Prayer List Submission

We welcome additions to our prayer list.  If you or a loved one (including animals) are experiencing death or life or emotional issues, please use the form below to add to our prayer list.  We dedicate our prayers at Vajrasattva tsog, Medicine Buddha and Tara pujas to the beings on the prayer list.

 

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Upcoming Retreats

Transforming the Mind to Cultivate Lasting Happiness

Elaine Jackson

February 23 - March 23, 2025
Buddhist Mind Science: Activating Your Potential is an FPMT introductory course.  Buddhism is considered by some to be a “science of mind” because it presents a comprehensive map describing the mind and its various aspects and functions. The Buddha’s teachings also provide methods to observe the mind directly and to discover and activate our inner potential. And it does so with one intention: to overcome suffering and its causes, and to cultivate true, lasting happiness.   The Buddhist Mind Science series is being offered in collaboration with Thubten Norbu Ling, our sister FPMT center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Elaine…

Transforming Problems Into Happiness

Venerable Tenzin Tsepal

April 3 - 6, 2025
We are excited to welcome Ven. Tenzin Tsepal of Sravasti Abbey, who will share insights and transformative tools from Lama Zopa Rinpoche's, Transforming Problems Into Happiness. This small book contains volumes of practical advice for training the mind to see problems as beneficial conditions supportive of, and even necessary for, our happiness. While mind-training texts like this are not intended to eliminate the difficulties we inevitably encounter, they teach us how not to be disturbed by them, and instead how to accept and transform such harms to make swift progress along the path to full awakening.    Ven. Tsepal taught…

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  • Spring has officially arrived and with it a sense of renewal, a spark of hope. Trees are leafing and blossoming. So many wildflowers dot the hillsides. Bees are buzzing and early morning birds chatter like townsfolk exclaiming the beauty of this valley.  Living a quiet......

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