Drikung Namgyal Ling

Teachings with Drupon Thinley Ningpo
2009-05-09 00:00 - 2009-05-10 00:00 (America/Phoenix)
Pati Stein 1871 N. King Street Tucson, Arizona 85749 (Click here for a map)
For More Information: Pati Stein: 465-1882

Amitabha Meditation Practice
2009-05-08 00:00
This special half-day Amitahba Practice is being held in conjunction with the center’s spiritual director, Khenpo Sherab Ozer Rinpoche and his recent worldwide mantra accumulation efforts – along with the nuns of Samten Choling Nunnery in Eastern Tibet.
The intention of this great accumulation of mantras, is to help ease the suffering of all sentient beings who have recently passed away and may be wandering and/or suffering in the intermediate state between death and re-birth.Location
1871 N. King Street
Tucson, Arizona 85749 (Click here for a map)
For More Information: Pati Stein: 465-1882

Public Talk: Turning Depression and Worry into Happiness
2009-05-08 00:00
In this time of economic turmoil, there is so much uncertainty regarding our futures. We work hard to provide for our families, yet there is much disquiet, even about whether we will be able to provide for our basic needs. This leads us to worry and feel depressed; we feel hopeless and helpless about our future and what we can do. Drupon will provide clear and practical instructions regarding how to transform worry and depression into happiness.This event is free.

Ada Pierce McCormick BuildingUniversity of Arizona Campus1401 East First Street
Tucson, Arizona 85719(Click here for a map)
For More Information: Zehra Conner: 299-1083

Sangha Meditation: Practice, Study, and Discussion
2009-04-18 00:00
Amitabha is the Buddha of Boundless Light. This Saturday, April 18th an Amitabha meditation practice day will be offered by Drikung Namgyal Ling (Drikung Kagyu Meditation Center of Tucson).This meditation day occurs in conjunction with the center’s spiritual director, Khenpo Sherab Ozer Rinpoche and his recent worldwide mantra accumulation efforts – along with the nuns of Samten Choling Nunnery in Eastern Tibet.

The intention of this great accumulation of mantras, is to help ease the suffering of all sentient beings who have recently passed away and may be wandering and/or suffering in the intermediate state between death and re-birth.

April 18th Schedule:
9:00 – 10:00 Lama Chopa (Guru Yoga)
10:00 – 10:30 Tea
10:30 – 12:30 Intro to Meditation, Four Thoughts, Amitabha Practice

* The 10:30 – 12:30 session is especially for beginners or those whoíve been attending Saturday Sangha Meditations.
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch – Pot Luck
1:30 – 3:30 Amitabha Practice
3:30 – 4:00 Tea
4:00 – 6:00 Amitabha Practice
6:00 – 6:30 Dedication & Kungtuzangpo Prayer

You may participate in this practice at home as well. Please phone/e-mail your name & mantra totals to Matthew. The grand tally of our unified local community effort will be presented to Khenpo Sherab Rinpoche on the Buddhaís Enlightenment & Parinirvana Day, June 7, 2009.

A three day Amitabha Retreat and Teachings on Amitabha Practice with Drupon Thinley Rinpoche in May, as well as additional Saturday Practice Days in April & May are forthcoming – Look for Postings!

As a courtesy to those with allergies, please refrain from wearing perfume. Thank you!

Directions (Central Tucson)
ï N on Country Club Rd past Grant, Ft.Lowell and Prince Rds
ï Left at Racquet Club Ranch #3935, before Tucson Racquet & Fitness
ï Pass 1st drive on right. Event entry at next driveway, #36A, adobe house with prayer flags
ï Park to left in large dirt lot with palm trees

Saturday, February 28 @ 10:30am – 12:00pm

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

Achi Practice
2009-04-08 00:00, 2009-03-25 00:00, 2009-03-11 00:00, 2009-02-11 00:00, 2008-12-10 00:00
Achi Chokyi Droma was the grandmother of Lord Jigten Sumgon, who founded the Drikung Kagyu Lineage. Achi is considered chief protectress of the Drikung Kagyu.In Achi meditation practice, we use visualization and mantra as a means of concentration. The practice lasts approximately an hour and a half, and consists of opening prayers for dedicating the motivation to benefit all others, the body of the practice using visualization (contemplation of the mental visual image) and mantra (chanted prayers). The practice concludes with dedication prayers where, again, we think of our wish to benefit all other beings.
The prayers, visualization, and dedication are read from a sadhana (traditional practice text).
This particular practice was written by Jigten Sumgon, our lineageís founder, and translated in to English by Khenchen Gyaltsen Rinpoche.
Beginners are welcome at this practice.
2nd & 4th Wednesdays, Every Month
Pati Stein 1871 N. King Street Tucson, Arizona 85749 (Click here for a map)
For More Information: Pati Stein: 465-1882

White Tara Practice
2009-04-01 00:00, 2009-03-04 00:00, 2009-01-21 00:00, 2008-12-17 00:00
Tara Embodies the female wisdom activity of the mind. She is often called the mother of all the Buddhas
His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche has taught extensively on the benefits of White Tara practice. White Tara offers peace, prosperity, health and long life through her enlightened activities. She is depicted with a female body that is the brilliant white of a thousand autumn moons. Her third eye in her forehead symbolizes her vision of the unity of ultimate reality while she simultaneously sees the relative and dualistic world with her other two eyes. Her hands and feet also have eyes, showing that all her actions are governed by her ultimate wisdom and compassion. She is the protective, helpful and comforting mother who shows limitless kindness, generosity and protection towards those who are tossed in the ocean of suffering.

If we recite her mantra and make a connection to her, we draw closer to developing her enlightened qualities in ourselves.

Bring your bells and damarus!
1st & 3rd Wednesdays, Every Month
Ada Pierce McCormick BuildingUniversity of Arizona Campus1401 East First Street
Tucson, Arizona 85719(Click here for a map)
For More Information: Zehra Conner: 299-1083

White Tara Empowerment and Teachings
2009-03-20 00:00 - 2009-03-22 00:00
Practiced by all four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, White Tara has been the main deity practice of many well-known Buddhist scholars and siddhas (in both India and Tibet), foremost among them being Nagarjuna and Atisha.Her special function is to promote long life, both for the practitioner and for others. She removes all unfavorable circumstances, and bestows upon us good health, long life, and prosperity. Ultimately, she is the very nature of the dharmakaya; her practice is a means for attaining liberation.
Empowerment:
Friday night, March 20th 7-9pm

Teachings:
Saturday and Sunday, March 21st ñ 22nd
9am-5pm

Benedictine Monastery 800 N. Country Club RoadTucson, Arizona 85716 (Click here for a map)

White Tara Practice with Gape Lama
2009-03-18 00:00
Tara Embodies the female wisdom activity of the mind.
This special White Tara practice will be led by the Venerable Gape Lama of Garchen Buddhist Institute, and will include teachings on Deity yoga, also called generation or creation stage practice (one of the main methods of Vajrayana Buddhism).
All deity yoga practices have three main components. In the beginning, we take refuge and generate bodhicitta, the altruistic attitude to attain enlightenment for the benefit of others. In the middle, or main part of the practice, we follow a text, called a sadhana, and visualize ourselves as the deity, chant his or her mantra, and after dissolving the visualization, rest in the nature of mind. In the end, we dedicate the virtue from doing the practice to the benefit of all sentient beings.
Through the practice of deity yoga, we transform our ordinary perception of ourselves into that of the deity. Through this very skillful method, we can realize our Buddha nature, and attain ultimate realization.

1st & 3rd Wednesdays, Every Month
Ada Pierce McCormick BuildingUniversity of Arizona Campus1401 East First Street
Tucson, Arizona 85719(Click here for a map)
For More Information: Zehra Conner: 299-1083

The Meaning of Empowerments
2009-03-17 00:00
Most deity yoga practices require that practitioners receive an initiation or empowerment prior to doing the practice. The empowerment ritual confers authority upon the practitioner to engage in the practice of the particular deity for which the empowerment is given. There are four stages to the empowerment ritual: the vase empowerment, which purifies the obscurations of the body; the secret empowerment, which purifies the obscurations of speech; the knowledge or wisdom empowerment, which purifies our mental obscurations; and the word empowerment, which purifies the subtle habitual tendencies which give rise to dualistic perception.
Gape Lama will teach us about the meaning of empowerment and how empowerments can help us transform our ordinary, habitual tendencies into enlightened activity. This will be a good introduction to the White Tara Empowerment which he will be bestowing on Friday night, March 20th.

Gape Lama will also be leading White Tara Practice on Wednesday night, March 18th at 7:30pm at Little Chapel of All Nations, 1401 E. First Street, Tucson.

Matthew and Rachel’s House
3935 North Country Club Road, #36A
Tucson, Arizona 85716
(Click here for a map)
Directions (Central Tucson)
ï N on Country Club Rd past Grant, Ft.Lowell and Prince Rds
ï Left at Racquet Club Ranch #3935, before Tucson Racquet & Fitness
ï Pass 1st drive on right. Event entry at next driveway, #36A, adobe house with prayer flags
ï Park to left in large dirt lot with palm trees

For More Information:
Matthew Vasquez: 884-0554

Lama Chopa Practice with Instruments
2009-03-15 00:00
On Sunday, March 15, 2009, Gape Lama will lead Lama Chopa practice from 2-5pm at Pati & Murrayís, with a focus on how to play the various instruments used in Tibetan Buddhist ritual practice. Bring your instruments so we can learn how to use them correctly as we ring in the New Year together!Gape Lama will also be leading White Tara Practice on Wednesday night, March 18th at 7:30pm at Little Chapel of All Nations, 1401 E. First Street, Tucson.

Pati Stein 1871 N. King Street Tucson, Arizona 85749 (Click here for a map)
For More Information: Pati Stein: 465-1882

Tibetan New Year (Losar) Celebration !
2009-03-14 00:00
Join Us For Losar – Tibetan New Year Tibetan Year 2136 – Earth Ox Year, commences on February 25th. Due to scheduling needs, we will be celebrating Losar on March 14th Activities will begin with a Fire Puja ritual ceremony led by Gape Lama of Garchen Buddhist Institute, followed by the hanging of prayer flags. Following the rituals, traditional Tibetan food will be served. Come and join us for Tibetan music, video, cuisine and conversation!(Click here to pre-register.) A small donation of $15. is requested. All profits will benefit the Drikung Namgyal Ling Building Fund. This event is RSVP, to better enable us to purchase ingredients and prepare the meal. Please let us know that you will be attending by registering online by clicking here or by sending email to pati@drikungkagyutucson.org. May all beings benefit!

1871 N. King Street Tucson, Arizona 85749 (Click here for a map)
For More Information: Pati Stein: 465-1882

Sangha Meditation: Practice, Study, and Discussion
2009-03-07 00:00, 2009-02-28 00:00, 2009-02-14 00:00
Sangha Meditation is an on-going meditation group that primarily focuses on ìThe Gradual Pathî meditation practices recommended by our centerís director, Khenpo Sherab Ozer Rinpoche, as well as other Drikung Kagyu lineage masters. This group is intended for introductory, as well as intermediate and advanced practitioners.
If you have any further questions, please contact Matthew at matthew@drikungkagyutucson.org or call 884-0554.
These sessions are free and open to the general public.
As a courtesy to those with allergies, please refrain from wearing perfume. Thank you!

Directions (Central Tucson)
ï N on Country Club Rd past Grant, Ft.Lowell and Prince Rds
ï Left at Racquet Club Ranch #3935, before Tucson Racquet & Fitness
ï Pass 1st drive on right. Event entry at next driveway, #36A, adobe house with prayer flags
ï Park to left in large dirt lot with palm trees

Saturday, February 28 @ 10:30am – 12:00pm

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

Natural Liberation: Padmasambhava's Teachings on the Six Bardos
2009-02-06 00:00 - 2009-02-08 00:00, 2009-01-30 00:00 - 2009-02-01 00:00
Event Day and TimesFridays, 1/30 and 2/6, 7-9pm
Saturdays/Sundays, 1/31-2/1 and 2/7-8, 9am-5pm
Natural Liberation, Padmasambhava’s Teachings on the Six Bardos provide extensive instruction on each of the six transitional processes, or bardos, that make up our experience in samsara.
These teachings contain methods for naturally, or spontaneously, liberating ourselves from the sufferings that are inherent in each of the six realms so we can obtain ultimate liberation.

“The transitional process from the time we are born until the time we die is crucial in determining whether we will go up or down.”
“With a human incarnation, we possess greater power than other beings to bring about good, but also greater power to bring about bad. We have the ability to know and to understand, and we must make best use of the favorable conditions of a human incarnation.”
“We must not meaninglessly waste this opportunity. If we conduct ourselves well in
our life, then later, as we approach death (in the Bardo), and in our next life, we will go further and further up. There is no doubt about this.”
“Otherwise, we will suffer great fear and pain as we die, our minds will suffer agony and despair, and (due to our ignorance) we will not recognize the Bardo of Becoming. The purpose of the Six Bardos teachings is to profoundly move us to engage in practice during the Bardo of Living.”
Traga Rinpoche

Of all the methods taught by Buddha Shakyamuni to achieve enlightenment, the methods of Mahamudra and Dzogchen provide us the most profound view – that of the mind’s true nature. Traga Rinpoche will also present an overview of these two methods and clarify for us the differences and similarities inherent in them.

An excellent book on these teachings is Natural Liberation: Padmasambhava’s Teachings on the Six Bardos, with commentary by Gyatrul Rinpoche and translation by B. Alan Wallace (Wisdom Publications, 1997).

We are once again very fortunate to be receiving these profound teachings from The Venerable Traga Rinpoche.

1871 N. King Street Tucson, Arizona 85749 (Click here for a map)
For More Information:
Pati Stein: 465-1882

Heart Advice on Meditation Practice
2009-02-02 00:00 - 2009-02-03 00:00
Please join us for a special two-evening teaching of Traga Rinpoche’s Heart Advice on Meditation Practice.If you have any further questions, please contact Matthew at matthew@drikungkagyutucson.org or call 884-0554.
This event is free and open to the general public.
As a courtesy to those with allergies, please refrain from wearing perfume. Thank you!

Directions (Central Tucson)
ï N on Country Club Rd past Grant, Ft.Lowell and Prince Rds
ï Left at Racquet Club Ranch #3935, before Tucson Racquet & Fitness
ï Pass 1st drive on right. Event entry at next driveway, #36A, adobe house with prayer flags
ï Park to left in large dirt lot with palm trees

Monday and Tuesday Evening @ 7-9pm

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

Holiday Meditation Retreat & Pot-Luck
2008-12-27 00:00
This is our second annual holiday retreat. Please join us for an hour or the day in meditation and pot-lunch and dinner.
This day-long retreat to include:
ï The Four Thoughts That Turn The Mind
ï Calm-Abiding Meditation
ï Amitabha Mantra Accumulation with Smoke Offering
ï Kungtuzangpo Prayer
ï Dedication
Participate at your own discretion. Come for an hour or two or the entire day! Drop-ins welcome anytime.
Co-incident with the days meditation will be a pot-luck lunch and dinner. Please bring a dish to share.
This event is free ñ no charge or pre-registration is required.
If you have any further questions, please contact Matthew at matthew@drikungkagyutucson.org or call 884-0554.
As a courtesy to those with allergies, please refrain from wearing perfume. Thank you!

Directions (Central Tucson)
ï N on Country Club Rd past Grant, Ft.Lowell and Prince Rds
ï Left at Racquet Club Ranch #3935, before Tucson Racquet & Fitness
ï Pass 1st drive on right. Event entry at next driveway, #36A, adobe house with prayer flags
ï Park to left in large dirt lot with palm trees

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

Sangha Meditation: Practice, Study, and Discussion
2008-12-27 00:00, 2008-12-20 00:00, 2008-12-13 00:00, 2008-11-29 00:00
Sangha Meditation is an on-going meditation group that primarily focuses on ìThe Gradual Pathî meditation practices recommended by our centerís director, Khenpo Sherab Ozer Rinpoche, as well as other Drikung Kagyu lineage masters. This group is intended for introductory, as well as intermediate and advanced practitioners.
If you have any further questions, please contact Matthew at matthew@drikungkagyutucson.org or call 884-0554.
These sessions are free and open to the general public.
As a courtesy to those with allergies, please refrain from wearing perfume. Thank you!

Directions (Central Tucson)
ï N on Country Club Rd past Grant, Ft.Lowell and Prince Rds
ï Left at Racquet Club Ranch #3935, before Tucson Racquet & Fitness
ï Pass 1st drive on right. Event entry at next driveway, #36A, adobe house with prayer flags
ï Park to left in large dirt lot with palm trees

Saturdays, June 7, 21, and 28 @ 10:30am – 12:30pm

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

Five-Fold Mahamudra Meditation - Awakening to the Essence of Mind
2008-12-05 00:00 - 2008-12-07 00:00
Through teachings preserved by the Driking Kagyu lineage, His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche will give instruction on Five-fold Mahamudra Meditation practice, known for its ability to help awaken understanding of the essential nature of mind.The teaching will present the classic three-fold logic of Ground, Path & Fruition, also known as View, Meditation & Action. H.E. Garchen Rinpoche will discuss The Drikung Kagyu Lineage
(View), Fivefold Mahamudra Meditation (Meditation) and The Nature of Mind. (Result).
This special three-day teaching will begin with a Guru Yoga Empowerment Ceremony beginning at 9am on the first day (Friday).

San Pedro Chapel5230 E Fort Lowell RoadTucson, Arizona 85712
