Three Rivers Tibetan Cultural Center

05/12/2026

An annual Pittsburgh Buddhist community event VESAK is coming up this Sunday, May 17, 3-5pm at the Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church. The theme this year is "Watering Seeds of Peace". There will be a Peace Walk from the Church to the Allegheny River, meandering past the Pirates Baseball Stadium afterwards. The program is free and open to the public.

Background on the annual Vesak (Buddhist holiday) Celebration in Pittsburgh, which all traditions take part in.

05/11/2026

Attendees of the "Vasudhara Dispeller of Poverty" Retreat rejoiced in the sun room at our new center with our precious teacher venerable Khenpo Choephel Rinpoche on Sunday 5/10/2026.

05/08/2026

Dear Dharma Friends, just quick reminder! That this weekend May 9-10 ( morning 10:00 starts) is the retreat Vasudhara Zambalas practice for wealth and prosperity for individuals and communities.
All are welcome!

We may also have via Zoom !

05/02/2026

On Saturday, May 9 and Sunday, May 10, Venerable Khenpo Choephel will be back in Pittsburgh to lead us in a 2 day Retreat for Wealth and Prosperity at the new center. Vasudhara and the Four Zambalas' combined practice and meditation will be the focus of this retreat. To register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3ryCUUFTmxTUcFf2XjHWD_zdqVuFT0Wzi3TqvYhQ4WIwT0Q/viewform?pli=1

02/22/2026

Here are photos of our LOSAR celebration at our new center in White Oak, today, 2/22/26. It was a very joyful gathering for all participants.

02/12/2026

To celebrate our upcoming Tibetan New Year (LOSAR), Ven. Lobpon Lama Kalsang will lead the Drikung Lama Chöpa which is Kyobpa Jigten Sumgon's Guru Yoga puja with Tsok offering, and a cleansing ritual smoke offering for the outer and inner environment and individuals--Sunday 2/22/26, 10am to 12pm at our new center. 1660 Lincoln Way, White Oak, PA 15131. ALL ARE WELCOME.

02/05/2026

Three Rivers Tibetan Cultural Center will celebrate LOSAR on Sunday, February 22nd, 10AM-12PM. Ven. Lobpon Lama Kalsang will lead the Drikung Kagyu Lama Chöpa Practice from Kyobpa Jigten Sumgon's Guru puja with TSÖK (feast) offering and Smoke Offering. This is a cleansing ritual for individuals as well as our outer and inner environments.
This will take place at our new center at 1660 Lincoln Way, White Oak. ALL ARE WELCOME.

01/30/2026

Jigten Sumgon’s song of Six conferences tomorrow Saturday-Sunday. Teaching by Ven. Khenpo Choephel. All Welcome !😇😇

Songs of Realization of Jigten Sumgon Ratna Shri -- Teachings by Ven. Khenpo Choephel. January 24th to 25th and 31st to February 1st. at Three Rivers Tibetan Cultural Center. Please kindly register so we can keep count about attendance. Thank you and a Happy New Year to all of you. https://www.threeriverstibetancc.org/schedule/events/

01/26/2026

Last Saturday, we had wonderful teaching songs of Lord Jigten Sumgon part one pointed out Fivefold path of Mahamudra.
This coming Saturday and Sunday we have precious opportunities to continue receiving rest of teaching Songs of Lord Jigten Sumgon part 2-3 to point out When One reach out combination practice of View, Action and Meditation so forth….
Please we don’t want you miss this opportunity.

Songs of Realization of Jigten Sumgon Ratna Shri -- Teachings by Ven. Khenpo Choephel. January 24th to 25th and 31st to February 1st. at Three Rivers Tibetan Cultural Center. Please kindly register so we can keep count about attendance. Thank you and a Happy New Year to all of you. https://www.threeriverstibetancc.org/schedule/events/

01/24/2026

After discussing with Khenpo Choephel we have decided to cancel tomorrow's teaching session (Sunday January 25th). Khenpo prefers that we have people be able to attend in person, and the incoming snow storm in Pittsburgh will prevent safe travel.

Apologies for the short notice!

The teachings will continue next weekend (January 31 and February 1) as scheduled.

We will have online only Vajrasattva purification practice tomorrow (January 25th) at 10AM