Sunday, 2/28/2021, 10:00am Medicine Buddha Practice Online with Ven. Lama Kalsang

This Sunday, 2/28/2021, at 10am, Ven. Lama Kalsang will lead the Medicine Buddha Practice online. As a spiritual support for all people affected by this global pandemic, this is a practice to connect us to the healing power of the Medicine Buddha.  Our weekly practice is an opportunity to reconnect as a group, quiet our mind, uplift our spirit, and strengthen our efforts especially during this difficult time.  Please join us. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89232396210?pwd=MGpGZ1Rab2VYNVd1OVZYdlY0anBKdz09

 

Recurring weekly:

Every Saturday at 10am.  Basic Buddhism: Practice and Study.  Lama Kalsang and Toby Horn will be discussing chapters of The Way of the Bodhisattva. No prior knowledge or preparation is required. To join our Saturday meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82175943593?pwd=L2NhZlZqbnNyMWdTb3JHdEtleGh0UT09

Every Wednesday at 7pm:  Silent meditation open to anyone with any level of experience, with sangha member Keith Romig.  To join any Wednesday practice: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81017661503?pwd=S0tyeFdDd1p4ZzVwK2c3SEJOZHFiQT09

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Tuesday, 3/9, at 7pm:

Tibetan Prayers in Tibetan: Lama Kalsang will give an oral transmission and demonstrate the Tibetan pronunciation of our Refuge Prayer and the Bodhicitta Vow from our center’s Prayer Book.  He will also explain the special meanings of the words in these prayers.  Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81430934229?pwd=RTFBUnVuUEZDV012UVl6OU9zZWdKdz09

Download Opening Prayers : TRTCC-Opening-and-Dedication-Prayers added page

ALL ARE WELCOME

 

Email Us:
TRTCC@threeriverstibetancc.org

Write to us:
7313 Florence Ave.
Swissvale, PA, 15218

 

Sunday, 2/21/2021, 10:00am Tara Practice Online

with Ven. Lama Kalsang

This Sunday, 2/21/2021, Ven. Lama Kalsang will lead the Tara Practice online.  Tara, the meditation deity in female forms, embodies the wisdom energies of compassionate fearlessness.  This deity yoga practice is for us to cultivate the connection to this feminine energy of compassion and wisdom through visualization and chanting.  Please join us: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89232396210?pwd=MGpGZ1Rab2VYNVd1OVZYdlY0anBKdz09

Recurring weekly:

Every Saturday at 10am.  Basic Buddhism: Practice and Study.  Lama Kalsang and Toby Horn will be discussing chapters of The Way of the Bodhisattva. No prior knowledge or preparation is required. To join our Saturday meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82175943593?pwd=L2NhZlZqbnNyMWdTb3JHdEtleGh0UT09

Every Wednesday at 7pm:  Silent meditation open to anyone with any level of experience, with sangha member Keith Romig.  To join any Wednesday practice: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81017661503?pwd=S0tyeFdDd1p4ZzVwK2c3SEJOZHFiQT09

ALL ARE WELCOME

Email Us:
TRTCC@threeriverstibetancc.org

Write to us:
7313 Florence Ave.
Swissvale, PA, 15218

Happy Tibetan New Year ལོ་གསར

Losar Celebration 2021 at TRTCC

Milarepa Guru Yoga Practice Online
with Tsok (Food Offering)

Friday, February 12, 2021, 7pm

Friday, 2/12/2021   First Day of the New Iron Ox Year

We wish you a very happy Losar, full of  joy, successes, prosperity, good health, love for one another, and peace.  Lama Kalsang has been working on decorating the center with traditional Losar food, flowers, drinks, incense, lights, water, and especially his colorful tormas, ceremonial butter cakes for offering.

7:00 PM

To mark the beginning of Losar, Lama Kalsang will do a Milarepa Guru Yoga practice with food offering.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89225867588?pwd=aU5QeTJhL1J0OGVvVHBncStabE1Pdz09

On the third day of Losar, this Sunday, February 14, Lama Kalsang will lead the Achi Practice at 10 a.m. with a traditional smoke offering.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89232396210?pwd=MGpGZ1Rab2VYNVd1OVZYdlY0anBKdz09

ALL ARE WELCOME

Losar 2021 Online Celebration and Practices with Ven. Lama Kalsang:

2/12, Friday, 7:00 pm, Milarepa Guru Yoga Practice with Tsok

Losar is Tibetan New Year, the most widely celebrated time in Tibet.  It is a time for clearing away negative aspects and increasing positive aspects.  This year Losar begins on Friday, February 12.  On the Tibetan lunar calendar that is the first day of the year of the Iron Ox, so this new year is a year of strength.  To mark the beginning of Losar, Lama Kalsang will do a Milarepa Guru Yoga practice with food offering.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89225867588?pwd=aU5QeTJhL1J0OGVvVHBncStabE1Pdz09

 

2/14, Sunday, 10:00 am, Achi Practice with smoke offering

On the third day of Losar, Sunday, February 14, Lama Kalsang will be leading the Achi practice with smoke offering.  As part of the practice Lama will be hanging and blessing new prayer flags at the center.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89232396210?pwd=MGpGZ1Rab2VYNVd1OVZYdlY0anBKdz09

 

ALL ARE WELCOME

Sunday, 2/7/2021, 10:00am Buddha Amitabha Online Practice with Ven. Lama Kalsang

This Sunday, 2/7/2021, at 10am, Ven. Lama Kalsang will lead the Buddha Amitabha Practice online.  Amitabha means “Infinite Light”, or “Boundless Illumination”.  The chanting of the Amitabha mantras and prayers to help the deceased to swiftly go through bardo to reach the Pure Land of Great Happiness (Sukhavati in Sanskrit, and Dewachen in Tibetan) is practiced by buddhists of many traditions all over the world.   May this practice benefit all sentient beings.  The sadhana text will be made available when you join our Zoom meeting. Please join us: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89232396210?pwd=MGpGZ1Rab2VYNVd1OVZYdlY0anBKdz09

Recurring weekly:

Every Saturday at 10am.  Basic Buddhism: Practice and Study.  Lama Kalsang and Toby Horn will be discussing chapters of The Way of the Bodhisattva. No prior knowledge or preparation is required. To join our Saturday meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82175943593?pwd=L2NhZlZqbnNyMWdTb3JHdEtleGh0UT09

Every Wednesday at 7pm:  Silent meditation open to anyone with any level of experience, with sangha member Keith Romig.  To join any Wednesday practice: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81017661503?pwd=S0tyeFdDd1p4ZzVwK2c3SEJOZHFiQT09

ALL ARE WELCOME

Email Us:
TRTCC@threeriverstibetancc.org

Write to us:
7313 Florence Ave.
Swissvale, PA, 15218

Sunday, 1/31/2021, 10:00am Chenrezig Online Practice with Ven. Lama Kalsang

This Sunday, 1/31, at 10am, Ven. Lama Kalsang will lead the Chenrezig Practice online.  Chenrezig is revered in Tibetan Buddhism as the bodhisattva who looks upon all sentient beings with the eye of compassion.  The six-syllable mantra Om Mani Padme Hum, which means “jewel in a lotus”, symbolizes the altruistic intention of the great bodhisattva to become enlightened in order to liberate all beings from the mire of suffering.  Please join us: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89232396210?pwd=MGpGZ1Rab2VYNVd1OVZYdlY0anBKdz09

Recurring weekly:

Every Saturday at 10am.  Basic Buddhism: Practice and Study.  Lama Kalsang and Toby Horn will be discussing chapters of The Way of the Bodhisattva. No prior knowledge or preparation is required. To join our Saturday meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82175943593?pwd=L2NhZlZqbnNyMWdTb3JHdEtleGh0UT09

Every Wednesday at 7pm:  Silent meditation open to anyone with any level of experience, with sangha member Keith Romig.  To join any Wednesday practice: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81017661503?pwd=S0tyeFdDd1p4ZzVwK2c3SEJOZHFiQT09

ALL ARE WELCOME

Email Us:
TRTCC@threeriverstibetancc.org

Write to us:
7313 Florence Ave.
Swissvale, PA, 15218

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Sunday, 1/24/2021, 10:00am Vajrasattva Online Practice with Ven. Lama Kalsang

This Sunday, 1/24/2021, at 10am, Ven. Lama Kalsang will lead the Vajrasattva Practice.  This is a foundational and ongoing training to purify our negative actions, mental disturbances, harmful tendencies and mistaken views.  The sadhana text will be available when you join our Zoom meeting.  Please join us: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89232396210?pwd=MGpGZ1Rab2VYNVd1OVZYdlY0anBKdz09

Recurring weekly:

Every Saturday at 10am.  Basic Buddhism: Practice and Study.  Lama Kalsang and Toby Horn will be discussing chapters of The Way of the Bodhisattva. No prior knowledge or preparation is required. To join our Saturday meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82175943593?pwd=L2NhZlZqbnNyMWdTb3JHdEtleGh0UT09

Every Wednesday at 7pm:  Silent meditation open to anyone with any level of experience, with sangha member Keith Romig.  To join any Wednesday practice: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81017661503?pwd=S0tyeFdDd1p4ZzVwK2c3SEJOZHFiQT09

ALL ARE WELCOME

Email Us:
TRTCC@threeriverstibetancc.org

Write to us:
7313 Florence Ave.
Swissvale, PA, 15218

Sunday, 1/17/2021, 10:00am Medicine Buddha Online Practice with Ven. Lama Kalsang

This Sunday, 1/17/2021, at 10am, Ven. Lama Kalsang will lead the Medicine Buddha Practice online. As a spiritual support for all people affected by this global pandemic, this is a practice to connect us to the healing power of the Medicine Buddha.  Our weekly practice is an opportunity to reconnect as a group, quiet our mind, uplift our spirit, and strengthen our efforts especially during this difficult time.  Please join us. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89232396210?pwd=MGpGZ1Rab2VYNVd1OVZYdlY0anBKdz09

New in 2021, this coming Tuesday, 1/19:

Tibetan Prayers in Tibetan: Learn Tibetan pronunciation and the meaning of Tibetan words in the opening prayers with Lama Kalsang, starting on Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 7pm.  Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86491448540?pwd=L2lzM3JzN1RtRU5UcGpTd3FkbTNHZz09

Recurring weekly:

Every Saturday at 10am.  Basic Buddhism: Practice and Study.  Lama Kalsang and Toby Horn will be discussing chapters of The Way of the Bodhisattva. No prior knowledge or preparation is required. To join our Saturday meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82175943593?pwd=L2NhZlZqbnNyMWdTb3JHdEtleGh0UT09

Every Wednesday at 7pm:  Silent meditation open to anyone with any level of experience, with sangha member Keith Romig.  To join any Wednesday practice: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81017661503?pwd=S0tyeFdDd1p4ZzVwK2c3SEJOZHFiQT09

ALL ARE WELCOME

Sunday, 1/10/2021, 10:00am Green Tara Online Practice with Ven. Lama Kalsang

This Sunday, 1/10/2021, at 10am, Ven. Lama Kalsang will lead the Green Tara Practice online.  Tara, the meditation deity in female forms, embodies the wisdom energies of compassionate fearlessness.  This practice is for us to cultivate the connection to this energy of compassion and wisdom.  Please join us: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82975190507?pwd=SmVFemNTSXJNa2NGcThFeWV5ZGkydz09

Every Saturday at 10am.  Basic Buddhism: Practice and Study.  Lama Kalsang and Toby Horn will be discussing chapters of The Way of the Bodhisattva. No prior knowledge or preparation is required. To join our Saturday meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82175943593?pwd=L2NhZlZqbnNyMWdTb3JHdEtleGh0UT09

Every Wednesday at 7pm:  Silent meditation open to anyone with any level of experience, with sangha member Keith Romig.  To join any Wednesday practice: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81017661503?pwd=S0tyeFdDd1p4ZzVwK2c3SEJOZHFiQT09

New in 2021:

Tibetan Prayers in Tibetan: Learn Tibetan pronunciation and the meaning of Tibetan words in the opening prayers with Lama Kalsang, starting on Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 7pm

ALL ARE WELCOME

HAPPY NEW YEAR  2021
Have a new beginning of Peace, Joy, and Good Health

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Sunday, 1/3/2021, 10:00am Buddha Amitabha Online Practice with Ven. Lama Kalsang

This Sunday, 1/3/2021, at 10am, Ven. Lama Kalsang will lead the Buddha Amitabha Practice online.  Amitabha means “Infinite Light”, or “Boundless Illumination”.  The chanting of the Amitabha mantras and prayers to help the deceased to swiftly go through bardo to reach the Pure Land of Great Happiness (Sukhavati in Sanskrit, and Dewachen in Tibetan) is practiced by buddhists of many traditions all over the world.   Wishing you all a new beginning of peace and happiness in 2021, may this practice benefit all sentient beings.  The sadhana text will be made available when you join our Zoom meeting. Please join us. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82975190507?pwd=SmVFemNTSXJNa2NGcThFeWV5ZGkydz09

Every Saturday at 10am.  Basic Buddhism: Practice and Study.  Lama Kalsang and Toby Horn will be discussing chapters of The Way of the Bodhisattva. No prior knowledge or preparation is required. To join our Saturday meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82175943593?pwd=L2NhZlZqbnNyMWdTb3JHdEtleGh0UT09

Every Wednesday at 7pm:  Silent meditation open to anyone with any level of experience, with sangha member Keith Romig.  To join any Wednesday practice: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81017661503?pwd=S0tyeFdDd1p4ZzVwK2c3SEJOZHFiQT09

New in 2021:

Tibetan Prayers in Tibetan: Learn Tibetan pronunciation and the meaning of words in the opening prayers with Lama Kalsang, starting on Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 7pm