Lama Tsongkhapa Day

Lama Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), the founder of tour own Gelugpa tradition, is renowned as a great scholar, practitioner, meditator, teacher, and author. Among his many accomplishments, he revitalized the monastic code in Tibet, established the annual Great Prayer Festival, established Ganden Monastery, the first of the great monasteries in the Gelugpa tradition, and wrote 18 volumes of teachings, including his Great Treatise on the Path to Enlightenment, the Lamrim.

At Kadampa Center we will have several events to mark the day.

At 3 p.m. we will do a special practice of reciting the Kshitigarbha mantra.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche has advised doing this practice as much as possible before February, to pacify the possibility of earthquakes in California and Nepal. As
always, when we gather in a group for practice, the combined energies of everyone together multiplies and increases the power of our practice, so do come
and join in this special event.

At 4 p.m., immediately following the mantra recitation, we will have Guru Puja with tsog.
In Guru Puja, we reflect on and celebrate the good qualities of all our teachers -- and Lama Tsongkhapa is such an important lineage teacher for us! This
beautiful practice includes many stanzas meditating on key points of the lamrim.

After the Guru Puja, at about 5:30 p.m., we will do a light offering practice and offer lights at the stupa.