Blessing-Empowerments from H.E. Drikung Tritsab Rinpoché Achi, Mahakala, & Guru Rinpoche Empowements His Eminence Drikung Tritsab Rinpoché Registration is now open for His Eminince Tritsab Rinpoché’s programs at Urban Dharma NC on weekend of June 14 & 15.You can join in-person in West Asheville or via Zoom. Registration link belo. There are details on these empowerments and participation prerequisites in the link. NOTE: Only 100 spots for online participation & 50 for in-person. Visit...
27 days ago • 1 min read
Tomorrow is Buddha Day Please join us tomorrow for Buddha Day—a celebration of the birth, life, and death of the Buddha. This joint event between Urban Dharma NC, Great Tree Zen Women's Temple, and the Zen Center of Asheville will happen this Saturday, May 10th from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at Urban Dharma's temple in West Asheville. This is a wonderful opportunity to experience the depth of traditional buddhist practice, with chanting, guided meditation, and ritual offerings. We will also be...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
An Introduction to Mahāmudrā A Residential Retreat Offered by Dorlöp Rinpoché, Dr. Lye Later this year, Dr. Lye will anchor a retreat at Southern Dharma on Mahāmudrā. This beautiful setting and profound topic are sure to make for a nourishing retreat. From the registration page: Mahamudra is considered the penultimate practice in Tibetan Buddhism and especially in the Kagyu Lineage that Dorlop Rinpoche Dr Lye is part of. In this retreat, Dr. Lye will draw primarily from the teachings of the...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Happy Birthday Dr. Lye! This past weekend, our Spiritual Director Dr. Hun Lye celebrated his 55th birthday On Saturday, members of the Tibetan Buddhist sangha that Dr. Lye leads, the Drikung Dharmakirti International Sangha, got together and dedicated a morning’s practice to his good health and flourish of Dharma activities with members at the temple and joining on Zoom. Dr. Lye will soon return from traveling in Asia; please join us at our upcoming Buddha Day celebration on May 10th to...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Buddha Day You are invited to join the community for Buddha Day—a celebration of the birth, life, and death of the Buddha. This joint event between Urban Dharma NC, Great Tree Zen Women's Temple, and the Zen Center of Asheville will happen on Saturday, May 10th from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at Urban Dharma's temple in West Asheville. This is a wonderful opportunity to experience the depth of traditional buddhist practice, with chanting, guided meditation, and ritual offerings. All are welcome—it is...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Words for the Week UD Facebook Buddha Day on May 10th Dr. Lye & Rev. Teijo at last year's Buddha Day Mark your calendars for May 10th at 2:00 PM and join us at the temple for a joint celebration of Vesak, or Buddha Day, with Great Tree Zen Women's Temple and the Zen Center of Asheville! This is a chance to experience traditional Buddhist chants, guided meditation, & the ritual-bathing of baby Buddha. All are welcome! It is not required that you call yourself a Buddhist or that you have...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Words for the Year of the Snake February 28th marked the beginning of the Female Wood Snake Year in the Tibetan calendar. Our spiritual director Dr. Hun Lye shared some words about the significance of this day in the Tibetan Buddhist context, and encouraged the following: ...Trust in each other, trust in basic goodness have eroded so much that even teachers who are supposed to inspire bodhicitta and divine pride in all of us are sowing more seeds of confusion and divisions, wedging Mount...
4 months ago • 1 min read
"What Steadies the Heart" We won't become free of attachments by "getting rid" of them—only through clear seeing will we naturally lay them aside. Watch this drop of dharma here! This Weekend: Freedom From Fears Just a reminder that there are still in-person and online tickets available for this upcoming weekend’s “Freedom From Fears: Principles & Practices of Lady Tara” retreat with Dorjé Lopön Dr. Lye. Dr. Lye invites you to a special retreat on Lady Tārā—a buddha who vowed to always appear...
4 months ago • 1 min read
"This storm is you." From our Spiritual Director Dr. Lye's Facebook Page “Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn't something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do...
4 months ago • 2 min read
