Thursday Evenings - Chenrezig Practice
2021-11-18 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-11-25 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-12-02 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-12-09 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-12-16 19:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Palpung Thubten Chöling, 245 Sheafe Road, Wappingers Falls, NY, 12590, United States
Due to the risks of covid and its variants, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night classes will continue on Zoom only. To join us via Zoom please click here.
7:30-8:30pm | Chenrezig Practice
Please join us online as we chant and meditate in order to realize our inborn great compassion. Guru Vajradhara Tai Situ Rinpoche has said that, “Chenrezig is the embodiment of compassion, Bodhicitta. We reach Buddhahood intentionally, and the intention is Bodhicitta. That is what Chenrezig represents. The Chenrezig Sadhana is the most sacred and profound sadhana. By practicing it with awareness, you can attain Chenrezig’s enlightened body, speech, and mind.”
The liturgy is being screen shared. It is translated as well as written phonetically. You can chant along, or silently read the translation.
If you would like to participate, please use our online event registration form.

Thousandfold Lamps & Offerings (Tong Chö)
2021-11-20 06:30 - 08:00, 2021-11-27 06:30 - 08:00, 2021-12-04 06:30 - 08:00, 2021-12-11 06:30 - 08:00, 2021-12-18 06:30 - 08:00
The Maitreya Center of Palpung Thubten Choling reopened as of July 1, in accordance with New York State guidelines. However, because of heightened covid rates in the area, we will no longer be allowing people to come in person to the monastery classes on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. The classes will continue on Zoom as usual, they just will not be hybrid (combining both online and in person).
A traditional Tong Chö of 1,000 butter lamps, 1,000 bowls of saffron water and 300 bowls filled with rice, incense and flowers is offered weekly, accompanied by chanting of the Chenrezig practice.

(Free of charge)

Calling the Lama from Afar - Teaching and Chanting
2021-11-21 10:00 - 12:00, 2021-12-19 10:00 - 12:00
Because of heightened covid rates in the area, this event will only be accessible remotely. To join us via ZOOM, please click here.
Calling the Lama from Afar:
Lama Norgyal will be teaching on and leading the sangha in the chanting of Calling the Lama from Afar. Written by the great master Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye, this text is a powerful supplication to invoke the blessings of the lama and the great masters of all four Tibetan Buddhist lineages. A combination of profound meditation instruction and plain-spoken reminders about the way we can delude ourselves on the path, this melodiously sung devotional prayer is an inspiration for practitioners of all levels.
This class is being offered remotely on Zoom. If you would like to participate, please use our online event registration form.
10:00 am | Teaching on Calling the Lama from Afar
11:00 am | Chanting of Calling the Lama from Afar
Click here to download English text of Calling the Lama from Afar.

Monday Evenings - Introduction to Buddhist Meditation
2021-11-22 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-11-29 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-12-06 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-12-13 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-12-20 19:30 - 20:00
Due to the risks of covid and its variants, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night classes will continue on Zoom only. To join us via Zoom please click here.

7:30-8:30pm | Introduction to Buddhist Meditation
Teachings on foundational Buddhist thought along with basic meditation instructions taught by resident teachers who have graduated from the PTC three-year retreat program. Appropriate for beginners and for anyone who would like to refresh their understanding of meditation or just meditate with a group. No prerequisites or attendance requirement, join us any Monday.
If you would like to participate, please use our online event registration form.

Study Group on Awakening the Sleeping Buddha
2021-11-23 19:30 - 20:30, 2021-11-30 19:30 - 20:30, 2021-12-07 19:30 - 20:30, 2021-12-14 19:30 - 20:30, 2021-12-21 19:30 - 20:30
Due to the risks of covid and its variants, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night classes will continue on Zoom only. To join us via Zoom please click here.

Led by Lamas Depa and Lhadrun, we will be exploring in depth Awakening the Sleeping Buddha written by the Twelfth Tai Situpa, Pema Donyo Nyinche. In this book, HE Tai Situ Rinpoche lucidly presents and explains very basic and important principles such as Buddha Nature, Bodhichitta, Reincarnation, Karma and Emptiness. In this class, which includes study, discussion and meditation, we will investigate these principles deeply, and also draw from the works of other Buddhist masters for further elucidation.

Guru Vajradhara Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa, The Twelth Tai Situpa, is a great meditation master, scholar, artist, and is the abbot of Sherab Ling Monastery in northern India, as well as the head of our own monastery, Palpung Thupten Choling.

We are very much looking forward to this new class and students of all levels are welcome to join any Tuesday. There are no prerequisites and no attendance requirement.

Wednesday Evenings - Medicine Buddha Practice and The Verses that Saved Sakya from Sickness, led by Lama Norgyal
2021-11-24 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-12-01 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-12-08 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-12-15 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-12-22 19:30 - 20:00
Due to the risks of covid and its variants, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night classes will continue on Zoom only. To join us via Zoom please click here.
7:30-8:30pm | Medicine Buddha Practice and The Verses that Saved Sakya from Sickness, led by Lama Norgyal
Please join us online as we chant this essential practice which can increase our healing powers so that we can help those in our lives who are struggling with illness and obstacles and also remove our own physical and mental suffering. An abbreviated version of the Chenrezig practice is inserted in the prayer which follows, known as the Verses that Saved Sakya from Sickness.
The liturgies are being screen shared and are translated as well as written phonetically. You can chant along, or silently read the translation.
If you would like to participate, please use our online event registration form.

Daily Morning Services
2021-12-01 06:00 - 08:00
These services are held everyday, but their details are only listed on the first day of the month.
You are welcome to join us for all or part of our morning services, called “tsokpa”, to sit in meditation. Chanting is in Tibetan, so for those interested in participating in the chanting, transliterated copies of the text are available for use in the shrine room. Morning Tsokpa includes Tara and Medicine Buddha.
(Free of charge)

Daily Evening Services
2021-12-01 18:00 - 19:30
These services are held everyday, but their details are only listed on the first day of the month.
You are welcome to join us for all or part of our evening services, called “tsokpa”, to sit in meditation. Chanting is in Tibetan, so for those interested in participating in the chanting, transliterated copies of the text are available for use in the shrine room. Evening Tsokpa includes the Mahakala Protector practices.
(Free of charge)

12/04-13/2021 - Chanting Practices to Dispel Obstacles and Bring About Auspicious Conditions
2021-12-04 08:00 - 2021-12-13 17:00
Because of heightened covid rates in the area, these events are closed to the public.
To join us via Zoom please click here.

December 4 – 13, 2021
The resident sangha of PTC will be participating in a variety of chanting events to dispel obstacles and bring about auspicious conditions. The dates are listed below.
December 4, Saturday | Gya Shi, “The Practice of the Four Hundred Offerings”

Gya Shi is a practice involving four hundred offerings which is done as a means to purify obstacles created by the 4 maras (mental afflictions; attachment to happiness; clinging to the 5 skandhas; death). The four hundred offerings are described in the practice text below:
Namo!
The vast offerings of Gya Shi are dedicated to the accumulation of merit and wisdom.
Through the blessings of offering 100 tsa-tsa, may all beings engage in the 10 virtues and give up the 10 non-virtues.
Through the merit of offering 100 butterlamps, may all beings clear away the darkness of ignorance so that the 5 wisdoms may be realized.
Through the merit of offering 100 tormas, may all beings be free from famine.
Through the merit of offering 100 chambu (effigies), may all beings purify all karmic debt which makes harmful hindrances.
Though the blessing of reciting the profound sutras, may all beings always turn the wheel of dharma. Through the roots of virtue of offering 400, may myself and all patrons and their loved ones repay all karmic debts. May we perfect the two accumulations and attain the precious level of unsurpassable enlightenment.

December 5, Sunday | Sherab Nyingpo, a practice based on the Heart Sutra

Sherab Nyingpo is an obstacle averting practice that dispels unfavorable circumstances and prompts good conditions. The Heart Sutra is recited repeatedly as a means to purify obstacles created by the 4 maras (mental afflictions; attachment to happiness; clinging to the 5 skandhas; death). The practice invokes the blessings of Prajnaparamita, the Mother of all Buddhas.

December 10-12, Friday-Sunday | Drolma Yuldok, a practice based on the 21 Taras

This three-day practice based on the 21 Taras known as ‘Drolma Yuldok’ is chanted to remove obstacles and bring auspicious conditions. The central content of the chanting is the 21 Praises of Tara repeated with various offerings and prayers.

Chanting Schedule:
Friday & Saturday | 9am & 2pm
Sunday | 9am
You may view this practice remotely on Zoom. To join us via Zoom please click here.

Dec 12, Sunday (following Drolma Yuldok chanting) | Sür, Evening Fire Offering Ceremony
Sür (evening fire offering ceremony) is an offering to the 4 guests: the Buddhas & Bodhisattvas; Protectors; sentient beings; and those with whom we have karmic debts. It averts obstacles and sickness and is dedicated to those who are dying, beings in the Bardo, and to beings with whom we have karmic debts.
Dec 13, Monday | Sang, Morning Fire Offering Ceremony
Sang is a special morning purification fire ceremony. It is an offering to all worldly gods and the 4 guests: Buddhas & Bodhisattvas; Protectors; sentient beings; and those with whom we have karmic debts. This practice pacifies war, encourages peace and averts sickness. It also creates merit and concludes the year-end chanting by purifying any remaining obstacles.

For those who wish to sponsor the chanting, donations can be made towards meals, fire offering ceremonies, or the tea served during the chanting. General contributions towards these special practices are also welcome. Be sure to include a prayer with your donation which will be read aloud to the assembly.
You may make your donations on-line or simply mail your tax-deductible contribution to:
Palpung Thubten Chöling
Attn: Office
245 Sheafe Road, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590.
Please make checks payable to Palpung Thubten Choling or PTC. For credit card payments, fax your credit card number (VISA or MasterCard only), along with the expiration date and signature and the amount you would like to charge to (845) 297-5761. For your protection, please do not email your credit card information.
As we are not able to check email during chanting events, please send your prayer request and sponsorship information 48 hours before the first day of chanting to guarantee that we receive it in time to announce your prayer. If you are not able to do that, please leave a short but clear message of your prayer on 845-297-2500 and we will do our best to have your prayer announced.

法林寺祈福消障法會 – 2021年12/4 – 13

245 Sheafe Road, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590

12/4 (六) 四百供釋佛禳解法
向釋迦牟尼佛獻供四百供養，是一囘遮障礙之特別法門
12/5 （日）智慧心經除障法
驅除逆境違緣，促進善緣, 淨化煩惱魔、天子魔、五蘊魔和死魔。
12/10–12（五–日）綠度母消災除障法
周五 & 周六 | 9am & 2pm
周日 | 9am
三天法会，修廿一度母法，及“除佈”法會，消除障礙增長吉緣。
12/12（日）火供（山净煙供）“餗”
在綠度母法后舉行
供養諸佛菩薩、護法、眾生、怨親債主。消除生者病痛障礙，超度臨終者，亡魂，怨親債主。
12/13 （一） 火供“桑”
10 am開始
供養諸佛菩薩、護法、眾生、怨親債主。消除生者病痛障礙，超度臨終者，亡魂，怨親債主。

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