Drikung Meditation Center
Boston, MA, USA
WELCOME
A Jewel of Living Dharma
For over 20 years, The Drikung Meditation Center has offered Tibetan Buddhist teachings, practices and retreats to all levels of spiritual practitioners - from curious beginner to experienced meditator - right here in the Boston area..
We are home to the only emanation replica of the sacred Jowo Rinpoche statue outside of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa Tibet! The Jowo statue is considered a living Buddha, a very holy object of immense beauty and profound blessings. Our Jowo statue is not only an exact replica, it is a spirtual emanation of Jowo Rinpoche himself. Learn about the Jowo Rinpoche Statue HERE.
Under the guidance of our spiritual director, Venerable Lama Konchok Sonam, our mission has been to serve the community in a spirit of loving kindness, fostering understanding between all religions, cultures and people.
NEW!
Gems From Lama Konchok Sonam's Weekly Teachings:
Message and Brief Prayer to be Reborn in Dewachen Click Here
Excerpted from the Full Moon Phowa Practice
The U.S. Jowo Rinpoche Statue at the
Drikung Meditation Center in MA, USA.
Wonderful News: A New Center!
The Drikung Meditation Center is now also home to the US Jokhang Temple! We have obtained a mortgage on a property in Danvers, MA!
This was only possible due to the enormous generosity of the community and everyone's profound merit and aspirations. Emaho! Lama Sonam's longtime dream of establishing a Jokhang Temple here in the US is one very large step closer to fruition!
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The Capital Campaign - 5 Year Plan.
While this momentous occasion is most definitely a cause for celebration we will continue to work together as a community to pay off the balance owed in the 5 year window before the interest rate increases. Therefore we have introduced the Capital Campaign to meet this goal. We are currently in year 3 of this 5 year plan and on track to meet our goal!
If you or someone you know can help secure the US JokhangTemple for future generations
Please read and share this Letter from Lama Konchok Sonam:
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Please help us fully actualize Lama Sonam's US Jokhang Temple vision!
Become a Monthly Donor!
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Help secure the future of the
US Jokhang Temple!
EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Healing Chod Ceremony
August 23rd, 7pm EDT
Shamatha and Mindful Movement
Yoga Retreat
August 24th - 25th, 10am -12noon
and 2pm - 5pm EDT
Venerable Drupon Palkyi
Healing Chod Ceremony
The Healing Chod is a special practice for those who are experiencing illness. It is particularly beneficial for stress related illness and obstacles to our health. This Prajnparamita wisdom teaching lineage originates with the 11th century realised yogini, Machig Labdron. It is a profound dharma passed to us from the founder of the Drikung Kagyu lineage, Jigten Sumgon in the form of the Kusali (mendicant) Chod text.
This ceremony requires no special prerequisites as Drupon la will do the practice on our behalf as we meditate or merely hold a receptive state of mind. As with all Mahayana practices it is done with bodhicitta, the mind that seeks to benefit all beings equal to space.
Shamatha Meditation and
Yoga of Mindful Movement Retreat
We are delighted to welcome Drupon Pakyi o n her first North American teaching tour. She joins u s from the Drikung Garchen Institute in Munich Germany where she has served as a resident teacher for10 years where she benefits many with her wisdom and compassion. Drupon has done extensive practice and training and has served as the chant master at Samtenling at Jangchubling in Dhera Dun. A brief verson of her biography can be viewed HERE.
During this special retreat, she will begin each day leading us one the yoga of mindful movement followed by training in the classical methods of calming the mind known as Shamatha.
Links for Daily Practice Livestreams
Zoom:
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For Passcode: please contact dmcboston@gmail.com
FacebookLivestream:
All Times are Eastern Time.
To find out how this translates to your time zone, please click here.
FROM OUR SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR
Request
Ven. Lama Konchok Sonam asks us to join in the gathering of profound spiritual blessings by participating in the Online Dharma Practice Sessions and the accumulation of mantra. The benefits of these shared recitations are deep and vast due to being recited with the welfare and benefit of all sentient beings in mind.
​​MANTRA ACCUMULATIONS THUS FAR
​​Totals updated regularly..
As of, April 13th, 2023:
​100 Million Green Tara
Current Total:1,531,069
​Parnashavari, Vanquisher of Disease
Current Total: 94,013
Ven. Lama Konchok Sonam offers this beautiful audio recording, wherein he chants the "Treasury of Siddhis Medicine Buddha Mantra for Universal Healing", with original guitar and flute musical accompaniment.
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Recording courtesy of
Drikung Dharmakirti Circle.
​Music by Omar Rodrigo Sierra,
Casa Tibet México, León, Guanajuato.
Click on image to listen.
Items Consecrated by Ven. Lama Sonam
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Ven. Lama Konchok Sonam has specially consecrated many precious and unique items in our Dharma Shop - stupas, amulets, statues and more.
Proceeds of all sales go directly to of our operating expenses needed for the daily functioning of the center, and also to our US Johkang Temple Fund!
Please help ensure that generations to come can enjoy the limitless benefit of the U.S. Jowo Rinpoche statue.
Thank you!
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This Golden Stupa is available in our shop. It brings the profound blessings of the Buddha to our home, office, business or space, and has been consecrated by Ven. Konchok Lama Sonam.
