Siddhartha's Intent Canada

Who is the "real" you? 🔎 🕵️

🌐 https://siddharthasintent.org/events/buddha-jumps-over-the-wall/

Siddhartha's Intent Singapore is delighted to share the livestream links for Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s upcoming meditation course, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.

📅 1-3 November 2024 (SGT)
Fri, 1 November 2024 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Sat, 2 November 2024 | 9:00am – 3:00pm
Sun, 3 November 2024 | 9:00am – 3:00pm

🗣 English, with on-site Mandarin interpretation.

🌐 YouTube
https://youtube.com/

🌐 Zoom 1
https://zoom.us/j/91529452508?pwd=VBE7juJPnsbnigFbUto7MaAFkUNtKa.1
Webinar ID: 915 2945 2508
Passcode: 848484

English with consecutive interpretation in Cantonese, French, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Sharchop, Spanish and Vietnamese.

🌐 Zoom 2 中文
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87176432259?pwd=bKD5VBoL68QJlmuKLGhpIbKba4K8CY.1
Meeting ID: 871 7643 2259
Passcode: 848484

Please join on YouTube if you don't need interpretation, so that those who do can have space on Zoom.

📅 30 October 2024
Vancouver | 13:00-14:00
Toronto | 16:00-17:00
Halifax | 17:00-18:00

Welcome to the first in our new series of themed regional events!

This month we will be joining Siddhartha's Intent Mexico for a "Day of the Dead" celebration on:

📅 30 October 2024
CdMx | 14:00-15:00
NYC | 16:00-17:00
Munich | 21:00-22:00
Sydney | 07:00-08:00 (+1day)

In this session, we will learn about the origins and celebration of the Day of the Dead, meditate on death and impermanence, and make light offerings.
Please have at least one candle or tealight with you.

The event will be in English and Spanish.

🌐 Zoom
https://zoom.us/j/92888672748?pwd=DOgfsckDKEJnRcCCm3vxhnpoK8kj6b.1
Webinar ID: 928 8867 2748
Passcode: 924115

🌐 YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/

See you there! 👻

We are deeply honored this past Sunday to have Drubgyud Tenzin Rinpoche preside over a Green Tara practice with our lovely friends from Bhutan. 🇧🇹 The practice flowed into beautiful singing and dancing, followed by a delicious (and of course, spicy) potluck. For a moment, it felt as if we’d been magically transported to Bhutan!

In the afternoon, we enjoyed some musical improvizations from Julia, Andrew, and Denis at Soundscapes. It was a sublime and meditative experience that showed how we can insert awareness into any part of our lives, sometimes with a catchy beat! 🎶

What a fantastic day of bringing different communities together and sparking creativity and connection! Our next gathering is on November 3rd. Curious about what we have planned? Check out our featured posts for all the details.✨

Korwa Dondruk: A Red Avalokiteshvara Practice with Drubgyud Tenzin Rinpoche

Korwa Dongdruk, “He Who Churns the Depths of Saṃsara,” is a revealed spiritual treasure of Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa, compiled by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. This practice of Red Avalokiteshvara is performed as a ritual for guiding and benefitting those who have passed away. Every month, Korwa Dongdruk is offered online in different parts of the world. This time, we are honored that Drubgyud Tenzin Rinpoche will preside over the practice.

🗓️ Sunday, November 3rd, 2 PM – 4 PM
Door opens at 1:30 PM

📍 Vancouver Shambhala Centre
208-256 W 7th Ave, Vancouver

✨ All are welcome to join this practice, including friends and relatives of the deceased. However, only those who have received empowerment for this practice may access the liturgy. Those without empowerment are still welcome to join to sit and listen, much as one might join a puja being conducted in a monastery. Those who do not have the empowerment will be requested to refrain from the self-visualization and the self-empowerment sections.

🎫 To join:

In-person – Please register: https://forms.gle/jtkSCDaf7gQPgW7o8. The registration form will be closed once we have reached our maximum capacity of 70 people.

Online – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86509615821

To include in the practice someone who has passed away, please add their name to the "Recently Passed" section of the Siddhartha's Intent Western Door Prayer List. This practice is for those in the human realm. Please seek out other practices for animals and other sentient beings.

The practice is sponsored by Siddhartha's Intent Canada. Free admission; donations welcome: https://siddharthasintent.org/support-si-canada/.

“The fact that you want to help someone by requesting such rituals indicates that through you, the dead person has an indirect connection with the dharma.” – Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

Zabtik Drolchok: A Green Tara Practice with Drubgyud Tenzin Rinpoche

We warmly welcome you to join us for a Green Tara practice, Zabtik Drolchok: “Accumulating Wisdom and Merit Through the Mandala of Arya Tara.” This simple and profound Green Tara sadhana was discovered by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa and rearranged by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. We are especially delighted to share that Drubgyud Tenzin Rinpoche will preside over the practice. We’ll be dedicating the practice to restoring peace and harmony worldwide and the longevity of all lineage gurus and the buddhadharma

🗓️ Sunday, November 3rd, 10 AM – 12 PM
Door opens at 9:30 AM

📍 Vancouver Shambhala Centre
208-256 W 7th Ave, Vancouver

🎫 Register: https://forms.gle/59uvzjeJkw5rBtSy5. The registration form will be closed once we have reached our maximum capacity of 70 people. In-person participation only; everyone is welcome.

📕 Download the sadhana: https://shorturl.at/lCGdb
To address environmental concerns, we kindly request that you bring your own digital or physical copies.

🥦 It is recommended that participants refrain from consuming meat and alcohol on the morning before attending the Green Tara practice.

The practice is sponsored by Siddhartha's Intent Canada. Free admission; donations welcome: https://siddharthasintent.org/support-si-canada/.

“All the buddhas and bodhisattvas are in essence the same. Buddhas transcend all kinds of shape, color, form, and labels like gender. Likewise, Tara comes in many manifestations. Tara is ultimately none other than the nature of your own mind.” – Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

🎥 Dhyana: On Trauma, March 2023, Online

Everyone suffers from trauma to some degree. The Buddha taught that our traumas are connected to what happened a minute ago, a month ago or even several lifetimes ago. But most modern people do not care much about anything beyond this life. Fortunately for us, the Buddha also taught that the most effective therapy for trauma is not to trace it back to its origins but to tackle how it manifests in the present moment. In this dhyana session, Mr Khyentse Norbu leads several short meditations to help us handle our traumas.

The recording of this teaching is now edited and available with translations in Cantonese, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish on:

🔹YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6-wArQbu9GCGBSOULJrMJw_VcFnznVbr
🔹Vimeo
https://vimeo.com/showcase/11364427
🔹SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/siddharthas-intent/sets/dhyana-on-trauma-10-march-2023-online
🔹Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/3wET3yZoS9hOE82TTD5bvv?si=TFkW7GKrSXahNF5CqkIRjA

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Soundscapes: Explorations in Sound & Movement

Join us for an interactive exploration of meditation, improvised sound, and movement. Together with live improvisational musicians, you are invited to reconnect to your natural sense of freedom, spontaneity, and connection.

ꕤ Connecting to earth & body
ꕤ Guided interactive sound and movement meditation
ꕤ Live music & chill out Sound Journey

🗓️ Sunday, October 20, 2024 | 2–5 PM

📍 Vancouver Shambhala Centre
208-256 W 7th Ave Vancouver
Door opens at 1:30pm.

🎫 To register, please visit https://www.showpass.com/soundscapes-explorations-in-sound-movement/. Admission free, donations welcome.

🎶 Featuring Musicians: Andrew Kim, Denis Franck, Julia Kim

Andrew Kim – Formerly of Delhi2Dublin, Andrew has studied and performed music in India, Bhutan, Africa, and around the world. After recording and touring global festivals, he has focused his energies on meditative music. This process has included inventing his own unique musical instruments, which he uses to guide listeners on immersive sound journeys.

Denis Franck – Exploring rhythms using various percussion instruments has been Denis’ focus for the last thirty years. His life changed when he discovered the family of tambourines called "frame-drums". Having studied with various masters of the instrument, he has developed a personal touch based on finger technique, improvisation, and the ongoing desire to create original soundscapes.

Julia Kim – Based between Bhutan and Vancouver, Julia brings meditation and improvised music (electric violin) into interactive programs on leadership development, wellbeing and wellbeing economics. Prior to this, she was based in South Africa and New York, recording and performing with world music group Mondetta and others, while pursuing an interest in international health and development.

Midweek date with your buddhanature!
Join us in the recitation of Samantabhadra's Aspiration Prayer during the upcoming solar eclipse on:

📅 2 October 2024
Seattle | 11:00-12:30
Rio | 15:00-16:30
Santiago | 15:00-16:30
London | 19:00-20:30

As this eclipse will be visible in South America, the event will be hosted in the region by our Brazilian and Chilean sangha, and Arne who is omnipresent!

The recitations will be in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

🌐 Zoom
https://zoom.us/j/95767125493?pwd=gAbAOnUH4DJHz1QywKiRXW4HvW10S1.1
Webinar ID: 957 6712 5493
Passcode: 599912

🌐 YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/

🔗 For links to the text and melodies, please visit:
https://siddharthasintent.org/liturgies/kuntuzangpo-monlam/

We dedicate this practice so that Rinpoche's teachings in South America help countless beings in countless realms realize their buddhanature 🙏

🖌️🎨 Madeleine Tréhin

Zabtik Drolma: Empowerment and teachings on Green Tara

“All the buddhas and bodhisattvas are in essence the same. Buddhas transcend all kinds of shape, colour, form, and labels like gender. Likewise, Tara comes in many manifestations. Tara is ultimately none other than the nature of your own mind. She is not really a he or a she or green or white. She doesn’t necessarily have many hands or two hands. But since we are so deluded, we can only understand through references like numbers, colours, shape, tangible things, which is why we have Arya Tara and the other 21 manifestations.”

— Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

“Accumulating Wisdom and Merit through the Mandala of Arya Tara (Zabtik Drolma),” a profound mind treasure discovered by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa, is a regular practice of our global community. In Brazil, we meet online every first Sunday of the month to practise this in Portuguese. It is with great joy that Siddhartha's Intent Brasil invites you to the Zabtik Drolma empowerment and teachings on the practice that Rinpoche will grant in Rio de Janeiro.

📅 Sunday, 1 December 2024, 10am-5pm (with breaks)
🏛️ Hotel Rio Othon Palace
Av. Atlântica, 3264, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

🎟️ To register for in-person participation:
https://www.sympla.com.br/evento/dzongsar-khyentse-rinpoche-no-rio-de-janeiro/2631764

In case of questions, please write to: [email protected].

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Living and Dying in Buddhism

“Once you realize that everything you see is projected by your own mind, you are well on the way to understanding that ‘everything’ necessarily includes birth, death, living and dying. This information and practice will help loosen your grip on your ideas about what ‘living’ really is. You will begin to realize that life and living are simply part of yet another illusion.”

— Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

Ever stopped to think that we are living and dying at the same time? Siddhartha's Intent Brasil invites you to two sessions of teachings with Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche on this topic, which is not only profoundly important but potentially transformative for everyone, whether you're simply curious about Buddhist teachings or a seasoned practitioner.

📅 Saturday, 30 November 2024, 10am-5pm (with breaks)
🏛️ Cinema Odeon
Praça Floriano, 7 - Centro, Rio de Janeiro

🎟️ To register for in-person participation:
https://www.sympla.com.br/evento/dzongsar-khyentse-rinpoche-no-rio-de-janeiro/2631764

In case of questions, please write to: [email protected].

This teaching will be livestreamed with onsite Portuguese interpretation and additional languages online. More information to follow.

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Come with an open mind: Sincere questions about Buddhism answered by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

Why do Buddhists keep talking about impermanence and suffering? – that’s so depressing! And what’s this talk of emptiness – I mean, I have a body and I’m here, aren’t I? And what’s all this guru business about?

The Buddha told his students never just to believe what he said, but to analyse and ask difficult questions until they personally find out what’s real and what’s true. Siddhartha's Intent Brasil has gathered many such sincere questions to ask Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. Join us with an open mind.

📅 Friday, 29 November 2024, 7pm
🏛️ Cinema Odeon
Praça Floriano, 7 - Centro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

🎟️ To register for in-person participation:
https://www.sympla.com.br/evento/dzongsar-khyentse-rinpoche-no-rio-de-janeiro/2631764

In case of questions, please write to: [email protected].

This talk will be livestreamed with onsite Portuguese interpretation and additional languages online. More information to follow.

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Sunday school, but on timeless wisdom!📚 Join Drubgyud Tenzin Rinpoche online every Sunday at 8AM PST for a deep dive into the 9th chapter of Bodhicharyavatara.

🌎Time zones:
Vancouver: 8AM
New York: 11AM
Berlin: 5PM
Singapore: 11PM

✨ Understand your mind! Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuc-irrT8tHt3wX9lt9KXUa8YOO0ruXT5b

🎥 Missed the first session? Catch up here: https://youtu.be/cBuJ_aBB-mo

永恆智慧，現代傳承！📚 每週日香港時間晚上11點，線上跟隨竹究滇津仁波切，深入探討《入菩薩行論》第九品。

🌎時區：
溫哥華：上午8點
紐約：上午11點
柏林：下午5點
香港：晚上11點

英語授課，附有中文同步翻譯。

✨了解你的心！在此註冊：https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuc-irrT8tHt3wX9lt9KXUa8YOO0ruXT5b

🎥錯過了第一堂課？在這補看：https://youtu.be/cBuJ_aBB-mo（可開啟中英字幕）

⚠️ Thank you for your overwhelming interest! All tickets have been sold out and our waiting list is currently full. We are happy to announce that we will be live-streaming this meditation course. Please stay tuned for further information!

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Siddhartha's Intent Singapore is delighted to announce Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s upcoming meditation course, “Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.”

📅 1-3 November 2024
Fri, 1 November 2024 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Sat, 2 November 2024 | 9:00am – 3:00pm (lunch provided)
Sun, 3 November 2024 | 9:00am – 3:00pm (lunch provided)

🏛️ To be announced to ticket holders after purchase.

🗣️ English, with on-site Mandarin interpretation.

🎟️ https://tinyurl.com/2024SISG

Priority Ticket Sales:
– Date: Sunday, 22 September 2024 at 12:00pm (GMT+08:00)
– Open to residents of Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia only

Global Ticket Sales:
– Date: Sunday, 29 September 2024 at 12:00pm (GMT+08:00)
– Open to all attendees

🌐 For further information including admission fee, attendance policy, health & safety and more, please head over to:
https://siddharthasintent.org/events/buddha-jumps-over-the-wall/

For any questions, please write to [email protected].

📅 17 September 2024
Vancouver | 6:00-7:10 AM
Toronto | 9:00-10:10 AM
Halifax | 10:00-11:10 AM

The Kumarajiva Project, in collaboration with Siddhartha’s Intent, is honoured to invite Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche to confer the Bodhisattva Vow at the upcoming Moon Festival. On this occasion, we will also introduce a beautiful project, Creative Resilience, initiated by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche.

Through the lens of the five elements, this project offers creative and unique psychological tools to help individuals master their own mind and transform emotional challenges into the joy of awareness.

As The Kumarajiva Project aspires to translate canonical Buddhist texts into Chinese and ignite passion for Buddhist wisdom, it hopes to collaborate with initiatives like Creative Resilience to bring the wisdom contained in these texts into our daily life.

The Creative Resilience website will be launched on 16th September. Stay tuned and join us for this special event!

📅 17 September 2024
Hong Kong | 21:00-22:10
Thimphu | 19:00-20:10
Paris | 15:00-16:10

🌐 Join us on:

🔹YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/

🔹Zoom 1 (multiple languages)
https://zoom.us/j/97277447493?pwd=OSOSkM27nYjjptzDVC9HIpbEa1mu07.1
Webinar ID: 972 7744 7493
Passcode: cre8ive

🔹Zoom 2 (Chinese only)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83985804839?pwd=qRkdGSOlcINLBkQKBOfkzaTwboX03c.1
Meeting ID: 839 8580 4839
Passcode: 846616

We will have simultaneous interpretation in French, German, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Sharchop, Spanish and Vietnamese.

Please join on YouTube if you don't need interpretation, so that those who do can have space on Zoom.

🎨🖌️ Tara Di Gesu






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🎥 Ethics and Values in the Modern World, June 2023, Singapore

Buddhists believe that if ethics, wisdom and compassion are in a car, wisdom should be in the driving seat, compassion should sit next to wisdom and ethics should be in the back seat. Ethics and morality are important but tend to be closely linked to cultural values and in the modern world, diverse cultures are becoming increasingly westernized. Buddhist ethics may appear similar to Christian or Islamic morality but are grounded in different values, the most fundamental one of which is the quest for the truth. This quest is the essence of teachings on Buddhist values, such as the Seven Sublime Treasures or in Tibetan, phagpa nordun.

The recording of this teaching is now edited and available with translations in Cantonese, French, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish on:

🔹YouTube
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6-wArQbu9GBnjQCyUgiC0637EDeFsd37
🔹Vimeo
https://vimeo.com/showcase/11353616
🔹SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/siddharthas-intent/sets/ethics-and-values-in-the-modern-world-10-june-2023-singapore
🔹Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/3wET3yZoS9hOE82TTD5bvv?si=TFkW7GKrSXahNF5CqkIRjA

🎨🖌️ Karma Phuntsok

🎧 How to Accumulate Merit, August 2008, Cupertino, USA

Another 💎 from our archive.

In this teaching, Rinpoche discusses the difference between luck and merit, the relationship between merit and karma and the role of merit in our path, together with methods to create more.

Listen on SoundCloud and Spotify (English only)
🔗 https://soundcloud.com/siddharthas-intent/how-to-accumulate-merit-cupertino-2008
🔗 https://open.spotify.com/episode/0gq01eRRj7QBr4HNSNumgg?si=FURushXhSau0TiY0iFm2Og

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An insightful day of meditation with new & seasoned practitioners guided by SI instructor Alex Trisoglio 🧘

Missed the first teaching by Drubgyud Tenzin Rinpoche on the 9th chapter of Bodhicharyavatara? No worries! Here's the recording:

🎥 https://youtu.be/cBuJ_aBB-mo?si=7djd3m0ybGtWRCls, with English and Chinese subtitles available.

Subsequent teachings on the 9th chapter of Bodhicharyavatara by Drubgyud Tenzin Rinpoche will be given on Zoom every Sunday at 8am PST. We expect to complete half of the 9th chapter this year, with the second half planned for next year.

Now, please mark your calendars! The next session is scheduled for

🗓️ Sunday, September 15 at 8am PST

Feeling inspired to dive deeper into these teachings? Please register at:

⭐️ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuc-irrT8tHt3wX9lt9KXUa8YOO0ruXT5b

We're incredibly grateful to Rinpoche for offering this series of teachings. To all aspiring bodhisattvas out there, let's gather together as we learn to bring more benefit to all beings! See you soon as we continue to unfold the warrior path of the awakened heart!

💖 This series of teachings is offered for free. If you want to donate to SI Canada, please visit https://siddharthasintent.org/support-si-canada/ and select "9th chapter online teaching - DT Rinpoche.” Thank you for your generosity!

👥 No prerequisites required, open to non-Buddhists and Buddhists of all levels.

💬 The session will be in English, with consecutive interpretation in Mandarin Chinese.

📖 We will be using the translation by Padmakara Translation Group. If you wish to follow along, you may get a physical or digital copy here: https://www.shambhala.com/the-way-of-the-bodhisattva-1660.html

錯過了竹究滇津仁波切《入菩薩行論》第九品教學的第一堂課嗎？別擔心！這邊是當天的的教學錄影：

🎥 https://youtu.be/cBuJ_aBB-mo?si=7djd3m0ybGtWRCls，附中英字幕可供開啟。

竹究滇津仁波切《入菩薩行論》第九章的後續教學將於每週日溫哥華時間上午8點在 Zoom 上進行。我們預計今年完成第九品的前半部分，明年計劃完成後半部。

請在您的日曆上註記！下一堂教學將在

🗓️ 9月15日星期日上午8點（溫哥華時間）

想更深入學習嗎？請在此註冊：

⭐️ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuc-irrT8tHt3wX9lt9KXUa8YOO0ruXT5b

我們衷心感激仁波切給予這一系列的開示。所有有志成為菩薩的人們，讓我們一起學習如何更利益眾生，繼續覺悟之心的勇士之路！

💖 此系列教學為免費。如您想隨喜加拿大悉達多本願會，請您造訪 https://siddharthasintent.org/support-si-canada/ 並選取 "9th chapter online teaching - DT Rinpoche”。感謝您的慷慨支持！

👥 無參與條件，適合非佛教徒和各程度的佛教徒

💬 講座將以英語進行，附有普通話翻譯

📖 翻譯將使用如師法師翻譯的版本

Greetings Everyone,

We hope you are enjoying the last few days of summer! Now with autumn just around the corner, it is the perfect time for re-setting our practice and mindset. Whether you are new on the journey or a seasoned practitioner of meditation, we welcome you all to embark on a new chapter with us. Learn more about Buddhist meditation techniques such as Shamatha (calm abiding) and Vipassana (insight) as taught by Shakyamuni Buddha 2500 years ago. Enjoy some of the numerous benefits of daily meditation such as development of wisdom, cultivating compassion, and increased awareness.

This one day program will be guided by Siddhartha’s Intent instructor Alex Trisoglio. You can read about Alex at https://siddharthasintent.org/si-canada-instructors/

Just a quick reminder that if you haven’t done so already, please sign up through this Google form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfaGEtpdvI2ktwDfOLN66Qi1wTDpud41NSJe55EMC8FZh63yA/viewform

Hope to see you all this weekend!

What: Buddhist Meditation methods such as Shamatha and Vipassana

When: Sunday, September 8, 2024

Where: Vancouver Shambhala Centre
Unit 208 - 256 W 7th Ave
Vancouver, BC
V5Y 1M1
https://vancouver.shambhala.org/

Time: 10 AM to 4 PM (with lunch break from 12 - 2 PM)

Suggested donation is $20 for the program. Ways to make a payment:

1) Online payment via credit card: Please make a payment through our online donation link https://siddharthasintent.org/support-si-canada/. Please select “Sept 8th Meditation Program”.

2) Cash payment: In person at the registration desk.

3) E-transfer (recommended): Please e-transfer to the email address [email protected] and put "Sept 8th Meditation Program + your full name" in the message area.

This program will be offered in English only. Max 60 participants.

For further information or questions please contact [email protected]