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Archived News and Events 2008:
New Year’s Eve Meditation and Celebration
December 31st, 10:30pm-12:30am
We want to take the opportunity to practice as a group to prepare for the new year and acknowledge what this past year has brought into our lives. To celebrate the new year we will spend the time before midnight meditating and chanting together. Tempa Lama will lead the meditation and offer a prayer to purify obstacles for the coming year and to increase the Lungta and Wang Thang – energies that give us strength and prosperity.
This is followed by a reception with beverages. You are welcome to bring a beverage to share.
Please register early as space is limited: Email or call 412 904 1112
Olmoling Community Thanksgiving Dinner and Meditation
Thursday Nov 27, 6:30 pm
734 Melbourne St, Pittsburgh PA 15217
If you would like to come to our thanksgiving dinner, please let us know as we have limited space.
We are excited to announce that H.E. 7th Kundrol Rinpoche will visit us again this November to give a traditional teaching on the Fourfold Mind training.
Saturday Nov 22 2008, Pittsburgh, PA, 7th Kundrol Rinpoche, A great Bon Healer
Venue: 734 Melbourne St, Pittsburgh PA 15217.
Date: Saturday November 22 2008
Hours: 10:a.m. to 5.p.m( with lunch break)
We have limited space for the retreat. If you would like to attend, please register promptly by sending us an email or calling 412-904-1112.
October 25-26, 2008:Bon Buddhistisches Retreat: Begegnung mit Krankheit und Tod / Being with Dying and Illness
with Tempa Dukte Lama, in English with German translation
Bodhicharya Hospice / Bodhicharya ambulantes HospizBerlin, Germany
English description:
In this contemplative workshop we will explore teachings from the ancient Tibetan Bon tradition on being with dying and illness and the art of conscious dying. We will use meditation, exercises and dialogue to look deeply into the process of death and dying in our life and the lives of others. In the ‘Nine Successive Ways of Bon Teachings’ the 4th Way focuses on death, dying, and healing, and how to free ourselves from afflictive emotions that can cause sickness and make it difficult to live and die peacefully. These teachings encourage us to use death itself as a basic practice to develop strength within ourselves that helps us keep our heart and mind free from fear and judgment. Through looking into our own mortality and the nature of the dying process with an open, fearless mind we will have a deeper, more experiential understanding of the dying process and of how to provide support and guidance to the dying during the time preceding death, the moment of death, and the time following death.
This retreat is for those who are ill or in the process of dying, for caregivers, health professionals, and people working closely with dying people or animals. More generally, this retreat is for all who would like to look into the meaning of death and dying in their lives and learn more about letting go.
Deutsche Beschreibung:
In diesem Seminar erforschen wir die Lehren der Tibetischen Bon Tradition zur Begleitung Sterbender, der Begegnung mit dem eigenen Tod und mit Krankheit, und der Kunst des bewussten Sterben. Mit Hilfe von Vorträgen, Meditation und Gruppengesprächen öffnen wir uns für eine tiefere Einsicht in den Prozess des Sterbens. Unter den „Neun Wegen“ der Bon Tradition beschäftigt sich insbesondere der Vierte Weg mit unserer Sterblichkeit, dem Sterbeprozess und mit Heilung. Diese Lehren helfen uns zu erkennen wie wir uns von unheilsamen Gefühlen befreien können die zu Krankheit führen können und uns daran hindern, unser Leben und Sterben mit innerem Frieden zu erfahren. Sie ermutigen uns, unsere eigene Sterblichkeit als eine tiefe Praxis zu erkennen die uns Kraft gibt und uns hilft, unseren Geist und unser Herz von Ängsten und Widerständen frei zu halten. Das Erleben unserer Sterblichkeit und des Sterbeprozesses mit einem offenen, furchtlosen Geist ermöglicht uns ein tieferes Erfahren und Verständnis der Sterbeprozess und der spirituellen Begleitung Sterbender in der Zeit vor dem Tod, im Augenblick des Sterbens, und in der Zeit nach dem Tod. Dieses Retreat wendet sich an alle, die Krankheit und Sterben in ihrem Leben erfahren, Menschen die Sterbende oder Kranke begleiten oder die eine tiefere Begegnung mit der Bedeutung des Sterbens und der Kunst des Loslassens suchen.
Weitere Informationen / more information here
Art and Language exhibition
Saturday Oct 11th, Western Pennsylvania Family Center, 733 N Highland Ave, 6-9pm
Please join us at the upcoming Art and Language Show which will feature stunning Tibetan calligraphy by Tempa Dukte Lama, artwork by 13 other artists, and life music. Beverages and food will also be served. This is a free event organized by the International Institute of Art and Languages
Evening course on Buddhist View and Practice with Tempa Lama at CCAC
Tempa Lama will teach an evening course on Buddhism – View and Practice in the Community Education program of CCAC. Sept 24th-Oct 15th 2008, 6:30-9pm CCAC Allegheny Campus 808 Ridge Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15212To register, please visit the Community Education section of the CCAC website.
Healing Retreat with Tempa Dukte Lama
Media Shambhala Meditation Group, PAMedia Wellness Center, 55 State Road, Media, PA
Sat Oct 4th, 9:30am-5pm to Sun Oct 5th, 9:30am-12:30pm
Spaces are limited, please register promptly if you would like to attend.
Illness often has both physical and mental or emotional causes. Often, only the physical dimension of illness is treated, and we are left unaware of our own natural inner capacity to heal that can be accessed through a more holistic approach and through healing practices. In this retreat, we will explore healing through talk, practice, dialogue and exercises, and learn the Tibetan Bon healing practice of Sidpa Gyalmo. This practice is based in the open heart of compassion and equanimity. Through this practice we are recognizing and invoking the primordial healing wisdom that is inherent in all of us and that can help us to let go of stress and other factors in our mind that can cause physical and emotional pain or illness. The practice strengthens the flow of energy in our body and allows us to bring healing and renewal to our mind, emotions and body. This retreat is for everybody – for those with life-threatening illnesses, for caregivers, and for all those who want to deepen their relationship to healing and to physical and emotional wellbeing or to help others in their healing process.
Pre-registration is required. Please contact Jacqui Merrell at 610-446-6503 or at merrell.jacqui@gmail.com to register or if you have questions.
Tibetan Bon Teachings in Cleveland – Menri Ponlob Trinley Rinpoche
organized by Cliff Berns
September 19-20-21, 2008
Menri Ponlob Trinley Rinpoche is the Master Teacher at the Bon Dialectic School at Menri Monastery, the main Bon monastery for the Tibetan Bon community as well as Bon practitioners worldwide.
Introduction to Bon
Friday, September 19, 7pm-9pm
Requested donation for Friday only: $25
‘The Six Lamps’ from the Zhang Zhung Nyan Gyud Dzogchen Saturday, September 20, 9am-5pm Sunday, September 21, 9am-3pm Requested donation for Friday, Saturday and Sunday: $175
All donations will support Ponlob Rinpoche’s work.
Venue: Studio 207, 2026 Murray Hill Road (Murray Hill School), Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Please register by sending payment, along with your name, email address, street address, city, state, zip and phone to: Cliff Berns, 1488 Maple Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44121.
If you have any questions, call Cliff at 216-382-0592 or email kacb@earthlink.net
For more information on Ponlob Rinpoche click here
Menri Ponlob Thrinley Rinpoche
Retreat: The practice of self-compassion on the path of compassionate beings with Tempa Dukte Lama
A teaching based on the ‘Yen lag gyed pa Yung Drung sem pi chod pa la jug pi mDo’, the ‘Eight limbs of practice on the path of compassionate beings’
Saturday, Aug 23rd, 9:30am-5pm, Sun Aug 24th: 10am-12:30pm.
The practice of compassionate beings is to realize selflessness and to help others attain this realization. Becoming a compassionate being means becoming a Buddha. Yet, this is not an easy path. We may face obstacles and difficulties due to our conditioning, such as our expectations, self-judgment, fear, and attachment, or because of the demanding nature of the world we live in. These difficulties and obstacles distance us from our initial motivation to be compassionate. In this weekend retreat, we will explore these obstacles and how we unconsciously put pressure on ourselves. Tempa Lama will explain how we can use the Bon Sutra teaching on the ‘Eight Limbs of Antidote Practice’ to transform our insecurities. The teaching on the eight limbs of practice on the path of compassionate beings was first given by the Buddha Tonpa Shenrab to the community on the request of the compassionate being Tobu Bumsang.
Tempa Lama will guide us in meditating on these qualities with self-compassion, acceptance, and forgiveness. The practice of self-compassion is the highest practice on the path of a compassionate being, serving as a foundation for expressing our compassion boundlessly.
Location: Western Pennsylvania Family Center, 733 North Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206.
Long Life and Healing Empowerment with Geshe Tenzin Dargye
Geshe Tenzin Dargye will offer a Long Life and Healing empowerment: Saturday Aug 2nd, 9:30-11am.734 Melbourne Street, Pittsburgh PA 15217
Teachings on the Bon Ati Preliminary Practices
On Tuesday July 15, July 22, and July 29, the evening Dharma talks will be given by Geshe Tenzin Dargye and Tempa Lama on the nine Bon Ati preliminary practices. Tempa Lama will continue to teach on the preliminary practices in August and September.Bon Dzogchen teaching on the ‘Sevenfold Cycle of Clear Light Meditation’
With Geshe Tenzin Dargye Rinpoche
Translation by Tempa Dukte Lama
Sat July 19, 2008: 9:30am-5pm
In this retreat, Geshe Tenzin Dargye Rinpoche, the abbot of Tashi Gygye Tharten Ling monastery, will give authentic Tibetan Bon Dzogchen teachings on the ‘Sevenfold Cycle of Clear Light Meditation’. This mediation practice helps us connect with the nature of our mind and manifest our Buddha Nature. ‘Dzogchen’ or the Great Perfection is the highest teaching of the Bon tradition.
Geshe Tenzin Dargye Rinpoche is a teacher of the Tibetan Bon tradition who has received the traditional monastic training and the Geshe degree (Doctor of Philosophy) from Menri monastery in Dolanji, India. He is the abbot of Tashi Gygye Tharten Ling monastery in Dhorpatan, Nepal, the first Bon monastery in exile. Since moving there, he has established a Tibetan medicine center and several projects to provide education for poor children and to help homeless people and the elderly.
Registration is required. For more information or to register, please email Iris at bon@olmoling.org, or call 412-606-9957.Upcoming retreat, June 28-29:
Bon Buddhist Retreat on Being with Dying and Illness
In this contemplative workshop we will explore the meaning of death in our lives and the art of conscious dying. We will learn about compassionate care for the dying and for ourselves. We will use meditation, exercises and dialogue to look deeply into the process of death and dying in our life and in the lives of people close to us. Using death itself as a basic practice to develop strength within ourselves will help us keep our heart and mind free from fear and judgment. We will explore teachings from the ancient Tibetan Bon tradition and its gifts in the field of conscious dying. In the ‘Nine Successive Ways of Bon Teachings’, the 4th Way in particular deals with death, dying, and healing, and how to free ourselves from afflictive emotions that can cause sickness and make it difficult to live and die peacefully.
This retreat is for all who would like to look into the meaning of death and dying in their lives and learn more about letting go. The retreat is also for those who are ill or in the process of dying, for caregivers, health professionals, and people working closely with dying people or animals.
Series of talks/seminars on ‘The Ten Perfections’
Tempa Lama is continuing the series of weekly talks and discussions on ‘The Ten Perfections’ on Tuesdays, 7-8:15 pm.
Venue: 734 Melbourne St, Pittsburgh PA.
All are welcome.
The qualities of the awakened mind are infinite. On the other hand, their obscurations too can be numberless. This depends on the relative strength of our wholesome intention and our unwholesome conditioning. If we rely on good conduct and wholesome practices, the virtuous qualities of the awakened mind will arise, and these qualities will become the skillful means for clearing the obscurations that afflict us. We practice good conduct through actions of our three doors of body, speech, and mind that are truly beneficial both for others and ourselves. This is exemplified in the practice of the ten perfections, which are expressions of the awakened nature in our lives. The ten perfections are the practice of generosity, moral conduct of our three doors of body, speech, and mind, patience, effort, concentration and mindfulness, the wisdom of knowing, skillful means, aspiration and dedicational prayers, strength, and equanimity.
| May-13 | Mindful Concentration |
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| May-20 | Wisdom of Knowing |
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| May-27 | Skillful Means |
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| June-03 | Aspirational Prayers |
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| June-17 | Strength |
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| June-24 | Equanimity, the primordial Wisdom |
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Buddha’s 2552 birth day. May 20th 2008 celebration with meditation chant and talk 7:00pm
Visit of Kundrol Rinpoche, May 2008
We are honored to host the 7th Kundrol Rinpoche in May. Kundrol Rinpoche is a great Bon lama and healer. He will give a talk and a 1-day teaching and retreat. My wish in inviting Kundrol Rinpoche to Pittsburgh is that many people may be able to benefit from his wisdom and presence. This is my gift to all my friends in Pittsburgh,PA. Tempa Lama
May 2nd 7:30 pm The Buddha Way: Public Talk by 7th Kundrol Rinpoche, Friends Meeting House, Pittsburgh, PA
May 3rd 10am-5pm: Opening the Heart of The Three Jewels: Teaching and Retreat with 7th Kundrol Rinpoche, Pittsburgh, PA
Peace Meditation Wednesday April 2nd 2008, 6-7pm
Carnegie Mellon University, Danforth Lounge
5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Peace Alive! Tuesday April 8th 2008, 8.pm
at Mellon Institute Pittsburgh, PA
2nd Floor Auditorium
Click here for details: Peace Alive! at Mellon Institute
Tempa Lama at Peace Alive!, Mellon Institute Auditorium, Pittsburgh