KTC SoCal

Lama Kathy Teaching SDKKSG
2020-06-20 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
The Guidance of a Good Guru: How to Travel the Dharma Path
Your relationship with Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche and how to form a relationship with a Guru.
The journey to spiritual enlightenment can be a lonely one; each of us is battling a different style of confusion and needs different techniques and methods to recognize and discard that confusion. Buddhist teachings say that having a “spiritual friend,” or meditation teacher, can help us feel less alone and cut down on detours and dead-ends as we walk the dharma path. Using her story of a relationship with the Buddhist master Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche as an example, Lama Kathy will explain the different phases of the teacher-student relationship and offer advice on how to navigate the path.

Chenrezig Practice
2020-06-16 18:00 - 19:30
Chenrezig Sadhana: “Sadhana” is a Sanskrit word meaning “practice” or “meditation.” The Sadhana of Chenrezig is a chanting meditation invoking the Bodhisattva of compassion, Chenrezig. It includes prayer and visualization. No prerequisite needed for this practice. Join us via Zoom (invite in email).

Lama Kathy Teaching SMKTC
2020-06-14 10:00 - 12:00
Awakened Mind in Life and Death
When pain and suffering arise suddenly in our lives, we might feel that our world has somehow come to an end and that we’re not sure who we are in this new reality. This groundless feeling can cause fear and apprehension – but it also could be the beginning of something inspiring and new. This Dharma talk will review how cultivating inner stability of mind can help us transform some of life’s biggest challenges.

Lama Kathy Teaching SMKTC
2020-06-13 10:00 - 12:00
Approaching Mahamudra: Preliminaries and Practices
According to the Buddha, the nature of our minds is awareness, clarity, and emptiness. If we experience our minds this way, we live in harmony with all of those around us, and internally experience great inner wisdom, clarity, and compassion. But discovering this inner essence can be difficult without a method or technique. Therefore, the Buddha taught tranquility and insight meditation to discover and uncover this nature. This Dharma Talk will teach both the theory and practice of tranquility and insight meditation, based on the Mahamudra meditation teachings of the Karma Kagyu tradition. It is suitable for all levels of practice and understanding.

Debra Ann Meditation/Dharma talk
2020-06-09 18:00 - 19:30
We are very happy to welcome Debra Ann Robinson-Menzies for Dharma discussion and Meditation. Debra Ann is a student of Thrangu Rinpoche since 1985.

Lama Karma Drodhul - Using Practice in challenging times
2020-06-02 18:00 - 20:00
Lama Karma will be joining us from Woodstock where he is serving his 3-year term as President of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra our home monastery and seat of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa He is a beloved friend and teacher to us and we are so pleased to have him join our Virtual Sangha.

Debra Ann Meditation and Dharma talk
2020-05-26 19:00 - 20:30, 2020-05-12 19:00 - 20:30, 2020-04-28 19:00 - 20:30, 2020-04-14 19:00 - 20:30

Virtual Short Chenrezig + Dharma Talk
2020-05-19 19:00 - 20:30
Chenrezig Sadhana: “Sadhana” is a Sanskrit word meaning “practice” or “meditation.” The Sadhana of Chenrezig is a chanting meditation invoking the Bodhisattva of compassion, Chenrezig. It includes prayer and visualization. The short practice is followed by Dharma discussion. No prerequisite needed for this practice. Join us via Zoom (invite in email).

Virtual Chenrezig Practice
2020-05-05 19:00 - 20:30

His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa, Prayers for A Time of Pandemic
2020-04-24 07:00 - 09:00
Selected Dharani Mantras, The Prayer That Saved Sakya from Illness, and Appeasing the Discord of the Mamos

His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa, Prayers for A Time of Pandemic
2020-04-23 07:00 - 09:00
A Prayer for Rebirth in the Pure Realm of Sukhavati

His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa, Prayers for A Time of Pandemic
2020-04-22 07:00 - 09:00
Supplications to Guru Rinpoche

Short Chenrezig + Dharma Talk
2020-04-21 19:00 - 20:30
Chenrezig Sadhana: “Sadhana” is a Sanskrit word meaning “practice” or “meditation.” The Sadhana of Chenrezig is a chanting meditation invoking the Bodhisattva of compassion, Chenrezig. It includes prayer and visualization. Short practice is followed by Dharma discussion. No prerequisite needed for this practice. Join us via Zoom (invite in email).

His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa, Prayers for A Time of Pandemic
2020-04-21 07:00 - 09:00
Praises of the Twenty-One Taras with the Benefits

His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa, Prayers for A Time of Pandemic
2020-04-20 07:00 - 09:00
Sutras of the Dharani of Akshobhya

His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa, Prayers for A Time of Pandemic
2020-04-19 07:00 - 09:00
The Noble Aspiration for Excellent Conduct & the Sutra in Three Sections

His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa, Prayers for A Time of Pandemic
2020-04-18 07:00 - 09:00
The Heart Sutra with the Repulsion of Maras

Virtual Chenrezig Practice
2020-04-07 19:00 - 20:30, 2020-03-31 19:00 - 20:30, 2020-03-24 19:00 - 20:30
Chenrezig Sadhana: “Sadhana” is a Sanskrit word meaning “practice”or “meditation.” The Sadhana of Chenrezig is a chanting meditation invoking the Bodhisattva of compassion, Chenrezig. It includes prayer and visualization. No prerequisite needed for this practice. Join us via Zoom (invite in email).

Virtual Chenrezig Practice
2020-03-17 19:00 - 20:30
Chenrezig Sadhana: “Sadhana” is a Sanskrit word meaning “practice”or “meditation.” The Sadhana of Chenrezig is a chanting meditation invoking the Bodhisattva of compassion, Chenrezig. It includes prayer and visualization. No prerequisite needed for this practice. Join us via Facebook Messenger.

Book Study
2020-03-10 19:00 - 20:30, 2020-03-03 19:00 - 20:30, 2020-02-18, 2020-02-11, 2020-02-04
“The Joy of Living” Book study and meditation practice

Chenrezig Practice
2020-02-25
Chenrezig Sadhana: “Sadhana” is a Sanskrit word meaning “practice”or “meditation.” The Sadhana of Chenrezig is a chanting meditation invoking the Bodhisattva of compassion, Chenrezig. It includes prayer and visualization. No pre requite needed for this practice.
(no book study)
