Unless otherwise specified, all activities are led by Acharya Chöying Gyurmey, our resident lama.
Our activities are shared on Zoom unless otherwise indicated:
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Passcode: 311753
Regular meditation sessions and sadhana practices (pujas) are free for members. The suggested donation for non-members is $10.
Membership and donations ensure the sustainability and flourishing
of our Centre, as well as supporting our resident lama.
Please give what you can.
https://rigpedorjemontreal.org/en/dons
Friday, August 1st, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Sunday, August 31, 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Medicine Buddha Days
Medicine Buddha Sadhana
Medicine Buddha is the practice of physical, psychological, and spiritual healing. This Healing Buddha practice reveals the true cause of any affliction.
Members: Free
Non-members: Suggested donation $10
Saturday, August 2, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
King of Aspiration Prayers
The recitation of the Aspiration Prayer (Mönlam) is made to spread the seeds of loving kindness and pure motivation, to activate their power, and hence bring about genuine peace, love, happiness, and well-being in the world.
—17th Gyalwang Karmapa
Members: Free
Non-members: Suggested donation $10
Sunday, August 3, 10, and 17, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Shamatha (calm abiding meditation)
Shamatha meditation is a fundamental Buddhist contemplative practice that develops the mind’s ability to reach a state of tranquility and lucidity.
Members: Free
Non-members: Suggested donation $10
Monday, August 4, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Guru Rinpoche Day
Kunchok Chidu Sadhana and Tsok
Prayers to Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, are considered increasingly powerful in these difficult times. He is often invoked for protection and to remove obstacles.
Note: Please bring fruits, cookies, cake, juice, etc. to offer for the Tsok. Out of concern for the environmental impact of our practice, we ask that you limit the amount of plastic packaging in any Tsok offerings you bring. Thank you for helping in this way.
Members: Free
Non-members: Suggested donation $10
Wednesdays, August 6 and 20, 7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
Chenrezik and Amitabha Sadhanas
Love, compassion, joy, and wisdom—together known as bodhicitta—are the indivisible nature of the Buddha’s enlightened mind. Chenrezik (Skt. Avalokiteshvara), the Buddha of Infinite Compassion, embodies these virtuous qualities.
Through the practice of Amitabha, the Buddha of Boundless Light, beings are guided to rebirth in Dewachen (Skt. Sukhavati), the pure realm of immaculate happiness, joy, and bliss.
Members: Free
Non-members: Suggested donation $10
Thursdays, August 7, 21, and 28, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Intermediate Tibetan language class
Registration is complete.
Saturday, August 9
Full Moon Day
5:30 a.m. Mahayana Sojong Vows
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Treasury of Blessings, Heart Sutra, and Lamp Offering
Sojong is a short ritual for taking the eight Mahayana vows of a lay practitioner for a single day. These vows are to be taken before sunrise and include not eating after the midday meal.
The Treasury of Blessings Sadhana is a simple and beautiful meditation on Sakyamuni Buddha that anyone can practice.
The Heart Sutra encapsulates the topic of the Prajnaparamita (Transcendent Perfection of Wisdom) Sutra on the unerring paths of methods taught in all Sutras.
Through the Lamp Offering, we offer light with the aspiration that obstacles to personal and global peace be overcome; and that happiness, love, and compassion spread throughout the world and benefit all beings.
Members: Free
Non-members: Suggested donation $10
Monday, August 11 to Sunday, August 17, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. each day
Contemplation on loving kindness and compassion, as well as meditation to calm the mind and cultivate a more stable and focused awareness.
Daily one-hour meditation sessions, led by Acharya Chöying Gyurmey
At the Centre and shared via Zoom
Acharya requests that you commit to attending all the sessions, whether in person or on Zoom.
Suggested donation: Members $45 / non-members $70
Saturday, August 16, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Smoke Offering
A smoke offering (sang) is a Tibetan Buddhist ritual in which fragrant incense smoke is offered to the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha and to all sentient beings to accumulate merit, purify past negative karma, and repay karmic debts.
Please do not bring substances for the smoke offering. We will prepare the incense.
Suggested donation: Members $10 / non-members: $15
Monday, August 18, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Dakini Day
Green Tara Sadhana
Green Tara is a fully enlightened female Buddha in Vajrayana Buddhism. She represents both wisdom and compassion. Through her practice, which includes mantra recitation, visualization, and meditation, we receive protection and guidance and achieve spiritual growth. Her mantra, “Om Tare Tutare Ture Soha,” awakens one’s inherent Buddha-nature, promoting inner peace, compassion, wisdom, and enlightenment.
Members: Free
Non-members: Suggested donation $10
Friday, August 22 to Sunday, August 24
Teachings and meditation with Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen
Our friends at Nalandabodhi Montréal invite us to participate in a weekend of teachings and meditation on Emptiness and Inner Joy, with Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen. This event will be held at the Rigpe Dorje Centre, August 22 to 24.
For more details and registration, please visit:
https://montreal.nalandabodhi.ca/events/emptiness-and-inner-joy/
Wednesday, August 27, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Guru Yoga and Calling the Lama from Afar
In the Vajrayana tradition, devotion to the guru is a fundamental practice. With a heart filled with renunciation, we cultivate devotion to the guru, as we recite heartfelt supplications, asking for their blessings to realize all the stages of the path to enlightenment. We chant the prayer melodiously, confident in the knowledge that our guru is none other than the Awakened One.
Members: Free
Non-members: Suggested donation $10
Sunday, August 31, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Tea Meditation
Led by Acharya Chöying Gyurmey and Tea Master Vivian Li
A tea meditation involves being mindful and present during all aspects of the tea ritual, including making the tea, drinking the tea, and being aware of the environment and the effects on your mind and body. Tea meditation can be practised at any time during the day. It’s an example of how to apply meditation to daily life.
Note: Please bring some vegetarian food to share and join us for a potluck lunch after the meditation.
Members: Free
Non-members: Suggested donation $10
Save the Date:
September 13 and 14
Khenpo Karma Tenkyong will return to the Rigpe Dorje Centre for a teaching and meditation weekend. Details are forthcoming.