8–10am Chakrasaṃvara daily practice
Who can attend: Open to sādhakas who have received the Chakrasaṃvara abhiṣheka.
Chakrasaṃvara feast
Monthly Chakrasaṃvara feast practice, open to sādhakas who have received the Chakrasaṃvara abhiṣheka. Bring your liturgy and practice implements. $5 for participants contributing food to the pot-luck; $10 for participants who don’t.
8–10am Chakrasaṃvara daily practice
Who can attend: Open to sādhakas who have received the Chakrasaṃvara abhiṣheka.
8–11am Mindfulness practice
Please join us for our weekly 8–11 am mindfulness practice sessions. Who can attend: Everybody.
8–10am Vajrayoginī daily practice
Who can attend: Open to sādhakas who have received the Vajrayoginī abhiṣheka.
7–8:30pm Kagyü ngöndro class
Location: Karma Changchub Ling, Fall River. Time & date: Thursday, May 19, 7:00–8:30 pm. Description: This is the fourth of a series of classes on ngöndro practice which will be given by senior teachers. Topic to be announced later. Who can attend: Everyone who has already received transmission for ngöndro practice.
8–10am Vajrayoginī daily practice
Who can attend: Open to sādhakas who have received the Vajrayoginī abhiṣheka.
Vaiśākha Day Celebrations
Vaiśākha Day Celebrations (Buddha's birthday, enlightenment and parinirvāṇa) Saturday, May 21 6–8am: Sojong in Fall River 9am: Temporary ordination ceremony in Fall River 11am: We join the Vaiśākha celebration at Nalandabodhi Halifax, followed by [...]
Vaiśākha Day Celebration
Buddha’s birthday, enlightenment and parinirvāṇa: Saturday, May 21 After practicing austerities for a long time, the recluse Gautama thought: “Could there be another path to enlightenment?” He then considered: “I recall when my father the Sakyan was occupied, while I was sitting in the cool shade of a rose-apple tree, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded [...]
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 [...]
5–6pm Sādhana of Mahāmudrā
The purpose of the sādhana: “[The Sādhana’s] purpose was to bring together the two great traditions of the Vajrayāna, as well as to exorcise the materialism which seemed to pervade spiritual disciplines in the modern world. The message that I had received from my supplication was that one must try to expose spiritual materialism and [...]