Upcoming Event
Vesak Celebration
sponsored by the Buddhist Society of Pittsburgh
Sunday, May 19, 2013
3-5 p.m.
Weekly Practices
Samatha and Vipassana Meditation and Dzambhala Practice with
Khenpo Choephel
Saturdays
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Om Ah Hung Chanting Meditation Practice
Sundays
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Silent Meditation
Tuesdays
12:00 - 12:30 p.m.
Deity Practice
Chenrezig, Green Tara, Vajrapani, Amitabha and Manjushri rotation weekly
Wednesdays
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Dzogchen Group Practice
Saturdays
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Calm Abiding Meditation
Sundays
5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Special calendar day Practices
Lama Chopa Practice with food offering
New moon days
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Medicine Buddha Practice
Full moon days
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Guru Rinpoche Practice with food offering
Dakini days
10th of each Tibetan month
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
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 Welcome to Three Rivers Dharma Center!
Three Rivers Dharma Center is a Tibetan Buddhist center of Drikung Kagyu
lineage located in Pittsburgh. Non-sectarian and all-inclusive, we welcome anyone who seeks true happiness and liberation from samsara to our teachings and practices. No prior experience is necessary, only your wish to transform your life. Our sangha (community of members) strives to support each other as we travel our spiritual journeys together inspired by the great Awakened One, the Buddha.
We offer a full schedule of teachings, meditation and Deity yoga practices led by our resident teacher, Khenpo Choephel. The benefit of Dharma for all beings is vast and boundless as the sky. Our teachings and practices are offered free to everyone, but donations are necessary for the ongoing operations of the center. It is through giving that we receive. Your generosity is deeply appreciated. Join our sangha's email list at yahoogroups to receive timely information about our events.
May all beings have happiness and be freed from suffering!
Vesak Celebration:
An event sponsored by the Buddhist Society of Pittsburgh to celebrate the birth, enlightenment and parinirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha.
Sunday May 19, 2013
3 - 5 p.m.
at the Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church
416 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
A procession to Allegheny Landing for a ceremony releasing water into the rivers wishing peace for the world will start around 5 p.m. followed by a reception.
To download a flyer please click HERE.
This event is free. Donations to the Buddhist Society of Pittsburgh are welcome.
The four season's retreat
by Khenpo Choephel
If one really wants to get experience and realization of Buddhism step by step, join our four season's retreats about the fivefold path of Mahamudra, gradually from beginning to finish. This is perfect for the new Buddhist learner and also serious practitioners.
The fivefold path of Mahamudra is the most important profound practice and essence of all the dharma of Buddhism. The fivefold path means it has five formal profound practices which are the Bodhicitta, Yidam Deity, Four-kayas Guru Yoga, Mahamudra, and Dedication. In the Buddhist history, especially in the Kagyu lineage, many beings accomplished Buddhahood by this profound practice.
Before the formal practice, there are necessary preliminary practices in order to help the practitioner's dharma practice become indestructible and stable. The preliminary practices begin with the four outer preliminary thoughts that turn the mind. Then, the inner preliminary practices are Refuge, which is the basis of all the dharmas; Vajrasattva which is the perfect purification; Mandala for the best accumulation of merit; then Guru Yoga is the most important blessing door of supreme realization; love and compassion are the root of Bodhicitta; and the special refuge is the cause and condition of Bodhicitta.
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