Emaho Foundation - 2020 - Workshops and Events

2020 - Workshops and Events

Benefactor2 We invite you to join Rinpoche, Geshe Namgyal and Geshe Lobsang for a morning, get-together via Zoom. Rinpoche will catch us up on what is going on in his Tehor region in Tibet and give his thoughts on maintaining inner peace. Rinpoche will conclude his talk by explaining the benefits of being a benefactor which include the five prayers the monks recite monthly on their behalf: 1. Chenrezig, 2. Green Tara, 3. Medicine Buddha, 4. Dukar and 5. Palden Lamo.

ZaChoeje Rinpoche and Emaho Foundation honor and appreciate everyone who in the past, are now, and who in the future, will become an Emaho Benefactor. We understand that these are extraordinary and challenging times. It’s been an unpredictable year and many of us have faced immense difficulties and sorrow. We are fortunate that during this time of uncertainty we’ve been comforted and encouraged, by our kind spiritual teacher, ZaChoeje Rinpoche. Rinpoche, the monks, and Emaho Foundation wish and pray for your happiness and peace.

Ahimsa

Thursday, December 10, 7:30 pm MST, Zoom
Please join us for an auspicious celebration with ZaChoeje Rinpoche, Geshe Lobsang and Geshe Namgyal. Rarely does Ganden Ngamcho Chenmo, Tsok and Emaho’s annual Ahimsa event fall on the same day. This year we are fortunate all three are December 10th.

Ganden Ngamcho Chenmo is ‘The Great Ganden Ngamcho Chenmo Celebration of the 25th’. On this date, Lama Tsongkhapa entered paranarvina. All across Tibet thousands upon thousands of butter lamps are set on windows sills. The hills and mountains shimmer with light. Worldwide Tibetan Buddhists join paying homage to Lama Tsongkhapa by making an offering of light. To read about Lama Tsonghkapa see our link.

Each year, Emaho has a community event called Ahimsa which is a Sanskrit word meaning non-harm and compassion. At this event, we celebrate the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. During his acceptance of the prestigious award, His Holiness spoke of his dream for building a Zone of Ahimsa where the entire Tibetan plateau is a free refuge where humanity and nature can live in peace and harmony.

ZaChoeje Rinpoche will join us via Zoom and share with us some of his experiences with and thoughts about His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. In addition, this year Ahimsa falls on the auspicious Dakini and Tsok day which is the 10th day of the Tibetan lunar month. We will virtually share with Rinpoche, Geshe Namgyal and Geshe Lobsang and dharma brothers and sisters for an auspicious Tsok.

Zoom Webinar Information --

Webinar Link

Passcode: Peace / Webinar ID: 839 2016 7807

Tsok Practice Text Link

Genuine Ahimsa, or non-violence, will only come after the inner disarmament of our mind. Lots of problems in this world are created out of ignorance and greed and it is impossible to achieve non-violence if our minds are full of fear and hatred. We need to use our human intelligence in challenging and overcoming negative emotions with positive emotions.’ His Holiness the Dalai Lama

sunday class 2

Sundays at 10:00AM MST, Geshe Lobsang is begenning the second five class series Following the Path of Those Who Have Gone Before. It is not necessary to have attended the first series. Please join us.

Geshe Lobsang has written and published two commentaries on the great Lama Tsongkhapa's excellent teaching, The Great Exploration on the Path to Enlightenment also known as the Lam Rim Chenmo. Geshe will share with us his commentary on what is considered to be one of the most influential Buddhist text. The central focus is the development of bodhichitta.

In the second part, this five classes series Geshe will share with us how we properly listen to teachings, how to rely on a spiritual master and the the benefits of relying on a true lineage master.

Classes via Zoom begin Sunday, November 1, 10:00AM Mountain Standard Time.

1) To sign up, email emahoevents@emahofoundation.org . We will then send you the link to the Webinar. Please note that you will use the same link for all five session.

2) The suggested donation is $10.00 a class or $50 for the series. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Donation can be made through Paypal. Or by sending a check to Emaho Foundation, 11435 North Cave Creek Road, Phoenix, AZ 85020.

Guru Yoga Tsok

Please join Geshe Lobsang and Geshe Namgyal for Guru Yoga Tsok via Webinar on Tuesday, November 10th at 7:00PM MST

The Tsok offering puja is a traditional Tibetan Buddhist ceremony involving offerings of flowers, food, and drink to the Buddhas, the Bodhisattvas, and our spiritual Gurus in conjunction with prayers, chanting, and meditation. During the ceremony, we accumulate merit, purify negativity, and give and receive blessings.

The Tsok offering is an essential method for renewing commitments and averting obstacles. With this method, we come under the care and guidance of the Dakas and Dakinis, who bestow our eventual completion stage realization.

Our Guru is the embodiment of the Dharmakaya, the ultimate guru, the transcendental wisdom of non-dual bliss and emptiness. Our conventional guru, the essence of which is the absolute guru.

Through effort in this practice, we develop our minds with great respect, devotion, and inspiration. Through effort in this practice, we follow the Lam-Rim path to enlightenment. For us to achieve enlightenment, the blessings of the guru must enter our hearts. The Guru Yoga Tsok practice helps us open our hearts and focus on the absolute guru.

Zoom Webinar Information:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82557231088?pwd=UlBKZi9pUG9nZzFNVnVsazB1NVMxUT09

Passcode: Dharma / Webinar ID: 825 5723 1088

For the practice text see Emaho's website: https://emahofoundation.org/resources/practice.html

ZaChoeje Rinpoche has given to us a mantra to help dispel fire. Please pray for all the sentient beings who have lost their lives to the wildfires, to all sentient beings who have lost home and shelter. May our prayers reach all who are standing on the front lines, the firefighters, the pilots flying into the flames dropping retardant, to the ground support crews, to the volunteers who rally to offer help in a myriad of helpful activities. May our prayers help quickly turn the tide of this destruction.

མེའི་འཇིགས་པ་སྐྱོབ་པའི་སྒྲོལ་མ་སེར་མོ་གཡོན་ནོར་བུ་ཆུ་ཤེར་ཆུ་བོའི་རྒྱུན་འབེབས་བཞིན་པ་བསྣམས་པ། Liberator from the fire danger Yellow Tara. She is holding the norbu choshel (precious gem that have a power to produce rain) flowing the stream of water. མེ་ཡི་འཇིགས་པ་ཞི་བ་ལ་སྔགས་ཉེར་གཅིག་བཟླ། To pacify the danger of fire recite this mantra 21 times with great compassion. ཨོཾ་ཏཱ་རེ་ཏུཏྟཱ་རེ་ཏུ་རེ་མ་མ་སརྦ་རཾ་རཾ་ཛྭ་ལ་བྷ་ཡ་ཤིནྟཾ་ཀུ་རུ་སྭཱ་ཧཱ༔ OM TARE TUTARE TURE MAMA SARVA RAM RAM ZWA LA BHA YA SHIN TAM KURU SVAHA

We invite you to join Geshe Namgyal and Geshe Lobsang for a five-part Zoom teaching on the Wheel of Life. The monks will begin the class with chanting of praises and auspiciousness.

Rinpoche birthday 2020 It’s ZaChoeje Rinpoche’s Birthday.

In honor of ZaChoeje Rinpoche, our kind and generous spiritual teacher’s birthday, please join us August 4th 7:00pm on Facebook. Emaho Foundation for Tibetan Buddhist Studies

Please join Geshe Lobsang for a four-session course on the two truths. The Dalai Lama suggested that for many in the West today, understanding the two truths—conventional truth and ultimate truth—is the best place to start in seeking to understand Buddhism.

dalai lamas birthday

Please join Geshe Namgyal and Geshe Lobsang as they chant prayers of celebration and longevity for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in honor of his 85th birthday.

Bringing Buddhism Alive Through the Life Stories of the Historical Great Masters

REGISTRATION FOR THIS SUMMER SERIES IS CLOSED!

FALL SERIES WILL BE PLANNED

Join ZaChoeje Rinpoche in the first of a series of classes designed to bring our understanding of Buddhism alive through the life stories of great Buddhist masters.

four Noble Truths 21 In a 5 class series of teachings, Geshe Lobsang will share the history behind Shakyamuni Buddha’s profound teaching, the Four Noble Truths. This series is suitable for people just starting their studies as well as for people who want to refresh and deepen their understanding.

Saka Dawa 2020 Saka Dawa is one of the most auspicious days of the Tibetan Buddhist year.
It is the celebration of Buddha Shakyamuni's birthday, enlightenment and parinirvana, (passing away). In Tibet, this essential holy day is celebrated, remembering the life story of the historical Buddha and by offering prayers of praises.