Hello Dharma Friends,

A reminder that we have our annual fundraising event later this month.

We will be having our annual fundraiser for the Jam Tse Cho Ling Calgary Tibetan Buddhist Temple on Saturday, August 26, 2023 at the Marlborough Community Association located at 636 Marlborough Way NE, Calgary, AB T2A 2V9. The doors open for this event at 5pm, with program starting at 6pm and end at 10pm.  

This enjoyable event will feature a buffet dinner, local entertainment and a bazaar. 

If you are interested but haven’t bought a ticket yet, please reach out.  This way we can can accordingly for food, having as little waste as possible.

Contact info to purchase tickets:

• Pam Dolma
• pdratsa@gmail.com
• 403-796-6412
  

We look forward to your continued support! Proceeds from this fundraising event will help to ensure that we are able to cover operational costs, complete the renovations of our temple, provide ongoing teachings and offer many community services. 

We look forward to seeing you at our event!

Thank you!

Event sponsored by

Bloomex is a yearly sponsor of our event and provide beautiful decorative flowers. As a sponsor, they have offered a discount code if you’d like to purchase flowers! Use JTCL15 for a 15% discount.

Please see our calendar for the up-to-date schedule, and for the regular schedule. Special events and breaks from teaching are below.

• July 8-9 – Break
• July 30 – Break
• August 20 – Yamantaka Purification
• August 26 – Annual Fundraiser Event, Dinner and entertainment
• August 27 – Break

Hello Dharma Friends,

For the next 8 weeks Geshe la will be giving teaching on the Song of the Four Mindfulnesses by His Holiness the First Dalai Lama. Here is the link for the root stanzas on this: https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/seventh-dalai-lama/song-of-four-mindfulnesses

The teaching will be split across Sunday sessions as such:

Mindfulness of teacher – Part 1
Mindfulness of teacher – Part 2
Mindfulness of the Altruistic Aspiration to enlightenment  (Bodhichitta) Part 1
Mindfulness of the Altruistic Aspiration to enlightenment  (Bodhichitta) Part 2
Mindfulness of one’s body as a Divine Body (Dependent Arisings) – Part 1
Mindfulness of one’s body as a Divine Body (Dependent Arisings) – Part 2
Mindfulness of the View of Emptiness – Part 1
Mindfulness of the View of Emptiness – Part 2

Some special events are also scheduled. More details to come.

20 Aug, Sun 11am – 12:30pm

• Yamantaka Purification

26 Aug, Sat

• Annual fundraiser event at Marlborough Community Centre
• Tickets are available for purchase

Weekly Schedule reminder

1 Jul, Sat 11am – 12:15pm

• Buddhist psychology and logic: 3 modes 4 modes

2 Jul, Sun 11am – 12:30pm

• Dharma teaching New topic: Song of the Four Mindfulnesses. Mindfulness of teacher – Part 1.

5 Jul, Wed 6:30 – 8pm

• Meditation and Tara Prayer

You can also attend virtually on Zoom:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/4102590148?pwd=RkphclNKK21LUEQySmk1UVdSWnlMUT09

Regular Dharma Teaching

The Jam Tse Cho Ling Calgary Dharma teaching occurs every Sunday at 11am MT. The schedule can be checked on the website.

Temple doors are open earlier for those who’d like to meditate before the teaching (10:00am-10:45am).

Topic: New topic: Song of the Four Mindfulnesses. Mindfulness of teacher – Part 1.

Buddhist Psychology and logic

For those interested in the workings of the mind, we are piloting a separate class to delve into this topic more deeply. This Buddhist psychology class will take place on Saturdays at 11am-12:30pm.

The background reading for this class will be mostly from this page: https://studybuddhism.com/en/advanced-studies/science-of-mind/ways-of-knowing/lorig-ways-of-knowing

Helpful diagrams: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GOe7Z5cTIIcRWPdAl9dhkpoEwmfuKcEw/view