Kadampa Meditation Center San Francisco

FALL FESTIVAL 2020 Medicine Buddha pt1. The Festival draws to a close. Thank you Gen-la for such precious teachings and thank you to the other Teachers, translators, and everyone else who made this auspicious event possible. But most of all thank you Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. Without you none of this would be possible. In every respect, this Festival has appeared from your heart. #medicine #buddha #dharma #sangha #wisdom #healing #power #prayer #kadampa #fall #festival

Medicine Buddha Prayer May everyone who is sick be swiftly healed, and make every disease that affects living beings be permanently eradicated. May the frightened be released from their fears, may those in captivity be freed, may the powerless be endowed with power, and may people think only of benefiting one another. ... There’s still time to attend the NKT Fall Festival Online! Teachings are available to watch until November 12th. Sign up here: https://kadampafestivals.org/fall #medicinebuddha #wisdom #compassion #emptinessisform #appearanceandemptiness #sutra #tantra #dharma #mindfulness #meditation #mindisthecreator #mentalaction #karma

October 27: Developing Deep Inner Peace Undisturbed by Change with Great Compassion with Gen Kelsang Choma

Good morning and happy Je Tsongkhapa day October 25 is Je Tsongkhapa Day, when we remember the great kindness of Je Tsongkhapa The following is extracted from a talk given by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso on Je Tsongkhapa Day 1996 at Manjushri KMC...... ‘Before Je Tsongkhapa appeared in Tibet, many Tibetan scholars and practitioners already knew that he was coming because of predictions made by Buddha Shakyamuni that in the future Manjushri would appear as the Tibetan Lama, Je Tsongkhapa’ To read the rest visit: https://kadampa.org/buddhism/je-tsongkhapa-day Have a great day everyone Thank you @meditateinhull & @kmc_glasgow

October 25: 10 - 11 am! What is Karma and How Can it Help us Control our Future? With Kathleen Thurston ... Link in the bio! The focus is on the stages of the Kadampa Buddhist spiritual path (or Lamrim), which also offers solutions to problems in daily life, authentic optimism and the development of altruistic love and compassion. Everyone is welcome! $8/free for members #karma #karmicopportunity #kadampa #bodhisattva #sfdharma #givelove #healingkarma

Not too late to register! DAY 2 ~ THE SUPREME MEDICINE What better preparation could we have had than the extraordinary introductory teaching Gen-la gave last night? And with a beautiful rainbow appearing over Manjushri center just before the teaching.... Today, at 16.00 UK time, Gen-la will grant the blessing empowerment of Medicine Buddha! How wonderful. How extraordinary! The day will begin with two meditations led by Gen Chokga to prepare our mind for the empowerment, and finish with a Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja at 19.30. Please enjoy this magnificent delight! See more photos and videos on kadampa.org

Auspicious start to NKT-IKBU Fall Festival 2020 - ONLINE - Thank you @manjushrikmc #festivalonline2020 #kadampa #manjushri #auspicious #rainbow #medicine #buddha

Above the crown of my head sits the Tathagata, Buddha Medicine Guru, Great King with the Radiance of a Lapis Jewel. His body is blue, his right hand is in the mudra of supreme giving holding an arura plant, and his left hand is in the mudra of meditative equipoise holding a bowl filled with medicine nectar. From Medicine Buddha Sadhana by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso .... . . #medicinebuddha #healingenergy #kadampabuddhism #healtheworld See more

Fall Festival Begins tomorrow! Have you registered? https://kadampafestivals.org/fall Thank you for video @ikrcgrandcanyon ... WHAT WILL I LEARN AT THE FALL FESTIVAL? At the 2020 Fall Festival Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong will grant the blessing empowerment of Medicine Buddha and then teach: - How to develop the power to heal ourself and others through the supreme medicine of faith and wisdom - Heart advice into the practice of Medicine Buddha sadhana (a method for accomplishing the attainments of Medicine Buddha) & Medicine Buddha Prayer (a method for benefitting others) - A commentary to both Medicine Buddha Sadhana and Medicine Buddha Prayer and the relationship between them from oral instructions from the heart of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche O Blessed One Medicine Buddha, who love all living beings, Merely through hearing your holy name, The sickness of the three poisons will cease. We prostrate to you, O King of Lapis Jewel Land. WHO WILL TEACH AT THE FESTIVAL? The empowerment and commentary will be given by Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong. Gen-la is a powerful Teacher of many years standing who is well-known for her ability to convey the essential teachings of Buddha in a clear and accessible way ideally suited for people of this modern age. The meditations will be led by Gen Kelsang Chokga, NSD for Spain and Portugal, and the retreat will be led by Gen Kelsang Rabten, NSD for Australsia and South Asia. HOW CAN I JOIN? Book here: https://kadampafestivals.org/fall

Liberating Prayer composed by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche Thank you @serlingpa.meditation.center

Need more Dharma? Meditations on Demand On Demand Meditations (updated weekly on Sundays)... Guided by KMC San Francisco Kadampa Teachers To register, click here One meditation per week, guided by a Kadampa Buddhist teacher, available for you to watch on your time schedule! Each meditation will include two simple and practical meditations and a brief teaching, all taken from the Buddhist tradition. You will be sent a link to watch or listen to the meditation session anytime, as often as you like, during that week. (Meditations become available on Monday and expire on Sunday. If you register after Monday, you will receive the link to the meditation for that week and it will expire on Sunday.) COST $5/meditation good for one week Free for members.

October 20: Tonight 7-8:30 pm Identifying our Real Enemy and Finding the Solution: ... Exchanging Self with Others with Gen Kelsang Choma . Link in the bio - #loveistheanswer #reallove #exchangingselfwithothers #bodhichitta #kadampa #nkt #sfdharma #kmcsf See more

October 20: 7- 8:30 Identifying our Real Enemy and Finding the Solution: Exchanging Self with Others with Gen Kelsang Choma... Register here https://meditationinsanfrancisco.org/online (Link also in bio) $15 per class or $50/4-class pass 50% discount for seniors 62+ and students Free for supporting members Drop in at any time during the series; no need to pre-register. No one turned away for lack of funds #kmcsf #exchangingselfwithothers #exchangingselfandothers #cherishinglove #kindnessmatters