Dear Dharma Brothers and Sisters, Tashi Delek! I want to express my sincere appreciation and thanks to the members who have helped so diligently with the Center activities this past month. May and June are always busy as we prepare for the annual stupa anniversary up at the […]
The Yongey Buddhist Center started off the New Year with its first Vajrasattva weekend retreat. The practice of meditation and recitation of Buddha Vajrasattva is an extremely powerful method for purifying our impure mind and actions. In these sessions, we focus on what it means to actually purify […]
The Yongey Buddhist Center’s annual Christmas party was held on December 25, 1pm at the Center. Wonderful friends celebrated the joyful holiday season over delicious food and with great company. Dorje Palmo wishes everyone a happy, healthy 2012 and encourages everyone to follow our Guru’s words and practice […]
Mingyur Rinpoche recorded this New Year’s greeting shortly before he left his monastery in India to spend a number of years meditating in solitary retreat
English translation from the web page of Rigpa Shedra http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?ti… Khenting Tai Situpa said in his letter : to ensure that Rinpoche’s profound efforts to practice for the benefit of the teachings and beings, the following should be performed: one hundred million recitations of the hundred-syllable mantra.
Date: Saturday, July 30, 9:00am to Sunday, July 31, 4:00pm Place: The Center, Headquarters, 682 Carlsbad Street, Milpitas, CA 95035 Lead by: Lama Trinley of Tergar, Phoenix Center Fee: US $50.00 per person Space is limited; please call 408-263-2740 to register. Lead by Lama Trinley, the Green Tara […]
Our Guru, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, has now officially begun his three year retreat that he announced last year. While Rinpoche will be apart from us physically over the next few years, he will continue to be with us in his mind and in his prayers. During this time, […]
During a retreat at the Garrison Institute in July 2011, Sogyal Rinpoche and Tsoknyi Rinpoche both spoke in moving terms about Mingyur Rinpoche’s current retreat and how rare it is for someone to do this style of retreat in the modern world, even amongst Tibetan lamas.
Dear friends, students, and fellow meditators, By the time you read this letter, I will have begun the long retreat that I announced last year. As you may know, I have felt a very strong connection with the tradition of retreat since I was a young boy growing […]
