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Kagyu Monlam, SF, 2012-06-29/07-01

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:25:00 -0800

Kagyu Monlam prayer festival

The Kagyu Monlam is an avenue whereby we can spread, at times of great need, the genuine spirit of love and compassion to all the people of the world, like a great ripple, first in Bodhgaya, then in Bihar, and so on. As we continuously offer these prayers for world peace, it is our intention and our wish that peace and happiness extend to all. -... Read Kagyu Monlam, SF, 2012-06-29/07-01

Shambhala Training Level I: The Art of Being Human

SF Shambhala — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:56:00 -0800

with Charity Martin

Fri February 24th: 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Sat February 25th: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Sun February 26th: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Price: $150 at SF Shambhala Center / Sharchen Dzong 1231 Stevenson, off Gough Street just south of Market San Francisco The Heart of Warriorship provides a strong foundation in mindfulness-awareness meditation practice, emphasizing the... Read Shambhala Training Level I: The Art of Being Human

Four Dharmas of Gampopa, Leggett, 2012-07-27/29

Rangjung Yeshe Gomde — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:49:00 -0800

H.E. Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche

After years of prayer and aspiration, Gomde CA is excited to announce that H.E. Mindrolling Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche will be returning to our precious retreat land to teach on The Four Dharmas of Gampopa on 2012-07/27-29. May we all rejoice in this good fortune and gather together for her auspicious presence and teachings. Program: Four Dharmas of... Read Four Dharmas of Gampopa, Leggett, 2012-07-27/29

Are We Really Practicing?, Leggett, 2012-06-29/07-01

Rangjung Yeshe Gomde — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:42:00 -0800

Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel

Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel has studied and practiced the Buddhadharma for 25 years under the guidance of her teacher and husband, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. After meeting Rinpoche in Nepal, she became his first Western student. She has been intimately involved with Rinpoche’s work in bringing Buddhist wisdom to the West, in particular to the... Read Are We Really Practicing?, Leggett, 2012-06-29/07-01

Kumara Summer Program, Leggett, 2012-06/08

Rangjung Yeshe Gomde — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:38:00 -0800

Kumara Summer Program

We invite interested students to participate in the seventh year of the Kumara Summer Program, a combination of study, meditation, and service. The program offers committed young Dharma students an opportunity to spend the summer on Gomde’s beautiful retreat land in an atmosphere of practice, learning and work. This unique program is motivated to... Read Kumara Summer Program, Leggett, 2012-06/08

Tibetan Translator Program, Leggett, 2012-06-18/07-31

Rangjung Yeshe Gomde — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:34:00 -0800

Dīpaṃkara Tibetan Translator Internship Program

The Dīpaṃkara Translator Internship Program is an intensive program for intermediate level students of the Tibetan language designed to facilitate the transition from language student to translator. Interns will work alongside translators from the Dharmachakra Translation Committee on active translation projects, gaining hands-on experience working... Read Tibetan Translator Program, Leggett, 2012-06-18/07-31

Kurukulle Drupcho & Uttaratantra Shastra, Leggett, 2012-06-12/17

Rangjung Yeshe Gomde — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:28:00 -0800

Kurukulle Drupcho & Uttaratantra Shastra

Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche will offer a three day Kurukulle Drupcho on June 12-14 and then follow with a teaching on the Uttaratantra Shastra on June 15-17. This is an excellent way to participate in the Kurukulle practice, especially following the empowerment and teachings given by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche last August. The Uttaratantra Shastra is a... Read Kurukulle Drupcho & Uttaratantra Shastra, Leggett, 2012-06-12/17

Cultivating Love & Wisdom, 2012-03-09/11 Leggett

Rangjung Yeshe Gomde — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:21:00 -0800

Cultivating Love & Wisdom as Expressions of Innate Wholeness

This weekend retreat is for both new and experienced meditators. Participants will learn powerful meditations from Tibetan Buddhism that help bring out latent powers of loving compassion and wisdom from the ground of our being. Such meditations, adapted for people of all faiths and backgrounds, can make us more fully present to self and others by... Read Cultivating Love & Wisdom, 2012-03-09/11 Leggett

Tibet in the Age of Manuscripts, Berkeley, 2012-02-16

Jordan Rothstein — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:08:00 -0800

Reflections on Recent Textual Discoveries

Thursday, February 16, 2012, 5 pm Matthew T. Kapstein, Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies, The University of Chicago Divinity School Tibet in the Age of Manuscripts: Reflections on Recent Textual Discoveries IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th floor Workers before the manuscript cache discovered at the Temple of the Sixteen... Read Tibet in the Age of Manuscripts, Berkeley, 2012-02-16

Encounter Between a Lay Visionary & Monk Scholars, Berkeley, 2012-03-01

Jordan Rothstein — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:07:00 -0800

The Revelations of Longsel Nyingpo

Thursday, March 1, 2012, 5 pm Contestation and Innovation in the Fruitful Encounter Between a Lay Visionary and Monk Scholars: The Revelations of Longsel Nyingpo, (1625-1692)" Jann Ronis, Shinjo Ito Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley Institute of East Asian Studies, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th floor conference room. http://buddhiststudies.berkeley.edu... Read Encounter Between a Lay Visionary & Monk Scholars, Berkeley, 2012-03-01

Practice Compassion Through Vegetarianism

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:17:00 -0800

Buddha said a Buddhist should not kill a living being,

nor cause it to be killed, nor should he incite another to kill. - Dhammika Sutta A noble disciple … refrains from harming life, exhorts others to refrain from harming life, and speaks in praise of refraining from harming life. - Veludvareyya Sutta If people eat animals other people have to kill them. Buying animal foods encourages people to kill... Read Practice Compassion Through Vegetarianism

Heart Shrine Relic Tour, Soquel, 2012-05-19/20

Jordan Rothstein — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:41:00 -0800

Relics of Buddhist masters

A unique and precious collection of more than 1000 sacred Buddhist relics will be permanently displayed in the Heart Shrine of the completed Maitreya Buddha statue in Kushinagar. Meanwhile, the collection travels throughout the world to bring the blessings of the relics and the message of loving-kindness to people everywhere. more: Heart Shrine... Read Heart Shrine Relic Tour, Soquel, 2012-05-19/20

Heart Shrine Relic Tour, SF, 2012-06-01/03

Jordan Rothstein — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:40:00 -0800

Relics of Buddhist masters

Contentment in Everyday Life

SF Shambhala — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:58:00 -0800

A Continuing Series

Thu January 26th: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Thu February 2nd: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Thu February 9th: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Thu February 16th: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Thu February 23rd: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Price: $100 at SF Shambhala Center / Sharchen Dzong 1231 Stevenson, off Gough Street just south of Market San Francisco As we continue with the Contentment in Everyday... Read Contentment in Everyday Life

Losar Anniversary Weekend, Leggett, 2012-02-17/20

Rangjung Yeshe Gomde — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:31:00 -0800

Losar anniversary weekend retreat.

The focus of this weekend will be the Trinley Nyingpo Practice and Tsok. The weekend teachings and practices will be led by Lama Gerry Prindiville. Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche has asked Lama Gerry to teach and lead retreats at Gomde. Gerry completed a three year retreat in Nepal in 2007, and since then, has been teaching in Kathmandu and also at Gomde.... Read Losar Anniversary Weekend, Leggett, 2012-02-17/20

Tibet Oral History Project, Walnut Creek, 2012-01-26

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:56:00 -0800

Potluck dinner, presentation

2012-01-26, Thursday 6:00pm Marcella Adamski, Tibet Oral History Project, preserving the true history of the Tibetan people. Potluck dinner followed by presentation. A local clinical psychologist who, after a meeting with the Dalai Lama, dedicated herself wholeheartedly to preserving Tibetan history. Location: Mt. Diablo Peace Center, 55 Eckley... Read Tibet Oral History Project, Walnut Creek, 2012-01-26

Orygen Dorje Den Matching Fund

Orgyen Dorje Den — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:08:00 -0700

Donations towards ODD's mortgage matched until Losar.

Ven. Gyatrul Rinpoche has said many times, Orgyen Dorje Den is not for me. It’s not just for a few people, it's for everyone. Orgyen Dorje Den has evolved to become an inspiring place of refuge and a fully endowed temple to gather and receive precious dharma teachings. Over the past 11 years, ODD has emerged as an important dharma center in the... Read Orygen Dorje Den Matching Fund

Norbu and Gyaltsen, Ananda Dharma, February 2012, San Jose

Ananda Dharma — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:52:00 -0700

Geshes Norbu and Gyalten both teach classes in February, 2012.

Ananda Dharma Center is fortunate to have both of our dear Geshe teachers (Gyalten and Norbu) at Ananda Dharma Center for the month of February. Our Geshe-las will split weekend teachings with Geshe Gyalten holding special classes on Saturday mornings. On Sunday mornings, Geshe Norbu will continue to teach the Nagarjuna class that he began last... Read Norbu and Gyaltsen, Ananda Dharma, February 2012, San Jose

Tibetan Thangka class, SF, Wednesdays

SF Tibetan Thangka Studio — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:59:00 -0700

San Francisco Tibetan Thangka Studio

San Francisco Tibetan Thangka Studio Class meets every Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 pm San Francisco Castro district Classes taught by master Karma Gardri Thangka painter, Jamyong Singye. Karma Gardri is the traditional Tibetan style of the Kagyu lineage. Beginners welcome. $150 per 6 classes. For more information: Lise Carlson Read Tibetan Thangka class, SF, Wednesdays

KDK Marin Dharma Group, San Rafael, Thursdays

SF Tibetan Thangka Studio — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:13:00 -0700

KDK Marin Dharma Study Group

Kagyu Droden Kunchab (KDK) Marin Dharma Study Group Welcoming new members. New location. Chenrezig, Green Tara, and six- arm Mahakala Buddhist practice in traditional Tibetan and English. Led by Lama Gyeltsen Thursdays, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm 240 Channing Way San Rafael, CA 94903 Held in the Clara Barton Room of the Unitarian Universalist... Read KDK Marin Dharma Group, San Rafael, Thursdays

Open House and Dharma Talks

SF Shambhala — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 23:09:00 -0800

Weekly Dharma Gathering: A Public Open House

Each Wednesday: 6300 PM - 8:30 PM Food and Socializing at 6:30 PM at SF Shambhala Center / Sharchen Dzong 1231 Stevenson Street, off Gough Street near Market This open house is a great introduction to the Shambhala Buddhist teachings and is an opportunity to connect with other meditation practitioners in a relaxed, comfortable environment. It... Read Open House and Dharma Talks

Drimed Lodro, Bodhisattvas Way of Life, Alameda, Sundays

Orgyen Dorje Den — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:47:00 -0700

Lama Drimed teaches at Orgyen Dorje Den

in Alameda, 1st & 3rd Sundays, on Shantideva's A Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life. If I have any understanding of compassion and the practice of the bodhisattva path, it is entirely on the basis of this text that I possess it - The Dalai Lama Please join us on the first and third Sunday of every month. Taught by Lama Drimed Lodro:... Read Drimed Lodro, Bodhisattvas Way of Life, Alameda, Sundays

Vajrasattva Practice, ODD, Thursdays

Orgyen Dorje Den — Wed, 12 May 2010 07:26:00 -0700

Ongoing Thursday evenings, 7-9pm

Please join the weekly practice of Vajrasattva to purify our minds of defilements and repair our samayas. We do the short Senge Don Chenma practice as well. This Vajrasattva sadhana practice is from Kunzang Nyima and has a special historical connection to Ven. Gyatrul Rinpoche. It is concise and easy to practice, yet beautiful and complete in... Read Vajrasattva Practice, ODD, Thursdays

Free Meditation Instruction Sun & Tues

SF Shambhala — Wed, 12 May 2010 07:25:00 +0000

at SF Shambhala Center

Free meditation instruction is available every Tuesday night 7:30-9 and Sunday mornings. Sundays are Open House. Join us on Sunday mornings for group meditation practice, a dharma talk, and tea. 9am and ends at 12pm (Noon). Free meditation instruction is offered until 10am. A short tea break precedes the dharma talk. See the calendar. Tuesday... Read Free Meditation Instruction Sun & Tues

International Petition to Protect Lumbini's Environment

Jordan Rothstein — Sat, 01 May 2010 09:34:00 -0700

Buddha's birthplace threatened by illegal industrial development. Sign petition.

Dear Friends of Lumbini: The Lumbini Environmental Protection Alliance (LEPA) is writing to ask for your help in protecting Lumbini's environment and the health of its local population. As you may know, Lumbini is the birthplace of the Buddha and is situated in Nepal. It is one of the four holy sites of Buddhism, the other three being Bodh Gaya,... Read International Petition to Protect Lumbini's Environment

Welcome to BayVajra.info

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0700

BayVajra.info is a Tibetan Buddhism links list & events list for the San Francisco Bay Area.

You can read event listings on the site, or subscribe to a newsfeed, or subscribe to email. If you're not familiar with newsfeeds, click on Help at upper left. Read Subscribe to Newsfeed. Bay Area Tibetan Buddhist centers, practice groups and individuals can publish their dharma events here. Sangha social gatherings and fundraising events are good... Read Welcome to BayVajra.info

Subscribe to Newsfeed

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:59:00 +0000

Click orange icon in left column. Continue reading for more info.

What is a Newsfeed? What is RSS? Newsfeeds (RSS: Really Simple Syndication) are a convenient way to keep track of news and other rapidly changing content. Instead of checking many sites frequently, you view their collected headlines in one place. If something sounds interesting, you click on a headline and read the article. You can subscribe to... Read Subscribe to Newsfeed

Subscribe to Email

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:58:00 -0700

Get BayVajra.info by email

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Request a Writer Account

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:57:00 -0700

Groups or individuals can request a writer account, to post event listings.

Accounts are not necessary to read event listings, to subscribe to the newsfeed, or to subscribe to email. Accounts are only needed to post event listings. To request an account: Email me to request a BayVajra.info account. Include in your message: If account is for a center or practice group: Your name, email, phone, mailing address. Your center's... Read Request a Writer Account

Recover Your Lost Password or ID

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:10:00 -0700

If you have lost the password or ID for your writer account.

Lost Password If you have lost your password, go to Gandi.net/Login/Lost Enter your Gandi handle. Your handle looks like this: ABC123-GANDI. Click on Recover my password. Your password will be sent to the email address that you used to create your handle. When you receive your password, go to the login page. I sent you the login address in the... Read Recover Your Lost Password or ID

Set Your User Preferences

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:08:00 -0700

Before creating your event listings, set your user preferences.

Login to your writer account. In the blog editor window, in the left column, click on Dashboard. Click on User Preferences. Notice the little question marks next to each item. You can click on a question mark to get more information. Display name To display the name of your group with your entries, type that into the Display name field. Whatever is... Read Set Your User Preferences

Use WYSIWYG: Easier Way to Create Listings

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:06:00 -0700

WYSIWYG means What You See Is What You Get.

If WYSIWYG is enabled, your content in the edit box looks like it will on the site. You won't see any code markup when you enter your content into the blog editor. Enable WYSIWYG mode, then copy-and-paste from your group's site. Everything will appear exactly as it did on the page you copied it from. Images and links will be copied along with the... Read Use WYSIWYG: Easier Way to Create Listings

Links to How-To Pages

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:04:00 -0700

Documentation for the blog software this site runs on.

Gandiblog Docs An illustrated guide. Nice if you're intimidated by tech stuff. Gandiblog FAQ You don't need to know most of these to use this site. Please see the other BayVajra.info Help Pages. I wrote them for you. They are more specific to the way this site is set up.... Read Links to How-To Pages

Using the Blog Editor

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:04:00 -0700

First read Set Your User Preferences. Then read here to get started creating event listings.

Use the Blog Editor's Built-In Help In the edit window, notice the big question mark at upper right. Clicking on the ? opens a small window that explains whatever is in the page you are looking at. Create an Excerpt In the Edit window, click on the Excerpt button. This will open the Excerpt box. Type a very brief intro to your listing into the... Read Using the Blog Editor

Guidelines for Listing Your Events

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:03:00 -0700

How to write good titles. Writing for the web. Keep the list easy to scan quickly.

Just Post Events Here This is an events list. Please publish your dharma events here. Please don't publish practice texts, poetry, transcripts of teachings, discussions, links lists, etc here. It's better to put those on your group's site. Keep it Local Event listings should be in and around the SF Bay Area, within reasonable driving distance.... Read Guidelines for Listing Your Events

How to Post Recurring Events

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:02:00 -0700

If you have a weekly practice group, monthly puja, etc:

You can save yourself some work by re-using your event listing, instead of creating a new one every month. Follow the instructions below. For this month: Create a new entry that describes the current month's recurring event(s). Assign the entry to the Category for this month. Click save to publish it. To update the listing: Edit the title, excerpt... Read How to Post Recurring Events

Adding a Picture to Your Listing

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:01:00 -0700

Please only use images in the main content of your entry, not in the excerpt.

This will help keep the events list easy to scan quickly. Please only publish images that you own, or ones that are not protected by copyright. This thumbnail image floats to the left of the text. The text of the paragraph flows around the right side of the thumbnail. When someone clicks on the thumbnail, the original full-size image will display.... Read Adding a Picture to Your Listing

FAQ

Jordan Rothstein — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Frequently Asked Questions

I'm too busy to post my center's activities on BayVajra.info. Can you do it for me? Sorry, I'm too busy also. I'm managing other websites besides this one. (Others are on the BayVajra.info links list.) I don't want to bother getting a writer account. Can you post my event for me? Getting an account is easy. You just have to fill in your name, email... Read FAQ