Lama Tsongkhapa Festival! 2021 (time change!)
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7:30 pm Wednesday, December 29, 2021
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(will be starting after refuge - approx 7:30 pm)
Lama Tsongkhapa is extremely important to Kadampa Center - his writings are the framework for our study and practice, and he founded our Gelugpa lineage in Tibetan Buddhism. On this auspicious we will celebrate Lama Tsongkhapa and his great contribution to the Dharma with a festival of prayer and practice. Our celebration also includes recitation of some of his major short works as well as other prayers. In accordance with Covid safety protocols, students who plan to participate in the prayers in the gompa are required to be fully vaccinated and to wear masks inside the building. Following these prayers and meditations on the lamrim, we will take light offerings outside and circumambulate the stupa. Students who wish to participate are invited to bring battery-operated candles to offer at the stupa, and we will also provide battery-operated candles. We will leave light offerings overnight.
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Lama Tsongkhapa was a renowned scholar, practitioner, meditator, teacher and author. His studies and meditations in all the major schools of Tibetan Buddhism resulted in the founding of the Gelugpa lineage.
Among his major accomplishments is writing the Lamrim, or the Great Treatise on the Path to Enlightenment, a step-by-step guide to the spiritual practices that lead to enlightenment. He also wrote several condensed versions of the Lamrim, including Foundation of All Good Qualities, the Three Principal Aspects of the Path, and Song of Experience.
Those who wish to participate in the prayers from home may do so via Zoom and YouTube. Click here for a copy of the practice.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Because this event follows directly after the refuge vows, the starting time of 7:00 pm is an estimate. It's possible we may begin as much as 30 minutes or more after that time. We appreciate your patience!
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Sponsorship of a Holy Day puja is $125, and of general Holy Day events and activities, it's $108.
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Step One is dedicating your generosity (click here).
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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.
Location at Kadampa Center:
Gompa
