 Dear Dharma Friends,We are pleased to announce that we will return to our in-person Sangha meetings at the First Presbyterian Church, 1220 W 2nd St, Santa Monica, CA 90026, Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30PST. Lama Karma will be teaching (via Zoom) on July 22. We will continue with Chenrezig practice(Tibetan and English), Debra Ann’s meditation class, and the study of 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva. Please join us in opening up our shrine and practicing together after a year of virtual Sangha on July 1. All meetings will have a Zoom link for anyone wanting to join us virtually. Hope to see you all,Karmapa Chenno!Your Dharma Family at Santa Monica KTC |
| July 1 6:30 – 8:30 PM The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva + sitting meditation |
| July 8 6:30 – 8:30 PM Short Chenrezig and Dharma discussion |
| July 15 6:30 – 8:30 PM Debra Ann Robinson Meditation instruction |
| July 22 6:30 – 8:30 PM Lama Karma Virtual teaching |
| June 29 6:30 – 8:30 PM Chenrezig Practice Tibetan and English |
| ZOOM credentials for our regular sessions will remain the same: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87204694084 Or to call from your phone (any phone works, no smartphone needed): +1 669 900 6833 Meeting ID: 872 0469 4084 |
| Inspirational Quote:All the yidams and deities practiced in meditation have the same fundamental nature and are utterly pure. Nevertheless, they have different appearances, which reflect the different activities that they embody and engage in. These different activities are primarily determined by the individual aspirations they made at the time they initially generated bodhicitta. It is primarily for this reason that deities manifest varied appearances. Sometimes they appear as male in which case they primarily embody upaya or method; sometimes appearing as female, in which case they primarily embody prajna or wisdom; sometimes they appear as peaceful and sometimes as wrathful, and so on. In the case of the Medicine Buddha, his primary motivation was to remove all the suffering of beings caused by the imbalance of the elements, which we know as mental and physical illness. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Teaching Link: Mingyur Rinpoche: The Way of the Bodhisattva |