Lama Lodro Lhamo Weekend Teaching January 24-26
Karma Thegsum Choling Jacksonville warmly invites you January 24th through January 26th to receive precious in-person teachings from Lama Lodro Lhamo, the President of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra.
Weekend Schedule:
Friday, January 24th 7:00 PM:
Public Talk: Faith and Devotion in Tibetan Buddhism
In Tibetan Buddhism, Faith and Devotion have a different meaning than in traditional theistic religions. Lama Lodro will speak on how to embrace these concepts and how they connect us with our own Buddha nature.
In person or Zoom
Friday Registration:
Saturday, January 25th: One-Day Guru Yoga of Mikyo Dorje Retreat(Four-Session Guru Yoga)
10am – 12pm- Morning session
2 pm – 4 pm- Afternoon session
Program Information: Lama Lodro will lead us in a one-day retreat of the Guru Yoga of Mikyo Dorje. Last year Lama Lodro taught this practice at KTC Jacksonville. It is traditionally recited four times a day in a retreat setting at Karma Kagyu monasteries. Attendees are encouraged to attend both morning and afternoon sessions as their schedule permits. The power of this sadhana holds great blessing and purifies negativity. The Karmapa said that hearing this sadhana once leads to liberation from rebirth in the lower realms. All are welcome to attend in person or Zoom. Practice text will be provided.
Mikyö Dorje was one of the most renowned of the Karmapas, a great meditation master as well as a prolific and learned scholar. Karmapa Mikyö Dorje composed the The Four-Session Guru Yoga during the 16th Century. This sadhana is a short yet powerful practice for developing the realization of devotion mahamudra. As it is one of the principal practices of the Karma Kagyu school, many monastic and lay practitioners recite this text daily.
In person or Zoom
Sunday, January 26th: Tibetan Music Instrument Instruction & Torma Making
10:00 AM- Traditional Tibetan Music Instrument Instruction for Sadhana Practices
Tibetan sadhana-related musical instruments involves understanding the spiritual and ritual context in which these instruments are used. Tibetan Buddhism incorporates music as a key element in sadhana practices and we will learn about the Medicine Buddha and Green Tara liturgies.
2:00 PM- Torma Making for Sadhana Practices
Tormas are offerings that are given to the buddhas. In the case of Green Tara, tormas are offered with the purpose of requesting her attention; for our petitions to be able to advance in our spiritual development, to receive her blessings, and to be of benefit to all sentient beings.
Sunday’s teaching is in-person only.
Weekend Registration:
About Lama Lodro Lhamo: The first woman to serve in the role of KTD President, Lama Lodro Lhamo has been a student of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche since 1990. She completed three three-year retreats at Karme Ling Retreat Center and received her full bhikshuni ordination in 2008. Lama Lodro Lhamo is also the women’s retreat master at Karme Ling and has a Master’s degree in Buddhist Studies from Columbia University. She is fluent in Chinese, English, and Tibetan.
SUGGESTED DONATIONS: This event is by donation, please select whatever donation you would like to give.
PLEASE NOTE: KTC Jax brings authentic Buddhist teachers to the Jacksonville area year-round for programs and retreats. Suggested donations are requested to offset the costs associated with holding these special events. We always greatly appreciate your generosity, but no one has ever been turned away because they couldn’t make a donation. The event is by donation, please select whatever donation you would like to give.
The Golden Eight-Petaled Lotus: Meditation & Eastern Medicine (Saturday practice Change 9/26)
In support of KTC Columbus rebuilding Lama Losang will be giving a teaching on “The Golden Eight Petal Louts: Meditation & Eastern Medicine”. We are encouraging everyone to attend and will not have Saturday book study or practice in support of this teaching. As this is a donation only event if you are unable to donate at this time please e-mail la*******@*********tc.org and a no-cost ticket will be provided to you. Thanks for understanding and we look forward to this wonderful teaching.
About KTC Jax
Khenpo Karma Tenkyong Weekend Visit and Shamatha Retreat
Karma Thegsum Choling Jacksonville is honored to announce that Khenpo Tenkyong will lead us in a Shamatha Meditation Retreat March 8th-10th. Shamatha meditation or “Calm-Abiding” meditation is the foundational practice of all Buddhist traditions. Khenpo Tenkyong combines traditional teachings with non-traditional methods in a fresh and delightful way. Whether you are a new student to meditation or a senior meditator, this will be the retreat for you to deepen your understanding and practice of meditation!
ABOUT KHENPO TENKYONG: Khenpo Tenkyong is a dynamic teacher committed to protecting nature and spreading Dharma blessings to children and adults everywhere. As a bridge between ancient ways and modern needs, Khenpo Tenkyong meets students where they are in order to build strong foundations for strong practice. In 2001 Khenpo Tenkyong was awarded the Degree of Master of the Buddha’s Teaching in the Sutra Tradition from Sampuranand University. In October 2002, Khenpo was bestowed the title of “khenpo”(Spiritual title and degree in Tibetan Buddhism) by His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje. Skilled in meditation, yoga, and understanding precious nature Khenpo Tenkyong’s passion for life can be felt in all of his teachings.
WEEKEND SCHEDULE: Friday, March 8th 7 PM Public Talk: Himalayan Yoga
The cultivation of a peaceful mind centers around meditation, which relies on the foundation of a flexible body. Simple Himalayan yoga movements, meditation techniques, and breathing techniques help open your body and prepare you for meditation, stimulate the nervous and circulatory systems, improve breathing, increase flexibility, and open energy centers.
Location: Tehila’s 1250 S Mc Duff Ave $10 Suggested Donation for Public Talk
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-talk-himalayan-yoga-tickets-57336845047
Saturday, March 9th 10am-12pm: Teaching & Meditation Practice 12pm-2pm: Lunch Break & Interviews 2pm-4pm: Teaching & Meditation Practice 6:30pm: Refuge Ceremony Location: KTC JAX
Sunday, March 10th 10am-12pm: Teaching & Meditation Practice 12pm-3pm: Lunch Break & Interviews 3pm-5pm: Teaching & Closing Remarks Location: KTC JAX
SUGGESTED DONATIONS/TEACHING FEES: $25 per Day $80 for entire weekend
To register for the weekend teaching please visit:
Preregistration is encouraged so we can plan for the number of attendees. Thanks for your help!
PLEASE NOTE: KTC Jax brings authentic Buddhist teachers to the Jacksonville area year-round for programs and retreats. Suggested donations are requested to offset the costs associated with holding these special events. We always greatly appreciate your generosity but no one has ever been turned away because they couldn’t make a donation. We want as many people as possible to attend. Volunteer Scholarships are also available for those interested. Please let us know!
October News – Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche Webcast 1//9-11/11
In the spirit of giving to the community we have revamped our charity drive to coincide with the four great Buddhist holidays. Lhabab Duchen is the celebration of Buddha Shakamuni’s descent from the god realm back to earth. During this auspicious time we will collect donations to benefit Northeast Florida Wildlife Coalition who help providing orphaned, injured and displaced animals with a second chance at life. We are collecting wet dog food, cat food and human baby food until November 17th.Rummage Sale
Its that time of year again! Declutter your closets, garage, and cabinets for a great cause! Karma Thegsum Choling Jacksonville will be having its annual benefit “rummage sale” on Saturday, November 17th from 7:30 am to 2 pm. So if you’re doing any “Spring Cleaning” we are asking Dharma students or friends that you have to make room in their homes and closets by donating items they no longer use or need and can part with. Donated items will be sold to benefit the Dharma center and whatever is not sold will be given to another charity. There is much merit in this!
Yard sale donations include in-decent-condition household wares, furniture, kitchen wares, books, clothing, electronics, etc. Please bring donations to the KTC before practice on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Try to bring the items in boxes as we have limited storage space. Also we will need a few volunteers to help set up and manage the benefit sale on Saturday. Please contact us if you would be available to volunteer.
Any donations and volunteer “work” will help Karma Thegsum Choling Jacksonville continue its mission to offer others in North Florida the opportunity to learn meditation and study the Buddha’s teachings for the benefit of all sentient beings. Thank you for your generosity!
KTC Jacksonville Needs Your Help!
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Our fundraising campaign for our Dharma center to have its own home is well under way. On the sacred days of Chotrul Duchen, the Buddha’s Days of Miracles, we received auspicious news that the founder of our Center, Ven. Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, heard about our fundraising campaign! Rinpoche was very happy to hear about our efforts and he offered a $1000 donation. We are beyond grateful to have Rinpoche’s blessings and the support of everyone that has donated thus far!
Karma Thegsum Choling is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the State of Florida. Your donations are tax deductible.
Items needed at the center
- Saffron
- Tea lights
- Black tea bags (for the shrine)
- Paper towels
- Tea’s for the lobby
Dharma Bookstore
Have you seen our Dharma Bookstore? We have over 50 titles of new and used Dharma books including Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche’s Excellent at the Beginning and Dharma King: The Life of the 16th Karmapa in Images. We also carry practice texts, malas, prayer flags, incense, shrine bowls and all the support items you would need for your home shrine. Because of a large donation of incense to help us fund raise for a permanent location for KTC Jax, all sales from incense go towards our Permanent Center Fund. Buy your incense at KTC Jax and let’s find a permanent space where the Dharma can be taught, contemplated, and practiced. If there is something you don’t see please ask us and we can order it for you. All purchases go towards supporting the Dharma center.About KTC Jax
Lama Karma Drodhul visit “Path of Compassion: Bringing Our Love to Life” 9/21-9/23
Karma Thegsum Choling Jacksonville is honored to announce that Lama Karma Drodhul will lead us in a weekend teaching September 21-23 titled “Path of Compassion: Bringing Our Love to Life.” Lama Karma is known for his strong devotion to the Buddhadharma, the infinite joy that he has, and his playful humor. This will be a special weekend that you don’t want to miss!
During the weekend seminar, Lama Karma will teach us further methods of meditation on compassion including altruism practice (“Sending and Receiving”) and the mantra practice of Chenrezig, Bodhisattva of Compassion. Through teaching, empowerment and blessings, Lama Karma will introduce us to our inner compassionate nature and help us actualize it in our everyday lives.
ABOUT LAMA KARMA: Lama Karma from Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Monastery is Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche’s principle attendant and assistant. As a youth, Lama Karma excelled in all aspects of Dharma study and Thrangu Rinpoche sent him to the United States to deepen his understanding of the Dharma under the tutelage of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche. In March 2004, Lama Karma completed his first, and in February 2008 his second, traditional three-year, three month retreat under Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche at Karme Ling Retreat Center. He is now one of the Drubpons(retreat masters) at Karme Ling and travels to centers throughout North America to teach. He is the author of “Amrita of Eloquence: A Biography of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche.”
WEEKEND SCHEDULE:
Friday, September 21st 7 PM
Public Talk: “The Compassion of Daily Life”.
Our busy world doesn’t always give us time to slow down and really spend time with one another; loneliness and alienation can occur even when we are “connected” through our seemingly ever-present electronic tools and social media sites.
How can we reach across the gap and meet one another with kindness? By awakening our natural capacity for love and compassion. This talk introduces us to Buddhist teachings on compassion.
Location: Tehila’s 1250 S Mc Duff Ave
$5 Suggested Donation for Public Talk
Saturday, September 22nd
10am-12pm: Teaching
12pm-2pm: Lunch Break & Interviews
2pm-4pm: Teaching
6:30pm: Refuge Ceremony
7pm: Chenrezik Empowerment (Refuge required)
Location: KTC JAX
Sunday, September 23rd
10am-12pm: Teaching
12pm-3pm: Lunch Break & Interviews
3pm-5pm: Teaching & Closing Remarks
Location: KTC JAX
SUGGESTED DONATIONS/TEACHING FEES:
$25 per session or for only Empowerment
$80 non-members/$72 members for entire weekend(including Empowerment)
PLEASE NOTE: KTC Jax brings authentic Buddhist teachers to the Jacksonville area year-round for programs and retreats. Suggested donations are requested to offset the costs associated with holding these special events. We always greatly appreciate your generosity but no one has ever been turned away because they couldn’t make a donation. We want as many people as possible to attend. Volunteer Scholarships are also available for those interested. Please let us know!
Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche Webcast April 27-29th
Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche Webcast April 27-29th “Chakme Démön:
Aspiration Prayer of Sukhavati”
We are pleased to announce that the next KTC webcast with Khenpo
Karthar Rinpoche will be Karma Chagme’s “Prayer for Offering
Prostrations.” Please join us in receiving this precious teaching
from our beloved teacher. Lama Yeshe Gyamtso will be translating.
Chakme Démön (also known as the “Aspiration Prayer of
Sukhavati”) was written by Chakme Rinpoche. This is a prayer
aspiring to be reborn in Sukhavati, the Land of Great Bliss created
by the power of the compassionate aspirations of Buddha Amitabha.
Once born there, one will experience no suffering, and will practice
the Dharma until complete enlightenment.
Born in eastern Tibet in 1924, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche is one of the
great masters of the Karma Kagyu lineage and Tibetan Buddhism. Khenpo
Rinpoche, who received most of his training and education in Tibet
before the Chinese invasion, is highly accomplished in meditation,
philosophy, and all monastic arts. As abbot of Karma Triyana
Dharmachakra Monastery (KTD) in Woodstock, New York; spiritual guide
of thirty-five Karma Thegsum Choling (KTC) affiliate centers; and
retreat master at the Karme Ling Retreat Center in Delhi, New York;
Rinpoche has touched the hearts and minds of many thousands of
students.
Live Webcast Teaching Schedule:
Friday – 4/27
Evening: 7:00–8:30 p.m. EDT
Saturday – 4/28
Morning: 10:30 a.m.–noon EDT
Afternoon: 3:30–5:00 p.m. EDT
Sunday – 4/29
Morning: 10:30 a.m.–noon EDT
Afternoon: 2:30–4:00 p.m. EDT
We will submit questions to Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche via e-mail after
the morning sessions.
There is no cost to attend this webcast but monetary offerings are
greatly appreciated as they allow us to meet the costs of keeping our
center open and to continue bringing the authentic dharma to the
Jacksonville area.
About KTC Jax
Karma Thegsum Chöling Jacksonville KTCJax is a Tibetan Buddhist
Practice Center of the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddha Dharma.
The Kagyu lineage is one of the four major schools of Tibetan
Buddhism & is often called “The Whispered Lineage” because its
highest teachings are still passed in an unbroken line from teacher
to student since the days of the Buddha.
Founded in June of 1986, we’re also an affiliate Center of Karma
Triyana Dharmachakra, the North American seat of His Holiness the
Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje. The Venerable
Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, Abbot of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
monastery in Woodstock, New York, guides our Center.
Please visit! We welcome all those interested in the study and
practice of Tibetan Buddhism, and offer a range of activities to
satisfy practitioners and visitors alike.
Lama Lodro Lhamo Visit Next Week: Fundraising Dinner and Dharma Talk & Green Tara Teaching and Retreat April 20-22
Chenrezik & Sitting Meditation Instruction with Lama Losang and 3rd Annual Benefit Dinner & Dharma Talk
Lama Karma Drodhul Public Talk and Weekend Teaching August 25-27th
We have exciting news that Lama Karma Drodhul will be returning to KTC Jacksonville for a weekend program August 25th-27th! Lama Karma will give a public talk, teachings at KTC Jax, offer Refuge (the ceremony by which one formally becomes a Buddhist), and bestow the Amitabha Empowerment.
Lama Karma is Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche’s principle attendant and assistant. As a youth, Lama Karma excelled in all aspects of Dharma study and Thrangu Rinpoche sent him to the United States to deepen his understanding of the Dharma under the tutelage of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche. In March 2004, Lama Karma completed his first, and in February 2008 his second, traditional three-year, three month retreat under Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche at Karme Ling Retreat Center. He is now one of the Drubpons (retreat masters) at Karme Ling and travels to centers throughout North America to teach. He is the author of “Amrita of Eloquence: A Biography of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche.”
Lama Karma’s weekend program at KTC JAX will be a teaching on “The Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to Dharma”(also known as the Four Ordinary Foundations). The Four Thoughts are taken as a profound contemplation leading us to a direct confrontation with our own personal reality. He will also introduce us to the Ngondro practice. Knowing the Four Thoughts is essential to beginning the Ngondro practice. If you are interested in formally stepping onto the Buddhist path, Lama Karma will offer Refuge. Following the Refuge Ceremony, Lama Karma will bestow the precious Amitabha Buddha Empowerment.
WEEKEND SCHEDULE:
Friday, August 25th 7 PM
Public Talk: Death and Dying
Location: Buckman Bridge Unitarian Universalist Church
8447 Manresa Ave, Jacksonville, FL
$5 Suggested Donation for Public Talk
Saturday, August 26th
10am-12pm: Teaching
12pm-2pm: Lunch Break & Interviews
2pm-4pm: Teaching
6:30pm: Refuge Ceremony
7pm: Amitabha Buddha Empowerment(Refuge required)
Location: KTC JAX
Sunday, August 27th
10am-12pm: Teaching
12pm-3pm: Lunch Break & Interviews
3pm-5pm: Teaching & Closing Remarks
Location: KTC JAX
SUGGESTED DONATIONS/TEACHING FEES:
$25 per session or for only Empowerment
$80 non-members/$72 members for entire weekend(including Empowerment)
**KTC JAX brings authentic Buddhist teachers to the Jacksonville area year-round for programs and retreats. Suggested donations are requested to offset the costs associated with holding these special events. We always greatly appreciate your generosity! No one has ever been turned away due to lack of funds. Volunteer Scholarships are available for those interested. Please let us know!**
We hope to see old and new faces in attendance to these precious teachings with Lama Karma! Please share if you know anyone interested. If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask.
Lama Karma Drodul Visit August 25-27
- Public talk on Death and Dying
- Weekend teaching on The Four thoughts that turn the mind to Dharma and Ngondro practice
- The giving of Refuge Ceremony and Amitabha Empowerment
