Saturday, December 2, 2018 Time: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Tibetan clothing, prayer flags, handicrafts, jewelry, art, and more! Come see the cultural hall and library transformed into a marketplace of vendors at Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism. Items offered for sale include: blankets, jewelry, statues, prayer flags, incense, clothing, art prints, books, CDs, and Himalayan art calendars. Many of these items make wonderful holiday gifts! Additionally, many baked items are available for sale, including gluten-free. At 12:00 pm enjoy a free tour of the Shrine Room with its traditional Tibetan murals, sculptures, mandalas, and triple-sized golden Buddha statue. Tibetan tea will be served.

By Tulku Yeshi Rinpoche Date: Sunday, December 9, 2018 Time: 1:30 – 3:30 pm Location: Shrine Room Suggested contribution: $30 Public, $20 Members Prerequisite: None All ordinary beings must go through death, the bardo, and rebirth. But most of us have no idea or education about these three steps. In this teaching we will study and visualize the three levels with the three Buddha bodies which are visualized together during these experiences: death – dharmakaya; the bardo – samboghakaya; birth – nirmanakaya. If you can understand and visualize these three processes along with the three kayas, then you have the chance to be liberated when you are dying, in the bardo, or before rebirth.

By H.E. Dagmo Kusho Sakya Sunday, November 4 Time: 11:15 – 11:45 am Location: Shrine Room All are welcome Lecture topic: Trip to Vajrakilaya Puja in Darjeeling Dagmola will discuss her trip to Darjeeling, India, where she attended an annual Vajrakilaya Puja led by His Eminence Asanga Vajra Rinpoche at Ghoom Monastery. Vajrakilaya is the yidam deity who embodies the enlightened activity of all the buddhas and whose practice is famous for being powerful for blessings, protection and removing obstacles.

Bestowed by H.E. Dagmo Kusho Translator: Rigdzin Tingkhye Date: Saturday, November 10, 2018 Time: 10:00 am Location: Shrine Room Suggested contribution: $35 Non-Members, $25 Members, $15 Children 12 & Under Prerequisites: One must not eat any meat, eggs, garlic, or consume alcohol on the day of the initiation. One must also be celibate for that day. White Tara, Cintamani Cakra, is a refuge for all sentient beings and can guide everyone to the island of blissful liberation. She is well known as the Giver of Life. The practice of White Tara brings long life, subdues illness, evil spirits, and negative karma, and clears away mental obscurations and obstacles in one’s life.

By H.E. Dagmo Kusho Translator: Rigdzin Tingkhye Date: Saturday, November 10, 2018 Time: 1:00 pm Location: Shrine Room Suggested contribution: $35 Non-Members, $25 Members, $15 Children 12 & Under Sincere practitioners who have received the White Tara initiation are invited to hear H.E. Dagmo Kusho teach the White Tara sadhana and can go through the meditation practice with her.