Geden Shoeling
Tibetan Manjushri Center
Smoke Offering Puja
is known as Sang Puja in the Tibetan Buddhism practice.
Sang pūjā is a profound Vajrayāna offering practice.The word Sang in Tibetan has the meaning of remove, take away; purified, cleared, cleansed and awakened. As such Sang pūjā is considered a purification practice and focuses on removing the impurities in the mindstream of the practitioners and all the ‘guests’ (see below). The physical ritual involves the burning of different woods, incense together and many other substances such as ground gemstones and brocades that are described in the practice texts.
What is the benefit of smoke puja?
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The benefits of performing a smoke offering ritual are numerous:
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Generating harmony & peace.
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Healing & protecting physical/spiritual bodies.
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Purifying negative karma & other obstacles.
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Creating sacred space.
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Clearing disruptive energies and honoring our protectors, ancestors & loved ones.
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This practice has great power to perfect the accumulation of merit and wisdom. Thus, it represents much more than a simple offering of incense or smoke.
Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Tsephel
Tenzin Choephel Rinpoche
Geshe Jangchu
Guru Puja and Tsok offering prayers for
one year commemoration since the passing of His Eminence,
the late Khensur Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Jamyang into Parinirvana.
Dear dharma brothers and sisters,
Geden Shoeling Center would like to inform everyone that our center will hold the one-year memorial prayer for our late master, Khensur Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Jamyang, on November 15th, 2021.
We are honored to have Khensur Rinpoche Venerable Lobsang Tsephel to lead this special Guru Puja and Tsok offering with the presence of Tenzin Choephel Rinpoche and Geshe Thupten Changchu.
Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Tsephel was the former abbot of Gaden Jangste Monastery, one of the six main Tibetan monasteries in India.
Tenzin Choephel Rinpoche was recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of precious Master Lobsang Jampa Tenxin of Sok Lok Litang
Geshe Jangchu also came from Geden Jangtse Monastery.
Due to Covid-19 and the safety of Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Tsephel, we would like to invite everyone to join us via zoom only and not in person at the center. Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Geden Shoeling Tibetan Manjushri Buddhist Center is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Please use the link below to join us for this special Guru Puja and Tsok offering.
Time: Nov 15, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7634272242?pwd=aG9XZEN2Y21Nc2EycWUyZU9ESlFjUT09
Meeting ID: 763 427 2242 Passcode: Dharma
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June 2021
Geden Shoeling Center is now opened on the weekend Saturdays and Sundays effective immediately until further notice.
Hours: 10:00am- 3pm Saturdays and Sundays
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at 714-891-5456 or email us at Gedenshoelingcenter@yahoo.com
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March 14th, 2020
Dear Geden Shoeling’s Students and dharma friends,
“Due to the severity of the pandemic at this time, U.S Center for Disease Control and Prevention officials are urging for "social distancing" as a way to slow down the spread of the Coronavirus. Because the safety of our students, families, and our community is our primary concern during this crisis, Geden Shoeling Center is temporary closed effective immediately until further notice.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at 714-891-5456 or email us at Gedenshoelingcenter@yahoo.com
Dalai Lama and Khensure Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang have advised everyone to continue to pray (at home) to Green Tara and Medicine Buddha or recite Green Tara’s mantra as many times as possible for yourself,for your families, and most of all, for all of the sentient beings who are currently suffering whether it is due to the Coronavirus, other diseases, or facing any other difficulties in life. We all pray that everyone that is affected by this will have a swift recovery from the illness caused by Coronavirus and that everyone will be able to overcome any difficulties in life or obstacles on our dharma paths.
Green Tara’s mantra:
Om Tare’ Tutare’ Ture’ Soha (as many times as possible)
Medicine Buddha’s mantra:
Tayatha Om Be’kadza Be’kadza Maha Be’kadza Be’kadza Ra Dza Sa Mou Ga Te’ Soha.
(as many times as possible)
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Feb.2020
Dear Geden Shoeling students and all dharma friends,
According to Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang's advice from Canada, due to the outbreak of the new corona virus that is currently infected many thousands of people around world. Almost all mother sentient beings are suffering from some type of afflictions either caused by illness, diseases, plagques, natural calamity, even warfare or are facing various personal difficulties in life such as loosing a loved one or enduring financial hardship..etc..
Khensure Rinpoche has advised that we should all pray for the relief of all sufferings for our mother sentients from all six Realms, especially for all the victims of the Corona Virus around the world specifically, as well as all the victims of the wild-fire in Australia and all the victims of all the recent natural disasters such as floods, landslides, volcanoes, earthquakes in general.
Khensure Rinpoche has further advised that all of us should together pray to Tara for all sentient mother beings (including all the formless beings) in the six realms to be immediately relieved from any sufferings and that all the victimes be able to escape all types of plague, epidemics and/or natural disasters ... This prayer is especially helpful for those who are currently ill or in difficult situations.
Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center's schedule for this week will be:
Saturady, 2/22/2020: from 10:30am-12:00pm - Prayer to Tara
Sunday 02/23/2020: from 10:30am-12:00pm -Riciting Medicine Buddha mantra,Green Tara Mantra and Avalokiteshara mantra.
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Jan.2020
Dear Geden Shoeling students and all dharma friends,
As the new year is approaching, Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center sincerely wish that both you and your family will find your inner peace and your internal happiness by practicing Buddha's dharma. May the blessings of Buddha be with you to make all your dreams come true this year, the year of 2020!
Happy New Year!!!
Geden Shoeling hours for this new year weekend:
Geden Shoeling Center will be opened all day tomorrow and Sunday
( January 25th, 2020 & January 26th, 2020)
*** We will have vegetarian food in the dinning room for students and visitors. We hope you will enjoy them.
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Dear all dharma students and friends,
Dear all dharma students and friends,
Geden Shoeling Center is opened every Saturdays and every Sundays for anyone that wishes to visit the center to pray.
We will post our announcement on this website if we have any prayers or teachings scheduled in the next few weeks.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
Merry Xmas,
Geden Shoeling Tibetan Manjushri Buddhist Center will be closed during the xmas holidays
Sat 11/02/2019 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Avalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 11/03/2019 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Green Tara Prayer
Wed 11/20/2019 6:30 P.M. Guru Puja
Please bring a bell, drum, Vajra. If you would like to make an offering, please bring flowers, fruit, or cookies.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Hello all dharma family, this week's schedule is as follows:
Sat 10/26/2019 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. 100 Deities of Tushita Teaching by H. E. Jangtse Choje Gosok Rinpoche
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Sat 10/12/2019 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Avalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 10/13/2019 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Dzambhala Puja
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Sat 10/05/2019 10:30 A.M.- 12:00 P.M. Green Tara Prayer
Sun 10/06/2019 10:30 A.M.- 12:00 P.M. Medicine Buddha Prayer
Tue 10/08/2019 6:30 P.M. Guru Puja
Please bring a bell, drum, Vajra. If you would like to make an offering, please bring flowers, fruit, or cookies.
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Sat 9/21/2019 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Avalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 9/22/2019 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Green Tara Prayer
Wed 9/25/2019 6:30 P.M. Guru Puja
Please bring a bell, drum, Vajra. If you would like to make an offering, please bring flowers, fruit, or cookies.
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Sat 9/28/2019 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Anniversary Celebration Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 9/29/2019 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Anniversary Celebration Prayer To Amitabha
It is a custom at Geden Shoeling Tibetan Manjushri Buddhist Centre to display the Amitabha thangka as part of our anniversary celebration. This year our celebrations will be conducted in the prayer hall. Geshe la Norbu Chophol has been invited to attend the Lama Tsongkhapa Day celebrations in New York, celebrating the 600 year anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa attaining parinirvana.
Geshe la Norbu Chophol welcomes you to join the Dharma students of Geden Shoeling Center in Medicine Buddha Puja. Powerful prayers of purification and to remove obstacles, for both the living and the dead.
Guru Shakyamuni Buddha said in the sutra Medicine Buddha, Beams of Lapis Lazuli: Ananda, do you believe my explanation of the qualities of this Tathagata?" Because the actions of a Tathagata's holy body, speech, and mind are always pure and faultless." Guru Shakyamuni Buddha then advised, "Ananda, whoever hears the holy name of this Tathagata will not fall into the evil realms of the suffering transmigratory beings."
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Hello all dharma family, this week's schedule is as follows:
Sat 8/31/2019 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Guru Puja prayer to honor the 49th day of the deceased Long Beach Mother
Sun 9/01/2019 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Heart Sutra Prayer
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 8/24/2019 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Guru Puja
Please bring a bell, drum, Vajra. If you would like to make an offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sun 8/25/2019 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Green Tara Prayer
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Sat 8/17/2019 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. སྦྱང་དབང་། Jang-Wang Prayer with Yamantaka Purification Puja during Vu Lan month
***Vu Lan Ceremony is an annual Vietnamese Buddhist tradition honoring the parents and the ancestors who are still alive and passed away. On this day, we will pray and dedicate to them. Please arrive to the center early to write the names of your relatives on the lotus forms. Please remember to use 2 forms, one is for the relatives who are still alive, and one is for those who passed away.
Sun 8/18/2019 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Four Noble Truths Teaching(Cont.)
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Sat 08/10/2019 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Guru Puja
Please bring a bell, drum, Vajra. If you would like to make an offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sun 08/11/2019 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Four Noble Truths Teaching(Cont.)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 08/03/2019 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Green Tara Prayer
Sun 08/04/2019 10:30 A.M.- 12:00P.M. Four Noble Truths Teaching(Cont.)
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Sat 07/27/2019 10:30 A.M -12:00 P.M.: Guru Puja
Sun 07/28/2019 10:30 A.M.-1200 P.M.: Four Noble Truths Teaching (cont.)
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Sat 07/20/2019 10:30 A.M -12:00 P.M.: Medicine Buddha
Sun 07/21/2019 10:30 A.M.-1200 P.M.: Four Noble Truths
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Sat 07/06/2019 10:30 A.M -12:00 P.M.: Celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 84th birthday and long life prayer for His Holiness and Khensur Rinpoche
*Lunch and cake will be available after the prayer to celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 84th Birthday
Sun 07/07/2019 10:30 A.M.-1200 P.M.: Four Noble Truths
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Thur 06/27/2019 6:30P.M. Guru Puja
Please bring a bell, drum, Vajra. If you would like to make an offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sat 06/29/2019 10:30 A.M -12:00 P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 06/30/2019 10:30 A.M.-1200 P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
Sat 06/15/2019 & Sun 06/16/2019 5:30A.M.-5: 00 P.M. Nyung-Ne Retreat
- Please come on time in order to take the Precepts
Mon 06/17/2019 6:30 P.M. Saka Dawa Prayer
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
Sat 06/08/2019 Vajrasattva Puja:
Vajrasattva practice is done for the purification of negative karma.
It is undertaken with a bodhicitta aim to purify all our karma in order to reach enlightenment
as quickly as possible in order to be best able to help all sentient beings.
Sun 06/09/2019 Teaching On Saka Dawa:
Geshe-la Norbu will give a teaching on the month of Saka Dawa.
Wed 05/29/2019 Guru Puja
Please bring a bell, drum, Vajra. If you would like to make an offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sat 06/01/2019 Heart Sutra Prayer
Sun 06/02/2019 Avalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Saka Dawa (also known as Saga Dawa) (ས་ག་ཟླ་བ།) represents the holiest and most sacred days in Tibetan Buddhism. Falling on the fourth month of the Tibetan Calendar, the religious festivities of Saka Dawa peak on the 15th Lunar Day when there is a full moon. This day is associated with three major events in the life of Shakyamuni Buddha – his birth, his enlightenment on a full moon night, and his parinirvana.
This year, Saka Dawa will begin from 06/04/2019 to 07/02/2019. Lama Norbu Geshela said that the effects of positive and negative actions will be multiplied thousands of times. Please perform as many virtuous actions as possible, and avoid doing non-virtuous actions. If possible, please avoid eating meat for the entire month. If not possible, please avoid eating meat in the first half of the month. If it is not even possible, please avoid eating meat on Mon 06/17/2019 which is the most important day of the month.
We are planning to set up an altar table on Tuesday 06/04/2019. If you have time, please stop by to conduct Water Offering to accumulate merit. In addition, we may have Fish Release. Date and location will be announced later.
The schedule at Geden Shoeling is as followed:
Sat 06/15/2019 & Sun 06/16/2019 5:30A.M.-5:00P.M. Nyung-Ne Retreat
- Please come on time in order to take the Precepts
Mon 06/17/2019 6:30 P.M. Saka Dawa Prayer
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 05/25/2019 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Heart sutra Prayer
Sun 05/26/2019 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. One- Hundred- Syllable Mantra of Vajrasattva Prayer
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 05/18/2019 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Green Tara Prayer
Sun 05/19/2019 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Avalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 05/11/2019 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Preparing for mother's day lunch.
*** If you have time, please come and help.
Sun 05/12/2019 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Happy Mother's Day-Wish all mothers everywhere a joyful and fulfilling Mother’s Day
May our mothers be blessed with good health, comfort, happiness, peace, and wisdom.
We would like to invite everyone and their families, especially the Mothers, for a Mother's day lunch at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center.
This week, there will be no schedule for Saturday 5/4/2019 or Sunday 5/5/2019 at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center. We apologize for your inconvenience.
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Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang has arrived at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center last Sunday afternoon.
If you would like to visit him, please come to the Center. There will be no Prayer session or Dharma teaching this Saturday and Sunday.
On Monday 4/29/2019, there will be Guru Puja with Tsog Offering at 5:30 P.M.
We invite everyone to join us. Thank you very much.
Hello everyone,
We are very happy to announce that our teacher, Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang, will be arriving at LAX tomorrow Sunday 4/21/2019 at 3:11 P.M (United, #566 from Chicago). If you have time, please join us at the airport to welcome him back.
Sat 04/20/2019 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Amitabha Prayer
Sun 04/21/2019 10:30A.M.-12: 00 P.M. Thirty-five Buddhas Purification Puja
If you have any questions, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 04/13/2019 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Kalarupa Puja
Sun 04/14/2019 10:30A.M.-12: 00 P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please bring a bell, drum, and Vajra. If you would like to make offeing, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
If you have any questions, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 04/06/2019 10:30A.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 04/07/2019 10:30A.M. Green Tara Puja
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 03/30/19 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Guru Puja
***Please bring bell, drum, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sun 03/31/19 10:30A.M.-12:00 P.M. Green Tara Puja
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Sat 03/16/19 10:30A.M.-12:00 P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please bring bell, drum, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sun 03/17/19 10:30A.M.-12:00 P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
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Sat 03/09/19 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Thirty-five Buddhas Purification Puja
Sun 03/10/19 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Avalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
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Sat 03/02/19 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Guru Puja
***Please bring bell, drum, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sun 03/03/19 10: 30 A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
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Sat 02/23/19 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dzambala Water Offering Prayer
Sun 02/24/19 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Amitabha Prayer
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Tue, 2/19/19 6:30P.M. Chonga Choepa or the Butter Lamp Festival
The first full moon in the Tibetan lunar calendar is celebrated as the Day of Miracles, or Chotrul Duchen, which commemorates the final day of miraculous display by the Buddha which lasted 15 days.
Chotrul Duchen, meaning "Great Day of Miraculous Manifestations", is one of the four great holy days observed by Tibetan Buddhists, always occurring on the Fifteenth day of the first lunar Month in the Tibetan calendar. During this time, it is believed that the effects of both positive and negative actions are multiplied ten million times.
**Geshela said that he will hand out the blessed cookies on the altar to all the students after the prayer.
Sat, 2/23/19 10:30 A.M.-12:00P.M. Water offering to Dzambhala puja
Sun, 2/24/19, 10:30 A.M.-12:00P.M. Amitabha prayer
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Thur, 2/14/19, 6:30 P.M. Guru Puja
***Please bring bell, drum, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sat, 2/16/19, 10: 30 A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun, 2/17/19, 10:30 A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Question and Answer
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Sat 02/09/19 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 02/10/19 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Thurs 02/14/19 6:30P.M. Guru Puja
***Please bring bell, drum, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
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Sun 2/03/2019 1:00P.M. Bake cookies and cook soup according to the Tibetan tradition
6:00P.M. Please join us for the annual Tibetan soup dinner, which falls on the 29th night, 2 days before the New Year.
* Geshela Norbu Chophol invites everyone to join him for traditional Tibetan (Guthuk) soup. On the 29th day of the 12th month of the Tibetan calendar, a special dinner is made to drive out all negativity, evil spirits and misfortunes of the previous year. The new year is begun in a peaceful and joyous manner. Into each bowl of soup will be added one extra-large dough ball that contains inside it either a small piece of various objects — like coal, wool, and so on. These objects are jokingly meant to relate to the character of the person who gets it – some are positive and some are negative.
**Please join us displaying the altar to welcome the New Year
Tue 2/05/2019 10:30 A.M. -12:00 P.M. Losar and Lunar New Year: Long life prayer to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang.
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Thurs, January 31, 2019 at 8:40 AM – 8:50 AM PST
Please join the Geden Shoeling Center Dharma students in welcoming our honored teacher Geshe la Norbu Chophol upon his return to Southern California. We will meet at the International Arrivals area of Tom Bradley Terminal B at LAX. See you there!
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Sat 12/22/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dzambhala Puja
Sun 12/23/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Dec 15 - Dec 16 Temple Closed For Repairs
Due to serious plumbing problems Geden Shoeling Tibetan Manjushri Buddhist Centre will be closed and there will not be any activities
Saturday and Sunday.
Geshe - la Norbu Chophol is sorry for this problem and inconvenience it causes and requests that all Dharma students pray at home.
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We will be holding a special prayer this Saturday and Sunday.
According to the Tibetan calendar,Je Jamchen Choeje Yeshi, the founder of Sera Monastery and one of the main disciples of Tsongkhapa, passed away on the 24th day of the same month in the year 1443.
Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism, an emanation of Manjushri, passed away on the 25th day of the 10th Tibetan month in the year 1419.
Tsongkhapa Day is the celebration of the "parinirvana" or the enlightenment of the great Lama Tsongkhapa, whose birth and enlightent activity was prophesized by the Buddha himself.
Sat 12/01/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Long and Short Mantra Recitation: Vajra Buddha:
Sun 12/02/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Lama Tsong-kha-pa's Anniversary of Passing: Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering):
**Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offfering, please bring flowers, fruits, or cookies.
*** We are going to install lights outside this Friday. If you have time, please come and help us.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 11/24/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 11/25/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M.. Medicine Buddha Puja
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 11/17/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please bring bell, drum, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sun 11/18/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Question and Answer
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 11/10/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M Kalarupa Puja
Sun 11/11/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
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Fri 11/02/2018 6:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
The group of doctor and astrologers from Men-Tsee-Khang, the traditional Tibetan Medicine and Astrological Institute, will be at Geden Shoeling Center on Saturday 11/3 and Sunday 11/14. If you would like to have consultation with them, please contact the center for scheduling. Some of the traditional Tibetan herbal products will be available for sale such as oils for joint pain, hair growth, massage oils, etc...
There will be no prayer session or Dharma teaching on these 2 days. On Saturday evening at 6:00P.M., Geshela Norbu invites everyone to a Tibetan dinner welcoming the Men-Tsee-Khang staff and expressing appreciation to all of the students for their help and hard work.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 10/27/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Thirty-five Buddhas Purification Puja
Sun 10/28/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
Fri 11/02/2018 6:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
The group of doctor and astrologers from Men-Tsee-Khang, the traditional Tibetan Medicine and Astrological Institute, will be at Geden Shoeling Center on Saturday 11/3 and Sunday 11/14. If you would like to have consultation with them, please contact the center for scheduling. Some of the traditional Tibetan herbal products will be available for sale such as oils for joint pain, hair growth, massage oils, etc...
There will be no prayer session or Dharma teaching on these 2 days. On Saturday evening at 6:00P.M., geshe Norbu invites everyone to a Tibetan dinner welcoming the Men-Tsee-Khang staff and expressing appreciation to all of the students for their help and hard work.
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Fri 10/19/2018 6:30 pm Guru Puja
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offfering, please bring flowers, fruits, or cookies.
Sat 10/20/2018 10:30A.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 10/21/2018 10:30A.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 10/13/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Avalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 10/14/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
If you have any questions, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center invites everyone to come and receive blessings from the recitation of these prayers with the Sera Je Tehor Khamtsen monks:
Sat 10/6/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Special Heart Sutra Prayer
***Recitation of this prayer will help removing obstacles, eliminating mental afflictions, as well as facilitating the opening of wisdom
Sun 10/7/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Brief Dharma teaching
Namgyalma (Ushnishavijaya) Prayers
***Prayers to this Goddess of Long Life is said to promote spiritual purification, good health, and longevity.
The monks of Sera Je Tehor Khamtsen have come from Southern India on a cultural tour to raise funds for the education of young monks and Tibetan children. This is primarily for the preservation of the Tibetan culture - the language, grammar, Buddhist philosophy, and Dharma.
The monks will be here until Tuesday 10/9/2018 and are available to conduct blessing and obstacle-removing prayers at your home or business. They will also be selling Tibetan merchandise. All donations are appreciated. Checks can be made to Geden Shoeling with the memo to Sera Je Tehor Khamtsen.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Please note we will not have the usual scheduled Prayer and Dharma teaching this weekend on Saturday, 9/29/18, and Sunday, 9/30/18.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456.
Thank you very much.
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This week, Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center will celebrate 15th year Anniversary of Establishment. As usual, we will display the three Thangkas of the Shakyamuni Buddha, Medicine Buddha, and Amitabha Buddha in our front garden for everyone to observe in order to accumulate merit and purify negative karmas.
Sat 9/22/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 9/23/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. * Brief Dharma teaching: Causes / Results and Karma
* Prayer to Amitabha Buddha for Opening the Door to the Perfect Pure Land
After the Dharma sessions, please stay for lunch. If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 9/15/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 9/16/2018 10:30A..M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center will celebrate 15th year Anniversary the following weekend.
Sat 9/22/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 9/23/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Brief Dharma teaching: Causes / Results and Karma
Prayer to Amitabha Buddha for Opening the Door to the Perfect Pure Land
After the Dharma sessions, please stay for lunch. If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Wed, 9/05/2018, 6:30 pm Guru Puja
*** Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offfering, please bring flowers, fruits, or cookies.
Sat, 09/08/2018, 10:30 A..M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun, 09/09/2018, 10:30A.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
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Sat 09/01/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dzambala Water Offering Puja
Sun 09/02/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
Wed 09/05/2018 06:30P.M. Guru Puja
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Sat 08/25/2018. 10:30 A..M. Avalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 08/26/2018 10:30 A.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
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Sat 8/18/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sun 8/19/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas
Mon 8/20/2018 6:30P.M. Guru Puja
*** Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offfering, please bring flowers, fruits, or cookies.
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Sat 8/11/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. སྦྱང་དབང་། Jang-Wang Prayer with Yamantaka Purification Puja during Vu Lan month
Sun 8/12/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattavas
***attached is lotus flower form. (click on the image to print). Please print out and write the names of your mothers and/or your relatives who you would like to dedicate the prayers to. Please write the names of the deceased love ones and the love ones who are still alive on two separate lotus forms. Please bring those in on Saturday morn
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 08/04/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Thirty-five Buddhas Purification Puja
Sun 08/05/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
Mon 08/06/2018 6:30 P.M. Guru Puja
*** Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offfering, please bring flowers, fruits, or cookies.
If you have any questions, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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The schedule for this weekend at Geden Shoeling is as follows:
Sat 7/28/2018. 10:30 A..M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 7/29/2018 10:30 A.M. Green Tara Puja
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Sat 7/21/2018 10:30 A.M. Amitabha Prayer
Sun 7/22/2018 10:30A.M. Guru Puja
In addition to Guru Puja, we will also have a prayer dedicating to Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Rabga to mark his one year passing.
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offfering, please bring flowers, fruits, or cookies.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat. 7/14/2018. 10:30 AM. One-hundred Syllable Mantra recitation
Amitabha Mantra recitation
Green Tara Mantra recitation
Sun. 7/15/2018 10:30A.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
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Sat 7/7/2018. 10:00A.M. Release of 83 birds to celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 83rd Birthday
Long Life Prayer dedicating to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang
After the prayer please stay for Tibetan food and cake to celebrate the birthday of His Holiness
Sun 7/8/2018 10:30A.M.-12:30P.M. Guru Puja
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offfering, please bring flowers, fruits, or cookies.
Dharma teaching: The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 06/30/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dzambhala Puja
Sun 07/01/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued) Question & Answer Session
If you have any questions, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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The schedule for this weekend at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center is as followed:
Sat 6/23/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sun 6/24/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 6/16/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 6/17/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
***Geshe la Norbu mentioned that he will prepare Tibetan dishes for lunch on Father's Day occasion. All is welcome.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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The Water Offering is continued at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center. Please come by to conduct Water Offering in order to accumulate merit during Saka Dawa.
This week, the schedule is as followed:
Sat 6/9/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please bring bell, drum, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sun 6/10/2018 10:30A..M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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The Water Offering practice is continued every day until 6/16/2018. If you have time, please stop by Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center to make Water Offering.
This week, the schedule at Geden Shoeling Center is as followed:
Tues 5/29/2018 6:30P.M. Ablution Ceremony: Celebration of Buddha Shakyamuni's Birthday
Sat 6/2/2018 11;30 A.M.-12:30P.M. Fish Release at Marina Del Rey
Address: 13759 Fiji Way
Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6909
***If you would like to carpool to Mariney Del Rey, please come by Geden Shoeling Center before 10:00A.M. Light breakfast will be served earlier. Those of you who go directly to Marina Del Rey, please be there at 11:00A.M. Please contact Geden Shoeling Center for the exact location and direction. Picnic will be followed the Fish Release event.
Sun 6/3/2018 Cleaning the temple
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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This year, Saka Dawa, the holy month commemorating the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and paranirvana, will begin from 5/16/2018 to 6/16/2018. It is said that the effects of the positive and negative actions will be multiplied thousands of times. Please perform as many virtuous actions as possible, and avoid doing non-virtuous actions. If possible, please avoid eating meat for the entire month. If not possible, please avoid eating meat the first half of the month. If it is not even possible, please avoid eating meat on Tues 5/29 which is the most important day of the month.
Geden Shoeling Center also conduct Water Offering beginning on Thursday 5/16/2018. If you have time, please stop by to conduct Water Offering to accumulate merit. In addition, we may have Fish Release. Date and location will be announced later.
The schedule at Geden Shoeling is as followed:
Sat 5/19/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Thirty-five Buddhas Purification Puja
Sun 5/20/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty=Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
Sat 5/26/2018 & Sun 5/27/2018 5:30A.M.-5:00P.M. Nyung_Ne Retreat
- Please sign up so the volunteers can prepare breakfast and lunch for you.
- Please come on time in order to take the Precepts
Tues 5/29/2018 6:30P.M. Saka Dawa Prayer
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Thurs 5/10/2018 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sat 5/12/2018 10:30A.M-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sun 5/13/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
***Mother's Day Celebration: after the teachings, please stay for Tibetan food lunch.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Instead, there will be Pachen Lama's Birthday Celebration Event organized by the Tibetan Association on Saturday 5/5/2018 from 1P.M.-3P.M.
Wed 5/2/2018 Afternoon: tent set-up: if you have time, please come and help the Tibetan Association.
Sat 5/5/2018 Potluck Lunch before the event
1P.M.-3P.M. The Pachen Lama's Birthday Celebration
Sun 5/6/2018 Clean up
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
Tuesday, 4/10/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
*Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
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Sat 4/7/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 4/8/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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3/26/2018 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sat 3/31/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dzambhala Water Offering Puja
Sun 4/1/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Hello! Dharma brothers and sisters,
We are very happy to announce that Geshe La Norbu has arrived to Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center last week.
This week, the schedule at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center is as followed:
Sat 3/10/2018 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Samantha Meditation
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sun 3/11/2018 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
*Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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We will be holding a special prayer this Saturday and Sunday. We will be having a special prayer for Je Tsongkhapa and Je Jamchen Choeje Yeshi.
Tsongkhapa Day is the celebration of the parinirvana or the enlightenment of the great Lama Tsongkhapa, whose birth and enlightent activity was prophesized by the Buddha himself. Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism, an emanation of Manjushri, passed away on the 25th day of the 10th Tibetan month in the year 1419.
Je Jamchen Choeje Yeshi, the founder of Sera Monastery and one of the main disciples of Tsongkhapa, passed away on the 24th day of the same month in the year 1443(Sera Mey Monastery).
Geshe la mentioned that we will be holding the prayer at an earlier date than the actual date because many people are very occupied due to the holidays. He emphasized on how participants can gain many benefits by practicing this prayer.
By participating in this prayer, there are a few benefits: Purification of negative kharma, revival of broken commitments, accumulation of vast amount of merit
This week, the schedule at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center is as followed:
We will have special candle offerings with the special assembly prayer
Sat 12/9/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. NA-DEN CHAK-CHO CHUK-SO
Sun 12/10/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
*Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Geshe Norbu la mentioned that we will be cleaning the center this weekend. This is a yearly activity that we do each year to maintain a clean enviroment for everyone. We will start cleaning at 11:00 A.M.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat. 11/25/2017. 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Amitabha Buddha Prayer
Sun. 11/26/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Mantra Recitation: five Dzambhala Buddhas
Tues. 11/28/2017 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
*Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 11/18/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 11/19/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 11/11/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sun 11/12/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 11/4/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Thirty-five Buddhas Purification Puja
Sun 11/5/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Thirty Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 10/28/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 10/29/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
***Since Monday 10/30/2017 is the Dakini day, we will have a short version of Guru Puja on Sunday following the teachings.
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit. or cookies.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 10/21/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 10/22/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The thirty-seven practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 10/14/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sun 10/15/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The thirty seven practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
***Geshe Norbu would like to thank the students who have helped preparing the 14th Anniversary of Geden Shoeling Center event two weeks ago. He invites everyone and family to attend dinner this coming Sunday at 6:30P.M. He mentioned that he will cook Tibetan dishes.
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Sat 10/7/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 10/8/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
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Sat 9/30/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, pleases bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sun 10/1/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
The Tibetan doctors and astrologists from Men-tsi-khang, Dharamsala will be at Geden Shoeling Center on Mon 10/16/2017 from 10:30A.M to 6P.M. If you are interested in making appointment for consultation, please contact Geden Shoeling Center for more information. Our phone number is 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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The 14th Anniversary of Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center will be this coming weekend Saturday 9/23/2017 and Sunday 9/24/2017. Attached is the advertisement that we advertise on a local Vietnamese newspaper.
We invite you and your family to attend this special event. If you have time, please come to Geden Shoeling Center on Wednesday 9/20/2017 and Thursday 9/21/2017 afternoons to help setting up the tent and Buddhas thangkas.
Sat 9/23/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 9/24/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma talk on Karma
Praise to Buddha Amitabha for Opening the Gate to Excellent Land Puja
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Fri 9/15/2017 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sat 9/16/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 9/17/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The thirty-seven practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
The following weekend is the 14th Anniversary of Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center. We invite you and your families attend this special event:
Sat 9/23/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 9/24/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma talk on Karma
Praise to Buddha Amitabha for Opening the Gate to Excellent Land PUJA
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 9/09/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M Prayer: "The Swift Path to proceed unhindered to the Blissful Pure Land"
Sun 9/10/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The thirty-seven practices of Bodhisattvas (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Tomorrow Sat 9/2/2017, before coming to Dieu Ngu temple at 8:00A.M., the president of Tibetan Central Administration, Dr Lobsang Sangay, will stop by Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center for a brief visit at around 7:45A.M. If you would like to join us welcoming him at our temple, please come to Geden Shoeling Center at 7:30A.M.
Thank you very much.
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The president of Central Tibetan Administration, Dr Lobsang Sangay from Dharamsala - India, will arrive to LAX at 6:30P.M. on Thursday 8/31/2017. If you would like to carpool welcoming him, please arrive at Geden Shoeling Center at 4:30P.M.
On Saturday 9/2/2017, there will be no prayer session at Geden Shoeling Center. There will be a "Human Right Conference" lead by Dr. Lobsang Sangay at Dieu Ngu temple from 9:30A.M.-12:00P.M. if you are interested.
On Sunday 9/3/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M: སྦྱང་དབང་། Chang-Wang Purification Prayer on Vu Lan - Honoring of Mothers's occasion
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Sat 8/26/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sun 8/27/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The thirty-seven practices of Bodhisattvas
At the beginning of each Dharma session, we will continue reciting mantras dedicating to Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Rabga. If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 8/19/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Thirty-five Buddhas Purification Puja
Sun 8/20/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Question and Answer about Buddha Dharma
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Thursday 8/17/2017 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
On this day, we will be praying and dedicating to Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Rabga who recently passed away in India.
Please remember to bring bell, drum, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
We will send out the weekend schedule later. Thank you very much.
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Sun 8/13/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M It is with our deepest sorrow that we inform you of the news that Khensur Ripoche Lobsang Rabga has passed away recently at Sera Mey Monastery. Geshe La said that we will be holding a special prayer for Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Rabga tomorrow, Sunday August, 13. We will also be doing a candle offering.
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Sat 8/12/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 8/13/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
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Sat 8/5/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 8/6/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
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Sat 7/29/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 7/30/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Guru Puja (Without Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra.
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Sat 7/22/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Mantra Recitation: short and long mantras of Awalokiteshvara
Sun 7/23/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Mantra Recitation: five mantras of Dzambhala Buddhas
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Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering) will be conducted tomorrow Tuesday 7/18/2017 at 5:30P.M. Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies. Thank you very much.
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Sat 7/15/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sun 7/16/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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In order to prepare for our Fundraising Dinner of Sera Mey Monastery Debate Hall this coming Saturday, this year, we will celebrate His Holiness' birthday one day earlier. The schedule at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center is as followed:
Wed. 7/5/2017. 10:30A.M. Long Life Prayer dedicating to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Sat. 7/8/2017 10:30A.M.-12:30P.M. Amitabha Buddha Initiation
5:00P.M. Fundraising Dinner for Sera Mey Monastery Debate Hall - Dharma teaching by Khensur Rinpoche Ngawang Jorden
-Please support this good cause of Khen Rinpoche and the Sera Mey monks by attending this special Tibetan dinner.
Sun 7/9/2017. 10:30A.M.-12:30P.M. Aksobhya Buddha Initiation - Dissolution of Amitabha Buddha Mandala: mandala sand will be distributed to all fortunate attendees.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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We would like remind everyone about Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering) today Monday 6/19/2017 at 5:30P.M.
We have updated the schedule of Sera Mey Monastary's Debate Hall Fundraising Tour. Please plan to attend these series of precious prayers and Initiations conducted by the Abbot of Sera Mey Monastery, Khen Rinpoche Ngawang Jorden. In addition, you can invite the monks to come to your house or your business for blessing prayers. Please contact us for scheduling. Attached is the Vietnamese language version which we will be advertising to the public. Here is an English version:
Điều Ngự Temple
9561 Bixby Ave, Garden Grove
Sat 6/24/2017 10:00A.M.-12:00P.M. Dzambhala Puja
Việt Báo Newspaper
14841 Moran Street, Westminster
Sun 6/25/2017 3:00P.M.-5:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center
Sat 7/1/2017 10:30A.M.-12:30P.M. Vajrapani - Hayagriva - Garuda Initiation
Sangha Center
(Huntington Beach Center for Spiritual Living)
7641 Talbert Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Sun 7/2/2017 3:00P.M.-5:30P.M. Medicine Buddha Initiation
From Monday 7/3/2017 to Sunday 7/9/2017, all of the Dharma sessions will be at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center.
Mon 7/3/2017 - Fri 7/7/2017 10:00A.M.-12:00P.M. & 2:00P.M.-4:00P.M. Creation of Amitabha Buddha Mandala
Sat 7/8/2017 10:30A.M.-12:30P.M. Amitabha Buddha Initiation
5:00P.M. Fundraising Dinner for Sera Mey Monastery's Debate Hall - Dharma teaching by Khen Rinpoche Ngawang Jorden
Sun 7/9/2017 10:30A.M.-12:30P.M. Aksobhya Buddha Initiation - Dissolution of Amitabha Buddha Mandala
***Mandala sand will be distributed to all attendees.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sera Mey Monastery's Khen Rinpoche Ngawang Jorden, Abong Rinpoche, and Sera Mey monks have arrived to Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center yesterday. At the present time, the schedule for the next few weeks is as followed:
Sat 6/17/2017 Lien Hoa temple, 9561 Bixby Ave, Garden Grove
5:30P.M.-7:30P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths
Mon 6/19/2017 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Sat 6/24/2017 Dieu Ngu Temple, 14472 Chestnut, Westminster
10:00A.M.-12:00P.M. Dzambhala Puja
Sun 6/25/2017 Viet Bao Newspaper, 14841 Moran Street, Westminster
3:00P.M.-5:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 7/2/2017 Sangha Center
(Huntington Beach Center for Spiritual Living)
7641 Talbert Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
3:00P.M. - 5:30P.M. Medicine Buddha Initiation
***Please note: the schedule may be changed due to unexpected reasons. We will try our best to update you the schedule. Thank you.
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Water Offering Practice is still going on every day at Geden Shoeling Center. If you have time, please come by to conduct Water Offering in order to create merit during this holy Saka Dawa month. This week, the schedule at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center is as followed:
Thurs 6/8/2017 2:00P.M. Making 1000 Torma ritual cakes in preparation for Sawa Dawa day
Fri 6/9/2017 10:30A.M. Special prayer on Sawa Dawa day
Sat 6/10/2017 & Sun 6/11/2017 5:30A.M. - 5:00P.M. Nyung Ne Retreat
- Nyung Ne Retreat will begin at dawn 5:30A.M. and last 24 hours until 5:30A.M. the next day. Please be on time to take the Eight Mahayana Precepts.
- On these days, we will conduct Awalokiteshvara practice, reciting mantras, and making many prostrations. We will observe silence. We also will be fasting after lunch. Only water should be consumed after lunch. You don't need to observe fasting if there are medical reasons.
Sera Mey Khen Rinpoche Ngawang Jorden, a reincarnate Rinpoche, and a group of Sera Mey monks will arrive to Geden Shoeling Center on Tuesday 6/13/2017. They will stay for about a month. Attached is a preliminary schedule that we will advertise to the general public. However, there will be changes and/or additional schedules; therefore, please check your emails frequently or contact Geden Shoeling Center if you have any question 714-891-5456
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Saka Dawa has started last Friday 5/26/2017 and will last until the end of 6/23/2017. It is said that the merit one creates during this month will be multiplied by 100,000 times.
If possible, please avoid eating meat for the entire month. If not possible, please avoid eating meat from now until the end of 6/9/2017. If not possible, please avoid eating meat on Friday 6/9/2017.
The Water Offering is continued every day at Geden Shoeling Center. If you have time, please come by to conduct Water Offering.
Sat 6/3/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***The actual Dakini date is on the next day 6/4/2014. However, it is moved to this date due to the Initiation.
Sun 6/4/2017 10:30A.M.-12:30P.M. Vajrapani, Hayagriva, and Garuda's Initiation
***While Vajrapani-Hayagriva-garuda practice is a remedy to remove obstacles, spirit harm, and illnesses, its ultimate purpose is to liberate us from the three poisons desire attachment, anger, and ignorance. This is a very special initiation conferred by Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang. Please plan to attend and please help us spreading the words so others can also attend this precious Initiation.
Fri 6/9/2017 10:30A.M. Special Prayer on Saka Dawa day
Sat 6/10/2017 & Sun 6/11/2017 Nyung Ne Retreat
- Please sign up whether you are interested in attending Nyung Ne Retreat for one day or both days so we can prepare breakfast and lunch for you.
- Nyung Ne Retreat will begin at dawn 5:30A.M. and last 24 hours until 5:30A.M. the next day. Please be on time to take the Eight Mahayana Precepts.
- On these days, we will conduct Awalokiteshvara practice, reciting mantras, and making many prostrations. We will observe silence. We also will be fasting after lunch. Only water should be consumed after lunch. You don't need to observe fasting if there are medical reasons.
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Saka Dawa, the 4th month according to Tibetan calendar, is an important occasion which commemorates Buddha Shakyamuni's birth, enlightenment, and passing into parinirvana . During this month, it is said that the merits of any good deeds that one creates will be multiplied thousands of times. This year, Saka Dawa will start this Friday 5/26/2017 and last through the end of Friday 6/23/2017. The 15th day, which is the most important day, is Friday 6/9/2017.
For the purpose of accumulating merit, once again, Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center will conduct Water Offering every day during this month starting this Friday. If you have time, please come to Geden shoeling Center as much as possible to conduct Water Offering.
In addition, we should avoid eating meat. Khensur Rinpoche has mentioned that if possible, try to avoid eating meat the whole month. If not possible, try to avoid eating meat for the first two weeks, from 5/26/2017 to 6/9/2017. If it is not even possible, please avoid eating meat on Friday 6/9/2017.
The schedule for the next two weeks at Geden Shoeling Center is as followed:
Fri 5/26/2017 Water Offering: everyday until the end of Friday 6/23/2017.
Sat 5/27/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Ablution Ceremony
Sun 5/28/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: "Praise to Buddha Amitabha for Opening the Gate to the Excellent Pure Land" (continued)
Fri 6/09/2017 10:30A.M. Special Prayer on Saka Dawa Day
Sat 6/10/2017 & Sun 6/11/2017 Nyung Ne Retreat
- Please sign up whether you are interested in attending Nyung Ne Retreat for one day or both days so we can prepare breakfast and lunch for you.
- Nyung Ne Retreat will begin at dawn 5:30A.M. and last 24 hours until 5:30A.M. the next day. Please be on time to take the Eight Mahayana Precepts.
- On these days, we will conduct Awalokiteshvara practice, reciting mantras, and making many prostrations. We will observe silence. We also will be fasting after lunch. Only water should be consumed after lunch. You don't need to observe fasting if there are medical reasons.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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We are very happy to announce that Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang has arrived to Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center yesterday afternoon.
This week, the schedule at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center is as followed:
Sat 5/20/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 5/21/2017 10:30A.M.-12:30P.M. -Dharma teaching: "Praise to Buddha Amitababha for Opening the door to Excellent Land"
Since it is Dakini day, we will conduct Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering) following the teachings. Please note that the Dharma session may be longer than usual.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 5/13/2017 10:30A.M - 12:00P.M. Special Heart Sutra Puja
Sun 5/14/2017 10:30A.M. - 12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Questions and Answers
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Geshe Norbu will arrive to LAX on Thursday 5/11/2017 at 2:50P.M. If you would like to welcome him at the airport, please come to Geden Shoeling Center at 1:00P.M. Thank you very much.
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Fri 5/5/2017 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies
Sat 5/6/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sun 5/7/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Thirty-five Buddhas Purification Puja
Thank you very much.
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Geshe Norbu will be leaving to New Delhi, India this Wednesday 5/3/2017 for Sera Mey Monastery's purposes. He will be back in 8 days on 5/11/2017. If you would like to escort him to the airport, please come to Geden Shoeling Center at 5:30A.M.
We will send out the schedule for this week soon. Thank you very much.
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Sat 4/29/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Prayer
Sun 4/30/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Prayer
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Fri 4/21/2017 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring bell, drum, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sat 4/22/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Swift Path Without Hindered To Amitabha's Land (continued)
***Please note: There will be no Dharma teaching or prayer this Sunday 4/23/2017. We will resume our normal schedule next week. If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Khensur Rinpoche and Geshe Norbu will arrive to LAX on Wednesday 4/12/ 2017 at 5:56 P.M. . If you would like to join us welcoming them back, since it is rush hour, please come to Geden Shoeling Center at 4:00 P.M. sharp.
This week, the schedule at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center is as followed:
Sat 4/15/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dzambhala Puja
Sun 4/16/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching:
"The Swift Path to proceed unhindered to Amitabha's Pure Land" (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Khensur Rinpoche and Geshe Norbu will be leaving our center to go to Texas for a few days. If you would like to escort them to LAX airport, please come to Geden Shoeling Center on Thursday 4/6/2017 at 5:30A.M.
This week, the schedule is as followed:
Sat 4/8/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 4/9/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 4/1/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Thirty-five Buddhas Purification Puja
Sun 4/2/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: "The swift path to proceed unhindered to the Blissful Pure Land" (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 3/25/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 3/26/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: "The swift path to proceed unhindered to the Blissful Pure Land" (continued)
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Sat 3/18/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 3/19/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: "The Swift Path to proceed unhindered to the Blissful Pure Land" (continued)
Wed 3/22/2017 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
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Sat 3/11/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sun 3/12/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Swift Path to proceed unhindered to the Blissful Pure Land (continue)
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Sat 3/4/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 3/5/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: "The swift path to proceed without delay to the Blissful Pure Land"
- (A commentary from Lotus Sutra)
Tues 3/7/2017 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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This coming Monday 2/27/2017 will be Tibetan New Year. According to the annual tradition, the schedule for Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center is as followed:
Sat 2/25/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
3:00P.M. Preparation fo dinner
5:30P.M. དགུ་ཐུག Gu-thug: Noodle / dumpling soup dinner on the 29th evening of December according to Tibetan calendar
***We invite you and your family for this special dinner. According to the Tibetan tradition, the noodle / dumplings may contain various symbolizing objects inside, each has its own unique meaning. It surely is a delight to receive one of those.
Sun 2/26/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Purification (continued)
***After lunch, if you have time, please join us setting-up the altar welcoming the New Year
Mon 2/27/2017 10:30A.M. Losar - Tibetan New Year Prayer:
-Long Life Prayer to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
-Long Life Prayer to Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang
-Prayers to the Lineage and all sentient beings
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Tuesday 2/21/2017 5:30 pm Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Thank you.
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Geshe Norbu will arrive at LAX this Saturday 2/18/2017 at 6:40am. If you would like to join us picking him up at the airport, please come to the center at 5:30am.
This week, the schedule at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center is as followed:
Sat 2/18/2017 10:30am-12:00pm. Green Tara Puja
Sun 2/19/2017. 10:30am-12:00pm. Dharma teachings: purification (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 2/11/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 2/12/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching by Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang (continued)
The fundraising for Sera Mey Food Fund at the Lunar New Year Festivals is continued this week at 3 locations:
1. Whittier Narrows Park (El Monte)
Sat 2/11/2017 10am-10pm
Sun 2/12/2017 10am-9pm
2. Yerba Buena High School (San Jose)
3. Sacramento
If you would like to join us volunteering at these events, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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This week, once again, our Dharma students will be at 4 Lunar New Year Festivals passing out flyers fundraising for Sera Mey Food Fund. There is no schedule at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center for both Saturday and Sunday. However, on Monday 2/6/2017, there is a Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering) at 5:30P.M.
Our 4 Lunar New Year Festivals are as followed:
1. Garden Grove Park (on Westminster and Bushard)
Sat 2/4 11am-10pm
Sun 2/5 11am-9:45pm
2. Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego)
Fri 2/3 5pm-10pm
Sat 2/4 10am-10pm
Sun 2/5 10am-10pm
3. Eastridge Mall (San Jose)
Sat 2/4
Sun 2/5
4. Sacramento
Sat 2/4
Sun 2/5
If you would like to join us fundraising for such a meaningful purpose, please contact our center at 714-891-5456. We need 4 picnic tables (6ft or 8ft) for our booths. If you can let us borrow them this weekend, please let us know.
Thank you very much.
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Due to the rain weather forecast, the two Lunar festival have been postponed. The festival at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego is postponed until the weekend of Feb 3,4,&5th. The festival at Monterey Park is postponed until next Saturday 1/28 and Sunday 1/29. That means we will have 3 festivals going on at the same time next week. We request your help volunteering at these events.
1. City of Monterey Park
Sat 1/28 10am-9pm
Sun 1/29 10am-7pm
2. OC Fairground
Fri 1/27 4pm-7pm
Sat 1/28 11am-10pm
Sun 1/29 11am-9pm
3. San Diego (Mira Mesa Community Park)
Fri 1/27 5pm-10pm
Sat 1/28 11am-10pm
Sun 1/29 11am-9pm
We resume our normal schedule at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center this week:
Sat 1/21/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 1/22/2017 10:30A.M.-12:30P.M. Dharma teaching by Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang
Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring bell, drum, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
***We apologize for sending the group picture taken on 1/1/2017 at Geden Shoeling Center to all of you on the previous email. It was meant for one person who requested it.
As most of you are aware, our first two Sera Mey Food Fund fundraising events at the Lunar New Year Festivals will be this weekend. Since most of the Dharma students have volunteered to help out at the festivals, Khensur Rinpoche has mentioned that there will be no schedule at Geden Shoeling Center this coming weekend.
The fundraising events is as followed:
1. Qualcomm Stadium (in San Diego)
Friday 1/20 5pm-10pm
Sat 1/21 10am-10pm
Sun 1/22 10am-10pm
2. City of Monterey Park (7 blocks street festival near 201 W. Garvey Ave)
Sat 1/21 10am-9pm
Sun 1/22 10am-7pm
The following week, there will be 2 more fundraising events:
1. Mira Mesa Community Park (San Diego)
Fri 1/27 5pm-10pm
Sat 1/28 11am-10pm
Sun 1/29 11am-9pm
2. Orange County Fairgrounds
Fri 1/27 4pm-7pm
Sat 1/28 11am-10pm
Sun 1/29 11am-9pm
The following 2 weeks, we also have 2 events:
1. Garden Grove Park (Westminster ave/Bushard)
Sat 2/4 11am-10pm
Sun 2/5 11am-9:45pm
2. LA Tet festival (in El Monte)
Sat 2/11 10am-10pm
Sun 2/12 10am-9pm
Volunteering for Sera Mey Food Fund not only helps the monks at Sera Mey Monastery, but also helps creating the cause and condition for the sponsors to create merit. If you have time and you would like to join us at the festivals raising Food Fund for the monks at Sera Mey Monastery, please contact our center. We rejoice your merit. You can contact us at 714-891-5456. Thank you.
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Sat 1/14/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 1/15/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: A True Dharma Practitioner - The Proper Way to conduct in between the Actual Dharma Practice Sessions
SERA MEY FOOD FUND
Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center's Dharma students joining together with the Dharma students in San Jose area and Sacramento area will conduct a series of Fundraising Events for Sera Mey Monastery's Food Fund at the local Lunar New Year's festivals.
Attached are our Food Fund's Request Letters. We are in need of volunteers who can come to Geden Shoeling Center daily to fold and insert advertising materials into envelopes and prepare picture displays. You can help a few hours or a few days.
We also need volunteers for our first 2 festivals. Again, you can help a few hours or a full day. Please contact Geden Shoeling Center to receive your Geden Shoeling volunteer T-shirt and for more information.
1. Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego:
Fri 1/20 5pm-10pm
Sat 1/21 10am-10pm
Sun 1/22 10am-10pm
2. City of Monterey Park
Sat 1/21 10am-9pm
Sun 1/22 10am-7pm
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Sat 1/7/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
***The remaining oranges from The 1000 Offerings to Green Tara Puja on Khensur Rinpoche's Birthday will be distributed to all of the attendees on this day.
Sun 1/8/2017 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Guru Puja: Tantra - Lamrim (continued)
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Sat 12/31/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dzambhala Puja
Sun 1/1/2017 10:30A.M.-12:30P.M. Dharma teaching: Guru Puja scripture - Tantra - Lamrim (continued)
1000 Offerings to Green Tara on Khensur Rinpoche's Birthday
***The students are preparing the 1000 Offerings and the Mandala cake. We invite everyone to attend this auspicious event.
***Please note: the session may be about 30 minutes longer than usual.
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Fri 12/23/2016 5:30p.m. Tsong Kha Pa's special day: Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Sat 12/24/2016. 10:00a.m.-10:30a.m. Meditation practice
10:30a.m.-12:00p.m. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 12/25/2016. 10:30a.m.-12:00p.m. Dharma teaching: Guru Puja scripture - Tantra - Lamrim (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 12/17/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 12/18/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Guru Puja scripture: Tantra - Lamrim (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Fri 12/9/2016 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies
Sat 12/10/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sun 12/11/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Guru Puja: Tantra - Lam Rim (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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We are very happy to announce that Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang will conduct a special 400 Offerings Puja Thursday 12/1/2016 at 1:00P.M. He has mentioned that this puja is particularly good for those who are sick or are having problems. Since this is a short notice, please spread the words to other Dharma students and those who are in needs of prayers.
We invite everyone to attend this special puja.
Sat 12/3/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 12/4/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Guru Puja scripture: Lamrim - Tantra (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Wed 11/23/2016 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Thurs 11/24/2016 12:00P.M. Thanksgiving lunch
***We would like to invite everyone and family to come to Geden Shoeling Center for a Thanksgiving lunch. Geshe Norbu and some students will prepare a special lunch for all of us. Please be on time.
Sat 11/26/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 11/27/2016 Dharma teaching: by Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang.
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Sat 11/19/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
***Lhabab Duchen, the auspicious day which the Buddha descended from the God realm after teaching his mother and the Gods there, takes place this Sunday. It is said that the karmic results on this day are multiplied 100 millions times. Please remember to create positive deeds and avoid negative actions through the three doors body, speech, and mind.
Sun 11/20/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
***Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang and Geshe Norbu will arrive to LAX at 4:20P.M. If you would like to join us carpooling to the airport, please come to Geden Shoeling Center at 3:00P.M.
Thank you very much.
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Sat 11/12/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 11/13/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Recitation of the five Dzambhalas' mantras.
Sat 11/19/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 11/20/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
***Khensur Rinpoche and Geshe Norbu will arrive to LAX at 4:20P.M. If you would like to join us carpooling to the airport, please come to Geden Shoeling Center at 3:00P.M.
Thank you very much.
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Thurs 11/3/2016 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
***Friday 11/4/2016 Geshe Norbu will be leaving to Switzerland. If you would like to escort him to the airport, please come to Geden Shoeling Center at 4:00P.M.
Sat 11/05/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Thirty-five Buddhas Purification Puja
Sun 11/06/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Amitabha Puja and Recitation of Amitabha mantras
Wed 11/09/2016 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Sat 11/12/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 11/13/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Recitation of the five Dzambhalas' mantras.
Sat 11/19/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 11/20/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
***Sunday 20 November 2016 Khensur Rinpoche and Geshe Norbu will arrive to LAX at 4:20P.M. If you would like to join us carpooling to the airport, please come to Geden Shoeling Center at 3:00P.M.
Thank you very much.
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Thurs 10/27/2016 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 10/29/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sun 10/30/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Practice of Shamatha Meditation (continued)
***If you would like to consecrate the Buddhas' statues which you have at home, please bring the statues to the temple this Saturday or Sunday.
If anyone has free time this coming Monday and Tuesday, please come to the temple to help Geshe Norbu in the process of consecrating the statues.
***Dharma robes will be distributed to the practitioners this weekend.
***Geshe Norbu will be leaving to Switzerland next Friday 11/4/2016. If you would like to escort him to the airport, please come to the center at 4:00P.M. He will stay there for 2 weeks and will accompany Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang back to Geden Shoeling Center on Sunday 11/20/2016.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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This week, the schedule at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center is as followed:
Thurs 10/20/2016 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M Tibetan language class
Sat 10/22/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Shamatha meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 10/23/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Practice of Shamatha meditation (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Tues 10/11/2016 5:30p.m. Guru Puja
The schedule this week at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center is as followed:
Thurs 10/13/2016 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 10/15/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 10/16/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Practice of Shamatha Meditation (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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This week, the schedule at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center is as followed:
Thurs 10/6/2016 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 10/8/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dzambhala Water Offering Puja
Sun 10/9/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Practice of Shamatha Meditation (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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We are very happy to announce that Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Rabga from India will arrive to Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center for a short visit tomorrow Thursday 9/29/2016. He and Geshe Norbu Phuntsok (from Canada) will stay until Saturday afternoon 10/01/2016. If you would like to join us welcoming him at the airport, please come to Geden Shoeling Center tomorrow at 1:00P.M. You can also come to visit him on Thursday afternoon and Friday. Khensur Rinpoche will conduct Green Tara Puja on Saturday morning.
Thank you very much.
everyone,
This week, the schedule at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center is as followed:
Thurs 9/29/2016 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 10/1/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sun 10/2/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Shamatha Meditation Practice (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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We would like to invite everyone to join us this weekend celebrating the 13th Anniversary of Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center. On this special occasion, once again, we will display the three big Buddhas' thangkas which were blessed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It is said the fortunate ones who have the opportunity to see or to go under the thangkas receive blessings.
The schedule this week is as followed:
Wed 9/212016 Cleaning day: all day
***If you have time and would like to join us cleaning the temple and preparing for the event, please come at your convenience in the next few days. We need as much help as possible.
Thurs 9/22/2016 & Friday 9/23/2016 Preparation: tent setting up, tables, chairs, altar etc...: all day
Sat 9/24/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
***If you have time, please come early in the morning to set up the altar.
Sun 9/25/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Vajrasattva Meditation Practice
***If you have time, please come early in the morning to set up the altar.
5:30P.M. Guru Puja
***According to the monastery's tradition. we will set up the big tables for Tsog Offering. You are welcome to bring offerings (fruit, cookies etc...). All of the offerings will be distributed to the attendees during the prayer.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Another year has gone by. On the weekend of 9/24/2016 and 9/25/2016, Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center will celebrate the 13th Establishment Anniversary. Once again, on this special event, our center will display the three precious thangkas of Shakyamuni Buddha, Medicine Buddha, and Amitabha Buddha in the front garden . It is said that whoever has the opportunity to see or to go under the thangkas receive many blessings. We invite everyone and your families to attend these special occasions.
Tues 9/13/2016 9:00A.M.-11:00A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 9/17/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Shamatha meditation pratice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Thirty-five Buddhas Purification Puja
Sun 9/18/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Shamatha Meditation practice (continued)
***Starting this weekend, we need help to clean, organize, and prepare for the Anniversary event. If you have time and would like to join us accumulating merit, please come to the temple at your convenience.
Thurs 9/22/2016 & Fri 9/23/2016 Tent set-up and Thangka preparation
Sat 9/24/2016 Early morning: Thangka display and Altar arrangement
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 9/25/2016 Early morning: Thangka display and Altar arrangement
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Vajrasattva Meditation Practice
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Thurs 9/8/2016 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 9/10/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dzambhala Puja
Sun 9/11/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. ***Dharma teaching: Shamatha Meditation practice (continued)
*** Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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This weekend,Saturday 9/2/2016 and Sunday 9/3/2016, there will be no schedule for prayer and Dharma teachings at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center. We will resume our regular schedule next week. Thank you very much.
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Thurs 8/25/2016 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 8/27/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sun 8/28/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Shamatha Meditation (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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On Vu Lan's occasion, in order to repay the kindness of the parents and the ancestors who are still alive and who have passed away, Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center will conduct 400 Offerings Prayer this coming Saturday. It is said this prayer is particularly helpful removing obstacles and sickness.
Sat 8/20/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30 A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00 P.M. 400 Offerings Puja
Sun 8/21/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Shamatha Meditation
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 8/13/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please bring bell, drum, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sun 8/14/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths - Analytical Meditation (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 8/6/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Vu Lan Ceremony: Medicine Buddha Purification Puja
***Vu Lan Ceremony is an annual Vietnamese Buddhist tradition honoring the parents and the ancestors who are still alive and passed away. On this day, we will pray and dedicate to them. Please arrive to the center early to write the names of your relatives on the lotus forms. Please remember to use 2 forms, one is for the relatives who are still alive, and one is for those who passed away.
Sun 8/7/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths: Analytical Meditation (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Fri 7/29/2016 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sat 7/30/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Thirty-five Buddhas Purification Puja
Sun 7/31/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths: Analytical meditation (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 7/23/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 7/24/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths - Analytical Meditation
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Thurs 7/14/2016. 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Sat 7/16/2016. 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. AwalokIteshvara Sadhana puja
Sun 7/17/2016. 10:30A.M.-1200:P.M. Mantra recitation: five Dzambhala Buddhas
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat. 7/9/2016. 10:00AM-10:30AM. Meditation practice
10:30AM-12:00PM. Green Tara Puja
Sun. 7/10/2016. 10:30AM-12:00PM. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much
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Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang will be leaving our center to Montreal on this Thursday 6/30 at 7:00A.M. If you would like to go to the airport, please be at Geden Shoeling Center at 4:00A.M. sharp.
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Thurs 6/30/2016 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sat 7/2/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Praise to Buddha Amitabha Puja
Sun 7/3/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Question and Answer about Buddha Dharma
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Sat 6/25/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 6/26/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Tantra (continued - by Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang)
Thurs 6/30/20/16 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 6/11/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Kalarupa Puja
Sun 6/12/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Tantra (continued - conducted by Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang)
Tues 6/14/2016 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring bell, drum, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
***Please note: In order to prepare for His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Arrival, there will be no schedule for the weekend of 6/18 and 6/19. Our regular schedule will resume the following week.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 5/28/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 5/29/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Tantra - by Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
everyone,
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Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang will arrive to LAX at 7:49P.M tonight. If you would like to join us welcoming him, please come to Geden Shoeling Center before 6:30P.M. Please be on time.
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Mon 5/16/2016 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Fri 5/20/2016 10:00A.M. Preparation of ritual cake Torma
Sat 5/21/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Ablution Ceremony - Bird Release
***This is the most important day of Saka Dawa month. If possible, please avoid eating meat on this day.
Sun 5/22/2016 5:30A.M.- 5:00P.M. Nyung-Ne Retreat
- Please contact Geden Shoeling Center to sign up so we can prepare breakfast and lunch for you.
- Please be on time at 5:30A.M. so you can take the Eight Precepts. These Precepts are observed for 24 hours until 5:30A.M. Monday morning.
- We will observe silence and fasting (except drinking water) after lunch until the next morning. If you have a health problem, it is ok for you to eat or drink.
- Please remember to wear comfortable clothes. If you prefer, you can bring a small towel for your own use since there will be lots of prostrations.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Saka Dawa, the 4th month of Tibetan calendar, which celebrates the three important events of Buddha Shakyamuni has started on 5/7/2016 and will last until 6/5/2016. Positive as well as negative deeds through the 3 doors body, speech, and mind, that we create during this month is said to be multiplied thousands of times. We would like to remind you to do as much positive deeds as possible, and try to avoid conflicts and anger.
The schedule is as followed:
Sat 5/14/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Thirty-five Buddhas Purification Puja
Sun 5/15/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
Mon 5/16/2016 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Fri 5/20/2016 10:00A.M. Preparation of Ritual Cake Torma
***If you have time, please join us making the ritual cake Torma for Saka Dawa day.
Sat 5/21/2016 10:30A.M. Saka Dawa day: Ablution Ceremony
***This day is the most important day of the Saka Dawa month. In order to accumulate as much merit as possible, please join us for the Bird Release at our center after the ceremony.
Sun 5/22/2016 5:30A.M. - 5:00P.M Nyung Ne Retreat
***Please arrive on time to receive the Eight Precepts which we will keep for 24 hours. Nyung Ne Retreat includes taking the Eight Precepts, Bodhichitta vow, Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja recitation, and making prostrations etc... Breakfast and lunch will be prepared by Geden Shoeling students. In the afternoon, we will observe silence and not eating or drinking (except water) until 5:30A.M. the next morning.
***Please sign up so we can prepare breakfast and lunch for you.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Due to limited space at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center, we would like to announce that, at this time, we are not able to accept anymore paperwork related to attending His Holiness the Dalai Lama's visit this coming June. We apologize for any inconvenience.
The schedule at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center is as followed:
Mon 5/2/2016 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sat 5/7/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dzambhala Water Offering Puja
***Please note: This day is the beginning day of Saka Dawa. It will last until June 5th, 2016. Please try to accumulate as much merit as possible during this period. If possible, please refrain from eating meat the whole month. If not possible, please refrain from eating meat from 5/7 until 5/21. If not even possible, please refrain eating meat one day 5/21. The ablution ceremony will be conducted on Sat 5/21. The Nyung Ne Retreat will take place on Sunday 5/22. The Daily Water Offering is not conducted this year. However, you are welcome to stop by our center to do prayers and make your own Water Offering.
Sun 5/8/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Significance of Mother
***We would like to invite everyone and their families, especially the Mothers, for a Mother's day lunch at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center.
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Sat 4/30/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30AM. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sun 5/1/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
Mon 5/2/2016 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Saka Dawa will begin on next Saturday 5/7/2016. Once again, we would like to remind everyone to create as much merits as possible. If possible, please refrain from eating meat the whole month from 5/7 to 6/5. If not possible, please refrain from eating meat from 5/7 to 5/21; if still not possible, please refrain from eating meat on Saturday 5/21. The Ablution ceremony will take place on 5/21. Nyung Ne Retreat will be on Sun 5/22.
Due to the request of our teacher Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang, His Holiness will visit Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center on Sun 6/19/2016. If you would like to join us welcoming him, please send a copy of your driver license and a passport-size photo to our center as soon as possible.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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1. We are very happy to announce that His Holiness the Dalai Lama has accepted our Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang's request to visit Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center on Sunday 6/19/2016. If you wish to join us welcoming him, please send us the copy of your driver license and a passport-size photo. Other IDs can be substituted if you don't have the driver license. Please include your phone number so we can contact you. Due to limited space, the priority is reserved to those who sign up first.
Event: His Holiness the Dalai Lama's visit
Location: Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center
Date: Sunday June 19th, 2016
Time: Not known at this time
2. Saka Dawa: this year, Saka Dawa month will begin from Saturday 5/7/2016 until Sunday 6/5/2016. It is said that the merit created in this month will be multiplied thousands of times. According to the tradition, the Buddhists try to accumulate as much merit as possible including visiting temple, making offering, doing charity, reciting mantras, conduct prayers etc...
a. If possible, please refrain from eating meat the entire month. If not possible, please refrain from eating meat from 5/7 to 5/21 (day 1 to 15 according to Tibetan calendar).
If not possible, please refrain from eating meat on Saturday 5/21/2016.
b. Saturday 5/21/2016: Ablution Ceremony
c. Nyung Ne Retreat: one-day retreat on Sun 5/22/2016
d. We are planning a Fish Release during this month
e. Due to preparation for His Holiness' Arrival, our center will not conduct daily Water Offering this year.
3. Schedule for this week:
Sat 4/23/2016 10:00A.M.-10:3A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 4/24/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
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Sat 4/16/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sun 4/17/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
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Geshe Norbu will be back to Geden Shoeling Center this Thursday 4/7/2016 from Vietnam. If you would like to join us picking him up from LAX, please come to Geden Shoeling Center at 7:30P.M.
This week, the schedule is as followed:
Sat 4/9/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Prayer (to be announced)
Sun 4/10/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
Thank you very much.
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There is a schedule change for this Saturday 4/2/2016 at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center. Instead of Medicine Buddha Puja, we will conduct Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering). If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies. This week, the schedule is as followed:
Sat 4/2/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Sun 4/3/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Amitabha Puja and Mantra recitation
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Sat 3/26/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 3/27/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sat 4/2/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 4/3/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Amitabha Puja and Mantra recitationThank you very much.
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Sat 3/12/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dzambhala Puja
Sun 3/13/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Fri 3/4/2016 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies
Sat 3/5/2016 Khensur Rinpoche's departure to Montreal: LAX 7:30A.M.
***If you would like to join us going to the airport, please come to Geden Shoeling Center at 4:30A.M. sharp.
10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Prayer session: Praise to Buddha Amitabha
Sun 3/6/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued
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We are happy to announce that Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang has returned to our center from San Jose.
He will stay here for one week before leaving to Canada.
The schedule this week at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center is as followed:
Sat 2/27/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Prayer session conducted by Khensur Rinpoche
Sun 2/28/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Guru Puja scripture - Tantra (continued)
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Wed 2/17/2016 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sat 2/20/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Name Mantra of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Recitation
Sun 2/21/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Question and Answer about Buddhism
***Please note: please submit the number of mantra recitations to Geshe Norbu this weekend.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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As you are aware, His Holiness the Dalai Lama is doing some medical treatment in Minnesota. The Office of Tibetan Government in Exile has just sent out the letter requesting everyone to pray for his well being, for the well being of all sentient beings, and to create merit for oneself. On this occasion, Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center will conduct 2 prayer sessions every weekday starting tomorrow Monday 1/25/2016. On Saturday, we will conduct Medicine Buddha Puja. Please keep track of the number of recitations you recite together at the center and privately at home from now until 2/20/2016 and forward it to Geshe Norbu. Geshe Norbu will submit the overall number of prayers to the Office of Tibetan Government in Exile.
Starting Monday 1/25/2016,
Monday to Friday 10:30A.M.-11:30A.M. & 7:00P.M.-8:00P.M.
1. Guru Mantra Recitation 2. Medicine Buddha Scripture 3. Medicine Buddha Mantra
Sat 1/30/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 1/31/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Guru Puja scripture - Tantra (continued)
Wed 2/3/2016 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Sat 2/6/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
***Please plan to stay in the afternoon to make traditional New Year cookies.
Sun 2/7/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Guru Puja scripture - Tantra (continued)
***Please plan to stay late. We will be very busy on this day. We will arrange the altar and display cookies in the afternoon. Since this day is the 29th day according to the Tibetan calendar, as a tradition, we invite everyone to join us for a special dinner of Tibetan noodle. Please plan to bring your family for this fun and friendly event.
Mon 2/8/2016 10:30A.M. Vietnamese New Year Celebration: Long Life Prayer to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Long Life Prayer to Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang
Tues 2/9/2016 10:30A.M. Tibetan New Year Celebration: Long Life Prayer to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Long Life Prayer to Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang
Lineage Praye
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Sat 1/23/2016 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sun 1/24/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Guru Puja - Tantra (continued)
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We are very happy to announce that Geshe Norbu will arrive to LAX on Wednesday 1/20/2016 at 6:40A.M. If you would like to join us welcome him back, please come to Geden Shoeling Center at 5:00A.M.
Sat 1/16/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dzambhala Puj
Sun 1/17/2016 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Guru Puja - Tantra
Tues 1/19/2016 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cooki
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Sat 1/16/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dzambhala Puja
Sun 1/17/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: Guru Puja: Explanation about Tantra
Tues 1/19/2015 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 1/2/2016 10:30 A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 1/3/2016 10:30 A.M.-12:00P.M. Thirty-five Buddhas Purification Puja
Mon 1/4/2016 5:30 P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Fri 1/8/2016 Khensur Rinpoche will arrive to LAX at 6:40 A.M. If you would like to join us welcome Him back, please come to Geden Shoeling Center at 5:00 A.M.
Sat 1/9/2016 & Sun 1/10/2016: Khensur Rinpoche will conduct a prayer session and Dharma teaching at 10:30A.M. on both days..
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Saturday 12/26/15 10:30 A.M.- 12:00 P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sunday 12/27/15 10:30 A.M.- 12:00 P.M. Mantra Recitation: long and short mantras of
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Saturday 12/19/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sunday 12/20/15 10:30 A.M.-12:00P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
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Saturday, 12/12/15, 10:30-12 pm, Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sunday, 12/13/15, 10:30-12 pm, Prayer to the Protector of Tibet
Recite mantra of Green Tara and Medicine Buddha
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Khensur Rinpoche will arrive to John Wayne airport from San Jose tomorrow Monday 11/30/2015 at 1:50P.M. If you would like to welcome him back, please come to Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center at 12:00 Noon.
Khensur Rinpoche will be here only for a brief period of time. He, Geshe Norbu, together with a group of Dharma students will leave to India on Saturday 12/5/2015. If you would like to escort him to the airport, please come to Geden Shoeling Center at 7:00A.M.
The schedule for this week is as followed:
Sat 12/05/2015 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering) - Light Offering: Lama Tsong Kha Pa's Anniversary and also the 25th day of Lunar Calendar
Sun 12/06/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Long Life Prayer
Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang's Long Life Prayer
Six-Syllable Mantra Recitation
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Sat 11/28/2015. 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Praise to Buddha Amitabha Puja
Sun 11/29/2015. 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang is staying at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center at the present time. He will be here only for a short period of time. If you would like to visit him, you are welcome to come.
This week, the schedule at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center is as followed:
Thurs 11/19/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 11/21/2015 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Dharma talk by Khensur Rinpoche
***Please note: the session is longer than unsual
Sun 11/22/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Thurs 11/12/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 11/14/2015 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 11/15/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
Mon 11/16/2015 Khensur Rinpoche will arrive at LAX around 1P.M. If you would like to join us welcome him back, please come to Geden Shoeling Center at 11:00A.M.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you.
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Tues 11/3/2015 5:30P.M. Lhabab Duchen Puja: this prayer is conducted in order to commemorate the day Buddha descends to the earth from Tushita heaven.
Thurs 11/5/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Fri 11/6/2015 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Sat 11/7/2015 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dzambhala Water Offering Puja
Sun 11/8/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
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If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
We are very happy to announce that Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang will arrive to LAX from Houston on Monday November 16th, 2015. He will stay at Geden Shoeling Center for a few weeks before going back to India. If you plan to welcome him back at the airport, please come to Geden Shoeling Center at 11 A.M.
This week, the schedule for Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center is as followed:
Thurs 10/29/2015 9:30 A.M.-11:30 A.M.: Tibetan language class
Sat 10/31/2015 10:00 A.M.- 10:30 A.M.: Meditation practice
10:30 A.M.- 12:00 P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 11/01/2015 10:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
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Thurs 10/22/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sat 10/24/2015 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sun 10/25/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
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Thurs 10/15/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 10/17/2015 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 10/18/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
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Wed 10/7/2015 5:30 P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flowers, fruits, or cookies.
Thursday 10/8/2015 9:30 A.M-11:30 A.M. Tibetan language class
Saturday 10/10/2015 10:00 A.M.-10:30 A.M. Meditation practice
10:30 A.M.-12:00 A.M. Green Tara Puja
Sun 10/11/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
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Geshe Norbu Chophol would like to express his appreciation to the Dharma students, friends, and families who have helped preparing, cooking, cleaning up, and organizing Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center's 12 year Anniversary event this past weekend. The event was made possible because of all of you. Geshe Norbu invites everyone and their families to come to Geden Shoeling Center this coming Saturday night at 6:00P.M. for a friendly Tibetan - Himalayan dinner which he personally prepares.
Thurs 10/1/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 10/3/2015 There will be no prayer session in the morning. Pleases come to the center at 6:00P.M. for a delicious Tibetan - Himalayan dinner.
Sun 10/4/2015 10:30A.M. General cleaning of the temple. Since His Holiness' throne was brought outside for the event, this is a good opportunity to clean the prayer hall and the throne. It is also a good time to organize things in the temple since Khensur Rinpoche will arrive in about 3 to 4 weeks.
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GEDEN SHOELING CENTER'S 12TH ANNIVERSARY
We would like to invite you and your family to attend Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center's 12th Year Anniversary. In the scripture, it has mentioned that our ordinary continuously busy life is like water running ceaselessly in the river which is called life. We invite you to pause a few hours on this weekend to join us on this auspicious occasion in order to accumulate merit for ourselves and our love ones.
On this special occasion, once again, Geden Shoeling Center will display three big thangkas of Shakyamuni Buddha, Medicine Buddha, and Amitabha Buddha. It is said that the fortunate ones who have the opportunity to go under or to admire the thangkas accumulate great merit.
Wed 9/23/2015 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Thurs 9/24/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 9/26/2015 10:30A.M. Brief Dharma teaching
11:00A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 9/27/2015 10:30A.M. Brief Dharma teaching
11:00A.M.-12:00P.M. Amitabha Buddha Puja and Recitation
We invite everyone to stay for lunch on both days.
****For those who have have time and would like to help out, please come anytime to the center on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. We need as much help as possible to clean the temple, prepare food, arrange the altar etc...
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Thurs 9/17/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 9/19/2015 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Prayer: ༄། བོད་སྐྱོང་ལྷ་སྲུང་གི་འཕྲིན་བསྐུལ།། Urging Request to the Dharma Protector of Tibet
Sun 9/20/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
Wed 9/23/2015 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Thurs 9/24/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
GEDEN SHOELING CENTER'S 12TH ANNIVERSARY
We would like to invite you and your family to attend Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center's 12th Year Anniversary. In the scripture, it has mentioned that our ordinary continuously busy life is like water running ceaselessly in the river which is called life. We invite you to pause a few hours on this weekend to join us on this auspicious occasion in order to accumulate merit for ourselves and our love ones.
Once again, Geden Shoeling Center will display three big thangkas of Shakyamuni Buddha, Medicine Buddha, and Amitabha Buddha. It is said that the fortunate ones who have the opportunity to go under or to admire the thangkas accumulate great merit.
Sat 9/26/2015 10:30A.M. Brief Dharma teaching
11:00A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 9/27/2015 10:30A.M. Brief Dharma teaching
11:00A.M.-12:00P.M. Amitabha Buddha Puja and Recitation
We invite everyone to stay for lunch on both days.
****For those who have have time and would like to help out, please come anytime to the center on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. We need as much help as possible to clean the temple, prepare food, arrange the altar etc...
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Thurs 9/10/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Hello everyone,
GEDEN SHOELING CENTER'S 12TH ANNIVERSARY
We would like to invite you and your family to attend Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center's 12th Year Anniversary. In the scripture, it has mentioned that our ordinary continuously busy life is like water running ceaselessly in the river which is called life. We invite you to pause a few hours on this weekend to join us on this auspicious occasion in order to accumulate merit for ourselves and our love ones.
On this special occasion, once again, Geden Shoeling Center will display three big thangkas of Shakyamuni Buddha, Medicine Buddha, and Amitabha Buddha. It is said that the fortunate ones who have the opportunity to go under or to admire the thangkas accumulate great merit.
Wed 9/23/2015 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Thurs 9/24/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 9/26/2015 10:30A.M. Brief Dharma teaching
11:00A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Puja
Sun 9/27/2015 10:30A.M. Brief Dharma teaching
11:00A.M.-12:00P.M. Amitabha Buddha Puja and Recitation
We invite everyone to stay for lunch on both days.
****For those who have have time and would like to help out, please come anytime to the center on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. We need as much help as possible to clean the temple, prepare food, arrange the altar etc...
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Sat 9/12/2015 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 9/13/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
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Thurs 9/3/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 9/5/2015 10:00A.M.-10:30A,M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Kalarupa Puja
Sun 9/6/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
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Tues 8/25/2015 6:00P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
Sat 8/29/2015 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Vu Lan Ceremony: Medicine Buddha Purification Puja
***Vu Lan Ceremony is an annual Vietnamese Buddhist tradition in order to remember and to repay the kindness of the parents and the ancestors who are still alive and who have passed away. On this coming Saturday, we will pray dedicating specifically for them. Please come to Geden Shoeling Center early to fill out the Lotus form the names of your relatives. Please fill out 2 separate forms: one form is for those who have passed away, and one form is for those who are still alive.
Sun 8/30/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Thurs 8/20/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 8/22/2015 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Thirty-five Buddhas Purification Puja
Sun 8/23/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much
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Thurs 8/13/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 8/15/2015 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Ne-Chu Puja (གནས་བཅུ)
***A group of Dharma students have organized a Birthday Celebration for Geshe Norbu at 12:00 noon. We invite everyone to join us on this special lunch.
Sun 8/16/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
If you have any questions, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Thurs 8/6/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 8/8/2015 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sun 8/9/2015 10:30A.M.-12:30P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please note: the session is longer than usual since we have both Dharma teachings and Guru Puja. Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to bring offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Thurs 7/30/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 8/1/2015 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sun 8/2/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
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Thurs 7/23/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 7/25/2015 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 7/26/2015 10:30A.M.-12:30P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
***Please note: this session is longer than our normal schedule since we will conduct both the Dharma teaching and Guru Puja.
***Please remember to bring drum, bell, and Vajra. If you would like to make offering, please bring flower, fruit, or cookies.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Thurs 7/16/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 7/18/2015 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dzambhala Water Offering Puja
Sun 7/19/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
Mon 7/20/2015 6:00P.M. Special prayer on The First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma day
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Sat 7/4/2015 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dzambhala Buddha Puja
Sun 7/5/2015 Our Dharma Center will be closed since Geshe Norbu and many of our students will attend His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 80th Birthday Celebration. The event schedule at Honda Center is as followed:
10:00A.M. Doors open
10:30A.M. Preshow celebration
12:00P.M Main event
If you have purchased the tickets to attend this event and would like to carpool with other students, please come to Geden Shoeling Center at 7:00A.M.
Tues 7/7/2015 Meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at University of Irvine (in the afternoon)
***This meeting is only for the Dharma students who have signed up. Please come to the center at 8:00A.M. Please remember to bring your Dharma robes and khatas.
Geshe Norbu has mentioned that he will prepare breakfast for us on both days.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Geshe Norbu la will be arriving at LAX tonight, 7/1/2015, at 7:57P.M., through United airline, flight number 1488. If you would like to carpool to the airport, please come to Geden Shoeling Center at 6:30P.M.
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Fri 6/26/2015 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Sat 6/27/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 6/28/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Mantra Recitation: long and short purification Mantras of Vajrasattva,
Medicine Buddha Mantra
Thank you very much.
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Geshe Norbu la will be leaving to Toronto - Canada tomorrow Thursday 6/18/2015. If you would like to go with him to LAX airport, please come to Geden Shoeling Center at 2:00P.M. He will come back on Wednesday 7/1/2015 at 7:57P.M.
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The last day of Saka Dawa is this Tuesday 6/16/2015. Please contact Geshe Norbu to let him know the number of rosaries of your Six-Syllable Mantras and the count of བོད་སྐྱོང་ལྷ་སྲུང་གི་ཕྲིན་བསྐུལ། (Pӧ kyong hla sung gi trin kul).
This week, the schedule at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center is as followed:
Sat 6/20/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 6/21/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Prayer: བོད་སྐྱོང་ལྷ་སྲུང་གི་ཕྲིན་བསྐུལ། (Pӧ kyong hla sung gi trin kul)
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Tuesday 6/2/2015 is Saka Dawa day. We invite everyone to attend the Ablution Ceremony at 6:00P.M.
Thurs 6/4/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 6/6/2015 Fish Release Ceremony at Balboa - Newport Beach
Sea Life Discovery (Balboa)
600 Edgewater Place
Newport Beach
(949)220-4707
You can either go directly to the location or come to Geden Shoeling at 9:30A.M. We will leave to Newport Beach at 9:30A.M. sharp in order to allow the driving time, parking, and paperwork.
- This is the new location.
- We have rented the boat for the duration of 2 hours from 11:00A.M.-1:00P.M. The capacity of this boat is limited to 49 people. Please sign up so we can arrange more small boats if needed. The boat will take us to the fish shop where we will load the fish into the containers and release them into the ocean.
- Picnic lunch will be prepared by Geden Shoeling students.
- Please remember to bring sunscreen and a light jacket.
Sun 6/7/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
***Please note: the Water Offering and Mantra Recitation sessions are still going on everyday at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center. We invite everyone to come as often as possible to accumulate merit.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Saka Dawa will start next Tuesday 5/19/2015. If possible, please avoid eating meat for the whole month. If not possible, please avoid eating meat the first half of the month. If not even possible, please avoid eating meat on Tuesday 6/2/2015. We invite all of you to join us for the prayer sessions, Dharma teachings, and Dharma activities at Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center.
Wed 5/13/2015 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Thurs 5/14/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 5/16/2015 10:00A.M -10:30A.M Meditation practice
10:30A.M. - 12:00P.M. Fortunate Wind Puja
**On this day, we will hang the Prayer Flags up at the front garden of our center.
Sun 5/17/2015 10:30A.M -12:00P.M.Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
**After the teachings, we will start preparing the Water Offering table. Just like previous years, the Water Offering practice, which represents 7 or 8 types of offerings that we offer to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, will start on Tuesday 5/19/2015 and last the whole month. We invite everyone to stop by as many times as possible to accumulate merit.
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***Starting Tuesday 5/19/2015, in addition to Water Offering practice, under the guidance from the Department of Religion and Culture, Tibetan Government in Exile, Dharamsala, India, for the benefit of collecting merits, protection of Dharma, dedication to the earthquake victims in Nepal, and for long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, our center will conduct 2 mantra recitation sessions daily from Monday to Friday during the Saka Dawa month. Please keep record of the rosary counts of these sessions as well as the rosary counts individually at home. Please let us know at the end of the month so we can send the count to the government office.
Monday to Friday 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. and 3:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. Six syllable mantra recitation
Thurs 5/21/2015 9:30 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 5/23/2015 10:00A.M. to 10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M. to 12:00P.M. Thirty-five Buddha Purification Puja
Sun 5/24/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M.Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
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Thurs 5/28/2015 9:30 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. Tibetan language class
5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Sat 5/30/2015 & Sun 5/31/2015 5:30A.M.- 5:00P.M. Nyung-Ne Retreat
***Please sign up so our students can prepare breakfast and lunch for you. On these two days, we will observe the Eight-Precepts, making a lot of prayers and prostrations.
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Tues 6/2/2015 6:00P.M. Ablution Ceremony on Saka Dawa day
Thurs 6/4/2015 9:30A.M.-10:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 6/6/2015 Fish Release: Location & time will be announced later. At this time, we already have funding for buying fish which many Buddhist practitioners have contributed since December. If you would like to make donation, please use it for some other meritorious activities.
Sun 6/7/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
Thurs 6/11/2015 9:30A.M.-10:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Fri 6/12/2015 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Sat 6/13/2015 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Green Tara Puja
Sun 6/14/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Smoke Puja
***Smoke puja is a prayer involving burning certain ingredients to create smoke. This smoke is offered to local deities, spirits, and bardo beings etc... The purpose is, again, to remove obstacles and accumulate merit.
If you have any question, please contact Geden Shoeling Buddhist Center at 714-891-5456. Thank you very much.
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Thurs 5/7/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 5/9/2015 10:00A.M.-10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Awalokiteshvara Sadhana Puja
Sun 5/10/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Medicine Buddha Prayer
Wed 5/13/2015 5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Thurs 5/14/2015 9:30A.M.-11:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 5/16/2015 10:00A.M. -10:30A.M Meditation practice
10:30A.M. - 12:00P.M. Fortunate Wind Puja
Sun 5/17/2015 10:30A.M -12:00P.M.Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
Monday to Friday 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. and 3:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. Six syllable mantra recitation
Thurs 5/21/2015 9:30 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 5/23/2015 10:00A.M. to 10:30A.M. Meditation practice
10:30A.M. to 12:00P.M. Thirty-five Buddha Purification Puja
Sun 5/24/2015 10:30A.M -12:00P.M.Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)
Thurs 5/28/2015 9:30 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. Tibetan language class
5:30P.M. Guru Puja (with Tsog Offering)
Sat 5/30/2015 & Sun 5/31/2015 5:30A.M.- 5:00P.M. Nyung-Ne Retreat
Tues 6/2/2015 6:00P.M. Ablution Ceremony on Saka Dawa day
Thurs 6/4/2015 9:30A.M.-10:30A.M. Tibetan language class
Sat 6/6/2015 Fish Release: Location & time will be announced later.
At this time, we already have funding for buying fish which many Buddhist practitioners have contributed since December. If you would like to make donation, please use it for some other meritorious activities.
Sun 6/7/2015 10:30A.M.-12:00P.M. Dharma teaching: The Four Noble Truths (continued)