Feast
2007-07-27 00:00
Among the most profound of Tibetan Buddhist ritual ceremonies is the Lama Chopa Tsok Feast Offering. It is a ceremony of prayer, chanting, music, meditation and a ritual feast. It contains all of the points of the Lamrim meditation on guru devotion, presented in a way that directly appeals to our senses and emotions. The more devotion we have to our teacher, the more there is the wish to make offerings to him, and the Lama Chopa ceremony creates the opportunity for making many kinds of offering – food, drink, lights, incense, music, and the best form of offering to the Guru, which is the offering of practice itself; in this case the practice of doing the chanting, visualizations and prayers of the first part of the ceremony and the meditation on the Lamrim which forms the second part of the ritual. And since the guru is the highest object of offering, the merit created is enormous. Please RSVP Pati Stein at 465-1882 if you wish to attend this event.Location: 1871 N. King Street Tucson, Arizona 85749(Click here for a map)
For More Information: Pati Stein: 465-1882

Chandrakirti's Introduction to the Middle Way
2007-07-28 00:00 - 2007-07-29 00:00
Chandrakirti’s Madhyamakavatara (Introduction to the Middle Way) is an extremely influential text of Mahayana Buddhism. It is an introduction to the Madhyamika (middleway) teachings of Nargarjuna, which are themselves a systematization of the Perfection of Wisdom literature, the sutras on the crucial but elusive concept of emptiness. Chandrakirti is one of several Indian scholars whose treatises were brought to Tibet and whose realized teachings about the nature of the mind are the foundation of Tibetan Buddhist thought. Hidden in his verses are the guideposts to enlightenment. The Madhyamakavatara, Chandrakirti’s Entering the Middle Way, is one of the key philosophical expositions of emptiness, and its study has been an essential part of Buddhist training in Tibet for many centuries. Though not very long, the text contains complex and subtle arguments in a condensed form. Study of this text leads to an understanding of great compassion and how it serves as a cause for generating the mind of enlightenment(bodhichitta). This text also sets out the various levels through which one proceeds to the attainment of the completion of all ten perfections and enlightenment.
1871 N. King StreetTucson, Arizona 85749 (Click here for a map)

Sangha Meditation: Practice, Study and Discussion
2007-08-18 00:00
This is the last session in our summer program and is an opportunity for folks who are new to Tibetan Buddhist Meditation practice, to receive introductory meditation instruction, guidance and support in establishing a meditation or Dharma practice in their day-to-day lives. Veteran meditation practitioners are encouraged to come and contribute to the group meditation environment, as well as deepen in their own practice.We will be practicing calm-abiding, bodhicitta (awakened-heart), taking refuge in the three jewels, and contemplating the four thoughts that turn the mind. Together these practices form the basis to all other advanced meditation practices. By listening and discussing related teachings and commentary given by Khenpo Sherab Rinpoche, Garchen Rinpoche, Khenchen Gyaltsen Rinpoche and others, we will learn how to apply the Holy Dharma. The intention is to stabilize our body, speech and minds through sangha meditation practice. We will examine how to apply this in our daily lives, so as to ease suffering and be a lamp unto the world.
The curriculum for this group has been organized by Khenpo Sherab Ozer Rinpoche and Khenchen
Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche specifically for their students in Tucson. We anticipate this program becoming a weekly group starting in September, so as to abide by Khenpo Ozerís wishes tocome together as a sangha while he is away teaching in Tibet the next couple of years.
These sessions will be facilitated by fellow sangha member, Matthew Vasquez at the request of Khenpo Sherab Ozer Rinpoche. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact Matthew at 884-0554 or matthew@drikungkagyutucson.org. Individual meditation instruction is available upon request.
These sessions are free and open to the general public. Any donations offered will be contributed to Drikung
Namgyal Ling.

Saturday, August 18 @ 10am-1pm

Matthew and Rachel’s House
3935 North Country Club Road, #36A
Tucson, Arizona 85716
(Click here for a map)
For More Information:
Matthew Vasquez: 884-0554
