[UD News] Buddha Day
Buddha DayYou are invited to join the community for Buddha Day—a celebration of the birth, life, and death of the Buddha. 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 not required that you have any prior experience with Buddhist practices. This will simply be a time to celebrate in community a life and the teachings that have brought so much peace, joy, compassion, and clarity into the world. |
Urban Dharma
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...
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...
Completely Victorious in Battling the Lord of Death A Marpa Tradition Sādhana of Uṣṇīṣavijaya Together withthe Thousand-Offerings compiled by HH Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang Rinpoché We will be gathering as a community to perform the Thousand-Offerings of Uṣṇīṣavijayā (Namgyal Tongchö) on the weekend of August 2 & 3. You are cordially invited to join us in person at our temple is Asheville, NC or via Zoom. Please register NOW at: https://udharmanc.com/thousand-offerings/We will send out the PDF...