*|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 […]
*|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 Dear Friends, Greetings from the Buddhist Studies Institute! I hope this message finds you in good health and spirit. I am writing to you today to share some exciting news and ask for your support in this year’s fundraising drive. As you may know, Buddhist Studies Institute is a 501c3 […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Heart Sutra with Pema Khandro & Shugen 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 Prajnaparamita, the Heart […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Bardo RetreatTeachings on Death & Dying November 3-5 Online 5pm PT San Francisco | 8pm ET New York | 11am AET Sydney Facing realities of dying, death, and grief are central to our human experience. This program offers practical instructions for helping others in the process of dying and […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Bardo RetreatTeachings on Death & Dying November 3-5 Online 5pm PT San Francisco | 8pm ET New York | 11am AET Sydney Facing realities of dying, death, and grief are central to our human experience. This program offers practical instructions for helping others in the process of dying and […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Bardo RetreatTeachings on Death & Dying November 3-5 Online 5pm PT San Francisco | 8pm ET New York | 11am AET Sydney Facing realities of dying, death, and grief are central to our human experience. This program offers practical instructions for helping others in the process of dying and […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Bardo Retreat: Teachings on Death & Dying November 3-5 Online 5pm PT San Francisco | 8pm ET New York | 11am AET Sydney Facing realities of dying, death, and grief are central to our human experience. This program offers practical instructions for helping others in the process of dying […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser Dear Sangha, We currently have a residential opening at Dakini Mountain, in the Tahoe National Forest, outside of Nevada City. We are currently offering the ground floor to potential resident/s for a minimum of 3-6 month contract starting December 1st, 2023. This is in the lodge that […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Bardo Retreat: Buddhist practices for death & dying November 3-5 Online with Pema Khandro 5pm PT San Francisco | 8pm ET New York | 11am AET Sydney Facing realities of dying, death, and grief are central to our human experience. This program offers practical instructions for helping others in […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Black Wrathful Dakini’s Secret Tantra With Lama Pema Khandro, Ph.D. October 6-8th, 2023Online 9:00am-12:00pm San Francisco PT 12:00pm -3:00pm New York ET 5:00pm-8:00pm London BT The meditation practice of the black wrathful Dakini, Troma Nagmo, unlocks the innermost wisdom mind. Troma Nagmo is the fiercely compassionate form of Vajrayogini. […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Black Wrathful Dakini’s Secret Tantra With Lama Pema Khandro, Ph.D. October 6-8th, 2023Online 9:00am-12:00pm San Francisco PT 12:00pm -3:00pm New York ET 5:00pm-8:00pm London BT This is a rare opportunity to study excerpts from the Troma text held within the original Dzogchen tantras known as the seventeen tantras, the […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Members Only Class with Pema Khandro, Janak and Aruna Buddhism & Sexuality: Clarifying Consent Wednesday September 27th, 2023 5pm PT / 8pm ET A conversation with Pema Khandro, Janak, and Aruna on creating a safe community for non-celibate practitioners. For Members and Participants of the Buddhism & Sexuality Series […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Black Wrathful Dakini’s Secret Tantra With Lama Pema Khandro, Ph.D. Online: October 6-8th, 2023 9am -12pm San Francisco PDT 12pm – 3pm New York EDT 11am – 2pm Sydney AEDT Tantra and Dzogchen with their themes of transformation and being exactly we as are can sometimes seem contradictory. Yet […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute The Black Wrathful Dakini’s Secret Tantra With Lama Pema Khandro, Ph.D. October 6-8th, 2023 Online 9:00am-12:00pm PST 12:00pm -3:00pm EST 5:00pm-8:00pm BST Tantra and Dzogchen with their themes of transformation and being exactly we as are can sometimes seem contradictory. Yet they represent two profound paths to contemplative realization that […]
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Buddhist Studies Institute Finding Rest & Ease in the Nature of Mind: Longchenpa’s Guide with Pema KhandroSeptember 8-10th 2023 Online 8:00am-12:30pm PST San Francisco 11:00pm -3:30pm EST New York 4:00pm-8:30pm BST London Why online Buddhist Study? This retreat is led entirely online. We believe that online dharma study provides access for in depth practice […]
