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Kyabje Khensur Jhado Rinpoche Visits Lion’s Roar Dharma Center
Three Principal Aspects of the Path & White Umbrella Empowerment
Date: Saturday, February 14
Time: 2:00–6:00 PM
Location: Lion’s Roar Dharma Center
3240 B Street, Sacramento, California 95816
Cost: By donation (no one turned away)
We are deeply honored to welcome Khensur Kyabje Jhado Rinpoche, our revered heart lineage teacher, for a rare afternoon of teaching and empowerment at Lion’s Roar Dharma Center.
This sacred visit offers both clear instruction on the Buddhist path to awakening and a powerful blessing practice for protection, resilience, and clarity.
2:00 PM – Public Teaching (In Person & on Zoom)
The Three Principal Aspects of the Path
In this public teaching, Kyabje Jhado Rinpoche will explain The Three Principal Aspects of the Path, a concise and essential text by Lama Tsongkhapa that presents the complete Buddhist path in three core trainings:
- Renunciation – turning the mind away from suffering and confusion
- Bodhicitta – cultivating compassion and the wish to awaken for the benefit of all beings
- Wisdom – realizing the true nature of reality
This teaching brings together heart practice and insight. It offers practical guidance on how liberation and awakening are cultivated in everyday life.
This teaching is open to all and may be attended either in person or online via Zoom.
3:30 PM – White Umbrella (Sitatapatra) Empowerment (In Person Only)
Following the teaching, Kyabje Jhado Rinpoche will bestow the White Umbrella (Sitatapatra) Empowerment.
Who is Sitatapatra?
Sitatapatra is a fully enlightened female deity, emanating from the crown of Buddha Shakyamuni. She is revered as a powerful protector whose practice safeguards practitioners from fear, harm, and obstacles—both outer and inner.
Sitatapatra is especially associated with:
- Protection from danger, illness, and spiritual obstacles
- Pacifying harmful forces and disturbances
- Strengthening inner stability, clarity, and courage on the path
Receiving this empowerment establishes a karmic connection to this sacred practice and plants seeds for protection, resilience, and awakening, particularly in turbulent times.
Please note: the empowerment is offered in person only.
Why This Matters
In a time marked by uncertainty, fear, and rapid change, authentic teachings and blessings from a realized lineage master is more important than ever. The Three Principal Aspects of the Path offers a clear, timeless roadmap for transforming suffering into wisdom and compassion, while the White Umbrella (Sitatapatra) Empowerment invokes a powerful feminine expression of enlightened protection and courage.
Receiving both teaching and empowerment together strengthens not only our individual practice, but our collective capacity to meet the world with courage and great love. The opportunity to receive this transmission is extraordinary.
Donations are deeply appreciated and support Rinpoche’s travel and stay, the preservation of authentic lineage teachings, and the ongoing work of Lion’s Roar Dharma Center.
All Are Welcome
Please come with an open heart..
Our classes, practices, and events are in person, online and hybrid (both online and in person).
Please see the calendar for dates, times, and access codes.
Lion’s Roar Dharma Center and Do Nga Dargey Temple follow the Buddha Dharma – a new humanism that embraces both the secular and sacred paths of transformation. We recognize and affirm the inherent and indestructible goodness of all beings.
We are in the tradition of the His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. Our Temple was founded by Geshe Losang Gyatso and is directed by Lama Yeshe Jinpa and Geshe Damchoe Gurjav. Our Heart Lineage Teacher is Kyabje Jhado Tulku Rinpoche.
New Compassionate Action Training Opportunity
Lama Yeshe Jinpa teaches the entire Buddhist path of View, Meditation, and Action. A big part of the Action aspect of the path is Compassionate Action. With the intention of increasing the compassionate action of Lion’s Roar Dharma Center, the Sustainable Service Program: Strategies for Supporting Our Compassionate Action will begin on Saturday, March 8, 2025. Click here or on the image below for more information about the program and to register.
This program is offered in-person only.
Kālacakrā Practice Opportunities at Lion’s Roar Dharma Center
What follows is an overview of Kālacakrā practice sessions we offer at Lion’s Roar. For specific times and up-to-date information, please see the Calendar of Events.
Selected Sundays With Lama Jinpa
Lama Yeshe Jinpa generally teaches every other Sunday morning. On the days when he teaches in the morning, Lama Jinpa has agreed to lead Kalachakra practice at 2 pm PST using a sadhana text adapted from “The Excellent On Nectar Vase of Empty-Form: The Guru Yoga of Glorious Kālacakrā” by Panchen Palden Yeshe, translated by Gelong Tenzin Gyurme at the instruction of Kyabje Jhado Rinpoche. The text is restricted to those who have received either a Kālacakrā Jenang or a full Kālacakrā Empowerment in any lineage. Please consult the Calendar of Events.
Selected Mondays with Lion’s Roar Dharma Center Sangha
On Mondays at 7 pm PST, when Lama Yeshe Jinpa is not teaching the Buddha Dharma Study Group, LRDC sangha gather to practice the same sadhana as above, text adapted from “The Excellent On Nectar Vase of Empty-Form: The Guru Yoga of Glorious Kālacakrā” by Panchen Palden Yeshe, translated by Gelong Tenzin Gyurme at the instruction of Kyabje Jhado Rinpoche. The text is restricted to those who have received either a Kālacakrā Jenang or a full Kālacakrā Empowerment in any lineage. Please consult the Calendar of Events.
Wednesdays with Global Practice Sangha
Every Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 PST, members of Lion’s Roar are joined by an international Kālacakrā practice group. The sadhana text employed is “The Guru Yoga of Kālacakrā in Connection with the Six Sessions in Completely Facilitating Form” by His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, translated by Jeffrey Hopkins in accordance with instructions from XIV Dalai Lama and Gyume Khensur Losang Wangdu. This practice is restricted to those who have received a full Kālacakrā empowerment in any lineage or who have received a Kālacakrā Jenang and some other Highest Yoga Tantra empowerment in any lineage. Attendance is by permission only and does not appear on the events calendar. If you would like permission to attend these sessions, please email info@lionsroardharmacenter.org.
Contact
Do Nga Dargey Temple
3240 B Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
(Between 32nd and 33rd Street)
info@lionsroardharmacenter.org