(openPR) - Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, the spiritual director of Choe Khor Sum Ling and of the international organization of Dharma centers known as the Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Traditions (FPMT), will teach at the Center in Bangalore from Thursday through Sunday, March 13 – 16, 2008. Rinpoche will give a teaching on how one can transform one’s daily activities into the activities of enlightenment. Rinpoche will talk about the importance of maintaining a constant attitude of compassion, bodhicitta, twenty-four hours a day, from morning till night. This approach leads to actualizing the potential of Buddhahood that is innate to all sentient beings. Rinpoche will also be conferring a Green Tara empowerment. Green Tara is the female aspect of Buddha’s compassion and activities.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche is one of the greatest upholders of Shakyamuni Buddha's sacred teachings in this century. For nearly forty years Rinpoche has worked tirelessly to make the profound message of Buddhism, as preserved in the Tibetan tradition, available to people throughout the world. Rinpoche travels extensively giving detailed explanations in English which go straight to the heart making it perfectly clear how to eliminate suffering and attain lasting happiness in our daily lives. Rinpoche created the first programs for in depth study of the Five Great Treatises in the West, and created one of the most successful schools for interpreters of Tibetan language into English. Furthermore, Rinpoche has organized essential support for Buddhist monasteries and nunneries in India, Nepal, Mongolia, and France.

Schedule:
Thursday & Friday, March 13 & 14, 2008
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Teachings on ‘Bodhisattva’s Yoga of Daily Activities’

Saturday, March 15, 2008
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM: Introduction to Green Tara Initiation by Ven. Namdak
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Green Tara Initiation

Sunday, March 16, 2008
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM: Teachings on ‘Buddha Nature’

Venue:
Ashwini, No. 24, First Floor, 3rd Main Street, Domlur Layout, Bangalore - 71 | Tel: 080 414 864 97

Please visit the Choe Khor Sum Ling website www.cksl.in for more information on the Center’s activities.

Center’s Address:
Choe Khor Sum Ling
Tibetan Buddhist Meditation & Study Center
Ashwini, No. 24, First Floor
3rd Main Street
Domlur Layout
Bangalore – 560071
INDIA

Anupama Saraf
+91.9845220563
anupama@cksl.in

Choe Khor Sum Ling (CKSL) – Tibetan Buddhist Meditation & Study Center, Bangalore is a center for the study and practice of Mahayana Buddhism following the lineage and example of Lord Buddha. The Center, whose name means 'The Sanctuary of the Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma' was founded in 2003 by Lama Zopa Rinpoche under the guidance of HH the XIVth Dalai Lama. CKSL offers courses in various Buddhist meditation techniques and teachings on the various aspects of the Graduated Path to Enlightenment. Teachings are offered free to the public and are conducted in English or in Tibetan (with translation in English). In addition to regular teachings every few weeks the Center invites senior Lamas to give talks on important aspects of the Buddhist path. Such talks are also accompanied by instructions and initiations by the Lama into different meditation practices and also include group meditation sessions.