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The official reminder has not gone out but thought you might want to plan to participate in the fire puja Sunday.

I do not think we will have kalachakra this week.
teresa

Dear friends,
The Chinese new year begins on January 23.

We will celebrate at Dorje ling with a FIRE PUJA
on Sunday January 22 @ 9 am followed by Green Tara chanting .
Please plan to attend and bring any of the following:
alcohol to offer —this will be put on the fire.
food things for the fire—things that burn easily.
your own intention of what you’d like to clear and what you are intending to add.

To prepare for the fire Puja , we will have a group Gompa clearing in Saturday January 21 @ 3 pm.
Bring any cleaning supplies that you might have.
This is a traditional way to not only earn merit for more prosperity for the new year and
also more clarity in your spiritual work.

Join us this FRIDAY @ 7:30 pm to study Way of the Bodhisattva.
All are welcome. We’ll use HHDL commentary (A Flash of Lightening or, the newer reprint, For the benefit of all Sentient beings) .
We will cover chapter 6 (Patience)

Sunday CHANTING
10:30 am GREEN TARA for peace and prosperity.

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Dakinis´ Day

Dakini Ushnisha Vijaya

We will honor Dakinis’ Day on Wednesday night , August 24, also 7:30 pm.

This is a high honor for us and we ask everyone to please attend and invite friends to benefit as well.
To hear the Dharma will help us accumulate both Wisdom and Merit and help smooth obstacles for all.

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The Lion´s Roar That Proclaims Zhantong by Ju Mipham Namgyal

Khenpo Choejor has offered to give us teachings on Zhentong, other emptiness by way of a text called The Lion’s Roar.

This text is written by Mipham Namgyal to explain the merits of study of Other Emptiness as expressed by Dolpopa.

The English text may be found at
http://jarungkhashor.blogspot.com/2011/01/lions-roar-proclaiming-extrinsic.html

Because we have limited time, the classes will be held at Dorje Ling in Atlanta:
Fridays( beginning August 5) @ 7:30 pm
And Sundays ( August7)@ 5PM.
Tentatively, these will continue for 3 weeks total.

We will also offer U Stream for those out of town people wishing to study with Khenpo la.

A suggested donation of $50 —in town folks can pay in person;
Out of town folks are welcome to pay by paypal.

As we have no secretarial staff, please send your Paypal receipt to us.
Someone will send you a link upon receiving your Paypal receipt.

If one has to miss a teaching, you will be able to view on U Stream after the date.

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Essence of Ambrosia Tarantha´s Lam Rim

Khenpo Choejor is giving teachings on Jonang Lam Rim

Khenpo Choejor

Khenpo Choejor will be giving an overview of Tarantha´s Essence of Ambrosia. This is Tarantha’s unique method of the Lam Rim, or stages of the path. It gives us guided meditations as well as intellectual explanations based on our individual needs to help use every precious second to develop our mind so that we can both clear obscurations as well as accumulate merit.

This is a rare chance to study with our master teacher and listen to his explanation of the Jonang Stages of the Path!

TEXTS will be available for sale at the center, or you can bring in your own copy. Price will reflect our best bulk order price. Books will only be available for sale at the Center. We are not able to mail books but recommend you try online.

DATES: we begin this Friday (6/3) @ 7:30 pm and Sunday, 6/5 @ 5pm. Continuing this same schedule the entire month (Fridays and Sundays) of June, concluding July 1 @ 5pm.
total of 9 teachings, with the dates set by Khenpo-la.

REGISTRATION: Suggested donation $100 for all 9 classes/ $30 seniors, students. We ask that each student contribute something as an offering for Dharma teachings.(Can also be made in 2 payments of $55 due 6/3 and 6/17.)

Online attendance will be available but students MUST register thru Paypal before Thursday(6/2) in order to have our internet person return your log in info. Please make sure to copy your Paypal invoice and email it to us to expedite your return email.
In person registration- we ask you to bring your payment to the center on Friday night.
Once you have registered for a specific format, we are not able to change you from in- person to Internet.

PLEASE plan to join us as we are fortunate to have Khenpo here.
Please help us by passing this flyer on to others.
Dorje Ling is a 503(c)3 organization.

We are entirely volunteer and ask you to please also put aside money for a teacher and translator offering.

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Khenpo Ngawang Dorjee and Crew

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Heart Sutra teachings from other emptiness point of view

Khenpo Ngawang Dorjee

Khenpo Ngawang Dorjee will be teaching on this seminal text of other-emptiness over a two weekend series beginning Friday April 8, 2011 at 7.30pm.

Prajnaparamita Hrdaya (Heart Sutra) and Sherab Snyingpo Teachings in Atlanta and via teleconference – begins Friday April 8, 2011 @ 7.30pm

The prajnaparamita Sutras (Skt: Prajnaparamita Hrdaya), also known as the Heart Sutra (Tibetan wylie: bcom ldan ‘das ma shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa’i snying po); is the core text on the subject of other-emptiness and represents the summation of all of Buddha’s wisdom, the essence of transcendental wisdom.

This core text distills the fundamental law of dependent origination and represents the quintessence of non-attachment of self and phenomena, expounding on the deeply profound other-emptiness (wylie: des sheg snying po).

Sherab Snyingpo (essence of wisdom), a recitation of the Heart Sutra practice; is commonly recited in most Tibetan buddhist monasteries and nunneries as well as the annual prayer festivals of monlam chenmo.

The schedule:

Friday – April 8, 2011 @ Dorje Ling Buddhist Center, Atlanta 7.30pm
Sunday April 10, 2011 @ Dorje Ling Buddhist Center, Atlanta 7pm
Friday – April 15, 2011 @ Dorje Ling Buddhist Center, Atlanta 7.30pm
Sunday April 17, 2011 @ Dorje Ling Buddhist Center, Atlanta 7pm

A jenang will also be given for those wishing to make this a daily practice. All are welcome to attend. Khenpo Rinpoche will also be available for private interviews throughout the week.

Please contact Dorje Ling Atlanta for further details. Website: http://jonang.org/about-2/atlanta-ga/

Registration

Suggested Donation will be $95.00 for the entire teachings.
we are not able to offer single pricing.
These costs help us support our center .
Also one will need an additional offering for the teacher and translator.

Out of town students will be able to view the teachings online. Our staff member
are creating a way to follow the teachings over the internet now.

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Bardo Chanting prayer for Japan from New York

Dear Atlanta Friends,


Dorje Ling Atlanta will offer a prayer service for those who have
been killed or are suffering from the Earthquake in Japan
as well as all the fighting around the world.

We will have Tashi Gyaltsen Rinpoche chanting Bardo prayers
Starting around 10 am Sunday morning, March 13, 2011.
(We will try to use Skype so we can see and hear the chanting,
join with many others live in NY.)
Our center will open at 9:30 am tomorrow for those that want
Pray together.

This is open to all and anyone who wants to join is invited and welcome.
We want to offer our prayers in a spirit of sharing.

I have been told that he will chant from Bardo Prayers
and it may last more than an hour.
If you can come for any portion, this is fine.

We have tea lites for the candles , but flowers can be offered, or
An offering for the lamas is traditional.
Can someone please research the best way
to donate money for survivors and we can publish that tomorrow.

For a map to our center, go to our webpage:
www.jonang.org

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Special Prayer Ceremony Monday 8:00pm

Dear Dorje Ling Friends,
Happy Losar.
Tashi Delek!

To celebrate Losar, we in Atlanta will join New York Dorje Ling by conference call for chanting for the auspicious beginning of Losar as well as prayers for Penam Rinpoche.

We plan to meet MONDAY March 7 @ 7:30 and chanting with Tashi Gyaltsen Rinpoche will begin around 8 pm. (?)
Whenever you can arrive, you are warmly invited.
Bring whatever you might want to bring as mentioned below.
This next month all merit is multiplied so its a wonderful way to join with friends and start the New year with merit.

The email below is from Dorje Ling NY so you can read a bit more , and also pasted is article about Losar and merit.

Thanks
Dorje Ling ATL

Special Prayer Ceremony

Date: March 7, 2011

Ngawang Pedma Namgyal Palzangpo

On Monday evening, March 7th, 2011 there will be a prayer dedication ceremony for Ngagwang Pedma Namgyal Palzangpo (His Holiness Penam Rinpoche) by Tashi Gyaltsan Rinpoche.

If you can attend, please bring food, flowers, and lamp offerings to the center. If you are not local and would like to participate, you can light candles and recite prayers to His Holiness Penam Rinpoche along with meditation. For more information regarding His Holiness Penam Rinpoche, please see our facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/H-H-Penam-Rinpoche/110426298985701?v=wall

Blessings,
Dorje Ling Buddhist Center
New York

About Losar
March 5 – 20 is a special time for practices in the Buddhist Calendar.
It commemorates the fifteen days when the Buddha performed miraculous display in order to subdue certain non-Buddhist opponents to his teachings. March 5 is Losar, Tibetan New Year. March 20 is the Day of Miracles, also called Day of Offerings or Day of Miracles. All fifteen days are merit multiplying days – the effects of any action are 100 million times more powerful than usual! It is an especially powerful time to do practices.

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Yak and Sheep Rescue Project

This Yak Rescue Project is an important program for the new displaced community. The Yaks will supply the community with wool and milk. The Sheep will also supply wool and milk and in several years will also supply food.

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