Programs

Happy Losar!

You are invited to join us for a Tibetan Losar celebration and light offering during Losar, Bridge of Light, as we welcome the Tibetan New Year of the Fire Horse with joy, unity, and prayers. This special event invites you to connect with the spirit of renewal, compassion, and peace through the ancient tradition of lighting lamps, symbolizing the dispelling of darkness and the illumination of wisdom. All are welcome to partake in this meaningful gathering and spread the radiance of love and positivity into the new year!

Highlights of This Month’s Dharma Programs

2/18 (Wednesday) Losar Celebration at center
2/1(Sun) Blue Flower Meditation (Zoom and in person)
2/7, 14, 28 (Sat) Sakya Pandita: Elegant Sayings (for youth and young adults, taught in Tibetan)
2/8, 15 (Sun) Bodhicharyavatara: The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life by Shantideva, with commentary by Sazang Mati Panchen (Zoom and in person)
2/1, 8, 15, 22 (Sun) Sangha Dharma Study: The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life by Shantideva, with commentary by Sazang Mati Panchen (Zoom)
2/8 (Sun) Four Mandala Green Tara Puja (Tibetan & Chinese languages)
2/8 (Sun) Jetsun Tara Puja (Tibetan language)
2/22 (Sun) Medicine Buddha Puja Practice (Zoom)
3/1 (Sun) Community and Children Program with potluck lunch (In person)

Please email info@mnsakyacenter.org for zoom information.

Bridge of Light

You are respectfully invited to join us to create a bridge of light for the Tibetan New Year (Losar) on February 18, 2026, which begins fifteen days of commemorating Buddha Shakyamuni’s display of miracles to inspire others to turn towards the Dharma. This is an excellent time to accumulate merit, offer prayers and aspirations, and dedicate virtue for the benefit of all sentient beings.

With your donation to Sakya Thupten Dargye Ling, lamps will be lit during the month of Losar at the following locations on your behalf and for those for whom you have sponsored lamps:

Sakya Centre, Dehradun, India
Lamps will be lit at the Sakya Centre, the main seat of the Sakya tradition in India. Prayers will be performed by His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trichen, His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin Ratna Vajra, His Holiness the 43rd Sakya Trizin Gyana Vajra, and the monastery sangha.

Tsechen Kunchab Ling, New York, USA
Lamps will also be lit at Tsechen Kunchab Ling, seat of the Sakya Dolma Phodrang in the Americas. Prayers will be performed by Khenpo Kalsang Gyaltsen and the resident sangha.

Sakya Thupten Dargye Ling, Minnesota, USA
Lamps will also be lit at Sakya Thupten Dargye Ling. Prayers will be performed by Khenpo Thupten Gongphel and our community.

February Dharma Programs

Losar Celebration

16 Arthats Puja

led by
Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(In person)

Wednesday, February 18
10 AM Central Time (Minnesota)

The 16 Arhats Puja honors the 16 enlightened disciples of the Buddha who vowed to uphold his teachings. On the day of the Tibetan New Year, this puja is performed to invoke their blessings for harmony, protection, and spiritual prosperity in the coming year. It is also great for deep reflection, purification, and renewal, aligning the mind with wisdom and compassion as the new year begins.

Blue Flower Meditation

led by Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(Zoom and in person)

Sunday, February 1
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, February 8, 15
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 (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.

Sangha Dharma Study:
The Sunday evening Sangha Dharma Study on zoom focus on The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life utilizing Sachen Foundation Dharma Chakra Program free interactive online course. Eveyone is welcome. No preparation needed. We’ll study, contemplate, and share together on a weekly basis.
(Zoom)

Sundays, February 1, 8, 15, 22
8 PM Central Time (Minnesota)
9 PM Eastern / 7 PM Mountain / 6 PM Pacific

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

Teaching series for youth and young adults (13+)

Sakya Pandita: Elegant Sayings

taught by Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(Zoom)

Saturdays, February 7, 14, 28
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+).