March - FPMT Losang Dragpa Centre

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Monthly Newsletter of Losang Dragpa Center
Surprise Visit
March 2007
members turned up at the Center.
Everybody waited with abated breath
for that moment to come, holding in
their hands kata and offering. Until
we saw our precious Guru Kyabje
Lama Zopa Rinpoche step out of the
car, we couldn’t believe it is really
Rinpoche who is right in front of us,
smiling and blessing everyone. It was
such an amazingly beautiful surprise!
“Suddenly Roger and I decided to drop by”
– Lama Zopa Rinpoche said of his surprise visit.
O
n the evening of 12th February
when most of us were just
about to return home from
work or enjoying dinner with our
family, a surprising phone call drew
everybody from ten directions to
gather at LDC prayer hall to do the
Guru Puja. It was not April Fool’s day,
but many thought it was a joke, when
receiving the phone call from their
dharma friend or from the centre; Not
believing, some called the sangha to
confirm. Nevertheless, quite magically,
within half an hour, nearly a hundred
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Rinpoche went up to the altar, lit up
a giant candle which was to burn
throughout the 15 days of New Year.
Rinpoche sat on His throne and the
Guru Puja began at 9pm. We did
the long version of Guru Puja which
Rinpoche instructed to do before
He arrived at the Center. It was near
midnight when we finished the puja.
Rinpoche then started with, “Good
evening to everyone! As we were
flying by airplane, suddenly Roger
and I decided to drop by! Suddenly
we dropped without a parachute..
hehe… joking.. hehehe hehe…we
came for a holiday.. hehe hehe…a
vacation.. so maybe we have a little
chat..”
Rinpoche then recalled after His last
visit to Malaysia, He went to Perth,
Adelaide, Melbourne, Bendigo,
Sydney and New Zealand.
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Sera. Rinpoche also gave teaching
and advice to the Kopan monks who
are studying in Gyurme Tantric College.
Just a few days before Rinpoche left
Sera, He went to a pilgrimage at a
nearby Heruka holy place. Rinpoche’s
chatting ended with “so that’s it! Now
finished.. just some chit chat… so thank
you very much… see u again… ok..
thank you…please continue to develop
your practice, your realization, and
progression of the center, that will help
your individual development as well as
other students. It is very good to help
each other, so thank you very much.
See you!
Rinpoche also mentioned about His
guru Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche who
manifested cancer illness in Israel,
thus having to return to India. So
Rinpoche was requested to replace
Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche’s program
in Canada and USA, and to give
initiation and commentary on
Guyasamaja at Vajrapani Center.
Rinpoche then flew to Kopan
Monastery for the second part of
the November meditation course,
followed by the Geshe Conference
and hosting His Holiness’s teaching
and long life puja at Sarnath. After
that Rinpoche went to Bodhgaya for
Maitreya Retreat and then to Sera Je
to attend Hayagriva Initiation given
by His Holiness, followed by doing
the Hayagriva Puja with the largest
number of monks and longest number
of days ever conducted at Sera Je
Monastery and complete with fire
pujas. Rinpoche then received oral
transmission from Rato Rinpoche at
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Everyone in the gompa rushed to line
up with kata and offering in hand. At
one point, Rinpoche noticed some
Christmas lights hanging inside and
outside of the gompa and wondered
if those lights are hung as New Year
decorations. When the explanation
was given that those lights are for
offering, Rinpoche showed a broad
smile and said, “This is my culture.”
It was near 1am when everyone sent
off Rinpoche with great joy in their
hearts.
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Message from LDC Director to
all members of Losang Dragpa
Buddhist Meditation Center
Dear everyone,
First of all a very happy Chinese
New Year to everyone. May the
new year of the Fire Boar bring
you happiness, prosperity, success
and most of all ... many realizations
and blessings from our most
precious holy guru, Kyabje Lama
Zopa Rinpoche. It was indeed
a very delightful, wonderful and
unexpected surprise that Rinpoche
visited us recently (He was here on
a private visit), and we were all so
fortunate to have had Rinpoche
join us at LDC’s Guru Puja on TSOG
day ...
Lama Zopa Rinpoche returned to
India yesterday morning, and from
there He will be going to Taiwan
to spend six weeks in retreat with
the members at the Taichung
Center. After that Rinpoche will
be going to Australia for HH the
Dalai Lama’s teaching tour there.
Rinpoche is scheduled to be in
Kuala Lumpur again from May 21st
through to June 4th 2007. We will
be sending you Rinpoche’s May
program at LDC shortly. However
just to let you know that there will
be a three day TARA Retreat with
Rinpoche on 25th/26th/27th May
2007. This Retreat is opened to all
LDC members and I am giving you
these dates so you have plenty of
notice. More details will come later.
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Meanwhile Rejoice!
While Rinpoche was here recently,
Rinpoche informed me that He had
sent a letter to our Resident Geshe
Deyang that it was more important
and beneficial for him to look after
Geshe Kelsang in Sera monastery
than to continue teaching at LDC.
As some of you may already be
aware, Geshe Kelsang (who was
LDC’s resident Geshe for five years
previously) has only recently come
out from an operation for cancer
and is currently very weak. In fact
as at today, he is still in hospital for
radiotherapy. Geshe Deyang has
to be at Sera to look after Geshe la.
Rinpoche has thus advised that
LDC should look for a new Geshe,
which brings me to the second part
of this letter.
I am delighted and incredibly
happy to let all of you know that
Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche has
very very kindly given His approval
for LDC to appoint GESHE TENZIN
ZOPA as our new resident Geshe
with immediate effect.
The EXCO is thus currently working
on the necessary documentation to
bring Geshe Tenzin Zopa to Kuala
Lumpur and also to make entry visa
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applications. It is hoped that we can
bring Geshe la out here by the end
of March 2007.
All of you already know Geshe Tenzin
Zopa, who has been to Malaysia as
a visiting teacher several times. We
all know him as a very humble and
extremely able and knowledgeable
teacher. His presence at LDC will be
extremely beneficial for LDC and
for its members. He is extremely
popular with many of the FPMT
centers who know him but we like
to think that he has a very special
and close connection with LDC and
its members especially those who
have been on Pilgrimage with him in
Katmandu year 2005 and in Varanasi
year 2006.
Geshe Tenzin Zopa was formerly
the heart attendant to the
incomparable Mahasiddha Geshe
Lama Konchog. He recently
graduated as Geshe from SERA JE
MONASTIC UNIVERSITY in Southern
India. He is a very senior member
of Kopan Monastery in Katmandu
and of the FPMT fraternity. He works
tirelessly in the service of our precious
holy guru and is currently organizing
the enthronement ceremony for
young Phuntsok Rinpoche. Geshe
Tenzin Zopa is and will continue
to be in charge of overseeing the
building of the nunnery for the TSUM
Valley Project in accordance with
Rinpoche’s wishes.
I am sure that all of you join me in
rejoicing at our wonderful karma to
be able to welcome Geshe Tenzin
Zopa as our new Geshe. He has
kindly agreed to come out so we will
try and work hard to bring him out
here as soon as possible.
with best wishes and much love,
Lillian Too
President
Wor ds of Wisd om
for Mar ch
“Having wealth is not the problem. So, what is the
problem? The problem is the mind desiring and clinging
to wealth – that is the problem. Having a friend is not the
problem; the mind clinging to the friend makes having
a friend a problem”
~By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche~
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LDC NEWS
Passing away of High Lamas
One year just passed when Ribur Rinpoche
manifested passing away. A very highly qualified
lama to thousands of students worldwide and
guru to our precious Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Ribur
Rinpoche preaches dharma with a great sense of
humour. He visited LDC in year 2003. Many of us
may not have met Him but numberless beings have
benefitted through his kindness and practice.
16th December 2006, a falling
star mark another day of the
passing away of the most
Venerable Kirti Tsenshab
Rinpoche. A rare master in the
world who holds the lineage of
Kalachakra, and has indepth
realization on Kalachakra. He
was next in line to His Holiness,
the 14th Dalai Lama, to bestow
Kalachakra Initiation.
His Eminence Chobgye Trichen Rinpoche,
renowned master in the Tibetan Buddhist
tradition and highly respected by many
lamas, He was said to be the manifestation of
Maitreya Buddha. Chobgye Rinpoche has a
monastery in Boudha Stupa in Kathmandu and
Sarnath/ Bodhgaya in North India. Lama Zopa
Rinpoche often consult Chobgye Rinpoche for
various observations and advice. On January
2007 Chobgye Rinpoche manifested passing
into parinirvana.
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March Program Highlights
Dharma Program conducted by
Ven. Ang Losang on every Sunday, 4-5:30pm
March: Dare To Be Your Own Boss!
That’s right! To be your own boss. This
is what Buddhism is all about: we talk
about finding out the root-cause for all
our happiness and unhappiness, and
then we create the cause which brings
only desirable results and we stop the
cause which brings unwanted suffering.
It’s all about KARMA.
What is karma? Karma is a Sanskrit
word which in simple language means
“action”. And there are generally three
types of action: those of the body,
speech and mind. Karma is also called
the “law of cause and effect”: every
cause has an effect and likewise, every
effect has a cause.
Why study karma? It is by knowing
the workings of karma that we will
understand the underlying principles that
govern all that exists, including ourselves.
And that means, by knowing the causes
of misery we can get rid of them, and
by knowing the causes of happiness, we
can continue to develop them.
In this way we will take charge of our
life; and become our own boss. And we
can become happy, successful, healthy,
beautiful, and be able to gain the entire
temporal and ultimate goal for ourselves
and for others.
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Topics to be covered in March:
March 4
How to Shape Your Life
March 11 How to be Successful
March 18 How to Achieve Happiness
March 25 Understanding the Reality
April:
What’s Wrong With My Life?
Many people think they have a
wonderful spouse, perfect kids,
well-paid job, perfect good health
and physique; they are smart and
competitive, they own bungalows and
expensive cars, they are the object of
envy. And they cannot come to terms
with the idea of “seeking liberation”.
What is this liberation all about?
What is it that we are trying to break
away from?
Why are these seemingly pleasurable
and absolutely desirable experiences
deem worthless and without essence?
What is it that undermines all these socalled “perfect and happy life”?
On the other hand, when misfortunate
has befallen us and shattered our life,
we look around trying to pin-point
others as the culprit of all our troubles.
We might then be satisfied with finding
a scapegoat, but we’ll not even come
close to resolving our problems from
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their root.
“What’s wrong with my life?” you might
think.
Come to this series of teaching and
you’ll find out.
Topics to be covered in April:
April 1
Developing the Thoughts of
Yearning for Liberation
April 8
Working with the Cause of All
Tribulations (work against
delusions with skills)
April 15 Peaceful Death & Happy
Rebirth (about death &
rebirth)
April 22 Discovering the Truth of Our
Life (about the 12 links)
April 29 The Meaning of Life (path to
liberation)
Maitreya Puja
Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche has
emphasized that the key success for
projects depends on the amount of
merit accumulated. Rinpoche has also
constantly reminded His students to do
virtuous deeds to accumulate merit
and dedicate it for success to ultimately
reach the goal of enlightenment.
Rinpoche has numberless projects to
look after. Those we see listed in the
website are only a handful. There are
many which we don’t even realize
are under the care of Rinpoche.
Whilst Rinpoche continues to take on
various huge responsibilities, He is also
continuously making offerings to big
and small monasteries all over Nepal
and India. For example, every year
Rinpoche offers exclusively beautiful silk
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fabric & jewelry to Boudanath Stupa.
In His house in the States, extensive
water bowls and light offerings are
made to all holy objects. Rinpoche
offers gold to the Wisdom Sutra, and
offers the best offerings He receives to
all His gurus. Rinpoche is our perfect
example in performing virtuous deeds
to accumulate merits.
It has long since Rinpoche expressed
His wish to build a Maitreya Statue in
Bodhgaya. In the past, from time to
time we receive advice to collectively
perform various prayers in Rinpoche’s
centers dedicated for this project. The
project is now being headed by our
deputy director- MK Sen. LDC has
decided to conduct Maitreya Puja
every month dedicating to the smooth
progress of the project. Maitreya
Buddha Puja will be conducted with
the arrangement of the thousand
Offerings. It is indeed a great chance to
accumulate extensive merit.
On the last Saturday of every month,
4-6pm @ LDC, let us all come to pray
together. We will not only accumulate
merit for the project and ourselves,
we are also making connections with
Maitreya Buddha. In case we don’t get
ourselves liberated from samsara during
this era, we will definitely be looked
after by Maitreya Buddha, when He
descends to this world.
Gilding Maitreya Statue
In the recent visit to LDC, our most
precious guru Kyabje Lama Zopa
Rinpoche had mentioned it would be
very beneficial to gild (gold leaf) our
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beautiful Maitreya Buddha. Kyabje
Lama Zopa Rinpoche said, “It is very
good to gild the statue of the future
Buddha Maitreya. Anyone of you who
has the skill, should help to gild the
statue with gold leaf. This creates very
extensive merit. But you need to have
very good skill with the gold leaf. I did
it before. If you can’t handle the gold
leaf well, the gilding surface becomes
very rough. If you have good gilding
skill the gold leaf on the statue
becomes very smooth. This is very
important.” Rinpoche also mentioned
that if one person gild the statue, only
that person create merit; however if
many people can participate in gilding
the statue, many people create the
merit together.
Hence we are raising funds to gild (gold
leaf) this beautiful Maitreya Buddha sitting
on our altar in LDC gompa. If you would
like to help fund the gilding of the statue,
you may come to LDC to leave your
donation in the box in front of Maitreya
Statue or you may consult our office to
get further assistance. Thank You.
Our Glorious Report…
Chinese New Yer with Geshe Tenzin Zopa
Year, Geshe la without hesitation decided
to come to Malaysia to spend the first 3
days at LDC.
We are fortunate to have Geshe Tenzin
Zopa celebrate with us the first day of
Chinese New Year & Tibetan Losar during
which we welcomed the lion dance
to the Center, followed by an hour of
Guru Puja. In fact Geshe Zopa was in
Singapore assisting in translation for Dagri
Rinpoche. However when we mentioned
to Geshe la about the significance of
having him with us on the first day of New
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On the second day of New Year, we
organised an Incense Puja in the Center
followed by lunch with Geshe la, Sangha
and Center Committee. Our Center
Director Lillian took that opportunity to
brief Geshe la on the program in the
Center, and discussed future plans when
Geshe la returns. Coincidently, we all
share the same vision for the future of
LDC. Geshe Zopa mentioned that when
he departed Singapore Airport to come
to Malaysia, the whole journey somehow
seemed to be shorter than before and in
the plane he did nothing except reflect
on the kindness of Rinpoche and the holy
deeds of Rinpoche. When the plane
landed at KLIA, Geshe la generated
himself as Rinpoche who is coming to
LDC. Geshe la said when he returns to
LDC this time, he will not come as Tenzin
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Zopa, he will come as Rinpoche.
because you take him as your guru…..”
It was a very short but fruitful visit of Geshe
Zopa. Night doesn’t seem to be bed time
when we can discuss and share about
dharma while watching fire works in the
dark sky with cups of hot drink. Everyone
awaits the return of Geshe Zopa very
soon!
“……When you become sangha, you
have to be pure. That’s very important.
not necessarily the outside appearance
but your heart, your thought, your
motivation have to be pure toward things,
people. When you become a disciple of
your guru, when you become sangha,
your thoughts and perception have to
be pure, that means everything turns
into kindness. Some people say “pure”
meaning “kindness”. When everything
turns into kindness, it turns into avoid
harming, not just people, it can be an
insect or a mosquito…..”
Heart to Heart with
Charok Lama
This year Charok Lama visited LDC on
7th February and once again we had
a wonderful session with Lama. Charok
Lama started with a short explanation on
the importance of one’s guru followed by
a discussion session. Here is an excerpt
of what was discussed during that
session.
“First of all when you talk about guru it
is based on someone whom you really
trust. Basically it means He is someone
really high, special to you, someone
who leads you through your life until
enlightenment or shows you the way to
enlightenment. It doesn’t mean that you
just meet someone and you want him to
be your guru, that’s not right. Before you
take refuge in your guru, you have to
ask yourself - why am I taking refuge in
him?....”
“…..when he gives you suggestion, he
gives you vows to take, he gives you
thought and advice. When you listen
to those advice, it becomes dharma.
It is not that dharma is some spiritual
text translated from Sanskrit. It doesn’t
have to be like that. Every speech of
your guru can turn into dharma for you,
not necessary to everyone, but to you,
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Charok Lama gave the talk of about 15
minutes and before Charok Lama could
continue, the audience had a lot of
questions:
Question: You said that everything
the guru said automatically becomes
dharma, do you really believe that?
Charok Lama: Well… it has to be… …first
of all, do you believe that the guru turns
into Buddha? When you take refuge in
your guru, did you believe that the guru
turns into Buddha?
Audience: I do… I do…
Charok Lama: You believe that, right?
So when you believe that your guru turns
into Buddha, do you believe that the
Buddha’s speech, or the saying of Buddha
is Dharma?
Audience: Sometimes. For example, when
I look at the guru, I see him as Buddha
especially when he talks to me about
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Dharma. But when he starts to joke with
me, then I think he is manifesting as a
human being…
Charok Lama: Even if he manifests as
human or animal… it doesn’t matter.. is
he still the Buddha or not? If a Buddha
manifest into a mosquito, he is still a
Buddha. If an Arhat manifests into parrot
and helps in the jungle, do you still believe
the parrot is an arhat or not?
Question: If a lama knows he is a
manifestation of Buddha, can he tell us?
Charok Lama: If he wants to tell, I am sure
he can tell. For example, the Buddha
himself, when he became enlightened, he
was in the jungle, 2 nagas came to him,
he told the nagas, “I am enlightened.”
Then the nagas asked, “If you are
enlightened, why don’t you teach?” The
Buddha replied, “I cannot teach, because
the knowledge I have, no one can realize,
that’s why I cannot teach.” So there
can be a Buddha who says, “I am an
enlightened being.”
Question: There are people who are
always searching for a guru. Is it the guru
who chooses the disciple or is it we who
choose the guru?
Charok Lama: One is related to karma.
The other, mainly the disciple decides.
For example, the guru knows you are
his disciple, so then he comes and try to
teach you, so you will gain trust in him.
Some.. the students have to go to search.
Some… have option… for example, I am a
friend of someone and I was told this guru
is good, so I go to see and try to know him,
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then I choose. Anyway, mainly depends on
you to choose. Some depend on karma,
some go to take refuge and later come
back to room and wonder “why did I take
refuge?” You don’t realize you take refuge
because it is linked to karma. And after
that when you see the result, then you
realize it was good to have taken refuge in
the Guru.
Question: Many people don’t realize the
importance of guru-disciple relationship,
but they have good motivation, they
come and take initiation, and according
to the guideline of Tibetan Buddhism,
when you have take initiation under a
guru, you have automatically established
guru-disciple relationship even though you
may not think whether he is good enough
or why am I taking refuge. As soon as you
take initiation, the person become your
guru, supposing you go home and think
“Oh my god! I made a mistake.” What do
you advise such a person to do?
Charok Lama: Think well before you go to
take initiation.
Audience: Supposing its already done.
Charok Lama: Already done, then done!
There is nothing to do… really! It’s like killing
someone, you go to kill someone, after
killing then you regret, but already kill, you
can’t bring him back to life, right or not?
So you should think before you kill. “Should
I kill or not?” After killing then you say “Oh
I killed him”. What to do? After you finish
killing, you can’t bring him back to life.
Audience: Let’s say you suddenly discover
he is not the guru, can’t you back out?
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Charok Lama: I tell you what to do… If
you take initiation from someone and he
becomes your guru, if you think something
like that, my advice is don’t criticize, you
don’t have to appreciate him, but also
don’t criticize. That is my advice.
Question: Once your root guru passes
away, and you see him coming back and
his reincarnation is recognized, does he
become your root guru again as a little
boy? Or do you take on another root
guru?
Charok Lama: You can still take him as a
root guru because is the same person, only
in a different form. I ask you a question,
“when you take refuge in your root guru,
for example, Lama Zopa, did you take
refuge in his form/ shape, or do you take
refuge in his mind or consciousness?
Audience: Well… we never thought of it
that way….
Question: I just found out that I have a
enemy in my class. I was quite close to
my classmates but once I found out that
they don’t really like me, my perception
of them changed, so I am not quite sure
what to do now?
Charok Lama: It is not that they have
changed, it is that when you hear things, it
changes by itself in your perception. Your
mind has 2 parts, one part is where you
see the good part of him, another part is
where you see the bad part of him. For
example, first you see the good part of
him because you don’t hear anything bad
that he/she did , so you think oh he/she is
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my friend, he/she is a good guy, but then
sometimes later someone says he/she
did this and that, and your perception
turns negative because someone put
the negative thought in your mind. Then
you start to think he/ she doesn’t like me.
So it depends on your mind, whether you
still want to hate him/ her or not. So you
can change, it is easy. You can make
an option, it depends on your mind.
Because each and everything you see, a
person, a food, or anything, a drawing, for
example, you see a drawing of Protector
and you think, “Errr.. it is scary.. with fangs
and fire behind, it is really scary, with blue
color…!” but if someone tell you, “oh!
He is very auspicious because he guards
the teaching, he guards the Buddhas..”
Someone says something good about him
into you, then you only see the good part
in him and then you know “oh, he is good,
he is a protector, he protects this, he
protect that, he might protect me too….
like that.” So even with a painting you
have the perception of good and bad
it depends on you which one you want
to choose. All depends on your mind,
depends on how you want to feel about it.
“Suddenly Roger and I decided to drop by”
– Lama Zopa Rinpoche said of his surprise visit.
Khenrinpoche with YYP children
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LDC Dharma Program for March 2007
P - Precepts
BP - Special Days of Lord Buddha
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Tibetan Full Moon
Wednesday
7
Tibetan New Moon
Thursday
Friday
1P
2P
Medicine
Buddha Retreat
Medicine
Buddha Retreat
8
9
Dharma class
in Mandarin:
Buddha & Me
7.30-9pm
12
13
14
14
15
Dharma class in
Mandarin:
History of Tibetan
Buddhism
7.30-9pm
Guru Puja 7:30pm
TSOG OFFERINGS
19 P
20
21
16
22
23
Dharma class in
Mandarin:
Tibetan Buddhism
in a Nutshell
7.30-9pm
26 P
27
28
Guru Puja 7:30pm
Tara Puja 7:30pm
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TSOG OFFERINGS
29
30
Dharma class in
Mandarin:
Establishing one’s
daily practice
7.30-9pm
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Dharma Class in MANDARIN on
every Friday evening, 7:30-9pm
Saturday
Sunday
3P
Day of Miracle
Medicine
Buddha Retreat
(last day)
Medicine Buddha Puja
7:30pm
4
YPP- Importance of
Mantra recitation
10am
How to shape your life
4-5.30pm
10
11
YPP- Drawing good
deeds
10am
How to be successful
4-5.30pm
17
YPPTeam building/
leadership tranining
10am
18
Tsa-Tsa Workshop
10am
How to achieve
Happiness
4-5.30pm
Protector Puja
6pm
24
25
YPP- Advanced
Flower Arrangement
10am
Animal Liberation
11am
Understanding the
reality
4-5.30pm
31
Maitreya Buddha Puja
4-6pm
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This is a 2-month course (March & April) on
Entry-level Buddhism mainly for our Mandarinspeaking members and friends. Please help to
spread this good news around!
Buddhism ABC 佛法初探
March 9
Buddha & Me 佛陀與我
This is not just about learning the historical events
which were related to Buddha Shakyamuni. It’s more
about how His life mirrors ours, and what are His view
and philosophy of life which continues to inspire and
safeguard numberless beings for more than two
thousand five hundred years.
March 16
History of Tibetan Buddhism
話說西藏佛教史
From the reigns of Songtsen Gompo to Trison Detsen,
from the influential Padmasambhava to the erudite
Lama Atisha, from the rise to the fall of Buddhism
in Tibet and vice versa, and the various important
historical accounts which renders Tibetan Buddhism its
uniqueness in many ways, such as the system of finding
a re-incarnate lama - this is both a very interesting and
informative session which you’d be sorry to miss!
March 23
Tibetan Buddhism in a Nutshell
西藏佛教解剖圖
If Lam Rim is the map or compass of Buddhism, this is the
INDEX. Why wait? Mark your diary now!
March 30
Establishing One’s Daily Practice
與佛菩薩打交道
How do I set up a Buddhist altar?
What prayers do I do if I have only 20 minutes in the
morning? What’s the difference between prayer and
dedication? Can I recite mantra when I’m cooking?
How about in the toilet?!.... If you do not have a definite
answer to these questions, well this session may just be
the right one for you!
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LDC Dharma Program for April 2007
P - Precepts
BP - Special Days of Lord Buddha
Monday
Tuesday
Tibetan Full Moon
Wednesday
Tibetan New Moon
Thursday
Friday
30
2P
3
4
5
6
10
11
12
12
13
Medicine Buddha Puja
7.30 pm
9
Guru Puja 7:30pm
TSOG OFFERINGS
16
17 P
18
19
20
24 P
25
26
27
Protector Puja
7.30pm
23
Guru Puja 7:30pm
Tara Puja 7:30pm
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TSOG OFFERINGS
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Saturday
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Sunday
1
Developing the
thoughts of yearning
for liberation
4-5.30pm
7
8
The schedule of Tsa-Tsa Circle
activities for year 2007:
March 18
Tsa-Tsa Workshop (Max. 20pax)
April 15
Gilding Workshop (Max. 10pax)
June 17
Working with the cause
of all Tribulation
4-5.30pm
14
15
Gilding Workshop
10am
Peaceful Death and
Happy Rebirth
4-5.30pm
21
22
Discovering the Truth
of our life
4-5.30pm
28
29
DIY (Do it yourslef) & Chat Group
July 8
Tsa-Tsa Workshop (Max. 20pax)
Aug 12
Gilding Workshop (Max. 10pax)
Oct 2
DIY (Do it yourslef) & Chat Group
Nov 11
Tsa-Tsa Workshop (Max. 20pax)
Dec 9
DIY (Do it yourslef) & Chat Group
Animal Liberation
11am
Maitreya Buddha Puja
4-6pm
The meaning of life
4-5.30pm
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For the Tsa-tsa Workshop it is RM 20 for members and
RM 30 For non-members. For gilding and DIY session,
We do not have the costing yet. Please look up at the
Bulletin Board in LDC from time to time.
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CENTER OPERATING HOURS :
Monday-Friday :
10:00am - 6:00pm
For donations, please make
all crossed cheques payable to
Losang Dragpa Buddhist Society.
Your donation is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
LOSANG DRAGPA CENTER’S :
Address: No.1, Jalan 17/21F,
46400, Petaling Jaya,
Selangor Darul Eshan, Malaysia.
Telephone Number: 603 - 7968 3278
Fax Number: 603 - 7956 7280
Email: ldc1@streamyx.com
Website: www.fpmt-ldc.org
LDC’S SPIRITUAL GURU :
Kyabje Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
Website dedicated to Rinpoche:
www.fpmt.org (look for Spiritual Director)
& www.lamazopa.com
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