April 2026
Highlights of This Month’s Dharma Programs
- 4/5(Sun) Blue Flower Meditation (Zoom and in person)
- 4/4, 11, 18, 25 (Sat) Sakya Pandita: Elegant Sayings (for youth and young adults, taught in Tibetan, Zoom)
- 4/12, 19 (Sun) Bodhisattvacharyavatara: The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life by Shantideva, with commentary by Sazang Mati Panchen (Zoom and in person)
- 4/5, 12, 19, 26 (Sun) Sangha Dharma Study: The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life by Shantideva, taught by His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin (Zoom)
- 4/12 (Sun) Four Mandala Green Tara Puja (Tibetan & Chinese languages, Zoom)
- 4/12 (Sun) Jetsun Tara Puja (Tibetan language, In person)
- 4/26 (Sun) Medicine Buddha Puja (Zoom and in person)
- 4/26 (Sun) Community and Children Program with potluck lunch (In person)
Save the Date Information
May 1-3, 2026
The 9th North American Sakya Monlam
for World Peace.
See details at:
For STDL member donations for the Long Life Offering ceremony (Tenshug) at The North American Monlam, you can donate in person at the center by check or cash, or donate online through center website one time donation indicating it’s for 2026 MN Monlam Tenshug (in “Write a note”).
https://mnsakyacenter.org/support-us/
May 10, 2026, 3 – 5 PM
His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trichen
Amitabha Phowa Transmission
followed by Public Audience
organized by Sakya Thupten Dargye Ling
Location: Plymouth Community Center, Plymouth Room
14800 34th Avenue N, Plymouth MN 55447
April Dharma Programs
Blue Flower Meditation
led by Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(Zoom and in person)
Sunday, April 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.
Bodhisattvacharyavatara: The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life
by Shantideva, with commentary by Sazang Mati Panchen
taught by Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(Zoom and in person)
Sundays, April 12, 19
10 AM Central Time (Minnesota)
11 AM Eastern / 9 AM Mountain / 8 AM Pacific
Khenpo Thupten Gongphel will continue teaching on The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (Bodhisattvacharyavatara) by Shantideva, with commentary by Sazang Mati Panchen. Treasured by Buddhists of all tradition, The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (Bodhisattvacharyavatara) outlines the path of the Bodhisattvas in a form of a personal meditation in verses by Shantideva, a distinquished scholar and yogi in the eighth century from Nalanda university in India.
Study Material: Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas Vol. 1 and 2 by Shantideva, with commentary by Sazang Mati Panchen, trans. by Lama Kalsang Gyaltsen and Ani Kunga Chodron, Tsechen Kunchab Ling (Limited copies available at the center.) Please email: info@mnsakyacenter.org for more information.
Sangha Dharma Study:
Sundays, April 5, 12, 19, 26
8 PM Central Time (Minnesota)
9 PM Eastern / 7 PM Mountain / 6 PM Pacific
Weekly Sunday Sangha Dharma Study on Zoom
Study Materials: “The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life taught by His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin – Sachen Foundation Dharma Chakra Program free Interactive online course“- Everyone is welcome. No preparation needed. We’ll study, contemplate, and share together on a weekly basis.
Teaching series for youth and young adults (13+)
Sakya Pandita: Elegant Sayings
taught by Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(Zoom)
Saturdays, April 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+).
Four-Mandala Green Tara Puja
(Tibetan & Chinese languages)
with Khenpo Thupten Gongphel & Kunga Tamang
(Zoom)
Sunday, April 12
3 PM Central Time (Minnesota)
4 PM Eastern / 2 PM Mountain / 1 PM 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。
Jetsun Tara Puja
(Tibetan language)
led by Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(in person)
Sunday, April 12
5 PM Central Time (Minnesota)
There is no Zoom for this program.
To join in person in Minnesota, please contact Khenpo.
Medicine Buddha Puja
Led by Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(Zoom and in person)
Sunday, April 26
10 AM Central Time (Minnesota)
11 AM Eastern / 9 AM Mountain / 8 AM Pacific
Community and Children Program
with Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga class followed by potluck lunch, and Tibetan Dancing after lunch
(in person)
Sunday, April 26
11:30 AM Central Time (Minnesota)
Beginning Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga Class (11:30 am to 12:15 PM)
This class is open to any students at the MN Sakya Center. This class will offer a beginning sequence of stretches, breathing techniques and
self massage techniques to relax the nervous system. It is beneficial to practice Kum Nye before meditation practice. Please wear comfortable clothing and also bring a mat and water bottle.
All are welcome.
Course instructor bio: Elizabeth Morris is the instructor for this course and completed a 1 year teacher training in Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga with the Nyingma Institute. The founder of Kum Nye Tibetan yoga is Tarthang Tulku. She has been a registered yoga teacher since 2013 and has taught students in the US, UK, Germany, Nepal,India, and Vietnam.
Links for Your Home Practice
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