2026 LAND OF ENLIGHTENED WISDOM   
TEACHING PROGRAM and EVENTS
 
 
 
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LAND OF ENLIGHTENED WISDOM
 
TEACHING PROGRAM

 
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Geshe Sherap teaches Buddhist Philosophy classes at the center and on-line.
 
 
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PRECIOUS GARLAND
SATURDAY at 2:00pm PDT
May Classes on the 1rst, 2nd, 4th, & 5th Saturdays
  
ENTERING THE MIDDLE WAY
SUNDAY at 2:00pm PDT
  
SIXTY STANZAS ON REASONING
WEDNESDAY at 4:30pm PDT
FRIDAY at 4:30pm PDT
    
 
 
 
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SAKA DAWA MONTH MEDICINE BUDDHA PUJA AND VEGETARIAN POTLUCK
 
SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2026 at 11:00am
Lead By Geshe Tenzin Sherap
 
 

Join Geshe Tenzin Sherap for the Saka Dawa Medicine Buddha Puja on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 11:00am. A vegetarian potluck will follow the puja, you are welcome to bring a main dish, vegetables, bread, dessert, and drinks if you wish.

There is no Saturday afternoon class after the Medicine Buddha puja.

The Saka Dawa month is traditionally celebrated from the new moon of the fourth month (May 16, 2026) to the new moon of the fifth month (June 15, 2026). Any virtuous acts performed during this month are multiplied 100,000 times.

 
 
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SAKA DAWA DUCHEN
The Auspicious Full Moon Day of
Buddha's Birth, Enlightenment, and Parinirvana.
 
SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2026
 
 

Saka Dawa Duchen is on the full moon, Sunday, May 31, 2026 and commemorates the anniversay of the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana on the 15th day of the fourth lunar month of the Tibetan calendar.

The Saka Dawa month is traditionally celebrated from the new moon of the fourth month (May 16, 2026) to the new moon of the fifth month (June 15, 2026). Any virtuous acts performed during this month are multiplied 100,000 times.

The Sunday class, Entering the Middle Way is scheduled for May 31, 2026 at 2:00pm.

On the auspicious days of Lord Buddha, Geshe Sherap recommends the recitation of A Praise on the Twelve Exemplary Deeds of the Lord Buddha.

 
 
 
 
 
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MEDITATIONS FOR ANALYSIS
 
 
 
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Preicous Garland

30. Having seen thus the aggregates as untrue,
The conception of I is abandoned,
And due to abandoning the conception of I
The aggregates arise no more.

 
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Entering The Middle Way

In that it has been stated in other such sutras
that form and feelings are not self, and discrimination too is not,
mental formations are not self, and consciousness too is not,
the Buddha does not accept the statement that the aggregates are the self. 6.133

 
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Sixty Stanzas of Reasoning

26. With no basis and no perceptual object,
With no root and no foundation,
Totally arisen from the cause —misknowledge —
Bereft of beginning, middle, and end, (JL)


 
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2026 Auspicious Days

Losar
Chotrul Düchen
Saka Dawa
HHDL 91th BD
Chokhor Düchen
Lha Bab Düchen
Gaden Ngamcho
Wed, Feb 18,2026
Tue, Mar 03,2026
Sun, May 31,2026
Mon, Jul 06, 2026
Sat, Jul 18, 2026
Sun, Nov 01, 2026
Thu, Dec 03, 2026

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