2024 Dharma Program Schedule @ DDSC In-Person

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…with Khenmo Konchok Tsechik and Lopön Ani Konchok

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DDSC Weekly Dharma Schedule 2024a

*  Monday to Friday, 11 AM – 12 PM EST:  Daily Meditation, Prayers and Deity Practice

*  Wednesday, 6 PM – 7 PM EST:  Tara Puja

*  Friday, 6 PM – 7 PM EST:  Medicine Buddha Puja

*  Saturday, 10 AM – 12 PM EST:  ZOOM Online Dharma Program

*  Saturday, 2 PM – 3 PM EST:  Preliminary Ngondro Practices

*  Saturday, 3 PM – 4 PM EST:  Meditation Practices

Please register at [email protected] for in-person attendance at the temple.

Ngondro Sadhana:  Preliminary Ngondro Sadhana from The Excellent Path to Enlightenment – A Practice of the Preliminaries of the Fivefold Mahamudra, compiled and edited by H.E. Garchen Rinpoche.  Practice Sadhana will be provided with in-person attendance.

Suggested Donation:  $20 per person for each day session.  You may also donate whatever amount is comfortable for you. Your donation will go toward the ordained sangha as an offering for the teachings, and to help support Drikung Dharma Surya’s temple operations.

*  Sunday, 10 AM – 12 PM EST:  ZOOM Online Dharma Program

*  Sunday, 2 PM – 3 PM EST:  Chöd Practices

*  Sunday, 3 PM – 4 PM EST:  Meditation Practices

• • Please register at [email protected] for in-person attendance at the temple.
  • Instruments:  If you have Chöd drum with Bell & Dorje at home, please bring on the day of practice.  If you do not have, the temple have them available for you to borrow or purchase.
  • Sadhana:  Sadhana from the profound teaching of Lord Jigten Sumgon, “The Method of Accumulating Merit by Practitioners (Kushalay Tshog Chod)”.  Practice Sadhana will be provided with in-person attendance.
  • Chöd Teachings by H.E. Garchen Rinpoche:  Please click here Garchen Rinpoche’s Chöd Teaching to read, study and contemplate.
  • Suggested Donation:  $20 per person for each day session.  You may also donate whatever amount is comfortable for you. Your donation will go toward the ordained sangha as an offering for the teachings, and to help support Drikung Dharma Surya’s temple operations.

*  3rd Sunday of Every Month, 9AM to 6 PM EST: Nyingne 1-day Purification Retreat

Dates: 19 May, 16 June, 21 July, 18 Aug, 15 Sep, 20 Oct, 17 Nov & 15 Dec 2024

Please register at [email protected] for in-person attendance at the temple.

The Nyingne practice is a profound kriya tantra meditation ritual based on loving-kindness and compassion in the form of Thousand-Armed Chenrezig.

The practice involves maintaining strict 8 Mahayana Precepts vow and meditating while reciting mantras and prayers, and performing prostrations and visualizations.

The practice is a superior means to purify negative karma and accumulate great merit, and includes one vegetarian meal at noon, drinking water throughout the day as needed.

Sadhana: Practice Sadhana and related prayers will be provided with in-person attendance.

Suggested Donation:  $20 per person for each day session.  You may also donate whatever amount is comfortable for you. Your donation will go toward the ordained sangha as an offering for the teachings, and to help support Drikung Dharma Surya’s temple operations.

Scheduled Puja Services for Deceased or Living with Khenmo Konchok Tsechik and Lopön Ani Konchok Gamtso 

*** Buddha Amitabha Jangchog Puja Prayers with Butter Lamp Offerings for Deceased, 49th day Sur prayers, or Memorial Service at the temple.

The Jangchog ritual connect those who have died with the blessings of Buddha Amitabha, creating the causes for a positive rebirth and the removal of obstacles at the time of death.

Download Buddha Amitabha Sadhana Text

Download Jangchog Practice Text

*** White Tara Practice and Jangchok Ritual for the Living

White Tara is a female Buddha associated with healing and longevity.  This puja invokes the wisdom and blessings of White Tara. From a spiritual perspective, a long life gives us more time to create the causes for positive advancement along the path to enlightenment.  Through the blessings & power of the Three Jewels & the Karma of this purifying puja, we can benefit loved ones and those who are facing difficulties and sickness.

White Tara Text Download

Download Jangchog Practice Text