Buddhist and Western Concept Study Group
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesReconciling Buddhist ideas and concepts about the body, mind, and universe with Western knowledge.
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Ngondro Practice
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesOn Thursdays from 6-7:30 p.m. we will meet to discuss and practice the preliminaries (ngondro). All current ngondro practitioners, regardless of the lineage you follow and version of the practice that you engage in are welcome.
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche – Manjushri
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesMore details to be announced.
Bardor Tulku (Palchen event)
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesMore details to be announced.
Buddha Amitabha Practice
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesIn this practice one visualizes Amitabha and his retinue and recites his six syllable mantra. Through this practice we purify our obscurations and accumulate merit and wisdom while cultivating the causes […]
Precious Human Birth Teaching and Meditation
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesThis teaching points out the factors that must be present in our lives for us to encounter and practice Dharma. Contemplating this helps us develop gratitude for the incredible fortune […]
Impermanence Teaching and Meditation
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesKhenpo will teach the method for contemplating Impermanence and Death. Understanding impermanence and the certainty of death and developing a deep appreciation for these truths through sustained contemplation inspires us […]
Sunday Morning Practice
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesMorning meditation will consist of several practices beginning with opening prayers, recitations and guided meditations.
Karma Teaching and Meditation
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesKhenpo will give detailed teachings on the functions of karma, including descriptions of positive actions to adopt and negative actions to abandon. When we develop trust in the principles of […]
Defects of Samsara Teaching and Meditation
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesInstructions will be given on the method of contemplating the sufferings experienced by beings in the 6 realms of existence. Contemplating the defects of samsaric experience further strengthens our resolve […]
Chenrezig Empowerment Loving Kindness Teaching and Meditation
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesKhenpo will bestow the empowerment (wang) verbal transmission (lung) and practice instructions (tri) of Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion. This practice helps us to access or innate nature of wisdom […]
Great Drikung Phowa Retreat
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesTeachings and Practices on Living and Dying by Venerable Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche 4-Day Closed Commitment Retreat This retreat will also include special teachings from Garchen Rinpoche via Skype on Friday […]
Compassion Teaching and Meditation
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesKhenpo will explain the traditional contemplations for generating and strengthening compassion. Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm Lunch: 12:00pm - 1:30pm Time: 1:30pm - 4:30pm Cost $25 per day or $40 weekend
Bodhisattva Vows and Bodhicitta Teaching and Meditation
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesKhenpo will explain the method for generating the two types of bodhicitta (aspiration and application). Additionally, he will confer the bodhisattva vows and explain how to uphold the conduct of […]
Shamatha Calm-abiding Teaching and Meditation
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesKhenpo will give detailed instructions in shamatha meditation. This practice allow us to gradually develop the minds ability to stay focused on a chosen object. This induces a state of […]
Vipassana Insight Teaching and Meditation
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesKhenpo will explain how to use traditional techniques of analysis and investigation to come to understand and directly experience the fundamental nature of mind and phenomena. July 22 and July […]
Buddha White Tara Empowerment and Generation Stage Teaching and Meditation
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesKhenpo Samdup Rinpoche will bestow the White Tara Empowerment. White Tara represents the embodiment of enlightened perfection of wisdom and the true nature of mind, as well as health and […]
Khenchen Tsultrim Lodro : Turning Happiness and Suffering Into Enlightenment
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesKhenchen Tsultrim Lodro Rinpoche Khenchen Tsultrim Lodro Rinpoche will teach an incredible text on mind training by the great master Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima titled Turning Happiness and Suffering Into […]
Khenchen Tsultrim Lodro Public Talk Live Stream
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesJoin us at Gar Drolma for an incredible evening of teachings, live from Washington D.C. !
Completion Stage Teaching and Meditation
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, United StatesGeneration Stage is one of the principal techniques of Buddhist Tantra. In these practices, by means of visualization and mantra recitation we gradually shift our perceptions away from confusion and […]