To celebrate Je Tsongkhapa Day, join us with Gen Chokyi to learn more about our lineage Guru Je Tsongkhapa and the Ganden Oral Lineage followed by Offering to the Spiritual Guide (OSG) chanted prayers (pujas).* Everyone is welcome.

“From the point of view of common appearance Je Tsongkhapa was a Tibetan Buddhist Master and scholar, and the founder of the New Kadampa lineage. “In truth, Je Tsongkhapa is an emanation of Buddha Shakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism. Buddha emanates as Je Tsongkhapa to spread his pure teachings of Sutra and Tantra in general, and especially Highest Yoga Tantra, throughout the world.

In the Ganden Emanation Scripture the Wisdom Buddha Manjushri said:

Tsongkhapa, crown ornament of the scholars of the Land of the Snows, 
You are Buddha Shakyamuni and Vajradhara, the source of all attainments, 
Avalokiteshvara, the treasury of unobservable compassion, 
Manjushri, the supreme stainless wisdom, 
And Vajrapani, the destroyer of the hosts of maras. 
O Venerable Guru-Buddha, synthesis of all Three Jewels, 
With my body, speech and mind, respectfully I make requests: 
Please grant your blessings to ripen and liberate myself and others, 
And bestow the common and supreme attainments. ” 

— The Mirror of Dharma With Additions by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche

SCHEDULE

1 - 1:45pm | Who is Je Tsongkhapa? What is the Ganden Oral Lineage?
2 - 4pm | Offering to the Spiritual Guide chanted prayer

*A food offering or flowers can made made during a Tsog chanted prayer such as OSG