CyberDharma Teachings:

Gampopa’s Jewel Ornament of Liberation

Sunday February 18  9AM PT 

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Special Practice Sessions:

Sadhana of Thousand Arm Avalokiteshvara
(Sahasrabhuja-lokeshwara)

To be announced.

This session is an opportunity to practice the sadhana together. No teachings or instructions will be provided. Participants should have received necessary initiation/ empowerment. We hope that practitioners will use this opportunity to both familiarize and stabilize their practice. Click here for sadhana text.

 

 

Online Practice Sessions: 

Tara Mantra Recitation Session   


To be announced. 

A wonderful way to begin your day and to stabilize your practice. Each session will be 30-45 mins long.

20 Minutes of Calm 

Virtual Sittings – Online Meditation Sessions 

Tuesdays, 1pm ET  

Paused for now.  Stay tuned.

 

Special Events: 

Bodhi Day: Meditation & Aspiration Prayer Session

Saturday December 9 11:00AM ET

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Recent Past Teachings:

  • Jewel Ornament of Liberation
  • Lojong: Thought and Mind Transformation
  • Sutra of Remembering the Sublime Three Jewels
  • Themes from the Lotus Sutra
  • Book of Kadam
  • Three Principle Aspects of the Path
  • The Lotus Sutra

 

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The Lankavatara Sutra

Online retreat with the Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi

Saturday, February 24 8AM PT

The Lankavatara Sutra is one of the most important early Mahayana Buddhist texts and was influential in the formation of several later schools of Buddhism in Tibet, China and Japan.  The primacy of consciousness is one important concept from this sutra, which informed the  “mind-only” school of Yogachara / Chittamatra. Additional key teachings from this sutra include Buddha Nature (Tathagatagarbha Doctrine), the Three Bodies of the Buddha (Trikaya Doctrine), Non-self (Anatman), and Emptiness (Sunyata).

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Upcoming Retreats

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The Four Reliances

In person retreat with the Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi

Saturday April 6, 2024 Goleta, CA

A succinct discourse on ways thru which a serious student of Buddhadharma should reflect on objects of trust, faith and devotion. The Four Reliances is a “North Star” and a proper understanding of it can lead to more clarity and better alignment of one’s spiritual explorations. In a world mired with confusions and uncertainty, meditations on reliances is a grounding experience.
This retreat will include teaching, meditation and discussion.

Contact Susie Koesterer for more info.

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Etiquette for Virtual Gatherings, CyberDharma and on-line Retreats 

  • Join the session a few minutes prior to the actual start time.
  • Be sure that your computer is connected to the network and have the login information available.
  • When using video be sure that camera is at a proper angle. Or else choose not to transmit video.
  • Whether you are using computer audio or a phone line, mute yourself unless you have to say something or it is a Q&A session. After you’ve asked your question turn the phone to mute.
  • Do not pace around or talk to your pets or yourself while having the audio and video on. 
  • When using phone line only be sure you are at a quiet spot. If you are by yourself, please use a headset.
  • Prayer-books and texts are generally circulated in advance.

Virtual Meditation Sessions

  • Join the session a few minutes prior to the actual start time.
  • Find a quiet and comfortable place to Join in/ call in from.
  • Meditation sessions are generally silent unless it is a guided meditation
  • No Q&A unless the instructor has suggested as such