Our physical location is accessed by special arrangement only, due to ongoing Covid-19 concerns
WELCOME
A Jewel of Living Dharma
For over 20 years, The Drikung Meditation Center has offered Tibetan Buddhist teachings, practices and retreats to all levels of spiritual practitioners - from curious beginner to experienced meditator - right here in the Boston area..
We are home to the only emanation replica of the sacred Jowo Rinpoche statue outside of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa Tibet! The Jowo statue is considered a living Buddha, a very holy object of immense beauty and profound blessings. Our Jowo statue is not only an exact replica, it is a spirtual emanation of Jowo Rinpoche himself. Learn about the Jowo Rinpoche Statue HERE.
Under the guidance of our spiritual director, Venerable Lama Konchok Sonam, our mission has been to serve the community in a spirit of loving kindness, fostering understanding between all religions, cultures and people.
NEW!
Gems From Lama Konchok Sonam's Weekly Teachings:
Message and Brief Prayer to be Reborn in Dewachen Click Here
Excerpted from the Full Moon Phowa Practice
The U.S. Jowo Rinpoche Statue at the
Drikung Meditation Center in MA, USA.
Wonderful News: A New Center!
The Drikung Meditation Center is now also home to the US Jokhang Temple! We have obtained a mortgage on a property in Danvers, MA!
This was only possible due to the enormous generosity of the community and everyone's profound merit and aspirations. Emaho! Lama Sonam's longtime dream of establishing a Jokhang Temple here in the US is one very large step closer to fruition!
The Capital Campaign - 5 Year Plan.
While this momentous occasion is most definitely a cause for celebration we will continue to work together as a community to pay off the balance owed in the 5 year window before the interest rate increases. Therefore we have introduced the Capital Campaign to meet this goal.
If you or someone you know can help secure the US JokhangTemple for future generations
Please read and share this Letter from Lama Konchok Sonam:
Please help us fully actualize Lama Sonam's US Jokhang Temple vision!
Become a Monthly Donor
Support our Capital Campaign!
EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
SPECIAL EVENTS
10th Annual
Chenrezig Drubchen
For World Peace
with
Ven. Lama Konchok Sonam
Ven. Khenpo Choephel
Ven. Lama Kalsang
June 17 - 19
Registration Now Open!
We are pleased to announce our 10th Annual Chenrezig Drubchen for Peace! Led by Ven. Lama Konchok Sonam, Ven. Khenpo Choephel and Ven. Lama Kalsang, we will practice for peace, harmony and happiness throughout the world. This is a rare and precious opportunity to give the gift of pure love to our world, and to ourselves, in these challenging times.
The Benefits of the Chenrezig Drubchen
Chenrezig is the Buddha of Compassion, and the benefits of this practice include increasing prosperity and harmonizing the elements, so that natural disasters like fire, flood, and drought are pacified. We will also dedicate the Drubchen to world peace so that war and all forms of oppression and harm cease. May sentient beings everywhere find happiness and be freed from suffering!
Participating in the Drubchen
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Registration is required to participate. When you register you will receive the Zoom link. While registration fees are greatly appreciated and needed, the DMC has always been committed to giving access to the precious Dharma regardless of financial circumstances. Options to register with an adjusted amount, or none at all, are found on the registration page. Click below.
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Chenrezig empowerment will be bestowed the evening of Friday June 17th (click the Drubchen Details butto,n below). Chenrezig empowerment is required to participate in the Drubchen. However, any previous Chenrezig empowerment is will suffice.
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Starting on Saturday morning, practice will be continuous in day and night sessions.
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Night session attendance is not required, but attendance of at least one night session is encouraged.
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Attendance of the entire Drubchen is best, but if this is not possible, please attend as your schedule permits!
Registration Required to Receive Zoom Link
Click for Schedule, Texts, and other Information
Sponsor a Recitation!
Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra in Eight Thousand Lines
108 Recitations
This year Ven. Lama Konchok Sonam pledges to complete 108 Recitations of the Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra in Eight Thousand Lines (Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā).
The Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra is a foundational text of Mahāyāna Buddhism, describing the figure of the Bodhisattva and the doctrine of emptiness. One single recitation takes approximately 11 hours.
This special accumulation is done with the intention to benefit and stabilize peace and prosperity in the world and the lives of all spiritual masters in all traditions.
You can support this great effort by sponsoring one of these 11-hour readings. Sponsorship can include your specific dedication.
Sponsor a
Recitation of Prajnaparamita in 8,000 Verses:
To include a special dedication please email dmcboston@gmail.com
Regular Online Practices
Ven. Lama Sonam leads us in daily morning
and evening practices!
Learn More:
* Snapshot view: Calendar
* Detail View: Schedule
get the heads up on online events
* Visit Lama Sonam's YouTube channel
Links for Daily Practice Livestreams
Zoom:
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Passcode: 359737
Facebook:
All Times are Eastern Time.
To find out how this translates to your time zone, please click here.
New to Tibetan Buddhism?
No worries, we are here to help! Contact us!
Watch Introductory Sessions at
Lama K Sonam's Youtube Channel:
FROM OUR SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR
Request
Ven. Lama Konchok Sonam asks us to join in the gathering of profound spiritual blessings by participating in the Online Dharma Practice Sessions and the accumulation of mantra. The benefits of these shared recitations are deep and vast due to being recited with the welfare and benefit of all sentient beings in mind.
MANTRA ACCUMULATIONS THUS FAR
Totals updated regularly..
As of Sunday, April 15th, 2022:
100 Million Green Tara
Current Total:1,495,559
Parnashavari, Vanquisher of Disease
Current Total: 94,003
Ven. Lama Konchok Sonam offers this beautiful audio recording, wherein he chants the "Treasury of Siddhis Medicine Buddha Mantra for Universal Healing", with original guitar and flute musical accompaniment.
Recording courtesy of
Drikung Dharmakirti Circle.
Music by Omar Rodrigo Sierra,
Casa Tibet México, León, Guanajuato.
Click on image to listen.
Items Consecrated by Ven. Lama Sonam
Ven. Lama Konchok Sonam has specially consecrated many precious and unique items in our Dharma Shop - stupas, amulets, statues and more.
Proceeds of all sales go directly to of our operating expenses needed for the daily functioning of the center, and also to our US Johkang Temple Fund!
Please help ensure that generations to come can enjoy the limitless benefit of the U.S. Jowo Rinpoche statue.
Thank you!
This Golden Stupa is available in our shop. It brings the profound blessings of the Buddha to our home, office, business or space, and has been consecrated by Ven. Konchok Lama Sonam.
