SPECIAL DHARMA TEACHING AND RETREATS DURING SAKA DAWA (VESAK) MONTH

1) Sunday, May 28, 2017 at 10:00-11:30am – Teaching on the 12 deeds of Buddha

2) Sun, June 4: Retreat – Medicine Buddha with Jangwa

This is very powerful in purifying negative karma, healing the sick and helping the beings in the lower realms.

Program:
10:00-11:00am: Sadhana & mantra recitation part 1

11:00-11:15am Break

11:15-12:30pm Medicine Buddha part 2

12:30-2:00pm Lunch – potluck

2:00-3:00pm Medicine Buddha Jangwa

3) Fri. June, 9 at 7:00-8:30pm: Full Moon Four mandala Tara practice

Please no meat, animal fat or eggs etc. Also food offering for the alter should not contain any of the above. Tuesday June 6th prayer is cancelled.

4) Sat. June 24: Retreat -Vajrasattva. (No teaching on Sun)

Program:
10:00-11:00am Sadhana & mantra recitation

11:00-11:15am Break

11:15-12:30pm Confession with prostration to 35 Buddhas

12:30-2:00pm Lunch – potluck

2:00-3:00pm Tsog Offering (no restrictions)

To ensure we can accommodate everyone comfortably for the upcoming teaching on calm abiding meditation (10:00-11:30am Sat. May 27th), we would like to get a headcount of the number of people attending.

To sign up for the teaching, please send an email including the following

• Name
• Number of guests (if more than yourself)
• Mobile phone number (in case of sudden cancellations we will send a text)

Teaching Summary:
Calm abiding meditation is an effective, gentle way of training the mind to reduce negative and limiting thoughts. In practicing calm-abiding meditation, we can increase our ability to concentrate, control our over-active, unfocused minds and enjoy a sense of peace and tranquility.

Geshe la will go over more details on meditation techniques:
1) How do recognize the five faults
2) How to generate the eight antidotes and how to apply them to the five faults

A reminder that next week we will have a Full Moon Tara Prayer on Wednesday, May 10th 7pm. This replaces the regular scheduled prayer for that week (which would normally be on Tuesday).

For the Full Tara prayer, please

• bring your vajra and bell if you have them
• bring offerings for the altar: flowers, fruits or cookies made without eggs or animal fats.
• avoid eating meat, eggs, onions or garlic during the day until after the prayers.