Geshe Phelgye Comes to Boise

Treasure Valley Dharma Friends welcomes

Geshe Thupten Phelgye
"Developing Love and Compassion from Within"

 

Friday, May 4
7:00 to 8:30 pm

Saturday, May 5

10:00 to noon
1:30 to 3:00 pm

Sunday, May 6

1:30 to 3:00 pm

LTTT Temple at 2312 W. Overland Road

(just east of the Overland-Vista intersection).

Cost: $15 per session. $50 for all 4. No one turned away for lack of funds

Geshe Thupten Phelgye became a monk at the age of seventeen. He completed the vigorous eighteen year course of traditional studies in Buddhist Philosophy that earned him the title Geshe (PhD) from Sera Monastic University in 1973. He then went on to do further advanced studies in Buddhist Tantric tradition at Gyumeh Monastery. There, after a private audience with H.H. the Dalai Lama in 1993, he began a strenuous five-year meditation retreat in the mountains. In 2001 Geshe Phelgye was elected as a member of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile. He is a world traveler for the cause of Peace, Animal Rights and Vegetarian Lifestyle. Please join us in welcoming this sincerely compassionate individual to our community. Visit Geshe Phelgye's website http://www.universalcompassion.org/

April Schedule of Events

Saturday, April 7 10:00-11:15 a.m.:  Book Study--Happiness Chapters 15-17
Tuesday, April 10 7:00-8:30 p.m.:  Jhampa Shaneman
Wednesday, April 11 7:00-8:30 p.m.:  Jhampa Shaneman
Thursday, April 12 7:00-8:30 p.m.:  Jhampa Shaneman
Friday, April 13 7:00-8:30 p.m.:  Jhampa Shaneman
Saturday, April 14 10:00-11:30 a.m., 1:00-2:30 p.m.:  Jhampa Shaneman
Sunday, April 15 1:30-3:00 p.m.:  Jhampa Shaneman
Monday, April 16 7:00-8:30 p.m.:  Jhampa Shaneman
Saturday, April 21 10:00-11:15 a.m.:  Review/discussion of Jhampa's teachings
Saturday, April 28 10:00-11:15 a.m.: Book Study--Happiness Chapters 18-20

Saturday Book Schedule

TVDF is currently reading: 

"Happiness--A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill" by Matthieu Richard
March 24:  Chapters 13 and 14
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.

Joyous Effort

Joyous Effort

Treasure Valley Dharma Friends is pleased to present Lama Jhampa Shaneman

April 10 to 16, 2012

With clarity of motivation and real strength of mind our practice can be free of “should” and “ought”. This is the mind that naturally arises from contemplating the advantages of practice and of following the path. It takes delight in positive action. This joyous effort gives whatever we do a kind of strength, purpose and liveliness. Using the teachings of classical Buddhist texts Jhampa Shaneman will explore ways to add depth and enthusiasm to our spiritual practice.

• Tuesday, April 10, through Friday, April 13, 7 – 8:30 pm 
• Saturday, April 14, 10-11:30 am and 1-2:30 pm 
• Sunday, April 15, 1:30-3:00 pm 
• Monday, April 16, 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 famous 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.

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)