SPIRITUAL: Tara Practice

WHITE TARA SADHANA PRACTICE WITH GESHE SANGPO

Saturday, April 18, from 10 - 11 am (ET) ~ in person only at Kadampa Center ~ Join us for this beautiful and incredibly beneficial practice led by one of our resident Geshes, either Geshe Gelek or Geshe Sangpo.  All are welcome and encouraged to participate; no prior experience or initiation is required.  White Tara is a female buddha associated with longevity, purification, and countering illnesses (both physically and mentally).  Her white color is seen as a purifying and life-giving force.  Her seven eyes symbolize her compassionate vigilance and ability to see all suffering, thus quickly acting to heal, protect, and prolong life.  Sadhana is a Sanskrit word meaning the "method of accomplishment".  Contained within a sadhana are the practices related to a specific deity, in this case White Tara.

OPPORTUNITY TO SPONSOR THE WHITE TARA SADHANA PRACTICE

Sponsoring dharma practices, such as the White Tara Sadhana, benefits Kadampa Center, its teachers and students, and is an incredible opportunity for one to practice generosity, build merit, and create the causes to meet dharma teachings and teachers in the future.  Please consider becoming a sponsor for this practice.  Here's how:

• Make your sponsorship donation HERE.

• Offer your dedication HERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND AND HEARTFELT GENEROSITY!

TARA PRACTICE:  EXTENSIVE PRAISES TO THE TWENTY-ONE TARAS
Held on the third Saturday of the month from 10 - 11 am (ET) via Zoom only ~ join HERE
	Protector, remover of obstacles, model of enlightened activity, inspiration to Lama Atisha - Tara is all of these.  Tara is a female Buddha whose qualities include enlightened action and swiftly removing obstacles. Doing Tara practice clears obstacles in our spiritual lives and helps us attain our positive goals, both spiritual and mundane. Here is an opportunity to deepen our connection to her! For this extensive Tara practice, we will say the prayers used during Tara retreat.  Geshe Gelek advises that by doing this regularly in our daily lives, we are preparing and creating the causes for retreat in the future. Kadampa Center has a special relationship with Tara, according to Sera Jey Khensur Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Delek, our Geshes' teacher, who consecrated our Tara statues during one of his visits to Kadampa Center.  All 21 apects of Tara are represented in these statues on the altar in Kadampa Center's gompa.

OPPORTUNITY TO SPONSOR THIS TARA PRACTICE

Sponsoring dharma practices, such as a Tara Practice, benefits Kadampa Center, its teachers and students, and is an incredible opportunity for one to practice generosity, build merit, and create the causes to meet dharma teachings and teachers in the future.  Please consider becoming a sponsor for this powerful practice.

Here's how to sponsor Tara Practice:

• Make your $60 sponsorship donation HERE.

• Offer your dedication HERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND AND HEARTFELT GENEROSITY!

TARA PRACTICE:  EXTENSIVE PRAISES TO THE TWENTY-ONE TARAS
Saturday, March 21, from 10 - 11 am (ET) ~ via Zoom only, join HERE
	Protector, remover of obstacles, model of enlightened activity, inspiration to Lama Atisha - Tara is all of these.  Tara is a female Buddha whose qualities include enlightened action and swiftly removing obstacles. Doing Tara practice clears obstacles in our spiritual lives and helps us attain our positive goals, both spiritual and mundane. Here is an opportunity to deepen our connection to her! For this extensive Tara practice, we will say the prayers used during Tara retreat.  Geshe Gelek advises that by doing this regularly in our daily lives, we are preparing and creating the causes for retreat in the future. Kadampa Center has a special relationship with Tara, according to Sera Jey Khensur Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Delek, our Geshes' teacher, who consecrated our Tara statues during one of his visits to Kadampa Center.  All 21 apects of Tara are represented in these statues on the altar in Kadampa Center's gompa.

OPPORTUNITY TO SPONSOR THIS TARA PRACTICE

Sponsoring dharma practices, such as a Tara Practice, benefits Kadampa Center, its teachers and students, and is an incredible opportunity for one to practice generosity, build merit, and create the causes to meet dharma teachings and teachers in the future.  Please consider becoming a sponsor for this powerful practice. 

Here's how to sponsor Tara Practice:

• Make your sponsorship donation HERE.

• Offer your dedication HERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND AND HEARTFELT GENEROSITY!

	Let's rejoice! This month's Tara Practice will be held in the gompa with Geshe Gelek!
	Tuesday, February 24, from 7:00 - 8:30 pm, in person and online. Tara liberates from cyclic existence, from all fears and from all sickness. Mother Tara is the embodiment of compassion in action. With her 21 emanations, she is capable of helping in every circumstance.  Join us for this special Tara practice during the auspicious, merit-mutiplying Fifteen Days of Miracles.

HOW TO ATTEND

1. In person at Kadampa Center.

2. Join via Zoom HERE.

3. Watch on YouTube livestream HERE.

OPPORTUNITY TO SPONSOR THIS TARA PRACTICE

Sponsoring dharma practices, such as a Tara Practice, benefits Kadampa Center, its teachers and students, and is an incredible opportunity for one to practice generosity, build merit, and create the causes to meet dharma teachings and teachers in the future.  Please consider becoming a sponsor for this powerful practice.  Here's how:

• Make your $108 sponsorship donation HERE.

• Offer your dedication HERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND AND HEARTFELT GENEROSITY!

TARA PRACTICE:  EXTENSIVE PRAISES TO THE TWENTY-ONE TARAS
Saturday, January 17, from 10 - 11 am (ET) ~ via Zoom only, join HERE
	Protector, remover of obstacles, model of enlightened activity, inspiration to Lama Atisha - Tara is all of these.  Tara is a female Buddha whose qualities include enlightened action and swiftly removing obstacles. Doing Tara practice clears obstacles in our spiritual lives and helps us attain our positive goals, both spiritual and mundane. Here is an opportunity to deepen our connection to her! For this extensive Tara practice, we will say the prayers used during Tara retreat.  Geshe Gelek advises that by doing this regularly in our daily lives, we are preparing and creating the causes for retreat in the future. Kadampa Center has a special relationship with Tara, according to Sera Jey Khensur Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Delek, our Geshes' teacher, who consecrated our Tara statues during one of his visits to Kadampa Center.  All 21 apects of Tara are represented in these statues on the altar in Kadampa Center's gompa.

OPPORTUNITY TO SPONSOR THIS TARA PRACTICE

Sponsoring dharma practices, such as a Tara Practice, benefits Kadampa Center, its teachers and students, and is an incredible opportunity for one to practice generosity, build merit, and create the causes to meet dharma teachings and teachers in the future.  Please consider becoming a sponsor for this powerful practice.  Here's how:

• Make your sponsorship donation HERE.

• Offer your dedication HERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND AND HEARTFELT GENEROSITY!

We make extensive offerings to Tara as part of the main practice that begins at 10:30.

Students are invited to come at 9:30 for the merit-making practice of offering water bowls, flowers, incense, lights and more to Tara.

TARA PRACTICE: EXTENSIVE PRAISES TO THE TWENTY ONE TARAS

Saturday, October 18, from 10 -11 am (ET) ~ offered via Zoom only, join HERE ~ Protector, remover of obstacles, model of enlightened activity, inspiration to Lama Atisha - Tara is all of these.  Tara is a female Buddha whose qualities include enlightened action and swiftly removing obstacles. Doing Tara practice clears obstacles in our spiritual lives and helps us attain our positive goals, both spiritual and mundane. Here is an opportunity to deepen our connection to her! For this extensive Tara practice, we will say the prayers used during Tara retreat.  Geshe Gelek advises that by doing this regularly in our daily lives, we are preparing and creating the causes for retreat in the future. Kadampa Center has a special relationship with Tara, according to Sera Jey Khensur Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Delek, our Geshes' teacher, who consecrated our Tara statues during one of his visits to Kadampa Center.  All 21 apects of Tara are represented in these statues on the altar in Kadampa Center's gompa.

OPPORTUNITY TO SPONSOR THIS TARA PRACTICE

Sponsoring dharma practices, such as a Tara Practice, benefits Kadampa Center, its teachers and students, and is an incredible opportunity for one to practice generosity, build merit, and create the causes to meet dharma teachings and teachers in the future.  Please consider becoming a sponsor for this powerful practice.  Here's how:

1. Make your sponsorship donation HERE.
2. Offer your dedication HERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND AND HEARTFELT GENEROSITY!

Tara is a female Buddha whose qualities include enlightened action and swiftly removing obstacles.  This powerful Tara practice is meant to clear obstacles in our spiritual lives and help us attain our positive goals, both spiritual and mundane.  Kadampa Center has a special connection to Tara, according to Sera Jey Khensur Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Delek, our Geshes' teacher who consecrated our twenty-one statues of the aspects of Tara during one of his Kadampa Center visits.  Therefore, Tara practice is incredibly beneficial for our community, creating harmony in working together and ensuring Kadampa Center's continued success.

HOW TO ATTEND

1. Attend in person, onsite at Kadampa Center.

2. Join via Zoom HERE.

3. Watch via YouTube live stream HERE.

OPPORTUNITY TO SPONSOR THIS TARA PRACTICE

Sponsoring dharma practices, such as a Tara Practice, benefits Kadampa Center, its teachers and students, and is an incredible opportunity for one to practice generosity, build merit, and create the causes to meet dharma teachings and teachers in the future.  Please consider becoming a sponsor for this powerful practice.  Here's how:

STEP 1:  Choose your sponsorship level and make your donation by clicking on one of the links below.

• $308 - Enlightened Activity sponsorship level

• $208 - Obstacle Eliminator sponsorship level

• $108 - Harmonious Friends sponsorship level

STEP 2:  Offer your dedication HERE.

A TREASURY OF TWO SIDDHIS - An Extensive Practice to the Twenty-One Emanations of Tara
	Saturday, October 18, from 9:30 am until about 1:00 pm    9:30 am - 10:30 am:  set up offerings on the Tara altar    10:30 am - about 1:00 pm:  Treasury of Two Siddhis Tara Practice    ~ in person only at Kadampa Center ~
Tara liberates from cyclic existence, from all fears, and from all sickness.  Mother Tara is the embodiment of compassion in action.  With her 21 emanations, she is capable of helping in every circumstance. Geshe Gelek will lead us in this beautiful practice in which we will invite all the 21 Taras to a special altar set-up in the center of the gompa that we can circumambulate (see below for how to help set it up), and engage with each of the 21 Taras in turn, making prostrations and offerings, visualizing and meditating on each of their distinctive qualities.

OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE MORE DEEPLY WITH THE TREASURY OF TWO SIDDHIS TARA PRACTICE

A Treasury of Two Siddhis typically only takes place once a year at Kadampa Center.  Setting up the altar and making offerings is part of this extensive Tara practice and, by doing so, you form a deeper connection to Tara, generate merit, and are of benefit to all sentient beings.  You are invited and encouraged to participate in any of the following opportunities.  No experience is necessary.

1. Participate in setting up the Tara altar:  On Friday, October 17, beginning at 10:00am, join us in creating and setting up the special altar for the 21 Taras in the center of the gompa.

2. Prepare the offerings on the Tara altar:  On Saturday, October 18, plan to arrive by 9:30am to help prepare and set up the offerings on the Tara altar.  You are welcome to bring flowers for the altar; Kadampa Center will be providing the incense and food offerings.

3. Make offerings to sangha members:  Provide notes of thanks and/or financial offerings (any amount is fine) in envelopes to Kadampa Center's monks and nuns.

4. Sponsor this Tara practice:  Sponsoring dharma practices benefits Kadampa Center, its teachers and students, and is an incredible opportunity for one to practice generosity, build merit, and create the causes to meet dharma teachings and teachers in the future.  Please consider becoming a sponsor for this practice.  Here's how:

• Make your $108 sponsorship donation HERE.

• Offer your dedication HERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND AND HEARTFELT GENEROSITY!

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TREASURY OF TWO SIDDHIS TARA PRACTICE

Written by Panchen Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen at Tashi Lunpo Monastery in Tibet, the Treasury of Two Siddhis practice deepens our connection to each of the 21 Taras by visualizing her being present with us, contemplating the specific enlightened activity of each Tara, and engaging in the Seven Limbs of practice: prostration, offering, purification, rejoicing, entreating Tara to remain, requesting Tara to teach, and dedication.  This Tara practice consists of reciting sadhanas and mantras for each of the 21 emanations of Tara.  Sadhanas are tantric meditations through which a practitioner aims to achieve union or identity with a divine being such as Mother Tara through visualizations and prayers.  Students of all levels will enjoy this beautiful practice which will be conducted in English.

Khensur Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Delek (Geshe Gelek and Geshe Sangpo's teacher and former Abbot of Sera Je Monastery in India) said when he visited Kadampa Center in 2011 that our center has a special connection to Tara, therefore doing Tara practice is incredibly beneficial for our community, for increasing harmony in working together, and for the continued success of Kadampa Center.