Lama Konchok Sonam
August 6-13, 2008

Medicine Buddha,
Amitayus & Achi Chokyi Drolma Empowerment
Ngakpa Ordinations
Cultivating Peace in Tampa Bay- Please Support
 

Katsel Dharma Center - Katsel Tsi Chen Cho Kyi Ling - Tampa Bay, Florida - August 2008
Lama Konchok Sonam
August 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 2008
Medicine Buddha
(Healing)

Amitayus Buddha
(Long Life)

Achi Chokyi Drolma
(Protection)

Medicine Buddha Empowerment
Wednesday August 6, 2008 @ 7:30pm

Ngakpa Ordination with 14 Root Samayas
Thursday August 7, 2008 @ 7:30pm

Pre-Registration Required for Ngakpa Ordination

Amitayus Long Life Empowerment & Retreat

Saturday-August 9, 2008 @ 10am-5pm
10am-Noon (Empowerment)
2pm-5pm (Amitayus Retreat Training)

Sunday-August 10, 2008 @ 10am-5pm
10am-5:00pm (Amitayus Retreat)

Achi Chokyi Drolma – Empowerment
Wednesday-August 13, 2008 @ 7:30pm

Suggested Donations
 $30/Empowerments, $50/whole day, $150 entire program

KDC- Members
$20/Empowerments, $40/whole day, $130/ entire program

No one turned away due to lack of funds
 


Join us Wednesday August 6, 2008 @ 7:30pm as Lama Konchok Sonam
bestows the Medicine Buddha initiation in the Tampa Bay area.
 

Katsel Dharma Center - Katsel Tsi Chen Cho Kyi Ling - Tampa Bay, Florida Regular Schedule
Wednesdays @ 7:30pm
7pm-7:30pm Fresh Tea
7:30pm-9pm Meditations

Tibetan Buddhist Meditation
Sadhana Practice, Calm Abiding,
37 Bodhisattva Practices.

Sundays @ 3:30pm
3pm -3:30pm Fresh Tea
 3:30pm-5pm: Meditations

Beginners Meditation 101,
Cultivating Compassion Meditations
37 Bodhisattva Practices

All are welcome to our Public Meditation Groups here @ Katsel Dharma Center. Currently we are preparing for Lama Konchok Sonam's Medicine Buddha (Healing) Empowerment, Ngakpa Ordinations, Amitayus (Long Life) Empowerment Retreat and Achi Chokyi Drolma Empowerment.
To pre-register for any of these events: Contact Us
 

Katsel Dharma Center - Information on our Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center
Katsel Dharma Center the Sangha of Great Compassion
Katsel Dharma Center is a Tibetan Buddhist Meditation center in Tampa Bay, Florida, dedicated to the traditional study and practice of The Buddha's Teachings as preserved in the Drikung Kagyu lineage from Tibet. We were founded by Venerable Lama Konchok Sonam in 2008, We are a Buddhist Meditation Organization based out of a residence in Hillsborough County open to everyone in the community.

Katsel's Mission Statement

Our mission is to maintain, honor and spread the traditional teachings of the Buddha, and Tibetan Buddhism as preserved by the Drikung Kagyu lineage. This includes the preservation of Tibet’s endangered contemplative arts and rich cultural heritage. In addition Katsel Dharma Center wishes to provide a spiritual sanctuary for people to cultivate a peaceful mind through meditation practices and good ethical conduct.

Left Image of White Tara
by Tim Nelsen resident artist of KDC
Information on our Public Meditation Group
@ Katsel Dharma Center
4822 Limerick Dr
Tampa, Fl 33610
(813)436-9920

Katsel welcomes you and meets regularly on Sundays and Wednesdays for weekly teachings and meditation practice. We also host a variety of visiting Buddhist teachers throughout the year to make their teachings available to the local community. You can subscribe to our yahoo group to stay informed on current and future teachings of Katsel Dharma Center. Everyone is encouraged to check out our schedule or calendar and join us for weekly meditations and Buddhist studies.

Everyone is welcomed to attend our Meditation Groups and Cultivate the Peaceful Mind in all of us. Our Wednesday group meets @ 7:30pm weekly & our Sunday group meets @ 3:30pm. Our meditation group consists of practitioners of all ages and experience. Fresh Tea and Refreshments are served, there are plenty of meditation cushions and seating for those who need back support. We have a library with Helpful Literature and a Buddhist Ritual Supply Shop.

Katsel Dharma Center - Future Teachings and visits by Drikung Kagyu Masters.

Katsel Dharma Center- How You Can Make a Difference
Be part of our Future! With enough supporters Katsel Dharma Center’s aspirations are to purchase land in the surrounding Hillsborough County on which to build a permanent monastery and practice center that can accommodate several hundred people and a monastic community in Tampa Bay. The ideal property should have plenty of land for the construction of Temple, Retreat Facilities, Dorms and Lodging for resident monastics and visiting Masters of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage. With your help you can be a part of Katsel’s realization of this dream. Consider sponsoring the Dharma center through your kind and generous donations or membership subscriptions.

How You Can Help - Our Success Depends on You

Cultivating Peace your generosity and kind support.

Katsel Dharma Center appreciates your donations and sponsorship for extended retreats & teachings of the Drikung Kagyu lineage. Through your kind support Katsel Dharma Center can continue to host visits and teachings by our precious lineage gurus. Your sponsorship also helps contribute to the costs of maintaining the Dharma center and hosting events like public meditations, teachings, transmissions and empowerments. Your generous gift of any amount will help KDC continue the work of the Dharma for generations to come. With your help we can preserve the teachings of the Buddha and Tibetan culture. Even a small gift will continuously generate great merit for as long as Katsel Dharma Center exists.

Any offerings help, whether donating used Dharma books or prayer flags, tea, incense, candles, or prayer beads. Our success as a Dharma center depends on your generosity and kind support. Let us continue to preserve the precious teachings of these highly realized Tibetan Buddhist Masters.

Left Image is supreme gesture of Generosity, from painting of White Tara by Tim Nelsen. KDC's resident artist and Thangka painter

Accumulate the merit of our activities and practice by sponsoring the Dharma Center or joining us for our weekly meditation groups Wednesdays & Sundays.

You may also send Check made out to:

Katsel Dharma Center
4822 Limerick Dr
Tampa, Fl 33610

We are filed with the State of Florida and can Legally Accept Donations. Donations are not tax-deductable at this time we are currently working on 501(C)(3) with IRS, donations will be tax deductable shortly.

Katsel Dharma Center- For the benefit and Liberation of all sentient beings
website updated weekly & maintained by Konchok Kunga 1998-2008

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