The Four Noble Truths Lam Rim Series

With Venerable Steve Carlier

February 1 - March 21, 2024
Zoom
8:00 am - 9:30 am Online only via Zoom Importance of the Four Noble Truths His Holiness says the Buddha started with the four noble truths because within us all there is an instinctive feeling to have happiness and to avoid problems and difficulties. Before we can look at how…

Intro to Buddhism Part 2

With Tubten Pende

February 25 - March 24, 2024
In-person at the Gompa and via Online via Zoom
This Series will be In-Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom All classes will be recorded and distributed after each class if you can't make it one week. Join us for the next installment of our "Introduction to Buddhism" series part 2 Tubten Pende. These insightful sessions are to…

Lama Chopa Puja

With Geshe Tenzin Zopa

March 18, 2024
In-person and via Zoom
Monday, 7:00pm - 8:30pm Lama Chopa, also called Guru Puja, is a beautiful, profound practice where we make offerings to and request blessings and inspiration from the Three Jewels and the Spiritual Teacher (whether or not the teacher is physically present). Lama Chopa with Tsog Offering is an excellent practice…

Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja

With Venerable Samten

March 20, 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…

Kunrig Sadhana Practice

With Venerable Steve Carlier

March 20, 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…

Compassion in Action: The Practice of the Bodhisattva Path

With Geshe Tenzin Zopa

March 21, 2024
Gompa
Thursday, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm In-Person and Online Via Zoom   Join us for an enlightening evening talk with Geshe Zopa as we delve into the profound teachings of the Bodhisattva path, where the commitment to benefiting all sentient beings is at the core. Geshe Zopa will guide us…

Weekly Drop In Meditation

With Venerable Yangchen

March 23, 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…

Building Balanced Empathy

With Geshe Tenzin Zopa

March 23, 2024
In-person at the Gompa and via Zoom
In-Person and Online via Zoom   This one-day workshop led by Geshe Tenzin Zopa aims to explore the root causes of emotional overwhelm and provide practical tools and strategies to build balanced empathy, fostering healthier and more fulfilling relationships. Geshe Zopa will introduce you to the following topics and provide…

Free Medical Clinic

March 24, 2024
In-person at the Wish Fulling Temple
Sunday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm The Free Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Clinics have been a success!  The next TCM clinic in conjunction with Five Branches University will be on Sunday, March 24 at the Wish Fulfilling Temple in the Land of Medicine Buddha.  Please sign up for a free evaluation with acupuncture, tui-na, or…

Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja

With Venerable Samten

March 24, 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…

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 Cittamani Tara Puja

With Venerable Samten

March 27, 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…

Namgyalma Sadhana Practice

With Venerable Steve Carlier

March 27, 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 Drop In Meditation

With Venerable Yangchen

March 30, 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

March 31, 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…

Five-Day Meditation Retreat

April 3 - 7, 2024
Take yourself on a 5-day Meditation Retreat in the Redwoods that will be remarkable and transformational, located at Land of Medicine Buddha. Reserve uninterrupted time for your self-care, self-nourishment, and self-love. Land of Medicine Buddha’s sacred energy, nestled in the majestic Redwood Forest, offers many beautiful experiences to contemplate and integrate the wisdom…

Vajrayogini Self Initiation

With Venerable Angie Muir

April 3, 2024
In-person at the Gompa & online via Zoom
Wednesday, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm In-Person and Online via Zoom Venerable Angie will lead the Vajrayogini Self Initiation in person and Online via Zoom. If you are joining from home, feel free to make offerings on your personal alter.   This practice is restricted to those who have completed…

Purification Puja & Prayers for Ancestors 清明祭祖息災法會

With Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa

April 7, 2024
In-person at the Wish Fulfilling Temple
Sunday 10:30am - 2:00 pm In-Person Only Land of Medicine Buddha will host the above prayer ceremony and puja on Sunday, April 7, 2024 at the Wish Fulfilling Temple site. It is a Chinese tradition to pray for ancestors in early April, the start of Spring. It is the best…

Omniscient Wisdom – Manjushri Art Workshop

With Andy Weber

April 18 - 22, 2024
In-Person Only
This Retreat will be available In-Person Only This art course will be conducted in semi retreat style and will be dedicated to the swift return of our precious guru Lama Zopa Rimpoche. H.H. Dalai Lama advised all the students of FPMT to recite the mantra of Manjsuhri as often as…