Sat, Oct 14th Tara Ling SB with Ven. Lama Kelsang

Tara Ling Santa Barbara

Retreat Day

with Lama Kelsang

visiting from Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism

Sat, October 14th

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

In-person at EMID*

Tara Ling Santa Barbara is pleased to warmly welcome Venerable Lama Kelsang Dukpa as Lama to Tara Ling SB & Mother Tara Sakya Center San Gabriel, having officially been appointed by His Holiness the 43rd Sakya Trizin Gyana Vajra Rinpoche, fulfilling the heart wish of H.E. Jamyang Dagmo Sakya (Lama Dagmola).

Join Us for a special Retreat Day

All are Welcome!

Saturday, October 14th

GREEN TARA DEITY YOGA

Study and Practice in-person

with Venerable Lama Kelsang Dukpa

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

lunch break from 12:30 - 2:00

~ BY DONATION ~

Registration at the Door at 9:30 a.m.

Suggested Donation $30/day

RSVP to: vidya@taralingsb.com

Please bring a TSOK offering of

unopened vegetarian food or fruit to share~ thank you!

The Retreat Day will include dharma teachings, guided meditation and practice of Green Tara Deity Yoga in the Vajrayana tradition, offered by Lama Kelsang, followed by relevant dharma discussion.

There is chair seating and you are welcome to bring your own cushions for practice.

Please be vegetarian during the day, honoring Green Tara practice (no eggs, garlic or onion at breakfast or lunch :)

You are welcome to bring your own bag lunch and picnic on the patio of EMID, or have lunch out nearby EMID at the Marketplace, Goleta.

Tea and snacks will be available at EMID.

Upcoming Monthly Tara Ling Santa Barbara Classes in 2023:

Oct 14, Nov 11 and Dec 9.

H.E. Jamyang Dagmo Sakya

& Ven. Lama Kelsang Dupka

Lama Kelsang presently resides at Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Seattle WA. He entered Sakya College in Dehradhun, India, where he took monastic vows in his early twenties & there studied Buddhist philosophy, receiving empowerments and teachings from H.H. Dalai Lama, H.H. Sakya Trichen Rinpoche, H.E. Luding Khen Rinpoche, H.E. Thartse Khenpo, and Khenchen Kunga Wangchok. In Nepal’s Tharlam Monastery, he completed a Manjushri retreat for three months, and then received the Lamdre from H.H. Jidgal Dachen Dorjechang Sakya in 2007, He was appointed as a Chinese language tutor to H.E Asanga Rinpoche from 2008 until 2012. He then went to Penor Rinpoche Buddhist Society at Pharping, Kathmandu, Nepal where he underwent a three-year retreat. He completed ngondro five times as well as the preliminary and main practice of the Great Perfection, trechod and thogal, and the ritual practices of the Longchen Nyingtik.

All Tara Ling SB Classes are By Donation and All are Welcome!

Under the guidance Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism and Lama Dagmola, Tara Ling Santa Barbara meets each month to provide the opportunity to study and practice dharma together in depth. Lama Dagmola is one of a handful of revered senior Tibetan women teachers in the West, and she has asked Vidya Gauci to lead classes for Tara Ling Santa Barbara since 2012.

At Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism:

Many weekly classes and practices are now being offered in person at Sakya Monastery, with some also offered either livestream or via zoom. Please check here for the weekly schedule, calendar & links.

Contact: vidya@taralingsb.com for further information about Tara Ling SB. Vidya Gauci has over 40 years experience as both a monastic and lay dharma practitioner, and many years experience facilitating retreats, teaching dharma and coaching meditation.

*EMID: 224 Vereda Leyenda, (Winchester Canyon), Goleta, CA 93117

EMID is a White Adobe on right, with parking lot and street parking on right side of street.