Wednesdays, July 2, 9, 16, and 30, 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

Thursday, July 3, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Medicine Buddha Day

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, July 5, 10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Guru Rinpoche Day

Kunchok Chidu Sadhana and Tsok offering 

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.

Tsok offering—Please bring fruits, nuts, cookies, cake, juice, etc. to offer.

Note:  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

Sundays, July 6 and 13, 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

Thursday, July 10, 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. I N PERSON ONLY

Full Moon Day 

Sojong, Treasury of Blessings, Heart Sutra, 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 practise.

Members: Free

Non-members: Suggested donation $10

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.

Please join us for breakfast after the practice.

Members: Free
Non-members: Suggested donation $10

Thursdays, July 10, 17, 24, and 31, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Intermediate Tibetan language class

Registration is complete.

Saturday, July 12, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Buddhism for the Curious 

Led by Anne Lynch

The story of the life of Buddha, his quest, and the path of liberation from suffering that he taught will be presented. There will be a short introduction to calm abiding meditation.

This introductory workshop is for people who are curious about Buddhism or who only know a little about it and would like to know more.

Everyone is welcome.

Free

Saturday, July 19, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Dharma Book Club

We will conclude our study of the book “Excellent at the Beginning” by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche and do an overview of the book.

Everyone is welcome.

Members: Free
Non-members: Suggested donation $10

Sunday, July 20, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.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

Wednesday, July 23, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 

Dharma Protector Day

Mahakala Puja

Mahakala Bernagchen is a Wisdom Deity, a Bodhisattva whose wrathful manifestation is an expression of skillful means to subdue harmful forces affecting beings, personally and globally.

Members: Free
Non-members: Suggested donation $10

Saturday, July 26, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Guru Yoga and Calling the Lama from Afar

In the Vajrayana tradition, devotion to the guru is a fundamental practice. 

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. With a heart filled with renunciation, we humbly ask the guru to bestow their blessings upon us. 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, July 27, 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.

Please bring some vegetarian food to share and join us for a potluck lunch after the meditation. 

Members: Free
Non-members: Suggested donation $10

Monday, July 28, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Chökhor Düchen

Reciting the Treasury of Blessings and the Heart Sutra, followed by a Lamp Offering.

The Festival of Turning the Wheel of Dharma (Chökhor Düchen) is one of the four most important Buddhist celebrations. It occurs on the fourth day of the sixth month of the Tibetan lunar calendar. Seven weeks after his enlightenment, Buddha delivered his first teaching, the Four Noble Truths, thus turning the Wheel of Dharma.

The Treasury of Blessings Sadhana is a simple and beautiful meditation on Sakyamuni Buddha that anyone can practise. 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 of $10

On this auspicious day, Acharya Chöying Gyurmey will also offer the Refuge Vow and the Bodhisattva Vow to those who request it. 

Note, to be eligible to take the Bodhisattva Vow, one must have taken the Refuge Vow and the Lay Precepts.

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.