2013

September 8th - October 6th 2013

Mangalam Yantra I - Shamatha meditation, pranayama (breathing exercise), and kayashudi (yoga exercise)

  1. Authorized by her teacher Khenpo Migmar, Suzan Doan will be presenting a series of 5 sessions focusing on breathing exercise in conjunction with very gentle yoga exercise and calm abiding meditation. These yoga and meditation are suitable for all ages. Suzan has been a student of Buddhist philosophy and a Vajrayana practitioner since 1998. She completed the foundation practice of Ngondro, and has gone through trainings in pranayama, yantra, shamatha, and vipashyana meditation. Suzan has been assisting Khenpo Migmar for many years, and has lead meditation and practices at Sakya Institute during Khenpo Migmar’s absences.

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September 2013

Weekend retreat on Ngondro practice, pranayama, and Tibetan yoga with Lama Migmar. Details will be posted later.

  1. Ngondro or inner extraordinary preliminaries are practices to accumulate merit and purify our body, speech, and mind. Without the support of accumulation of merit, one will not be able to realize the wisdom of non-duality of emptiness and clarity. Completion of 100,000 series of Ngondro practices are required for Dharma practitioners who would like to practice higher Yoga Tantra practices.

  2. Location: Universal Benevolence Foundation

  3. Sponsor: Universal Benevolence Foundation and Prajna Upadesa Foundation                                         


 

Events in Community

 


2012

July 2012

Medicine Buddha empowerment and healing practice with Phagyab Rinpoche.                                         

  1. Medicine Buddha empowerment is a very powerful blessings that works on the spiritual, psychological, and physical levels to dispel illnesses and awaken the healing wisdom that lies dormant within us. Through the practice of the Medicine Buddha sadhana, one can generate enormous healing power for healing oneself and others. Medicine Buddha is one aspect of awakened mind. In this empowerment, Rinpoche will remind us of the Buddha nature that we aspire to realize in ourselves.

  2. Location: This event is postponed until further notice

  3. Sponsor: Universal Benevolence Foundation and Prajna Upadesa Foundation 



 

20 - 23 April 2012

Three-day retreat on Phowa/ Conscious transference through Buddha Amitabha with Lama Migmar. Click here for pictures.

  1. Day 1: Preliminary Vajrasattva Purification Practice

  2. 7.00 - 9.00 pm; Mason District Governmental Center, 6507 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA 22003


  4. Day 2: Amitabha empowerment, 10.00 am - 12.00 pm 

  5. Lunch break (free vegetarian lunch provided), 12.00 pm - 2.00 pm

  6. Instruction on short sadhana practice, 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm

  7. Hoa Nghiem Pagoda, 9111 Backlick Road, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060


  9. Day 3: Instruction on short sadhana practice, 10.00 am - 12.00 pm

  10. Lunch break (free vegetarian lunch provided), 12.00 pm - 2.00 pm
    Instruction on long sadhana practice, 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm
    Tuong Van Monastery, 2101 James Madison Highway, Haymarket, VA 20169

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  12. Sponsor: Universal Benevolence Foundation and Prajna Upadesa Foundation

 

4 March 2012

Teaching on the Essence of the Heart Sutra with Lama Migmar. Teaching is given in English with Vietnamese translation.

  1. Time: 2.00 - 5.30 pm

  2. Location: The Sangha Center 7641, Talbert Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92648


  4. Note: event was postponed

  5. Sponsor: Hội Phật Học Đuốc Tuệ and Prajna Upadesa Foundation

 

2011

8 - 9 October 2011

Mind and spirituality teachings with Lama Migmar. Click here for pictures.

  1. Day 1: Death and Rebirth (La mort et la renaissance)

  2. Day 2: Mind and Life (Le science and L'esprit)

  3. Location: World Linh Son University - 92-94 Rue Pasteur 94400 Vitry sur Seine, France.


  5. Sponsor: World Linh Son University, Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies, and Prajna Upadesa Foundation

26 - 29 May 2011

Four-day empowerment with His Holiness the Sakya Trizin. Click here for pictures.

  1. Day 1: Guru Padmasambhava empowerment, 6 pm - finish

  2. Day 2: Chakrasamvara preliminary empowerment, 6 pm - finish

  3. Day 3: Chakrasamvara main empowerment, 2 pm - finish

  4. Day 4: Long life empowerment, 10 am - 12 pm

  5.             Changcog/Rite for purifying the karma of the deceased, 2pm - finish

  6. Location: Holiday Inn Convention Center, 242 Adams Place, Boxborough, MA 01719


  8. Sponsor: Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies

5 - 6 March 2011

Empowerment and instruction on Phowa/ conscious transference through Buddha Amitabha with Lama Migmar.

  1. Day 1: Amitabha empowerment, 9.00 am - 12.00 pm

  2.             Lunch break (free vegetarian lunch provided), 12.00 pm - 2.00 pm

  3.             Instruction on meditation practice, 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm

  4. Day 2: Dharma talk on Amitabha Phowa, 9.00 am - 12.00 pm

  5. Location: Xa Loi Temple, 6310 Manor Woods Road, Frederick, MD 21703


  7. Sponsor: Benevolence Foundation and Prajna Upadesa Foundation

2010

22 May - 5 June 2010

Jade Buddha Exhibition at Linh Son Temple, Worcester, MA



  2. Sponsor: Linh Son Temple

2009

4 October 2009

Teaching on A Commentary on the Awakening Mind (Bodhicittavivarana) with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Click here for pictures.

  1. Location: The Hammerstein - Manhattan Center, New York City, NY


  3. Sponsor: Vietnamese community

2009

4 October 2009

Teaching on A Commentary on the Awakening Mind (Bodhicittavivarana) with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Click here for pictures.

  1. Location: The Hammerstein - Manhattan Center, New York City, NY


  3. Sponsor: Vietnamese community


  2. Date: Sunday, September 8th to Sunday, October 6th, 2013

  3. Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm

  4. Location: Buddha Nest Yoga, 134 Main St, Groton, MA

  5. To register, please contact Anne Dries at buddhanestyoga@verizon.net

  6. For more information, please visit http://www.buddhanestyoga.com/?page_id=126.

  7. Everyone is welcome! No yoga experience is necessary. Please wear comfortable clothing.


The following video is a trailer of Mangalam Yantra Yoga showing a highlight of the practices that we will all learn together.









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