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At Dorje Ling
Tsa Tsa Workshop:
For those that have received instructions from Caleb, materials are available to make Tsa Tsa's before White Tara. Please email for other options: dorjelingpdx@gmail.com
Sunday, February 2nd, 2:45-3:45 Smoke Offering (DL center)
PART 2 Sunday, February 2nd, 4:00-5:00 Ven. Gyatrul Rinpoche Teachings from Vimala Video
Friday, February 7, 6:30-8:30 Guru Rinpoche Puja Hosted by ODD (DL center and online)
Wednesday, February 12th, 4:00-6:30pm White Tara Puja Hosted by Dorje Ling (DL center and online)
Sunday, February 22nd, 6:30-8:30pm: Dakini Day Yeshe Tsogyal Puja Hosted by ODD (DL center and Zoom)
LOSAR Thursday, February 27th and Friday, 28TH, (see details below): Cleaning Day, Losar Teaching, Practice, and Potluck (DL center and online)
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Ongoing at Dorje Ling
Sunday mornings, 11:00-12:15: Ngöndro Practice (DL center and online)
ONGOING Starting January 26th, Sundays 12:30-1:40 Ngöndro Teachings (DL center and online)
Tuesday evenings, 7:00-8:30: Book Study (online)
Wednesday evenings, 7:00-8:30: Meditation Class (DL center)
In Our Greater Community
Saturday, February 15th, 10:00-1:00pm TLC, Transitional Life Care: Dying to Talk, Living to Listen with Dawn M. Gross, MD, PhD (online) Event Page Link: see end of newsletter for details
Monday, February 24th - Friday February 28th Vajrakilaya Teaching and Practice with Sangye Khandro and Lama Chonam, Hosted by ODD (online)
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Guru Rinpoche Stone Plaques | |
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Dorje Ling recently received three beautiful black stone plaques as a gift from two local Buddhist practitioners. These stones have a detailed image of Guru Rinpoche on one side and a prayer for averting obstacles on the back. You may have noticed that one was recently placed in the raised bed at the gate entry to Dorje Ling.
These stone plaques were distributed in 2024 to Buddhist communities and to individual practitioners throughout the United States. They were sent from Katog Rit’hröd (Katog Choling’s Mountain Retreat Center in Arkansas) to help avert calamities and obstacles which were described in ancient prophecies. The center's founder and spiritual director, Khentrul Lodrö T'hayé Rinpoche, has visited Dorje Ling in the past and given teachings in Portland. Several sangha members count him as their main teacher, and our book group and meditation class have both studied his excellent book, The Power of Mind.
Venerarable Gyatrul Rinpoche did not speak often about prophecies. But he did offer advice about degenerate times and how to protect ourselves and others. We can all heed his advice to help avert calamities and encourage compassionate action, at any time:
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“If you want protection from the dangers of these negative times, or if you want protection from negative spirits or your own negative karma, the way to protect yourself is to turn away from your attachment and aversion, to lessen them. Doing practices like [the] Mani mantra or Vajrasattva mantra are the direct antidote to your attachment and aversion. That is the very best protection. This is how each of us has to protect ourselves. So as much as you can, please do this.” -Ven. Gyatrul Rinpoche, 2015 | | | |
The plaques originated at the Katog monastery in Eastern Tibet (China). A Chinese sponsor, associated with the monastery, generously commissioned these composite stones which are made from actual crushed stone, relics, and many blessed substances including fabrics, precious metals, and jewels. Please click the link to read more. | | |
Sunday February, 2nd: A Full Day of Events | |
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Ngöndro Practice
11:00-12:15pm
Ngöndro Class
12:30-1:40pm
Potluck
1:40-2:40pm
Smoke Offering
2:45-3:45pm
Teachings from Vimala Video
4:00-5:00pm
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Matthew Small will teach on the Dudjom Tersar Ngöndro practice
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To pray for the pacification of negativities plaguing our world, we make this offering once every month.
All are welcome, texts provided.
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Video Series from Vimala Video | |
Part 2: Introduction to Vajrayana Buddhism with Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche
All are welcome!
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Losar: Tibetan New Year
Thursday, Febrary 27th
12:00-3:00pm
Cleaning Day!
Friday, Febrary 28th
10:00-2:00pm
Vajrakilaya Teaching and Practice Hosted by Orgyen Dorje Den and Live Streamed at Dorje Den
Friday, Febrary 28th
2:00-3:00pm
Potluck
Please see event page for more information on the practice including prerequisites and Zoom link.
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The Dorje Ling Book Study Group is inviting all who are interested in discussion, and in enhancing their current practice (on and off the cushion) to join our next online book study: Rainbow Painting, by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche.
For more information, here is the Amazon link, where you can read the table of contents and an excerpt: Rainbow Painting.
Book Study meets online on Tuesdays, 7-8:30 pm. Our first Rainbow Painting meeting will take place in mid March. Those who are interested are invited to attend for the first few weeks in order to determine whether the group is a good fit for them.
Please contact Beverly to express your interest and ask any questions you may have: daggettbeverly@gmail.com
We look forward to exploring this book with you.
Yours in the Dharma,
The Dorje Ling Book Study Group
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March Book Study: Rainbow Painting author is the renowned teacher Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, one of the great masters of Dzogchen and Mahamudra of the 20th century. Here are two links that introduce him:
Pointing Out Rigpa: video of Tulku Urgyen
Rigpa Wiki on Tulku Urgyen
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Wednesday, February 12th, 1:00-3:30pm
Current Total for the project: 75,107
For those that have received instructions from Caleb, materials are available to make Tsa Tsa's before White Tara and Troma Nagmo pujas. Please email for other options: dorjelingpdx@gmail.com
With sangha member Caleb Forrester's help, Dorje Ling's contributions to making 100,000 tsa tsa's is underway. The tsa tsa's will be placed in a stupa to be built at Tashi Choling in honor of Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche.
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Regular Events at Dorje Ling | |
Updates for Pujas During the Winter | |
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Meditation Classes
Wednesdays 7:00-8:30pm
(in person only)
We explore a variety of meditation techniques. Open to everyone and drop-ins are encouraged.
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Ngöndro Practices
Sundays 11:00-12:30pm
(in person and online)
A preliminary practice that is the foundation for students of Vajrayana Buddhism. Open to everyone.
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Lunar Day Practices or Pujas
4:00-6:30 pm
See Upcoming Events for dates
(in person, some offered online)
These practices are intended for the sangha (our Buddhist community) to come together and make offerings.
Open to everyone.
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TLC: Transitional Life Care | |
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Saturday, February 15, 2025
10:00-1:00 p.m. PST on Zoom
How can we prepare for death in a culture that doesn’t lend itself to acknowledging mortality? How is it that grief, in all its forms, can inform with clarity how we choose to live right now?
Dr. Dawn Gross, hospice and palliative medicine physician and creator and host of ‘Dying To Talk’ radio, is leading a paradigm shift in how we talk about death and listen to grief. At the heart of both is a practice of curiosity. The words we choose impact our actions. Creating a community conversation centered on curiosity creates space for conversations about what matters most to occur.
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Join Dr. Dawn and TLC as we discover what we are dying to talk about in a way that compels us to be living to listen. | | | | | |
