Programs

December 2023 Programs

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

Sunday, December 3
Sunday, December 10
Sunday, December 17

In addition, a children’s Dharma class (in person) will be available on Sunday, December 10, at 11:30 AM.  

Avalokiteshvara Practice of Great Compassion & Mahamudra in Union

with Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(Zoom and in person)

Sunday, December 3
10 AM Central Time (Minnesota)

11 AM Eastern / 9 AM Mountain / 8 AM Pacific

Arya  Avalokiteshvara (known as Chenrezig in Tibetan and Kuan Yin in Chinese) embodies the compassion of all the buddhas. Through meditation on Avalokiteshvara, we quickly develop compassion; when joined with Mahamudra, we are also meditating on the nature of the mind. 

Sponsoring pujas is greatly appreciated.  Please donate online via PayPal.

If you’d like to join in person in Minnesota, please contact us. 

Sutra Recitation Program

with Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(Zoom and in person)

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

All are welcome to join us for this special Sunday recitation of the Buddhist scriptures, including The Heart Sutra and The Dwelling Place of Manjushri.

སྤྱི་ཟླ་ ༡༢ ཚེས་ ༡༠ རེས་གཟའ་ཉི་མའི་དགོང་དྲོ་ཆུ་ཚོད་ ༥ པ་ལ་བོད་སྐད་ནང་སྒྲོལ་མ་དང་སྨོན་ལམ་ཞལ་འདོན་གསུང་རྒྱུ།

Jetsun Tara and Samantabhadra
Prayers in Tibetan Language

with Khenpo Thupten Gongphel (in person)

Sunday, December 10
5 PM Central Time (Minnesota)

All are welcome to join to pray together or to meditate during the prayers.

Ornament to Beautify the Three Appearances:

The Mahayana Preliminary Practices of the Sakya Lamdré Tradition

by Ngorchen Könchok Lhundrup (Zoom)

Our ongoing Dharma book program, which recurs weekly on Sundays

7 PM Central Time (Minnesota)
8 PM Eastern / 6 PM Mountain / 5 PM Pacific

*No book program on December 24 or 31*

This is a Zoom-only program. Email programs@mnsakyacenter.org for further information.  

Order a copy of the book via Amazon, Wisdom Publications, or other booksellers.  

Community Dharma Gathering

with Khenpo Thupten Gongphel
(in person)

Sunday, December 10
11:30 AM Central Time (Minnesota)

Please join us to read and discuss teachings of His Holiness the Sakya Trichen and other great masters. Khenpo will also guide meditation practice. Snacks and refreshments will be offered. 

Although this program is particularly suitable for youth and newcomers, all are welcome.  Feel free to bring your questions about Dharma and Buddhist philosophy!

Children’s Dharma Class

a weekly class for children ages 5 to 12

Sunday, December 10 
11:30 AM Central Time (Minnesota)

The class uses the Sachen Foundation’s Early Elementary Dharma Curriculum. Dharma Education teaches the skills and mindsets rooted in Buddha’s teaching: “Perform every possible virtuous deed, refrain from non-virtuous deeds, and tame one’s mind.”

Green Tara Four-Mandala Puja

(Tibetan & Chinese languages)

with Khenpo Thupten Gongphel & Kunga Tamang

Date: 12/10 (Sunday)
9 PM Central Time (Minnesota)
10 PM Eastern / 7 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。

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