Lectures, Workshops, and Special Events
Learning Dharma means less ignorance and more wisdom. It means more light in your life, no darkness in your mind. It means you have more freedom in your life to achieve liberation from samsara and great enlightenment. The more you understand Dharma, the more you can benefit others. –Lama Zopa Rinpoche
We invite you to participate in our talks, special events and occasional weekend workshops designed for both long time members and the general public showing how Buddhist methods can help with everyday problems and explaining the work on the mind. Unless otherwise indicated, most talks, workshops and events are for students of all levels.
To find additional information on classes look under Discovering Buddhism Courses or Basic Buddhist Studies Program Courses or contact us at office@tsechenling.org or (415) 621-4215.
Conscious Contact
Prayer and Meditation in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition for People in Recovery from Addiction (and their Friends) |
Starts Sunday, July 11, 7:00 pm
Weekly through July 25
Location:
Tse Chen Ling Center
7-9PM. An open and on-going Eleventh Step Workshop.
This Conscious Contact workshop focuses on developing and maintaining basic skills in meditation and prayer as practiced in the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Themes will include refuge, mantra recitation and purification practices as well as insight and calm abiding meditation as they relate to recovery. Sessions will consist of instruction, discussion and practice. Guest speakers with experience in recovery and meditation will be asked to share with us on occasion.
Suggested donation: By Donation. No one turned away for lack of funds.
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Wheel Turning Day
All Day Activities with Medicine Buddha Puja w/ Geshe Ngawang Dakpa. |
Thursday, July 15, 6:30 pm
Location:
Tse Chen Ling Center
Celebration of Lord Buddha’s First Teaching. Geshe-la will lead us in a Medicine Buddha Puja at 6:30pm. Earlier in the day we will take precepts as a group at 5:45am, they will not be bestowed, but all our welcome to come and do them together. At 9 am we will recite Buddha Shakyamuni’s heart mantra Tayatha Om Muni Muni Maha Munaye Soha for one hour. At 2 pm will watch the movie Little Buddha, followed by discussion. Please come join the fun!
Suggested donation: By Donation.
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Sunday Morning Dharma Talk
Life Story of Milarepa |
Sunday, July 18, 10:00 am
Teacher:
Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
Location:
Tse Chen Ling Center
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Dealing with Anger and Irritation
A Practical Workshop |
Starts Tuesday, August 3, 6:30 pm
Weekly through September 14
Teacher:
Emily Hsu
Location:
Tse Chen Ling Center
Anger and irritation are a normal part of life for most of us. But it doesn’t have to be this way. We can change this through practicing and modifying our ways of thinking. By doing so we’ll have more happiness and peace of mind, enjoy better relationships, and progress more quickly along the spiritual path
In this interactive workshop, we will work with practical tools which initially help us catch and stop our irritation before it escalates into anger. We will also learn to understand our anger better in order to address its underlying causes… and eventually circumvent our anger and irritation altogether.
Some topics covered will include:
Ø Costs of anger
Ø How anger arises and what feeds it
Ø Ways to counteract anger
Ø What lies beneath anger and irritation
Ø Dealing with criticism
Ø Communicating without aggression
Participants are encouraged to attend all seven classes and do the exercises both during and between classes.
Recommended Reading:
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Healing Anger
- Thubten Chodron, Working with Anger
- McKay, Rogers, and McKay, When Anger Hurts
Suggested donation: $108
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