Chenrezig encompasses the compassion practice which is of ultimate benefit to self and others. Said to be the ultimate antidote for irritation anger and impatience doing this practice amplifies  our compassion.

We will accumulate merit and practice together.

Free to attend - all are welcome and will be of benefit to both long time Buddhist practitioners and beginners alike! Donations welcome.

Windhorse Community Services
1200 Yarmouth Ave, Unit C-1B
Boulder Colorado 80304

For visual reference - First space to the east of the Bacco restaurant with entrances either from Yarmouth or parking lot on the south side.

Chenrezig, known also by the name Avalokitesvara, is the ultimate compassionate one. Looking with unwavering eyes (having 1000 eyes) he embarks on unwavering Bodhisattva activity. Due to embodying the ultimate compassion of all Buddhas he is known to awaken your compassion and kindness, and soften your rough edges. All of this is while he listens to the prayers of all sentient beings in their times of challenge and difficulty. Chenrezig is whom His Holiness The Dali Lama is credited as the embodiment of.

Khenpo Jigme will come and teach on this practice and deity’s importance.

Please note new time now is 10am to help accommodate Denver sangha commuting into Boulder on a Sunday morning.

Location:
Windhorse Community Services
1200 Yarmouth Ave, Unit C-1B
Boulder Colorado 80304

For visual reference - First space to the east of the Bacco restaurant with entrances either from Yarmouth or parking lot on the south side

Venerable Khenpo Jigme will teach in the importance of the meaning and connections to using the Kagyu lineage prayer.

Please join us to receive these details on connecting to lineage and devotion. Free and open to all, donations for Khenpo’s time and travel are appreciated.

Please note new time now is 10am to help accommodate Denver sangha commuting into Boulder on a Sunday morning.

Location:
Windhorse Community Services
1200 Yarmouth Ave, Unit C-1B
Boulder Colorado 80304

For visual reference - First space to the east of the Bacco restaurant with entrances either from Yarmouth or parking lot on the south side

Happily we announce we will pick up the teaching on Chöd and learning the melody at the Rocky Mountain Thrangu Center, Boulder.

We will gather together on Sunday September 22nd from 9:30-11:30 to practice under the instruction of Venerable Khenpo Jigme. The event is as usual is free to attend.

We do ask that it be open only to those who have received the transmission from a Kagyu Chöd lineage holder. We will hold further transmissions in future cycles.

Event Location
Windhorse Community Services
1200 Yarmouth Ave, Unit C-1B
Boulder Colorado, 80304

Group Mediicne Buddha practice is particularly profound for sending healing vibrations where we aspire them to reach. Khenpo Jigme has asked us as a community to gather togther. Please join us in practicing Medicine Buddha on Aug 25th, 2019, for self-healing, healing of others and healing the world.

Anyone and everyone is welcome and able to do this practice regardless of receiving the transmission or not.

It is said that just by hearing the name of the Medicine Buddha you can liberate a wide and various forms of suffering. This is a very simple and easy practice to do. We will focus on how to generate the Medicine Buddha and invite the presence into our lives, bodies and send the healing out to all beings.

Free to attend - all are welcome. Donations appreciated. 

Windhorse Community Services
1200 Yarmouth Ave, Unit C-1B
Boulder Colorado 80304

For visual reference - First space to the east of the Bacco restaurant with entrances either from Yarmouth or parking lot on the south side

We welcome Khenpo Jigme home from his pilgrimage and teachings in Asia! Happily we announce we will pick up the teaching on Chöd and learning the melody at the Rocky Mountain Thrangu Center, Boulder.

We will gather together on Sunday June 23rd from 9:30-11:30 to practice under the instruction of Venerable Khenpo Jigme. The event is as usual is free to attend.

We do ask that it be open only to those who have received the transmission from a Kagyu Chöd lineage holder. We will hold further transmissions in future cycles.

Event Location
Windhorse Community Services
1200 Yarmouth Ave, Unit C-1B
Boulder Colorado, 80304

Green Tara represents enlightened wisdom energy. She is full of compassion with the ability to summon all beings from all realms and provide the swift action of enlightened feminine wisdom.

Practiced in all aspects of Tibetan society, her mantra is among the most common and profound.

Praised for alleviating not only worldly turmoils, fears and obstacles, but indeed any suffering within all three realms.

Join us for introductory teachings and we will also practice the mantra together.

Note: This practice is related to the Kriya Yoga Tantra. Thus one avoids consuming meat or alcohol before practice. Most commonly one does the practice in the mornings before eating. Meaning it does not require long term vegetarianism.

Please observe a vegetarian diet during the morning as we will be practicing and accumulating mantras.

All are welcome - free to the public, donations appreciated.

Location:
Windhorse Community Services 
1200 Yarmouth Ave, Unit C-1B
Boulder Colorado 80304

For visual reference - First space to the east of the Bacco restaurant with entrances either from Yarmouth or parking lot on the south side.

We will gather and do protectors practice to remove any obstacles to our practices, establish a good connection to our protectors. We will also do group shamatha practice. Khenpo Jigme said that to do group practice is of great benefit.

Donations are greatly appreciated.

LOCATION:
Windhorse Community Services 
1200 Yarmouth Ave, Unit C-1B
Boulder Colorado 80304

For visual reference - First space to the east of the Bacco restaurant with entrances either from Yarmouth or parking lot on the south side

We will gather and do protectors practice and medicine Buddha practice. This date falls on a dharma protectors day and is this auspicious for preforming protection practices, particularly just before the Tibetan New Year begins Feb 5th.

All are welcome free to the public, donations appreciated.

LOCATION:
Windhorse Community Services 
1200 Yarmouth Ave, Unit C-1B
Boulder Colorado 80304

For visual reference - First space to the east of the Bacco restaurant with entrances either from Yarmouth or parking lot on the south side

Group Mediicne Buddha practice is particularly profound for sending healing vibrations where we aspire them to reach. Khenpo Jigme has asked us as a community to gather togther. Please join us Aug 19th and our local Tibetan Dr, Menpa Nashalla, will lead us in Medicine Buddha practice for self-healing, healing of others and world healing.

Anyone and everyone is welcome and able to do this practice regardless of receiving the transmission or not.

It is said that just by hearing the name of the Medicine Buddha you can liberate a wide and various forms of suffering. This is a very simple and easy practice to do. We will focus on how to generate the Medicine Buddha and invite the presence into our lives, bodies and send the healing out to all beings. A more practice orientated Sunday morning, we will spend time in the healing meditation space and less on teachings though some information and question time will be allotted.

Free to attend - all are welcome. Donations appreciated. 

Windhorse Community Services
1200 Yarmouth Ave, Unit C-1B
Boulder Colorado 80304

For visual reference - First space to the east of the Bacco restaurant with entrances either from Yarmouth or parking lot on the south side

Dakini days are a special day in the Lunar calendar when one chants the healing mantra of the Five Dakini’s to harness the wisdom energy. The Dakini’s have many forms and various practices. They are a part of practices which aid one in tines of need and provide healing energy to help and provide guidance. As an embodiment of feminine wisdom and power they have mantras which can enhance that same energy. 

Khenpo Jigme has asked Nashalla to give a brief introduction on what is a Dakini is, what she represents and offers as a support to Buddhist practice. She will introduce the Five Dakini practice mantra for world and individual healing. 

Free and open to all. Donations appreciated. 

Windhorse Community Services
1200 Yarmouth Ave, Unit C-1B
Boulder Colorado 80304

For visual reference - First space to the east of the Bacco restaurant with entrances either from Yarmouth or parking lot on the south side

Buddha taught many topics of meditation, but one of the most direct and profound is topic of The Four Immeasurables. These direct and simple explanations cover four specific aspects for development on the path to embracing Refuge and Bodhichitta. the cultivation of loving-kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity. 

This Sunday's teaching will be on these four important aspects of viewing our practice. The Four Immeasurables is a Traditional Tibetan Buddhist Prayer:

"May all beings have happiness and the cause of happiness.
May they be free of suffering and the cause of suffering.
May they never be disassociated from the supreme happiness which is without suffering.
May they remain in the boundless equanimity, free from both attachment to close ones and rejection of others."

Venerable Khenpo Jigme returns from Asia, his retreat and pilgrimage to share with us these precious teachings. 

Free and open to all - donations appreciated. 

Windhorse Community Services
1200 Yarmouth Ave, Unit C-1B
Boulder Colorado 80304

For visual reference - First space to the east of the Bacco restaurant with entrances either from Yarmouth or parking lot on the south side.

Ever heard the famous mantra Om mani Padme Hung? Then you have heard the blessing of Chenrezig’s mantra! 

Reciting Chenrezig’s mantra brings vast and immeasurable benefits. In brief, if you recite the long mantra even just once, it purifies the negative karma of the four root downfalls of pratimoksha (individual liberation through discipline) meaning it keeps you on track with a aim for liberation of self. You also can purify the negative karma of the ten non-virtues of killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, slander, gossip and harsh speech, covetousness, ill will and heresy.

If one recite the long mantra seven times, one-hundred lifetimes of negative karma is purified. If you recite the long mantra twenty-one times it purifies 1one-thousand eons of negative karma. If you recite the long mantra one-hundred-eight times, or just one round of one mala, it purifies forty-thousand eons of negative karma.

No wonder this is such a poplar and common mantra in the Tibetan Buddhist culture! This was a practice session requested to be given by Khenpo Jigme for the Center and general public due to its enormous benefits.

Join our free Sunday morning teaching this April with our guest teacher Clark Johnson, who has been a devoted and close student of VV Thrangu Rinpoche for over three decades. Learn more about this simple practice which aids in cultivating compassion. 

Free to attend - all are welcome and will be of benefit to both long time Buddhist practitioners and beginners alike! Donations welcome.

Windhorse Community Services
1200 Yarmouth Ave, Unit C-1B
Boulder Colorado 80304

For visual reference - First space to the east of the Bacco restaurant with entrances either from Yarmouth or parking lot on the south side.

March 25th is the 8th day of the lunar Tibetan calendar, and the day of Medicine Buddha. We will gather and Dr Nashalla will lead us in Medicine Buddha practice for self-healing, healing of others and world healing. Anyone and everyone is welcome and able to do this practice on this day. It is said that just by hearing the name of the Medicine Buddha you can liberate various forms of suffering. Group practice is particularly profound for sending healing vibrations out into the world, which we all know needs our pure healing intentions. 

Free to attend - all are welcome and will benefit long time Buddhist practitioners and beginners alike! Donations appreciated. 

Windhorse Community Services
1200 Yarmouth Ave, Unit C-1B
Boulder Colorado 80304
For visual reference - First space to the east of the Bacco restaurant with entrances either from Yarmouth or parking lot on the south side

Khenpo Jigme has requested we meet and do meditation and practices to apply some of the teachings. This Sunday morning we will learn about Shamatha, known as Calm Abiding Meditation as a complete Dzogchen practice. We will work with the methods of working with a object of support and moving beyond object of support. Nashalla G. Nyinda will lead us in this practice and give a short teachings on the benefits of this practice.

Free to attend - all are welcome and will benefit long time Buddhist practitioners and beginners alike! Donations appreciated. 

Windhorse Community Services
1200 Yarmouth Ave, Unit C-1B
Boulder Colorado 80304
For visual reference - First space to the east of the Bacco restaurant with entrances either from Yarmouth or parking lot on the south side

Nashalla will give attendees instruction on the seven points of posture for ideal meditation sessions, sure to benefit beginner to advanced practitioners alike.

Chairs, prayers, mats and instruction all included at:
305 Milwaukee Street
Denver, CO 80206

RSVP: Barbara 720-320-2885
Offered by the Denver Mahamudra Study Group

No set fee: donations accepted for teachings, library rental space donations encouraged
Weather cancellations will be emailed at least 24-hours in advance. Carpooling recommended for limited parking in Cherry Creek.

Medicine Buddha is a healing practice which can benefit countless beings. Dr Nashalla G Nyinda, Menpa TMD will teach this concise and simple Tibetan Buddhist healing practice based on the generation and embodiment of the Medicine Buddha’s characteristics. 

It is said that just by hearing the name, or mantra, of Medicine Buddha innumerable benefits arise – including enhancing any healing practices and medicines. Practice generating compassion, recognizing buddha nature through visualization practice, and engaging in the actual manifestation of healing practice for self and others will be explained and practiced. 

This is the first of many Medicine Buddha practices to come as she has been instructed by the Venerable Khenpo’s to begin to offer Medicine Buddha teachings in an ongoing formate to the front range community. 

Free to attend - all are welcome and will benefit long time Buddhist practitioners and beginners alike! Donations appreciated. 

Windhorse Community Services
1200 Yarmouth Ave, Unit C-1B
Boulder Colorado 80304
For visual reference - First space to the east of the Bacco restaurant with entrances either from Yarmouth or parking lot on the south side

The traditional Tibetan Medical system, Sowa Rigpa is inseparable from the Buddhist practices which help calm and place the mind, relax the nervous system and cultivate a mind of enlightenment based in balance and wellness. The precious human body must be maintained in order to minimize distractions to our meditation from pain and suffering. By learning to work with the “wind and channels” we can purify the subtle and gross channels through which meditation practices can transform and awaken one’s Vajra body and Buddha nature. 

This Sunday teaching will be given by Dr Nashalla G Nyinda, Menpa TMD who will give instruction about subtle and gross winds, breathing practices and mediation practice. All of these practices are designed as the greatest of medicine, the medicine of Dharma. The goal is always to increase and stabilize mediation, while simultaneously regulating the nervous system, both on and off the cushion. 

Free to attend - all are welcome and will benefit long time Buddhist practitioners and beginners alike! Donations appreciated. 

Windhorse Community Services
1200 Yarmouth Ave, Unit C-1B
Boulder Colorado 80304
For visual reference - First space to the east of the Bacco restaurant with entrances either from Yarmouth or parking lot on the south side
 

If you couldn’t attend Venerable Khenpo’s week long Phowa retreat, or you want to have a synopsis and concise version of this special practice; learn how to benefits others in transition, as well as yourself is still assessable in the Boulder Sunday teaching.

Amitabha practice is practiced both as a way to purify karma during our lifetime; create auspicious conditions for enlightenment in this very life and train how to master the “wind energy” of the subtle body.

This is a devotional meditative practice grounded in understanding impermanence, the preciousness of the human body and opening to the heart of Bodhichitta. 

As a Phowa practice this can build confidence during the experience of dying and assist the transition both for oneself and for those working with others in that precious transition. As we all must face the door of death it is helpful to not only prepare but aid those who may be fearful of this process.

Retreat master Venerable Khenpo Jigme will be giving these teachings to further enhance any instructions on the death practices, as well as introduce the Amitabha practice to all.

All are welcome - there is no cost to attend and you may purchase the text separately if you would like.

Windhorse Community Services
1200 Yarmouth Ave, Unit C-1B
Boulder Colorado 80304
For visual reference - First space to the east of the Bacco restaurant with entrances either from Yarmouth or parking lot on the south side
 

If you missed the Four Dharma’s of Gampopa in September by our venerable retreat master Khenpo Jigme, you can hear it again on Monday the 23rd October in WY. 

Gampopa Sonom Rinchen was a primary disciple of Milarepa and a important foundation teacher of our Kagyu lineage. 

Grant your blessings so that my mind may be one with the dharma.
Grant your blessings so that dharma may progress along the path.
Grant your blessings so that the path may clarify confusion.
Grant your blessings so that confusion may dawn as wisdom.

Free to attend, all are welcome - donations appreciated.

Address: Canterbury House 110 S. 9th St. Laramie, WY

Hosted by: The Sangha of the Border Tribe of Laramie, The Laramie Mediation Group and The Rocky Mountain Thrangu Center
CONTACT / RSVP dalef@wyoming.com

Khenpo Jigme will give instructions and answer questions regarding the meaning and meditation practice of the Medicine Buddha.

Venerable Khenpo Jigme will be giving teachings and commentary on the teachings attributed origonally to Aitisha, known as the Mind Training - or Lojong teachings. 

Lojong mind training practice was developed over a 300-year period between 900 and 1200 CE, as part of the Mahāyāna school of Buddhism. Atiśa (982–1054 CE), a Bengali meditation master, is generally regarded as the originator of the practice. It is described in his book Lamp on the Path to Enlightenment (Bodhipathapradīpaṃ). The practice is based upon his studies with the Sumatran teacher, Dharmakīrtiśrī (Tib. Serlingpa, Wylie: gser gling pa), and the Indian teacher Dharmarakṣita, a prominent teacher at Odantapuri and author of a text called the Wheel of Sharp Weapons. Both these texts are well known in Tibetan translation. Atiśa's third major teacher of lojong is said to have been the junior Kusalī, known also as Maitrīyogi.

Atiśa journeyed to Sumatra and studied with Dharmakīrtiśrī for twelve years. He then returned to teach in India, but at an advanced age accepted an invitation to teach in Tibet, where he stayed for the rest of his life.

A story is told that Atiśa heard that the inhabitants of Tibet were very pleasant and easy to get along with. Instead of being delighted, he was concerned that he would not have enough negative emotion to work with in his mind training practice. So he brought along his ill-tempered Bengali servant-boy, who would criticize him incessantly and was challenging to spend time with. Tibetan teachers then like to joke that when Atiśa arrived in Tibet, he realized there was no need after all.

The aphorisms on mind training in their present form were composed by Chekawa Yeshe Dorje (1101–1175 CE). According to one account, Chekhawa saw a text on his cell-mate's bed, open to the phrase: "Gain and victory to others, loss and defeat to oneself". The phrase struck him and he sought out the author Langri Tangpa (1054–1123). Finding that Langri Tangpa had died, he studied instead with one of Langri Tangpa's students, Sharawa Yönten Drak, for twelve years.

Chekhawa is claimed to have cured leprosy with mind training. In one account, he went to live with a colony of lepers and did the practice with them. Over time many of them were healed, more lepers came, and eventually people without leprosy also took an interest in the practice. Another popular story about Chekhawa and mind training concerns his brother and how it transformed him into a much kinder person.

Translation by Lotsawa Sarah Plazas. 

Windhorse Community Services
1200 Yarmouth Avenue, Unit C-1B, Boulder, CO, 80304