Saturday Book Schedule

TVDF is currently reading "Happiness – A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill”, by Matthieu Ricard. The pages to be discussed at upcoming Saturday sessions:

March 3: Chapters 4, 5 and 6.

Everyone is welcome to come including beginners, non-Buddhists and those not reading the book. We meet at the LTTT Temple at 2312 West Overland Road which is just east of the intersection of Vista and Overland on Saturdays at 10am.

2011 RAKE UP BOISE

Bobbie Johnson coordinated a group of TVDF members and friends who raked up a Boise resident's yard for the Rake Up Boise event. Everyone had a great time on a crisp Saturday morning and raked up 50 bags of leaves to go to be composted by the city. This is the third year year TVDF has participated.

RAKE UP BOISE

Please join TVDF to help rake up the yard of a resident who needs help with their yard.

We will be raking the yard on Saturday, Nov. 26th at 10:00 am. The date was changed to give the trees more time to shed their leaves. There were still quite a few leaves that had not yet fallen.

If you would like to join us in helping the homeowner with their yard work, please send email to TVDF at treasurevalleydharmafriends@gmail.com.

There will be no Saturday session at the temple on the 26th since we will be raking.

Dealing with Anger by Lama Jhampa Shaneman on September 15 to 22

Dealing with Anger

Treasure Valley Dharma Friends is pleased to present

Lama Jhampa Shaneman

September 15 to 22, 2011

The Buddha taught how to counteract anger not by subduing external situations but by working with the mind. Anger disturbs our own and others peace and leads to suffering. It does not bring good resolutions to problems. We may see anger as a protector but it only leads to suffering.

Using the teachings of classical Buddhist texts Jhampa Shaneman will explore ways to help counteract and abandon anger including meditation techniques.

Santideva wrote:
Where would I possibly find enough leather
With which to cover the surface of the earth?
But wearing leather just on the soles of my shoes
Is equivalent to covering the earth with it.

Likewise it is not possible for me
To restrain the external course of things;
But should I restrain this mind of mine
What would be the need to restrain all else?

Thursday, Sept 15, and Friday, Sept 16, 7 – 8:30 pm
Saturday, Sept 17, 10-11:30 am and 1-2:30 pm
Sunday, Sept 18, 9 - 10:30 am
Monday, Sept 19, through Thursday, Sept 22, 7 – 8:30 pm

All sessions at LTTT Temple, 2312 W. Overland Road
(just east of the Overland-Vista intersection)
$15 per session or $75 for all
No one turned away for lack of funds

Jhampa Shaneman studied Mahayana Buddhism in Dharamsala, India from 1971 until 1984. He was an ordained monk during those years. He studied with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, His Holiness's senior tutor Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, Ven. Geshe Rabten, Geshe Dhargaye and other revered Lamas of that time. Jhampa has translated for Masters of all the 4 sects of Tibetan Buddhism over the last 25 years and carries various lineages from these traditions. In 1980, Jhampa entered the traditional Great Retreat and spent the next three and a half years on the mountain above Dharmsala, India.

The Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind teaching series continues

Venerable Thubten Chonyi Teaches August 5 and 6

Reality of Cyclic Existence

Friday, August 5, 7 to 8:30 pm

Consciously or not, we start each day with the expectation that things should go a certain way. Yet every day, disappointment and other disturbing emotions arise when they invariably don't. Learning to see reality more clearly brings greater peace of mind right now. Further, it is necessary in order to develop the force to get out of cyclic existence for good and is the only stable foundation for developing love and compassion. Join Ven. Chonyi to explore why and how to be happy about meditating on the unsatisfactory nature of cyclic existence.

Saturday, August 6, 10 to 11:30 am – Meditation on the Buddha and guided meditation on the unsatisfactory nature of cyclic existence

Saturday, August 6, 1:00 to 2:30 pm - Discussion and question and answer session

All sessions at LTTT Temple 2312 W. Overland Road
$15 per session or $25 for all three sessions
No one turned away for lack of funds

Ven. Chonyi is an Buddhist nun practicing in the Tibetan tradition. She is a resident of Sravasti Abbey, the Buddhist monastery in Newport, Washington and has received bhikshuni ordination at Sravasti Abbey under the guidance of Venerable Thubten Chodron.

TVDF Annual Meeting - Saturday, May 7th

All are invited to attend and give input into the activities of the group.

There will be an election for open positions on the TVDF Board of Directors and discussion of the activities for the coming year.
We will start our regular session at the Temple at 10:00 am and end a bit early.
The Annual Meeting will be from 11:00 to approximately 11:30 am.

Where: LTTT Temple, 2312 W. Overland Road (Just east of the intersection of Vista and Overland)

TVDF Visiting Teachers

Venerable Khensur Wangdak Lobsang Tenzin was born in Tibet in 1934 and entered monastic life at age 10. He studied in Tibet and later fled to India in 1960. Receiving the highest Geshe Lharampa degree from Drepung Monastery he has both taught and been Abbot of Namgyal Monastery in Dharamsala, India. He now resides in the USA at Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center. Most recently in December 2010 he taught the Foundation of All Good Qualities.

Venerable Thubten Tarpa is an American nun practicing in the Tibetan tradition. She is a resident of Sravasti Abbey, the Buddhist monastery in Newport, Washington. She received ordination at Sravasti Abbey under the guidance of Venerable Thubten Chodron. During summer 2011, she taught in the Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind Teaching Series.

Venerable Thubten Jigme is an American nun practicing in the Tibetan tradition. She is a resident of Sravasti Abbey, the Buddhist monastery in Newport, Washington. She received ordination at Sravasti Abbey under the guidance of Venerable Thubten Chodron. During summer 2011, she taught in the Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind Teaching Series.

Venerable Thubten Chonyi is an American nun practicing in the Tibetan tradition. She is a resident of Sravasti Abbey, the Buddhist monastery in Newport, Washington. She received ordination at Sravasti Abbey under the guidance of Venerable Thubten Chodron. During summer 2011, she taught in the Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind Teaching Series.

Jhampa Shaneman studied Mahayana Buddhism in Dharmsala, India from 1971 until 1984 as an ordained monk. He studied with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, His Holiness's senior tutor Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, Ven. Geshe Rabten, Geshe Dhargaye and other noted Lamas of that time. He carries various lineages from all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism, and has completed the traditional three and one-half year retreat. Jhampa is one of the first western practitioners to be given permission by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to teach all levels of Mahayana and Vajrayana. He was secretary for Ling Rinpoche, the senior tutor to the Dalai Lama. He has studied and translated for high lamas in all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism.