Lama Migmar Tseten – Tara Empowerment and Teachings in Chappaqua
Lama Migmar Tseten, a Buddhist Chaplain at Harvard University and founder of the Sakya School of Buddhist Studies and Mangalam Studio in Harvard Square, will lead a weekend workshop in Chappaqua, including Meditation, Tara Empowerment, Transmission, Mindfulness teachings and discussion. Come and receive a deeper understanding of the dharma. No prior Buddhist knowledge or experience required. All will benefit from his insight. This is a wonderful, unique and special opportunity as it is the first time Lama Migmar has come to our area! And, in this day and age, the practices of mindfulness and compassion are a needed gift to our communities!
Dates: September 20th and 21st, 2014
Times: Saturday 12-5 Tara Empowerment, Sunday 10-12 Meditation, & 1-3 Teachings on Mindfulness
Where: This event will be held at a private residence in Chappaqua, seating is limited, reserve space early! Participants are asked to please email dlauter@me.com for location details or visit Tara Hudson Valley face book page for further event details, https://www.facebook.com/tarahudsonvalley
Registration: $100 includes both days, or $50 Tara Empowerment, $25 Meditation,
$25 Teachings on Mindfulness, reserve space & register by email: dlauter@me.com,
or call cell 631-365-3803
Lama Migmar Tseten has been serving Harvard as a Buddhist Chaplain since 1997. He is Founder of the Sakya School for Buddhist Studies and Director of Mangalam Studio. He received both a traditional and a contemporary education in India, graduating with an Acharya degree in 1979 from Tibetan Institute of Sanskrit University, Varanasi, India, and with first position every nine years among four schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He was awarded a medal for academic excellence, by His Holiness The Dalai Lama. He was also recognized as Khenpo for his scholarship and service to the Dharma by His Holiness Sakya Trizin. Lama Migmar served as the head of Sakya Center in Rajpur, India, and the Sakya Monastery in Puruwalla, India, from 1981 to 1989, taking care of the well being of several hundred monastic residents. During this time he reintroduced the original form of the geshe educational system of Tibet, with degrees from kazhipa up to the rabjampa degree, with a curriculum that included all of the eighteen major texts, which are known as the Dragchen Chogyed.
Additionally, Lama Migmar supervised the editing and publication of over 50 rare volumes of Sakya literature including the 31 volumes of Sakya Lamdre and the rare Golden Manuscripts of the Five Founding Masters of Sakya. He founded Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies in Cambridge, MA in 1990. Lama Migmar leads retreats at Buddhist centers throughout North America and Europe.
Tara Hudson Valley: Tara Hudson Valley, located in Chappaqua, NY, is a new Dharma practice group, under the direction of Lama Migmar Tseten, dedicated to serving Westchester County, Western CT, NYC and surrounding areas. Continue practicing Green Tara and Medicine Buddha with us, as well as wonderful meditation and mindfulness studies. For more information on upcoming meditation events and dharma festivals please send message or contact email: dlauter@me.com, cell (631) 365-3803. Local coordinators are Daniel Lauter and Donna Soszynski-Lauter. We welcome your help and attendance! We do not profit from this event. All proceeds go toward his expenses in coming here and as fund raising for the Sakya School of Buddhist Studies to help create more events like this in our Westchester, Western CT and NY Metro Areas. May all beings benefit!
Green Tara: Green Tara represents ultimate enlightenment, the wisdom manifestation of compassion, awakening of the Buddha nature within us and overcoming fear. The gentle and heartfelt Bodhisattva Tarawas born from the tears of Avalokitesvara, the Bodhisattva ofcompassion. She offers us a hand to lift us up to a mountain ofenlightenment qualities. Tara belongs to the Karma family ofunobstructed compassionate activity, symbolized by her greencolor and is the Wisdom Consort of the Transcendental BuddhaAmogasiddhi. In a previous eon, in the presence of the BuddhaNga Dra, the Beat of the Drum, she took the vow to onlyincarnate in female form to ceaselessly protect beings from thefears of samsaric life and to guide them upon the path ofenlightenment. She is known as the Swift One, due to herimmediate response to those who request her aid. Tara is often called the Shooting Star! She is the mother of the Buddhas of the past, present and future; the Great mother, the Prajnaparamita; the matrix of ultimate truth itself, Shunyata. She sits on a lotus flower with her left leg resting on her right thigh and her right leg steps down gracefully in front of her. Her left hand is held in front of her heart with palm outward, thumb and ring finger touching so the other three fingers point upwards in the mudra of granting protection. Her right hand rests on her right knee with the palm facing upward in the mudra of generosity.
