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DUE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, THE TEMPLE IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED -

ON-LINE CLASSES & PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

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DDSC On-line Teachings and Practices with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche and Senior Lay Practitioners
- To participate: Download the free ZOOM basic subscription for your device at: https://zoom.us/signup
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      *** This Saturday, 27 June, 7PM - 9PM @ DDSC Temple: Buddhism 101, Eight 2-hour Classes of Learning Buddhism and Stages of Meditation, with Senior Lay Practitioners (CLICK for DETAILS) 2020 DDSC Buddhism 101 6.27.20
      
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      *** This Sunday, 28 June, 10AM - 12PM @ DDSC Temple: Buddha Amitabha, Medicine Buddha, and Compassion Buddha Chenrezig Sadhana Practices, with Khenpo Thupsang (CLICK for DETAILS) 2020 DDSC Sunday June 28 Khenpo Thupsang
** On-Line Weekdays: Monday thru Friday, 11 AM to 12 Noon EDST
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** On-Line Saturday & Sunday, June 20-21, Stages of Meditation
- Teaching Session: 11 AM to 1 PM EDST
- Meditation Session: 6 PM to 7 PM EDST
** On-Line Tuesday Evenings, 5 PM to 6 PM EDST: Learning Buddhism Book Teachings - Source of Temporary and Permanent Happiness

** On-Line Wednesday Evenings
- 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM EDST: Open Silent Meditation - Enhance the power of your personal practice by joining together with our Dharma community to practice silent meditation
- 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDST: Foundational Teachings In Buddhism
** On-Line Saturday & Sunday Mornings, 9 AM to 10:45 AM EDST: Meditation and Yidam Deity Practices

ON-LINE Garchen Children's Practice

Every Saturday 2PM - 3PM

Join Zoom Meeting
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- drikungdharmasurya@gmail.com
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REGULAR WEEKEND PRACTICES (TEMPORARILY CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE)

with Senior Lay Practitioners

(When there is NO Special Event)

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Every Saturday, 10AM - 12PM: Inner Uncommon Preliminary Ngöndro or Meditation Workshop, 2PM - 4PM: CHOD Practices

Every Saturday, 7PM - 9PM:  8-week BUDDHISM 101, Eight 2-Hour Classes on Learning Buddhism & Stages of Meditation

Every Sunday, 10AM - 12PM:  Deity Yoga or Meditation Workshop

Every Sunday, 9AM - 10AM: Tai-Chi Practices by Instructor Hang Tam

Every Sunday, 10AM - 12PM, Lower Level: Garchen Children's Practice for Kid ages 5-12+

2019 – 2020 Event Gallery

Saga Dawa Festival Prayer for World Peace

Friday, June 5, 2020, 1 PM EDT (Click for Details)

ZOOM credentials will be emailed on June 3, 2020

with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche and Representative Lineage Masters of All Traditions from Bonpo, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa, and Gelupa, and Representative of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

THIS THURSDAY, O7 MAY, at 7PM – VESAK 2020 SPECIAL CELEBRATION

Zoom Meeting ID: 998 9230 8832

Password: 966372

84th Birthday Celebration of Garchen Rinpoche – Supplication to Tara and Long Life Puja (Click for Details)

Friday, April 17, 2020: 10AM to 12PM; 3PM to 5PM

On-Line via ZOOM: https://zoom.us/signup
Simply open the app and enter the meeting ID number
Please note: Meeting ID and Password are required to join ZOOM meeting

ON-LINE 2-Day Closed Commitment Great Drikung PHOWA Chenmo Retreat – Transmission, Teaching & Practices – Channel, Lotus and Bindu

28-29 March 2020, 10 AM ~ 12PM; 3PM ~5 PM

Bardo Teaching Phowa book DDSC 3.22.20.pdf

Donation is Greatly Appreciated

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DDSC On-line Teachings and Practices with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche (CLICK for DETAILS)

During the current stay-at-home health crisis, DDSC will host Dharma programs available to everyone on their smart-phones, touch-screens and computers

To participate: Download the free ZOOM basic subscription for your devices at: https://zoom.us/signup
Simply open the app and enter the meeting ID number and you will be able to hear and see the meeting, as well as, ask questions and make comments for everyone to share
Schedule Meeting ID: 905 637 7557
Computers must be equipped with camera and microphone to engage in meeting conversations
Each week DDSC will email and will post the meeting dates and times with the meeting ID number required to join a meeting

Wednesday Evening, March 18, 2020

Saturday Morning, March 21, 2020

9:00 to 9:45 AM EDST: Personal Silent Meditation Practice – Enhance the power of your personal practice by joining together with our Dharma community to practice silent meditation.

Sunday Morning, March 22, 2020

DDSC Deity Yoga Sadhanas personal.pdf

Donation is Greatly Appreciated

Dzogchen Pointing-Out Instructions to the Old Woman, with Venerable Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Saturday, February 22, 2020, 10 AM to 5 PM – Commitment to Full Day of Attendance is Required

Vajrasattva Purification, Teachings with Practice, with Venerable Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Sunday, February 23, 2020, 10 AM to Noon

2020 LOSAR NEW YEAR of the Golden Rat with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

SUNDAY, March 1, New Year Blessings with Most Venerable Arjia Rinpoche

10 AM to Noon: The Three Principle Aspects of the Path by Tsongkhapa

1:30 to 6 PM: Mongolian Buddhist Community Program and Audience with Rinpoche

The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva - with Venerable Geshe Ngawang Sonam

February 7 – 8 – 9, 2020

SPECIAL JANUARY 2020 PROGRAMS in CELEBRATION of NEW LUNAR YEAR of THE RAT, JAN 18-19 and JAN 24-25-26, with Ven. Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Meditation Retreat (Click for Details)

JAN 18-19, 10AM ~ 4PM, Calm-Abiding Shamatha & Insight Vipassana – Teachings, Instructions and Practices

SPECIAL JANUARY 2020 PROGRAMS in CELEBRATION of NEW LUNAR YEAR of THE RAT, JAN 18-19 and JAN 24-25-26, with Ven. Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche, at DDSC Temple

Lunar Year of the Rat Celebration (Click for Details)

JAN 24 (Fri – New Year’s Eve), 10PM ~ 12AM (Midnite)

Fortune Buddha Dzambhala Empowerment & Blessings

JAN 25 (Saturday – New Year’s 1st Day), 10AM ~ 12PM

JAN 26 (Sunday – New Year’s 2nd Day), 10AM ~ 12PM

PADMASAMBHAVA and the HEART SUTRA TEACHINGS & PRACTICES – Clearing Away Obstacles Before New Year with Venerable Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Dec 21, 10AM – 4PM & Dec 22, 10AM – 12PM

CHÖD RETREAT – Cutting Attachment & Hatred through Uprooting Ignorance – From the Profound Teachings of Lord Jigten Sumgön - with Venerable Khenpo Tenzin Nyima

Saturday and Sunday, November 16 & 17, 2019, 10 AM ~ 5 PM: Transmission, Instruction and Practices

Fifth Annual Medicine Buddha Retreat with Construction of Medicine Buddha Sand Mandala with Most Venerable Siling Tongkhor Rinpoche and Sera Mey Monastics, India

Tuesday through Sunday, November 5 to 10, 2019. OPEN FREE to PUBLIC for All Events

Tuesday thru Friday, November 5 ~ 8, 10 AM to 4 PM

Public viewing of Medicine Buddha Sand Mandala construction

Friday, November 8

Saturday, November 9

Sunday, November 10

Five-fold Profound Path of Mahamudra: Teachings and Practice Instructions, by Drupon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche

Thursday to Sunday, 10 – 13 October 2019

October 10 – 11, Thursday & Friday’s Evening: 7:30PM – 9:00PM

October 12 – 13, Saturday & Sunday, 10AM – 4:00PM

Special 4-day Mani Drupchen – Avalokiteshvara Empowerment, Mantra Recitation, Teachings, Practices – with Venerable Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche, Drupon Phuntsok, Lama Ado, Lama Kalsang

Thursday thru Sunday, September 19 thru 22, 2019, 9 AM to 6 PM

Meditation of Calm Abiding & Special Insight – Teaching, Practice and Q & A, with H.E. Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche, Saturday and Sunday, September 7 & 8, 2019

Buddha Amitabha Retreat in Celebration of Ullambana with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche: Empowerment – Mantra Recitation – Practice – 108 Candle Light Offerings – Puja for Deceased Saturday and Sunday, August 17 & 18, 2019, 10 AM to 4PM

SPECIAL JULY PROGRAMS with Venerable Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Saturday, July 6, 10 AM ~ 12PM: H.H. 14th Dalai Lama Birthday Celebration with Opening the Kangyur

Sunday, July 7, 10 AM ~ 12PM: Medicine Buddha Practices

GURU RINPOCHE PADMASAMBHAVA RETREAT – Teachings, Practices & Meditation

July 13 -14, Saturday & Sunday, 10 AM ~ 5 PM

MEDITATION RETREAT: Calm-Abiding Shamatha & Insight Vipassana – Teachings, Instructions and Practices

Saturday, 20 JULY 2019, 10 AM to 4 PM

Sunday, 21 JULY 2019, 10 AM to 12 PM Noon

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CHÖD RETREAT – Cutting Attachment & Hatred through Uprooting Ignorance – From the Profound Teachings of Lord Jigten Sumgön - with Venerable Drupon Thinley Ningpo

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 28 – 29 – 30, 2019, 10 AM ~ 5 PM: Transmission, Instruction and Practices

Great Drikung PHOWA Chenmo & The 37-Bodhisattva Practices Teachings and Bestowal of Bodhisattva Vows by Venerable Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

25-26 May 2019, 10 AM ~ 5 PM: Drikung PHOWA Transmission, Teaching & Practices – Channel, Lotus and Bindu (Click for Details)

1-2 June 2019 10 AM ~ 5 PM: The 37-Bodhisattva Practices Teachings and Bestowal of Bodhisattva Vows (2 June) (Click for Details)

Great Drikung Phowa Transmission by His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang, Monday, April 15, 2019, 7PM – 9PM

Bodhisattva and Emptiness, by Most Venerable Dr. Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương

Saturday, April 27, 2019 10 AM to 5 PM

Buddha Tara Programs with Khen Rinpoche Samdup

The Great Drikung Phowa Transmission: Bestowed by His Holiness the 37th Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang, Monday’s Evening, 15 April 15 2019, 7 PM to 9 PM

CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO SNAPSHOT of PHOWA

CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO SNAPSHOT of His Holiness Blessing and Cutting 83rd Birthday Cake for Garchen Rinpoche

Vajra Speech of the Essence of the Ultimate with Most Venerable Khenchen Rinpoche, 30 & 31 March 2019, 10 AM to 5 PM

CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO SNAPSHOT

2019 Four-Day Guru Rinpoche Bhum Tsok Ganachakra Puja: 100,000 Accumulation Merit Offering Prayers for World Peace, w/ Ven. Khen Rinpoche Samdup & Capital Area Tibetan Association

Thursday-Sunday, 14-15-16-17 March 2019

CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO SNAPSHOT

Nyingne One-day Purification Practice – Fasting, Sadhana & Mantra Recitations, Prostrations w/ Venerable Abao Lama of Garchen Buddhist Institute, Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 10 AM to 4 PM Ritual Practice Instructions – Shrine Room Altar Set-up, Musical Instruments, Shrine Room Etiquette w/ Venerable Abao Lama of Garchen Buddhist Institute, Friday, February 22, 2019 at 6:30 to 9 PM

Meditation Calm-Abiding Shamatha & Insight Vipassana Teachings, Instructions and Practices w/ Venerable Khen Rinpoche Samdup, Saturday & Sunday, February 16 & 17, 2019

Lunar New Year and Losar – 2019 Year of the Earth Pig

Ven. Khen Rinpoche Samdup Monday, February 4, 10 PM – 12 AM: Dzambhala Empowerment & Practice Tuesday to Friday, Feb 5 to 8 at 10 AM: Buddha Shakyamuni, Dzambhala and Achi Chokyi Drolma Puja Saturday, February 9 at 10 AM: Buddha Shakyamuni, Dzambhala and Achi Chokyi Drolma Puja w/ Prayer Flag Raising & Smoke Offering

Most Venerable Arjia Rinpoche Sunday, February 10 10 AM – Noon: New Year Puja and Blessing 2 PM – 3 PM: Talk on Bodhicitta in Daily Life 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM: Private audience with Mongolian community

CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO SNAPSHOT

Special 6-Day Blessing Retreat with Tashi Kyil Monastery Monks, January 29 to February 3, 2019 CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO SNAPSHOT OF WORLD PEACE SAND MANDALA PRAYERS CLICK HERE TO SEE SKELETON DANCE PERFORMANCE by TASHI KYIL MONKS

White Tara Retreat – Empowerment, Transmission, Instruction & Practices by Venerable Lama Gape Thupten Nima

3-Day Commitment Great Drikung Phowa Retreat - Transmission, Teachings and Practices Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 11-13 January 2019, 10 AM ~ 5 PM by Khen Rinpoche Samdup w/ His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche Bestows PHOWA Teaching via Livestream on Friday, January 11 2019 DDSC January PHOWA Retreat-page-001