Sunday Mornings, 1 or more per month

Sun. Oct 1 | 11:45 am

Sun. Oct 22 | 11.45am

Sun. Nov 26 | 11.45am

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Use the button below to request a dedication at our next Powa. It will be read aloud.

Once a month (or more)  the Center engages in a lovely ritual practice on behalf of those who have recently deceased.  Through doing Powa Ceremony with faith, compassion, and concentration we can transfer the consciousness of those recently deceased to a higher rebirth or to the Pure Land of a Buddha.  Food (vegetarian) and flower offerings (tending toward white) are welcome.  (45 minutes – 1 hour)

Please note: If you would like to request a dedicated Powa Ceremony for someone you know who has recently died, please contact our EPC at: bodhichitta.epc@gmail.com   We will try our best to accommodate your request.

Saturday Mornings| 10am

Every Saturday except Oct 14, Nov 11, Nov 18, Nov 25 and Dec 23

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This practice is the heart essence of Kadampa Buddhism.  In the first part we visualize our Spiritual Guide as Je Tsongkhapa and make prayers and requests to purify negativity, accumulate merit, and receive blessings.  This prepares our mind for a brief meditation on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment.  After the meditation we make prayers to our Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden.  Through this we can overcome obstacles to our practice and create favorable conditions so that we can nurture and increase our pure Dharma realizations.

8th of the Month

Sun. Oct 8 | 11.45am

Wed. Nov 8 | 5.30pm

Held on the 8th of the month.  Check calendar  to confirm.

At Kadampa Centers worldwide, the eighth of the month is Tara Day.  Tara is a female Buddha, whose name means “Rescuer”.  She is a manifestation of the ultimate wisdom of all the Buddhas.  If we rely upon Tara sincerely and with strong faith, she will protect us from all obstacles and fulfill all our wishes.  

Everyone is welcome and invited to join us for Tara’s chanted prayer practice, Liberation from Sorrow.  (1 hour)

10th and 25th of the month

Tues. Oct 10 | 9.45am

Wed. Oct 25 | 9.45am

Held on the 10th and 25th of the month in-person.  Check calendar to confirm.

This is a special Guru Yoga of Je Tsongkhapa in conjunction with Highest Yoga Tantra that is a preliminary practice for Vajrayana Mahamudra.  The main practice is relying upon our Spiritual Guide as a Buddha and making praises and requests, but it also includes all the essential practices of the stages of the path and training the mind, as well as both the generation stage and completion stage of Highest Yoga Tantra.

By relying upon Je Tsongkhapa our compassion, wisdom, and spiritual power naturally increase.  This practice includes a tsog offering so you can bring a vegetarian food offering with you if you wish.  (2 hours)

Thursdays | 4.30pm

Every Thursday through Dec 12

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A special Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa combined with the condensed sadhana of his Dharma Protector and a short meditation on Lamrim.  This puja includes two practices revealed by the Wisdom Buddha Manjushri.  The first is a special Guru yoga in which we visualize our Spiritual Guide as Je Tsongkhapa, who himself is a manifestation of Manjushri.

By relying upon this practice, we can purify negativity, accumulate merit, and receive blessings.  In this way, we will naturally accomplish all the realizations of the stages of the path of Sutra and Tantra, and in particular we will attain a very special Dharma wisdom.

1 Sunday a month

Sun. Oct 15 | 11.45am

Sun. Nov 26 | 11:45am

(Sun. Dec 3 – Vajrasattva Day Retreat – check our program listings)

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The Meditation and Recitation of Solitary Vajrasattva practice is an excellent way to purify our negative karma.  Any living being, even a worm or an insect, can commit negative actions; but only humans have the fortune to be able to purify them.  Since purification is the root of future happiness and spiritual realizations, we should strive to cleanse our mind of delusions and negative karma by practicing the meditation and recitation of Vajrasattva.