A Special Sunday Morning Class Talk
10:00-11:15am

Special Sunday Evening Talk & Prayers
4:00-6:15pm

Sunday, October 25 is Je Tsongkhapa Day, when Kadampa centers and practitioners around the world remember the great kindness of the great Spiritual Guide Je Tsongkhapa. At Kadampa Meditation Center Washington, we will celebrate Je Tsongkhapa’s life and his lineage of pure teachings he has given to the world.

Venerable Geshe-la says in Mirror of Dharma, “Many scholars have said that the power of Je Tsongkhapa’s blessings and his skillful methods to lead practitioners to the state of enlightenment is unequalled among those of all other Buddhas. We should rejoice in having met the doctrine of Je Tsongkhapa, and in having the opportunity to listen to and practice the oral instructions of this precious Guru who is the synthesis of all Buddhas.”

Everyone is warmly invited to join us for these two special events.

About the great Lama Je Tsongkhapa

“In Root Tantra of Manjushri Buddha Shakyamuni made a prediction about how Manjushri would later emanate as Je Tsongkhapa:

After I pass away
And my pure doctrine is absent,
You will appear as an ordinary being,
Performing the deeds of a Buddha
And establishing the Joyful Land, the great Protector,
In the Land of the Snows.

Je Tsongkhapa showed a perfect example of how to build the foundation for the spiritual path, how to progress on that path, and how to complete it. First he studied the entire Dharma of Sutra and Tantra by relying sincerely upon his Spiritual Guides, and then he put all this knowledge into practice and demonstrated the attainment of all the realizations from relying upon the Spiritual Guide up to the Union of No More Learning, or Buddhahood. Since then, thousands of practitioners have attained the ultimate happiness of Buddhahood within one life by following Je Tsongkhapa’s example and sincerely practising his teachings."

Excerpt from Heart Jewel
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

In the New Kadampa Tradition we have met with the pure lineage of Je Tsongkhapa’s teachings, presented in a clear and practical way through the kindness and dedication of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. This is our incredible good fortune. Without these precious Lamas, it would be very difficult to find a clear, unmistaken and complete path to enlightenment, suitable for modern people in this impure world. Comfortably and easily, we can enter, make progress on and complete the path to enlightenment, within one short life.

We thank Guru Tsongkhapa with deep gratitude for his great and many kindnesses, and we make heartfelt and sincere prayers for all living beings to come under his loving care and protection. Through the flourishing of holy Dharma throughout the world, may each and every living being quickly come to experience the supreme happiness of enlightenment.

Schedule

A Special Sunday Morning Class Talk
10:00-11:15am - Inner Peace in a Changing World: Who are the Kadampas?
With Nick Birdsall
Cost $12 / Free for supporters (Registration as a regular Sunday class)

4:00-4:30pm - Talk: Je Tsongkhapa, the Manifestation of all Buddhas
With Kadam Trina
4:30-6:15pm - Chanted Prayers: Offering to the Spiritual Guide
6:15pm - Tsog Offering Party
Free

Everyone is welcome.