As Buddha Shakyamuni told in the Sutra teachings, if you build a temple or stupa that represents the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, it will bring tremendous merit. Even when it is gone, the dust of this place will continue to generate merit and benefit to all those connected to this project. According to that, we dedicate this merit.
By this merit may all obtain omniscience.
May it defeat the enemy, wrong-doing.
From the stormy waves of birth, old age, sickness, and death,
From the ocean of samsara, may I free all beings.
Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
Padma Samye Ling
Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche is live streaming a week of teachings and practices from his Padma Samye Ling monastery and retreat center from Saturday, March 28 – April 4, 2020 from 3:30-5:30pm EST!
To join the live Zoom Meeting:
https://zoom.us/j/724793529
Ven. Khenpo Rinpoche will be offering heart advice on sacred Dzogchen pith instructions by His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje, as well as leading silent Dzogchen meditations and additional practices on Orgyen Menla, Medicine Buddha, Vajra Armor, White Tara, Noble Lady Tara Ritod Loma Jonma, and Dharma protector prayers.
Click here for downloadable pdfs of many of the practice sadhanas:
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Please note: In addition to the afternoon sessions with Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, you can also join morning and evening practices with the lamas from Padma Samye Ling:
8:00 – 9:00am: Buddha Shakyamuni Practice
7:30 – 8:15pm: Heart Sutra Practice
This is Part 1 of a series of teachings that Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche will be kindly live streaming to the members and friends of the Padmasambhava Buddhist Center around the world. You’ll even be able to write in with questions, and Ven. Khenpo Rinpoche will answer some of them the following day.
Daily Schedule
• 8:00 am – 9:00 am EDT Buddha Shakyamuni Practice (begins Sunday, March 29)
• 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm EDT Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche will lead meditation practice and give pith Dzogchen instructions
• 7:30 pm – 8:15 pm EDT Heart Sutra Practice (begins Sunday, March 29)
Please spread the word about this special opportunity to practice live with Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Rinpoche from your home!
Receive fresh, direct guidance on integrating the Dharma with everything you experience!
These precious teachings and meditations are being offered as a free event for anyone who wishes to join!
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Dearest PBC Sangha Members and Friends,
I hope that this message finds you safe and secure, and filled with courage and confidence.
During this difficult time, it is important to support each other and to remember the Dharma, seeing this as an opportunity to practice compassion and loving-kindness for ourselves and others.
The Padmasambhava Buddhist Centers are taking several steps to help us all do this.
Firstly, as my heartfelt offering to deepen your meditation and retreat with day-to-day study and practice, below please find general guidance and resources for doing retreat at home. This includes relevant videos and lineage heart essence instructions. If you have any questions, email us at: jowozegyal@catskill.net
Secondly, to help us stay in touch, we’re creating a private message board for each PBC Center’s website where we can leave notes, encouragement, and offer help to other Sangha members.
Thirdly, next week we will inform you of livestream practices from Padma Samye Ling monastery and retreat center beginning sometime in April, so that we can all practice and meditate together with myself and the lamas online.
In addition, here are special prayers we published last week in response to requests from our Sangha, including White Tara practice and others, which I have asked everyone to participate in if possible.
Recommended prayers and mantras
Requested White Tara practice and mantras
For the safety and heath of all PBC Sangha Members and Friends, all PBC Centers are temporarily closed until further notice.
I ask that you pray for the well-being of all sentient beings, and follow the advice of your health professionals.
Please be careful to monitor yourselves for symptoms of the Covid-19 virus, and contact your health care providers if you start to show any symptoms. This is a practice of loving-kindness, taking care of both yourself and those who you come in contact with.
May we all emerge from this difficult time more courageous, stronger in our commitment to the Dharma, and filled with even more bodhichitta.
Yours in the Dharma,
Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
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Useful sites for further information:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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If you’re at home and would like to do additional Dharma study and meditation practice, here are some general suggestions for organizing a week retreat.
Each day includes some PBC YouTube videos, reading selections, and meditations to supplement your usual daily practice schedule.
This week of study and practice could easily be extended, repeated, or supplemented.
Thanks for taking advantage of this special opportunity!!!
Day 1: Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind from Samsara
Videos:
Benefits of Reflecting on the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind Towards the Dharma
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ywocWN8r2Q&feature=youtu.be
Renunciation, Bodhichitta, and Pure Perception
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q369C5DM7hw&feature=youtu.be
Thoroughly Investigating Impermanence
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6q641qA7Ww&feature=youtu.be
Karma
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eQaJOxoSV4&feature=youtu.be
Don’t Be Too Attached to Worldly Things: Understand Suffering and Its Cause
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz9HG2mJ3wc&t=57s
How to Keep Your Practice Fresh
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugRZOvnsaAw
Readings:
“The Preparation—The Four Thoughts That Reverse the Mind”
Illuminating The Path: Ngondro Instructions According to the Nyingma School of Vajrayana Buddhism (pgs 65-76)
“Chapter 4: The Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind Towards the Dharma”
Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha: The Path to Freedom (pgs 29-50)
“How to Meditate”
“Framing Your Practice with the Three Noble Ones”
“A Simple Meditation Practice”
Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha: The Path to Freedom (pgs 115-135)
Practices:
20-minute Shamatha Calm Abiding Meditation (multiple sessions)
Ngondro Foundational Practice
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Day 2: Refuge
Videos:
The Essence of Refuge
www.youtube.com/watch?v=StxuTeO3sMU&feature=youtu.be
Essential Meaning of Taking Refuge
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifbpwAA9wec&feature=youtu.be
Serving the Three Jewels in Post-Meditation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXiDMcs8hEA
Readings:
“Taking Refuge”
The Buddhist Path: A Practical Guide from the Nyingma Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism (pgs 23-25)
Chapter 3: Discovering a Reliable Refuge
Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha: The Path to Freedom (pgs 17-25)
“Going for Refuge”
Illuminating The Path: Ngondro Instructions According to the Nyingma School of Vajrayana Buddhism (pgs 77-92)
Practices:
20-minute Shamatha Calm Abiding Meditation (multiple sessions)
Ngondro Practice
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Day 3: Bodhichitta
Videos:
The Key Point of Motivation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2jQNCj9LNk&feature=youtu.be
Immense Heart of Wisdom and Compassion
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh6h9mLbrBc
The Essence of Bodhichitta
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s04g4F6MxQo&feature=youtu.be
Readings:
“Four Thoughts the Turn the Mind Towards the Dharma”
Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha: The Path to Freedom (pgs 29-50)
“The Power of Compassion”
and “The Inseparability of Compassion and Emptiness”
The Buddhist Path: A Practical Guide from the Nyingma Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism (pgs 41-48)
“The Generation of Bodhichitta”
Illuminating The Path: Ngondro Instructions According to the Nyingma School of Vajrayana Buddhism (pgs 93-102)
Practices:
Four Boundless Meditations
Tonglen
Ngondro Practice
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Day 4: The Heart Sutra
Videos:
How to Practice Shamatha Concentration Meditation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zGo5BU234c&t=4s
How to Practice Vipashyana Supreme Seeing Meditation According to
Mahamudra and Dzogchen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OESFl7Hq0OY&t=3s
How to Develop Your Meditation by the Great Master Kamalashila
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqgX3NWghUM
Readings:
“Prajñāpāramitā and the Heart Sūtra”
and “The Two Truths” and “Ground, Path, and Fruition”
Ceaseless Echoes of the Great Silence:
A Commentary on the Heart Sutra Prajnaparamita (pgs 13-17 and 40-52)
Practices:
Heart Sutra Prajnaparamita Practice
Ngondro Practice
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Day 5: Foundational Ngondro Practice
Videos:
Waking Up from the Deep Slumber of Ignorance
Day 1: Morning Session
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmkcKAwqCY0&feature=youtu.be
Essence of the Three Samadhis of Tibetan Buddhist Visualization
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwLYntT-Ons
Readings:
“Ngondro Practice According to the Dzogchen View”
Illuminating The Path: Ngondro Instructions According to the Nyingma School of Vajrayana Buddhism (pgs 19-26)
Practices:
Ngondro Practice with Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAL9TPI2eo0&feature=youtu.be
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Day 6: Supplication to Guru Padmasambhava
Videos:
Guru Padmasambhava Embodies All the Buddhas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECuOBOuPf30&t=24s
How to Practice Dzogchen and Guru Yoga
www.youtube.com/watch?v=90sIIa__1q0&feature=youtu.be
Connecting to the Lamas of the Lineage
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQfcxKCSoMY&feature=youtu.be
Readings:
“Guru Yoga Practice”
The Buddhist Path: A Practical Guide from the Nyingma Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism (pgs 93-96)
“Introduction”
Liberating Duality with Wisdom Display:
The Eight Emanations of Guru Padmasambhava (pgs 7-20)
Practices:
Seven Line Prayer of Guru Padmasambhava
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxialRhyXl4
Guru Yoga of Padmasambhava
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Day 7: Supplication to Noble Lady Tara
Videos:
You Are Tara
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIElcPYODc0&feature=youtu.be
Introduction to Tara Empowerment
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NStIPb2df2o&feature=youtu.be
Readings:
“Understanding Tara at the Relative Level”
and “Understanding Tara at the Ultimate Level”
Tara’s Enlightened Activity: An Oral Commentary on the Twenty-one Praises to Tara (pgs 17-32)
Practices:
How to Practice Any Tibetan Buddhist Meditation (Kurukulle Sadhana)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVKdHw2NmJc&feature=youtu.be
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Daily Supplemental Practices
- Dharmapala Protectors
- Great Cloud of Blessings
- White Umbrella
- Lion-Faced Dakini
- Tara Mantra Accumulation
- Vajra Armor Mantra
- Additional Mantra Recitations from the PBC Daily Prayers Sadhana
Yeshe Tsogyal Temple in Nashville, Tennessee
February 20-24, 2020 (Thursday-Monday)
Join Lama Pema Dragpa & the PBC Sangha for Special Teachings & Meditation Practices in Nashville
Thursday, Feb 20
Three Essentials: Accumulating Merit, Purifying Negativities, & Receiving Blessings
7:00 – 8:30pm
Friday, Feb 21
Vajrakilaya Meditation and Gutor Purification Practice with Tsok Ceremony
7:00 – 8:30pm
Saturday, Feb 22
The Life and Teachings of the Buddha
10:00am – noon
Sangha Potluck
12:00 – 1:30pm
Applying the Teachings of the Buddha, with Q & A
1:30 – 3:30pm
Vajrakilaya Meditation and Gutor Purification Practice with Tsok Ceremony
7:00 – 9:00pm
Sunday, Feb 23
Meditation & Teaching: Uniting Buddhist Study and Meditation, with Q & A
9:30am – 1:00pm
Potluck & Open House Party
Everyone’s Invited! Bring Friends & Family to Explore Our New Temple & Make New Friends
1:00 – 3:00pm
Monday, Feb 24
Losar: Celebrating Tibetan New Year! Group Meditation and Food Offering Ceremony
7:00 – 8:30pm
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Lama Pema Dragpa has been a resident Dharma teacher at Padma Samye Ling since 2004. PSL is the main monastery & retreat center of the Padmasambhava Buddhist Center founded by the Nyingma Dzogchen masters Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche & Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche. Ordained as a lama by Rinpoches, Dragpa graduated with honors in philosophy & religious studies from NYU in 2002, is a senior editor of over 20 books on Buddhist philosophy & meditation, and is a certified Hospice volunteer.
Vajrapani Empowerment
with Heart Essence Dzogchen Pith Instructions
on the Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen
by Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
January 18-25, 2020
Buddha Vajrapani is one of the eight great bodhisattvas and lords of the three families. He represents the power of the buddhas and is especially responsible for transmitting the Tantras to the human realm as the “Lord of Secrets.” Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche will bestow the empowerment according to the lineage of the great master Mipham Rinpoche.
The “Condensed Heart Instructions of the Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen for Practitioners” are simple but powerful instructions that penetrate the heart essence the Buddha and Guru Padmasambhava’s teachings. This profound advice by the great master Raga Asye perfectly includes every level of the Buddha’s 84,000 teachings, and can be easily applied by every kind of Buddhist practitioner to achieve complete enlightenment this very life for the benefit of all beings.
The great master and terton Raga Asye (1613-1678), who was also known as Karma Chagme, was a most highly realized and accomplished scholar-yogis of Tibet. He was renowned as a reincarnation of Chokro Lui Gyaltsen and Prince Mutig Tsenpo—a Dharma heart son of Guru Rinpoche and Vimalamitra—as well as an activity reincarnation of the Karmapa. In addition, he was the teacher and student of terton Namcho Mingyur Dorje.
Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche is a holder of the complete Buddhist Nyingma lineage of study and practice from the basic teachings of mindfulness to the most advanced meditation techniques of Dzogchen. Rinpoche has been a spiritual friend and resident of the Palm Beach community for over 30 years. Together with his brother, Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche, he founded Padmasambhava Buddhist Center in the late 1980’s and is the principle director and teacher of Padmasambhava Buddhist Center International Khenpo Tsewang Rinpoche has an amazing ability to communicate profound topics in simple words, touching people’s hearts and opening their minds to their innate potential of wisdom and compassion. Khenpo Rinpoche has co-authored over 35 Dharma books in English. He travels extensively worldwide giving empowerments, teachings, and personal instructions at PBC Dharma centers.
Sat. Jan. 18th Opening of Retreat and Sun. Jan. 19th Empowerment & Teachings at:
Pema Ling Retreat Center, 18190 131st Trail N., Jupiter Farms, FL. 33478
Mon. Jan. 20st – Thurs. Jan. 23rd
Teachings at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 635 Prosperity Farms Rd. N. Palm Beach
Fri. Jan. 24th and Sat. Jan 25th
Teachings and conclusion of Retreat at The Palm Beach Dharma Center 1205 N. Federal Hwy. Lake Worth, 33460
Suggested donation:
Members $380 – $58/day
Non-Members $495 – $71/day
Early registration with $30 discount available up to Dec. 31, 2018. PayPal accepted
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We’re now in the process of finalizing permits and beginning construction of the main meditation temple. The horse barns are being converted into a temple, meditation sanctuary, and fellowship hall, and the land will be preserved as a park-like setting for contemplative walks, meditation, or simply sitting in quiet reflection.
Palden Sherab Pema Ling is located on ten-acres of land that includes a pond, numerous trees, fields, and wetlands that are enjoyed by abundant local wildlife.
The Palm Beach Dharma Center—a local branch of the Padmasambhava Buddhist Center—is looking for funding to create this beautiful sanctuary. It will be a place for spiritual rejuvenation to promote natural beauty where outer peace and harmony, foster inner healing and tranquility. Its namesake is Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche, one of the great Tibetan Buddhist masters and scholars of the 20th century. He and his brother, Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, long dreamed of creating a Buddhist retreat center in South Florida.
With the help of your kindness and generosity, this dream could now become a reality.
Please visit the Palm Beach Dharma Center website for more details:
Yeshe Tsogyal Temple
419 E Iris Drive
Nashville, TN 37204
Thursday, Feb 14
How to Perform the Rituals for a Guru Rinpoche Meditation
7:00 – 8:30pm
Friday, Feb 15
Meditation on the Shower of Blessings of Guru Padmasambhava
7:00 – 8:30pm
Saturday, Feb 16
Teachings on the Eight Manifestations of Guru Padmasambhava
10:00am – noon
Sangha Potluck
12:00 – 1:30pm
Practicing on the Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche
with Questions & Answers
1:30 – 3:30pm
Sunday, Feb 17
Meditation & Teaching
Understanding Tibetan Buddhist Meditation:
Visualization, Mantra, & Insight
9:30am – 1:00pm
Everyone’s Invited! Open House Party
Bring Friends & Family to Explore Our New Temple & Make New Friends
2:00 – 4:00pm
Tuesday, Feb 19
Chotrul Duchen: Celebrating Buddha Shakyamuni’s Miracles!
Group Meditation and Food Offering Ceremony
7:00 – 8:30pm
Lama Pema Dragpa has been a resident Dharma teacher at Padma Samye Ling, NY since 2004. PSL is the main monastery & retreat center of the Padmasambhava Buddhist Center founded by the Nyingma Dzogchen masters Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche & Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche. Ordained as a lama by Rinpoches, Dragpa graduated with honors in philosophy & religious studies from NYU in 2002, is a senior editor of over 25 books on Buddhist philosophy & meditation, and is a certified Hospice volunteer. He has taught at Colgate University, Scranton University, & Binghamton Community College, and regularly travels to lead PBC events on traditional & contemporary Buddhist philosophy and meditation.
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Today on Lha Bab Duchen at PBC Orgyen Samye Chokhor Ling Nunnery in Sarnath, India, H.E. Terton Namkha Drimed Rinpoche and Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche officially enthroned Palden Yonten Thaye Lodro Chokyi Gyaltsen as the reincarnation of our precious teacher, the great scholar and master Venerable Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche.
Lha Bab Duchen is the anniversary of Buddha Shakyamuni’s descent from the gods realm to again turn the Wheel of Dharma in our world. At the age of 41, the Buddha ascended the god realm to give teachings to benefit the gods in that desire realm, and to repay the incredible kindness of his mother by liberating her from samsara. Afterwards, the Buddha was urgently requested by his disciple Maudgalyayana and the noble Sangha to return to earth, which he did a week later by a special triple ladder. This event is considered to be one of the twelve great deeds of the Buddha.\
On Lha Bab Duchen, the effects of positive or negative actions are multiplied by approximately ten million times, so meditation practice, Dharma study, and virtuous deeds are highly encouraged!
We all pray for the very long and healthy life of Palden Yonten Thaye Lodro Chokyi Gyaltsen, the perfect completion of all his Dharma studies and training, and the swift fulfillment of all his Dharma aspirations and activities!
Orgyen Samye Chokhor Ling Nunnery
Sarnath, India
October 31, 2018
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