Join us on Zoom Saturday, January 27th at 6:30pm for part 2 of this educational Zoom program about Central Tibet and its many holy places! We will visit new places and monasteries that were not shown in part 1 of the program last year. Milarepa Center board member and long-time dharma student, Jim Hagan, will present and share part 2 of his video, “Notes on the Power Places of Tibetan Buddhism – Central Tibet".

 

Jim has been a student of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche since the 1970’s and has photo-documented much of Buddhist Asia for the last 50 years. For two decades, Jim led more than 2500 students on study abroad programs to India, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Thailand, Cambodia and Tibet studying Buddhist art, philosophy and culture. Many of Jim's students end up finding their way to Milarepa Center for programs and retreats! The video explores the history of Buddhism in Tibet, Tibet’s unique physical environment, and the masterpieces of Tibetan sacred art and architecture.

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This program is offered by donation. Donations can be made here. 

Losar is Tibetan New Year and traditionally is very family oriented in Tibetan tradition, so we invite you to come spend the day with your dharma family! It is also the first day of the auspicious period known as the 15 Days of Miracles which begins each year on Losar and culminates on the full moon day of Chotrul Düchen. The 15 Days of Miracles this year take place from February 10 - 24. 

 

For FPMT, Losar is also a special time as it commemorates the anniversary of FPMT founder Lama Yeshe’s parinirvana at dawn of Losar in 1984.

 

Losar Schedule:

11am - Lama Chopa Puja

1pm - Potluck lunch

2pm - A reading from Big Love** and/or Lama Yeshe video

3pm - Bonfire and/or Sur offering & tea (bonfire/sur offering weather permitting)

 

**We will also be offering a 50% discount on copies of "Big Love" on Losar (that's a $42 savings!). Offer does not include shipping costs, you will be billed for that.

Vermont Coverts & Milarepa Center are teaming up to offer the first Northeast Kingdom Winter Tree ID workshop. Vermont Coverts is a peer-to-peer community of landowners, professionals and others learning from and supporting each other to enhance wildlife habitats through sound forest management. Center director, Dawn Holtz, is a member of VT Coverts and is committed to maintaining and enhancing wildlife habitats and sound forest management here at Milarepa Center.

 

One of the easiest ways to identify trees is by their leaves. But what do you do in winter when the leaves are gone? Join VT Coverts Cooperators and Milarepa Center as we take a walk in the woods and look at the characteristics that help us identify leafless trees. The program will be followed with an opportunity to warm up inside with some light refreshments. The program is free. Snowshoes/winter spikes and/or trekking poles are optional but are advised to help with walking the terrain in winter.

 

If you would like to attend, please email us to register!