posted May 11, 2012 1:41 PM by Pema Choephel
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Saka Dawa will be observed from May 20, 2012, Sunday to June 4, 2012, Monday at Bhodkhang. Mornings will be teachings in Tibetan by Geshe Tashi Gyatso la and afternoons will be Kagyur & Tengyur reading. In addition, there will be Dubtha classes on Tuesday, Friday, & Saturday evenings during this two week Saka Dawa program. This program is free of charge and all are welcome to attend. Lunch will be provided and please contact Tsondu Kunga la for donations.
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posted Apr 16, 2012 12:37 PM by NWTCA ORWA
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updated May 10, 2012 10:30 PM
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 Update: May 10, 2012
Special thanks to Tenzing K. Choephel la for raising more than $5,000 from the Shingchopa kids.
Our grand total raised so far is $127, 452.00
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Update: April 24, 2012
Tashi Delek to all!
The total Bhodkhang donation pledges as of today has reached the total amount of $105,015.00 . Please pat your backs for doing such a great job! We are very close to our target amount of $150,000. I am sure we can easily reach our target with collective efforts from every tibetan in our community. If you know someone who has not pledged, please encourage them to donate. Even if it is a small amount, it will still make a big difference, as we all know the popular saying "little drops of rain makes a mighty ocean".
The Board of Directors and the Land Committee Members would like to sincerely thank everyone of you who had pledged to donate and making it a such an unprecedented success!
We would like to collect the pledged money by April 30th, 2012, so that we can start the remodeling as soon as possible. For those of you who have not yet paid, there are three options in doing so;
- Visit Bhodkhang during the weekend and pay it to either Ngawang Kalsang la or Palden la.
- To one of the Board of Directors or the Land Committee Members if they are living close to your house.
- By mail, addressed to NWTCA, PO Box 13120, Portland, OR 97213
Please remember to keep your donation receipts in a safe place, so that you can claim for Charitable Donation deduction on your 2012 Tax Return next year.
Thank you all once again!
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Fundraising campaign for our new Bhodkhang kicked off on Sunday, April 8th during the general community meeting. So far, we have 97 names in our pledge list, for a total contribution of $68,705. We will be making weekly updates to the total amount as we receive additional pledges.
We would like to thank all who have pledged to our fundraising campaign. P lease remember to hand over the pledge money by April 30th, 2012.
Goal: $150,000.00
Achieved to date: $68,705.00
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posted Apr 2, 2012 3:52 PM by Pema Choephel
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updated May 21, 2012 3:11 PM
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We are very happy to announce the successful acquisition of our new community center.
All community members are welcome for the consecration (རབ་གནས་) to be presided over by Yangsi Rinpoche on Sunday April 8th at 10 am.
This will be followed by a general community meeting to review the remodel plans for the property to meet our needs.
There will be dresil (འབྲས་སིལ་) and tea served on this auspicious occasion.
Address: 4401 NE 122nd Avenue, Portland OR, 97213
Please inform all your friends and relatives of this special event for our community.
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posted Dec 16, 2011 10:58 AM by Pema Choephel
Please come to pay homage to Je Tsongkhapa Chenpo with a Lama Choepay Tsok Offering.
“Tsongkhapa Day” is actually the celebration of the ‘parinirvana’ or the enlightenment of the great LamaTsongkhapa (1357 – 1419) whose birth and enlightent activity was prophesized by the Buddha himself. In the root tantra of Manjushri, Buddha mentions that ‘after my teachings become diluted, you, Manjushri, will appear in the land of Snow and perform the deeds of an enlightened one’. Lama Tsongkhapa’s Annual celebration of his enlightenment falls on the 25th instance of the 10th lunar month of the Tibetan calendar. Therefore the day is also referred to as “Nga choed” in Tibetan which means the “Offering Practices of the 5th”, the “5th” deriving from “25th”. From the spiritual practice point of view, Tsongkhapa Day is extremely significant. Since Guru Yoga practice is the heart and soul of path towards enlightenment, the celebration acts as a reminder for all of us to engage in Gurudevotion and seek the blessings of all the direct and lineage masters. On this day devotees (both lay people and monks) make offerings and engage in Guru puja practices. The fundamental reason is that there are no holier objects of worship and offering than the Guru/Gurus when it comes to accumulation of merit! In the great monasteries of Sera, Gaden, and Drepung, the monks make extensive offerings of lamps and then engage in Guru Puja Tsog practice." Guhyasamaja Center |
posted Dec 6, 2011 10:43 AM by Pema Choephel
Come to celebrate the award of Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
On November 27, 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his Last Will and Testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes, the Nobel Prizes. As described in Nobel's Will, one part was dedicated to "the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for holding and promotion of peace congresses."
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for his "consistent opposition to the use of violence and his advocacy of peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual respect to preserve historical and cultural heritage of Tibet."
Our evening program will begin with offering of auspicious scarf to His Holiness' throne followed by songs and dances by Sunday school children, a delicious dinner and of course, Gorshey and dance. Don't miss the raffle drawing - you may be the ONE to take away the prize/s! |
posted Nov 14, 2011 4:20 PM by Pema Choephel
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updated Nov 14, 2011 4:30 PM
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Saturday, November 19th, 2011
7:00 AM: Sojong Dompa (Vow of Fasting)
7:30 AM: Breakfast
8:15 AM: Dechen Shingdrub (Sukhavati Sadhana)
10:00 AM: Tea Break
10:20 AM: Dechen Shingdrub
12:00 PM: Lunch (only vegetarian)
1:30 PM: Chodjug teaching chapter five continues
3:00 PM: Tea Break
3:20 PM: Teaching: Chodjug Chapter One
5:00 - 5:30 PM : Q&A
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1:30 PM: Dechen Shingdrub Sontsok
3:00 PM: Tea Break
4:30 - 5:30 PM : Q&A
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posted Nov 14, 2011 4:18 PM by Pema Choephel
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updated Nov 16, 2011 9:56 AM
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Thursday, November 17, 2011 is the 22nd day of the Ninth Tibetan month - Lha Bhab Due Chen. Buddha's mother, Mayadevi was reborn in Indra's heaven. To repay her kindness and to liberate her, and also to benefit the heavenly beings, Buddha spent three months teachings in the realm of the heavenly beings. When he was about to return to this world, Indra and Brahma manifested three stairs of 80,000 yojanas (paktse) each reaching this world in Sankisa. As the Buddha walked down the central one, they accompanied him to his left and right carrying umbrellas to honor him. He descended to earth in Sansika, which is located in modern Uttar Pradesh, and which is counted among the eight holy places. (RigpaWiki.org) Please come with Tsok offerings and celebrate Lhabhab Dhuechen at Bhodkhang this Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 6:00 pm. For the Lama Choepay Tsok offering, we strongly encourage you to bring items for the food bank donation. This will be add to the volume of NWTCA's donation to the food banks and also eliminate some usual waste. Double Gewa!!!Dinner will be served by Tenzin Sherab la and his friends. NWTCA thanks Tenzin Sherab la & friends for their kind and generous gesture.
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posted Oct 20, 2011 2:50 PM by Pema Choephel
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updated Oct 24, 2011 1:14 PM
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The parents and students of NWTCA Tibetan Sunday School invite you and your loved ones for our
1st Thukje-Che (Thank You) Benefit Dinner: A Gathering of Gratitude and Reunions
There will be special Tibetan Dinner and Cultural Dance by our children.
Saturday, November 12, 2011 6:30 - 10:00 pm
Mt. Scott Community Center 5530 SE 72nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97206
This is our small effort in thanking you for your valued support and help over the many years, in helping us get where we are today.
Thukje-Che! Thank You!
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posted Aug 17, 2011 3:40 PM by NWTCA ORWA
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updated Aug 23, 2011 10:56 PM
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Closing Ceremony and Dinner Invite to the 2011 North American Tibetan Cultural Immersion Camp on Saturday, August 20, 2011 @ 5:00 pm, Camp Wariki, Washougal. You are invited to the closing ceremony and dinner at the 2011 North America Tibetan Cultural Immersion Camp where you will witness the children's efforts to learn team building and various aspects of Tibetan ways of life during their week long Summer camp. Evening Program includes: -
Guest Speaker Mr. Topden Tsering la, a writer and activist from San Francisco.
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Annual Fund Raiser Raffle Drawing (don't miss out on the attractive prizes: Apple MacBook, 16GB iPad and 32GB iTouch. Raffle ticket is $10 each).
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Cultural programs & presentation by the campers. If you call and make reservations to come, it is $12 per person and $15 at the door.
You are encouraged to call/email Jampa Lhatsang la before Thursday evening to reserve your space and obtain a small discount for your assistance in better accessing the cooking counts & preparations.
For more information on the camp ground, the area and driving directions for Camp Wi Ri Ki, please visit - www.campwariki.com
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posted Jul 7, 2011 1:38 PM by NWTCA ORWA
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updated Jul 8, 2011 8:54 AM by Pema Choephel
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Guru Rinpoche Empowerment (Northern Treasure) & White Tara Long Life and Health Empowerment
གུ་རུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་བཀའ་དབང་༼བྱང་གཏེར་༽དང་སྒྲོལ་དཀར་གྱི་ཚེ་དབང་།
Date: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 Cost: $30 (suggested donation; includes both)
Venue: Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, 8235 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97220
Parting from the Four Attachments (Teaching and Manjushri Empowerment)ཞེན་པ་བཞི་བྲལ་གྱི་བཀའ་ཆོས་དང་འཇམ་དཔལ་དབྱངས་ཀྱི་རྗེས་གནང་།
Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 Cost: $50 (suggested donation)
Venue: Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, 8235 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97220
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