Kurukulla Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies

06/01/2026

Saka Dawa events at Kurukulla Center.

06/01/2026

05/31/2026

Lama Chopa/Guru Puja

05/31/2026

05/31/2026

Happy Saka Dawa Duchen! Kurukulla Center is open 9:30 AM to 8:00 PM. Visit anytime!

05/31/2026

Prayers and practices happening all day at the center create much merit and benefit for all beings!!!

05/31/2026

☸️🪷📿💎HAPPY SAKA DAWA💐🍫🍓🌈 🙏🏽

05/28/2026

Sunday, May 31 - Please join us at the center or from home! Create merit, multiply the benefit!!!

The 15th day of this lunar month, the full moon day, is called Saka Dawa Düchen. This day is the single most important holy day of the year for Tibetan Buddhists. Saka Dawa Düchen commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha. It celebrates an anniversary of Shakyamuni Buddha’s display of extraordinary powerful deeds for sentient beings’ sake. Further, the entire month of Saka Dawa from May 17 to June 15 is known as the "month of merits," a very auspicious time to engage in virtuous practices, during which merits are said to multiply by a hundred thousand times!

Check out our activities on our calendar page below:
✨Twenty-four Hour Mahayana Precepts Ceremony:
4:40 AM (in-person and online)

✨ Sutra Recitation
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM (in-person and online)

✨ Lama Chöpa/Guru Puja
5:00 – 6:30 PM (in-person and online)

https://www.kurukulla.org/calendar-kurukulla-center-tibetan-buddhism.php

05/26/2026

Wednesday, May 27, 7:00-9:00pm ET
In-person & Online with Geshe Tenley
All are welcome!

The Wheel Weapon text, composed in the 9th or 10th century and attributed to the Indian master Dharmaraksh*ta, one of the primary teachers of Lama Atisha, focuses on what is referred to as the “method side” of the teachings. It is a lojong (mind training) text, which employs powerful and pointed metaphors, such as the peacock, reputed to thrive on a diet of poisonous plants, to illustrate the benefits of training oneself to mentally take on the misery of ourselves and others. With this type of training, even negative emotions can be put to service to counter egotism. Mind training helps to stabilize emotions, combats self-centeredness, and helps to gain the maximum benefit from our short human lives

More details and link to join are at:
https://www.kurukulla.org/view-event-kurukulla-center-tibetan-buddhism.php?evt=1770129762

05/21/2026

Sunday, May 24 events at Kurukulla Center 🎉

9:30 – 10:00 AM (in-person only)
Prostrations to the Thirty-Five Confession Buddhas, led by Thubten Damchoe

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (online and in-person)
Chapter 8, A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life: Meditation, with Geshe Tenley

2:00 – 5:00 PM (in-person only)
Saka Dawa Mani Recitation

Please check our online calendar for more details! https://www.kurukulla.org/calendar-kurukulla-center-tibetan-buddhism.php