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News 2025 Celebrate Saka Dawa 2025 with us!

Celebrate Saka Dawa 2025 with us!

June 2025

Warm greetings from Tushita &
wishing you all an auspicious Saka Dawa!

Saka Dawa is the most important Tibetan Buddhist festival day – celebrating Shakyamuni Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and parinirvana! To celebrate the occasion we have the following program at Tushita. Please feel very welcome to join us in person at Tushita or online on this special day!

Schedule – you can join in person or online:

Registration required:
9.00am: Serkong Tsenshab Rinpoche:
How to Practice in Daily Life – A Guide to Infinite Happiness

(Ongoing Online & Recordings Available – you can still sign up!)

No registration needed, just drop-in:
9.00am: Guided Morning Meditation (Hybrid)
10.00am: Dharma Movie “Life of Buddha” (Only in Person)
1.00pm: Sutra Reading (Only in Person)
2.00pm: Public Teaching by Serkong Tsenshab Rinpoche: “How Much Buddha Loves Us” (Hybrid)

Time to be confirmed soon: Light Offering Ceremony with Sangha (Hybrid)
This is an unique opportunity to have your own butterlamp with your special dedication offered on this auspicious day!

This schedule might change on short notice!

Precious opportunity to offer a light for your loved ones!

On this auspicious day we also present you & your loved ones with the unique opportunity to offer a butter lamp with your special dedication in this holy place!

Offering lights to holy objects is a very powerful method to illuminate the wisdom in our minds and to create causes for us to attain realizations. In Tushita, butter lamps can be offered on your behalf on wheel turning days with your special dedication. This offering is done in front of the altars in our Main Gompa in this holy place, Dharamsala (home in exile of His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama).

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We hope to see you soon in person or online for a truly miraculous day!

Upcoming Events

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    June 19 – 29, 2026
  • [Waiting List] Introduction to Buddhism
    June 20 – 29, 2026
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    June 24, 2026 9:00 am – 10:00 am
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    June 26, 2026 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
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    July 4 – 5, 2026
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    July 4, 2026 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
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About Tushita

Tushita is a centre for the study and practice of Buddhism from the Tibetan Mahayana tradition. We're located in Northern India, in the forested hills above the town of McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala - the seat in exile of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

Tushita aims to provide a friendly and conducive environment for people of all nationalities and backgrounds to learn about and put into practice the teachings of the Buddha. With this in mind we offer regular drop-in events and courses on introductory Buddhist philosophy and meditation, as well as intermediate level courses and group retreats for more experienced students.

Opening Hours

February to November

Monday – Saturday
9:30 – 11:30am
(Lunch Break)
12:30 – 4:00pm

Sundays
Closed

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