Programs

October 2025 Programs

Sakya Thupten Dargye Ling’s programs are held via Zoom. To join, please email programs@mnsakyacenter.org for the Zoom link and passcode.

Highlights of This Month’s Dharma Programs

10/5 (Sun) Blue Flower Meditation (Zoom and in person)
10/4, 11, 18, 25 (Sat) Sakya Pandita: Elegant Sayings (for youth and young adults, taught in Tibetan)
10/12 (Sun) Four Mandala Green Tara Puja (Tibetan & Chinese languages)
10/12 (Sun) Jetsun Tara Puja (Tibetan language)
10/12,19 (Sun) Twelve Links of Dependent Origination (Zoom and in person)
10/26 (Sun) Medicine Buddha Puja (Zoom and in person)
10/26 (Sun) Community and Children Program with potluck lunch (In person)

Blue Flower Meditation

led by Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(Zoom and in person)

Sunday, October 5
10 AM Central Time (Minnesota)
11 AM Eastern / 9 AM Mountain / 8 AM Pacific

Join us for the Blue Flower Calm Abiding meditation teaching, a practice designed to cultivate a stable and peaceful mind. Using the gentle imagery of a blue flower as a focus, this meditation nurtures mindfulness, tranquility, and clarity. Perfect for practitioners at any level, this teaching offers practical tools to bring calm and balance to daily life.

Teaching series for youth and young adults (13+)

Sakya Pandita: Elegant Sayings

taught by Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(Zoom)

Saturdays, October 4, 11, 18, 25
10 AM Central Time (Minnesota)
11 AM Eastern / 9 AM Mountain / 8 AM Pacific

Sakya Pandita’s Elegant Sayings is a popular guide to the art of living. The Sakya Legshe—or “Treasury of Elegant Sayings”—has been fundamental to the development of Tibetan culture and character. Sakya Pandita uses proverbs and stories to address the basic question: “How are we to live peaceably with ourselves and with others?”

*This class will be taught in the Tibetan language for youth and young adults (13+).

Twelve Links of Dependent Origination

taught by Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(Zoom and in person)

Sundays, October 12, 19
10 AM Central Time (Minnesota)
11 AM Eastern / 9 AM Mountain / 8 AM Pacific

This month, our center will explore the teaching of the Twelve Interdependent Originations, a profound framework that illustrates how all phenomena arise through interconnected causes and conditions. By understanding this cycle, we can uncover the roots of suffering and gain insight into the path of liberation. Join us as we delve into this timeless wisdom and its practical applications in daily life.