Long Life and Longevity Teachings and Empowerment to be held in Scottsdale, Arizona. ZaChoeje Rinpoche will be giving short teachings on the benefits of practicing the Amitabha Buddha meditation and mantra. This is a rare opportunity to receive the blessing of this life enriching longevity practice. LIFE EMPOWERMENT OF AMITAYUS Transmission and Empowerment with Sunday [...]

Arizona Zone of Ahimsa, aka Zone of Peace Celebration 2010 Ahimsa is the Buddhist term for the doctrine of non-harming. Mahamta Gandhi made Ahimsa famous throughout the entire world by using it as the main philosophy behind his non-violent resistance for peaceful political change. This powerful peaceful strategy was also employed by Martin Luther King [...]

We are happy to announce that ZaChoeje Rinpoche will offer the Chenrezig empowerment on Sunday November 8. Chenrezig (or Avalokiteshvara in Sanskrit) is considered an enlightened emanation of the essence of all the Buddhas’ love and compassion, one who applies active wisdom to alleviate the suffering of sentient beings. Chenrezig holds a special place as [...]

Learning the history of the Tibetan language and being able to recognize and pronounce characters aids us in realizing the full potential of our Buddhist studies. A series of 8 classes provides an introduction to the Tibetan language. If you attended any of the previous series, you can repeat at no cost. You can register [...]

The Venerable ZaChoeje Rinpoche will be presenting teachings on meditation practice based on Chapter 8 of Shantideva’s A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life. Written in the 8th century in India by the monk Shantideva, this timeless spiritual classic Mahayana text is an exceptionally practical guide to realizing enlightenment through the practice of the [...]

This fall’s intensive teaching series THE PRACTICE OF MEDITATION will have 9 consecutive sessions held over the course of 7 days is based on Chapter 8 of Shantideva’s A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life. Venerable ZaChoeje Rinpoche will offer teachings on meditation from this classic Mahayana text. Each of the 9 PRACTICE OF [...]

Does it create greater benefit to hold a mantrathon where we say the mantra together all over the world on the same day(s)? I would say, yes it clearly it does. The power of group invocation is multiplied exponentially in a dramatic way creating benefit far greater than when one person recites alone. Like waves [...]