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"The path to Eliminate Suffering and Cultivate Happiness."

PROGRAMME LIST

Ven. Lama Tenzin Kalsang
Dharma Discourse
Dharma In Action Workshops
Guru Puja Offering Ceremony
Shrine Room and Reference Library

Our Teacher

Ven. Lama Tenzin Kalsang

Weekly Dharma Discourses are given in English by our Spiritual Director, Ven. Lama Tenzin Kalsang, on Lam Rim, the Graduated Path to Enlightenment. These Teachings are from the lineage of Lama Tsong Khapa, our Root Guru and founder of the Gelug-pa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. We also engage in mindfulness of  breathing meditation. People of all levels of familiarity with Buddhadharma are welcome and encouraged to attend this class.

SANGHA Ordained by His Holiness The Dalai Lama Ven. Gelong Tenzin Gyurmey

Dharma Discourse



Every Tuesday evening beginning at 7:30 p.m.


CONTINUING ON INTO 2012!




In the winter of 2011, we finished studying Fifty Stanzas on the Spiritual Teacher. However, high copies of the text are still available for sale at Tengye Ling. Please inquire about the cost of this book when you come to the class.

Throughout the Public Winter Retreat of 2011 and beginning in the New Year, Venerable Lama Tenzin Kalsang started giving Dharma Discourses on a text authored by Sangharakshita entitled The Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path. This book concerns the most widely known of the Buddha's Teachings. It is ancient -- extending back to the Buddha's very first Discourse -- and is highly valued as a unique treasury of wisdom and practical guidance on how to live. This text is an inspiring introduction and takes the reader deeper and deeper into truth while always remaining practical and accessible. Sangharakshita translates ancient Teachings and makes them relevant to the way we live our lives today.

Copies of the book entitled The Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path are still available for purchase at Tengye Ling. Please inquire about the cost whenever you join us for the Dharma Discourses. Everyone is welcome to attend these auspicious Teachings!





In the spring of 2011, we discontinued studying Sutra of the Wise and the Foolish. However, copies of the book are still available for sale at Tengye Ling for $25.00 including tax.

In May of 2011, Venerable Lama Tenzin Kalsang began giving Dharma Discourses on a text authored by Aryashura with a commentary by Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey entitled Fifty Stanzas on the Spiritual Teacher. This book is an indispensible guide that deals with how to cultivate the proper relationship between a student and his or her Spiritual Teacher.  This text, along with the oral commentary by Geshe-la, has been ably translated by the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives translation bureau and revised by Alexander Berzin.

Copies of the book entitled Fifty Stanzas on the Spiritual Teacher are now available for purchase at Tengye Ling in two, different formats. Please inquire about the cost of both of these when you attend the classes.  Please feel free to join us for these auspicious Teachings!





In November of 2010, Venerable Lama Tenzin Kalsang began giving Dharma Discourses on a text translated from Mongolian by Stanley Frye entitled Sutra of the Wise and the Foolish. It is known as The Ocean of Narratives. In this Great Treasure of Buddhist literature, Stanley Frye beautifully recounts narratives of Jataka Tales or rebirth stories. The theme of these narratives traces the cause of our present day human condition, the reason for this state of being and the means for overcoming suffering. Unlike The Greek Tragedies, these Buddhist stories are a call to transcend our unhappy states of mind and to move beyond that which need not be endlessly endured.

The characters that we meet in Sutra of the Wise and the Foolish, although living in the time of the historical Buddha, can also be perceived in present times too--in Canada, Ontario or even within the city of Toronto. The problems that we face in our everyday lives are the same as those experienced by everybody--everywhere--throughout all the ages. Herein lies the timeless appeal of this profound Buddhist scripture.

A shipment of books of Sutra of the Wise and the Foolish recently arrived from North India and are now available for purchase at Tengye Ling for $25.00 including tax. Please feel free to join us for these auspicious Teachings!





In November of 2010, we finished studying The Path to Enlightenment. However, copies of the book are still available for sale at Tengye Ling for $20.00 including tax.

 The Path to Enlightenment is authored by His Holiness The Dalai Lama and edited by Glenn H. Mullin.  In this extensive Teaching, The Dalai Lama beautifully elucidates the meaning of the path to enlightenment through his own direct spiritual advice and personal reflections. Based upon a very famous Tibetan text, this Teaching presents in practical terms the essential instructions for the attainment of enlightenment. Its direct approach and lucid style make The Path to Enlightenment one of the most accessible introductions to Tibetan Buddhism ever published. Extensive commentary on The Path to Enlightenment has been provided by Venerable Lama Tenzin Kalsang during the Dharma Discourses for nearly two years.





In December of 2008, we finished working on the text authored by Ven. Dr. Walpola Rahula entitled What the Buddha Taught. However, copies of the book are still available for sale at Tengye Ling for $17.00 including tax.

This class is open to the general public and there are no prerequisites in order to attend.

Dharma in Action Workshop



Every Friday night starting at 7:00 p.m.

    This is a study workshop facilitated by Ven. Lama Tenzin Kalsang.  This group is conducted in order to facilitate integration of the principles of Buddhism while giving up inappropriate behaviour.

Gen-la is an innovator of Buddhist psychotherapy and skillfully addresses the welfare of everyone while encouraging the creativity of each individual person.

    This group/workshop is open only to those who regularly attend teachings and who wish to integrate Buddhism into everyday life, while eliminating samsaric behaviour.

Guru Puja Prayer Offering Ceremony

Beginning at 4:30 p.m., every second Friday of the month in proximity with the Full and New Moons.

(time and location are subject to change; please call ahead to confirm or check the Special Events link on our website)

    This prayer, chanted in English verse, helps us to strengthen our connection with The Living Buddha, His Holiness The Dalai Lama. This is the key practice of Guru devotion which enables us to create merit necessary to quickly reach the state of a Fully Enlightened Buddha for the sake of all sentient beings. Please bring an offering of vegetarian food or a non-alcoholic beverage.

Shrine Room and Reference Library

    Arrangements can be made to suit individual needs

Nawang Champa

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