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At Dorje Ling
Wednesday, October 2nd, 4:00-6:30pm: New Moon Troma Nagmo Puja (DL center and Zoom)
Saturday, October 12th, 4:00-6:30pm: Guru Rinpoche Puja (Zoom only due to meditation retreat)
Saturday, October 12th and Sunday, October 13th, 8:30-5:30pm: Meditation Retreat (DL Center)
Thursday, October 17th, 4:00-6:30pm: Full Moon White Tara Puja (DL center only)
Sunday, October 20th, 1:30-2:30: Smoke Offering (DL center)
Saturday, October 26th, 4:00-6:30pm: Dakini Day Yeshe Tsogyal Puja (DL center and Zoom)
Tsa Tsa Workshop: 2 Days this Month!
Saturday, October 5th 2:00-3:30pm
Saturday, October 26th 2:00-3:30pm
November
Wednesday, November 1st, 4:00-6:30pm: New Moon Troma Nagmo Puja (DL center and Zoom)
Save the Date!
November 5th-15th: Vajrakilaya Retreat (Tashi Choling in Ashland and Zoom)
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Ongoing at Dorje Ling
Sunday mornings, 11:00-12:15: Ngöndro Practice (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
Mondays and Wednesdays on October 7th, 9th, 14th, 16th, and 21st, 7:00pm-8:15: Vajrakilaya Study Sessions with Ila and Keith (Zoom)
Saturday, October 19th: Dudjom Tersar P'howa Transmission, Teachings & Practice with Chakung Jigme Wangdrak Rinpoche (in person at Orgyen Dorje Den in Alameda, CA and Zoom)
Three Days of Teachings by Lama Chonam and Sangye Khandro
Lama Chonam will discuss “Finding Happiness Through Meditation”
Sangye Khandro will teach on Troma and lead a concise Troma tsog
Lama Chonam will talk about the benefits of building stupas
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Silent Meditation Retreat | | |
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Saturday, October 12th & Sunday, October 13th
8:30am-5:30pm
Only 4 spots remaining on Saturday and 5 on Sunday!
There will be four sessions of meditation each morning and four in the afternoon with instructions from these sources (and others): Natural Liberation by Ven. Gyatrul Rinpoche and The Attention Revolution by B. Alan Wallace, PhD.
Simple vegetarian lunches will be provided. Visit event page for more information and to register.
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By Caleb Forrester
Simply being in the presence of Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche at this year’s round of empowerments at Orgyen Dorje Den was truly a precious gift. The warmth and compassion of his wisdom mind seemed to permeate the entire experience, even beyond the event itself. In addition to the wangs, Rinpoche was kind enough to offer a last-minute refuge ceremony, and our newest sangha members were given names which he beautifully rendered in Tibetan script for them to frame and cherish. On the last day we all shared a lovely dinner together and got to connect more deeply with our extended sangha family. It’s an increasingly rare opportunity to be given empowerment from a Lama of Rinpoche's caliber these days - imagine, he was the secretary of Dudjom Rinpoche himself! I feel both grateful and humbled to have received the vital blessings of this incredible lineage.
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Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche and Lama Jigme | | |
Left: the larger sangha from multiple centers, Right: some of the Dorje Ling sangha that attended | |
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Looking to the future
On behalf of Dorje Ling, Ila Reitz along with Lama Drimed Rinpoche, Dallen Esselstrom and Caleb Forrester requested Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche to teach at all of Ven. Gyatrul Rinpoche's center and specifically at Dorje Ling. We are saying prayers that he will come.
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Additional Featured Events | |
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Book Study Group: New Selection
Dorje Ling’s Book Study group meets on Zoom on Tuesday nights at 7:00 pm. The group opens to new members whenever we begin a new book.
We’ll be starting a new book on October 22. We take several weeks to engage in an open process of suggesting and choosing each new text, and now we’ve decided - we’ll be reading The Nature of Mind: The Dzogchen Instructions of Aro Yeshe Jungne.
To read more about the group and this next book, as well as how to join, please click on the link below.
We warmly invite you to consider joining us! We have lively discussions and share personal insights about how we are incorporating Buddhist teachings into our daily lives.
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2 Days this Month!
Tsa Tsa Workshop:
Saturday, October 5th 2:00-3:30pm
Sunday, October 26th 1:00-2:30pm
An excerpt from Lama Chonam's teaching on the benefits of making tsa tsa:
"The benefits include that, first, the activity of making tsa tsa fulfills the enlightened minds of the lineage masters; second, it repays the kindness of one’s parents; third, it pacifies the deteriorations of vows; fourth, it pacifies the negative karma of weighty accumulations; fifth, it prevents one from falling under the influence of negative teachers or companions; sixth, it grants the capacity to assist and benefit all living beings; seventh, it brings benefit to those who are in the process of death; eighth, it benefits those who are wandering in the bardo; and ninth, this activity brings happiness to all living beings."
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Riwo Sang Chod (Smoke Offering)
Sunday, October 20
1:30-2:30
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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Retreats, Empowerments, and Transmissions | |
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Dudjom Tersar P’howa
Transmission, Teachings & Practice with
Chakung Jigme Wangdrak Rinpoche
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Saturday, October 19, 2024
10:00–12:00/ 2:30–5:30 PDT
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Presented by Transitional Life Care and hosted by Orgyen Dorje Den
One must have previously received formal Buddhist refuge vows to attend. Rinpoche requests "in-person" attendance though streaming will be provided for those who are unable to travel or who are ill.
Chakung Jigme Wangdrak Rinpoche attended Larung Gar Monastery and studied Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen and received empowerments from His Holiness Jigme Phuntsok, who requested that Rinpoche teach and preserve the lineage of Dudjom Lingpa, as did Dakini Kunzang Wangmo, a well-known female teacher and descendent of Dudjom Lingpa.
In 2014, Rinpoche founded The Abhaya Fellowship, which is a Buddhist community dedicated to keeping the Nyingma lineage of the Dudjom Tersar alive. In 2016, Rinpoche opened his Dharma center Longsal Ling in El Cerrito, CA.
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Annual Tashi Choling Vajrakilaya Retreat
November 5th-15th
9:00am-6:00pm Daily
*And study sessions in October (see below)
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To cut through negative emotions and mindsets, to remove outer and inner obstacles and hindrances, and to clear the way for happiness, well being, harmony, balance, and spiritual progress in ourselves, our dharma centers, our countries, and all beings, we will gather once again to practice Vajrakilaya, the Buddha of Enlightened Activity and the wrathful emanation of Vajrasattva.
You must have received a Vajrakilaya or other Vajrayana empowerment and you must be doing a daily practice under the guidance of a qualified lama.
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Chakung Jigme Wangdrak Rinpoche will be joining as Vajra Master. Rinpoche is a qualified Dudjom lineage holder and a fourth generation descendant of Dudjom Lingpa himself. See bio in above section. | |
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Vajrakilaya Study Sessions
October 7th, 9th, 14th, 16th, and 21st
7:00pm-8:15 PST
Student mentors Ila Reitz and Keith LaCoste will offer study groups to help us prepare for our upcoming Vajrakilaya retreat. Please join us online via Zoom
Please Note: The attendance requirements are the same for this class as for the Vajrakilaya Retreat.
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Regular Events at Dorje Ling | |
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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 (Tsog)
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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Three Days of Teachings by Lama Chonam and Sangye Khandro
Friday, October 11th
Lama Chonam will discuss “Finding Happiness Through Meditation”
Saturday, October 12th
Sangye Khandro will teach on Troma and lead a concise Troma tsog
Sunday, Oct 13th
Lama Chonam will talk about the benefits of building stupas
Visit Event Page for more information including a detailed schedule and Zoom link.
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