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LHABAB DÜCHEN

Saturday 4 November at 14:30 at Sakya Tsechen Ling :

November 4 is celebrated as Lhabab Düchen, one of the four most important Buddhist festivals, which commemorates the descent of Buddha Shakyamuni from the heavens of Tushita. We will recite the ritual of the 16 Arhats.

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BIRTHDAY OF HIS H. KYABGON GONGMA SAKYA TRIZIN RATNA VAJRA RINPOCHE (TIBETAN CALENDAR)

Saturday 18 November from 16:00 to 18:00 at Sakya Tsechen Ling :

In order to celebrate the birthday of His Holiness, the 42nd Kyabgon Gongma Sakya Trizin Rinpoche the ritual of the three Deities of longevity will be recited, with the wish to increase the auspicious conditions for receiving guidance and teachings from His Holiness on the path to the enlightenment of all beings. We also hope that His Holiness will visit our centers again soon!

Everyone is welcome to join us in the temple or online. There is, however, no text available for this practice, you can perform your own practices during the ritual or simply stand in the presence of the blessings of this powerful ritual.

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Monthly session with Christian Bernert

Friday 24 November from 20:30 to 22:00, and Saturday and Sunday 25 and 26 November from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 16:00 at Sakya Tsechen Ling :

THE SECOND SETTING IN MOTION OF THE WHEEL OF DHARMA: THE ABSENCE OF CHARACTERISTICS

To guide his disciples towards liberation and enlightenment, the Buddha gave a wide range of teachings tailored to their individual needs and abilities. These teachings were then grouped into three classes of teachings called the three settings in motion of the wheel of Dharma, each setting in motion revealing another essential dimension of the path. In seminars during three years from 2022 to 2024, each of these teaching classes is addressed in turn.

In this second part, the specific subject of the second setting in motion of the wheel of Dharma is the profound wisdom of emptiness. This was expounded at length in the Sutras of the Perfection of Wisdom and later commented upon by many great masters, including Ārya Nāgārjuna and the teachers of the Madhyamaka school.

In this seminar we will explore the notion of reality as it is taught in the sutras of the perfection of wisdom. Our study of the “Heart Sutra” will be based on a commentary by the great Sakya master, Rongteun Sheja Kunrig, and accompanied by an introduction to the Middle Way school (Madhyamaka).

For more information about this program, please click HERE.

To join us for this even in Kuttolsheim (FR), please click ICI.

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VAJRAYOGINI RITUAL – COMMEMORATION OF KHENPO DAKPA WOESER LAG

Wednesday 29 November from 10:00 to 12:00 at Sakya Tsechen Ling :

Six years ago, on November 29, 2017, passed away our dear Khenpo Dakpa Woeser Lag, lama resident in SAKYA TSECHEN LING, Kuttolsheim/France for 26 years.

We will perform the Vajrayogini ritual for the deceased in his memory at our center in Kuttolsheim. The ritual will be led in the Tibetan language by Lama Sherab Sangpo Lag, our resident monk in Kuttolsheim. This ritual has the power to benefit sentient beings, especially the deceased, and create auspicious bonds. You may submit the names of your deceased loved ones HERE and/or if you wish, you can make a donation for butter lamps or tsog offerings HERE.

Everyone is welcome to join us at the temple or online; However, please note that there is no text available for this practice, so you can join us and do your own meditations and practices, or simply be in the presence of the blessings of this powerful ritual.

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Saturday Afternoons

Only in French 🇫🇷

Les samedis 11 et 18 novembre de 14h à 16h :

De manière générale, accueil-étude-partage tous niveaux, par l’écoute d’enseignements, la réflexion et la méditation.

Plus spécifiquement :

LE CHEMIN DE SHAMATHA DE LA QUIÉTUDE MENTALE

Shamatha (en sanscrit) ou zhinä (ཞི་གནས་ en tibétain) désigne dans le bouddhisme la quiétude mentale, première étape des pratiques de méditation bouddhique -ouvertes par la prise de refuge et le développement de la pensée d’illumination, et closes par le partage des mérites- permettant de développer cet état pour accueillir ensuite la seconde étape, la pratique de vipassanā (en sanscrit) ou lhagtong (ལྷག་མཐོང་ en tibétain), celle de la vision pénétrante.

Intervenant : Lama Shérab Sangpo Lag.

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SAKYA DHARMA FAMILY

The various centres founded in Europe by Khenchen Shérab G. Amipa Rinpoche, grouped together in an European SAKYA DHARMA FAMILY, have elaborated, under the impulse of Khenpo Tashi Sangpo Lag, on a common basis and in a completely renewed form, an enriched programming base accessible to everyone. You will find there details of the online teachings, local teachings, study programmes and rituals of this first quarter of 2021 as well as the means to benefit from them. To access it, simply click on the blue “SAKYA DHARMA FAMILY” button at the bottom of this page.