Katog Vajra Ling

 

Monthly Dharma Study and Potluck


The first Sunday of the month is the Meditation/Study group/Potluck.  Please join us!  All are welcome, newcomers or any who have not come to any previous gatherings will be warmly welcomed.   No previous experience in meditation required.

 

What we will do:   


As directed by Khentrul Rinpoche, we will continue to listen to a teaching on the ins and outs of authentic Mediation practice, for about 1 hour.   This teaching is extremely insightful and helpful for progressing in your practice, pointing out common flaws and obstacles which impede our development, and the remedies for them.  After we listen to the teaching, we will meditate for 1/2 hour, discuss anything that may come up,  and then enjoy each other's company over some very tasty food.

 

What to bring:  


Something to sit on, if you prefer the floor.   Prayers and the Bodhicitta/Tonglen text, if you have them.   Food to share.


Where we meet: 


We rotate among local sangha member's homes.  An email notice will be sent out 1 week prior to meeting to state location.


Time:  10am-1230pm


Please email katogvajraling@gmail.com with any questions.

Or contact Cynthia at 203-394-2211

NEW!  Tuesday Night Meditation Practice

(No longer Monday’s)

Meditation on Compassion and Calm Abiding

465 Clapboard Hill Rd., Guilford, CT  06437

7-8:30 p.m.

Contact: Roxanne Pickering at (203) 927-9842


note:  it’s the 4th right on Clapboard Hill Rd. before the hilly curve.  It looks like a road, but it’s a shared driveway with a sign, “Meadowlands”.  Go in the door to the right of the double  doors.

Katog Vajra Ling is the dharma study group of Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche in Connecticut. This webpage contains information about Rinpoche’s activities in this region. For complete information about Rinpoche’s biography and activities see the Katog Choling website. (click here)http://www.katogcholing.com/index.htmlhttp://www.katogcholing.com/index.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1

Weekly Heart Sutra practice group every Tuesday from 6-7:30pm


All are welcome to join.  If you have a copy of the Dalai Lama's book, the Essence of the Heart Sutra, and the Heart Sutra text, please bring them along. 


For directions and contact info click here.

If you have any questions or would like to be removed from the mailing list please contact katogvajraling@gmail.com

Contact Information: For general information about Rinpoche’s teachings or meditation practices in Connecticut, please contact Cynthia Toth at (203) 394-2211 To receive the latest information regarding Khentrul Rinpoche and his groups in the north east via e-mail click here and request to be put on the mailing list. Thanks!mailto:katogvajraling@gmail.com?subject=join%20list

Weekly Medicine Buddha practice every Thursday from 7-8pm


All are welcome to join.  If you have the Medicine Buddha practice text please bring it along.


For directions and contact info click here.

Unifying Shamatha & Vipashyana


“Shamatha (calm abiding meditation) is a method for pacifying the coarse, or perceptible, forms of disturbing emotions.


    Vipashyana (profound insight meditation) is what pacifies these on the subtle-most levels by integrating wisdom knowledge into our practice.


    This retreat will be a teaching of how to unify both shamatha and vipashyana in meditation, their meaning, as well as how to meditate correctly.  This is the kind of retreat that we absolutely must do to clarify these two indispensable key points of meditation. It will infallibly bring fruition to our practice."
                                                   –Khentrul Rinpoche

   

February 16th - 20th, 2012

10am Thursday through Monday at 5pm

St. Thomas Seminary

467 Bloomfield Ave., Bloomfield, CT  (860) 242-5573

Suggested offering is a sliding scale of $325-450, which includes 4 nights lodging and meals. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.


For questions and to register contact katogvajraling@gmail.com or (203) 394-2211