10am-3:15pm Heart Jewel Retreat

10am-3:15pm Heart Jewel Retreat

Heart Jewel Retreat Buddha teaches that the potential for enlightenment exists within the heart of every living being. How can we discover and fully develop that jewel within us? In this retreat we will be preparing our mind for meditation with Heart Jewel, a...
8:30-9:30am Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja

8:30-9:30am Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja

This practice is the heart essence of Kadampa Buddhism. In the first part we visualize our Spiritual Guide as Je Tsongkhapa and make prayers and requests to purify negativity, accumulate merit, and receive blessings. This prepares our mind for meditation. After the...
8:30-9:30am Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja

2:30-3:30pm Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja

This practice is the heart essence of Kadampa Buddhism. In the first part we visualize our Spiritual Guide as Je Tsongkhapa and make prayers and requests to purify negativity, accumulate merit, and receive blessings. This prepares our mind for meditation. After the...
10am-3:15pm Heart Jewel Retreat

5:30-6:30pm Heart Jewel Puja

The daily puja at Kadampa Buddhist Centers is Heart Jewel, which is a Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa combined with the condensed sadhana of his Dharma Protector and a short meditation on Lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment.
8:30-9:30am Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja

3-6:30pm Melodious Drum Puja

This monthly practice, known as Kangso in Tibetan, consists principally of prayers to our Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden. A Dharma Protector is an emanation of a Buddha or Bodhisattva whose main functions are to avert the inner and outer obstacles that prevent...