Amitabha Foundation USA
Read the 2010-2011 Report of the Drikung Charitable Society, founded by Ayang Rinpoche in Bylakuppe, South India, and see photos and updates for the:
Amitabha Foundation Headquarters and Dharma Center
Visit our Amitabha Foundation headquarters and Rochester Dharma Center. For a practice schedule and more information, see our local practice group page.
Amitabha Foundation
11 South Goodman Street
Rochester, New York 14607
585-461-1986 / 585-261-7094
Amitabha Foundation Headquarters and Dharma Center
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About Us: Our mission, as part of the Amitabha Foundation, is to preserve and promote the unique beauty of Tibetan culture. Using the analogy of the wings of a bird, we rely on the two “wings” of wisdom and compassionate activity. For wisdom, we provide an environment for disseminating and practicing the authentic teachings of Tibetan Buddhism. For compassionate activity, we support humanitarian projects worldwide, under the guidance of the Founder and Chairman, His Eminence Chöje Ayang Rinpoche. The Amitabha Foundation is a registered 501[c][3] charitable organization (Federal Entity Identification Number 95-4111288).
Our Teacher and Practices: Our local group concentrates on practices taught by His Eminence Chöje Ayang Rinpoche. These include shamata (calming the mind), Phowa (transference of consciousness at the time of death), Buddha Vajrasattva, Buddha Amitabha, the Dharma protector Achi Chokyi Drolma, and Guru Dragpo (wrathful form of Guru Rinpoche) meditations. Find out more about Ayang Rinpoche here and about his major teachings here.
Our Local Activities: We hold meditation practices on a weekly basis and according to the traditional Tibetan lunar calendar, and also offer instruction in beginning meditation. We sponsor visits and teachings from Ayang Rinpoche, and occasionally from other Tibetan Buddhist lamas, khenpos and teachers.
Group Meditation Practice: The Rochester Amitabha Foundation group meets on Sunday mornings 10-11 AM for Vajrasattva meditation, as taught by H.E. Choeje Ayang Rinpoche. These practices are guided visualizations, following an audio recording of Ayang Rinpoche.
We hold group practices of the Drikung Phowa (Full Moon day) and Nyingma Phowa (New Moon day) each month. Phowa practice is open only to those who have taken Ayang Rinpoche’s Phowa Course, although anyone is welcome to sit with the group at these times.
Practice Venue: Rochester Dharma Center, 11 South Goodman Street, Rochester, New York 14607
Current Practice Schedule:
| Sundays, 10-11 AM | Vajrasattva Meditation | |||||
| 15th Lunar Day | Drikung Phowa Practice | |||||
| 30th Lunar Day | Nyingma Phowa Practice | |||||
| Contact Us: |
| Amitabha Foundation |
| 11 South Goodman Street |
| Rochester, NY 14607 |
| info@AmitabhaFoundation.us |
| 585-461-1986 (voice mail) / 585-451-7039 |
Guru Rinpoche 8 Manifestations
PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY MORE MANTRAS.
After the success of the Guru Rinpoche Drubchen in Mundgod in April, we are happy to announce that a new 100 million Guru Drubchen started August 3, 2011, organized by Drikung Charitable Society at Thupten Shedrup Jangchub Choeling, Ayang Rinpoche’s monastery in the Tibetan settlement of Bylakuppe in South India. This Drubchen is being led by the great retreat master, Lama Yeshe of the Drikung lineage. Ayang Rinpoche requests all the Buddhist practitioners associated with Amitabha Foundation world-wide to contribute to this practice and send to us (NY@amitabhafoundation.us) their recitations of the Guru Rinpoche mantra* made after August 3, 2011 through the end of the Drubchen (approximately August 15th) to help accumulate the 100 million total. Here is an explanation of the meaning of the mantra. As with the April Drupchen, we dedicate our prayers to world peace and that all beings may live in harmony, and with the aspiration that the environment of our mother the earth may be protected from destruction.
*OM AH HUNG BENZA GURU PEMA SIDDHI HUNG
Click here to help support the 2011 Guru Rinpoche Drubchen prayers.
