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Saka Dawa - June 4, 2023
Saka Dawa Duchen is one of the four great holy days of the Tibetan calendar, each of which celebrates an anniversary of Shakyamuni Buddha’s display of extraordinary powerful deeds for sentient beings’ sake. On these four days, karmic results are multiplied by 100 million, as taught in the vinaya text Treasure of Quotations and Logic.

Schedule
Guided Meditation with Ven. Jampa Sangmo 10:30am - 12pm  
In-person and on Zoom / 
Register here
Sutra Remembering the Three Jewels Recitation 4pm - 4:45pm
Via Zoom only / 
Register here
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche also recommended taking the Eight Mahayana Precepts on Saka Dawa:
Students can receive the lineage of these precepts from a specially produced video of Lama Zopa Rinpoche granting them, which was edited from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Teachings on Thought Transformation video series, recorded in May 2020 at Kopan Monastery.


Current Programs - All Times Are U.S. Pacific (UTC-8)


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Overcoming Obstacles
​​​​with Geshe Thubten Sherab
Tuesdays, June 6, 13 & 20
6:00pm - 7:30pm PDT
Via Zoom

Registration required


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First Saturdays:

Commentary on Seven-Point Mind Training
with Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
Saturday, June 3
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10:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Via Zoom
Registration required

Class will continue on the first Saturday of upcoming months: 
​                                                June 3, August 5 & October 7


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First Sundays:
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Sitting/Walking Meditation
with​​​ Ven. Jampa Sangmo
Sunday, June 4 

10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
In person and via Zoom
Registration required


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FPMT Basic Program: 

Tenets

​​​​with Ven. Sangye Khadro
Thursdays, April 6 - June 29
6:00pm - 8:00pm PDT
Via Zoom

Registration required


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​​Second and fourth Saturdays:

Special Insight Section of the
​Middle Length Lam Rim

​with Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
Saturdays, June 10 and 24
10:00am - 12:00pm PDT
​Via Zoom 
​Registration 
required


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The Tathagata Essence
with Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa
Saturday, June 17
10:00am - 12:00pm PDT​
Via Zoom
Registration required

Class will continue on the third Saturday of upcoming months:
June 17, September 16, October 21, and December 16
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Tibetan Buddhist Practice Dates


Kshitigarbha Bodhisattva
Lama Chöpa/Tsog
​Tues, 6/13 
4:00 - 5:00pm PDT
Wed, 6/28

7pm - 8:00pm
Via Zoom only

Kshitigarbha Bodhisattva
Cittamani Tara Puja
with Karen Villanueva

Mon, 6/26
2pm-3:30pm ​
PDT
​Via Zoom only

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Medicine Buddha Puja
Sat, 6/3
​2pm-3pm PDT
Via Zoom only



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Tse Chen Ling Center is affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT).
www.FPMT.org

Other nearby FPMT Bay Area centers:
  • Ocean of Compassion, Campbell 
  • Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel (Santa Cruz)
  • Vajrapani Institute, Boulder Creek (Santa Cruz Mountains)


Who We Are: 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 and Spiritual Director, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, we provide teachings and practices in the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhist tradition. 
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We offer meditation and a wide-range of Buddhist and secular programs as well as other basic life improvement classes.

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​Welcome to Tse Chen Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies. Inspired by His Holiness, The Dalai Lama and our Spiritual Director, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, we provide teachings and practices in the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhist tradition.  We offer meditation and a wide range of Tibetan Buddhist studies and programs for people of all levels of interest in Tibetan Buddhism. The Tibetan language name of our center means “Land of Great Compassion” and was given to us by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. 

Tse Chen Ling is an affiliate of the FPMT, the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, and 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.  We are a 501c3 non-profit organization located in the Ingleside neighborhood of San Francisco.


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Address
302 Jules Ave, San Francisco, CA 94112