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News and Events Archive 2011
Upcoming Weekend Retreat: The Bon Practice of the Five Elements
We are excited that Khenpo Ratsa Geshe Tenzin Dargye will return to Pittsburgh this December to teach the ancient and powerful Bon practice of the five elements. Khenpo will teach the meditation and visualization practice for each element and explain the role of the five elements for our human existence and their relationship with our body.
Public Talk: Fri. Dec. 2, 7-8:30pm:
Open to all, no registration needed. Suggested donation: $10 to support Khenpo’s monastery in Nepal.
Weekend Retreat: Sat. Dec. 3, 9:30am-5pm and Sun. Dec 4, 10am-1pm
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Upcoming Workshop: Being with Death and Dying Part III: The Bardo
With Tempa Dukte Lama, Dr. Jon Spiegel and Dr. Stan Perelman
Fri. Oct. 21 7-9pm, Sat. Oct 22 9:30am-5pm, Sun. Oct 23 10am-1pm.
Olmo Ling Center Pittsburgh, PA; co-sponsored by the C.G. Jung Institute of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work
This third Workshop on Being with Death and Dying will focus on the process of dying and the different stages of Bardo – the after-death experience. Tempa Lama will teach on the Bardo process and on contemplative practices that we can utilize to help and guide the dying person. Dr. Stan Perelman will provide applications to clinical practice. Dr. Jon Spiegel will present a guest lecture on cross-cultural perspectives on Bardo states.
This Workshop is for all who are interested in the dying process, in conscious dying, or who would like to offer psychological and spiritual assistance to the dying, including family members. It is for those who are ill and for anyone who would like to look deeply into the meaning of death and dying within the framework of a spiritual path. It is suited for medical professionals, psychologists, counselors, and social workers working with dying and illness.
11 CE credits for psychologists, social workers and professional counselors.
3-day Bon Contemplative Healing Retreat
With Tempa Dukte Lama
Fri. Sept. 16, 10am until Sun. Sept. 18, 2pm
Venue: Laurelville Mennonite Church Center, 941 Laurelville Lane Mount Pleasant, PA 15666
Join us to spend 3 days in the beautiful and tranquil Laurel Mountains to immerse ourselves deeply into the ancient Bon healing practice of Sidpa Gyalmo. This practice addresses the physical, emotional and mental dimensions of healing. Tempa Lama will offer instructions and transmission and explain how we can use this healing practice to open to our innate potential to heal ourselves and others. We will then spend time doing healing practice together.
Includes two nights of accommodations and all meals. Read more…
Tempa Dukte Lama as Author and Artist
Wednesday Aug. 31, 7pmShaler North Hills Library, 1822 Mt. Royal Blvd., Glenshaw, PA 15116
Join us for an evening of conversation with Tempa Lama about his new books at the Shaler North Hills Library. Both books will be available for purchase and signing. Come early and view Tempa Lama’s exquisite Tibetan Thangka paintings and Tibetan Calligraphy displayed in the downstairs Art Gallery of the library.
If you cannot attend on Aug. 31, Tempa Lama’s paintings are on display every day from Aug. 8 during the library hours: Mon-Thurs 10am-8pm, Fri 10am-6pm and Sat 10am-5pm. For questions, please contact Marie Jackson at 412-486-0211.
Booksigning celebration with Tempa Lama at Olmo Ling
Friday Sept. 2, 7-8:30pmVenue: Olmo Ling, 1101 Greenfield Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15217
Join us for a special talk with Tempa Lama about his first two books, focusing in particular on “The Intimate Mind”. The Intimate Mind is our natural potential to provide space to let everything manifest in its own way. It is the practice of Open Presence through which we can experience the miracle of each moment. However, our divided mind creates obstacles that do not allow us to abide in this experience. Tempa Lama will talk about overcoming these obstacles through a practice of gentleness and awareness. Both books will be available for purchase and signing. If you already own a copy, bring it along to receive a personal dedication from Tempa Lama. All are welcome (no need to register).
Read more about Tempa Lama’s books here
Upcoming Retreat: Transcending the Self through Purifying the Eight Consciousnesses
With Tempa Dukte Lama
August 20 – 21, 2011, Olmo Ling Center, Pittsburgh PA
As the source of everything, the base consciousness includes the seeds of both liberation and delusion. Through the practice of pure perception we can transform the secondary conditions that determine which seeds will ripen in us. This retreat will explore the Bon Buddhist teachings on developing pure perception.
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Upcoming Retreat: The law of cause and effect
With H.E. 7th Kundol Namkha Thinley Wangyal RinpochePublic Talk Fri. July 15, 7-8:30pm
Retreat: Sat. July 16, 9:30am-5pm, Sun. July 17, 10am-1pm
Olmo Ling Center, 1101 Greenfield Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15217
Join us to explore the law of cause and effect (or “karma”) with the 7th Kundol Rinpoche. “Karma” means action. Rinpoche will explain how most of our actions as unawakened beings remain as karmic traces in our consciousness. He will explain the effect of these karmic traces and how they can manifest in our lives. Understanding the law of cause and effect enables us to realize how we can manifest our awakened potential by renouncing unwholesome actions and consciously cultivating wholesome actions for the benefit of all beings.
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The Retreat will help support the young monks at Rinpoche’s monastery Za Mongyal in India.
Upcoming Retreat: The Way of a Compassionate Being
With Tempa Dukte LamaSat. June 25, 9:30am-5pm and Sunday, June 26, 10am-1pm
Olmo Ling Center, 1101 Greenfield Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15217
In this weekend Retreat, Tempa Lama will offer teachings on the path of compassionate beings from the Bon Sutra path that are only rarely taught. Tonpa Shenrab, the awakened being who is the founder of the Tibetan Bon tradition, has explained in detail how we can gradually manifest as true compassionate beings. Any sentient being can become a compassionate being, and then a Buddha. This path relies on establishing our heart and mind into the understanding and realization of the 37 Aspects of Enlightenment – 37 awakened qualities that are essential as our support on this path.
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Teaching and Benefit Dinner with His Holiness 33rd Gyalwa Menri Trizin on June 4, 2011
It it our great honor that His Holiness 33rd Gyalwa Menri Trizin, the abbot of Menri Monastery and spiritual head of the Bon tradition, will visit Pittsburgh for the first time in June 2011. Since he was a young boy, H.H. has dedicated his life to helping others and preserving the Bon tradition. His visit is a unique blessing and opportunity. We warmly invite you to join us for this precious opportunity to spend time with His Holiness and to celebrate his presence with us.
His Holiness will give teachings and a public blessing on the afternoon of Saturday June 4 in Pittsburgh, PA. A special Benefit Dinner with H.H. in support of the children, monks, and nuns of Menri Monastery will be held at 6:30 pm.
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H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama and H.H. 33rd Menri Trizin with H.H. the late Penor Rinpoche (previous head of the Nyingma tradition) on the right and H.H. the 17th Karmapa (head of the Kagyu tradition) and H.H. the 41st Sakya Trizin (head of the Sakaya tradition) on the left.
Vesak Celebration – Birthday, Enlightenment and Parinirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha
Sunday May 1st, 3-5pm
First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh
605 Morewood Ave, corner of Morewood & Ellsworth, Pittsburgh PA 15213.
Everyone is welcome to join this multitraditional Buddhist event offered by the various Pittsburgh Buddhist organizations, this year honoring the 2,600th anniversary of Siddhartha Shakyamuni Buddha’s enlightenment.
The event will include the ceremony “Bathing of the Baby Buddha”, chants, sutra recitation, devotional songs, and dharma words offered by the different Buddhist groups, and a meditation for world peace. Children’s activities are offered by the Pittsburgh Shambhala Group.
At 6:30pm everyone is invited to reconvene for the ceremony of releasing water into the three rivers with prayers for world peace. This is a free event; donations to the Buddhist Society of Pittsburgh are welcome. You are welcome to bring your friends and family.
Tempa Lama will give Dharma talk and Olmo Ling will offer the chant for peace and prosperity. We will practice this together at the weekly Tuesday and Saturday meditations prior to the Vesak event. If you would like to join us, you can listen to the chant here.
Download the event flyer:Thrul Khor: Tibetan Bon Dzogchen Yoga, Part II
Saturday April 16 9:30am-5pm and Sunday April 17 10am-1pm
Prerequisite: To participate you must have attended the Thrul Khor Tibetan Bon Dzogchen Yoga, Part I, or have previously attended teachings with Tempa Lama and intend to complete the Thrul Khor Worshop series. Thank you for your cooperation.
Join us for this Weekend Workshop on Tibetan Dzogchen Yoga, called Thrul Khor – the magical wheel or wheel of miracle. Tempa Lama will teach and give instructions from the Dzogchen Oral Transmission of Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud.
Program DetailsBeyond Mindfulness Workshop at Chatham University
with Tempa Lama, Dr. Stan Perelman and Dr. Jon Spiegel Friday March 18, 7-9pm, Saturday March. 19, 10am-5pm and Sunday Jan. 20 10am-1pm.Venue: Chatham University Sanger Hall, Coolidge Building, first floor.
This course will introduce participants to the psychological concepts and meditative practices of Bon Buddhism that describe the arising of afflicted states of mind, their effect on our surroundings and relationships, and the healing of affliction and suffering. 10.5 CE credits for psychologists, counselors, and social workers.
Interfaith Panel “Sharing Sacred Connections: Loving Dialogue, Embracing Community”
Thursday, February 24 at 7:00PM
An event within the Shaler North Hills Library Spirituality Series
You are warmly invited to join us for an interfaith panel with
Rev. Michael J. Hoyt, Rabbi Art Donsky, Sister Rita Yeasted, Seyed Khatami from the Islam community and Tempa Dukte Lama.
This event continues the series of events on Spirituality in the Modern World members at the Shaler North Hills Libarary. The panel will be moderated by William Rock. This forum is an opportunity to learn about the spiritual connections of love and faith in our community.
Meditation Instructors’ Training
Friday Feb 18, 7-9pmSaturday Feb, 19 9:30am-5pm and Sunday Feb, 20 10am-1pm
Venue: Olmo Ling Center, 1101 Greenfield Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15217
This Workshop is for those who wish to become a meditation instructor to help others. It is intended for people who have practiced meditation for a while.
The objective of this Workshop is to train those who are interested in volunteering in the Olmo Ling Compassionate Outreach program, including the Olmo Ling Prison Project and the Olmo Ling Death and Dying project. It is also generally for all who would like to be able to offer meditation instructions to help others. At the same time, this Retreat is an opportunity to deepen your own meditation practice by reflecting deeply on the Bon instructions for Calm Abiding Meditation and its relationship with Insight Meditation.
The teachings will focus on Calm Abiding Meditation according to the Tibetan Bon tradition. Calm Abiding Meditation provides a foundation for all other types of meditation. Tempa Lama will give detailed instructions on Calm Abiding Meditation and how we can use it to stabilize our mind and feelings.
All registrants must fill out an application to be accepted into this training.
Sang Gye Men Gyi Lha: Teachings on the Medicine Buddha
with Nyima Dakpa RinpochePublic Talk, Friday Jan 28, 7-9pm
Weekend Retreat: Saturday Jan. 29 9:30am-5pm and Sunday Jan. 30 10am-1pm
Venue: Olmo Ling Center, 1101 Greenfield Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15217
The Medicine Buddha practice and teachings originated with the Bon Buddha Tonpa Shenrab. The Medicine Buddha is a compassionate manifestation of Tonpa Shenrab. Through ceremony, meditation, and visualization we are freed from obstacles in our lives and protected from illness. This healing practice and the blessing of Tonpa Shenrab restore the power and qualities of our energy. This practice and teaching is for all who are ill or in need of healing.
Program DetailsSpecial Tuesday evening talk with 7th Kundol Rinpoche
H.E. Kundol Rinpoche is visiting for a few days. He will give a special Dharma talk on Tuesday January 4 at 7pm at our temple (1101 Greenfield Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15217). Rinpoche will talk about how the recognition of the impermanence of all phenomena can deepen our spiritual path and realization. This talk is open to all and offered free of charge. Donations will support Rinpoche’s monastery in India.
Kundrol Rinpoche is a renowned healer and psychic and the seventh reincarnation of the great Kundrol Jatson Nyingpo of Tibet. His warmth and compassion, his sense of humor and the unique qualities of his teachings have touched the lives of many beings.