Activities & Events
Tara mantra accumulation
Join the White Lotus sangha in reciting the Tara mantra to generate blessings for our search for an appropriate building!
April 2025
Sundays *denotes special Sunday program*
Every Sunday:
9:00 am Open for Silent Meditation, 10:00-11:30 am Prayers, Dharma Talk by Khenpo Molam or Frank Howard, Meditation
* April 27, Achi Chokyi Drolma practice for Dharma Protectors Day – in addition to the above.
Tuesdays: 7:00 pm
04/01 Vajrakilaya Practice – contact info@whitelotusdharma.org for a zoom link.
04/08: White Tara Practice Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83911389863
04/15: Vajrakilaya Practice – contact info@whitelotusdharma.org for a zoom link.
04/22: White Tara Practice Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83911389863
04/29: Vajrakilaya Practice – contact info@whitelotusdharma.org for a zoom link.
Thursday Night Study Group
7:00pm: Buddhism, Its Breadth and Depth
April 3, 10, 17, 24 Led by Frank Howard, White Lotus Director and senior teacher.
Teaching and discussion will focus on the book Tibetan Tradition of Mental Development by Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey
In person or zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/
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Special Programs
Saturday May 3 & Sunday May 4
Teachings by Venerable Khenpo Konchok Molam
The Bodhicaryavatara by Shantideva
Khenpo will teach specifically on Chapter 5, The Guarding of Awareness, the beginning of Shantideva’s exposition on the six paramitas.
10 am-12 pm & 2 pm-4 pm each day
at White Lotus Buddhist Center and by zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
“Written in India in the early 8th century AD, Shantideva’s Bodhicaryavatara addresses the profound desire to become a Buddha and rescue all beings from suffering. The person who acts upon such a desire is a Bodhisattva. Shantideva not only makes plain what the Bodhisattva must do and become, he also invokes the powerful feelings of aspiration that underlie such a commitment, employing language which has inspired Buddists ever since it first appeared. Indeed, his book has long been regarded as one of the most popular accounts of the Buddhist’s spiritual path. Important as a manual of training among Mahayana Buddhists, especially in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, this text continues to be used as the basis for teaching by modern Buddhist teachers. This new translation from the original language provides detailed annotations explaining allusions and technical references. Also, the Introduction both serve to locate Shantideva’s work in its proper context, and for the first time explain its structure.”
Note from Khenpo about these teachings:
The Bodhicaryavatara (Oxford World’s Classics)
by Shantideva, Author
and authors/translators Kate Crosby, Andrew Skilton, and editor Paul Williams