You
are welcome to attend all teachings and events.
Becoming
a Buddhist Warrior - Transforming the Mind of Confusion
Saturday and Sunday,
Aug 21-22, 2010 - 10
AM - 7PM
Schedule
and more information on webpage - click
here
Join Khenpo
Gawang Rinpoche via SKYPE from the Boulder Shambhala Center
for the live talks. Translated by Mr. Gerry Wiener. Memphis
meditation, discussion, and contemplation sessions will
be facilitated by Pema Karpo Director, Candia Ludy. Text
will be available.
Khenpo
Gawang Rinpoche's Teaching Schedule
Friday
- 7-8:30PM Hour Meditation Short Talk about Meditation
with Q&A
Sunday
- 11AM-1:00 PM Short Meditation, Chants, and
Dharma Talk with Q&A
Tuesday
- 7-9 PM Shambhala Cafe serving free
hot drinks and cookies
Lighthearted
and informal sharing of how we are mixing formal practices
and teachings with our daily life
Facilitator:
Dorje R Sherpa
3rd
Wednesday of the Month 7-9 PM - Open House for
New Students
Facilitator:
Candia Ludy, Center Director and Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche's
Shambhala Secretary
Saturday
- 11AM - 1:00 PM Tibetan Language Class
Dorjee
R Sherpa is assisting Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche by offering
a Tibetan language class. This class will help to prepare
Memphis students to practice mantra, chanting and to understand
many of the words found in the texts. Call the center
for more information - ask for Dorjee.
3rd
Sunday of the Month - 11AM - 12:30 PM
- Children's Sunday - All sangha children are
invited.
Facilitator:
Ange Arnold
Prajnaparamita
Project for Peace in Memphis and the World
Chanting
the 100,000 Verse Prajnaparamita Sutra
Monday
- Friday 10 AM - 12 Noon and 2PM - 4PM Dorjee
R Sherpa will be chanting the 100,000 verse Prajnaparamita
Sutra.
All are welcome
to sit with him and generate compassion for Memphis and
the World. Click Here for Webpage
Sunday
Class For Students of Buddhism - Varied Schedule Depending
On Other Teachings
On Sunday's after meditation and the teaching we will
take a 5 minute break and begin the class. Class will
last for one hour, approximately from 12:00 - 1:00 PM.
Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche will be teaching most of the classes.
We will
be studying a commentary by Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche on
a text that is widely known as the Khenjug; an abbrev
Kyabjé
Drubwang Pema Norbu Rinpoche, entered parinirvana
at about 8:20 pm on March 27, 2009 and was in thugdam
(a meditative state) which lasted 8 days. His Holiness
was the 11th incarnation of the Palyul lineage of
the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. He was a
master of Dzogchen and one of the few remaining
masters who had received all of his training in
Tibet. He fled Tibet in 1959. His Holiness held
the position of the head of Nyingma tradition of
Tibetan Buddhism
History
of the Monlan Chenmo: World Peace Prayers in Bodhgaya
The
Nyingma Monlam Chenmo has been held annually in
Bodhgaya since 1989. Bodhgaya is the place where
Shakyamuni Buddha attained enlightenment and is
the most sacred and holy place of pilgrimage for
all Buddhists. Currently over 1600 monasteries are
registered and the ceremonies are attended by over
10,000 Tulkus, Khenpos, monks, nuns, and vajrayana
practitioners as well as by lay people from all
over the world. This gathering offers 10 days of
prayers for World Peace and the liberation of all
sentient beings.
