Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center
Retreats & Spiritual Programs ~ Fall 2012~
Chenrezig Retreat
Commemorating Saga Dawa
Saturday, Sunday & Monday
June 2-4
Geshe Kunga is offering a Chenrezig Retreat in celebration of Saga Dawa. Participants may attend any or all of the retreat sessions, and may choose to practice Nyungne during this retreat. Please call the center office to register (812-336-6807). If you are interested in practicing Nyungne during this retreat, please speak to Trish in the office for further instructions. The retreat is offered on a donation basis
Saturday & Sunday, June 2 & 3:
Session 1: 9:30 to 11:30 am
Session 2: 2:00 to 3:30 pm
Session 3: 5:00 to 6:30 pm
Monday, June 4 (Saga Dawa):
Session 1: 9:00 to 10:30 am
Tsok: 11:00 am to 12:00 noon
Chenrezig is the embodiment of all the love and compassion of all the Buddhas of the past, present, and future. He is a great Bodhisattva who continually benefits beings. Hence, he is regarded as the source of all blessings. The Chenrezig retreat includes dharma teachings, mantra and sutra recitation and silent meditation. Those who choose to practice Nyungne will participate in more rigorous practices during the retreat.
Saga Dawa is the fourth month of the Tibetan lunar calendar. In the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition, it is considered to be the most important month of the year for practice since Buddha's birth, enlightenment and parinirvana all fall within this period. All three auspicious events are celebrated on June 4th this year.
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June 19-21 SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS: An Interfaith Retreat with Father Francis Tiso
3-day Interfaith retreat exploring spiritual autobiography, precocious spiritual experiences, and the role of meditation in the course of a lifetime. Requested donation $100 ($70 for students and seniors 65 or older). Lunch included each day. Lodging available at TMBCC @$35/night/person
Today, many people have spent years in retreat, in daily meditation practice, in study, spiritual direction, and reflection. Where is spirituality going for people today? How can we hand on our discoveries to a new generation? Do the traditional phrases and theologies adequately describe our own experiences? In a retreat/seminar setting, we will reflect on these important issues, relating them to our own life journeys. A key feature of this model is to invite the participants to offer their own critical reflections on spontaneous spiritual or mystical experiences, both positive and negative. We will also work on relating such experiences to the longer life trajectories that have meaning for us. In the course of the retreat, participants will be invited to work on an autobiographical project, practice silent and guided meditation; and to share their insights and life experiences.
Fr. Francis Tiso, Ph.D., Catholic priest and scholar of Asian religions, former Interreligious specialist at the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Fr. Tiso lives in Italy and is presently on the Faculty of the Gregorian University in Rome. See website: www.picasaweb.google.com/francistiso and: www.francistiso.com
July 7 International Festival & Dalai Lama Birthday Celebration
10:00 am to 5:00 pm Crafts booths, food, live music & kereoke,
silent auction
1:00 pm Prayers in the Temple
4:00 pm International Fashion Show
5:30 pm Movie "Kundun"
September 25-27 Gomang Monks at TMBC
Tuesday 9/25: 9:00 am to 12 n. Recitation of Kanjur
1:00 to 4:00 pm: Children’s Art Workshop
7:00 to 8:00 pm Chod Ceremony (Lochen)
Wednesday 9/26: 9:00 am to noon Recitation of Kanjur and
1:00 to 3:00 pm Circumambulation of Temple
6:00 to 8:00 pm Cultural Performance
Thursday 9/27 10:00 am to noon White Tara Puja
6:00 to 8:00 pm Protectors Puja
Later Coming Events
August- Sept Intro to Buddhism Classes & Workshop Series
plus Working with Disability & Pain Workshop
offered by Ani Choekyi from Israel
Sept 7 Lecture on Mongolian Buddhism with Vesna Wallace
Sept 8-9 Kalachakra Workshop with Vesna Wallace
Oct 12-14 Retreat on 7 Mind Trainings of Longchenpa with Anne Klein
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