Palpung New York

Chanting Chenrezig & Short Green Tara Sadhanas
2021-09-12 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Palpung Thubten Chöling, 245 Sheafe Road, Wappingers Falls, NY, 12590, United States
Please join us in chanting the practice of Chenrezig, the deity who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas, and the short practice of Green Tara, often referred to as “The Mother of Liberation,” and known for her swift activity in dispelling fears, obstacles and illness. These two liturgies are said to be both simple and prfound practices with a strong connection to each other.
Lama Norgyal will lead us in this wonderful afternoon of comfortably paced chanting and meditation.
You may also view this practice remotely. The chanting texts will be screenshared. To join us via ZOOM, please click here.
2:00 pm | Chanting of Chenrezig and Short Green Tara

We welcome visitors to join us for lunch in the Maitreya dining room, and ask that you let us know in advance by emailing reservations@kagyu.com. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, all visitors are required to wear masks at this time. We regret that the dining room will not be open for other meals at this time.

Overnight accommodations will also be available for fully vaccinated guests only. If you would like to stay at the monastery, please make reservations in advance using our online form.

If you need assistance with making your reservation, please email reservations@kagyu.com.

Monday Evenings - Introduction to Buddhist Meditation
2021-09-13 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-09-20 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-09-27 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-10-04 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-10-11 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
2021-09-14 19:30 - 20:30, 2021-09-21 19:30 - 20:30, 2021-09-28 19:30 - 20:30, 2021-10-05 19:30 - 20:30, 2021-10-12 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
2021-09-15 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-09-22 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-09-29 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-10-06 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-10-13 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.

Thursday Evenings - Chenrezig Practice
2021-09-16 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-09-23 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-09-30 19:30 - 20:00, 2021-10-07 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 | 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)
2021-09-18 06:30 - 08:00, 2021-09-25 06:30 - 08:00, 2021-10-09 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
2021-09-19 10:00 - 12:00
This class is being offered remotely on Zoom. If you would like to participate, please use our online event registration form.

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.
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.
As of July 1 we welcome visitors to join us for lunch in the Maitreya dining room, and ask that you let us know in advance by emailing us at: reservations@kagyu.com. We regret that the dining room will not be open for other meals at this time. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, all visitors are required to wear masks at this time.
Overnight accommodations will also be available for fully vaccinated guests only. If you would like to stay at the monastery, please make reservations in advance using our online form.
If you need assistance with making your reservation, please email reservations@kagyu.com.

Private Event (Not Open to the General Public)
2021-09-26
The monastery will be closed on September 26, 2021, because of a private event. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Daily Morning Services
2021-10-01 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)

Thousandfold Lamps & Offerings (Tong Chö)
2021-10-01 06:30 - 08:00
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, all visitors are required to wear masks at this time.
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)

Kalu Rinpoche's Practice of Aspiration Prayers (Monlam Choga), followed by the Short Practice of the Peaceful & Wrathful Deities (Shitro)
2021-10-01 10:00 - 12:00
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, all visitors are required to wear masks at this time.
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.

If you would like to participate, please use our online event registration form.

Daily Evening Services
2021-10-01 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)

5K Run/Walk for Global Peace
2021-10-10 08:00 - 2021-11-01 17:00
October 10, 2021 – November 1, 2021
Join us for our annual 5K Run/ Walk to support PTC Monastery. You can donate to the event, our monastic champions, friends & family or simply sponsor your own run. Participate here on our course or run in your own neighborhood or on your favorite 5K terrain.
Register here.
