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SUMMARY:A Sacred and Sound Approach to Happiness\, Session 5: PROTECTION
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, December 3 from 3 – 4:30 pm at the Center at Belvedere\, join Lama Tashi\, Grammy Award-nominated multiphonic chant master and Geshe (PhD equivalent) of H.H. the Dalai Lama’s Drepung Loseling Monastery\, for the second session in his “A Sacred and Sound Approach to Happiness” series. \nThe final session in Lama Tashi’s “A Sacred and Sound Approach to Happiness” series will focus on Tara\, the female bodhisattva who embodies loving kindness\, compassion\, and protection. Tara is the most well known and beloved Tibetan deity and is the female embodiment of enlightenment. Lama Tashi will help us to resonate with her visualization\, affirmation\, meditation\, and mantra. The energy of Tara allows us to release anxiety and fear to cultivate compassion and protection. \nYou may register for this session separately\, or for the entire 5-session “A Sacred and Sound Approach to Happiness” series that Lama Tashi will offer on October 1\, 15\, and 29; November 12; and December 3\, 2023. A 20% discount is available to those who register for the entire series. Click here to learn more and register for the series. \nWe are offering an affordable\, three-tiered\, registration structure to make this series as available as possible. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please contact us for details. \nAdvance registration is strongly encouraged; walk-ins are welcome. Please email us with any questions. We look forward to seeing you! \n\nRegistration Options\nSend an e-mail to JTS108Va@gmail.com indicating what level you are registering for the series.  Please indicate the names of each person you are registering for.  Payment can then be made by: \n\nSending a check to Jefferson Tibetan Society\, P.O. Box 874\, Charlottesville\, Va. 22902 or\nBy PayPal — you can send your registration fee through PayPal by using our e-mail address:  JTS108Va@gmail.com\, the PayPal QR code below\, or the PayPal donate button.\n\nIf you prefer to pay by credit card\, register with the “Tickets” option below using Stripe as the payment method. \n 
URL:https://jts.avenue.org/event/a-sacred-and-sound-approach-to-happiness-session-5-protection/
LOCATION:The Center at Belvedere\, 540 Belvedere Boulevard\, Charlottesville\, VA\, 22901\, United States
CATEGORIES:A Sacred and Sound Approach to Happiness
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SUMMARY:Lama Tsongkhapa Day Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join Lama Tashi in a Lama Tsongkhapa Day Celebration with a tsog puja at Friends Quaker Meeting House\, Charlottesville. Please bring fruit\, cookies\, crackers & other edibles or flowers for the altar for this celebration. All are welcome. Open Donation. (Visit our Support & Connect With Us page to learn how to make a donation).  
URL:https://jts.avenue.org/event/lama-tsongkhapa-day-celebration/
LOCATION:Friends Quaker Meeting House\, 1104 Forest St.\, Charlottesville\, VA\, 22903\, United States
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SUMMARY:Community Gathering and Potluck
DESCRIPTION:Join a JTS Community Gathering with Lama Tashi at the Center for Belvedere\, Conf. Rm A for informal discussion & question/answers followed by a vegetarian potluck.  \nBring your questions from the different sessions that Lama Tashi has offered. Please let us know at JTS108Va@gmail.com if you are able to join for the potluck so we have a general idea of how many people to prepare for.  \nSuggested Donation of $10.- $20. for the Q & A with Lama Tashi\, but give what you are able. All are welcome and no one is turned away for lack of funds.
URL:https://jts.avenue.org/event/community-gathering-and-potluck/
LOCATION:The Center at Belvedere\, 540 Belvedere Boulevard\, Charlottesville\, VA\, 22901\, United States
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SUMMARY:Taking the Formal Refuge Vows: an Overview by Lama Tashi
DESCRIPTION:Lama Tashi will be giving an overview of what’s involved in taking formal refuge vows in the Buddha\, Dharma and Sangha\, the Three Jewels of Buddhism. Bring your questions. For those who then wish to take the formal vows\, we will collect names and find a mutually accessible time for the group\, before Lama Tashi leaves Charlottesville at the end of December. Open Donation.
URL:https://jts.avenue.org/event/taking-the-formal-refuge-vows-an-overview-by-lama-tashi/
LOCATION:Friends Quaker Meeting House\, 1104 Forest St.\, Charlottesville\, VA\, 22903\, United States
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SUMMARY:Himalayan Melodies Meet Western Music: Buddhist Songs of Celebration and Compassion
DESCRIPTION:Jefferson Tibetan Society\, in partnership with Unity\, presents a special musical program with Lama Tashi that involves Tibetan mantras with Lama Tashi’s chanting\, in combination with Western instruments.  These are traditional tunes from his Himalayan home region of Arunachal Pradesh in India\, where as a child he participated in the community gatherings to celebrate a spiritual holy day that occurred at the end of the growing season.  The ritual master performed a puja to celebrate the harvest\, and the entire village joined in the chanting.  This will be a celebration of that tradition where participating members will be able to join in the chanting.   \nLama Tashi has worked with Western musicians to create song sheets with English phonetics of Tibetan verses\, which you can use to join in the chanting. Lama Tashi will discuss these verses and then lead the group in chanting them with instrumental accompaniment. If you would like music in bass clef or for a transposing instrument\, please send an email with “Lama Tashi” as the subject to Lyle at themusicroomonmain@gmail.com. \nThese are photos of Thembang\, Lama Tashi’s home village in Arunachal Pradesh\, India: \n \nHow to Register\nTo pay by credit card\, register with the “Tickets” option below using Stripe as the payment method. If you prefer to send a check or pay by PayPal\, please send an e-mail to JTS108Va@gmail.com  indicating who you are registering for and that you are sending a check or paying by PayPal.  For PayPal\, use JTS108Va@gmail.com for sending the fee. \nNo one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please contact us for details. \nAdvance registration is strongly encouraged; walk-ins are welcome. Please email us with any questions. We look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://jts.avenue.org/event/himalayan-melodies-meet-western-music-buddhist-songs-of-celebration-and-compassion/
LOCATION:Fillmore House at Unity of Charlottesville\, 2825 Hydraulic Circle\, Charlottesville\, VA\, 22901\, United States
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