Some general remarks on the Dharma by our founder Khenchen Rinpoche Konchog Gyaltshen. The Tibetan Meditation Center is a center
belonging to the Drikung
Kagyu lineage. (more info here)
Meditation and practice at the TMC are informal and comfortable. Everyone is welcome to practice and benefit from the treasury of the lineage teachers. Texts used in the practice can be obtained directly from Vajra Publications: http://www.vajrapub.org See the events page for both regular practice schedules and upcoming events. Wednesday evenings at 6 PM book study the Jewel Ornament of Liberation . Beginners and experienced practitioners welcome. Monday evenings Tara Practice 6:30 PM. Everyone welcome. Friday evenings Zambhala Practice 6:30 PM Saturdays 4-6 PM 3) Thank to the Florida Back to Work program in our community (see www.floridaworksonline.com for more info) the TMC is planning to hire several people starting in February to provide administrative and facility support. The skills needed include carpenter/handiman, landscaping/maintenance/yardwork, order processing clerk, Dharma practiction with digital media skills to create sound, print and video content, marketing/social networking and IT/web designer/e-commerce. The program includes the following requirements
to be eligible to be hired: Contact Lena at lovlydaze@yahoo.com if you or someone you know is interested in these positions. 4) Our new 'Alms Bowl' Program begins on March 12th.
News! Florida Tibetan Buddhist Center
See www.floridatbc.org to learn of the aspirations of local Dharma groups in creating a sustainable Dharmic community, residence and teaching center for our venerable Dharma teachers, including His Holiness Gyalwa Karmapa. His Holiness has expressed his wish to have a multi-lineage and cross cultural center to bring the ancient Dharma teachings from Tibet to north Florida while promoting global peace, environmental and humanitarian awareness. Members of the Gainesville TMC are engaged and supporting this development and hope to contribute to this effort while providing more exposure to the many Kagyu teachers we all have coming to our area. Click here. Interesting search on the word "Karmapa" on the Drikung-Kagyu.org website is shown here.
The Sun, the Moon, and the Hung Syllable Translated by Khenpo Konchok Tamphel History of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage To be sure to see the latest events, our Events page is shown below. Please click on the Events tab at the top to better view this page. Conference
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| Welcome Khenmo arrived
January 13 to stay until mid March! "Introduction to Buddhism"
Khenmo Trinlay Chödron is one of Khenchen
Rinpoché's senior students as well as editor of several
of Rinpoché's books. In December 2006, she was honored
with the title of "Khenmo" in a letter from His Holiness
Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang Rinpoché. Khenmo Trinlay
is only the second woman in the lineage honored with this title.
She was officially recognized and celebrated at the 25th anniversary
of the founding of TMC in 2007.
Donation: $100 for entire series or $20 per class.
Masters of the Golden Rosary Lineage Now Available (Limited Quantities)
The first part of the biographies up to the 28th throne-holder, the 3rd Drikung Chungtsang, Tenzin Chökyi Nyima (1755-1792), are based on The Golden Garland of the Throne Lineage (Denrab Chöjung Serthreng, gdan rabs chos byung gser phreng). This famous work had been composed by the 4th Drikung Chetsang, Tenzin Peme Gyaltsen (1770-1826) in the early nineteenth century. Peme Gyaltsen’s sources were chronicles and works by earlier Drikung lineage holders as well as the Dharma history of Pawo Tsuglag Threngwa (1504–1566). Peme Gyaltsen’s text had been extensively revised by the present Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang. For the biographies from Peme Gyaltsen up to the present throne-holders, Drikung Kyabgön Chungtsang and Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang, the authors have mostly relied on the voluminous Religious History of Drikung Kagyu (‘Bri gung chos byung) by Dakpo Chenga Rinpoche.
Of course this book does not present a history in the strict sense of the word, as it is a compilation of so called Namthar (rnam thar), “lives of liberation”. Namthar is a special genre in Tibetan Buddhist literature of spiritual careers of eminent individuals as religious biographies. These comprise the “outer” career of external deeds and the “inner” and “secret” life stories of learning, reflection, meditative experience, and realization. Although these accounts are embedded in a historical framework, history is only one aspect of the narrative. Nonetheless Masters of the Golden Rosary Lineage is an indispensable source for those who want to gain a deeper understanding of the roots of the Drikung Kagyu lineage in its historical and spiritual dimension. The marvelously produced book is illustrated with brilliant full-page color plates of an exquisite set of thangkas depicting the Drikung Kagyu throne-holders as well as numerous additional pictures, thus making it not only a highly recommended read, but also an intriguing iconographical discovery. The first edition was published as a special limited
edition of 108 copies at the occasion of the 25th anniversary
of the founding of the Tibetan Meditation Center, Frederick, ML.
As the authors received many requests for the book, they were
able to produce this magnificent revised edition primarily thanks
to the generous financial support of Dr. and Mrs. Hoh Shu Chin
from Malaysia, while Millard Pate of Vajra Publications shouldered
the burden of producing this second edition. May this work reach
the large audience it certainly deserves.
Khenpo Tsültrim Tenzin & Hun Lye Price: US $45.00 For purchasing the book, individuals and centers should contact Tibetan Meditation Center at DrikungTMC@Gmail.com OR go to Vajra Publications at http://www.vajrapub.org Some general remarks on the Dharma by Khenchen
Read
about his last teaching
from the TMC in Frederick, Maryland |
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