Programs

December 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

12/6, 13, 20, 27 (Sat) Sakya Pandita: Elegant Sayings (for youth and young adults, taught in Tibetan)
12/7 (Sun) Blue Flower Meditation (Zoom and in person)
12/14, 21 (Sun) Bodhicharyavatara: The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life by Shantideva, with commentary by Sazang Mati Panchen (Zoom and in person)
12/14 (Sun) Four Mandala Green Tara Puja (Tibetan & Chinese languages)
12/14 (Sun) Jetsun Tara Puja (Tibetan language)
12/28 (Sun) Avalokiteshvara with Mahamudra Practice (Zoom and in person)
12/28 (Sun) Community and Children Program with potluck lunch (In person)

Teaching series for youth and young adults (13+)

Sakya Pandita: Elegant Sayings

taught by Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(Zoom)

Saturdays, December 6, 13, 20, 27
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+).

Blue Flower Meditation

led by Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(Zoom and in person)

Sunday, December 7
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.

Bodhicharyavatara: The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life

by Shantideva, with commentary by Sazang Mati Panchen

taught by Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(Zoom and in person)

Sundays, December 14, 21
10 AM Central Time (Minnesota)
11 AM Eastern / 9 AM Mountain / 8 AM Pacific

Starting in December, Khenpo Thupten Gongphel will start teaching on The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (Bodhicharyavatara) by Shantideva, with commentary by Sazang Mati Panchen. Treasured by Buddhists of all tradition, The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (Bodhicharyavatara) 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.

The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life taught by His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin – Sachen Foundation Dharma Chakra Program free Interactive online course (Click to register)