How to Develop Bodhicitta with Venerable George Churinoff

Primary tabs

Repeats every week 3 times.

7:00 pm Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Bodhicitta - universal compassion for all beings - is a foundational value in Mahayana Buddhism. We need to learn how to develop and strengthen this altruistic attitude in order to attain enlightenment.

Join Venerable George Churinoff as he teaches on how to develop and practice bodhicitta, drawing on the text, "The Essence of the Vast and Profound: A Commentary on Je Tsongkhapa's Middle-Length Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment" by Pabongkha Rinpoche.

Geshe Gelek has been teaching from this text in Wednesday night lamrim class; Venerable George will continue the teachings.

These teachings can be accessed via Zoom or on YouTube.

Registration is required to attend the teachings via Zoom. Please click here to register. Students who are already registered for Wednesday lamrim class can continue to use their existing registration link.

Learn more about Venerable George.

Sponsor dedications for Venerable George's teachings:

Nancy Joseph: To Health of Ven George, and to enlightenment of all sentient beings

Hien Trinh: All sentient beings are no longer suffering, never go hungry, have home and health and clothes to keep warm.

Anonymous: May all sentient beings develop bodhicitta, follow the path, quickly reach enlightenment and return to lead others out of samsara. May all our teachers have long, happy healthy lives and remain long to guide us.

Supporting the teachings

Supporting the teachings is an incredibly powerful and important act -- it is a practice of the highest form of generosity – giving the means to enlightenment. Kadampa Center has for many years operated within the ideal of offering teachings without charging a fee, so that money is not an obstacle for anyone to hear the precious teachings and participate in the practices. We rely on the generous hearts of those who are moved to support the spiritual offerings and keep them open to everyone regardless of ability to pay.

Although we don't have the expense of travel and hospitality for a teacher's virtual visit, donations are still needed and meaningful, and make it possible for us to make a generous offering to the teacher on behalf of everyone attending the teachings.

Supporting the teachings benefits not just the Center and those who attend, but it also greatly benefits the donor, because it creates the causes to meet the teachings again in future lives, and deepens the connection with the teacher.

Kadampa Center offers two ways to support the teachings: Sponsorships and Donations.

Sponsorships begin at $108.

Sponsors receive:

- The opportunity to write a personal dedication that we will post for all to share. We must receive the sponsorship and dedication by the previous day to assure we have time to print and post your dedication.

There may be more than one sponsor for any event.

Donations are any amount less than $108.

Donors of $75 or more receive:

Supporting the teachings is a two-step process

Step One is dedicating your generosity (click here).

Step Two is making the donation or sponsorship (use the buttons below on this page),

Dedications may be very simple - "For my mother, Rosemary" - or they might encompass more extensive spiritual wishes, such as "May these teachings be the cause to liberate all sentient beings," or wishes for the teacher's long life, to benefit a person who is ill - any heart-felt positive intention! You also can dedicate for more than one intention. If you'd like, you can team up with friends on a sponsorship - please have one person make the donation and work it out among yourselves.

Use our secure online community to donate by clicking your choice below.

To try our new Text Giving, send KC108 to 73256 and select your level from the drop down menu..

Don't forget to dedicate your generosity!