A Prayer for the Coronavirus CrisisComposed by Demo Rinpoche on March 16, 2020 All living beings are my parents,All living beings are my siblings.When all living beings are sufferingI fervently generate indestructible love and compassion. By the blessings of immeasurable loveBy the force of awareness of unmistaken truthOf all previous great holy beingsMay all living…
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Buddha taught emptiness to individuals wishing to be free from the cycle of endless suffering. It is a difficult concept to understand and is often misunderstood. Professor Newland will explain that meditations on emptiness are not removed from the mundane world but actually allow for a clearer perception of how everyday life is inseparable from…
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Dates for the 2020 Joyful Summer Retreat with Demo Rinpoche have been adjusted due to the current pandemic conditions.  During the 2020 Joyful Summer Retreat, Demo Rinpoche will base his teachings on Mind Training like the Rays of the Sun by Je Tsongkhapa’s close disciple Namka Palzang. This text combines the advice of Geshe Chekawa’s…
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Join Glenn Mullin during his 2020 Jewel Heart Centers Tour for programs at Jewel Heart Chapters in Northern California, Chicago, Lincoln, Cleveland, Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills and New York. GLENN MULLIN has been a long time friend of Gelek Rimpoche and Jewel Heart, having met and studied with Gelek Rimpoche from the mid 70’s in…
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Je Tsongkhapa, the great Tibetan scholar, yogi and author, founded the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism in the late 14th century. He has been highly influential in the transmission and evolution of both the sutra and tantra aspects of Mahayana Buddhism that flourished in Tibet over the last six centuries. This year is the 600th…
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DEMO RINPOCHE INTRODUCTION TO VAJRAYANA The Four Levels of Tantra Vajrayana, or Buddhist Tantra, is the esoteric part of Mahayana Buddhism, based on the desire to attain enlightenment for the benefit of others. Practiced in its most complete form in Tibetan Buddhism, it includes the use of mantras and mudras and the visualization of enlightened…
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Ode to Delight, also known as Recognizing the Face of the Mother, is a poetic song that conveys how we can learn to recognize the true nature of reality, surrender misguided perceptions, and ultimately fulfill our greatest potential, total enlightenment. This evocative teaching on emptiness is highly revered among all Tibetan Buddhist traditions. Geshe Yeshe…
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In the Lam Rim, or Stages on the Path to Enlightenment, Buddha’s teachings are a step-by-step process that can transform the challenges and confusion encountered in ordinary everyday life into the extraordinary compassion and wisdom of enlightenment. Demo Rinpoche will teach Monday evenings from 7:00pm to 8:30pm based on Je Tsongkhapa’s Medium Lam Rim. Day/Times/Dates:…
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This online course will explore the various types of meditation that are practiced in Tibetan Buddhism. Join guest speakers Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe, Geshe Lobsang Negi, Joseph Loizzo, Venerable Thubten Chodron, Glenn Mullin and Robert A. F. Thurman over the course of six weeks in this exploration of the nature of mind and meditation. Jewel Heart…
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We do recommend to contemplate and meditate. So where do you begin? That’s the real question. You can begin the Buddhist [meditation] from any level. Traditionally, in Tibet it begins with the guru-devotional practice. Traditionally, in early India, it began with the refuge. To correspond these, the guru devotional practice is part of refuge, because…
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