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VENERABLE LAMA TSANG TSING WILL BESTOW THE FOLLOWING EMPOWERMENTS AND TEACHINGS IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 2023 UPON THE REQUEST OF SANGHA MEMBERS AND PRACTITIONERS: 6-ARMED MAHAKALA EMPOWERMENTSaturday, August 5, 2:00 p.m. (arrival 1:45 p.m.) 6-ARMED MAHAKALA TEACHINGSunday, August 6, 9:00 a.m – 4:00 p.m. (arrival 8:45 a.m.) CHENREZIG EMPOWERMENTSaturday, August 26, 2:00 p.m (arrival 1:45 p.m.) CHENREZIG TEACHINGSunday, August 27, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (arrival 8:45 a.m.) GREEN TARA EMPOWERMENTSaturday, September 23, 2:00 p.m. (arrival 1:45 p.m.) GREEN TARA TEACHINGSunday, September 24, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (arrival 8:45 a.m.) Mark your calendars now for these special events. Detailed information regarding each event will be announced soon.

AMITABHA EMPOWERMENT TEACHING AND PRACTICE

by Venerable Lama Tsang Tsing KAGYU DAKSHANG CHULING917 East 43rd Avenue, Eugene, OR 97405(Between West Amazon and Fox Hollow) Sunday, May 28, 2023, 2:00 p.m.Monday, May 29, 2023, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.Please arrive 15 – 20 minutes before the ceremonies; late arrivals will not be admitted. Amitabha EmpowermentSunday, May 28, 2:00 p.m. (Arrive by 1:45 p.m.)The Empowerment authorizes one to do the meditation practice of Buddha Amitabha. Amitabha is the particular Deity who helps us at the time of our death to attain rebirth in the Pureland. The Refuge Vow is required and will be offered prior to the Empowerment. The cost is $30 general ($25 KDC members). It is also customary to make a donation to the empowering Lama. Amitabha Teaching, Practice and Special Puja for the DeceasedMonday, May 29, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.(Arrive by 8:45 a.m.)The Amitabha sutra states that even to hear the name of Amitabha is Continue Reading →

KDC RESUMES THE WEEKLY PUJA SCHEDULE

Dear KDC Sangha, Venerable Lama Tsang Tsing is pleased to announce that KDC Dharma Center has resumed its weekly Puja Schedule after a forced hiatus due to the Pandemic. He would like to invite anyone interested to join him and your Dharma brothers and sisters at the following Pujas. KDC, 917 E. 43rd Ave.Eugene, Oregon Saturday, 10:00 a.m. Green Tara Puja(Empowerment required) Sunday, 5:30 p.m. 6-Armed Mahakala Puja(Empowerment required) Sunday, 6:00 p.m. Chenrezig Puja(All are welcome, Empowerment is not required) Please note: As a courtesy to others, if you or anyone in your household is ill and could be contagious, please plan to join us for an event in the future when you are well. We hope to see you soon! A gentle reminder: For the benefit of all participants, the KDC Shrine Room is a fragrance-free zone. Due to many people’s allergies, please refrain from wearing scented products or Continue Reading →

ANNUAL MAHAKALA PUJA AND TSOK

KDC, 917 E. 43rd Ave.Eugene, Oregon Sunday, February 19, 20238:45 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. IMPORTANT NOTE: NO ENTRIES TO THE SHRINE ROOM WILL BE ALLOWED BETWEEN 8:45 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. The Puja will be preceded by a talk by Venerable Lama Tsang Tsing explaining the meaning of this profound Puja and no entries will be permitted during the talk. Venerable Lama Tsang Tsing and his assisting Lamas will perform this all-day extensive Mahakala Puja for the benefit of the KDC Sangha and all beings. This Puja is traditionally performed on Mahakala Day before the beginning of the Tibetan New Year. This year, Mahakala Day falls on Sunday, February 19, 2023. The Puja has the power and ability to clear away the obstacles and negativities of the past year and opens the door for the auspicious unfolding of the new year. The Puja concludes with a Tsok (Vajra feast offering) Continue Reading →

SHI-NAY (CALM ABIDING)
MEDITATION AND PRACTICE

By Lama Sonam Dargye (Tony Albino) KAGYU DAKSHANG CHULING917 East 43rd Avenue, Eugene, OR 97405(Between West Amazon and Fox Hollow) Sunday, December 18, 2022, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.Please arrive by 8:45 a.m., late entries will not be permitted.$30 general ($25 KDC members) In the Tibetan word shi-nay, shi means calm and nay means abiding. Shi-naymeditation rests the mind in a state undisturbed by thoughts and emotions, allowing the mind to experience its true nature. Schedule:9:00-11:00 a.m. Instructions and guided meditation1:00-4:00 p.m. Question-and-answer period and guided meditationYou are welcome to bring a lunch and stay during the break. To print out a PDF flier of this event, please click here.For information, please visit KDC’s website at www.kdc-eugene.org or call(541) 513-1452 or (541) 683-1808 between 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Venerable Lama Tsang Tsing and the Board of Directors kindly request that all attendees of KDC events be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as Continue Reading →

TEACHINGS ON TIBETAN BUDDHISM
SEVEN-POINT MIND TRAINING

By Lama Sonam Dargye (Tony Albino) KAGYU DAKSHANG CHULING917 East 43rd Avenue, Eugene, OR 97405(Between West Amazon and Fox Hollow)To minimize the Center’s impact on our neighborhood, please park on West Amazon and walk up hill to KDC. MAHAYANA GREAT COMPASSIONTEACHING AND PRACTICESunday, January 8, 2023, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.(Please arrive by 8:45 a.m., late entries will not be admitted.) This Mahayana tradition of mental transformation is cherished by all schools of Tibetan Buddhism and considered indispensable for one’s Dharma practice to bear fruit. Renowned for its universal and pragmatic approach, it gleans all of the Mahayana teachings to seven basic points and shows how to apply them to one‘s life.The cost is $30 general ($25 KDC members).You are welcome to bring a lunch and stay during the break. Lama Sonam completed the three-year retreat under the guidance of Venerable Lama Tsang Tsing and serves as a translator for Continue Reading →

FUNDRAISING FOR LAMA TSANG TSING’S TRIP TO INDIA

Dear Sangha and Dharma friends, Venerable Lama Tsang Tsing is going to India in mid-October of this year. He has not been able to travel to Asia in several years due to Covid restrictions. During this trip Lama-la plans to visit as many Monasteries and Lineage Lamas as possible and would like to give them all offerings on behalf of his western students. Because of Lama’s age and health this may be one of his last opportunities to do this. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to accumulate merit and to support and create a positive connection with our lineage holders. All of the donations that we make to Venerable Lama Tsang Tsing will be used entirely to make offerings on our behalf. Please donate as generously as you can and send your donations to Venerable Lama Tsang Tsing by the first of October. You may make your checks Continue Reading →

SPECIAL PUJA FOR DECEASED

SUNDAY MAY 12, 2024 SUNDAY MAY 12, 2024 KAGYU DAKSHANG CHULING917 East 43rd Avenue, Eugene, OR 97405(Between West Amazon and Fox Hollow)To minimize the Center’s impact on our neighborhood, please park on West Amazon and walk up hill to KDC. On Sunday, May 12, Venerable Lama Tsang Tsing and KDC’s western Lamas will perform a special, extensive Puja for the deceased. This year, this date has been chosen since May 10th marks the 35th Anniversary of our Root Guru H.E. Kalu Rinpoche’s passing into the Pure Realms. This Puja is extremely helpful when performed for the benefit of one who has died. After dying, due to karma and habitual patterns, we have no control over our future rebirth, and we are driven by the power of our previous actions. This profound Puja purifies negativities and obscurations and liberates the deceased from samsara, leading to rebirth in the Pure Land of Continue Reading →

A LOSAR MESSGE FROM VEN. LAMA TSANG TSING

Dear Dharma Friends, I hope this finds all of you in good health and that your Dharma Practice is going well. As many of you know, Losar, the Tibetan New Year, begins Thursday, March 3. Traditionally at this time KDC has held the annual all-day Mahakala Puja to dispel obstacles and negativities so the new year may begin in an auspicious manner. Unfortunately, this year KDC is not able to hold this event due to the on-going Corona Virus. Although we cannot gather together for this event, I would like to ask all of you who have received the Mahakala Empowerment to please perform Mahakala Puja at home on Mahakala Day, which is Tuesday, March 1, and to recite the Mahakala mantra throughout the day. I, myself, will be doing an all-day 6-Armed Mahakala Puja from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Mahakala Day. Also, I will be doing short Continue Reading →