https://www.ktcgainesville.org/ has a wonderful line up of teachings coming up

For this Wednesday’s Buddhism Basic’s discussion Lama Losang KTC Jacksonville’s Spiritual Director will join us from 7:00-8:00PM. He will answer any questions you may have about Buddhism or your practice and also talk about our lineage master Gampopa, whose Instructions we have been studying as a group. Please use the regular Zoom Link located on our website and in our bio to take part in this instruction.

Lama Losang is a fully ordained monk and completed the traditional Kagyu three-year retreat at Karme Ling in 2004. In addition to being a Karma Kagyu lineage teacher, Lama Losang (David Bole) is also an Acupuncture Physician with a Doctorate in Psychology, and teaches, lectures, and conducts workshops around the country. In honor of Lama’s 70th birthday, July 26, 2019, Mayor Lauren Poe and the City of Gainesville proclaimed Dr. David Bole (Lama Losang): Health, Happiness, and Liberation Day.

We are happy to have him joining us for practice.

New Year’s Day First Light January 1st

This year we will join our Gainesville sister KTC in support of our Spiritual Director, Lama Losang, for the First Light Ceremony from 9:00am-11:00am. A most auspicious way to start the New Year, making aspirations helps shine a light on our intentions for cultivating compassion and developing Boddhichitta.

We will celebrate over Zoom using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6671190575. The password is Karmapa. You can access the prayers we’ll read that day here.

“Offering light, in particular, is a special door of dependent arising for quickly completing the accumulation of merit and receiving great blessings.” ~ Sutra of Arya Maitreya

If you wish to offer a light this New Year, use the link below. Each lamp is $1/day and dedications can be made for loved ones, to shine the light of prayer and peace across the globe, or for any heart-felt aspiration for the year. (Use Paypal’s note field to include any prayers or aspirations you wish to offer or email them to Lama Losang.)

LIGHT OFFERINGS

Schedule Change Saturday 11/27

Join us Saturday September 25th at 10:00am for the opportunity to incorporate the healing benefits of the Medicine Buddha practice into your life. Lama Losang the Spiritual Director of Karma Thegsum Choling Jacksonville will teach on this sacred chanting practice and the mantra that cultivates peace and brings benefit to ourselves and those around us. With our daily lives being so busy having the instruction for the Short Practice of Medicine Buddha makes it very accessible for those wanting to do the Medicine Buddha practice and not being able to find the time.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-short-medicine-buddha-practice-and-its-benefits-with-lama-losang-tickets-173104218377

To support KTC Jacksonville’s New Home Fund, this teaching is donation based. No one will ever be turned away due to funds. If you would like a scholarship please e-mail in**@****ax.org

Lama Losang (David Bole) is a fully ordained monk (Gelong) in the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He completed a three-year retreat under the guidance of renowned Kagyu master Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Psychology from the University of Florida. He continued his studies at the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in Oxford, England, where he completed two post graduate degrees. He has studied healing arts, meditation, martial arts, Tai Chi, acupuncture, herbal medicine and Chi Gong in the U.S., England, China, Tibet, India and Japan. He is a licensed acupuncturist in Florida and serves as the resident teacher for the Gainesville Karma Thegsum Choling Center in Gainesville, Florida.