Kunzang Palyul Choling - KPC Buddhist Temple

Kunzang Palyul Choling - KPC Buddhist Temple A place of peace and refuge for people of all faiths. The Palyul lineage, the Nyingma school of Vajrayana (Tibetan) Buddhism. Founder: Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

Kunzang Odsal Palyul Changchub Choling (KPC) is a Vajrayana Buddhist organization founded by Jetsunma Ahkon Norbu Lhamo to uphold the Palyul Lineage in the Nyingma tradition. On-going compassion projects, for Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike, focus on saving lives and caring for beings, especially animals. KPC is a Platinum-level Guide Star Exchange participant, demonstrating our commitment to tr

ansparency through sharing information. KPC is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Federal Tax ID # 52-1501476. All donations are fully tax-deductible.

05/31/2026

In this teaching, Her Eminence Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo Rinpoche explains how to awaken to our true nature.

These teachings are offered freely as part of KPC’s commitment to benefiting all beings, but donations are always appreciated. Your generosity helps sustain our programs and keeps these teachings available to all.

Donate to KPC:
https://www.tara.org/donate-maryland/

Sign up for the KPC newsletter:
http://bit.ly/KPC-mailing-list

05/31/2026

Step into a world of tranquility in this 5-minute showcase of our koi ponds. Immerse yourself in the graceful movements of our mature adults and catch a glimpse of our vibrant, growing one-year-olds with stunning underwater footage. They are growing so fast!
Whether you’re a fellow hobbyist or simply looking for a moment of peace, we invite you to visit, find a seat on our new viewing platform, and relax as you take in the beauty of our koi.
Visit us soon and experience the calm for yourself!

Join Our Weekend Practice: Vajrasattva Purification Retreat 🙏🏻✨This weekend, our community is gathered in person at the ...
05/30/2026

Join Our Weekend Practice: Vajrasattva Purification Retreat 🙏🏻✨

This weekend, our community is gathered in person at the Maryland temple for a powerful Ngöndro Vajrasattva Retreat, dedicating our collective practice to the long life and holy aspirations of Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo, and to the vibrant future of KPC.

As Jetsunma has continually urged us, gathering and practicing together in person as a unified body is profoundly transformative for the mind—anchoring our attention span, deepening our mutual concern, and amplifying our practice through the support of each other's presence. To step onto these grounds is to step away from our tendency to isolate and to remember the real power of collective contribution.

We are reminded of the profound broom analogy taught by Kyabje His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, who once held up a single bristle and showed how easily it could be snapped, and how it lacked the strength to move even a small pile of dust. But when thousands of those same fragile bristles are bound tightly together by a single cord around a central handle, they become a broom. Bound by a single purpose, they cannot be broken; they gain the power to sweep a great hall clean and clear away the thickest dirt and debris because they act as one body.

As we gather this weekend, let us bind our intentions together and act as one body under the guidance of our lamas. Through our collective practice, our presence, and our shared devotion during this holy multiplier window, may we sweep away the obstacles of samsara for the ultimate liberation and benefit of all sentient beings.

🔗 Learn more, see our full schedule and find links to support the retreat via the link in the comments below.

This Sunday: Join Us for Saga Dawa Düchen (10-Million Multiplier Day) 🌈✨We live in a world defined by profound fragmenta...
05/30/2026

This Sunday: Join Us for Saga Dawa Düchen (10-Million Multiplier Day) 🌈✨

We live in a world defined by profound fragmentation, unpredictable change, and the constant friction of internal distraction. In the face of this pervasive uncertainty, the Buddhadharma offers more than just temporary relief—it provides a direct, supreme remedy to transcend suffering and realize our innate clarity. What Buddha Shakyamuni realized and taught is a timeless medicine for the mind, showing us that even in the darkest of times, freedom from suffering is absolutely possible.

This Sunday offers an extraordinary opportunity to connect with this truth. This day marks Saga Dawa Düchen, the sacred 15th day of the fourth Tibetan lunar month, celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of Buddha Shakyamuni. It is a "10-Million Multiplier Day," a rare cosmic window where the karmic merit of every virtuous action, prayer, and offering is amplified ten million times.

There is no more powerful method to alleviate the struggles of our world than by gathering to honor the Buddha and practice the methods he revealed with the vast intention of benefiting all beings. We invite you to join us at the temple this weekend. Come walk the Peace Park, circumambulate the stupas, make offerings at the majestic Guru Rinpoche statue, or rest your mind by the serene waters of the koi ponds. However you choose to engage these sacred grounds, the opportunity to accumulate merit right now is monumental.

This weekend, our community is gathered in person at the Maryland temple for a powerful Ngöndro Vajrasattva Retreat, dedicating our collective practice to the long life and holy aspirations of Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo, and to the vibrant future of KPC.

🔗 Learn more, see our full schedule and find links to support the retreat via the link in the comments below.

A Gathering for Healing and Long Life: Vajrasattva Purification RetreatDear Sangha and Friends, In our daily lives, we i...
05/28/2026

A Gathering for Healing and Long Life: Vajrasattva Purification Retreat

Dear Sangha and Friends, In our daily lives, we inevitably encounter the friction of a fragmented world. When the pressures and pleasures of our ordinary lives distract us from our true inner work, the unintentional breaches of our ethical commitments can cloud our innate clarity, leaving us feeling disconnected from our spiritual path. Within the Vajrayana tradition, however, we are never left without a remedy. The ancient lineages have preserved a precise and powerful method to clear these obscurities: the purification of Vajrasattva.

This weekend, the KPC community will gather for a special Ngöndro Vajrasattva Retreat - in-person only. We invite you to join the sangha in this vital work of purification for the benefit of all beings.

Saturday May 30
9-10:30am - Teaching and Open Practice
11-12:30pm - Mantra Accumulation
12:30-2:30pm - Lunch break
2:30-4:30pm - Mantra Accumulation
4:30-6pm - Mantra Accumulation & Tsog
6:15-6:30pm - Medicine Buddha Practice (online only)

Sunday May 31 (Saga Dawa Duchen - 10 million multiplier day)

9-10:30am - Teaching and Open Practice
11-12:30pm - Mantra Accumulation
12:30-2:30pm - Lunch break
2:30-4:30pm - Mantra Accumulation
4:30-6pm - Mantra Accumulation & Tsog
6:15-6:30pm - Medicine Buddha Practice (online only)
6:30-7:15pm - Drum Circle for Rain (in-person only - meet at the Guru Rinpoche Statue in the Peace Park)

Address

18400 River Road
Poolesville, MD
20837

Telephone

+13017106259

Website

https://linktr.ee/Kunzangpalyulcholing

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