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Lamrim Meditation Retreat
Friday Session 1 -- 9:00-10:15am Friday Session 2 -- 11:00am-12:15pm Saturday Session 3 -- 4:00-5:15pm Saturday Session 4 -- 6:00-7:15pm Sunday Session 5 -- 4:00-5:15pm Sunday Session 6 -- 6:00-7:15pm Monday Session 7 -- 9:00-10:15am Monday Session 8 -- 11:00am-12:15pm Monday Session 9 -- 4:00-5:15pm Monday Session 10 -- 6:00-7:15pm Tuesday Session 11 -- 9:00-10:15am …
$5
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Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
If you enjoy meditating with others, chanted meditations are a great opportunity to engage in group meditation. These chanted meditations are also known in Sanskrit as “pujas”, meaning “offering”, or as “sadhanas”, which means “method for receiving attainments”. Using ancient prayers translated into English, we receive the blessings, protection and guidance of the holy beings. …
Free
Foundation Program
Foundation Program
This study program requires enrollment. We are studying The New Heart of Wisdom, a commentary to the Heart Sutra by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. This book allows us to deepen our wisdom and compassion by presenting both the explicit and implicit meaning of the Sutras. Through the systematic study that the Foundation Program offers we can …
2 events,
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Center Cherishing
Center Cherishing
Please come and help us clean and spruce up the center! It’s a wonderful way to create some positive karma and help us provide a comfortable and clean place for everyone to enjoy.
3 events,
Meditation for Kids
Meditation for Kids
Children will learn simple Buddhist principles, such as kindness, respect for others and keeping a happy heart, through stories, songs, meditation and crafts. A parent needs to accompany each child. Appropriate for ages 6 – 10. Adults will find these introductory teachings valuable as well, and will be able to use what is learned in class throughout …
$10
Intro Class
Intro Class
The Wisdom of Compassion Sunday Intro Class 10:30am The development of compassion in the mind is protection against much of the suffering we experience in life, but compassion in modern times is sometimes misunderstood as a weak or passive state. The mind that cannot bear the suffering of others is the gateway to great wisdom. …
$10
1 event,
4 events,
Lunchtime Meditation
Lunchtime Meditation
During these half hour sessions we are guided through a simple guided breathing meditation. This type of meditation is perfect for beginners and advanced meditators. By focusing on the breath all our worries, distractions, and obsessive ways of thinking fall away and we experience inner peace. Our mind is refreshed and relaxed and we’ll find …
$5
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Powa Puja
Powa Puja
Through practicing transference of consciousness, known as ‘powa’ with faith, compassion and concentration we can transfer the consciousness of those recently deceased to a higher rebirth or to the Pure Land of a Buddha. The Powa Ceremony can be done either by a group of practitioners or individually on behalf of one or more deceased …
Free
Foundation Program
Foundation Program
This study program requires enrollment. We are studying The New Heart of Wisdom, a commentary to the Heart Sutra by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. This book allows us to deepen our wisdom and compassion by presenting both the explicit and implicit meaning of the Sutras. Through the systematic study that the Foundation Program offers we can …
2 events,
Lunchtime Meditation
Lunchtime Meditation
During these half hour sessions we are guided through a simple guided breathing meditation. This type of meditation is perfect for beginners and advanced meditators. By focusing on the breath all our worries, distractions, and obsessive ways of thinking fall away and we experience inner peace. Our mind is refreshed and relaxed and we’ll find …
$5
1 event,
Lunchtime Meditation
Lunchtime Meditation
During these half hour sessions we are guided through a simple guided breathing meditation. This type of meditation is perfect for beginners and advanced meditators. By focusing on the breath all our worries, distractions, and obsessive ways of thinking fall away and we experience inner peace. Our mind is refreshed and relaxed and we’ll find …
$5
1 event,
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Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
If you enjoy meditating with others, chanted meditations are a great opportunity to engage in group meditation. These chanted meditations are also known in Sanskrit as “pujas”, meaning “offering”, or as “sadhanas”, which means “method for receiving attainments”. Using ancient prayers translated into English, we receive the blessings, protection and guidance of the holy beings. …
Free
2 events,
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Offering to the Spiritual Guide Puja
Offering to the Spiritual Guide Puja
Everyone is welcome and invited to join us for this beautiful prayer practice. Offering to the Spiritual Guide is a special Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa in conjunction with Highest Yoga Tantra. It was compiled by the first Panchen Lama, Losang Chökyi Gyaltsän, as a preliminary practice for Vajrayana Mahamudra. The main practice is relying …
Free
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1 event,
Heart Jewel Puja
Heart Jewel Puja
If you enjoy meditating with others, chanted meditations are a great opportunity to engage in group meditation. These chanted meditations are also known in Sanskrit as “pujas”, meaning “offering”, or as “sadhanas”, which means “method for receiving attainments”. Using ancient prayers translated into English, we receive the blessings, protection and guidance of the holy beings. …
Free
1 event,
0 events,
2 events,
Silent Retreat in Ojai
Meaningful Silence & Meditation Retreat January 16, 2015 - January 19, 2015 “Training in tranquil abiding is the method for taming and gaining control over our wild elephant-like mind.” - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso This away-retreat will be led by Buddhist Teachers Kadam Angie Kane and Keli Vaughan at the remote Pine Mountain Buddhist Temple & …
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Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja w/ Offerings
Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja w/ Offerings
If you enjoy meditating with others, chanted meditations are a great opportunity to engage in group meditation. These chanted meditations are also known in Sanskrit as “pujas”, meaning “offering”, or as “sadhanas”, which means “method for receiving attainments”. Using ancient prayers translated into English, we receive the blessings, protection and guidance of the holy beings. …
Free
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1 event,
1 event,
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1 event,
Intro Class
Intro Class
Basic Buddhist Teachings & Meditations: Four Noble Truths Wednesday Nights beginning January 21 6:30-7:30pm Does the world actually exist in the way it appears? What does it mean to have a meaningful life? How can I be happy every day? Learn the answers to these questions in Buddha’s teachings on the Four Noble Truths — …
$10
2 events,
Intro Class (Santa Maria)
Intro Class (Santa Maria)
The Four Noble Truths: Basic Buddhist Meditations Santa Maria YMCA 3400 Skyway Santa Maria, CA Does the world actually exist in the way it appears? What does it mean to have a meaningful life? How can I be happy every day? Learn the answers to these questions in Buddha’s teachings on the Four Noble Truths …
$10
Intro Class (Lompoc)
Intro Class (Lompoc)
The Four Noble Truths: Basic Buddhist Meditations Thursdays 6:30 - 7:30pm Lompoc Yoga Center 701 E North Ave, Suite F Lompoc, CA Does the world actually exist in the way it appears? What does it mean to have a meaningful life? How can I be happy every day? Learn the answers to these questions in …
$10
1 event,
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Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja w/ Offerings
Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja w/ Offerings
If you enjoy meditating with others, chanted meditations are a great opportunity to engage in group meditation. These chanted meditations are also known in Sanskrit as “pujas”, meaning “offering”, or as “sadhanas”, which means “method for receiving attainments”. Using ancient prayers translated into English, we receive the blessings, protection and guidance of the holy beings. …
Free
0 events,
1 event,
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Offering to the Spiritual Guide Puja
Offering to the Spiritual Guide Puja
Everyone is welcome and invited to join us for this beautiful prayer practice. Offering to the Spiritual Guide is a special Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa in conjunction with Highest Yoga Tantra. It was compiled by the first Panchen Lama, Losang Chökyi Gyaltsän, as a preliminary practice for Vajrayana Mahamudra. The main practice is relying …
Free
0 events,
0 events,
0 events,
0 events,
1 event,
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Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
If you enjoy meditating with others, chanted meditations are a great opportunity to engage in group meditation. These chanted meditations are also known in Sanskrit as “pujas”, meaning “offering”, or as “sadhanas”, which means “method for receiving attainments”. Using ancient prayers translated into English, we receive the blessings, protection and guidance of the holy beings. …
Free