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DDSC continues to offer Dharma teachings in-person at the temple and also online for our world-wide Sangha. Scroll down to see all of the dharma programs offered this week.
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DDSC offers downloadable Sadhana Practices and Teaching Texts as well as relevant Video and Audio.
Please register at drikungdharmasurya@gmail.com 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.
Please register at drikungdharmasurya@gmail.com 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.
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 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.
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9:00 AM – 9:40 AM EDT
Daily Prayers & Deity Practice
Online & at DDSC Temple
10:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT – Mahamudra Retreat in Brazil
with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
Jigten Sumgon’s Song of the Realization of the Five Limbs of Mahāmudrā & Ganges Mahāmudrā by Tilopa – Commentary by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
Mahāmudrā is a collection of teachings and meditation methods that allow practitioners to discover and gradually stabilize the recognition of the fundamental nature of mind.
** Mandarin & Spanish translation available
Click here for the Deity Yoga Sadhana Practice Book
Meeting ID: 892 1520 3598
Passcode: 623864
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30 March 2024, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Tsik Sum Né Dek – The 3 Statements that Strike the Vital Point
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will continue with teachings on Garab Dorje’s brief and profound instructions that embody the essence of the Dzogchen path.
* Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche has requested that we commit to listen to every teaching in this Dzogchen series (about 3 weekends). Students are encouraged to join online during each teaching session.
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03 February 2024
10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST: Buddha Amitabha Teaching & Practice
*In-person at DDSC Temple & online with International Sangha
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will lead this profound practice to invoke the blessings of Buddha Amitabha and perform the Jangchok ritual.
The Buddha Amitabha Jangchok ritual connects those who have died with the blessings of Buddha Amitabha, creating the causes for a positive rebirth and the removal of obstacles.
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*** To submit names of the deceased for the Jangchok Puja, please click here.
To submit names of the deceased for the Jangchok Puja, please click here.
*** If you would like to make an offering for the Buddha Amitabha & Jangchok Puja, please click here.
If you would like to make an offering for the Buddha Amitabha & Jangchok Puja, please click here.a
10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST: Preliminary Practices (Ngondro) of the Profound Five-fold Path of Mahamudra
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will give the transmission and instructions for the preliminary practices (Ngondro) of the Five-fold Mahamudra. Engaging in this suite of practices purifies the mind of negativity and gathers the accumulations of merit and wisdom.
This purification process creates receptivity to the more subtle methods of Mahamudra and Dzogchen.
* Online with Mandarin translation available
9:00 AM – 9:40 AM EDT
Daily Prayers & Deity Practice
Online & at DDSC Temple
10:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT – Mahamudra Retreat in Brazil
with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
Jigten Sumgon’s Song of the Realization of the Five Limbs of Mahāmudrā & Ganges Mahāmudrā by Tilopa – Commentary by Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
Mahāmudrā is a collection of teachings and meditation methods that allow practitioners to discover and gradually stabilize the recognition of the fundamental nature of mind.
** Mandarin & Spanish translation available
Click here for the Deity Yoga Sadhana Practice Book
Meeting ID: 892 1520 3598
Passcode: 623864
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31 March 2024, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Tsik Sum Né Dek – The 3 Statements that Strike the Vital Point
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will continue with teachings on Garab Dorje’s brief and profound instructions that embody the essence of the Dzogchen path.
* Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche has requested that we commit to listen to every teaching in this Dzogchen series (about 3 weekends). Students are encouraged to join online during each teaching session.a
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04 February 2024
10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST: Buddha Amitabha Teaching & Jangchok Puja
*In-person at DDSC Temple & online with International Sangha
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will lead this profound practice to invoke the blessings of Amitabha Buddha and perform the Jangchok ritual.
The Buddha Amitabha Jangchok ritual connects those who have died with the blessings of Amitabha, creating the causes for a positive rebirth and the removal of obstacles.
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*** To submit names of the deceased for the Jangchok Puja, please click here.
To submit names of the deceased for the Jangchok Puja, please click here.
*** If you would like to make an offering for the Buddha Amitabha & Jangchok Puja, please click here.
If you would like to make an offering for the Buddha Amitabha & Jangchok Puja, please click here.a
10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST: Preliminary Practices (Ngondro) of the Profound Five-fold Path of Mahamudra
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will give the transmission and instructions for the preliminary practices (Ngondro) of the Five-fold Mahamudra. Engaging in this suite of practices purifies the mind of negativity and gathers the accumulations of merit and wisdom.
This purification process creates receptivity to the more subtle methods of Mahamudra and Dzogchen.
* Online with Mandarin translation available
9:00 AM EDT
Tai Chi Class & Practice with Master Hang Tam
1st and 3rd Sundays of the month
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
Garchen Children’s Practice (Kids 5 – 10 years old)
Prayers, Book Reading, Discussion & Meditation
Click Here to Read More About the Children’s Practice (Kids 5 – 10 years old)
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