August 4, 2019
The Tibetan Buddhist festival day of Choekhor Duechen marks Shakyamuni Buddha’s First Teaching, when the Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths in Sarnath, near Varanasi.
Also, it is the FPMT’s International Sangha Day.
Please consider joining us for our weekend short course:
Aug 3 -5: Emotional Intelligence short course led by Venerable Khadro
Aug 4th Open Drop-In Sessions:
- 1:00pm – 2:00pm Reading of Golden Light Sutra
- 5:00 – 6:00pm Medicine Buddha Puja
- 7:00pm Meditation & Light Offering
Anyone is welcome to drop in for any session! No registration needed and by donation.
PLEASE KEEP THE SILENCE AT TUSHITA – RETREAT AND COURSE IN PROGRESS!!
And remember! On the auspicious day of Choekhor Duechen karmic results are multiplied by one hundred million times!!!
As cited by Lama Zopa Rinpoche from the Vinaya text: Treasure of Quotations and Logic.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s recommended practices for this special day:
https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/advice/sakadawa/