REGULAR EVENTS AND PROGRAMS

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WEEKLY PUBLIC PROGRAMS
TBLC offers a program to the public every Sunday. For details, please click on the event in the events calendar.

Prayer & Meditation Session: From 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. there is a prayer and meditation session in the Temple. The prayers are recited in English and have been translated from a Tibetan non-sectarian liturgy. This was written for large assemblies of Tibetan monks and nuns when gathering at the place of the Buddha's enlightenment in Bodh Gaya, India.

Classes: From 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. TBLC offers year-round classes in Tibetan Buddhism, taught by either TBLC resident teachers, Joshua W. C. Cutler & Diana M. Cutler, or a visiting teacher. The classes are appropriate for both beginning and advanced students of Buddhism.

All are welcome.

TBLC also offers a Thursday Night Buddhist Philosophy class from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This is designed for those who want to delve more deeply into the current topic, or those who cannot come on Sunday. Please call ahead for both recommended readings and possible schedule change.


ANNUAL LEARNING INTENSIVES

TBLC annual learning intensives take place over a two or three-day weekend and are an opportunity for an in-depth exploration of different Buddhist topics. Each day is usually divided into four one-hour sessions, but this sometimes varies to accord with the main teacher's preference. Plenty of time is set aside for questions and answers. Besides intellectual inquiry, there is often guided meditation, depending on the subject matter. The classes are appropriate for both beginning and advanced students of Buddhism. For current seminar schedule click here.

MAITREYA FESTIVAL

The Maitreya Festival is the biggest day of the TBLC annual calendar and is usually held on the third Sunday in August. After a procession at 2:00 p.m., there is a taped message from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, prayers from the assembled monks, and then food and entertainment. All are welcome. For further information on our annual festival, please click here.

FOUNDER'S DAY

Founder's Day this year will be held on February 6, 2011. It is a celebration of Geshe Wangyal's arrival in the United States on February 5, 1955, and was started by Geshe-la a few years before his death on January 30, 1983. It is usually held on the nearest Sunday to February 5th. As Geshe-la died on a date nearby his arrival date, Founder's Day is also a remembrance of his passing away. Therefore, we first recite prayers in the Temple at 11:00 a.m. This is followed by a Talk by the Executive Director Joshua Cutler. Lunch is then served in the School House. All are welcome. Click here to download a biographical sketch of Geshe Wangyal in Word.

Joshua W. C. Cutler gave the following talk on Founder’s Day February 5, 2007.


Joshua W. C. Cutler gave the following talk on Founder’s Day February 3, 2008.


Joshua W. C. Cutler gave the following talk on Founder’s Day February 7, 2010.

RECOMMENDED READINGS:
In general: Geshe Wangyal’s Door of Liberation, The Prince who Became a Cuckoo: A Tale of Liberation, and The Jeweled Staircase, Je Tsong-kha-pa's Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Lam Rim Chen Mo).

For His Holiness’s 2008 teachings: Great Treatise, all three volumes; for 20% discount go to www.snowlionpub.com.