February 2012 Endless Knot
February 2012 - Volume 41 Number 2
KAGYU KUNKHYAB CHULING
4939 Sidley St., Burnaby BC V5J 1T6 (604) 434-4920
In this issue:
- 2012 Losar Schedule :
Sunday, Feb. 19 to Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012
-Regular Burnaby practice schedule
- Support Three Year Retreat in India
- KDOL to remain open and available for personal retreats during the winter
- 2012 Memberships
- Room for Rent
- About Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling.
***HAPPY TIBETAN NEW YEAR 2012!***
May all beings be free from illness and enjoy a long life!
May all disease, poverty, war and natural disasters be calmed!
May all beings meet with fulfillment and success, good fortune, prosperity, happiness and peace!
May the precious Dharma and all auspicious things increase!
***2012 Losar Schedule***
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Sunday, Feb. 19 to Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012:
Please join us for our Annual Three Day Losar Prayers to help remove obstacles and create auspicious circumstances for the coming year, on behalf of all Sangha members and sentient beings.
This year, we will be doing an abbreviated schedule of prayers with English transliteration and translation. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Sunday to Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am. White Tara practice
Breakfast
9:30 am - 11:00 am. Long Green Tara practice
Lunch
1:30 pm. 5 Deities & Long Mahakala practice
3:00 pm. Tea break
3:30 - 4:30 pm. Yang Gup (prosperity) practice
6:00 pm. Mahakala Tsok
Wednesday
8:00 am. Long Life Prayer for Kalu Rinpoche
Fire puja
Losar celebration
If you have time, and would like to help support the Losar Mahakala practice by cooking, we are in need of a breakfast cook breakfast for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. If you can help for any of those days, please let us know. We really appreciate it!
***Regular Burnaby Practice Schedule starting February 2012***
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We are open to the our members and the general public for meditation and prayers on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
This month is also the Tibetan New Year (Losar), and we will be holding our Annual 4-Day Losar Program from February 19th to 22nd.
KKC Burnaby Centre 4939 Sidley Street (@ Nelson) Tel. 604-434-4920
Practice at KKC is typically conducted in Tibetan, using texts that include the English transliteration as well as translation.
Everyone is welcome! Please arrive at least 10 minutes prior to practice start time.
Mondays:
7:30 am: Green Tara Practice...for protection from fear & danger and fulfillment of wishes
7:00 p.m. Chenrezig Practice...for Compassion.
Mahakala Practice... for protection.
Wednesdays:
7:30 am: White Tara Practice...for Long Life.
7:00 pm: Medicine Buddha Practice...for protection from the suffering of illness and negative forces.
Fridays:
7:30 am: Fire Puja
7:00 pm: Chenrezig Practice...for Compassion.
Mahakala Practice... for protection.
Sundays:
Shamata Meditation...for mental calm and peace.
King of Aspiration...as led by H.H. 17th Karmapa every year at the Kagyu Monlam in Bodhgaya, for world peace.
Sunday
9:00 am: Shamata ('Shinay' or silent) Meditation and
King of Aspiration Prayers
Support Three Year Retreat in India!
Led by Lama Tsultrim, a small handful of sangha members are providing meals for 21 monks doing 3 Year Retreat at Kalu Rinpoche's monastery in Sonada (until Jan 2013).
Helping to support dedicated Dharma practitioners has many immediate as well as tremendous long-term benefits. Your generosity and merit are multiplied many times over in this life and future lives.
$15, $25, $50, $100 per mo (or any amount) is appreciated.To help support the 3 Year Retreat, please send your donation to KKC Burnaby, Attn: 3 Yr Retreat.
Our deepest gratitude to everyone who continues to support this very worthy cause.
KDOL Open For Personal and Private Retreats!
We’re very happy to announce that we have found a caretaker for the retreat land at KDOL for the winter months. This means that KDOL will be available for personal retreats until the end of March. There will be some changes however:
1) Niguling, Naroling (the women and men's retreat facilities) and the outer cabins will remain closed during the winter.
2) The two main buildings, Sukkhaling and Kacholing, only will be available for retreat.
3) Retreatants will have to cook for themselves as no cook will be available.
4) Transportation will be available if needed. On non-shopping days (shopping day to be determined soon) there will be a charge of $20.00 (one way) for transportation.
5) To book a retreat either send an email to kdol268@gmail.com or leave a message at 250-380-8610. Email is the preferred mode of communication.
6) The rates for retreat will be $18.00/night; $234 for 14 nights and $450.00 for 28 nights.
We look forward to hosting you!
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Room for Rent @ KKC Burnaby
We have a room available at KKC for March 1st, 2012 for a quiet, long-term tenant.
Share kitchen & bath. Laundry facilities & Internet available. $365/mo includes utilities.
Please call the centre for more details, (604) 434-4920 or email: info@kkc-kdol.org
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Annual 2012 Membership Renewal
A Gentle Reminder that It’s that time again!
Your Membership in Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling supports Dharma teaching and meditation
practice locally, by helping us: support our Lamas, provide programs and print texts. It also provides ground for His Eminence Kalu Rinpoche’s continuing visits to British Columbia.
KKC Memberships are for each calendar year, due in January and renewable annually. Payment can be made with 12 post-dated cheques or in a lump sum.
Individual membership: $180 per year, or $15 per month.
Family membership: $240 per year, or $20 per month.
In addition to these annual or monthly dues, new members, individual or family,
pay a one-time initiation fee of $20.
Charitable Donation receipts for claiming on income tax returns are issued once a year, before the end of February. In order to receive tax credit receipt for gifts, all donations must be payable to KKC (Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling), which is a registered Canadian charitable organization.
Thank you for supporting the centre!
http://www.kkc-kdol.org
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About Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling.
The Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling Society of British Columbia was founded in 1972 by
4939 Sidley Street, Burnaby, B.C. V5J 1T6
Tel. 604-434-4920
Email: info@kkc-kdol.org
His Eminence Kalu Rinpoche as his Seat for dharma teaching and activity in North America.
Senior Spiritual Teacher - Lama Tsultrim
KDOL Spiritual Supervisor - Lama Phuntsok
2011/12 KKC Directors
President - Trinlay MacPhee
Vice-president - Sylvia Dodd
Treasurer - Matthew Burrows
Secretary - David Wiggs
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CHECK IT OUT!
We are on Twitter at @KKCBC.
Google "Kagyu Kunkyab Chuling" to see our webpage.
And on Facebook at “Kalu Rinpoche Vancouver”
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