Dharmakaya — Teaching wellbeing through the skills of awareness

Cornerstone Blessing for the Milarepa Center

On July 25th at 10:00 in the morning, an auspicious day and time chosen by Rinpoche, a small group gathered at the top of the retreat center land to bless the soon-to-be start of construction for the four new buildings of the Milarepa Center. Two stones—one marked 2014 for the Gregorian year, one marked 2557 for the Buddha era—were propped before an altar. These were the cornerstones of the new building, which the members of Dharmakaya and Cragsmoor neighbors had come ...

July 27, 2014 by Trevania Henderson in Uncategorized 1 Comment

Milarepa Center: Construction Update, June 2014

Since site work began last summer, much progress has been made, building roads, laying pipes and engineering drainage systems. Everything is now ready to begin construction of the Milarepa Center itself.

June 22, 2014 by Trevania Henderson in Uncategorized 1 Comment

Milarepa Center Construction: Four Months of Progress

Since the Groundbreaking Ceremony on July 18, 2013 much headway has been made on the new Milarepa Center. Land has been cleared, pipes laid and 1800 feet of roadway graded. See the progress unfold in the video below.

November 25, 2013 by Trevania Henderson in Uncategorized 0 Comments

Amitayu Empowerment & Dharma Talk on Boddhichitta

Dear Dharma Friends, We are happy to announce that Venerable Khenchen Rinpoche will be giving 2 programs: Amitayu Empowerment and a talk on Bodhichitta. The programs will be on Sunday, October 6th beginning at 1:30 pm and will be held at Shakti Yoga & Living Arts in Maplewood, NJ (a 40 minute train ride from NYC). PROGRAM: Sunday, October 6 1:30-3:30 pm Amitayu Empowerment 5:00-7:00 pm Talk on Bodhichitta Venerable Khenchen Trinley Paljor Rinpoche is one of the chief lineage holders of the Karma Kagyu school of ...

September 11, 2013 by Trevania Henderson in Uncategorized 0 Comments

Milarepa Center Groundbreaking Ceremony

CRAGSMOOR, N.Y—On a glorious summer day, an enthusiastic crowd gathered atop a hill to break ground for Dharmakaya's new Milarepa Center, a place to learn well-being through the skills of awareness. The ceremony began with a Tibetan prayer by Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche, Spiritual Director of Dharmakaya, and Khenchen Rinpoche, Resident Teacher at the Dharmakaya Retreat Center and a chief lineage holder of the Kagyu school. Its message: to ensure that everything about the Center will be favorable to create health and harmony ...

July 18, 2013 by Trevania Henderson in Communication 0 Comments

Non-profit Breaks Ground for Meditation Center in Cragsmoor, NY

CRAGSMOOR, N.Y.—Capping 9 years of planning, community consultation, and government approvals, Dharmakaya will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on July 18 for its new residential meditation center. The ceremony—which will be held from 10 am to noon, on Thursday, July 18—marks the beginning of site work and construction of the Milarepa Center which is set on a 90 acre property in Cragsmoor. When complete, the Milarepa Center will consist of four buildings with a meditation and teaching hall, practice rooms, dorm rooms, a kitchen, ...

July 17, 2013 by Trevania Henderson in press release 0 Comments

Discovering the Dharma 2013

From June 22 to June 27, 2013, Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche led forty retreatants in Discovering the Dharma. In part two in this ongoing retreat series, his teachings explained how all things are connected and conditional; karma, and the law of actions and consequences; and the real nature of cyclical existence. Rinpoche also explained analytic meditation, a key skill in breaking through pre-existing concepts and creating the right conditions to experience emptiness. In addition to receiving teachings, retreatants engaged in daily ...

Buddhist monk finds Google, Facebook might hold the key to eternal happiness

Rinpoche paid visits to Google and Facebook last week, accompanied by Mercury News columnist Mike Cassidy. Cassidy's article describes not the explosive culture clash he had feared, but a meeting—and opening—of minds. To see a PDF of the article, please click: MercuryNews_opt Because the PDF is difficult to read in some parts, we are including the full text here: MOUNTAIN VIEW -- As I drove to the Googleplex to meet Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche, I was pretty sure I was headed to that place where ...

June 29, 2013 by Trevania Henderson in news 0 Comments

An Interview with Rinpoche at Virgina Tech University: Meditation and the West

Interview with Rinpoche at Virginia Tech

April 13, 2013 by Trevania Henderson in news 0 Comments

Lumbini’s World Center for Peace Hailed as an Eco-Monastery

Lumbini, Nepal -- On April 4, 2011 The Lumbini Udyama Mahachaitya, World Center for Peace and Unity opened in a grand ceremony attended by people from across Nepal and around the world. Ambassadors and high lamas joined local government officials and disciples to celebrate the achievement. Teh largest temple in Lumbini, the Center is unique in being open to masters of all Buddhist traditions and their students. It is also unique in its 'green' design. This eco-design caught the attention of ...

April 10, 2011 by Trevania Henderson in Uncategorized 0 Comments

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