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Offering to the Spiritual Guide

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September 22, 2023 @ 6:30 pm – September 25, 2023 @ 8:30 pm
2023-09-22T18:30:00-05:00
2023-09-25T20:30:00-05:00
Puja/Meditation

Offering to the Spiritual Guide

Celebrating Buddha’s Return from Heaven Day

Feel free to come for part of this puja if you are not able to stay until the end.  This is perfectly fine and one should leave when it is necessary.

The practice of relying upon a Spiritual Guide, or ‘Guru Yoga’, is the root of the spiritual path and the foundation of all spiritual attainments.

In Kadampa Buddhism, Guru Yoga is practiced in association with Je Tsongkhapa, an emanation of the Wisdom Buddha Manjushri.

The principal Guru Yoga of Je Tsongkhapa is Offering to the Spiritual Guide, which is an extensive practice that is usually performed twice a month, on the 10th and 25th days, at Kadampa Buddhist centers.

It was compiled by the first Panchen Lama, Losang Chökyi Gyaltsän, as a preliminary practice for Vajrayana Mahamudra.

Although the main practice is reliance upon the Spiritual Guide, it also includes all the essential practices of the stages of the path (Lamrim) and training the mind (Lojong), as well as both the generation stage and completion stage of Highest Yoga Tantra.

Guru yoga is a special method for receiving the blessings of our Spiritual Guide. Here, the term ‘Guru’ does not imply that our Spiritual Guide should be Indian. Our Spiritual Guide is any spiritual Teacher who sincerely leads us into spiritual paths by giving correct instructions.

Thus our Spiritual Guide can be oriental or western, lay or ordained, male or female. These days, for example, it is quite possible to meet a Spiritual Guide who is a western lay female. The term ‘yoga’ in this context indicates a special way of viewing our Spiritual Guide.

To find out more about this practice, see the book Great Treasury of Merit.

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This is our daily meditation practice at the center.  Everyone is welcome.  Just come any morning and we can help you. Heart Jewel  is a Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapacombined with the condensed sadhana of his Dharma Protector and[...]
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7:20 am Heart Jewel w/Mahamudra
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Oct 9 @ 7:20 am – 8:40 am
This is our daily meditation practice at the center.  Everyone is welcome.  Just come any morning and we can help you. Heart Jewel  is a Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapacombined with the condensed sadhana of his Dharma Protector and[...]
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7:20 am Heart Jewel w/Mahamudra
Heart Jewel w/Mahamudra
Oct 11 @ 7:20 am – 8:40 am
This is our daily meditation practice at the center.  Everyone is welcome.  Just come any morning and we can help you. Heart Jewel  is a Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapacombined with the condensed sadhana of his Dharma Protector and[...]
6:00 pm Foundation Program
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Foundation Program Foundation Program The New Heart of Wisdom Wednesdays, 6:00pm – 8:00pm Foundation Program is a special opportunity to study and practice Buddha’s teaching in a in a more in depth formal study program. [...]
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6:30 pm Prayers for World Peace
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Fri
7:20 am Heart Jewel w/Mahamudra
Heart Jewel w/Mahamudra
Oct 13 @ 7:20 am – 8:40 am
This is our daily meditation practice at the center.  Everyone is welcome.  Just come any morning and we can help you. Heart Jewel  is a Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapacombined with the condensed sadhana of his Dharma Protector and[...]
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7:20 am Heart Jewel w/Mahamudra
Heart Jewel w/Mahamudra
Oct 16 @ 7:20 am – 8:40 am
This is our daily meditation practice at the center.  Everyone is welcome.  Just come any morning and we can help you. Heart Jewel  is a Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapacombined with the condensed sadhana of his Dharma Protector and[...]
6:30 pm Monday General Program
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Oct 16 @ 6:30 pm – 7:45 pm
Monday General Program @ Lubbock | Texas | United States
Solving Our Human Problems, Mondays at 6:30pm-7:45pm When things go wrong in our life and we encounter difficult situations, we tend to regard the situation itself as our problem. However, if we respond to difficult situations[...]
Oct
18
Wed
7:20 am Heart Jewel w/Mahamudra
Heart Jewel w/Mahamudra
Oct 18 @ 7:20 am – 8:40 am
This is our daily meditation practice at the center.  Everyone is welcome.  Just come any morning and we can help you. Heart Jewel  is a Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapacombined with the condensed sadhana of his Dharma Protector and[...]
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