Discovering Buddhism, Module 1 Mind and Its Potential
With Gelongma Lozang Yönten
March 26 - April 30, 2024
Online only
Online Only Via Zoom Register for this Program: This program is offered in Collaboration with Ocean of Compassion. The centers will alternate handling registrations. For Module 1 please Register using Ocean of Compassion Buddhist Center's event page, listed below. https://www.gyalwagyatso.org/2024-03-26-db-1.html Six Tuesday sessions March 26 – April 30, 2024; 7:00pm…
Special Insight Chapter Discussion Group
With Tubten Pende
March 27 - May 1, 2024
Online and In-Person at LMB
Wednesdays, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm In-Person and Online via Zoom Serkong Rinpoche suggested that we form a discussion group to gather questions for him when he returns to LMB to teach the Insight Chapter of the Lam Rim Chenmo (Lama Tsong Khapa's Great Exposition of the Stages of the…
Weekly Drop In Meditation – Relocated to the Pine Room
With Venerable Yangchen
April 20, 2024
In-person in the Pine Room
Saturday 9:00 am - 10:00 am We are so pleased to announce that our dear Ven. Yangchen will be leading Saturday drop-in Meditations weekly In-person only. Venerable’s guided meditations bring together a refreshing and precious combination of simplicity, depth, and accessibility. These weekly, hour-long sessions are of great relevance and…
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
April 21, 2024
In-person at the Gompa and via Facebook live
About the Medicine Buddha Puja Medicine Buddha is the manifestation of the healing energy of all enlightened beings. Prayers to Medicine Buddha are especially powerful because of the extensive prayers they took to benefit sentient beings. They strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of all sentient beings; they…
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
April 24, 2024
In-person at the Gompa
Ven. Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done In-Person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara…
Weekly Drop In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
April 27, 2024
In-person in the Gompa
Saturday 9:00 am - 10:00 am We are so pleased to announce that our dear Ven. Yangchen will be leading Saturday drop-in Meditations weekly In-person only. Venerable’s guided meditations bring together a refreshing and precious combination of simplicity, depth, and accessibility. These weekly, hour-long sessions are of great relevance and…
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
April 28, 2024
In-person at the Gompa and via Facebook live
About the Medicine Buddha Puja Medicine Buddha is the manifestation of the healing energy of all enlightened beings. Prayers to Medicine Buddha are especially powerful because of the extensive prayers they took to benefit sentient beings. They strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of all sentient beings; they…
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
May 1, 2024
In-person at the Gompa
Ven. Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done In-Person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara…
Vajrayogini Self Initiation
With Venerable Angie Muir
May 2, 2024
In Person and Online via Zoom
Tuesday, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm In Person and Online Only - via Zoom Venerable Angie will lead the Vajrayogini Self Initiation Online via Zoom. Please feel free to make offerings on your personal alter at home. This practice is restricted to those who have completed an approximation retreat with…
Weekly Drop In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
May 4, 2024
In-person in the Gompa
Saturday 9:00 am - 10:00 am We are so pleased to announce that our dear Ven. Yangchen will be leading Saturday drop-in Meditations weekly In-person only. Venerable’s guided meditations bring together a refreshing and precious combination of simplicity, depth, and accessibility. These weekly, hour-long sessions are of great relevance and…
Wild Heart Silent Retreat
May 5 - 10, 2024
With Adam Stonebreaker and Stephanie Nosco The Buddha often encouraged his followers to go into the forest to spend extended periods of time in retreat. He recommended this because to connect with the natural world is to connect with human nature. We, as humans, are nature after all. With modernization…
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
May 5, 2024
In-person at the Gompa and via Facebook live
About the Medicine Buddha Puja Medicine Buddha is the manifestation of the healing energy of all enlightened beings. Prayers to Medicine Buddha are especially powerful because of the extensive prayers they took to benefit sentient beings. They strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of all sentient beings; they…
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
May 8, 2024
In-person at the Gompa
Ven. Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done In-Person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara…
Weekly Drop In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
May 11, 2024
In-person in the Gompa
Saturday 9:00 am - 10:00 am We are so pleased to announce that our dear Ven. Yangchen will be leading Saturday drop-in Meditations weekly In-person only. Venerable’s guided meditations bring together a refreshing and precious combination of simplicity, depth, and accessibility. These weekly, hour-long sessions are of great relevance and…
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
May 12, 2024
In-person at the Gompa and via Facebook live
About the Medicine Buddha Puja Medicine Buddha is the manifestation of the healing energy of all enlightened beings. Prayers to Medicine Buddha are especially powerful because of the extensive prayers they took to benefit sentient beings. They strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of all sentient beings; they…
Kunrig Sadhana Practice
With Venerable Steve Carlier
May 15, 2024
Online Via Zoom
7:00 am - 8:00 am *This practice will be held online via zoom* Kunrig (Skt. Sarvavid) is a Yoga Tantra deity. He is known as “the King of Deities for purifying the lower realms.” Even if someone has already been born in the lower realms, if you do Kunrig practice…
Healing Anxiety and Depression
With Miffi Maxmillion
May 15 - June 19, 2024
Online Only via Zoom
Wednesdays, Online only via Zoom 7:00pm - 8:30pm Using Buddhist psychology to cut through the root of sadness and fear, reveals the innate goodness and peace at the heart of our being. Depression and anxiety are the pain system of the mind. In this course, we discover how to listen…
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
May 15, 2024
In-person at the Gompa
Ven. Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done In-Person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara…
Weekly Drop In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
May 18, 2024
In-person in the Gompa
Saturday 9:00 am - 10:00 am We are so pleased to announce that our dear Ven. Yangchen will be leading Saturday drop-in Meditations weekly In-person only. Venerable’s guided meditations bring together a refreshing and precious combination of simplicity, depth, and accessibility. These weekly, hour-long sessions are of great relevance and…
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
May 19, 2024
In-person at the Gompa and via Facebook live
About the Medicine Buddha Puja Medicine Buddha is the manifestation of the healing energy of all enlightened beings. Prayers to Medicine Buddha are especially powerful because of the extensive prayers they took to benefit sentient beings. They strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of all sentient beings; they…
Namgyalma Sadhana Practice
With Venerable Steve Carlier
May 22, 2024
Online Via Zoom
7:00 am - 8:00 am *This practice session will be held online via zoom* Namgyalma is one of the three main long-life deities and belongs to the tathagata family of practices. Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that the Namgyalma practice not only dispels life obstacles; it also purifies negativities and downfalls…
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
May 22, 2024
In-person at the Gompa
Ven. Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done In-Person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara…
Weekend with H.E. Ling Rinpoche
With His Eminence the 7th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche
May 25 - 26, 2024
1700 Alum Ave, San Jose, CA
The FPMT Bay Area Centers: Vajrapani Institute, Land of Medicine Buddha, Ocean of Compassion, and Tse Chen Ling are honored to announce a precious weekend with His Eminence, the 7th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche! Location School of Arts and Culture: Mexican Heritage Plaza Tentative Schedule of Events: Saturday, May 25:…
Weekly Drop In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
May 25, 2024
In-person in the Gompa
Saturday 9:00 am - 10:00 am We are so pleased to announce that our dear Ven. Yangchen will be leading Saturday drop-in Meditations weekly In-person only. Venerable’s guided meditations bring together a refreshing and precious combination of simplicity, depth, and accessibility. These weekly, hour-long sessions are of great relevance and…
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
May 26, 2024
In-person at the Gompa and via Facebook live
About the Medicine Buddha Puja Medicine Buddha is the manifestation of the healing energy of all enlightened beings. Prayers to Medicine Buddha are especially powerful because of the extensive prayers they took to benefit sentient beings. They strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of all sentient beings; they…
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
May 29, 2024
In-person at the Gompa
Ven. Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done In-Person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara…
