Twenty-six hundred years ago, the young prince Siddhartha Gautama snuck out of his palace and saw firsthand the truth of the suffering of old age, sickness, and death. While most of us prefer to distract ourselves from such subjects, the prince could not shake his awareness of these truths.

Unable to ignore them, he set out on a journey to find the source of humanity's suffering and a way to end it. He sought answers for six years before taking a seat beneath the Bodhi tree, where he found the resolution he was seeking. He spent the next forty-five years of his life teaching others that they, too, possessed the ability to free themselves from suffering.

Friday, Jan 9th at 7:00 pm - Khenpo Sangye will provide an introduction to the Buddha's teachings, explaining how Buddhism differs from other religions and describing the different ways in which the Buddha taught to reach different types of students.

Saturday, Jan 10th at 10:00 am -We will look into one particular lineage of Buddhism - the one we practice here at KTC! Khenpo Sangye will give a teaching on the Dakpo Kagyu lineage prayer, a profound text that lays out the origins of our lineage and concisely describes the means to attain the ultimate realization.

Sunday, Jan 11th at 10:00 am - Khenpo Sangye will teach about Buddha Nature as discussed in the first chapter of Gampopa's Jewel Ornament of Liberation. This opening chapter of Gampopa's great work clearly explains that we possess the same potential for awakening as the Buddha and that we, too, can attain enlightenment just as he did.

Please join us for any or all of the programs over the weekend. We would love to share the blessings of these teachings with you!