Emaho Foundation

Welcome to Emaho Foundation

The Sanskrit word emaho (pronounced ay-mah-ho) is an expression of joy and wonder, and an invocation for auspiciousness.

Based in Phoenix, Arizona, Emaho Foundation is a Tibetan Buddhist center serving the greater Phoenix area. Founded in 2001 by ZaChoeje Rinpoche, Emaho is dedicated to sharing Tibetan culture in the West, supporting humanitarian projects worldwide, and assisting with personal spiritual development.

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Temporary Closure

With our community's best interest at heart, Emaho will continue to suspend programs at the center until we are confident it is safe to meet again.

The Center is closed but Rinpoche is offering blessings online!

On June 4, 6, and 7, join us online for an unprecedented opportunity to receive blessings from Rinpoche in the form of a virtual weekend retreat. See retreat details below.

In addition, on Emaho's Facebook page, Rinpoche is currently offering weekly teachings to help us build inner strength through meditation.

>> Facebook Emaho Foundation

We are also pleased to offer recordings of ZaChoeje Rinpoche's workshops and public talks, recorded since 2000:

>> Treasure Trove

We look forward to a fresh clean start and hope to see you soon. Until then, we send prayers for a swift resolution to this unexpected and horrendous disease that is circumnavigating the globe.

LoGyonMa Retreat

ZaChoeje Rinpoche has graciously accepted our request to guide us in a virtual weekend retreat. Rinpoche will bestow on us the empowerment of Goddess Parnashvari, also known as LoGyonma.

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Wednesday, June 3rd, 9:30am (Arizona time)-Mountain Standard Time. (It will be 10:00pm Wed. India time)
Facebook live-stream
Rinpoche will continue to share with us tools and techniques that will help us build inner strength through meditation. We are fortunate for this auspicious opportunity. Hope you can join us.

Twice the good

Tashi Delek! We are extremely happy to tell you that together we raised $7976 from our Twice the Good fundraising campaign. You helped us match the donation of $5,000 plus an additional $2,976. Your generosity pushed us over our hoped-for goal.

Emaho Foundation would not exist without community support. Through our website and Facebook we received donations from the UK, Sweden, Italy, Taiwan, New Zealand, and Japan as well as across the United States.

Thank you to everyone who donated.

Available now! Fifteen years of workshops, teachings, and public talks given by ZaChoeje Rinpoche can be downloaded to your smartphone or computer, to listen to at any time.

>> Read more

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Images from the 2018 expedition: Photo Gallery

Read the full report: Tibetan Water Project Summer 2018

Teachings on YouTube

37 Factors of Enlightenment - May 1, 2016

Tonglen - August 31, 2005

Video Teachings on Emaho Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/emahofb/

Click here to download the translation of the mantra used in Rinpoche's teaching on Vajrasattva (pdf)

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the Emaho Event Calendar Click Here To View Descriptions of Current Teachings and Meditations

Latest News

Tibetan Water Project Summer 2018

In 2017 Emaho embarked on a regional water project to test the safety of the water in Rinpoche's Tehor region of Eastern Tibet. This year, 2018, we conducted another series of tests, making comparisons. ZaChoeje Rinpoche is looking at implementing green technologies that will allow critical development that does not adversly affect the unique Tibetan landscape, its people, and its culture.

>> Read more about this important project, one of the many we undertake to support Rinpoche and the Tibetan people.

Become an Emaho Benefactor

We can't do it without you.

Please join the Emaho Benefactor Circle by becoming an Emaho benefactor. In pledging whatever you can donate monthly, you help shoulder the financial responsibilities of Emaho Foundation. As a benefactor you join our growing Emaho family.

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Thank you for your generous donations to Phoenix Homeless Children

Student Talks 2020

Zachoeje Rinpoche designed the student talks to not only benefit the Sangha but, more importantly, to benefit the person who reads, studies and prepares the talk.
Rinpoche asks we pick a subject, preferably one about which we know little or nothing.

Sunday January 28
Topic: How to find balance in our busy lives
Moderator: Lou Ann Behringer

Sunday February 23
Topic: How to find sustainable peace with self
Moderator: Sain

Sunday March 22
Topic: The 8 auspicious symbols and what they represent
Moderator: Otto

Sunday April 19
Topic: How to deal with anger from a Buddhist point of view
Moderator: Parva

Sunday May 17
Topic: How to set up a practice altar at home
Moderator: Otto and Sian

Sunday June 14
Topic: What is the relationship between you and your spiritual teacher?
Moderator: Donna Tash

Sunday July 19
Topic:The qualities of a Bodhisattva
Moderator: Ira Pettit

Sunday August 16
Topic: Ethics and a good society
Moderator:

Sunday September 20
Topic: What is universal responsibility?
Moderator:

Sunday October 18
Topic: Suffering, impermanence and death
Moderator:

Sunday November 22
Topic: Jataka Tales
Moderator: Lynne

Sunday December 20
Topic: The Seven-Limb Prayer
Moderator:

Community discussions 2020

The Foundation of Buddhist Practice by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Thubten Chodron begins with the four seals shared by all Buddhist philosophies, and moves on to an explanation of the reliable cognition that allows us to evaluate the veracity of the Buddha’s teachings.

The book provides many other essential Buddhist teachings, including:

the relationship of a spiritual mentor and student, clarifying misunderstandings about this topic and showing how to properly rely on a spiritual mentor in a healthy, appropriate, and beneficial manner;
how to structure a meditation session;
dying and rebirth, unpacking the often difficult-to-understand topic of multiple lives and explaining how to prepare for death and aid someone who is dying;
a fruitful explanation of karma and its results;
and much more.

His Holiness’s illumination of key Buddhist ideas will support Western and contemporary Asian students in engaging with this rich tradition.

A request from Rinpoche

ZaChoeje Rinpoche has requested of us to recite Drupthop Thangtong Gyalpo's Vajra speech-A Prayer for Pacifying the Fear of Disease. Click on "Read more: A request from Rinpoche" below to see the entire prayer and to listen to the Geshes chanting this auspicious prayer in Tibetan.

EMAHO TEENS 2020

Teen program 10:00 am to 11:00 am
Our monthly program includes setting up our alter, mindfulness practices and Qi Gong exercises as well as discussions on how we can apply Buddha’s teachings to our everyday lives.
2020 Program is a spiritual take on the popular Escape Room. Samsara Escape Room
Please join us as we find our way out of the Samsara Escape Room using Buddha’s teachings on the Four Noble Truths and the Eight-Fold Path. We will navigate our way through by finding clues, solving puzzles, and breaking codes.
Questions?
If you have any questions please email Jackie, our teen and youth program director: E-mail: jackie@emahofoundation.org

EMAHO YOUTH 2020

Youth program 9:00 am to 10:00 am
Our youth classes strive to teach the essential points of Buddhism through storytelling and art, in a simple and fun way that will help children apply the teachings to everyday life.
Children of all ages are welcome.
Each class includes setting up our alter, calming the mind with a short guided meditation and calming our bodies by focusing on breath.
2020 PROGRAM Escape from Samsara Island
In this monthly program we will take a journey to get off of Samsara Island using Buddha’s teachings on the Four
Noble Truths the Eight-Fold Path. We will find clues, solve puzzles and figure out codes using your very own treasures.
If you have any questions, please email Jackie, our teen and youth program director: E-mail: jackie@emahofoundation.org

More Information

Collecting non-perishable food items. Each time you come to center, please bring an item

Child poverty has reached record levels in the US, with now almost 17 million children affected.

Emaho continues to support those in need. We ask everyone coming to events at the Emaho Center to bring, each time they come, a non-perishable food item for Mom's Pantry in north Phoenix.
» Read more about our donations to Mom's Pantry