Onsite at Tibet House New YorkWatch Live. Stream Later. His Holiness the Dalai Lama lays out the fundamental principles of Tibetan Buddhism in his classic, Kindness, Clarity, and Insight. During this seminar, Demo Rinpoche will give a commentary on this beloved book, focusing on the chapters that cover the Four Noble Truths and the Luminous…
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Onsite at Tibet House New YorkWatch Live. Stream Later. Vesak Day is celebrated throughout all Buddhist traditions as the day commemorating Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana. On this special day that offers a chance to reflect on the 12 great deeds of the Buddha, Demo Rinpoche will give a public talk covering the action known…
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Onsite at Jewel Heart Ann ArborWatch Live. Stream Later. Demo Rinpoche will follow up the Winter Retreat teachings with this workshop based on the recitation of the Yamantaka sadhana with pith instructions. Open to all who have received the Yamantaka initiation (Winter Retreat attendance not required) but there is a Vajrayana requirement to register for…
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Tokden Rinpoche kindly accepted Demo Rinpoche and Jewel Heart’s invitation to return to Jewel Heart in Ann Arbor, Michigan and give the Heruka Initiation, Six Yogas of Naropa teaching, and conclude with a public talk and initiation still to be determined. Tokden Rinpoche is one of a handful of the great living Gelugpa masters educated…
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Sanskrit: Triṃśikā-kārikā; Tibetan ཚིག་ལེའུར་བྱས་པ་སུམ་ཅུ་པ་, Sum chu pa Onsite at Jewel Heart Ann Arbor, 1129 Oak Valley DriveWatch Live. Stream Later. The ancient Indian Buddhist scholar Vasubhandu’s famous Thirty Verses describes the conscious and unconscious psychological processes that give rise to the perception of self and other. It is his poetic expression in verse to succinctly present the core teachings…
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Onsite at Jewel Heart Ann Arbor, 1129 Oak Valley DriveOnline (as a blessing only) Demo Rinpoche will give the White Tara Initiation as the conclusion to the 2026 Winter Retreat. Retreat attendance is not mandatory to attend this initiation. It is strongly recommended to maintain a vegetarian diet the morning of the empowerment. White Tara…
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Onsite at Jewel Heart Ann ArborWatch Live. Stream Later. The only child of a young mother died in a sudden accident, crashing her into psychotic grief. Gautama Buddha skillfully led her to see her grievous loss (dukkha) not as a uniquely catastrophic misfortune, but as the universal human condition. To live is to live with…
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