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Help
Us complete our dream of "A Little Tibet in Atlanta"
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fulfill our vision of preserving Tibet's unique culture and sharing
Tibet's spiritual traditions in North America, we have started creating
our “Little Tibet” in Atlanta but we still need your support
to finish building our dream. Click
here to find out more about our plans and how you can help or
to become a Building
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Eight
Unique Crucial Points of Prasangika-Madhyamaka
Sep 13 - 14, 2008 |
Professor Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe will explain in detail the eight crucial
points that characterizes the uncommon philosophical view of the
Prasangika Madyamaka school as expounded by Je Tsong Khapa. For
details click here. |
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Vajrasattva
Permissory Empowerment - Oct 4, 2008 |
Kyabje Denma Locho Rinpoche will confer the Vajrasattva permissory
empowerment and the transmission of the 100 syllable mantra. Meditation
practice of Vajrasattva is universal to all Buddhist traditions
and is considered the most powerful tantric practice for purifying
negative karma and eliminating karmic obstacles. For
details click here. |
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Tantric
Grounds & Paths - October 4-9, 2008 |
Kyabje Denma Locho Rinpoche will give this rare tantric teaching
based on the text by 15th century master Yangchen Gawe'i Lodroe
in which details on the generation and completion stages of the
Highest Yoga Tantra for transforming birth, dead and intermediate
state into the three kayas are explained. For
details click here. |
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Seeing
Others as Ourselves - Nov 1-2, 2008 |
Sharon Salzberg and Geshe Lobsang Tenzin will lead this weekend
retreat on the complementary meditation of metta (loving kindness)
and compassion, two powerful meditations for cultivating a peaceful
mind and a sense of interconnectedness with others. For
details click here. |
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The
Intermediate Level Foundation Series |
The Intermediate Series surveys the most essential teachings and
meditations of Mahayana Buddhism and serves as a general prerequisite
for more advanced retreats. Taught by Geshe Ngawang Phende, all
five retreats take place on the first Saturday of the month. |
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“Basics
of Meditation" and "Exploring Buddhism"
Weekly Sessions with Geshe Lobsang Tenzin |
Our
Spiritual Director Geshe Lobsang Tenzin leads the “Basics
of Meditation” sessions on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 12:00
noon, and gives public talks on "Exploring Buddhism"
each Tuesday evening from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Both are free
and open to the public. The Basics of Meditation sessions include
a talk on the benefits of meditation and how to engage in it,
followed by a guided meditation and question and answer session.
The Exploring Buddhism talks begin with brief chanting, a guided
meditation, and a talk on a topic of Buddhist theory and practice.
All are welcome.
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Conversational
Tibetan - Aug 7 to Sep 25 |
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by Tsepak Rigzin, this course will be based on selected themes aimed
at gaining some basic conversational skills in Tibetan. Students should
have some prior instruction in Tibetan and the ability to read Tibetan. |
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Re-Visit
the Historic Events surrounding His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Trip
to Atlanta - October, 2007 |
For
the link to Emory University's archived videos and photos of selected
events click here.
For images from the Blessing Ceremony at Drepung Loseling, click
here |
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Order
CD recordings of teachings |
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A list of all the recorded teachings and retreats that we have available
for order is now on-line. Over one hundred audio CDs are available
for order so far, with new titles being added each month. Follow
the link to see the list and check back for updates. |
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