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Dear Friends,
Here’s the link to the webcasts of His Holiness teaching in Dharmasala (Feb 21 – March 2) — both video recordings and audio recordings are available in English:
http://www.dalailama.com/page.128.htm
Amazing!
Peace,
Dina Li

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Geshe Gelek, the resident teacher at the FPMT Kadampa Center in North Carolina, will be teaching at our Center March 7 – 8. He will be teaching the first class in the Discovering Buddhism module “The Spiritual Teacher”. The question of how to find and relate to a spiritual teacher is very [...]

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The Tibetan word most commonly used for meditation is gom, which etymologically means something close to familiarization or habituation. So, in a sense we all already know how to meditate–how to familiarize ourselves with things. It’s just that we ordinarily ‘meditate’ without any self-awareness, just allowing the mind to [...]

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An invitation for you to join our first World-Wide Recitation of
The Exalted King of Sutra, Sublime Golden Light
Dear Friends,
On Sunday, March 2, from 10 to 10 pm in their local times, readers will circle our world, lighting it with the power of the [...]

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A Weekend With Geshe Gelek

What is Enlightenment? — Questions & Answers with a Tibetan Lama, 6:45 pm to 8:15 pm, Friday, March 7 in Washington, DC. Registration required — visit the website for more details.
Discovering Buddhism: The Spiritual Teacher, 10:30 am – noon, Saturdays, March 8 – April 5, 2008 in Reston, VA (UUC). [...]

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A live audio webcast of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s annual spring teachings began on Thursday, February 21.  Please visit http://www.phayul.com/onlineradio/ for more information.

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What is a bodhisattva? How do you feel about taking the bodhisattva vows? If you’ve already taken them, have they changed your life?
Explain what the terms “method” and “wisdom” mean to you. Why do we need to cultivate both method and wisdom in order to attain Enlightenment?
List the Six Perfections. For the [...]

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Live Webcast of Buddhist Philosophy Class of LTWA:
February 18 – February 20, 2008
11:30 am to 1:00pm and 3:30pm to 5:00pm
THREE-DAY SPECIAL TEACHING BY GESHE LHAKDOR LA
(The Director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives)
As requested by a group of people from Peru, Argentina, Switzerland and Kuwait, Geshe Lhakdor la, [...]

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“If you can practice mindfulness of the facts of life-impermanence, impending death, emptiness and so forth-in your daily life, if you can maintain constant awareness of the basic nature of phenomena, you will be able to stop disturbing, emotional thoughts from arising. Normally, these disturbing thoughts control our lives, torture us daily, always give us [...]

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*** REGISTRATION UPDATE:  This event has been sold out.  Please check our website for other events and retreats.  ***
Guhyasamaja Center will be holding a retreat on the Bliss of Inner Fire (Tummo in Tibetan) with Gyume Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa this summer from June 26-30!
This is an incredibly rare opportunity to study this advanced meditation [...]

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