The Drikung Meditation Center aims to bring benefit to the Tibetan community at large as well as the local Boston area.

 

The center's ongoing mission is to serve as a place where understanding between all religions, cultures and people may flower, and where spiritual seekers, scholars and the local community may freely experience and study Tibetan/Buddhist cultural and spiritual practices, art and philosophy. 

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The center is currently in the process of raising funds to purchase a new property which will become the U.S. Jokhang Temple. This expanded facility will become a living museum, cultural center and practice space. It will enable the center to further grow and develop its service offerings to the community. The U.S. Jokhang Temple will also provide greater space and accommodation for practice groups, retreats, and guest housing, as well as larger gatherings for special empowerments and teachings by visiting and resident Tibetan spiritual masters.

 

Among other things, the and its members (led by resident spiritual director Venerable Lama Konchok Sonam) tirelessly work to provide and further develop much needed spiritual services and functions, practices and teachings.

 

The U.S. Jokhang Temple will further provide:

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• A public "Healing Garden"

• A meditation room designed by Lama Sonam, with special lighting and decoration to help the mind find peace and calm

• A Jowo Rinpoche Statue room for public meditation and prayer

• Authentic Tibetan Buddhist spiritual teachings, practices, meditations, programs and retreats

• Programs on the benefits of mindfulness, meditation, and virtues such as compassion, for all age groups

• An authentic pilgrimage site outside of Tibet for the exiled Tibetan community

• A "Living Museum" for the preservation, creation and display of Tibetan arts and cultural heritage, and a space for the presentation of Tibetan performance arts

• Interfaith workshops and symposiums to promote peace and understanding between all religions, cultures and backgrounds

• Community outreach: offering techniques for stress reduction through mindfulness and meditation, to local government offices, police and fire departments

• Visits to local schools, teaching mindfulness and compassion to children and teacher, to help them handle their negative feelings, and not lash out with violence or unkind words

• Counselling for the addicted, depressed and grieving

• Help for the elderly

• Blessing rituals for homes, people and animals

• End of life services

• Tibetan medicine and yoga.

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Donations for the new facility can be made on our donation page. All contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by all, and are greatly appreciated!