11am–12pm Prayers to quell the Pandemic, led by Gyalwang Karmapa
Prayers for the Pandemic to Subside Led by the Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje April 18 to April 24, at 11:00am (Nova Scotia Time) or 10:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje will lead the prayers: April 18: The Heart Sutra with the Repulsion of Maras April 19: The Noble [...]
8:00–8:30pm Tantra Creation and Completion Online Class Series
Completion stage practices Wednesday, April 29, from 7:00–8:30pm 7:00pm (Nova Scotia Time) = 6:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time Description: We will continue our discussion of the completion stage practice following Lodrö Thaye's seminal text of Creation and Completion, which will also cover the important sections of the first chapter of Rangjung Dorje's Profound Inner Meaning. The [...]
4:00–8:30pm Chakrasamvara Feast
Chakrasamvara Online Feast Saturday, May 2, 2pm (Halifax time) Please join us for an online Chakrasamvara feast practice which is open to sadhakas who have received the Chakrasamvara abhisheka. We expect this feast to run for 4 to 4 ½ hours. We will include the self-abhisheka but will abbreviate other parts of the sadhana as we [...]
6–7:30am Sojong
Sojong (Poṣhadha) The Meaning of Poṣhadha In Indian Hindu societies, members of the community regularly observe rites for renewing their connection with virtue. The days of the new and full moons are regarded as holy and set aside for purification of non-virtue and re-establishment of virtue. Those days, and the purification rites performed on those [...]
6–7:30am Sojong
Sojong (Poṣhadha) The Meaning of Poṣhadha In Indian Hindu societies, members of the community regularly observe rites for renewing their connection with virtue. The days of the new and full moons are regarded as holy and set aside for purification of non-virtue and re-establishment of virtue. Those days, and the purification rites performed on those [...]
7:00pm Vajrayogini Online Class: Who is Vajrayogini? And what does it mean to arise as Vajrayogini?
Vajrayogini Online Class: Topic: Who is Vajrayogini? And what does it mean to arise as Vajrayogini? Description: This class will focus on two things: (1) Clarifying the Vajrayogini principle which in turn is linked with the three kinds of Vajrayogini (ultimate, sign and symbolic), (2) What does it mean to arise as Vajrayogini? Who can [...]
7:00pm Tantra Online Class: The Ground & Samantabhadra’s mode of freedom through taking the recognition of the Ground as the path
7:00pm Tantra Online Class Series: The Dzogchen Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra: Topic: The ground and Samantabhadra's mode of freedom through taking the recognition of the ground as the path Wednesday May 27, at 7:00pm (Nova Scotia Time) or 6:00pm Eastern Daylight Time Description: The Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra, one of the most famous and often-recited [...]
3:00pm Chakrasamvara Online Feast
Chakrasamvara Online Zoom Feast Monday, June 1, from 3:00–8:00pm (Nova Scotia Time) or 2:00–7:00pm Eastern Daylight Time Who can attend: Open to sadhakas who have received the Chakrasamvara abhisheka, and have their own copy of the Sadhana of the Five Devas of Chakrasamvara, by the Eighth Karmapa, Mikyo Dorje. If you want to participate in [...]
7:00pm Tantra Online Class Series: Samantabhadra’s mode of freedom through taking the recognition of the Ground as the path
Tantra Online Class Series: The Dzogchen Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra: Topic: Samantabhadra's mode of freedom through taking the recognition of the Ground as the path Wednesday June 3, at 7:00pm (Nova Scotia Time) or 6:00pm Eastern Daylight Time Description: The Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra, one of the most famous and often-recited Dzogchen texts, is a [...]
6–7:30am Sojong
Sojong (Poṣhadha) The Meaning of Poṣhadha In Indian Hindu societies, members of the community regularly observe rites for renewing their connection with virtue. The days of the new and full moons are regarded as holy and set aside for purification of non-virtue and re-establishment of virtue. Those days, and the purification rites performed on those [...]
7:00–8:30pm ONLINE: Vajrayogini in a Nutshell: Class 1 of 8
Vajrayogini in a Nutshell With Lodrö Sangpo Hosted by: OCEAN and KCCL Bi-Weekly 8-Class Online Series begins Monday June 8 from 7:00–8:30pm (Nova Scotia Time) or 6:00–7:30pm Eastern Daylight Time The goal of this Vajrayogini Online Class Series is to provide a bird’s eye view of the entire Vajrayogini sadhana, including abhisheka section and feast section. This bi-weekly 8-class [...]
7:00–8:30pm ONLINE: Dzogchen Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra: Summary talk on the first 45 lines
The Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra, one of the most famous and often-recited Dzogchen texts, is a uniquely profound prayer. This aspiration is made by the nature of mind as self-arising awareness—primordial basic awareness, or rigpa, which is referred to as “Samantabhadra”—in order to recognize itself. Thus, it is a wake-up call by our own buddha nature. The [...]