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Dharma Events Announcement
Ven. Tenzin Chogkyi's Events from July 29 - Aug. 6
Friday to Sunday, July 29-31 at Tibet House
Tuesday, August 2 from 7pm to 9pm at Jewel Heart Center
Wednesday, August 3 from 7pm to 9pm at Jewel Heart Center
Friday, August 5 from 7pm to 9pm at Jewel Heart Center
Saturday, August 6: Puja from 10am to 12pm & Teaching from 2pm to 4pm at Jewel Heart Center
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 Breaking Through Illusion
Public Talk and Weekend Teachings
with Ven. Tenzin Chogkyi
Friday, July 29 from 7pm to 9pm
Saturday & Sunday, July 30-31 from 10am to 5pm
at Tibet House
Register
Public Talk: How to See Yourself As You Really Are
Friday, July 29 from 7pm to 9pm
Everyone has a natural tendency to focus on "me" -- my body, my feelings, and my thoughts. This focus has played a critical role in keeping each of us safe, alive, and fed, and in developing our sense of identity, the story we tell ourselves about who we are. But there comes a time when this prioritization of "me" and limited view of "who I think I am" actually gets in the way of our personal and spiritual growth.
Join Ven. Tenzin Chogkyi as she shares empowering, practical steps to identify and let go of our limited sense of identity, therefore creating a space for something much more expansive, loving, and profound.
Weekend Teachings: Breaking Through Illusion: Karma, Emptiness, and the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination
Saturday & Sunday, July 30-31 from 10am to 5pm
When the great Buddhist Master, Ven. Choden Rinpoche was asked how one can tell whether or not a teacher is qualified, he responded, "If they teach the relationship between karma and emptiness."
During the weekend Ven. Tenzin Chogkyi will be teaching just that, showing the relationship between these two fundamental Buddhist concepts in relation to the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination, which shows how we create our ongoing states of dissatisfaction and existence driven by attachment, aversion, and ignorance and how we can ultimately liberate ourselves completely from these to attain the peaceful, blissful state of a fully awakened being, finally free from the endless cycles of birth, death, and rebirth.
Dates and Times:
Friday, July 29
7-9pm Public Talk
Saturday & Sunday, July 30-31
10am-12:30pm Morning Teachings with Tea Break
12:30pm-2pm Lunch Break
2pm-5pm Afternoon Teachings and Q&A with Tea Break
Location:
Tibet House, 22 West 15th St. New York, NY 10011
Suggested Donation:
Weekend Teachings and Public Talk: $120, which includes light refreshments, lunch, and materials.
Friday Public Talk only: $20
Weekend Teachings only: $100, which includes light refreshments, lunch, and materials.
Public Talk: $18,
Weekend Teachings: $90,
Weekend Teachings
and Public Talk: $108
Donations may be made online or at the door.
Registration:
Please register in advance so we can prepare material to distribute.
Online registration will close at 3pm on Friday, July 29. Walk-ins are welcome!
Financial Assistance:
While the Dharma is given freely and no one is turned away for lack of funds, we invite you to inquire about volunteering or other ways you might support our efforts to make these teachings available in New York. As an emerging volunteer organization, Shantideva Meditation Center relies entirely on donations to cover the cost of space rental, transportation, housing, materials, and administration. Thank you for your generosity.
To apply for a scholarship, please complete:
Sponsorships:
If you are inspired to sponsor teacher offerings, the teacher's lunch, flower offerings, guest refreshments, or the teaching space, please click
here. You may indicate in your donation if you would like the funds to be used for a specific purpose.
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Tuesday, August 2 from 7pm to 8:30pm
Sometimes we feel driven by powerful negative emotions:
bursts of anger, waves of obsessive desire, surges of irrational fear, clouds of depression.... These afflicted mind-states disturb our inner peace, distort our judgment, and spur us to create suffering for ourselves and others.
Anger is considered the most destructive emotion, ruining our peace of mind and our health, making us sometimes do or say terrible things that we strongly regret afterwards. Imagine what our experience would be like if we could get rid of anger and live in a relaxed and open state of mind.
Ven. Tenzin Chogkyi will guide a brief concentration meditation followed by an analytical meditation on how to manage anger. Afterwards, there will be time for questions and answers.
The talk and meditation are open to all levels of practitioners! It's a great introduction for people new to Buddhism and an opportunity for more experienced practitioners to deepen their practice.
Location:
Suggested Donation:
Suggested donations may be made online or at the door.
Registration:
To register,
click here
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Online registration will close at 3pm on Tuesday, August 2. Walk-ins are welcome!
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Wednesday, August 3 from 7pm to 9pm
Discovering Buddhism: How to Develop Bodhicitta
Ven. Tenzin Chogkyi will offer a brief recap teaching on what is the most precious Bodhicitta mind and how to develop it. She will then have a question and answer session with participants. Topics will include investigating the differences between such often-confused concepts as: self-esteem and self-cherishing; equanimity and indifference; compassion and pity.
This discussion session is aimed at students attending DB: How to Develop Bodhicitta module and open to relatively new to more experienced Dharma practitioners. All are welcome!
"Loving kindness is the essence of bodhicitta, the attitude of the bodhisattva. It is the most comfortable path, the most comfortable meditation."
- Lama Thubten Yeshe
Location:
Suggested Donation:
$10 for Discovering Buddhism students
registering on a weekly basis.
Suggested donations may be made online or at the door.
Students registered for the entire Discovering Buddhism Study Group: How to Develop Bodhichitta module do not need to pre-register separately for this event.
Registration:
Online registration will close at 3pm on Wednesday, August 3. Walk-ins are welcome!
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Friday, August 5 from 7pm to 9pm
Medicine Buddha Puja
The Medicine Buddha puja purifies and heals on all levels - physical, mental, spiritual and environmental. It is considered particularly powerful for people who are sick or have recently died, and for bringing both temporary success and the ultimate success of Enlightenment. We will practice the The Concise Essence Sutra Ritual of Bhagavan Medicine Buddha called The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel by Panchen Losang Chokyi Gyaltsen.
You are welcome to come as an observer or participant in this beneficial practice within a supportive community.
Because this is a practice belonging to Action Tantra, it is best not to eat black foods (which include meat, eggs, onion, garlic, and radishes) the day one performs the puja. After the puja, one can eat whatever one wishes, but before doing the puja, please avoid black foods.
Location:
Suggested Donation:
Open.
Dedication:
If you would like to request a dedication for yourself or someone else who might benefit from this practice, please email [email protected] and indicate "Puja" in the subject line.
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Guru Rinpoche Puja and
Everyday Dharma: The Practice of Forgiveness
Saturday, August 6 from 10am to 4pm
"Padmasambhava is a special person with a connection to Chenrezig. He is one of the highest. He was a buddha, a fully enlightened one."
- His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
Prostrations to the 35 Confession Buddhas and Guru Rinpoche Puja
from 10am to 12:30pm
We will begin the day with
prostrations to the 35 Confession Buddhas followed by Guru Rinpoche Puja. Revered and beloved in Tibet as embodying all the buddhas and as a manifestation of Amitabha, Padmasambhava (also known as Guru Rinpoche, meaning Precious Master) arrived from India during the 8th century to establish Buddhism in
the
Land of the Snows, transforming negative forces into Dharma protectors.
Prayers to Padmasambhava are considered to be increasingly potent during these difficult times, and he is often invoked for protection and the destruction of obstacles. This Guru Rinpoche puja will include two powerful prayers to Padmasambhava: the Sampa Lhundrupma (Prayer to Guru Rinpoche that Spontaneously Fulfills all Wishes) and the Barche Lamsel (Prayer to Guru Rinpoche to Clear Away Obstacles on the Path).
Everyday Dharma: The Practice of Forgiveness
from 2pm to 4pm
Rabbi Harold Kushner says that if after two days we have not forgiven someone who has wronged us, then it becomes our problem. Letting go of our anger and resentment is healing, and if we can't let go, our anger can destroy our own happiness.
Why is it sometimes so difficult to forgive? There are many misconceptions about the practice of forgiving: that by forgiving you are condoning or accepting a grievous act; that by forgiving it implies you are weak and will not stand up against those who commit such acts; if you forgive, justice will be abandoned. But forgiveness is not about helplessly giving up, surrendering, avoiding justice or being weak. Forgiveness is about letting go of the anger and resentment you hold in your heart, that causes you so much pain, and can lead to conflict with others. This process helps you to develop compassion for yourself and others.
Join us for a conversation about forgiveness, what some of the obstacles to forgiveness are, and how to work through them in our own lives. This afternoon of exploration will include discourse, discussion, and meditation.
Date and Times:
Saturday , August 6
10am - 11am
Prostrations to the 35 Confession Buddhas with Tea Break
11am - 12:30pm Guru Rinpoche Puja
12:30pm - 2pm Lunch Break. Please note: Lunch will not be provided
2pm-4pm Afternoon Teachings with Tea Break
Location:
Suggested Donation:
Open.
Please note: Lunch will not be provided for this event.
Dedication:
If you would like to request a dedication for yourself or someone else who might benefit from this practice, please email [email protected] and indicate "Puja" in the subject line.
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Ven. Tenzin Chogkyi bought a one-way ticket to India in early 1991 with the intention of meeting His Holiness the Dalai Lama. She then became a student not only of His Holiness, but also of Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
After returning to the US, Ven. Tenzin worked in various positions within FPMT - Director of Vajrapani Institute, Co-Director of FPMT International Office, FPMT Centre Services Coordinator - and also completed several long meditation retreats.
She took novice ordination in 2004 with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and since 2006 has been regularly teaching at various FPMT centers around the globe. She is a visiting teacher for the Liberation Prison Project and committed to animal rescue. She is the resident teacher at Vajrapani Institute in California.
She is very esteemed by her students for her warmth, joyful energy, and ability to adapt the wisdom of traditional teachings to our modern Western world.
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About Us
Shantideva Meditation Center is dedicated to cultivating wisdom and compassion through the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism within the New York community.
We are affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), which is based on the Gelugpa tradition of Lama Tsongkhapa of Tibet as taught by Founder, Lama Thubten Yeshe, and Spiritual Director, Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
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