Buddha’s Great Miracles

Full Moon, March 7, 2023. Buddha’s Great Miracles, Chötrül Düchen, is the first major Buddhist festival of the new year and celebrates the 15 miracles that Shakyamuni Buddha performed on 15 consecutive dayso in to subdue his opponents and to inspire faith in his students. We will celebrate this date...

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Lösar Day Celebration

We welcome the Year of the female, water rabbit on Feb. 21. Ven. Lama Mingma will lead a Fire Puja and White Tara Puja for Tibetan New Year, Tuesday, February 21, beginning at 8:30 am. Puja will be followed by tea and jeweled rice. Please join us! (About 1-1/2 hours)...

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3-Day Mahakala Retreat

Lösar 2023, Tibetan New Year, is observed on Tuesday, February 21. Leading up to Lösar, Ven. Lama Mingma will lead a  3-day Mahakala Retreat, February 17, 18, and 19, beginning at 8:00 am and going until 6:30 on the 17th and 18th, and 7:30 on the 19th, including Ghutuk dinner...

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LhaBab Düchen Nov. 15 at 9:30 am

LhaBab Düchen celebrates the return of Shakyamuni Buddha from Tushita Heaven where he liberated his mother and countless beings from Samsara. Lama Mingma will lead us in a fire puja in the gonpa at 9:30 am to celebrate this great occasion. Please bring any offerings you would like.

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Mahakala Puja Sept. 24

In these days of change and challenge, we call on the great protector of the Shangpa Kagyu and Kagyu lineages, Chagdrukpa, the 6-armed Mahakala. Monthly practices are held on the day before New Moon, this month, Sept. 24, at 5:30 p.m. Practitioners are asked to bring a tsok food offering...

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