In this offering, you will be listening to edited audio teachings by Gelek Rimpoche. White Tara, mother goddess of Tibetan Buddhism, is associated with healing and longevity and is known for her quick loving and compassionate activity. In this 2004 workshop held in Ann Arbor, MI, Gelek Rimpoche offers a Tara Blessing Ceremony where he…
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TIBETAN BUDDHIST COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE FOR TODAY’S SPIRITUAL TRAVELER Thursday, August 25 – Sunday, September 4, 2011 Jewel Heart, 1129 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor, MI Buddha’s revolutionary methods of compassion and wisdom, preserved within Tibetan Buddhism as a comprehensive map, guide us successfully along the path to the freedom, capability, and joy of enlightenment. With…
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Dear Friends, I am writing to ask you to participate in our Annual Ensuring the Future Campaign. Your support is crucial in helping us continue to present teachings and preserve Tibetan Buddhism and Culture. We know times are hard but we hope you will help us meet our goal of raising $70,000. This has been…
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TARA – FEMALE BUDDHA HEALING PRACTICE Friday, May 27 – Monday, May 30 Garrison Institute, c/o Glenclyffe 14 Mary’s Way, Route 9D Garrison, New York 10524 White Tara, healing protector and mother goddess of Tibetan Buddhism, is called upon around the world by those in need of healing guidance and safe-keeping. This weekend Gelek Rimpoche…
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I have been very busy traveling lately. As you know, last month I returned from the Netherlands where we had wonderful teachings on the Ganden Lha Gyema practice and a weekend workshop on the topic of karma. When I returned to Ann Arbor we continued with the teachings on Jamgon Lama Tsongkhapa’s Songs of Spiritual…
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Last weekend I went to Cleveland and held a workshop, entitled Subtle and Gross Impermanence, at the Jewel Heart Center there. Cleveland was one of my first stations when I came to the United States in the 1980’s. I was hired to work with Professor Melvyn Goldstein on the Tibetan political history and language. I…
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From Garrison Fall Retreat 2010 I have been looking at what we have done for the past 20 years at Jewel Heart. I tried to benefit you people and future generations, along with increasing the longevity of Buddha’s teaching (and thereby benefitting every living beings so that they may have some joy). When I look…
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His Eminence Gala Tulku Rinpoche His Eminence Gala Rinpoche was born in 1980. At the age of 10 joined the Tibetan Children’s Village School at Dharamsala, India, and completed his high school education from the same school. At the age of sixteen, Rinpoche was recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the 7th reincarnation…
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In one way, I feel like many wise people are Buddhist, even though they don’t know they are Buddhist. Why? Because technically they believe in taking refuge in the Three Jewels practice over taking refuge in a deity that they have no idea where it lives, how it functions and especially how that works.  There…
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Translator Katrina Brooks explains what makes Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe’s upcoming teaching on Kamalashila’s Stages of Meditation (the final stages of meditation section) special. Kamalashila was an eighth century Indian scholar at the renowned Nalanda University in India. At the invitation of the Tibetan King, he accompanied Shantarakshita to Tibet where they are credited for establishing the…
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