Choe Khor Sum Ling, a Tibetan Buddhist Meditation & Study Centre, starts a new course – “The Stages on the Path to Enlightenment” (Tib. – Lam Rim ) on August 29, 2009, from 6.30 PM till 8.30 PM.
Lam Rim is a Tibetan Buddhist textual form for presenting the complete path to Enlightenment as taught by Gautama Buddha. Presented a clear and concise form, these teachings are easy to understand, meditate on and apply to daily life.
Instruction begins with the preliminaries, and then progresses through the essential practices and the view of the Middle Way.
The classes will be conducted ~biweekly on Saturday evenings from 6.30 PM till 8.30 PM by CKSL regular teachers – Ven. Tenzin Namdak, Ven. Tenzin Legtsok from Sera Jey Monastic University.
The course is free and open to everybody.
Venue: Choe Khor Sum Ling Centre, Ashwini, No. 24, 1st floor, 3rd Main St, Domlur Layout 1st stage, Bangalore – 71.
Contact info: web – www.cksl.in; e-mail – info@cksl.in, tel. 080 41486497.

Ven. Khangser Rinpoche is to explain what the Buddha’s Nature is, and how each and every sentient being, can actualize the potential to end suffering, at Choe Khor Sum Ling Center, Bangalore, on July 12, 2009

Buddha Nature literally corresponds to the Sanskrit, Buddha-ghatu – Buddha Element, Buddha principle. It is also translated as Tathagata-garbha or Sugatagarbha, meaning the pure radiant intrinsic nature present in all sentient beings.
The ultimate consciousness of each being is spotless and pure, but surrounded by negative tendencies which are impure. The impurities that taint the mind and entail the state of unenlightenment are completely adventitious. The qualities of the Buddha’s mind need not to be brought about but merely need to be allowed to shine forth. Because they are intrinsic to the very nature of consciousness itself they, and the very state of Buddhahood, will never cease.
The message the Indian prince Gautama Siddhartha brought from his Enlightenment is that each and every sentient being has the potential to bring an end to suffering and discover a lasting and deathless happiness and peace. Through practice each and every sentient being can become the Buddha, the Awakened One.
Khangser Rinpoche will elaborate on how to realize this potential within us through mind-training practice and meditation techniques.
Rinpoche is a renowned teacher from Sera Jey Monastic University, at the young age of 33 he is one of the foremost Buddhist scholars and practitioners of our time.

Schedule: Sunday, July 12, 2009
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Teaching and Guided Meditation session
01:30 PM – 02:30 PM Teaching and Q & A

Venue:
Choe Khor Sum Ling Center, Ashwini, No. 24, 1st floor, 3rd Main St, Domlur Layout, Bangalore 560071

Contact info: tel. 080 41486497, +91 99869 44153, e-mail – pr@cksl.in

Choe Khor Sum Ling Center is a Buddhist Meditation & Study Center for the study and practice of Mahayana Buddhism following the lineage and example of Lord Buddha. The Center was founded in 2003 by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the request of His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama. Courses on various aspects of the Buddhist philosophy and meditation techniques by highly accomplished teachers are offered for free.
For more information please visit www.cksl.in.

Working with Emotions

Geshe Dorjee Damdul, the English translator to His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, is to give a series of talks on emotions at Choe Khor Sum Ling, Bangalore for two days, on February 22-23.

The talks will present a path for working with emotions that is firmly grounded in the Buddhist treatises.

What are emotions? How do they arise? Can we discipline them?  How to cultivate positive emotions like compassion, loving kindness? How to counter destructive emotions like anger, hatred, attachment, willful indifference?

Geshe La, well-versed in the Buddhist philosophy and modern science, will answer these questions in relation to the wisdom seeing the ultimate reality, interdependent nature of ourselves and world around us.

Among the topics to be discussed during these two days are universal compassion, wisdom of emotions and inner health, modern ethics, scientific discoveries, interdependence and spiritual path.

Geshe Dorjee Damdul is a distinguished Buddhist scholar, whose interest lies in the relation between Buddhism and science, especially in physics. Geshe La participated in several conferences on “Buddhism & Science”, Life and Mind Institute meetings, dialogues between His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama and western scientists, incl. the famous dialogue on Emotional Awareness between Paul Ekman and the Dalai Lama which resulted in the book with the same title. Geshe La teaches Buddhist philosophy at the Institute of the Buddhist dialectics in Sarah, near Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh.

Schedule:

February 22, 2009, Sunday  

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Universal Compassion & Modern Ethics

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Tea break

12:00 PM – 01:30 PM: Q & A session, general discussion

February 23, 2009, Monday

02:30 PM – 05:00 PM:  Interdependence and Spiritual Path

05:00 PM – 06:00 PM: Tea break

06:00 PM – 08:00 PM: Q & A session, general discussion

Teaching is free and open for everyone.   

Venue: Choe Khor Sum Ling Center, Ashwini, No. 24, First Floor, 3rd Main Street, Domlur Layout, Bangalore – 71 | Tel: 080 414 864 97, mob. +91 9845220563, +91 99869 44153.

Please visit our web-site – www.cksl.in – for directions and further information on activities at the Center.

Dharma Subhashita conducts a discourse on “Buddha Nature (Sugata-Essence)”

DHARMA SUBHASHITA (Thubten Lekshey Ling) Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Meditation and Study Center (www.dharmasubhashita.org) announces a discourse on, “Buddha Nature (Sugata-Essence)” by Lopon Sonam Tsewang (Namdroling Monastery) at ASHIRVAD, Bangalore on 9th August at 3:00pm.
Admission Free.

Date & Time: 9th August 2008, 3:00pm to 5:30pm
Venue: Arrupe Hall, ASHIRVAD,
#30, St Marks Road Cross,
Opposite SBI, St Marks Road, Bangalore
Admission: FREE

In the third and final turning of the wheel of Dharma, Sakyamuni Buddha gave the teachings on the qualities of sa?bodhi (perfect and complete awakening) that already permeates our being as sugata-garbha or tathagata-garbha (The essence of Enlightenment, usually translated as the Buddha Nature). This is the true nature of our mind, the self-arisen awareness that is not stained or defiled by the cloud-like defilements that obstructs its vivid appearance. Just as the gold which is already present in the gold-mine manifests with all its qualities on refinement, Buddhahood with all its qualities already present in us manifests on the removal of obscurations. Sakyamuni Buddha’s teaching on the Sugata-Essence is further explained by Lord Maitreya in Uttaratantra-sastra. Lopon Chogyal Wangdi will be basing his teaching on this text. There will also be a short meditation session along with the teaching.

DHARMA SUBHASHITA (Thubten Lekshey Ling) www.dharmasubhashita.org is an Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Meditation & Study Center in Bangalore founded under the spiritual guidance of His Holiness Penor Rinpoche.
We conduct meditation classes and spiritual discourses. We also participate in His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s vision of revitalizing the rich intellectual tradition of the ancient Nalanda University through our programs on building awareness in philosophy with a non-sectarian view. Regular classes at the center in Bangalore are taught by experienced teachers from Namdroling, the reputed Buddhist Monastic Institution at Bylakkuppe, Karnataka. Occasionally, we also have special teaching programs by Buddhist masters across traditions. Dharma Subhashita follows the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism as the spiritual practice lineage and upholds the non-sectarian values of the Ri-me’ movement.

Dharma Subhashita conducts a discourse on “Buddha Nature (Sugata-Essence)”

DHARMA SUBHASHITA (Thubten Lekshey Ling) Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Meditation and Study Center (www.dharmasubhashita.org) announces a discourse on, “Buddha Nature (Sugata-Essence)” by Lopon Sonam Tsewang (Namdroling Monastery) at ASHIRVAD, Bangalore on 9th August at 3:00pm.
Admission Free.

Date & Time: 9th August 2008, 3:00pm to 5:30pm
Venue: Arrupe Hall, ASHIRVAD,
#30, St Marks Road Cross,
Opposite SBI, St Marks Road, Bangalore
Admission: FREE

In the third and final turning of the wheel of Dharma, Sakyamuni Buddha gave the teachings on the qualities of sa?bodhi (perfect and complete awakening) that already permeates our being as sugata-garbha or tathagata-garbha (The essence of Enlightenment, usually translated as the Buddha Nature). This is the true nature of our mind, the self-arisen awareness that is not stained or defiled by the cloud-like defilements that obstructs its vivid appearance. Just as the gold which is already present in the gold-mine manifests with all its qualities on refinement, Buddhahood with all its qualities already present in us manifests on the removal of obscurations. Sakyamuni Buddha’s teaching on the Sugata-Essence is further explained by Lord Maitreya in Uttaratantra-sastra. Lopon Chogyal Wangdi will be basing his teaching on this text. There will also be a short meditation session along with the teaching.

DHARMA SUBHASHITA (Thubten Lekshey Ling) www.dharmasubhashita.org is an Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Meditation & Study Center in Bangalore founded under the spiritual guidance of His Holiness Penor Rinpoche.
We conduct meditation classes and spiritual discourses. We also participate in His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s vision of revitalizing the rich intellectual tradition of the ancient Nalanda University through our programs on building awareness in philosophy with a non-sectarian view. Regular classes at the center in Bangalore are taught by experienced teachers from Namdroling, the reputed Buddhist Monastic Institution at Bylakkuppe, Karnataka. Occasionally, we also have special teaching programs by Buddhist masters across traditions. Dharma Subhashita follows the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism as the spiritual practice lineage and upholds the non-sectarian values of the Ri-me’ movement.

Dharma Subhashita conducts a discourse on “Buddha Nature (Sugata-Essence)”

DHARMA SUBHASHITA (Thubten Lekshey Ling) Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Meditation and Study Center (www.dharmasubhashita.org) announces a discourse on, “Buddha Nature (Sugata-Essence)” by Lopon Sonam Tsewang (Namdroling Monastery) at ASHIRVAD, Bangalore on 9th August at 3:00pm.
Admission Free.

Date & Time: 9th August 2008, 3:00pm to 5:30pm
Venue: Arrupe Hall, ASHIRVAD,
#30, St Marks Road Cross,
Opposite SBI, St Marks Road, Bangalore
Admission: FREE

In the third and final turning of the wheel of Dharma, Sakyamuni Buddha gave the teachings on the qualities of sa?bodhi (perfect and complete awakening) that already permeates our being as sugata-garbha or tathagata-garbha (The essence of Enlightenment, usually translated as the Buddha Nature). This is the true nature of our mind, the self-arisen awareness that is not stained or defiled by the cloud-like defilements that obstructs its vivid appearance. Just as the gold which is already present in the gold-mine manifests with all its qualities on refinement, Buddhahood with all its qualities already present in us manifests on the removal of obscurations. Sakyamuni Buddha’s teaching on the Sugata-Essence is further explained by Lord Maitreya in Uttaratantra-sastra. Lopon Chogyal Wangdi will be basing his teaching on this text. There will also be a short meditation session along with the teaching.

DHARMA SUBHASHITA (Thubten Lekshey Ling) www.dharmasubhashita.org is an Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Meditation & Study Center in Bangalore founded under the spiritual guidance of His Holiness Penor Rinpoche.
We conduct meditation classes and spiritual discourses. We also participate in His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s vision of revitalizing the rich intellectual tradition of the ancient Nalanda University through our programs on building awareness in philosophy with a non-sectarian view. Regular classes at the center in Bangalore are taught by experienced teachers from Namdroling, the reputed Buddhist Monastic Institution at Bylakkuppe, Karnataka. Occasionally, we also have special teaching programs by Buddhist masters across traditions. Dharma Subhashita follows the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism as the spiritual practice lineage and upholds the non-sectarian values of the Ri-me’ movement.

Choe Khor Sum Ling celebrates the Dharma-chakra Pravartan Din, the day when the Buddha first turned the Wheel of Dharma giving a teaching at Deer Park in Sarnath. The Arya Sangha Tasutra Dharmaparayaya is to be recited at the Center on August 5, 2008, from 6.30 pm onwards.

Mahayana schools classify the Buddhist teachings in turns of a sequential scheme of development, in which the Buddha began with simple teachings and proceeded to more complex. The phases are called ԴurningsԠof the Dharma-chakra, the globally recognized symbol of the Dharma is a chariot wheel.

The first turning of the wheel occurred when the Buddha taught to the five ascetics at the Deer Park in Sarnath. In memory of this, the Dharmacakra is sometimes represented with a deer on each side. This was the day when the Buddha first spoke about the Four Noble Truths and elements of Tripitaka ֠the Abdhidharma, Sutrapitaka and Vinaya.

According to the Tibetan calendar this year Dharma-chakra Pravartan Din (Sanskr.) or Choe Khor Dhuchen (Tib.) falls on August 5, 2008. To celebrate the day the Arya Sangha Tasutra Dharmaparayaya will be recited at the Centerӳ premises. Choe Khor Sum Ling Center, Bangalore, invites practitioners to join the recitations on this auspicious day.

Schedule:Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 06:30 pm – onwards: Arya Sangha Tasutra Dharmaparayaya recitation.
Venue: Choe Khor Sum Ling Center, Ashwini, No. 24, First Floor, 3rd Main Street, Domlur Layout, Bangalore – 71 | Tel: 080 414 864 97, mob. +91 973 983 0797.

Please visit the Choe Khor Sum Ling website www.cksl.in for more information on the Center’s activities.

Choe Khor Sum Ling celebrates the Dharma-chakra Pravartan Din, the day when the Buddha first turned the Wheel of Dharma giving a teaching at Deer Park in Sarnath. The Arya Sangha Tasutra Dharmaparayaya is to be recited at the Center on August 5, 2008, from 6.30 pm onwards.

Mahayana schools classify the Buddhist teachings in turns of a sequential scheme of development, in which the Buddha began with simple teachings and proceeded to more complex. The phases are called ԴurningsԠof the Dharma-chakra, the globally recognized symbol of the Dharma is a chariot wheel.

The first turning of the wheel occurred when the Buddha taught to the five ascetics at the Deer Park in Sarnath. In memory of this, the Dharmacakra is sometimes represented with a deer on each side. This was the day when the Buddha first spoke about the Four Noble Truths and elements of Tripitaka ֠the Abdhidharma, Sutrapitaka and Vinaya.

According to the Tibetan calendar this year Dharma-chakra Pravartan Din (Sanskr.) or Choe Khor Dhuchen (Tib.) falls on August 5, 2008. To celebrate the day the Arya Sangha Tasutra Dharmaparayaya will be recited at the Centerӳ premises. Choe Khor Sum Ling Center, Bangalore, invites practitioners to join the recitations on this auspicious day.

Schedule:Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 06:30 pm – onwards: Arya Sangha Tasutra Dharmaparayaya recitation.
Venue: Choe Khor Sum Ling Center, Ashwini, No. 24, First Floor, 3rd Main Street, Domlur Layout, Bangalore – 71 | Tel: 080 414 864 97, mob. +91 973 983 0797.

Please visit the Choe Khor Sum Ling website www.cksl.in for more information on the Center’s activities.

Choe Khor Sum Ling celebrates the Dharma-chakra Pravartan Din, the day when the Buddha first turned the Wheel of Dharma giving a teaching at Deer Park in Sarnath. The Arya Sangha Tasutra Dharmaparayaya is to be recited at the Center on August 5, 2008, from 6.30 pm onwards.

Mahayana schools classify the Buddhist teachings in turns of a sequential scheme of development, in which the Buddha began with simple teachings and proceeded to more complex. The phases are called ԴurningsԠof the Dharma-chakra, the globally recognized symbol of the Dharma is a chariot wheel.

The first turning of the wheel occurred when the Buddha taught to the five ascetics at the Deer Park in Sarnath. In memory of this, the Dharmacakra is sometimes represented with a deer on each side. This was the day when the Buddha first spoke about the Four Noble Truths and elements of Tripitaka ֠the Abdhidharma, Sutrapitaka and Vinaya.

According to the Tibetan calendar this year Dharma-chakra Pravartan Din (Sanskr.) or Choe Khor Dhuchen (Tib.) falls on August 5, 2008. To celebrate the day the Arya Sangha Tasutra Dharmaparayaya will be recited at the Centerӳ premises. Choe Khor Sum Ling Center, Bangalore, invites practitioners to join the recitations on this auspicious day.

Schedule:Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 06:30 pm – onwards: Arya Sangha Tasutra Dharmaparayaya recitation.
Venue: Choe Khor Sum Ling Center, Ashwini, No. 24, First Floor, 3rd Main Street, Domlur Layout, Bangalore – 71 | Tel: 080 414 864 97, mob. +91 973 983 0797.

Please visit the Choe Khor Sum Ling website www.cksl.in for more information on the Center’s activities.