activities · 16
what they do
direct service · 16
- Conducting Group Meditation Sessions Buddhist Dharma Education & PracticeOffers guided group meditation sessions focused on developing love, compassion, wisdom, and mindfulness. These include weekly prayer support groups, Wednesday night sessions covering various topics, and specific deity practices like Medicine Buddha, Green Tara, Manjushri, Chenresig, and Yamantaka meditations.
- Conducting Group Meditation Sessions Buddhist Dharma Education & PracticeOffers guided group meditation sessions focused on developing love, compassion, wisdom, and mindfulness, including specific deity practices like Medicine Buddha, Green Tara, Manjushri, Chenresig, and Yamantaka.
- Conducting Group Meditation Sessions Buddhist Dharma Education & PracticeOffers guided group meditation sessions focused on developing love, compassion, wisdom, and mindfulness. These include weekly prayer support groups, Wednesday night sessions covering various Buddhist concepts and deity practices, and specific meditations such as Medicine Buddha, Green Tara, Manjushri, Chenresig, and Yamantaka.
- Facilitating Student-Led Buddhist Discussions Buddhist Dharma Education & PracticeFacilitates student-led discussions on Buddhist teachings, allowing students to explore topics and share knowledge, including monthly discussions for teens on mindfulness, the four noble truths, and the six paramitas.
- Facilitating Teen Buddhist Discussions Buddhist Dharma Education & PracticeHosts monthly discussions and studies on Buddhist teachings including mindfulness, the four noble truths, and the six paramitas for teens, and facilitates student-led discussions on Buddhist teachings.
- Offering Vajrayana Teachings and Tantra Empowerments Buddhist Dharma Education & PracticeOffers various types of meditation, practice, and service, including Vajrayana teachings, and provides empowerments into various classes of Tantra, holding meditations on deities like Green Tara and Manjushri.
- Offering Youth Buddhist Education Buddhist Dharma Education & PracticeOffers monthly youth classes that teach essential points of Buddhism through storytelling and art to children of all ages, provides guided meditation sessions for children, and organizes Tibetan Dharma craft activities.
- Operating Dharma Book Clubs Buddhist Dharma Education & PracticeOperates a Dharma Book Club for discussing works related to the study of Dharma, and has previously organized book clubs discussing works by His Holiness The Dalai Lama and other Buddhist authors.
- Organizing Buddhist Book Clubs and Discussions Buddhist Dharma Education & PracticeOperates a Dharma Book Club for discussing works related to the study of Dharma. This includes past discussions on the philosophy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and book clubs focused on "The Book of Joy," "Live A Better Way," "The Art of Happiness at Work," and "The Open Heart."
- Performing Special PujasPerforms three long special pujas—Tara Long Puja, Medicine Buddha Long Puja, and Long Purification Practice for the Deceased—upon request.
- Performing Special Pujas and Tantric Practices Buddhist Dharma Education & PracticePerforms three long special pujas—Tara Long Puja, Medicine Buddha Long Puja, and Long Purification Practice for the Deceased—upon request. It also offers Vajrayana teachings and empowerments into various classes of Tantra, including meditations on deities like Green Tara and Manjushri.
- Providing Buddhist Teachings and Spiritual Guidance Buddhist Dharma Education & PracticeOffers monthly Mahayana precepts teachings, educational workshops on Buddhist practices, and shorter traditional blessings for life events including healing, births, and individual spiritual guidance. It also provides access to past "Tidbits from Tibet" series.
- Providing Buddhist Teachings and Spiritual Guidance Buddhist Dharma Education & PracticeOffers monthly Mahayana precepts teachings, educational workshops on Buddhist practices, and shorter traditional blessings for life events including healing, births, Phowas, and individual spiritual guidance. It also provides access to clips of past "Tidbits from Tibet" series.
- Providing Buddhist Teachings and Spiritual Guidance Buddhist Dharma Education & PracticeOffers monthly Mahayana precepts teachings, educational workshops on Buddhist practices, and shorter traditional blessings for life events including healing, births, Phowas, and individual spiritual guidance.
- Providing Prayer Support Intercessory Prayer MinistryOffers a weekly prayer support group where individuals can submit names of people or animals to be included in their spiritual practice.
- Providing Youth Buddhist Education Buddhist Dharma Education & PracticeOffers monthly youth classes that teach essential points of Buddhism through storytelling and art to children of all ages. This includes guided meditation sessions for children and Tibetan Dharma craft activities.
strategies · 12
how they think
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- Applying Buddhist teachings to daily life for personal and youth development mindfulness_based_life_applicationThe organization integrates Buddhist teachings into everyday life through study, discussion, storytelling, and art, helping individuals, including teens and children, apply mindfulness and ethical principles to their daily experiences. This approach aims to foster personal transformation and ethical living.
- Applying Buddhist teachings to daily life for personal and youth development mindfulness_based_life_applicationThe organization focuses on integrating Tibetan Buddhist principles into everyday life for both adults and children. This includes using storytelling and art for children to make teachings applicable, and for teens, studying and discussing Buddhist teachings to apply mindfulness and ethical principles to daily life.
- Applying Buddhist teachings to daily life for personal and youth development mindfulness_and_ethical_applicationThe organization integrates Buddhist principles into everyday life through study, discussion, storytelling, and art, helping individuals, including teens and children, apply mindfulness and ethical principles to their daily experiences. This approach aims to foster personal transformation and ethical living.
- Compassionate action and spiritual healing through ritual practices buddhist_ritual_healing_and_compassionThe organization engages in ritual practices such as Tara Long Puja to express compassion in action, assisting sentient beings through purification, recitation, and offerings. It also employs Medicine Buddha Long Puja for healing physical and mental illness and addressing inner afflictions, and conducts Long Purification Practice for the Deceased (Jangwa) to facilitate consciousness transfer and liberation from lower rebirths.
- Cultivating positive mental states through meditation and mind training buddhist_mind_training_and_meditationThe organization uses various meditation practices, including group meditation, Lojong mind training, and multi-method meditation instruction, to cultivate love, compassion, wisdom, mindfulness, and transform negative mental patterns into positive cognition. This approach aims to habituate minds to more positive thinking and achieve direct realization of ultimate reality.
- Cultivating positive mental states through meditation and mind training buddhist_meditation_and_mind_trainingThe organization uses various meditation practices, including group meditation, Lojong mind training, and multi-method meditation instruction (calm abiding, analytical meditation, phowa), to cultivate love, compassion, wisdom, mindfulness, and transform negative mental patterns into positive cognition. This approach aims to habituate minds to more positive thinking and achieve direct realization of ultimate reality.
- Holistic approach combining cultural preservation, humanitarian support, and spiritual development holistic_integrated_approachThe organization's overarching approach integrates cultural preservation, global humanitarian support, and personal spiritual development to guide its service and activities.
- Ritual practices for compassion, healing, and post-death liberation buddhist_ritual_practiceThe organization employs specific ritual practices, such as Tara Long Puja for compassion in action, Medicine Buddha Long Puja for healing physical and mental illness, and Jangwa for post-death consciousness transfer. These rituals aim to assist sentient beings through purification, recitation, offerings, and liberation from lower rebirths.
- Ritual practices for compassion, healing, and post-death liberation buddhist_ritual_practicesThe organization employs specific ritual practices such as Tara Long Puja to express compassion in action through purification, recitation, and offerings. Medicine Buddha Long Puja is used for healing physical and mental illness and addressing inner afflictions. Additionally, the Long Purification Practice for the Deceased (Jangwa) is conducted to transfer consciousness and purify remains, aiming for liberation from lower rebirths.
- Vajrayana spiritual practice for accelerated enlightenment vajrayana_buddhismThe organization follows the Vajrayana tradition, utilizing Tantra, mantras, and deity visualizations, with teachings and empowerment rituals transmitted by qualified lineage masters. This path is considered a direct route to enlightenment, aiming to transform daily experience into clarity and wisdom, potentially within a single lifetime, based on the belief in inherent Buddha-nature.
- Vajrayana spiritual practice for accelerated enlightenment vajrayana_buddhismThe organization follows the Vajrayana tradition, utilizing Tantra, mantras, deity visualizations, and empowerment rituals transmitted by qualified lineage masters. This path is believed to be a direct route to enlightenment, transforming daily experience into clarity and wisdom, potentially within a single lifetime, by recognizing the inherent Buddha-nature.
- Vajrayana spiritual practice for enlightenment vajrayana_buddhismThe organization utilizes the Vajrayana tradition, which involves Tantra, mantras, deity visualizations, and empowerment rituals from qualified lineage masters. This path is believed to be a direct route to enlightenment, transforming daily experience into clarity and wisdom, and enabling enlightenment within a single lifetime by recognizing inherent Buddha-nature.
named programs · 4
what they call their work
Student-Led Discussions
Monthly talks led by Rinpoche's students exploring Buddhist teachings, including the lives of great masters and core philosophical topics like the Four Noble Truths and emptiness.
Vajrayana Deity Meditations
Regular meditation practices on deities such as Medicine Buddha, Green Tara, Manjushri, and Chenresig, some open to all and others requiring prior empowerment.
Wednesday Evening Meditation
Weekly meditation sessions focusing on themes such as Bodhicitta, compassion, mindfulness, and wisdom, open to newcomers and experienced practitioners alike.
Workshops on Buddhist Teachings
In-depth sessions covering key texts and practices including Lam Rim Chen Mo, Lojong Mind Training, Mahamudra, and Phowa, designed to deepen spiritual understanding and practice.
relationships · 4
who they work with
- Drepung Loseling Institute Partner — Reprinted content from their newsletter, "The Radiant Mind," with permission.
- Emory University Partner — Drepung Loseling Institute, which provided content, is an affiliate of Emory University.
- Rinpoche Partner — Provides teachings that are the basis for student-led discussions.
- ZaChoeje Rinpoche Partner — Lineage master who guides the foundation's exploration of Buddhist teachings and leads workshops.