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Welcome to Albany Karma Thegsum Chöling

Vajrayana Buddhist Center of the Kagyu Lineage

Ogyen Trinley Dorje

The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa

"Protect the environment.
Live simply.
Act compassionately.
Our future depends on it."

Meditation Instruction Offered Sundays

ALBANY KARMA THEGSUM CHÖLING

Program Highlights

Regular Schedule

Sunday

9:00 am Chenrezig/Amitabha Practice
10:00 am Meditation Practice (Instruction Available)
11:00 am Teaching or other program

Tuesday

7:00 pm First, Third and Fifth Tuesdays Chenrezig/Amitabha Practice
Second and Fourth Tuesdays Seven Line Prayer to Guru Rinpoche and Short Green Tara Practice

Highlights

In the past:

On Sunday, May 13, Lama Zopa gave a teaching on the Mahamudra Lineage Prayer, also known as the Dorje Chang Thungma, with an emphasis on the the Kagyu Lineage. Lama Zopa showed how this prayer inspires devotion to the great masters of the Kagyu Lineage, and also showed how to visualize the lineage masters while reciting the prayer.

This week:

This Tuesday, May 15, at 7 pm, we will do the Chenrezig/Amitabha practice.

This Sunday, May 20, at 11:15 am we will be starting a study group on a new short book by the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, entitled "Compassion Now." Louise Kuziomko will lead the discussion on Chapter 1. Copies of the book are available at KTC for $10.

The teaching follows our usual Sunday schedule of Chenrezig/Amitabha practice at 9 am, meditation at 10 am, and tea at 11 am.

For the future:

On May 27, Lama Zopa will give a teaching on refuge, followed by a refuge ceremony. Taking refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma (his teaching), and the Sangha (the spiritual community) is the first step on the Buddhist path.

I hope to see you there!

Albany Karma Thegsum Chöling
Meeting at: The Doane Stuart School,
199 Washington Avenue, Rensselaer, NY 12144
Mailing Address: 1270 Ruffner Rd, Niskayuna, NY 12309
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Please park in the larger parking lot (Forbes Ave). Go up the stairs, enter the doors and turn left down the hallway. We are in Room 142, in the “red pod” of rooms on the left.

Albany KTC Tibetan Buddhist Study and Meditation Center provides authentic teachings and practices of the Karma Kagyu school Tibetan Buddhism. Located in Albany, NY, we are easily accessible to those living in New York's Capital District region (Albany, Schenectady, and Troy). We are an affiliate center of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra (KTD), the North American seat of His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje.

Albany KTC offers free meditation instruction, the study of Karma Kagyu Buddhist teachings in a group setting, the opportunity to learn more advanced meditation practices, and Tibetan language instruction. In addition, Buddhist teachers from around the world visit each year.

Albany KTC is also fortunate enough to have our own resident Lama (teacher), Lama Zopa. Lama Zopa, a graduate of two Karma Kagyu Buddhist three year retreats, provides teachings weekly.

Please be sure to look at our current schedule as well as our programs geared to folks new to Buddhism and meditation practice. We also have a growing library of online audio recordings available of teachings given at our center that cover a variety of topics found in Buddhism. Contact us for further information.

May all sentient beings gain happiness and the cause of happiness
May all be free from suffering and the cause of suffering
May they never be cut off from the highest bliss which is devoid of suffering
May they come to rest in the great impartiality, which is free of attachment and aversion

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Learn more about meditation, the Karma Kagyu Lineage, and Buddhism at www.kagyu.org

Albany KTC is located at the Doane Stuart School, 199 Washington Ave, Rensselaer NY 12144

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