Please join us for an enjoyable weekend of Tibetan language study. All levels of students, including beginners, are welcome. The celebration of the birthday of His Holiness Ugyen Trinley Dorje, the Seventeenth Gyalwa Karmapa , will be held on Sunday so the sangha can celebrate this occasion. We will begin in the morning with the community of practitioners joining together here and at affiliates around the world for the practice of the White Tara sadhana. You are welcome to join us on this festive occasion.
Refuge is required.
Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche A deity that bestows both supreme and common attainment from the Chig She Kun Drol cycle of empowerments. Chokor Duchen celebrates the Buddha's first turning of the wheel of dharma, one of the four most auspicious times for the fasting practice of 1,000-armed Chenrezig. From the time that you stand up from lunch, when you begin the fast, you may take no food until the fast-breaking ceremony on the final morning. You may take all of the liquids that you wish on the first day, until you lie down to sleep that night. After that, you may not take any liquids, and you must maintain complete silence when not actually performing the practice, until the closing morning's fast-breaking ceremony.