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SUMMARY:Celebration of Parinirvana of His Holiness the 33rd Menri Trizen
DESCRIPTION:This year on Sunday\, September 12\, 2021\, Ligmincha Texas will celebrate the fourth anniversary of the passing of Lungtok Tenpai Nyima\, His Holiness the 33rd Menri Trizen\, the leader of the Bon spiritual tradition\, at Menri Monastery in Dolanji\, India. He died peacefully on September 14\, 2017\, at the age of 89. This day is sometimes called his parinirvana\, the date HH entered Nirvana. \nThe celebration will be held by zoom at our center at 11am. \n \nPlease register for this event at the following link:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYucuGvrzkqHdSAmEt2o0XAmvLIJExQ0oND
URL:https://ligminchatexas.org/event/celebration-of-parinirvana-of-his-holiness-the-33rd-menri-trizen/
LOCATION:Zoom\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Past Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Ligmincha Texas":MAILTO:info@ligminchatexas.org
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SUMMARY:Losar 2024 Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Ligmincha Texas Celebrates Losar 2024\nYear of the Wood Dragon \nThis year we will celebrate with our Ligmincha International sangha. Ligmincha Texas welcomes you to participate in all of these events\, and we wish you a very Happy New Tibetan Year of the Wood Dragon. Please join us. \nLosar Tashi Delek 2024! \nLosar\, which in Tibetan means ‘’new year\,” is celebrated widely by Tibetans and Tibetan Bön and Buddhist centers throughout the world. This is the time to reflect on the passing of the old year and face the possibilities of the New Year. Losar will be celebrated by Ligmincha International centers worldwide. Traditionally\, the first day of Losar begins three days of celebration. For those living near Ligmincha Texas\, here are the Losar activities. Everyone may participate in the Sang Chod ceremony via Zoom and/or in-person in Galveston. \n\nSaturday\, February 10\, 2024 \nLosar in Galveston\, Texas \n11:30am CST in person \nGeshe Denma will open celebration with releasing bait fish into the bayou\, a joyous ritual to give new life to sentient beings and accumulate positive karma.  We do this ritual and dedicate the merit to the long life and health of beloved HE Yongdzin Rinpoche.  He is 99 years old. \n  \n12:30 pm CST by Zoom and in person \nGeshe Denma will lead a Sang Chod smoke offering ceremony in conjunction with Ligmincha International.  This event is free and open to all on Zoom. Everyone is welcome to join.\nTo participate please register here:   https://forms.gle/kAtcGY8tutao6HR16. \nThe Zoom activities of Ligmincha International are described in EST\, so please consider your time zone in planning participation. \nWe will recite prayers to all the yidams and protector deities and ask for their protection for all practitioners and sentient beings. This ceremony pacifies all obstacles and causes of disharmony into the vastness of outer\, inner\, and secret space and is conducted outside. \nContact Jackie Cole for in person directions to fish release and sang cho rituals at jackie.cole001@comcast.net. \nFollowing the celebration\, those who wish can go to lunch together in Galveston. This will be a Mardi Gras weekend in Galveston so those who wish can join those activities after.
URL:https://ligminchatexas.org/event/losar-2024-celebration/
LOCATION:Private residence\, Galveston\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Past Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Ligmincha Texas":MAILTO:info@ligminchatexas.org
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SUMMARY:Nyamme Sherap Gyaltsen’s 668th Birth Anniversary Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Nyamme Sherap Gyaltsen’s 668th Birth Anniversary Celebration \nWednesday\, February 14\, 2024 \nCelebration via Zoom and in person \n6:00 pm CST \nat Ligmincha Texas Center \nCelebrate the birthday of the second Buddha of Yungdrung Bön\, Nyamme Sherap Gyaltsen (1356–1415)\, first abbot and founder of Menri Monastery\, the mother monastery of Bön in Tibet. Geshe Denma will lead us in a practice with a special prayer to Nyamme Sherap Gyaltsen. Geshe Denma will screen share this prayer.  On this auspicious day\, each person will light a candle and pray the short and long invocation of Nyamme Sherap Gyaltsen.  All are welcome.  Please join Zoom through the Wednesday Practice link in our website.
URL:https://ligminchatexas.org/event/nyamme-sherap-gyaltsens-668th-birth-anniversary-celebration/
LOCATION:Ligmincha Texas Center & Online via Zoom\, 5316 Bellaire Blvd\, Bellaire\, TX\, 77401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Past Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Ligmincha Texas":MAILTO:info@ligminchatexas.org
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SUMMARY:Nyamme Sherab Gyaltsen’s Birthday 2025
DESCRIPTION:Celebration of Nyamme Sherab Gyaltsen’s Birthday\nLigmincha Texas Center \nWednesday\, March 5\, 2025 \n6:00 pm CST in person only \nGeshe Denma will lead this celebration instead of our regular practice. \n Celebrate the birthday of the second Buddha of Yungdrung Bön\, Nyamme Sherap Gyaltsen (1356–1415)\, the first abbot and founder of Menri Monastery\, the mother monastery of Bön in Tibet. Geshe Denma will lead us in a practice with a special prayer to Nyamme Sherap Gyaltsen. On this auspicious day\, each person will light a candle and pray the short and long invocation of Nyamme Sherap Gyaltsen. \nNyamme Sherab Gyalsten was known as a great reformer and reinvigorated the Bönpo monastic tradition\, causing many monasteries to flourish. Nyamme Sherab Gyaltsen was also the first master to collect and hold all the transmissions and empowerments of all the Bön lineages. All of these transmissions have continued to be held by each of the successive Abbots of Menri\, and over time\, the Abbot of Menri came to be regarded as the head of the Bön religion.
URL:https://ligminchatexas.org/event/nyamme-sherab-gyaltsens-birthday-2025/
LOCATION:Ligmincha Texas\, Inc.\, 5316 Bellaire Blvd\, Bellaire\, TX\, 77402\, United States
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