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June 2012	Dakini Day Tsog Offering Time : June 13 Saturday, 7~9pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Life Release Time : June 17 Sunday, 10am Berkeley Marina
	Guru Rinpoche Tsog Offering (Please bring tsog food) Time : June 28 Monday, 7~9pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center

May 2012	Tibetan Language Class 10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth) 11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult) Time : May 13 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG) Rinpoche will continue on Chapter Four: The Natural Liberation of the Confusion – Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of Dreaming – Nighttime Instructions on Dreaming. Time : May 13 Sunday, 2~5pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Dakini Day Tsog Offering Time : May 14 Monday, 7~9pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Life Release Time : May 19 Sunday, 10am Berkeley Marina

April 2012	Guru Rinpoche Tsog Offering (Please bring tsog food) Time : Apr 1 Sunday, 7~9pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Tibetan Language Class 10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth) 11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult) Time : Apr 8 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG) Rinpoche will continue on Chapter Four: The Natural Liberation of the Confusion – Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of Dreaming – Nighttime Instructions on Dreaming. Time : Apr 8 Sunday, 2~5pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Life Release Time : Apr 15 Sunday, 10am Berkeley Marina
	Dakini day Green Tara Tsog Offering Time : Apr 15 Sunday, 7~9pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Tibetan Language Class 10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth) 11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult) Time : Apr 22 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG) Rinpoche will continue on Chapter Four: The Natural Liberation of the Confusion – Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of Dreaming – Nighttime Instructions on Dreaming. Time : Apr 22 Sunday, 2~5pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Guru Rinpoche Tsog Offering (Please bring tsog food) Time : Apr 30 Monday, 7~9pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center

March 2012	Guru Rinpoche Tsog Offering (Please bring tsog food) Time : Mar 2 Friday, 7~9pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Life Release 2/22 to 3/15 is Tibetan New Year Buddhist Festival Bumgyur Dawa. It is the Miraculous month for us. Positive or negative actions are multiplied 10 million times. Because of such positive action, Lama Drimed is going to perform the Life Release on this coming Sunday March 4, 10am at Marina Berkeley. Time : Mar 4 Sunday, 10am Berkeley Marina
	Tibetan Language Class 10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth) 11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult) Time : Mar 11 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG) Rinpoche will continue on Chapter Four: The Natural Liberation of the Confusion – Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of Dreaming – Nighttime Instructions on Dreaming. Time : Mar 11 Sunday, 2~5pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Dakini day Green Tara Tsog Offering Time : Mar 15 Thursday, 7~9pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Tibetan Language Class 10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth) 11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult) Time : Mar 25 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG) Rinpoche will continue on Chapter Four: The Natural Liberation of the Confusion – Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of Dreaming – Nighttime Instructions on Dreaming. Time : Mar 25 Sunday, 2~5pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center

February 2012	Guru Rinpoche Tsog Offering (Please bring tsog food) Time : Feb 1 Wednesday, 7~9pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Tibetan Language Class 10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth) 11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult) Time : Feb 12 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG) Starting this August, Ven. Lama Drimed Rinpoche will present a series of instruction on the Six Bardos based on the text entitled “The Profound Dharma of the Natural Liberation through Contemplating the Peaceful and Wrathful: Stage of Completion Instructions on the Six Bardos”. The text was dictated by Guru Padmasambhava to his consort, Yeshe Tsogyal, who then transcribed for the master to conceal in a cave and be rediscovered in the 14th century by terton Karma Lingpa. Rinpoche emphasized that, “As a practitioner, you may receive teachings and engage in various practices through out your life as a Buddhist. To familiarize oneself with the practice of the Six Bardos, however, is the most crucial and has the most direct impact in determining one’s future state of existence. It is as basic and important as finding the correct way according to an authentic map to reach your intended destination.” During the upcoming series of Bardos teaching, Rinpoche will provide detailed explanations to the complete processes of the six Bardos according to the traditional curriculum offered in Larong Five-Science Academy. The characteristics, experiences or appearances, and the relevant practice in response to each stage of the six Bardos – the Six Transitional Process of Living, Dreaming, Meditative Stabilization, Dying, the Nature of Reality, and Becoming, will be introduced in its entirety. Knowing that intellectual understanding along would not bring true benefit to the practitioners, His Holiness Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche used to couple his lectures with performance acting to enhance practitioners’ comprehension and memorization. Lama Drimed Rinpoche will also lead participants in actual practices of Shamatha (calm-abiding), Vipassana (insight) meditation, and Phowa (Transference of Consciousness). Time : Feb 12 Sunday, 2~5pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Life Release Time : Feb 19 Sunday, 10am Berkeley Marina
	Dakini day Green Tara Tsog Offering Time : Feb 16 Thursday, 7~9pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	The Practice of Dakini Kurukulle Sadhana & Tsog 2/25~26/2012 Saturday and Sunday 2 days events (Tibetan language class and teachings on the Six Bardos will be postponed)

Janurary 2012	Guru Rinpoche Tsog Offering (Please bring tsog food) Time : Jan 2 Monday, 7~9pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Tibetan Language Class 10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth) 11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult) Time : Jan 8 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG) Starting this August, Ven. Lama Drimed Rinpoche will present a series of instruction on the Six Bardos based on the text entitled “The Profound Dharma of the Natural Liberation through Contemplating the Peaceful and Wrathful: Stage of Completion Instructions on the Six Bardos”. The text was dictated by Guru Padmasambhava to his consort, Yeshe Tsogyal, who then transcribed for the master to conceal in a cave and be rediscovered in the 14th century by terton Karma Lingpa. Rinpoche emphasized that, “As a practitioner, you may receive teachings and engage in various practices through out your life as a Buddhist. To familiarize oneself with the practice of the Six Bardos, however, is the most crucial and has the most direct impact in determining one’s future state of existence. It is as basic and important as finding the correct way according to an authentic map to reach your intended destination.” During the upcoming series of Bardos teaching, Rinpoche will provide detailed explanations to the complete processes of the six Bardos according to the traditional curriculum offered in Larong Five-Science Academy. The characteristics, experiences or appearances, and the relevant practice in response to each stage of the six Bardos – the Six Transitional Process of Living, Dreaming, Meditative Stabilization, Dying, the Nature of Reality, and Becoming, will be introduced in its entirety. Knowing that intellectual understanding along would not bring true benefit to the practitioners, His Holiness Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche used to couple his lectures with performance acting to enhance practitioners’ comprehension and memorization. Lama Drimed Rinpoche will also lead participants in actual practices of Shamatha (calm-abiding), Vipassana (insight) meditation, and Phowa (Transference of Consciousness). Time : Jan 8 Sunday, 2~5pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Anniversary of H.H. Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche : Lama Chopa and Guru Rinpoche Tsog Shower of Blessing Practice Time : Jan 9 Monday, 7~9pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Life Release Time : Jan 15 Sunday, 10am Berkeley Marina
	Dakini day Green Tara Tsog Offering Time : Jan 17 Tuesday, 7~9pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Tibetan Language Class 10:00 ~ 11:00 Tibetan Class (Youth) 11:00 ~ 12:00 Tibetan Class (Adult) Time : Jan 22 Sunday, 10am ~ 12pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center
	Teachings on the Six Bardos (cont.) Open to those who have received 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment or any Maha/Anu/Atiyoga Empowerment. Exception will be made to those who have unwavering strong faith to this teaching and are committed to complete 100,000 Vajrasattva Mantra (OM BENZAR SATTO HUNG) Starting this August, Ven. Lama Drimed Rinpoche will present a series of instruction on the Six Bardos based on the text entitled “The Profound Dharma of the Natural Liberation through Contemplating the Peaceful and Wrathful: Stage of Completion Instructions on the Six Bardos”. The text was dictated by Guru Padmasambhava to his consort, Yeshe Tsogyal, who then transcribed for the master to conceal in a cave and be rediscovered in the 14th century by terton Karma Lingpa. Rinpoche emphasized that, “As a practitioner, you may receive teachings and engage in various practices through out your life as a Buddhist. To familiarize oneself with the practice of the Six Bardos, however, is the most crucial and has the most direct impact in determining one’s future state of existence. It is as basic and important as finding the correct way according to an authentic map to reach your intended destination.” During the upcoming series of Bardos teaching, Rinpoche will provide detailed explanations to the complete processes of the six Bardos according to the traditional curriculum offered in Larong Five-Science Academy. The characteristics, experiences or appearances, and the relevant practice in response to each stage of the six Bardos – the Six Transitional Process of Living, Dreaming, Meditative Stabilization, Dying, the Nature of Reality, and Becoming, will be introduced in its entirety. Knowing that intellectual understanding along would not bring true benefit to the practitioners, His Holiness Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche used to couple his lectures with performance acting to enhance practitioners’ comprehension and memorization. Lama Drimed Rinpoche will also lead participants in actual practices of Shamatha (calm-abiding), Vipassana (insight) meditation, and Phowa (Transference of Consciousness). Time : Jan 22 Sunday, 2~5pm Dechen Rang Dharma Center