*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute FREE 40-Day Meditation Marathon This is an invitation to join us for practice every single day until Losar (Tibetan New Year) on February 10th. It’s so wonderful to be able to share this commitment with others and we invite you to join us every day for our free Daily Meditation […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Early Registration Ends January 12! Join Pema Khandro and the Buddhist Studies Institute for a weekend of fasting, purification, and re-envisioning ones life. A profound cleansing of body and mind, the Buddhist Fasting practice, “Nyungne” is a practice of disintegrating previous ways of being to re-emerge within the ground of […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Buddhist Fasting Retreat Online with Pema Khandro January 26 – January 28, 20249am – 12pm PST | 12pm – 3pm EST | 5pm – 8pm GMT Join Pema Khandro and the Buddhist Studies Institute for a weekend of fasting, purification, and re-envisioning ones life. A profound cleansing of body and […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Happy New Year! Wishing you a very Happy New Year from Pema Khandro and the Buddhist Studies Institute! If you resolved to practice more this year, we are here to support you with many exciting events, starting today! We hope you will take advantage of this wonderful and FREE opportunity […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Dear Friends, Making a donation to support the Buddha’s teaching would be an auspicious way to bring 2023 to a close. The goal of funding a long overdue technology remodel of the websites, digital libraries and software of the Buddhist Studies Institute could still use your help. Your donation makes […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute 40-Day Meditation Marathon January 1 – February 10 Daily Online 12pm Los Angeles PT | 3pm New York ET | 8pm London GMT January 1st is the kick-off to our 40 day meditation marathon. This is an invitation to practice every single day for 40 days from January 1st to […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Dear Friends, If you care about the Buddhist Studies Institute, now is a great time to make a donation. Why not give a gift to something you love? Pema Khandro and the Buddhist Studies Institute provide classes, retreats, trainings, meditations and more. But it can’t be accomplished without a […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Dear Friends, If you care about the Buddhist Studies Institute, now is an important time to step up and make a donation. It’s going to take each and every one of us. Why does it matter? Because like any cause, calling or noble activity, it takes effort and sacrifice […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Dear Friends, How do you feel about technology – Smartphones, Laptops, Apps, Websites, Social Media, Email? Love it? Hate it? Love it and Hate it? If you’re like me, you have mixed feelings, but it’s hard to deny the pervasive and powerful presence of technology in our lives today. One […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Ngondro TrainingHeart of the Vast Expanse with Pema Khandro Module 1 begins January 29 Mondays Online 5pm Los Angeles PT | 8pm New York ET | 12pm Sydney AET Ngondro presents the core practices of Buddhist psychology, working with core needs in identity, relationality, forgiveness and repair, resources and the […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Dear Dharma Friends, I have been studying Buddhism for a long time, first when I was a girl and then as I grew up I ended up dedicating my whole life to Buddhist service. So when the questions about transmissions online where raised I also was swept into the doubts. […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Dear Friends, First of all, I would like to express gratitude to those of you who have donated to the Fall 2023 Buddhist Studies Institute Fundraiser. Each friend, each sangha member who has donated is helping make the Buddhist teachings more vital. Do you ever think about power? It’s a […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Ngondro TrainingHeart of the Vast Expanse with Pema Khandro Module 1 begins January 29 Mondays Online 5pm Los Angeles PT | 8pm New York ET | 12pm Sydney AET Ngondro presents the core practices of Buddhist psychology, working with core needs in identity, relationality, forgiveness and repair, resources and the […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The 21 TarasPema Khandro’s Birthday Celebration & Fundraiser December 2, 2023 Online 6pm – 7:30pm PT San Francisco 9pm – 10:30pm ET New York 1pm- 2:30pm AEDT Sydney The twenty-one taras is a sublime chanting meditation and praise of the forms of the female Bodhisattva Tara, each one a contemplation […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Heart Sutra with Pema Khandro, Ph.D & Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi December 1 – 3 Online 9am PST San Francisco | 12pm EST New York | 5pm GMT London The Heart Sutra for more than two thousand years has been chanted daily by Buddhists around the world. Known as […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Dear Friends, If you wanted to make a donation but didn’t get the chance, you can still do it. The goal is to bring in $50,000 to keep the Buddhist Studies Institute vital digital infrastructure workable for the staff and even more available, robust and user friendly for all the […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Dear Dharma Friends, There is a dakini story related to the life of Naropa, a famous master of Tibetan Buddhism. He had been a learned scholar until he had a surprising encounter with a strange looking dakini. She told him, you understand the words, but you don’t understand the meaning. […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Dear Friends, Giving Tuesday is tomorrow. Please make a donation to support the End of Year 2023 Buddhist Studies Institute Fundraising drive. The goal is to bring in $50,000 to keep the Buddhist Studies Institute vital digital infrastructure workable for the staff and even more available, robust and user friendly […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Dear Dharma Friends, There is a saying that the Buddha taught in all the languages of all the 84,000 different kinds of beings. It is something I have heard over and over again. That the Buddha was this compassionate to manifest even as a teacher in the underworld to teach […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Dear Dharma Friends, Since 2011 we have had this bold vision of integrating Vajrayana and technology. It is a highly contested issue amongst Vajrayana communities, how much, if at all, can online programming and Vajrayana education be utilized. All the concerns are legitimate, such as concerns about the quality of […]
