Drepung Loseling - Spiritual Development Program
March - 2023 Calendar

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March - 2023 Highlights

Tuesday March 7

Public Talk "Freedom From The Attached To This Life"
by Geshe Ngawang Phende

6:30 pm
LiveStream

Freedom From The Four Attachments: “If you are attached to this life, then you are not a Dharma practitioner”: Geshe Phende will discuss the disadvantage of attachment to this life, which is our stress, inner-suffering, depression, etc. He will discuss one of the major obstacles to become a serious Dharma practitioner is attachment to this life and explain the antidotes to reduce attachment to this life so that our Dharma practice can be improved.


March 8 - June 7, 2023

14 Week Course "Shantideva: The Essence of the Mahayana Buddhism - Chapter 2"  • by Geshe Ngawang Phende

7:00 - 8:30 pm
*Via ZOOM

To cultivate Bodhicitta, we first need to understand the benefits of developing Bodhicitta. Geshe La will explain this by using chapter two of The Guide Of Bodhisattva’s Way Of Life, “The Disclosure of Evil."


Saturday March 11
*Via ZOOM

Foundation Series • Class 3 - Vipashyana Meditation: Cultivating Personal Insight into Our Inner World of Thoughts, Reactions, and Emotions
with Geshe Ngawang Phende

10:00 am - 4:00 pm This five-part series, taught by with Geshe Ngawang Phende, introduces the essential elements of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, theory and practice. These teachings provide a basis for individual and group practice at the center and serve as a prerequisite for more advanced retreats.
  FEE: $72 per class ($62 for DLM members) Full Series: $305 ($265 for DLM members). Registration Deadline is four days before the event. Register here.

Tuesday March 14

Public Talk "Freedom From The Attached To Samsara"
by Geshe Ngawang Phende

6:30 pm
LiveStream

Freedom From The Four Attachments: “If you are attached to samsara, then you don't have renunciation”: The major cause of circling in samsara is due to attachment, Geshe Phende will discuss how to be free of this attachment and how to develop renunciation, or self-compassion. He will explain the disadvantage of samsara and the advantage of nirvana. After the discussion, Geshe Phende will guide a meditation on renunciation, or self-compassion.


Sunday March 19

Medicine Buddha puja for Turkey & Syria
with the Drepung Loseling monks of the Mystical Arts of Tibet tour

2:00 pm
In-Person and via

LiveStream

Please extend your compassion to the millions of people whose lives have been devastated by these earthquakes and join our venerable monks for the Medicine Buddha puja with the Drepung Loseling monks of the Mystical Arts of Tibet tour on March 19 at 2 pm if you are able and keep them in your prayers.


Tuesday March 21

Public Talk "Freedom From The Attached To Self-Interest"
by Geshe Ngawang Phende

6:30 pm
LiveStream

Freedom From The Four Attachments: “If you are attached to your own self-interest, you have no bodhicitta." Bodhicitta is the gateway for the path to Mahayana Buddhism. It is a substantial cause to achieve enlightenment and the source of happiness. One of the obstacles to develop bodhicitta is self-interest mind. Geshe Phende will explain the disadvantages of a self-centered mind, which is the source of all suffering. It makes us become narrow-minded and causes us to have distress from within our family and through national level. He will discuss how to rid of a self-centered mind and how to develop altruism which is the source of peace and happiness.


Tuesday March 28

Public Talk "Freedom From The Attached To Grasping"
by Geshe Ngawang Phende

6:30 pm
LiveStream

Freedom From The Four Attachments: “If there is grasping, you do not have the View." Geshe Phende will explain the mind of ego-grasping, which is the root cause of all mental afflictions. In Buddhist perspectives, the fundamental cause of all suffering is ignorance. To rid of this ignorance, we need the wisdom that understands the ultimate reality - the understanding of empty of inherent existence of both self and phenomena. Geshe Phende will also explain emptiness through logic and reasoning that was uniquely taught by the Buddha.


   
REGULAR EVENTS
*All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Weekly  

Tuesday 6:30 - 8:00 PM Teachings and Meditation
*LiveStream ONLY
Sunday 9:30 AM *Vajrasattva Practice In Person and Via ZOOM
To register for this practice, please email
Geshe Yeshe at: center@drepung.org
     
  11:00 AM - 12 noon First Sunday of every month:
Basics of Meditation
*In Person and via LiveStream
(instruction provided)
    All other Sundays:
Meditation - Led by DLM Resident Teachers
*In Person and via LiveStream
Monthly

1st Sundays
11:00 - 12:00 PM Basics of Meditation - Led by Geshe Lobsang Tenzin, founder and Spiritual Director of Drepung Loseling Monastery Inc.
Note: check calendar for actual dates
*In Person and via LiveStream
*unless otherwise noted
     
1st Tuesdays
5:30 PM Medicine Buddha Practice
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*LiveStream ONLY