{"id":7500,"date":"2024-11-27T00:50:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T00:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rigpedorjemontreal.org\/?p=7500"},"modified":"2025-01-22T19:10:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T19:10:54","slug":"infolettre-dec-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rigpedorjemontreal.org\/en\/infolettre-dec-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"DECEMBER 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We are meeting in-person at the centre for our activities, and will continue sharing them on Zoom\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>unless otherwise indicated:<\/b><\/p>\n

https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/83864262659?pwd=SEdHNTFRUDZ0YlBOZEY1ck1PdElWUT09<\/a><\/p>\n

Meeting ID: 838 6426 2659
\nPasscode: 311753
\nTo join by telephone: 438-809-7799<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

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Membership and donations<\/b> ensure the sustainability and flourishing of our Centre as well as supporting our resident lama.\u00a0<\/strong>Please give what you can.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/rigpedorjemontreal.org\/en\/dons<\/a><\/p>\n

All activities are led by Acharya Choyiing Gyurmey, our Resident Lama, unless otherwise specified.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Sunday, December 1, 10\u00a0a.m. to 11:30\u00a0a.m.<\/p>\n

Tea meditation\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Led by Acharya Ch\u00f6ying Gyurmey and Tea Master Vivian Li<\/p>\n

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 is an example of how to apply meditation to daily life.<\/p>\n

By donation\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

Please join us for a potluck lunch after the meditation. (Bring vegetarian food to share.)<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

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Mondays, December 2, 9, 16, 6:30\u00a0p.m. to 8:00\u00a0p.m.<\/p>\n

Beginners\u2019 Tibetan Language Class<\/b><\/p>\n

Taught by Miriam Paknys under the direction of Acharya Ch\u00f6ying Gyurmey<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Wednesdays, December 4, 11, and 18, 7:00\u00a0p.m. to 8:15\u00a0p.m.<\/p>\n

Chenrezik and Amitabha Sadhanas<\/b><\/p>\n

Love, compassion, joy, and wisdom\u2014together known as bodhicitta\u2014are the indivisible nature of the Buddha\u2019s enlightened mind. Chenrezik<\/b> (Skt. Avalokiteshvara), the Buddha of Infinite Compassion, embodies these virtuous qualities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Through the practice of Amitabha<\/b>, the Buddha of Boundless Light, beings, especially those with faith, are guided to rebirth in Dewachen (Skt. Sukhavati), the pure realm of immaculate happiness, joy, and bliss.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By donation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

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Thursdays, December 5, 12, 19, and 26, 6:30\u00a0p.m. to 8:00\u00a0p.m.<\/p>\n

Intermediate Tibetan Language Class<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Saturdays, December 7 and 21, 10\u00a0a.m. to 12\u00a0p.m.
\nIN PERSON ONLY<\/p>\n

Dharma Book Club<\/b><\/p>\n

We are reading Excellent at the Beginning<\/i> by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche. We will be discussing the chapter \u201cThe Four Foundations of Mindfulness.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone is welcome.<\/p>\n

By donation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

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Sunday, December 8, 10\u00a0a.m. to 11:30\u00a0a.m.<\/p>\n

Medicine Buddha Day
\n<\/b>Medicine Buddha Sadhana<\/b><\/p>\n

Medicine Buddha is the practice of physical, psychological, and spiritual healing. This Healing Buddha practice reveals the true cause of any affliction.<\/p>\n

By donation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Tuesday, December 10, 6:30\u00a0p.m. to 9:00\u00a0p.m.<\/p>\n

Guru Rinpoche Day<\/b><\/p>\n

Kunchok Chidu Sadhana and Tsog offering\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

By donation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

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Saturday, December 14, 10\u00a0a.m. to 12\u00a0p.m.<\/p>\n

King of Aspiration Prayers and Tonglen meditation<\/b><\/p>\n

The recitation of the Aspiration Prayer<\/b> (M\u00f6nlam<\/i>) 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. ~\u00a017th Gyalwang Karmapa<\/p>\n

Tonglen<\/b> (a Tibetan word meaning \u201csending and receiving\u201d) is a meditative practice of mind training (lojong<\/i>) to develop the inner qualities of loving kindness, compassion, and bodhicitta.<\/p>\n

By donation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Sunday, December 15
\nIN PERSON ONLY<\/p>\n

Full Moon Day<\/b><\/p>\n

6:30\u00a0a.m. to 8:00\u00a0a.m. Sojong, Treasury of Blessings, Heart Sutra, Lamp Offering<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

Sojong<\/b> 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.<\/p>\n

The Treasury of Blessings Sadhana <\/b>is a simple and beautiful meditation on Sakyamuni Buddha that anyone can practise.<\/p>\n

The Heart Sutra <\/b>encapsulates the topic of the Prajnaparamita (Transcendent Perfection of Wisdom) Sutra on the unerring paths of methods taught in all Sutras.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Through the Lamp Offering, <\/b>we <\/b>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.<\/p>\n

8:00\u00a0a.m. Breakfast. Please bring vegetarian food to share for breakfast.<\/p>\n

10:00\u00a0a.m. to 11:00\u00a0a.m. Shamatha (calm abiding meditation)<\/b><\/p>\n

By donation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

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Sundays, December 15 and 22, 10\u00a0a.m. to 11\u00a0a.m.<\/p>\n

Shamatha (calm abiding meditation)<\/b><\/p>\n

Shamatha<\/b> meditation is a fundamental Buddhist contemplative practice that develops the mind\u2019s ability to reach a state of tranquility and lucidity.<\/p>\n

By donation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Wednesday, December 25, 7:00\u00a0p.m. to 8:30\u00a0p.m.<\/p>\n

Dakini Day<\/b><\/p>\n

Green Tara sadhana<\/b><\/p>\n

The all-victorious Saviouress manifests 21 emanations to help beings. Tara vanquishes obstacles and fear and protects those in danger and difficulty who call to her. The Green Tara prayer and recitation of the 21 Tara Praises avert and dispel obstacles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By donation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

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Saturday, December 28 & Sunday, December 29, 10\u00a0a.m. to 12\u00a0p.m. and 2\u00a0p.m. to 4:30\u00a0p.m.<\/p>\n

Annual Mahakala Retreat<\/b><\/p>\n

The Two-Armed Mahakala Bernatchen is a Wisdom Deity, a Bodhisattva whose wrathful manifestation is an expression of skillful means to subdue harmful forces affecting beings, personally and globally. Prayers to Mahakala are traditionally offered before the New Year to clear away obstacles of the previous year, and to give rise to a fruitful New Year of peace, harmony, and prosperity.<\/p>\n

Everyone can participate and benefit from the blessings for one\u2019s personal well-being, the well-being of one\u2019s loved ones, and for the world in general.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone is invited to stay for lunch.<\/p>\n

This month December 29 is a Protector Day, so we will do the Mahakala Tsog offering. You can bring an offering for the Tsog such as fruit, juice, or cookies.<\/p>\n

Opportunities for sponsorship<\/b>:<\/b><\/p>\n

Sponsorship of the noontime meal: $150 \u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Sponsorship of flowers for the shrine: $50<\/p>\n

Sponsorship of 108 electronic candles: $21<\/p>\n

General donations of any amount are also appropriate and appreciated on this occasion.<\/p>\n

For donations and sponsorship: https:\/\/rigpedorjemontreal.org\/en\/dons-activites\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Wednesday, January 1, 2025, 7:00\u00a0a.m. to 8:30\u00a0a.m.<\/p>\n

First Light<\/b><\/p>\n

King of Aspiration Prayers <\/b>and Lamp Offering<\/b><\/p>\n

To welcome the New Year, we will be chanting the King of Aspiration Prayers <\/b>and doing a Lamp Offering<\/b> at first light, with the aspiration that all sentient beings may be filled with the light of loving kindness and compassion during the coming year.<\/p>\n

Suggested donation: $5 per person\/$15 per family.<\/p>\n

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