Meditation & Learning Buddhism Program (at the Center)
2023-12-27 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-01-03 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-01-10 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-01-17 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-01-24 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-01-31 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-02-07 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-02-14 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
At Gar Drolma Temple

Gar Drolma invites students of all levels who wish to explore Buddhism and meditation to a new in-person program ‌at the center.

You will have the opportunity to study foundational principals of Buddhism based on the text Learning Buddhism by our Spiritual Director, Khenpo Samdup, and practice meditation.

Each session will be led by a Senior Student.‌

6:‌00—6‌:30 ‌p.m. Meditation Practice ‌6:3‌0—7‌:30 ‌p‌.m. A Chapter from Learning Buddhism will be discussed

Resources

Learning Buddhism Video Series

Buddhism Books

*This program will Not be held on zoom.

We are only able to offer Dharma programs like this because of your kindness and generosity.Please know that your donation brings great benefit to the entire Sangha. Thank you!

Donations Appreciated

Heart Sutra Teachings & Meditation Practice
2023-12-30 10:00 - 16:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
SA‌‌‌‌‌T‌U‌‌‌R‌‌D‌‌‌‌A‌‌Y ‌December 30, 2023‌‌‌9‌:‌0‌0‌‌am-9‌‌:‌40‌‌‌am E‌‌ST – D‌ai‌ly Practice‌‌10‌‌:‌00‌‌am-12‌‌‌:00‌p‌‌m E‌ST & 2:00pm-4:00pm EST

From Rajgir (Vulture Peak) in India, where Shakyamuni Buddha turned the second wheel of dharma, offering The Heart Sutra and other Prajnaparamita teachings. This weekend Khenpo will bestow these profound and essential teachings of the Buddha.

Through the words of the Buddha of Compassion, Avalokiteshvara (Tib: Chenrezig), we are introduced to a description of the nature of reality that cuts through our usual conceptual framework. Ultimately, The Heart Sutra is a roadmap to realizing the wisdom aspect of enlightenment, frequently described as the union of wisdom and compassion—and embodied by Avalokiteshvara.

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Prayers for Special Days – Heart Sutra p. 28

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Drikung Phowa Teaching & Practice
2023-12-31 10:00 - 16:00
With Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Sunday December 31, 2023‌‌‌9‌:‌0‌0‌‌am-9‌‌:‌40‌‌‌am E‌‌ST – D‌ai‌ly Practice‌‌10‌‌:‌00‌‌am-12‌‌‌:00‌p‌‌m E‌ST & 2:00pm-4:00pm EST

What can we do for others or ourselves at the time of death? Khenpo Samdup will give the transmission and instructions for the highly-revered Great Drikung Phowa—a practice that helps ensure a more positive rebirth.

In addition, Khenpo Samdup will give instruction on the intermediate states or Bardos. These teachings explain how to utilize all phases of our life and the period after our death to make progress on the path to enlightenment.

Text Downloads

Short Phowa Text (with Spanish)

Long Phowa Text

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We are only able to offer Dharma programs like this because of your kindness and generosity.Please know that your donation brings great benefit tothe entire Sangha. Thank you!

Donations Appreciated

Vipassana (Special Insight) Guided Meditation Retreat
2024-01-06 10:00 - 16:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
‌‌‌‌‌‌SA‌‌‌‌‌T‌U‌‌‌R‌‌D‌‌‌‌A‌‌Y January 6, 2024

‌‌‌9‌:‌0‌0‌‌am-9‌‌:‌40‌‌‌am E‌‌ST – D‌ai‌ly Practice ‌‌10‌‌:‌00‌‌am-12‌‌‌:00‌p‌‌m E‌ST – Vipassana Meditation2:00pm – 4:00pm EST – Vipassana Meditation

This retreat will be focused on practice of the fundamental meditation techniques of Vipassana (insight) meditation.

Khenpo will also explain how to use traditional techniques of Vipassana, analysis and investigation to come to understand and directly experience the fundamental nature of mind and phenomena.

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These teachings will be based on the book Stages of Meditation

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Vipassana (Special Insight) Guided Meditation Retreat
2024-01-07 10:00 - 16:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
January 6 – 7, 2024

This retreat will be focused on practice of the fundamental meditation techniques of Vipassana (insight) meditation.

Khenpo will also explain how to use traditional techniques of Vipassana, analysis and investigation to come to understand and directly experience the fundamental nature of mind and phenomena.

Text Downloads

These teachings will be based on the book Stages of Meditation

Click Here for more information about the Stages of Meditation Book

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Buddha Amitabha Practice & Great Drikung Phowa Chenmo Practice, “The Standing Blade of Grass”
2024-01-11 09:30 - 10:30, 2024-01-25 09:30 - 10:30
ONLINE ONLY

This popular practice helps assure a more positive rebirth, or possibly even attainment of Amitabha Pureland, at the time of death.

This practice will be led by a senior student.

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Text Downloads

Short Phowa Text (with Spanish)

We are only able to offer Dharma programs like this because of your kindness and generosity.Please know that your donation brings great benefit tothe entire Sangha. Thank you!

Donations Appreciated

Mahamudra Empowerment & Teachings
2024-01-12 12:00 - 14:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
Achi Chokyi Drolma Empowerment with HH Kyabgon Cheesing

IN PERSON AT LOMA BONITA STUPA & LIVE STREAMED ON ZOOM For more information: https://www.estupalomabonita.com/

Recordings will not be available for this program on the website.

Friday, January 12 – Sunday January 14, 2024

Join the Garchen Enlightenment Stupa Society in welcoming HH Kyabgon Chetsang to the Garchen Enlightenment Stupa at Loma Bonita, Oaxaca, Mexico. We are so fortunate to have this opportunity to join Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche and the sangha at Loma Bonita for these profound empowerments and teachings.

Friday January 12‌10:‌00-11‌:30‌am ES‌T D‌ai‌ly Practice‌*12:‌00-2:‌00‌pm ES‌T Mahamudra Empowerment

*Mandarin translation Available

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If you would like to make a donation for these profound teachings, Click Here

(Click on Get Tickets -‘Conseguir boletos’, Scroll down to donations, below the donations box is a Language option menu labeled – ‘Idioma.’ Select the language of your choice.) We would like to extend our deep appreciation to the Enlightenment Stupa Sangha in Mexico.

Mahamudra Empowerment & Teachings
2024-01-13 12:00 - 14:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
Achi Chokyi Drolma Empowerment with HH Kyabgon Cheesing

IN PERSON AT LOMA BONITA STUPA & LIVE STREAMED ON ZOOM For more information: https://www.estupalomabonita.com/

Recordings will not be available for this program on the website.

Join the Garchen Enlightenment Stupa Society in welcoming HH Kyabgon Chetsang to the Garchen Enlightenment Stupa at Loma Bonita, Oaxaca, Mexico. We are so fortunate to have this opportunity to join Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche and the sangha at Loma Bonita for these profound empowerments and teachings.

Saturday January 13‌10:‌00-11‌:30‌am ES‌T D‌ai‌ly Practice‌*12:‌00-2:‌00‌pm ES‌T Mahamudra Teachings

*Mandarin translation Available

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If you would like to make a donation for these profound teachings, Click Here

(Click on Get Tickets -‘Conseguir boletos’, Scroll down to donations, below the donations box is a Language option menu labeled – ‘Idioma.’ Select the language of your choice.) We would like to extend our deep appreciation to the Enlightenment Stupa Sangha in Mexico.

Mahamudra Empowerment & Teachings
2024-01-14 12:00 - 14:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
Achi Chokyi Drolma Empowerment with HH Kyabgon Cheesing

IN PERSON AT LOMA BONITA STUPA & LIVE STREAMED ON ZOOM For more information: https://www.estupalomabonita.com/

Recordings will not be available for this program on the website.

Join the Garchen Enlightenment Stupa Society in welcoming HH Kyabgon Chetsang to the Garchen Enlightenment Stupa at Loma Bonita, Oaxaca, Mexico. We are so fortunate to have this opportunity to join Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche and the sangha at Loma Bonita for these profound empowerments and teachings.

Sunday January 15‌10:‌00-11‌:30‌am ES‌T D‌ai‌ly Practice‌*12:‌00-2:‌00‌pm ES‌T Achi Chökyi Drolma Empowerment

*Mandarin translation Available

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Request ZOOM Info Here

If you would like to make a donation for these profound teachings, Click Here

(Click on Get Tickets -‘Conseguir boletos’, Scroll down to donations, below the donations box is a Language option menu labeled – ‘Idioma.’ Select the language of your choice.) We would like to extend our deep appreciation to the Enlightenment Stupa Sangha in Mexico.

White Sur Offering called Pervading All Purelands (Online Only)
2024-01-15 19:30 - 20:30
~The time of death can be an opportunity for the realization of great wisdom or taking a happier rebirth ~

• Join us for a White Sur offering lead by senior student and Sangha. • The White Sur consists of a smoke offering of flour, sweets, dairy products or a special blend of offering substances. This practice can be dedicated for the benefit of people or animals who have died to help them purify karma and take a better rebirth.

Click here to see our complete Virtual Dharma weekly schedule.

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White Sur Text

Preliminary Practices (Ngondro) of The Profound Five-fold Path of Mahamudra
2024-01-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
With Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Saturday January 20 & Sunday January 21

Khenpo 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.

*Mandarin translation Available

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Prelimanary Practices (Ngondro) of The Profound Five-fold Path of Mahamudra
2024-01-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
With Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Saturday January 219am – 9:30 am Daily Practice‌10:‌00-12:00‌am ES‌T Ngondro Teachings and Practice

Khenpo 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.

*Mandarin translation Available

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Medicine Buddha
2024-01-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
With Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Saturday January 27 & Sunday January 2810:00am – 12:00pm ESTDaily Practice 9:00 – 9:40am EST (also live at the Temple)

Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will bestow the transmission and instructions for Medicine Buddha who encompasses the healing essence of all the Buddhas. It is said that anyone hearing his name or reciting his mantra (TADYATHA OM BEKHANDZYE BEKHANDZYE MAHA BEKHANDZYE BEKHANDZYE RADZA SAMUDGATE SVAHA) will not be reborn in the lower realms.

The healing experienced by practicing Medicine Buddha goes beyond curing our physical ailments. It also refers to overcoming the pain of suffering and the cause of suffering referred to in the Four Noble Truths. In other words, it is medicine that helps eliminate our defilements as we progress on the path to enlightenment.

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Medicine Buddha Text

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Medicine Buddha
2024-01-28 10:00 - 12:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
With Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Saturday January 27 & Sunday January 2810:00am – 12:00pm ESTDaily Practice 9:00 – 9:40am EST (also live at the Temple)

Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will bestow the transmission and instructions for Medicine Buddha who encompasses the healing essence of all the Buddhas. It is said that anyone hearing his name or reciting his mantra (TADYATHA OM BEKHANDZYE BEKHANDZYE MAHA BEKHANDZYE BEKHANDZYE RADZA SAMUDGATE SVAHA) will not be reborn in the lower realms.

The healing experienced by practicing Medicine Buddha goes beyond curing our physical ailments. It also refers to overcoming the pain of suffering and the cause of suffering referred to in the Four Noble Truths. In other words, it is medicine that helps eliminate our defilements as we progress on the path to enlightenment.

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*Mandarin translation Available

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Medicine Buddha Text

White Sur Offering called Pervading All Purelands (Online Only)
2024-01-29 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-02-12 19:30 - 20:30
~The time of death can be an opportunity for the realization of great wisdom or taking a happier rebirth ~

• Join us for a White Sur offering lead by senior student and Sangha. • The White Sur consists of a smoke offering of flour, sweets, dairy products or a special blend of offering substances. This practice can be dedicated for the benefit of people or animals who have died to help them purify karma and take a better rebirth.

Request Zoom Info Here

Click here to see our complete Virtual Dharma weekly schedule.

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White Sur Text

Amitabha Teachings & Practice and Jangchok Ritual for the Deceased
2024-02-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
With Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Saturday, February 3, 2024‌‌9‌:0‌0‌am-9‌:‌40‌‌am E‌ST – D‌ai‌ly Practice 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST – Amitabha Teachings & Practice

Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will lead this profound practice to invoke the blessings of Amitahba Buddha and perform the Jangchok ritual.

The Jangchok ritual connect those who have died with the blessings of Amitabha, creating the causes for a positive rebirth and the removal of obstacles at the time of death.

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Jangchok Practice Text

Amitabha Text

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Amitabha Teachings & Practice and Jangchok Ritual for the Deceased
2024-02-04 10:00 - 12:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
With Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Sunday, February 4, 2024‌‌9‌:0‌0‌am-9‌:‌40‌‌am E‌ST – D‌ai‌ly Practice 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST – Amitabha with Jangchog Practice

Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will lead this profound practice to invoke the blessings of Amitahba Buddha and perform the Jangchok ritual.

The Jangchok ritual connect those who have died with the blessings of Amitabha, creating the causes for a positive rebirth and the removal of obstacles at the time of death.

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Jangchok Practice Text

Amitabha Text

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Buddha Amitabha Practice & Great Drikung Phowa Chenmo Practice, “The Standing Blade of Grass”
2024-02-09 09:30 - 10:30
ONLINE ONLY

This popular practice helps assure a more positive rebirth, or possibly even attainment of Amitabha Pureland, at the time of death. Times for the June Phowa are subject to change.

This practice will be led by a senior student.

Request Zoom Info Here

Text Downloads

Short Phowa Text (with Spanish)

We are only able to offer Dharma programs like this because of your kindness and generosity.Please know that your donation brings great benefit tothe entire Sangha. Thank you!

Donations Appreciated

Celebrate Losar with Dzambhala Empowerment & New Year Blessings
2024-02-10 10:00 - 12:30 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
With Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Saturday, February 10, 2024‌‌9‌:0‌0‌am-9‌:‌40‌‌am E‌ST – D‌ai‌ly Practice 10:00 am – 12:30 pm EST – Fortune Buddha Dzambhala Empowerment

Join Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche & the international sangha for the beginning of the Losar celebration and the blessings of the New Year.

Dzambhala is connected with wealth, prosperity, and good fortune, allowing one to more effectively practice generosity to benefit other beings.

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Daily Prayer and Practice Book

Prayers for Special Days

Teachings on Bodhicitta & Buddha Shakyamuni, Along with Dzambhala, Achi Chökyi Drolma Smoke Offerings
2024-02-11 10:00 - 12:30 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
With Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Sunday, February 11, 2024‌‌9‌:0‌0‌am-9‌:‌40‌‌am E‌ST – D‌ai‌ly Practice 10:00 am – 12:30 pm EST – Bodhicitta & Buddha Shakyamuni Teachings & Practice

Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche will lead us in the profound practice and teachings on Buddha Shakyamuni, whose teachings are based on kindness and compassion the essence of bodhicitta.

He believed that we should strive to treat others with love and understanding, even those who may have wronged us in the past. By cultivating compassion, we can learn to better connect with others and create more harmonious relationships in our lives and the world.

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Daily Prayer and Practice Book

Prayers for Special Days

1 Million Chenrezig Mandala Practice
2024-02-16 10:00 - 16:00 | Gar Drolma Buddhist Center, 1329 Creighton Ave., Dayton, OH, 45420, United States
With Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche

Friday, February 16 – Monday, February 19 2024‌‌

Join us online for an accumulation of mantras as an offering for world peace

The days of miracles, beginning on the 1st day of Tibetan New year Losar on February 10th, 2024. Commemorate the special time when Buddha Shakyamuni showed miraculous powers, and culminate on Chötrul Dűchen, February 24th, 2024.

The mani retreat is centered on the boundless love, compassion, and wisdom of Avalokiteshvara, whose mantra is OM MANI PADME HUNG HRIH. When we recite OM MANI PADME HUNG with the mind to benefit all beings, we are engaging in a profound method that transforms our impure body, speech, and mind to a pure state of body, speech, and mind. Reciting each syllable of the Mani mantra with a mind of Bodhicitta closes the doors to the six realms of samsara and liberates sentient beings from suffering.

“The more Mani mantras we recite, the more love will increase in the minds of sentient beings, the more hatred will decrease. The minds of beings will become peaceful and happy, which will also help one’s country. If the minds of humans become peaceful and happy, then also the minds of spirits will become peaceful and happy. The Mani mantra practice is supreme in order to bring about peace and happiness.”

– H.E. Garchen Rinpoche

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DAILY PRACTICE OF THE EXALTED AVALOKITESHVARA

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