Spiritual
Program
March
2010
Detailed course information
follows calendar.
Calendar of Classes
and Events
Tue Mar 2 Geshe-la returns to
DCI
Sun Mar 7 10am The Three
Principle Aspects of the Path with Lharampa Geshe Wangchen
12pm Geshe Wangchen’s Birthday Party Potluck lunch & Stupa walk
around with Geshe-la
12pm Dharma Kids Club picnic
Tue
Mar 9 7pm Emptiness with Lharampa Geshe Wangchen
Wed
Mar 10 7pm Guru Puja with Tsog Offering
Fri Mar 12 7pm Medicine
Buddha Puja
Sun Mar 14 10am The
Three Principle Aspects of the Path with Lharampa Geshe Wangchen
Tue
Mar 16 7pm Emptiness with Lharampa Geshe Wangchen
Wed Mar 17 7pm Stories
and Slideshow from Retreat: 108 Springs Wandering Chod Retreat
in Scotland with Ven Roger and Paula
Fri Mar 19 7pm Insights
from an experienced Western Meditator with Ven Roger Munroe
Sun Mar 21 10am The
Three Principle Aspects of the Path with Lharampa Geshe Wangchen
Mon Mar 22 7pm Tara
Puja
Tue
Mar 23 7pm Emptiness with Lharampa Geshe Wangchen
Wed
Mar 25 7pm Guru Puja with Tsog Offering
Fri Mar 26 7pm Medicine
Buddha Puja
Sat Mar 27 Dharma Kids
Club Field Trip to Animal Sanctuary
(RSVP)
Sun Mar 28 10am The
Three Principle Aspects of the Path with Lharampa Geshe Wangchen
Tue
Mar 30 7pm Emptiness with Lharampa Geshe Wangchen
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Welcome back and happy
birthday Geshe-la!
We welcome back our Resident Teacher
Lharampa Geshe Wangchen.
Geshe-la has completed two retreats
this summer. We rejoice in all
of the extensive merit created and dedicated.
We will be celebrating Geshe-la’s
birthday on the same day as
Geshe-la’s first teaching of the year.
Sunday, March 7 at 10am
will be Geshe-la’s first teaching
of 2010 and will be followed by a
Birthday Party Potluck Lunch and Stupa
walk around. Everyone is
welcome and we encourage you to bring
a vegetarian dish to share.
Come wish Geshe-la a happy birthday.
There is a group card that is
being signed this week and on Sunday,
we welcome you to include
your birthday wishes. See Rinchen to
sign it. The card will be presented
to Geshe-la with DCI’s birthday present
on Sunday at the party. Anyone
wishing to include an offering or gift
is welcome.
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Geshe-la’s classes
begin again!
10am Sundays - Three Principle Aspects
of the Path:
Renunciation, Bodhicitta and Right View
- an excellent introduction to
the essence of the path to enlightenment
- introductory level on up –
everyone welcome!
7pm Tuesdays - Emptiness: Geshe-la will give commentary on Lama
Tsong Khapa’s profound treatment of
this topic as presented in The Middle
Length Lam Rim. Intermediate
to advanced level class.
Facility Fees for each of these classes are $10 (free for
Dharma Friend
monthly contributors).
Work exchange is available through prior arrangement
–
spc@dci.org.nz.
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A unique opportunity...
Ven Roger and Ven Paula are two of the
FPMT’s most experienced
Western meditators, having each successfully
completed 12 years of
retreat—including two Great Retreats
and extensive preliminaries.
Some of you may have read about their
retreats over the years in
Mandala Magazine.
On request, they have kindly agreed
to share some of their experiences.
Time for informal discussion is included.
Two nights only.
7pm Wednesday, Mar 17
Stories and Slideshow from Retreat:
108 Springs Wandering Chöd Retreat
in Scotland
with Ven Roger & Ven Paula
At present they are undertaking this
very retreat here in New Zealand.
Come hear stories about their experiences
when they did this retreat
in Scotland and about their experiences
here in New Zealand.
7pm Friday, Mar 19
Insights
from an Experienced Western Meditator
with Ven Roger Munroe
Experiential reflections on actualizing
the path, personal insights into dealing
with problems and obstacles that arise,
Lama Tsong Khapa’s Ear-Whispered
Lineage and more…
Facility Fees for each of these events
are $10 (free for Dharma Friend
monthly contributors). Work exchange
is available through prior arrangement
–
spc@dci.org.nz.
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Pujas –
fuel that supports our practice and benefits others
Medicine Buddha Pujas
Fri Mar 12 7pm Medicine
Buddha Puja
Fri Mar 26 7pm Medicine
Buddha Puja
Tara Puja
Mon Mar 22 7pm Tara
Puja
Guru Puja with Tsog
Offering
Wed
Mar 10 7pm Guru Puja with Tsog Offering
Wed
Mar 25 7pm Guru Puja with Tsog Offering
Come join us in prayers to benefit
those suffering from the
massive earthquake in Chile.
Friends or family suffering or struggling
with obstacles?
Come dedicate. Consider sponsoring a
puja for them.
Experiencing obstacles in your Dharma
practice?
Come create merit for all sentient beings
and dedicate.
You are welcome to bring offerings
to pujas. You are welcome
to sponsor pujas and
send us your dedications - simply e-mail
us to arrange dci@dci.org.nz.
Group prayer 100 times
more powerful
Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche explains
that in the Kadampa Geshe’s
teachings it is explained if you do prayer alone at
your house
and doing prayer
together in a group. 100 times more power
if you do in a group. Prayer for success, projects, healing. It
has
more power, it has more weight.
(From FPMT Audio Teachings Chanting
the Names of Manjushri)
One of the many benefits of having a
local Dharma centre is that
there is a place, where you can join
together with Sangha and
do group prayer, group practice, and
study the teachings of the
Buddha.
We welcome you to
come and enjoy the classes, pujas and
opportunities for
creating merit available this March at
Dorje Chang
Institute.
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Good News to Rejoice
About
The entire teachings of the Buddha (Kangyur)
and the entire
works of Lama Tsong Khapa (Tsumbum)
arrived last Friday
at Dorje Chang Institute. These will
go in our Prayer Wheel
for World Peace. We rejoice that we
are one step closer to the
completion of our prayer wheel.
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