Join us for an evening of thanksgiving! Join us for a potluck dinner and movie night tonight—Friday, 11/28 at 6PM. Bring any of your Thanksgiving leftovers to share, and afterwards we will watch the Hong Kong Award winning film The Last Dance. From Wikipedia: This film explores themes related to Hong Kong's death care and follows a wedding planner who enters the funeral industry through a partnership with a traditional Taoist priest, seeking to understand the meaning of life and death through...
17 days ago • 1 min read
Join us for an evening of thanksgiving! Join us for a potluck dinner and movie night on the day after Thanksgiving—Friday, 11/28 at 6PM. Bring any of your Thanksgiving leftovers to share, and afterwards we will watch the Hong Kong Award winning film The Last Dance. From Wikipedia: This film explores themes related to Hong Kong's death care and follows a wedding planner who enters the funeral industry through a partnership with a traditional Taoist priest, seeking to understand the meaning of...
21 days ago • 1 min read
A Night to Remember On Saturday, November 1, Urban Dharma celebrated our first Remembering & Renewing evening, held in conjunction with the observance of Allhallowtide (“Every Holy Season”—All Hallows Eve, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day) in the Christian calendar. That evening, Dr. Lye led a short service in remembrance of all our dearly departed in front of a beautiful altar to welcome and make offerings to our spiritual and temporal ancestors. He also spoke on ancestral healing and...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Join us for an evening of remembrance and festivities! Saturday 11/1, 6:00-9:00 PM November 1st is traditionally known as “All Saints’ Day” and the eve of “All Souls’ Day” in Christendom. The timing of these two days harkens to pre-Christian celebrations honoring the dead such as Samhain. In Mexico, November 1st is also part of “Day of the Dead” observations. This year, we will observe this season to honor our ancestors, our dearly departed, and all those who have passed with prayers and...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Buddha's Breath Learn the Buddha’s Instructions for Meditation Just a reminder that it's not too late to register for the "Buddha's Breath" retreat this upcoming weekend. This program will offer participants an opportunity to practice HH Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang Rinpoche’s “Shravasti Meditation” system which skillfully weaves together the historical Buddha’s main method of practice as found in the Anapanasati Sutta together with Mahāmudrā and Zen approaches to training the mind and a set of...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Smoke Cleansing Offering Every Sunday morning we share a smoke cleansing offering ceremony. Just a one hour service, come join us to engage in this Tibetan Buddhist practice of clearing of the nonphysical through aromatic smoke. Camping Retreat Last weekend, a group of us gathered at Lake James for a weekend camping-retreat, invited by Dr. Lye to participate in a set of teachings on Mahāmudrā, a system of practice particularly in the Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. It was also “family...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Mark your calendars! For some exciting programs coming up in October and November Buddha's Breath Learn the Buddha’s Instructions for Meditation Dorlop Rinpoche, Dr. Lye will offer a 2-day weekend retreat on “Buddha’s Breath” at Urban Dharma. This program will offer participants an opportunity to practice HH Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang Rinpoche’s “Shravasti Meditation” system which skillfully weaves together the historical Buddha’s main method of practice as found in the Anapanasati Sutta...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Greetings from Urban Dharma! We hope this summer has been full of blessings for you. With autumn just around the corner, now is a great time to get outside and appreciate the nature around us - like the flowers blooming in our temple's new garden. Earlier in the summer, two of our members, Nat and Kurt, transformed the alley space behind the temple into a garden plot which is now thriving. If you're local, please stop by and check it out. Whether during open hours or one of our regularly...
4 months ago • 2 min read
Our apologies—the previous email provided the incorrect date for Open Sangha. Words for the Week Some do not believe in cyclic existence but winter, spring, summer and fall is all cyclic existence.Some do not believe in karmic cause and effect but yesterday, today and tomorrow is all karmic cause and effect.Some do not believe in everything is mind, but when the heart-mind moves and happiness or suffering turns up, it is all mind.-Dorlöp Rinpoché Dr. Hun Lye Thursday Open Sangha - Dr. Lye...
5 months ago • 1 min read
