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Saka Dawa is the most important Tibetan Buddhist festival day which 
celebrates Shakyamuni Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana.

Please feel very welcome to join us at Tashi Gatsel Ling on this special 
day from 6:30 – 8:00pm. Remember that on Saka Dawa karmic results are 
multiplied by one hundred million times!!

Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s recommended practices for this special day: 
https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/advice/sakadawa

After our Saka Dawa celebration, Tashi Gatsel Ling will take a summer 
break and will resume activities after Labor Day.

TGL is now hosting weekly meditations on Wednesday night from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. This small adjustment is due to more practitioners being able to join during the middle of the week compared to the end of the week when things get busier. See you then!

Tenzin Saldon reports on Tibet.net on His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s New Year message to Tibetans inside Tibet and those in exile.

To read the full article and to watch the full video message access this link.

We are coming prepared to discuss the first chapter (The Lightning Flash, p. 1-12) of Peaceful Mind, by Khen Rinpoche Lobzang Tsetan. You can get this book at TGL for a $20 donation.

In January we started discussing the first part of The Essense of Tibetan Buddhism, by Lama Thubten Yeshe: the teaching on Renunciation, Bodhicitta, and Emptiness. We will continue the discussion on February 3rd with the second part on Tantra.

Books are available at Tashi Gatsel Ling for a small donation or you can download the e-book for free here.

Thursday, February 7 – 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Losar is the Tibetan New Year’s celebration.  We will celebrate on Feb 7th this year.  Join us to experience the wonderful vibrations of group mantra chanting. Please come ready to recite the Heart Sutra, participate in a simple Vajrasattva purification practice (both in English & Tibetan),  set Dharma intentions and recite mantras as a group to celebrate Losar.

Whether you are a seasoned practitioner or new to Buddhism, this is a meaningful way to welcome in the Tibetan New Year. If you have a mala (prayer beads), please bring it. Please bring an offering like flowers, fruit, nuts, chocolate or baked goods for the shrine.

If you would like to bring a snack to share afterwards, you are welcome to do so, but it is not required.

Please RSVP if possible to Doreen at  perley@maine.rr.com so we can have the correct preparations on hand! Thank you. 

TGL will host Venerable Thukten Dema this weekend. She will join this Sunday’s book discussion, then later on Sunday, January 6, from 2-4 pm, we will have a Dharma talk, meditation, and a meet and greet tea with Venerable Dema.

Ven. Thukten Dema was born in small village in Bhutan called Gelephu. She is 32 years old and 15 out of those she dedicated to the monastic life. Currently she resides at Jangchub Choeling Nunnery in Southern India. Ven. Dema is studying at Emory University as a Tenzin Gyatso Science Scholar. She thoroughly enjoys observing nature.

Tashi Gatsel Ling will host a New Year’s Meditation and Potluck on January 1, 2019, from10:30 – 12 noon. We invite you to come and set intentions and prayers for a healthy, happy start to our Western New Year 2019 and to rejoice in good company. Please bring a dish to share.

Medicine Buddha Puja: Saturday, December 22, 2018, 6:30-8:00 pm & Monday, January 21st, 2019, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.   Please arrive a little early so that we may begin at 6:30 p.m.

Medicine Buddha Puja (Prayer ritual) is offered for healing and world peace.  Please bring flowers, fruit, a healthy treat, or chocolate to offer, which we will all share in at the end of the puja.  We recite in English and all are welcome.