May 2024 Programs
Sakya Thupten Dargye Ling’s programs are held via Zoom. To join, please email programs@mnsakyacenter.org for the Zoom link and passcode.
- 10 AM: Jetsun Tara Four-Mandala Puja (in person).
- 11:30 AM: Community Dharma Gathering (in person).
- 7:30 PM: Seven Points of Mind Training ~ book program (Zoom).
- 10 AM: Teachings on Chandrakirti’s treatise, Entering the Middle Way (Zoom and in person).
- 7:30 PM: Seven Points of Mind Training ~ book program (Zoom).
- 10 AM: Teachings on Chandrakirti’s treatise, Entering the Middle Way (Zoom and in person).
- 7:30 PM: Seven Points of Mind Training ~ book program (Zoom).
- 7 AM: Buddha’s Enlightenment and Parinirvana Day. Join us for sojong vows; prayers to the Buddha and 16 Arhats (Zoom and in person).
- 10 AM: Teachings on Chandrakirti’s treatise, Entering the Middle Way (Zoom and in person).
- 7:30 PM: Seven Points of Mind Training ~ book program (Zoom).
His Holiness the Sakya Trichen’s 80th Birthday Celebration
(in person)
Saturday, September 7
5 PM Central Time (Minnesota)
Jetsun Tara Four-Mandala Puja
with Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(in person)
Sunday, May 5
10 AM Central Time (Minnesota)
To join in person in Minnesota, please contact Khenpo.
Community Dharma Gathering
(in person)
Sunday, May 5
11:30 AM Central Time (Minnesota)
To join in person in Minnesota, please contact Khenpo.
All are welcome.
Snacks and refreshments will be offered.
Teaching series:
Chandrakirti’s treatise, Entering the Middle Way
with Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(Zoom and in person)
Sundays, May 12, 19 & 26
10 AM Central Time (Minnesota)
11 AM Eastern / 9 AM Mountain / 8 AM Pacific
This will be an ongoing course recurring on Sundays for several months. You may join as your schedule permits.
Chandrakirti (circa seventh century) was an Indian scholar of the Madhyamaka or Middle Way school. He is the author of Entering the Middle Way, a treatise that explains the ten stages (Skt. bhumis) of a noble bodhisattva and the level of a fully awakened buddha, with particular focus on explaining the view of emptiness (Skt. shunyata) according to Nagarjuna’s tradition and refuting other philosophical views.
Sojong Vows ~ Prayers to the Buddha & 16 Arhats on Chotrul Duchen
with Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(Zoom and in person)
Thursday, May 23
7 AM Central Time (Minnesota)
8 AM Eastern / 6 AM Mountain / 5 AM Pacific
Saka Dawa Duchen is one of the four main Buddhist festivals. It commemorates the Buddha’s enlightenment and parinirvana. The merit on this day is multiplied immensely.
Sojong is a practice of healing and purification that includes observing eight precepts for 24 hours and fasting from noon to sunrise the next day.
The puja of paying homage and making offerings to the Buddha and 16 Arhats was composed by the Kashmiri Pandita Shakyashri, a teacher of Sakya Pandita. Joining this puja is an excellent way to bring about auspicious conditions and to pray for the long life of our teachers on this holy day.
Sponsoring pujas is greatly appreciated. Please donate online via PayPal.
Book study, reflection, and meditation program
Seven Points of Mind Training
(Zoom)
Sundays, May 5, 12, 19 & 26 and will continue into June
7:30 PM Central Time (Minnesota)
8:30 PM Eastern / 6:30 PM Mountain / 5:30 PM Pacific
This is a Zoom-only program which began in April.
Green Tara Four-Mandala Puja
(Tibetan & Chinese languages)
with Khenpo Thupten Gongphel & Kunga Tamang
This puja will be hosted in person in LA and online in March. More information will be available soon.
Date: 5/19 (Sunday)
12 PM Central Time (Minnesota)
1 PM Eastern / 10 AM Pacific
co-hosted with LA Sakya Center.
「度母四曼達儀軌」的修持 ，特別是仰賴供曼達的修行，可以幫助我們累積資量、淨除罪障、斷除我執、煩惱、圓滿世間法、祛除病魔惡緣、不順遂等惡事。通過度母的慈悲攝受，我們能更快速地可消除我們身語意之業障，獲得入世與出世的圓滿成就。
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