Tse Chen Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies is a Dharma Center dedicated to cultivating compassion and wisdom. Inspired by His Holiness the Dalai Lama & Lama Zopa Rinpoche, we provide teachings and practices in the Gelug lineage ​of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

A Most Joyful Announcement Regarding the Reincarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche
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Current Programs

FPMT Discovering Buddhism:​
Practice Session:
Establishing a Daily Practice
with Gen Don Handrick
Sunday, April 27, 2025
1:00pm - 4:30pm PDT
Via Zoom only
Registration required

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​​​​​​FPMT Basic Program:
Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds, Part 2
with Ven. Sangye Khadro
Wednesdays, March 5 - July 30, 2025  
​6:00pm - 8:00pm PT
Via Zoom only
Registration required

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Commentary on The Mind Training ​Induced by Way of Poem,
A Perfect Composition of Words
​with Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
Saturday, April 12 and 26, 2025​
10:00am - 12:00pm PT
Via Zoom only 
​Registration required

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Sunday Morning Meditation
Guided Meditations for creating a happier life
​with Ven. Carol Corradi
No sessions in April; Join us in May:
May 4 at 10:30 - 12pm PDT 
in-person only; no registration needed
May 18 and 25
10:00am - 11:00am PDT
​Via Zoom only
Registration ​required; FREE / Open to all

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Coming Up in May

FPMT Discovering Buddhism:​
Samsara and Nirvana
with Gen Don Handrick
Mondays, May 5 - June 16, 2025
6:00pm - 7:30pm PDT
Via Zoom only
Registration required
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​Practice Session: ​Sunday, June 22 / 1:00pm - 4:30pm PDT

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​​A Mother’s Day Remembrance -  Mahaprajapati Gautami: ​
​The Buddha’s Extraordinary Adoptive Mother
with Wendy Garling
Sunday, May 11, 2025
10:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Via Zoom only
Registration required

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​​​Lama Yeshe’s Empowerment of Women: ​
​From the Personal to the Universal
with Vicki Mackenzie and 
​​Judith Weitzner
Sunday, May 18, 2025
10:00am-11:30am PDT
Via Zoom only
Registration required

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​Dakini Day
​with Vajrasattva Tsog
Tuesday, May 22, 2025
6:00pm - 8:00pm PDT
In-person only

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Save the Date 

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Join us in welcoming
Geshe Tenzin Legtsok
for his first teachings at Tse Chen Ling
​on June 28th and 29th!

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Women of Wisdom: Celebrating the Living Legacy of Buddhist Women

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​​​​Making Women’s Ways in Tibetan Buddhism
with Janet Gyatso, Ph.D.
​Saturday, June 7, 2025
10:00am - 11:30am PDT 
Via Zoom only
​Registration required​

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​​​The Challenges and Joys of Retreat:
Stepping Away from this Busy World
with Paula Chichester
Sunday, June 8, 2025
10:00am-11:30am PDT
Via Zoom only
​Registration required

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​More Women of Wisdom Programs

Prayers & Practices

Mani Mantra Recitation Initiative
​You are warmly invited to join the FPMT community in this very special His Holiness Long Life ~ Mani Mantra Recitation Initiative, where students are invited to recite the Om Mani Padme Hum mantra. The total of all the recitations will be offered to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on the 6th of July for his 90th birthday. 

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Monthly Long Life Prayers for our Gurus
First Sunday of the month
4:00pm – 5:30pm PDT​​
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​May 4 - Land of Medicine Buddha Online 

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Prayers for the swift return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Innermost Essence of the Arya Manjushri Tantra
Swift Return Prayers
​Fridays: 12pm - 12:30pm PDT
​​Via Zoom

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Lama Chöpa Tsog
Sun, April 6
with Ven. Yangchen
(Hosted by Land of
Medicine Buddha)
3:30pm - 5:00pm PDT
Register for Zoom link

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Cittamani Tara Puja
Sat, April 5
with Ven. Katy Cole
(Hosted by Thubten
​Norbu Ling Center)
4:00pm - 5:30pm PDT
(5pm-6:30 MDT)
Register for Zoom link

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Medicine Buddha Puja​
​Sun, April 6
​with Ven. Katy Cole
3:00pm - 4pm PDT
(Part of the continuing memorial MB pujas for Ven. Ingrid Nordzin)
Register for Zoom link

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PRAYER REQUEST

How to help

Become a member

Tse Chen Ling Center is affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT).
www.FPMT.org. We are committed to upholding the Ethical Policy of FPMT by providing a safe place for students to develop their study and practice of Buddhism.

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Other nearby FPMT Bay Area centers:

• Ocean of Compassion, Campbell
• Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel (Santa Cruz)                                   
• Vajrapani Institute, Boulder Creek (Santa Cruz Mountains)