kagyu Palchen choling

tibetan buddhist meditation center of montpelier vt

contact information: 9 sunnyside terrace, montpelier vT 05603-2153

Phone: 223-6822            email: socitele@sover.net

director: very venerable Lama Norlha, rinpoche        coordinator: herb propper

                                                            Kagyu Palchen Chöling 

                        Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center of Montpelier

                        9 Sunnyside Terrace, Montpelier, VT 05602-2153

                                    phone 223-6822  email: socitele1@myfairpoint.net

                webpage: www.nhkagyu.org/Montpelier.htm

            director: ven. Lama Norlha, Rinpoche          coordinator:  Herb Propper

                                                NEWSLETTER          vol. IV, no. 3   April, 2009

                                                            ongoing activities:

Tuesday  8 - 8:45 a.m. Shinay (Tranquility) Meditation 

                                                138 Main St., Montpelier (office of Don Rhoades)

                        6:30 - 8 p.m. Shinay, Green Tara or Medicine Buddha  

                                                Vermont Integrative Medicine, 172 Berlin Street, Montpelier, 2nd floor

 

Sunday 10 am-Noon       Ngöndro  The 4 Ordinary Foundation practices    

3rd Sun. each month       ("The 4 Thoughts that turn the Mind to Spiritual Matters");

                                                 and various techniques of Shinay [Shamata]

                                                            Shambhala Center, Montpelier (64 Main Street, 3rd floor)

 

1st Saturday each month   Public Medicine Buddha Practice:  Healing Physical and Mental Conditions

                                                                        9 -11 am Shambhala Center, Montpelier  

(This meditation is open to all persons.  Both the condensed and the Short Medicine Buddha practices will be chanted.  Texts include English translation & Tibetan transliteration. Explanations for those unfamiliar with the practice.  Simply being present during a practice of Medicine Buddha and generating healing intentions offers great benefits to both the person present and those to whom one sends thoughts.  please bring a suitable offering.)

 

1st Sunday each month                              Chenrezig practice             

11 - 11:45 am                            as part of Shambhala Center's Sunday morning sitting;  begins with

(full session:                              Shinay (Shamata) at 10 am, and finishes with Shinay (Shamata)

10 am - 12:30 pm)                     Shambhala Center, Montpelier (64 Main Street, 3rd floor) 

 

            special events:.

1. Introduction to Classical Literary Tibetan [the language of prayers, sutras, practices and commentaries] - learn the alphabet, reading practice, basic grammar and beginning translation.  alternate Mondays 3:00-4:30 p.m.; or alternate Thursday evenings, or by appointment.  call 223-6822 or email <socitele1@myfairpoint.net>.

 

2. Instruction in basic meditation practice:  various techniques of Shinay ("Tranquility" or "Calm Abiding") meditation, and "The 4 Thoughts that turn the Mind toward Religion." (The 4 Ordinary Foundation practices); individual tutorial or small group; times arranged at mutual convenience  For more information, contact Herb at 233-6822 or < socitele1@myfairpoint.net>.

 

from Sogyal Rinpoche Glimpse after Glimpse (entry for April 2):

            "Just as a writer learns the spontaneous freedom of expression only after years of often grueling study, and just as the simple grace of a dancer is achieved only with enormous, patient effort, so when you begin to understand where meditation will lead you, you will approach it as the greatest endeavour of your life, one that demands of you the deepest perseverance, enthusiasm, intelligence, and discipline."