Padmasambhava Buddhist Center - Tampa Bay

Happy Chokhor Duchen:
Anniversary of the Buddha’s Turning the Wheel of Dharma!
Monday, August 1
10:00-12:30 pm EDT

Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche will lead meditation practice centered around our Great Kindness Teacher, Buddha Shakyamuni.

Join live here:
www.padmasambhava.org/2020/08/live-teachings-and-meditations-with-ven-khenpo-tsewang-dongyal-rinpoche

Practice will include a vegetarian tsok ceremony.

For Buddhists, this is one of the most sacred days of the year when karmic effects are naturally multiplied millions of times, so meditation practice and virtuous deeds are strongly encouraged and celebrated!

Additional Texts:

• Extended Buddha Sadhana (includes the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha and other prayers.)

• If you would like to contribute to the feast offering, you can make a donation here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=V6XPUVW3N94NA&source=url

Empowerment & Teachings on Four-Armed Golden Red Manjushri
by Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
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Raising Windhorse Retreat
May 28-30 (Saturday-Monday)
Padma Samye Ling

Webcast Teachings on Golden Red Manjushri
with In-Person Empowerment on Golden Red Manjushri with special ritual blessing ceremony

Manjushri is the embodiment of the primordial wisdom of all the buddhas, emanated in countless forms for the benefit of all sentient beings. Those who receive empowerment and teaching of Manjushri will dispel ignorance with continuous bursts of wisdom and compassion, and awaken to the innate Buddha wisdom. In each of the nine yanas, the Buddha gave instruction regarding this great being. This particular teaching is a renowned terma treasure discovered by the great Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, who himself is considered to be an emanation of Manjushri.

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Everything is Impermanent Everythiing is ImpermanentVen. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche2019 One Month PSL Dzogchen RetreatTogal: Year 3Lama Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol’s Clear Light Lu...

"Confidence and the Three Vajras"

"Heart Advice to the Fortunate Ones" with Ven Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bVX9RQ9cw0&t=837s

Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche continued teaching on H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche's Dzogchen pith instructions "Heart Advice to the Fortunate Ones!"

June 27, 2021

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"Describing the true nature in words is like looking through a window and seeing the sky as square. The actual nature of the mind cannot be expressed since it is completely beyond concepts. All you can do is look at your own mind and experience its primordial nature. When you are able to maintain that state, you reach enlightenment."

Venerable Khenpo Rinpoches

"Actualization of the three kayas is the result of applying the three wisdoms. Dharmakaya, sambhogakaya, and nirmanakaya represent three inseparable aspects of the Buddha. According to the Inner Tantras, the three kayas have no objective existence. They are not localized, but are all-pervasive, encompassing both mind and appearances. This means that everything is always in a condition of perfect enlightenment.

All phenomena are the display of the kayas. The three kayas are never separate from each other, but exist primordially within the true nature. The trikaya is what we and all external phenomena essentially are. When you fully realize what you are, you will know that you never had to do anything or go anywhere in order to be enlightened or see a pure land. The pure lands are the trikaya, and all six bardos arise within these kayas. The display, activity, and true nature of the kayas are all within us. It’s not a matter of escaping from “this horrible place” to somewhere else that is fancy and beautiful where the three kayas dwell. We must realize the three kayas as the true nature and reality of all phenomena.

Infinite and uncreated, the true nature of mind is great emptiness—the inconceivable openness known as dharmakaya. Great emptiness is not blank, empty space, a void, or nothingness. It is very luminous, clear, and full. Brightness and clarity shine forth spontaneously. This unceasing luminosity of the true nature is known as sambhogakaya.

The mind is always active, radiating a world of transformations. Due to its natural responsiveness, it never stays the same for two instants. Each sparking, radiant moment of manifest existence is never separate from the original state of the true nature. Each spark is the union of emptiness and clarity. That radiance manifesting as momentary events in space and time is known as nirmanakaya.

Guru Padmasambhava taught that the three kayas are inherent in the nature of mind. Many people don’t know this and are always wandering, looking for something outside of themselves. This search opens them to many experiences: good and bad, high and low, deep and shallow, and sequences of gain and loss. But in every case, these experiences are concepts that are created by the mind. None of these qualities exist in a solid, objective sense. The present flows and changes, and this impermanence indicates that there is no inherent existence in objects and events.

All perception and conscious experience is nothing other than the expression of our minds. Everything we see, hear, feel, taste, smell, and touch is mind. What does mind really refer to? Mind is open, empty, and pure from the beginning. Mind is also the embodiment of the three kayas. Our practice is to discover and express the true nature of the mind. We must study, contemplate, meditate on, and ultimately actualize the trikaya realization. If we are devoted and one-pointed in our efforts, all phenomena reveal the trikaya. When the moment of death comes, we will recognize this event as a lucid display of the three kayas—another expression of the true nature. There is no conflict when we understand that this is part of a natural process.

The bardo of birth and life is a very special circumstance for practice. Since everything is pervaded by the three kayas, we must come to recognize that our present vision and perception are ultimately not any different from the original nature of the mind. The understanding of the innate purity of all perception is the highest teaching of the Inner Tantras. All of our dualistic conceptions, such as self and other, good and bad, assisting friends and avoiding enemies, arise as thoughts in our minds. Mind creates all of these fabrications. There’s nothing among all of those names that has any solid existence, yet the mind creates notions and projects visions that we are inclined to believe and act on. Distracted and unmindful, we habitually grasp and cling.

What is grasping? To grasp means to be attached to what we think. It is to believe that things actually exist the way conditioned mind perceives them. That is called “grasping.” We continually cling to beliefs and create artificial divisions. We’ve decided that some things are good and others are not. This clinging to concepts is based on the assumption of permanence. Even though phenomena are constantly changing, the mind projects a fixed image and holds on to it, assuming things are a certain way all the time. Trying to see the world as we’d like it to be, and holding on to that image is referred to as “ego-clinging.” It’s like we’re suffocating in a tight cocoon. Trapped by attachments, we miss opportunities to release our grasping and grow.

Being confined to a small room with no space to move back and forth creates a contraction in the body. When we want to shift our position there is no room, so we suffer. We move a little to one side, but it’s still uncomfortable. We suffer at every turn because our movements are constricted. This is the effect that ego-clinging and grasping have on both body and mind. We create a small, cramped space for ourselves and others by withholding love and compassion. Ego-clinging, grasping, and dualistic thinking make us narrow and uptight so that we automatically communicate these qualities to others. They tend to make everybody uncomfortable.

Actually, the door in the room is wide open. But if we don’t walk through it, it may as well be sealed. We suffer because we’re convinced of our limitations. Yet when we open our hearts and minds and love all beings equally, we are liberated into the infinite expanse, the reality beyond all limits, the original, primordial nature of our mind which is forever open and free. By releasing ego-clinging, we are merely returning to our primordial nature as it already is, as it always has been."

Venerable Khenpo Rinpoches
The Essential Journey of Life and Death, Vol. 1 (pgs 95-98)
www.padmasambhava.org/chiso/books-by-khenpo-rinpoches/essential-journey-of-life-and-death-volume-one

Photo of Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche at Padma Samye Ling in 2008.

CHOTRUL DUCHEN PRACTICE
with Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
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March 18, 2022
4:00 – 6:00 pm EDT
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Join Live:
www.padmasambhava.org/2020/08/live-teachings-and-meditations-with-ven-khenpo-tsewang-dongyal-rinpoche
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Chötrul Duchen: Special ceremonies celebrating Buddha Shakyamuni’s miraculous activities at the conclusion of the Miracle Month.

During the first 2 weeks of the Tibetan New Year, it is celebrated that the Buddha displayed a miracle each day to increase the merit and devotion of us his future disciples. During this time, the benefit of one’s actions is multiplied 100,000 fold. The Miracle Month culminates on Chotrul Duchen; the Day of Miracles. On this full moon day, the effect of one’s actions is multiplied 10 million fold. This is truly a most auspicious day for practice.

Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche will lead practice for the worldwide sangha webcast from the Padmasambhava Buddhist Center in Florida. We hope you can join!

A short teaching on Buddha Shakyamuni’s enlightened activities can be found by clicking here:
www.padmasambhava.org/sermon/buddhas-miracles-in-sravasti

Ganachakra of Guru Padmasambhava Celebrating the Mahaparinirvana of Lama Chimed Namgyal
with Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche

Sat, March 12, 2022
3:00 – 5:00pm EST

• Join the Webcast Live from Padma Samye Ling:
www.padmasambhava.org/2020/08/live-teachings-and-meditations-with-ven-khenpo-tsewang-dongyal-rinpoche

• Learn more:
www.padmasambhava.org/event/guru-rinpoche-day-and-anniversary-of-venerable-lama-chimed-namgyal

Celebrate the Anniversary of Shantaraksh*ta and Lama Chimed Namgyal, Ven. Khenpo Rinpoche’s precious father and teacher!

• Shower of Blessings from Mipham Rinpoche will be the main practice.
• A Prayer of Loving Devotion, In Remembrance of the Only Father Lama.
• If you have the Stainless King, it would be good to also have that handy.
• We will include our other daily healing practices as well.

• If you would like to contribute to the feast offering, you can make a donation here:
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The Padmasambhava Buddhist Center presents

"Activating the Power of Tibetan Buddhism in Uncertain Times"

Join Lama Pema Dragpa & the PBC Sangha for Special Teachings & Meditation Practices in Nashville

Yeshe Tsogyal Temple
419 E. Iris Drive
Nashville, TN 37204
APRIL 6 – 10

WEDS
April 6
7:00-8:30pm
Introduction to Meditation Practice:
Calm Abiding and Insight Meditation

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THURS
April 7
Private Interviews with Lama Dragpa @ Yeshe Tsogyal Temple
Call (615) 585-9709 for Appt

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7:00-8:30 pm
Going Deep Without Getting Narrow: Open-Hearted Spiritual Exploration

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FRIDAY
April 8
10:00am-5:00pm
Open Meditation Day
(1 hour meditations all day long - stop by when you want)

7:00-8:30pm
Stories of Our Teachers

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SATURDAY
April 9
10:00am–12 noon
All-day Practice Intensive on Green Tara, the Swift Liberator according to HH Dudjom Rinpoche & the Ven. Khenpo Rinpoches

12:00-1:30pm
Bring your own lunch

1:30–3:30pm
Green Tara Meditation with Dharmapala Prayers and Tsok Offering Ceremony

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SUNDAY
April 10
10:00am–1:00pm
The Essential Journey of Life and Death
6:00pm
Sangha Dinner at Woodlands Restaurant

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SUGGESTED DONATIONS

Full Weekend: $60 • Weds. (open donation), Fri. (open donation), Sat. ($30), Sun. ($30) •
Student Discount: Full Weekend $40 or $20 per day • Online and On Site Registration

Lama Pema Dragpa has been a resident Dharma teacher at Padma Samye Ling since 2004. PSL is the main monastery & retreat center of the Padmasambhava Buddhist Center founded by the Nyingma Dzogchen masters Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche & Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche. Ordained as a lama by Ven. Khenpo Rinpoches, Dragpa graduated with honors in philosophy & religious studies from NYU in 2002, and is a senior editor of over 25 books on Buddhist philosophy & meditation.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
www.pbc-tn.org
(615) 585-9709
[email protected]

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Watch: Losar Tashi Deleg from Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche! Water Tiger Year, Tibetan Royal Era 2149
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNMg2DqCcBw&list=PLFhTzZsWmnllSq9tb3z6XpHSoxFawan-Y&index=1

"To All Dear Ones,

By the blessings of the Three Jewels, at the beginning of the Water Tiger Year, Tibetan Royal Era 2149, we would like to wish you long life, excellent health, peace, happiness, prosperity, and an abundance of the four perfections [phuntsogdezhi]."

Yours in the Dharma,
Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
& the Sangha of Padma Samye Ling!

March 3, 2022
www.padmasambhava.org

Vajrakilaya Meditation & Gutor Purification Practice for Healing, Removing Obstacles, & Fulfilling All Wishes

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
6 – 8pm est
Webcast Live from Florida
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Dedicated to Harmony & World Peace
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Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche will lead the sangha in Gutor purification practice, which purifies and averts the negativity of the old year in preparation for Tibetan New Year.

This evening’s practice will focus on the sadhana of Vajrakilaya combined with Heart Sutra, Lion-Faced Dakini, White Umbrella and Dharmapala practice.

Vajrakilaya is the embodiment of all the buddhas’ activities and is one of the most famous practices of the Nyingma school. Practicing on Vajrakilaya removes our obstacles, eases the flow of Dharma activity, and reveals the Buddha nature.

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Join the Live Webcast:
www.padmasambhava.org/2020/08/live-teachings-and-meditations-with-ven-khenpo-tsewang-dongyal-rinpoche

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Texts to Have on Hand (Click on titles for more information.)

•Treasury of Mantras and Prayers ( “Opening Prayer Book”)

• Vajrakilaya Sadhana revealed by Tsasum Lingpa

• Dharmapala Prayers

• Heart Sutra (in Buddha Sadhana)(for a complementary download click here.)

• Lion-Faced Dakini revealed by Tsasum Lingpa

• White Umbrella by Raga Asye

• Click here to access free dowmloads of other supplementary prayers.

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Don't Die of Thirst on the Shore of a Lake On April 3, 2012, during PSL Dzogchen retreat on the Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen, Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Rinpoche taught on how important it is to appl...

Dzogchen Winter Retreat with Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Rinpoche begins tomorrow!
January 22-29

Patrul Rinpoche’s “Pith Instructions on How to Practice Dzogchen, the Great Perfection of the Ultimate Nature”
with Vajrayana Master and Scholar Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche

Live Webcast
3 sessions per day
Attend all or part
Everyone Welcome!

Free Registration - Donations Appreciated

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Photo of PBC Palden Sherab Pema Ling retreat center in Jupiter, Florida, by Mark McDonnell.

Warm greetings from Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Yangsi Rinpoche and all the monks of PBC Orgyen Samye Chokhor Ling Monastery in Sarnath, India!!!

Ganachakra of Guru Padmasambhava
Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
Weds, Jan 12
4:00-6:00pm EST

Join the webcast live:
www.padmasambhava.org/2020/08/live-teachings-and-meditations-with-ven-khenpo-tsewang-dongyal-rinpoche

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"Use this dream as a key to open the door to the inconceivable, beautiful nature within oneself and everyone."

Venerable Khenpo Rinpoches

New Year's Sangha Practice with Lama Laia and Lama Dragpa!
Sat, Jan 1, 2022
3:30-5:00pm EST
Live Webcast

As a special way to bring in the New Year together, we invite you to join us for Sangha practice dedicated to harmony, peace, health, and enlightenment for this and all worlds.

Join live:
www.padmasambhava.org/2020/08/live-teachings-and-meditations-with-ven-khenpo-tsewang-dongyal-rinpoche

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"What is grasping? To grasp is to be attached to what we think.
It is to believe that things actually exist the way conditioned mind perceives them."

— Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche

"It often happens that no matter how faithfully we perform all the
practices on the path of Dharma, we feel like we have achieved nothing. We are so focused on the idea of gain—the goal of enlightenment—that we become discouraged, frustrated, and tired when we begin to realize the difficulty of actually attaining it. To cultivate the patience necessary to eventually realize buddhahood, we must focus instead on compassion for others, while continuing to perform our practices without expectation of immediate results."

Venerable Khenpo Rinpoches
Ceaseless Echoes of the Great Silence: A Commentary on the Heart Sutra Prajnaparamita (pg 72)

www.padmasambhava.org/chiso/books-by-khenpo-rinpoches/ceaseless-echoes-of-the-great-silence

Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for the New Year!

Wishing you peace, joy, health, prosperity,
And all the blessings of the Buddha, Dharma, Sangha,
and Guru Padmasambhava!

From Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
and the Padma Samye Ling Sangha
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Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ubueRUJ9Vw