Lama Tsongkhapa Festival! 2020

Lama Tsongkhapa is extremely important to Kadampa Center - his writings are the framework for our study and practice, and he founded our Gelugpa lineage in Tibetan Buddhism.  With commentary from Geshe Gelek, we will celebrate Lama Tsongkhapa and his great contribution to the Dharma with a festival of prayer and practice.  Our celebration also includes review of his major short works.

Lama Tsongkhapa was a renowned scholar, practitioner, meditator, teacher and author.  His studies and meditations in all the major schools of Tibetan Buddhism resulted in the founding of the Gelugpa lineage.

Among his major accomplishments is writing the Lamrim, or the Great Treatise on the Path to Enlightenment, a step-by-step guide to the spiritual practices that lead to enlightenment. He also wrote several condensed versions of the Lamrim, including Foundation of All Good Qualities, the Three Principal Aspects of the Path, and Song of Experience. 

We will meet online via both Zoom and YouTube.

Registration is required to access the Zoom session.  Please register here.

Geshe-la encourages us all to come, even if we can't attend the entire festival. Students are welcome to drop in and drop out throughout the morning.

Program
Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga
  Chant 21 Lama Tsongkhapa mantras 
  Mandala offering.
Foundation of All Good Qualities – review & analytical meditation
Chant 21 Lama Tsongkhapa mantras 
  Mandala offering.
Three Principal Aspects of the Path – review & analytical meditation
Chant 21 Lama Tsongkhapa mantras 
  Mandala offering.
Song of Experience – review & analytical meditation
Chant 21 Lama Tsongkhapa mantras 
  Mandala offering.
In Praise of Dependent Origination – review & analytical meditation
Chant 21 Lama Tsongkhapa mantras 
  Mandala offering.
Recite Lama Tsongkhapa mantra 14 times
Lamrim dedication prayer

Geshe Gelek encourages students who have previously taken Eight Mahayana Precepts to take them at home before sunrise, before their home altar.

Lama Tsongkhapa Day honors a very powerful practitioner so there is great power in the merit of supporting it financially. Supporting this holy day's spiritual practices – whether you are able to attend or not – is an opportunity to collect great merit. If you are sponsoring but not attending, you can offer prayers for those who are participating in the events.

Supporting the Holy Day event is a two-step process

Step One  is dedicating your generosity (click here).

Step Two  is making the donation or sponsorship (use the button below on this page)

Dedications may be very simple - "For my mother, Rosemary" - or they might encompass more extensive spiritual wishes, such as "May these teachings be the cause to liberate all sentient beings," or wishes for the teacher's long life, to benefit a person who is ill - any heart-felt positive intention!  You also can dedicate for more than one intention.

The festival begins with Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga puja.

Sponsor Holy Day Puja ~ $125