Palpung New York

Monday Evenings - Introduction to Buddhist Meditation
2024-10-07 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-10-14 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-10-21 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-10-28 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-11-04 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Palpung Thubten Chöling, 245 Sheafe Road, Wappingers Falls, NY, 12590, United States
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.
These classes are being offered in person and on Zoom. If you would like to participate remotely, please use our online event registration form.
These classes are free of charge.

Please do not visit the monastery if you feel unwell and/or have a fever.
We urge all program participants to take precautions against the ongoing risk of COVID through protection such as having up-to-date vaccinations, wearing a good-quality mask indoors, washing hands and maintaining physical distance.
Masks and hand sanitizer will be available at all entryways.
Many thanks to all of you for your support in keeping this event as safe as possible!

Study Group on the Ornament of Precious Liberation
2024-10-08 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-10-15 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-10-22 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-10-29 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-11-05 19:30 - 20:30
This class will be facilitated by Lamas Depa and Lhadrun. Our primary source, Ornament of Precious Liberation, by the great master of the Kagyu lineage, Lord Gampopa, is considered a spiritual classic of Tibetan Buddhism. HH 17th Karmapa shares in his foreword to the book, that “this text has the power of a direct transmission from master to student” and that Gampopa himself promised that studying this text would be the same as receiving the teachings directly from him.
In order to develop our understanding of this profound work, we will also be referring to Path to Buddhahood, a very accessible and illuminating commentary by Ringu Tulku.
The books used will be:
Ornament of Precious Liberation, translator Ken Holmes, Wisdom Publications
Path to Buddhahood, by Ringu Tulku, Shambala
The material will be screen-shared each class, so it is not necessary to buy the books. The class is open to all levels of experience, and anyone is welcome to join at any time without attending previous sessions. There is no charge for participating.

These classes are being offered in person and on Zoom. If you would like to participate remotely, please use our online event registration form.
Please do not visit the monastery if you feel unwell and/or have a fever.
We urge all program participants to take precautions against the ongoing risk of COVID through protection such as having up-to-date vaccinations, wearing a good-quality mask indoors, washing hands and maintaining physical distance.
Masks and hand sanitizer will be available at all entryways.
Many thanks to all of you for your support in keeping this event as safe as possible!

Thursday evenings - Alternating Practices: Medicine Buddha and Chenrezig
2024-10-10 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-10-17 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-10-24 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-10-31 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-11-07 19:30 - 20:30
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
These chanting sessions are being offered in person and on Zoom. If you would like to participate remotely, please use our online event registration form.

First and third Thursday of each month | Medicine Buddha Practice and The Verses that Saved Sakya from Sickness

Please join us 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.

Second, fourth and fifth Thursday of each month | Chenrezig Practice

Please join us 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 liturgies are being screen shared and are translated as well as written phonetically. You can chant along, or silently read the translation.
These sessions are free of charge.

Please do not visit the monastery if you feel unwell and/or have a fever.
We urge all program participants to take precautions against the ongoing risk of COVID through protection such as having up-to-date vaccinations, wearing a good-quality mask indoors, washing hands and maintaining physical distance.
Masks and hand sanitizer will be available at all entryways.
Many thanks to all of you for your support in keeping this event as safe as possible!

Thousandfold Lamps & Offerings (Tong Chö)
2024-10-11 06:30 - 08:00, 2024-10-19 06:30 - 08:00, 2024-10-25 06:30 - 08:00, 2024-11-02 06:30 - 08:00, 2024-11-09 06:30 - 08:00
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.

Please do not visit the monastery if you feel unwell and/or have a fever.
We urge all program participants to take precautions against the ongoing risk of COVID through protection such as having up-to-date vaccinations, wearing a good-quality mask indoors, washing hands and maintaining physical distance.
Masks and hand sanitizer will be available at all entryways.
Many thanks to all of you for your support in keeping this event as safe as possible!

Kalu Rinpoche's Practice of Aspiration Prayers (Monlam Choga), followed by the Short Practice of the Peaceful & Wrathful Deities (Shitro)
2024-10-11 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-10-19 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-10-25 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-11-02 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-11-09 10:00 - 12:00
Please join us in the chanting of the Monlam Choga, a practice of offering and aspiration prayers compiled by Dorje Chang Kalu Rinpoche. This is followed by the short liturgy of Shitro (Peaceful and Wrathful Deities), a profound practice from the cycle of teachings and meditations of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. We dedicate this practice to the deceased in order to purify negativities, avert obstacles in the bardo, and establish a connection with the deities that will ripen in future lives.

This event is also being offered on Zoom. If you would like to participate remotely, please click here. To join the chanting please download Kalu Rinpoche’s Practice of Aspiration Prayers (Monlam Choga).

Please do not visit the monastery if you feel unwell and/or have a fever.
We urge all program participants to take precautions against the ongoing risk of COVID through protection such as having up-to-date vaccinations, wearing a good-quality mask indoors, washing hands and maintaining physical distance.
Masks and hand sanitizer will be available at all entryways.
Many thanks to all of you for your support in keeping this event as safe as possible!

Songs of Palderbum
2024-10-13 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-11-03 14:00 - 16:00
Lama Depa, a resident of PTC who has completed two cycles of the three-year retreat, will be sharing the inspiring story and songs of Palderbum, one of the four main female disciples of the great yogi Jetsun Milarepa.
This session is being offered in person and on Zoom. If you would like to participate remotely, please use our online event registration form.
There is no charge for attending this teaching – donations are welcome.

Please do not visit the monastery if you feel unwell and/or have a fever.
We urge all program participants to take precautions against the ongoing risk of COVID through wearing masks and washing hands.
Masks and hand sanitizer will be available at all entryways.
Many thanks to all of you for your support in keeping this event as safe as possible!

Teachings on Gampopa's A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path
2024-10-20 14:00 - 16:00
Our Retreat Master, Lama Tsering Dakpa is offering a series of teachings on Gampopa’s A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path. The text that Lama Tsering will be referring to is entitled Instructions of Gampopa and is based on a teaching series by Khenpo Kharthar Rinpoche and is translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso.

This class is being offered in person and on Zoom. If you would like to participate remotely, please click here.

There is no fee for attending this teaching; donations are welcome. For this teaching series, we will be providing Tibetan to English translation. To help support the costs of translation services, please click below:

Translation Support

Please do not visit the monastery if you feel unwell and/or have a fever.
We urge all program participants to take precautions against the ongoing risk of COVID through protection such as having up-to-date vaccinations, wearing a good-quality mask indoors, washing hands and maintaining physical distance.
Masks and hand sanitizer will be available at all entryways.
Many thanks to all of you for your support in keeping this event as safe as possible!

The Perfection of Merit: A Day of Dharma Activity
2024-10-27 09:30 - 16:00
Buddhahood is the state in which one spontaneously and effortlessly benefits oneself and all beings without exception. In order to attain this state, we must perfect the accumulations of merit and wisdom. Through the perfection of the two accumulations, we purify our notions of self and other and realize the true nature of mind.

Below is a schedule of the day’s events, some of which you can participate in remotely. For information on how to join us via ZOOM, please click here.
9:45 am | Sponsoring of tormas, water bowls and flowers on the shrine; lighting of butterlamps
11:00 am | Chanting of Six-Armed White Mahakala sadhana
White Mahakala is a powerful deity that emanated from the compassion of Chenrezig to dispel the spiritual and material poverty of sentient beings. The White Mahakala practice enhances good fortune in all aspects of life and eliminates obstacles to prosperity and growth.
12:30 pm | Lunch
1:45 pm | Circumambulation of Stupa (no zoom)
2:30 pm | 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.

There are many ways to share in the merit of these activities through the offering of butter lamps, sponsoring the chanting, the tea served during the chanting, lunch and the fire ceremony.
You may also 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.

Please do not visit the monastery if you feel unwell and/or have a fever.
We urge all program participants to take precautions against the ongoing risk of COVID through protection such wearing masks and washing hands.
Masks and hand sanitizer will be available at all entryways.
Many thanks to all of you for your support in keeping this event as safe as possible!

Teachings on the Mahamudra Monlam
2024-11-10 10:00 - 12:00
Lama Lekshe Dorje will be leading a series of teachings on the Mahamudra Monlam. This prayer, composed by the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje, offers a concise teaching on the essential instructions of ground, path, and fruition Mahamudra, the ultimate realization of one’s mind. To follow along in the text, please download Kalu Rinpoche’s Practice of Aspiration Prayers (Monlam Choga) and scroll to pages 100 – 110. (If you are coming to the monastery, please bring these pages with you.)
Lama Lekshe Dorje, a resident of PTC, has completed two cycles of the three-year retreat.
These teaching sessions are being offered in person and on Zoom. If you would like to participate remotely, please use our online event registration form.
The teachings are free–donations are welcome.

Please do not visit the monastery if you feel unwell and/or have a fever.
We urge all program participants to take precautions against the ongoing risk of COVID through protection such as having up-to-date vaccinations, wearing a good-quality mask indoors, washing hands and maintaining physical distance.
Masks and hand sanitizer will be available at all entryways.
Many thanks to all of you for your support in keeping this event as safe as possible!
