Join Mountain Stream Meditation for a special Monday Evening
We are thrilled to welcome special guest Geshe Samdup to perform and teach on the Medicine Buddha Puja, a powerful healing ritual. Please join us!
6:00 - 8:00 pm PT
Join us in person:
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959
Join us on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128
Suggested donation: $20 - $40; no one turned away for lack of funds. TEACHER DANA (DONATION)
To read more about the Medicine Buddhas and the Puja, please go here
During the Medicine Buddha puja you can listen, meditate, send metta and/or silently recite the medicine buddha mantra: TAYATA OM BHEKANDZYE BHEKANDZYE MAHA BHEKANDZYE [BHEKANDZYE] RADZA SAMUDGATE SOHA.
If you would like us to dedicate this puja for any of your loved ones, please add their names to the prayer list in the foyer.
Geshe Gedun Samdup was born in Sikkim, India in 1965 to parents who had escaped Tibet in 1959. Early in life, he excelled in academics while attending the Central School for Tibetans in Orissa.
Drawn to a life of contemplation when very young, at the age of 10 he met and became a disciple of revered Kyabje Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche. Kyabje Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche (the first) was a renowned master and a debate partner to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Under the direct personal care and guidance of Kyabje Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche, he took monastic ordination and subsequently he entered Ganden Jangtse Monastery in Mungod, South India. At Ganden Jangtse, he studied the extensive curriculum of Buddhist Philosophy, Buddhist Epistemology, Buddhist Metaphysics and Buddhist Psychology. In 1994, he was awarded the highest academic degree of Geshe Lharampa (equivalent to a doctorate). For the next few years, Geshe Samdup served the monastery, including designing and supervising the construction of a new Prayer Hall. In 1999, Geshe Samdup moved to the United States. From 2001 to 2005 he taught introductory Buddhist courses to diverse Western students at the Land of Compassion Buddha Center in Los Angeles. He has been teaching at Sravasti Abbey and he is an advisory board member of Sravasti Abbey.
Geshe Samdup actively serves Serkong Rinpoche (the second) and is the Administrator of Serkong Labrang in Dharamsala, India. He is well known for his ability to give inspiring teachings regarding classical Buddhist insights relevant to modern hectic life.