Tara Practice
2007-09-08 00:00, 2007-08-25 00:00, 2007-07-14 00:00, 2007-06-23 00:00, 2007-06-09 00:00, 2007-05-12 00:00, 2007-04-14 00:00 (America/Phoenix)
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
(Click here for a map)
For More Information: Jacki Elder at 292-6070

Amitabha Empowerment
2007-09-07 00:00
This Amitabha Empowerment will be followed by two days (Saturday and Sunday) of Bardo teachings, also given by Drupon Thinley Ningpo Rinpoche.

1871 N. King StreetTucson, Arizona 85749 (Click here for a map)

Medicine Buddha Closed Retreat
2007-08-30 00:00 - 2007-09-04 00:00
Medicine Buddha (Sangye Menla in Tibetan) is a practice commonly performed by Tibetan doctors, intended to heal those suffering ignorance and the resulting afflictive emotions, and awakening their (and our) Buddha nature.
This five-day closed retreat is our third annual fall retreat, and registration is limited to 25 persons. The retreat will begin on Thursday evening with an empowerment ceremony, and be followed by five days of meditation and instruction. As this retreat is closed, pre-registration is required, and attendees will need to remain on-site throughout the retreat. Led by Drupon Thinley Nyingpo Rinpoche, this retreat will be held at our sister center, Garchen Buddhist Institute, in the tranquil high-desert surrounds of Chino Valley, Arizona, four hours North of Tucson.
Retreat Fees
$375. (includes meals & lodging)

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

Achi Practice
2007-08-14 00:00, 2007-07-24 00:00, 2007-06-26 00:00, 2007-06-12 00:00, 2007-05-22 00:00, 2007-05-08 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

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)

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

Sangha Meditation: Practice, Study and Discussion
2007-07-14 00:00, 2007-06-09 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
(Click here for a map)
For More Information:
Matthew Vasquez: 884-0554

Annual Sangha Potluck Picnic
2007-06-17 00:00
Our dear Khenpo Sherab Ozer Rinpoche will be leaving soon to spend a few years in Tibet. He will be back in Tucson for only a few short days in mid-June. We are holding our first annual sangha picnic/potluck in his honor in the cool pines of Mount Lemon. Please join us for good food, good company, and parting words from Khenpo Rinpoche.(Click here to pre-register.)
Date: June 17th
Time: 12 – 4pm

Place: Rose Canyon Lake Picnic Area
Mile Post 17 on Mount Lemon Highway
1st Ramada on the Left
(Look for the prayer flags!)
Please bring a vegetarian dish to share. Please contact Pati at 465-1882 if you would like to carpool, or are able to furnish rides.
Please note that there is a $5 day use fee per vehicle traveling to Mt Lemmon.
Looking forward to seeing you there! 🙂

Study Group - Maintaining Mindfulness in Daily Life
2007-06-10 00:00
This discussion group will review practitioner’s notes from Traga Rinpoche’s “Maintaining Mindfullness in Daily Life” teachings held on Saturday and Sunday, June 2 and 3. Please bring light, healthy finger foods to share.

Sunday, June 10 @ 5:30pm

1141 Saddlewood Ranch Drive
Tucson, Arizona 85745
(Click here for a map)
For More Information:
Zehra Conner: 299-1083

Maintaining Mindfulness in Daily Life
2007-06-02 00:00 - 2007-06-03 00:00
We may experience many things when practicing meditation. An openness, a feeling of connection, thankfulness, peace, bliss, clarity, and compassion are just a few of the benefits of meditation. However, very often, the sense of peace we feel is lost after we rise from meditating to resume our busy western lives.To fully realize the benefits of our meditation, it’s important that we learn and practice mindfulness when we leave our cushion. During this weekend teaching, the venerable Traga Rinpoche from Garchen Buddhist Institute will guide us with his common sense wisdom and sage advice in strengthening and maintaining a sense of clarity, compassion and peacefulness in our daily lives.(Click here to download a teaching flyer.)(Click here to register.)

1871 N. King Street
Tucson, Arizona 85749
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Vajrasattva Practice
2007-05-20 00:00, 2007-05-06 00:00
Vajrasattva is the Buddha of purification, whose practice helps sweep away subtle and not-so subtle obscurations and karmic propensities.

1st and 3rd Sundays @ 10:00am

1141 Saddlewood Ranch Drive
Tucson, Arizona 85745
(Click here for a map)
For More Information:
Zehra Conner: 299-1083

Achi Practice
2007-05-15 00:00, 2007-05-01 00:00, 2007-04-17 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.
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, Every Month
St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church 3809 E. 3rd Street Tucson, Arizona 85716 (Click here for a map)
For More Information: Frank Cole: 321-9689

Study Group - Loving Kindness, Compassion, and Bodhicitta
2007-04-22 00:00
This discussion group will review practioner’s notes from Khenchen Gyaltsen’s Loving Kindness, Compassion, and Bodhicitta teachings held on Saturday and Sunday, March 31 and April 1. Please bring light, healthy finger foods to share.

Sunday, April 22 @ 5:00pm

1141 Saddlewood Ranch Drive
Tucson, Arizona 85745
(Click here for a map)
For More Information:
Zehra Conner: 299-1083

Vajrasattva
2007-04-15 00:00
