July 7 - 9  Aspen Chapel

Sunday, July 7, 9:30 AM chants for Nicholas Vessey talk
Monday, July 8, 8:15 AM meditation with Geshe Lobsang giving the introduction
Tuesday, July 9, 8:15 AM meditation with Geshe Lobsang giving the introduction

77 Meadowood Drive, Aspen, CO 81611, Tel:  970-925-7184
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July 10 - 14  Aspen Art Museum

From July 10–14, Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a temporary mandala sand painting on Level 3 of the Aspen Art Museum as part of their annual visit to Aspen. Visitors are invited to watch the creation of this temporal artwork during regular museum hours. Please join us for the following special events, which are also free and open to the public:
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Wednesday, July 10, 3 PM: Opening Ceremony
Saturday, July 13, 9–10 AM: Guided Meditation
Saturday, July 13, 12–2 PM: Interactive Sand Painting
Sunday, July 14, 1:30 PM: Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Lecture
Sunday, July 14, 3 PM: Closing Ceremony

637 East Hyman Avenue, Aspen, Colorado 81611, t: 970.925.8050

Available by appointment: 

• About Teaching, pujas, Healing, Astrologe,Divinaton and so on.
  Green Tara Puja,
  Also known as Praises to the 21 Taras, are a powerful and effective prayer to Mother Tara. Each
  one of the twenty-one Taras represents a different aspect of the wisdom energy of mother Tara.
  Tara is a female Buddha, a manifestation of the ultimate wisdom of all the Buddhas. Each of the
  Twenty-one Taras is a manifestation of the principal Tara, Green Tara. Tara is also known as the
  ‘Mother of the Conquerors’.
  Tara is our common mother, our Holy Mother. When we are young we turn to our worldly
  mother for help. She protects us from immediate dangers, provides us with all our temporal
  needs, and guides and encourages us in our learning and personal development.
  In the same way, during our spiritual growth we need to turn to our Holy Mother, Tara, for
  refuge. She protects us from all internal and external dangers, she provides us with all the
  necessary conditions for our spiritual training, and she guides us and inspires us with her
  blessings as we progress along the spiritual path.
  If we rely upon Mother Tara sincerely and with strong faith she will protect us from all obstacles
  and fulfill all our wishes. Since she is a wisdom Buddha, and since she is a manifestation of the
  completely purified wind element, Tara is able to help us very quickly.
  If we recite the twenty-one verses of praise we shall receive inconceivable benefits. These
  praises are very powerful because they are Sutra, the actual words of Buddha. It is good to recite
  them as often as we can.
  Medicine Buddha Puja
  Medicine Buddha puja is beneficial for mental and physical healing and world peace. This puja
  is especially helpful for those who are experiencing physical or mental illness or those who have
  recently passed away. Typically we do these pujas in English. More about the benefits of Medicine Buddha puja:
  Many eons ago, seven bodhisattvas strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of
  all sentient beings, that their names become wish-fulfilling in order to heal both the mental and
  physical sicknesses and diseases of sentient beings. They vowed that their prayers will be
  actualized during these degenerate times when the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha are in
  decline. When they became enlightened, one of the ten powers of a Buddha is the power of
  prayer - that means that all the prayers that have been made get fulfilled. As the Buddha's holy
  speech is irrevocable, you can wholly trust in their power to quickly grant blessings to help all
  sentient beings in these degenerate times. They are called the Seven Medicine Buddhas, the main
  one is `Lapis Buddha of Medicine, King of Light'. Buddha Shakyamuni taught the teachings on
  the Medicine Buddha, and according to one tradition, is also considered as one of the Medicine
  Buddhas, and hence the Eight Medicine Buddhas.
  The seven Medicine Buddhas manifested in order to pacify the obstacles to the achievement of
  temporary happiness, liberation and the ultimate happiness of full enlightenment. They are
  powerful in healing diseases as well as for purification. The Medicine Buddha practice can be
  used to help purify those who have already died and liberate them from suffering. It is also very
  powerful in bringing about success, both temporary and ultimate.
  The reason why the Medicine Buddha practice brings success is that in the past when the seven
  Medicine Buddhas were bodhisattvas practicing the path to enlightenment, they promised and
  made extensive prayers to actualize all the prayers of living beings of the degenerate time when
  the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha are in decline. They generated a very strong intention to
  become enlightened for this reason; this was their motivation for meditating on and actualizing
  the path.
  Healing Ritual
  Vajravidarana Healing Ritual
  The Tantric ritual of Vajravidarana is a ritual of purification and has three stages: purification
  and removing of negativities; removing subtle negative imprints; and offering protection.
  Vajravidarana purifies sickness, mental disturbances, infectious diseases, disputes, enmities,
  defilements, misfortunes, bad omens, victimization by others, premature death, negative
  influences of the stars, harm from rulers and thieves, influence of demons, the agents of death,
  obstacles, misguidance, and factors against congenial life.
  Tibetan Astrology
  Geshe Tsultrim la has studied Tibetan Astrology at Gaden Shartse Monastery in South for many
  years. Tibetan Astrology is different from Western Astrology. It focuses more on our
  personalities and characters than on how they are related to our previous lives or karma. Tibetan
  Astrology believes that obstacles in our lifetime are removable, and our longevity and prosperity
  can be increased by understanding our personal Astrology and working with ritual, prayer and
  meditation to increase the positive and antidote any negative karmic influences.
  Mo: Tibetan Divination System
  spiritual teachings, material objects such as medicine and food, fearlessness, loving kindness and
  advice on how to deal with the travails of worldly existence. Since the Buddhas are endowed
  with knowledge of the cause and effect of all conditions as well as in sight into their ultimate
  reality, the use of Mo could prove beneficial if combined with unwavering faith in and one-
  pointed concentration upon the Buddhas. Mo is thus one of the ways in which unenlightened
  beings may rely upon the Buddhas to help overcome predica ments in their everyday lives. There
  are two primary functions of the Mo. First of all, it is a sy stem that allows us to help ourselves to
  see a situation or event clearly. Secondly, if we use it for others with the proper motivation of
  performing a self less act of giving as has been extensively done by many of the great teachers of
  Tibet it is a sy stem that enhances our practice of the Bodhisattva's path. There is also a
  secondary function of the Mo. The central, most profound teaching of the Buddha is Pratitya
  Samutpada, which may be translated as interdependent origination or co-dependent arising. This
  teaching si multaneously explains the essence of the interplay of causes and conditions on the
  relative, worldly level of reality and the essence of emptiness, or selflessness, on the ultimate
  level of reality. Although diligent ef forts are needed in concentration and insight to attain a
  realization of interdependent origination, a sy stem such as Mo reveals a glimpse of the
  interdependence and causal play of the world in which we live and may hopefully induce one to
  investigate it on a deeper level.
  Introduction
  Part I deals with the preparations and how to ask questions; Part II with the results; and
  Part III with the remedies.
  Questions can be asked in relation to eighteen different matters. Please choose 3
  questions from the list below. These are:
  1) a1. Spiritual and Worldly Matters
  1, Basic Mo (if someone does not ask a specific question about health or wealth,
  but asks about themselves in general)
  2) 2) Purpose (will a particular action be successful or not?)
  3) Journey (will it be comfortable or dangerous?)
  4) House or Land (their suitability)
  5) Helper (will someone be of help?)
  6) Sickness (to determine its nature and remedies)
  7) Doctor (will his help be beneficial?)
  8) Medicine or Treatment (will it be effective?)
  9) Family (family’s health, wealth and happiness)
  10)Childbirth (will there be childbirth? Boy or girl?)
  11)Lifespan (is someone’s life in danger or not?)
  12)Business (will it be profitable?)
  13)Lawsuit (how are the prospects?)
  14)Lost Property (can it be found? Where to look for it?)
  15)Guest (will they come or not?)
  16)Enemy (are they to be feared? Is the time right for wrathful action?)
  17)Demons (if demons are harming, which kind of demons?)
  18)Wealth (prospects for possessions in general and livestock)
  Please choose 3 from the questions above.
  PERSONAL BLESSINGS
  Conditions often ripen in our lives as obstacles may arise in form sickness, mental disturbances,
  financial disturbances, mental confusion which may benefit from powerful rituals to eliminate
  their effects. Geshela can perform rituals to transform negative conditions into positive
  conditions, such as eliminating negative forces, increasing positive forces, long life, healing,
  protection, transformation of forces in the environment, and more. These need to be discussed
  personally with Geshela so he can determine the appropriate rituals.
  HOME, BUSINESS, AND LAND BLESSINGS
  Conditions also often ripen in our homes, businesses, land and communities that call for
  powerful rituals to eliminate their effects. For house, business, land blessings; Geshela will
  perform rituals to transform negative conditions into positive conditions, which may eliminate
  negative forces, increasing positive forces, long life, healing, protection, transformation of forces
  in the environment, and more. These need to be discussed personally with Geshela so he can
  determine the appropriate rituals.
  Pujas:
  Green Tara puja ( Improve Wealth, Deities of wealth ) $200 (Takes about 2:30 hours)
  Eight Medicine Buddha’s puja (Buddha presiding over the healing art) $200 (takes about 2:30
  hours)
  Special Prayers for dying person (to pacify obstructive situations; obstacles subside) $ 100 (takes
  more then a hour)
  List of Workshop:
  Thangka painting Workshop $95 per person – 2 days – 6 hours a day
  Mandala painting Workshop $ 95 per person (2 days)
  Tibetan Caligraphy Workshop $95 Per person (2 days)
  Buddhist Symbol Art Talk $ 30 per person(2 hour)
  Thangka Commissions: Buddha $500, Female Deity $650, Wrathful $750, All paintings 18’ by
  25’ (the will takes three weeks)
  List of Healing, Astrology, Divination and so on
  Astrology $75 a person (takes about 1 hour)
  Divination $45 a person(they will takes 40 minutes)
  Individual Healing $75 per person (they will takes 35 to 40 minutes)
  Group Healings $20 - $25 per person (will take 90 minutes)
  House Blessing $150 (takes more then 1 hours.) apporx,
  Business Blessing $150 ( will take about a hour) apporx,
  Give Refuge Vow (Individual) $75 ( will about a hour) apporx,
  Lectures by donation or suggested donation for a person $20 to $25 ( will takes two hours)
  lectures in School classroom $200 – 90 minutes
  List of Dharma Teaching and lectures:
  1. Buddhist Philosophy,
  2. Four Noble Truths,
  3. The Way of Compassion or On Becoming Compassionate,
  4. Death, Bardo and Rebirth,
  5. The Care of Sacred Objects,
  6. The Six Perfections,
  7. The Eight Worldly Concerns,
  8. Happiness and Peace of Mind,
  9. Ethics in Difficult time,
  10. Educating the Heart,
  11. Diffrence in Compassion, love and attchement.
  12. Principle Aspects of the Path
  13. The 12 Links of Dependent Origination
  14. The 8 Verses of Mind Training
  15. Buddhist Perspective on Climate Change
  (Each topic is a 90 discusson plus Q&A)