You are here: Home / Archives for Jack

Kalachakra Empowerment for the 6 Yogas practice

February 10, 2011 By 1 Comment

Dates: February 20, 2011 1:00pm
Location: Atlanta

This is a rarely given empowerment specifically for the practice of the 3 isolations and the 6 yogas.
It is being offered by a special request.

Open to all, we ask for an email if you plan to attend so we can have supplies prepared.
This empowerment will be given by Tashi Gyaltsan Rinpoche,
head of the Jonang linage and considered an emanation of Taranatha.

Suggested donation $60 (traditional offering for the lama is at discretion of the student)
Need more info: info@jonang.org ( Email is the best way for us to answer questions as we are all volunteer.)

Please help us spread the word while we are working with travel details.

If you would like to attend, please EMAIL so we can prepare materials/ space.
Please include your contact info so you can be contacted if there are any last minute changes in plans.

Thank you for helping us spread the word of this rare opportunity.
Please feel free to forward.
Dorje Ling Center Atlanta

Hotels in the area

Share
Filed Under: Teachings & Empowerments Tagged With:

Children vitamins for Little Lamas in Nepal

December 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment

A medical doctor and fellow Kalachakra practitioner is currently collecting a supply of children’s vitamins for delivery to the little children lamas in the Jonang monastery of Nepal.

This will assist in the children’s diet which are currently nutritionally borderline adequate, and help them overcome some chronic medical conditions due to malnutrition.

This vitamin supply drive will be sent out the week of Thanksgiving from Dorje Ling Buddhist Center in Atlanta in co-ordination with the medical doctor in charge.

If you would like to help in purchasing some vitamins for these wonderful little lamas, please read below:

  1. we agree on a certain single vitamin preparation.
    The one from Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Childrens-Chewable-Vitamins-1000-Count/dp/B002NXFS7W would be fine unless someone has a better suggestion
  2. everyone who wants to do this orders one or more bottles from Amazon on their credit card, to be delivered either to them personally or to Dorje Ling Buddhist Center – Atlanta, c/o Ted Lee – doctor in charge, 3253 Shallowford Rd NE
    Chamblee, GA 30341-3632
    (770) 451-7715
  3. You can also make a small donation from the link on the right.
  4. after all these have arrived we’ll FedEx or DHL all together to the manager of monastery in Nepal–I anticipate shipping will cost around $50-60, maybe more but we will be assured that the package reaches its intended destination.

9 bottles will last 4 months, 13 bottles will last 6 months–I hope we can send at least 9 bottles.

Maybe we can allow 3-4 weeks for everyone to place orders and for them to arrive & plan to send out shipment the week before Thanksgiving?

warm regards to all,
happy Lhabab Duchen -
Kathy Sacklin (TCBC)

Share
Filed Under: Activities, News

Ushnisha Vijaya & Kalachakra Empowerment

December 21, 2010 By 5 Comments

Ushnisha Vijay

Dates:
New York: Ushnisha Vijaya Empowerment January 27th, 1:30pm Price $20.00

(9)Kalachakra Diety Empowerment February 26th 10:00am, Teachings 2:00pm, Price $75.00

Atlanta:will be posted soon

Ushnisha Vijaya literally means the victorious crown protrusion. She is an emanation of Vairochana Buddha, and along with the White Tara and Amitabha, one of the three deities of longevity in the Buddhist pantheon. Her practice is believed to be especially beneficial for eliminating hindrances to the attainment of a long and healthy life. She also purifies the negative results which are motivated by the spiritually harmful actions of our own selves.

She is described in her practi ce as follows:

She has a white colored body, three faces and eight arms.
The central face is white, the right yellow; the left is blue
and slightly wrathful. Each face has three eyes.
The first right hand holds a crossed vajra at the heart.
The second holds a lotus on top of which sits Amitabha.
The third holds an arrow. The fourth is in the gesture of
granting generosity.

The first left hand holds a noose, the second grasps a
bow. The third grants the gesture of reassurance. The last
left hand makes the dhyana mudra, or the mudra of meditation.

This is exactly how she has been visualized in this thangka.

Her practice concludes with hymns of prayer and praise:

I prostrate at the feet of Ushnisha Vijaya,
Glorious Goddess the color of the autumn moon,
having an extremely beautiful and peaceful body with
three faces and eight arms,
And who bestows boundless wisdom and the best of lives.

At her feet are shown lying a pair of cymbals and the auspicious mirror used in her worship.

Share
Filed Under: Teachings & Empowerments Tagged With:

ThanksGiving Schedule Updated

November 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Friday after Thanksgiving , we will still share a potluck with our dear Teacher

And there is NO teaching due to a translator holiday.
If you want to bring your family, please do so they can meet Khenpo.
Khenpo loves kids ( of all ages).Please bring whatever you like and let’s
meet earlier ( 5:50 PM???) so we can have dinner around 6pm


Green Tara  Practice

Sunday @10:30am- open to all

Drivers’ Ed for Khenpo:
We still need folks to practice driving with Khenpo.
If you have an automatic car and want to help Khenpo,
Please !! Call the center.
Khenpo loves the chance to learn.

Thanksgiving Week Schedule:
Friday night the day after Thanksgiving–
Please RSVP if you would like to have a pre-teaching dinner
info@jonang.org
so we can celebrate with Khenpo-la.

We need a head count of those who might attend.
Would someone like to coordinate?

Thank you.
Please feel free to forward.

Share
Filed Under: Activities, News

Khenpo Choejor Returns to Atlanta

October 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Khenpo Choejor returns to Atlanta this Saturday after traveling and teaching for nearly five months.
Dorje Ling is thrilled to have him back and is hosting a dinner in his honor at
7 pm, Sat. Oct 16.


Khenpo Choejor

Khenpo Choejor


All friends of the center are welcome to attend, and please bring a dish to share (Khenpo loves vegetarian food, but whatever you bring is wonderful). Khenpo is always happy to meet new people and enjoys children too, so feel free to bring your family. It’s a tradition to greet your teacher with a khata, but your presence is more than enough.


And we have a big SECRET request!! The founder of our center, Amy Lee, has a birthday on Sunday, so the welcome dinner will double as a surprise birthday party. She has made many Dharma teachings available for all of us. Let’s surprise her with a birthday cake. Shhh!

Volunteers Needed to Prepare for Khenpo


The Friday night Book Study group will do some house cleaning for Khenpo’s arrival, and we need as many additional volunteers as possible at 7:30PM this Friday, Oct. 15. We’ll need the grass cut, windows dusted, floors swept and downstairs arranged. Bring any cleaning products/tools you have.


If you can’t volunteer, you can still contribute by donating items on the center’s wish list:

  • Paper towels
  • Toilet paper
  • Kitty litter (Ellen may need help buying Advantage for Karpo Kitty)
  • Grocery items for Khenpo (especially vegetables)
  • Tea
  • Soap
  • Laundry detergent


Special Guest, Douglas Duckworth


Douglas Duckworth, one of our dear translators, and his family will be staying at the center this weekend while attending the events for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit at Emory. We will invite them to share in our community dinner so you can help us welcome him and hear the voice of our translator in person!

Thank you!! If you have other ideas for ways to prepare for Khenpo, please contact info@jonang.org.

Share
Filed Under: Activities, News

Teachings in New York this September

July 31, 2010 By 1 Comment

Khenpo Choejor has kindly offered to give special teachings upon his return to New York in September. He will be teaching during the week of September 13 thru September 19th in a series of different topics; For individuals who are Out-of-town, you may want to consider staying for this entire week of auspicious teachings.

How To Achieve the Realizations in the Bardo
September 13th thru September 16th @7:30 to 9:30pm
This special teaching will be Monday thru Thursday evening. The topic will be on the special secret teachings in the Jonang tradition of Kalachakra Tantra regarding how to achieve realization for liberty in the Bardo. This is commonly referred to as the transitional period between death and rebirth. This teaching will be open to the public, and anyone is welcome to attend.

Vajrayogoni Meditative Visualizations
September 17th @7:30 to 9:30pm
This teaching will be held on Friday evening. Khenpo Choejor will be teaching on the detailed process of Vajrayogini Meditative Visualizations in the Sutra tradition. This is a major practice that Khenpo will be guiding us through, and it’s significance of the visualizations and levels of practice.
ONLY for those individuals who have received the Vajrayogini empowerment this year in March in the Jonangpa tradition.

Introduction to Kalachakra Deity Meditation
September 18th & September 19th @6:30am
This teaching will be held Saturday and Sunday, and we ask that you please plan on staying for the entire day. This will be an intensive retreat on the Kalachakra Deity Meditation. Detailed instructions on how to do the meditative practice and visualizations of the Kalachakra practice will be given. ONLY those who have received the Kalachakra initiation in the Jonang tradition can attend.

Please come and join us for these special and auspicious teachings which we are so fortunate to be receiving in New York. Please try to arrive at least 15 minutes early for all classes.

The suggested cost for the entire week will be $80.00. If you would like to attend any of the week’s classes individually, the cost will be $20.00.

*Pre-Register is required for any or all of the teachings.

718-522-6523. 646-251-5698
(Chinese)770-910-6269(English)

All teachings will be held at:
Dorje Ling Buddhist Center
98 Gold Street Brooklyn, New York 1120

Share
Filed Under: Practices, Teachings & Empowerments

Alice Ting from the New York Center

June 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Alice Ting from the New York Dorje Ling Center, is visiting here in Atlanta.
It would be a wonderful opportunity for us to meet , greet and share some Southern hospitality!

She is about to return to Tibet and she coordinates the activities in NY so we can ask her about their schedule as well as her own travel.
We would like to offer light refreshments and drinks a so we can talk with her and learn about their center in New York.

Since her time here is limited,
how many people might be available to meet her THIS Wednesday evening
@ 7:30 pm at the Center?

Please email back so we can see how many people might be able to attend.
info@jonang.org

Share
Filed Under: Uncategorized

Kalachakra Teachings

April 25, 2010 By 3 Comments

Khenpo Choejor is offering teaching for the preliminaries for Kalachakra for all students ( no empowerment required)
Sunday evening at 7pm.

DONATIONS:
Although the dharma is free to all who wish to know, due to rising costs of providing services in teleconferencing and administration, Dorje Ling Atlanta must now request its students to each contribute $10 per lesson towards the costs of the Kalachakra teachings offered by our precious dharma teacher Khenpo Choejor.
( There is a little basket on the coffee table for this purpose.)
No one will be turned away due to genuine financial hardship.

2. PHONE TEACHINGS:
For students not able to attend, we are offering the opportunity to attend by telephone using Free Conference.

Once the student has made their contribution, either through Paypal or by check, a confirmation email with clearance information will be emailed. To allow for this to be handled by volunteer staff and not disturb the teachings, we ask that payment be done at least 48 hours in advance of the teaching. .

3. TAPING:
Is not allowed as these teachings are meant for only those in attendance.

4.SADHANAS are available at the center for those with empowerment.

5. TAX DEDUCTIBLE contributions:
As you finish your income taxes, please consider a gift to Dorje Ling as we are a non profit charitable organization.

Please let your friends know so they can attend.
Khenpo Choejor will be teaching until mid June so we hope you can take advantage of our time with him.

Stay up to date with up coming teachings and practices.

Share
Filed Under: Practices

Book review study group

March 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment

We will continue our book study group on March 19 @7:30 pm for anyone wanting to work on the Mind Beyond Death teachings regarding dream yoga and Bardo.

This might be an excellent chance for new Kalachakra people to ask questions to senior students.

This book has material relating to both Dream Yoga as well as bardo practice and Phowa so we can relate it to the teachings we received from Khenpo on Dream yoga practice.

Ted has offered to start our group off as moderator for this Friday (We will try to meet every Friday so people can plan their schedules.)

We hope to cover the opening foreword and the first chapter this week, but if you don’t have time, or are still getting your book, please feel free to attend anyway.

We can discuss how much material we will cover by the week this Friday, and perhaps we can also have people offer to be moderator for each section.

Share
Filed Under: Practices Tagged With: ,

Website Ideas

March 3, 2010 By 2 Comments

I’ll be upgrading the back end of the website towards the end of the month and want to change the layout and thew front page.

Please leave any ideas in the comment section below.

Some Ideas:

  1. Redo the Quotes page so it loads right away with the newest quotes at the top.
Share
Filed Under: Uncategorized
« Older Posts
Newer Posts »