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 continue on Saturday, March 7, 2026, from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Click here to register.
This program is offered in-person only.
Sustainable Service Program: Strategies for Supporting Our Compassionate Action
Certificate of Accomplishment offered at the conclusion of the Program
Taught By Tenzin Chogkyi
Saturday March 7, 2026
Lion’s Roar Dharma Center
3240 B Street, Sacramento, CA
How to Attend
Click here to register. We encourage pre-registration to help us plan, but you may also register at the door on the day of the training. Individual sessions registration is $25.00 and the complete date is $50.00. On-site Teacher Dana recommended.
Lunch will be on your own with water and coffee supplied at the temple. Parking available in the adjacent parking lot and on the street.
For questions, please contact Susan Farrar at info@lionsroardharmacenter.org.
About the Sustainable Service Program
When we see suffering we all want to do something about it, and many of us are called to the path of service including service in our jobs, as family members, as volunteers as well to our friends and our community. This calling is often a long journey; it is easy to get lost or tired. Joy and inspiration can give way to frustration and depletion, and the overwhelm that comes when we feel that there’s so much at stake.
We all need support to shore up our commitment and strengths, to persevere and sustain our compassionate action. The goal of this course is to provide tools for your path of compassionate action. Everyone is welcome to participate.
These final two modules of the eight-part 2025-26 Program are offered in two parts – each half-day module stands on its own while it contributes to the overall theme of Sustainable Service. You may attend either the morning or afternoon session, or the entire day. The Program includes lecture, interactive discussion and meditation.
At the end of the Program in March 2026, Lama Jinpa and Tenzin Chogkyi will present a certificate in recognition of the successful completion of the Program’s eight modules to those who have attended each session.
March 7, 2026
Lion’s Roar Dharma Center
3240 B Street, Sacramento
Morning session: Managing Emotions Mindfully
9:30 am – 12:30 pm.
Our emotions can lead us to our greatest joys and most painful sorrows. In their most creative capacity, they are guides pointing us towards who we truly are and what is most meaningful in our lives. However, most of us struggle with disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, jealousy, resentment, etc. At their most destructive, we are caught by them: lost in the grip of anger, sadness, fear, or overwhelm. This suffering is something we have all felt, but we can create more space, choice, and ease in the face of it.
In this module, we will explore approaches to dealing with disturbing emotions, including understanding the function of emotions, recognizing and working with emotional triggers and cultivating constructive emotional responses.
Afternoon session: Reclaiming Joy
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
What is the role of joy on the spiritual path? The bodhisattva path and the path of compassion require us to have an awareness of the suffering of beings – are joy and compassion contradictory? Or can joy be used to sustain our spiritual path and practice?
Join us for an exploration of the theme of joy on the spiritual path. To support our exploration of joy, we will draw from sources as diverse as 8th Century Indian master Shantideva, research psychologist Jonathan Haidt, and poet Ross Gay.
Lunch will be on your own with water and coffee supplied at the temple. Parking available in the adjacent parking lot and on the street.
For questions, please contact Susan Farrar at info@lionsroardharmacenter.org.
Tenzin Chogkyi (she/her/hers) is a teacher of workshops and programs that bridge the worlds of Buddhist thought, contemplative practice, mental and emotional cultivation, and the latest research in the field of positive psychology. Tenzin first became interested in meditation in the early 1970s and then started practicing Tibetan Buddhism in early 1991 during a year she spent studying in India and Nepal. She completed several long meditation retreats over a six-year period and took monastic ordination with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, practicing as a monastic for nearly 20 years. Since 2006 she has been teaching in Buddhist centers around the world and taught in prisons for 15 years.
She is currently based in Santa Cruz, California. You can find more about her at unlockingtruehappiness.org.
How to Attend
Click here to register. We encourage pre-registration to help us plan, but you may also register at the door on the day of the training. Individual sessions registration is $25.00 and the complete date is $50.00. On-site Teacher Dana recommended.
Lunch will be on your own with water and coffee supplied at the temple. Parking available in the adjacent parking lot and on the street.
For questions, please contact Susan Farrar at info@lionsroardharmacenter.org.
About Tenzin Chogkyi
Tenzin Chogkyi (she/her/hers) is a teacher of workshops and programs that bridge the worlds of Buddhist thought, contemplative practice, mental and emotional cultivation, and the latest research in the field of positive psychology. Tenzin first became interested in meditation in the early 1970s and then started practicing Tibetan Buddhism in early 1991 during a year she spent studying in India and Nepal. She completed several long meditation retreats over a six-year period and took monastic ordination with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, practicing as a monastic for nearly 20 years. Since 2006 she has been teaching in Buddhist centers around the world and taught in prisons for 15 years. .
She is also a certified teacher of Compassion Cultivation Training and the Cultivating Emotional Balance program. Tenzin is especially interested in bringing the wisdom of Buddhism into modern culture and into alignment with modern cultural values such as racial and gender justice and environmental awareness. She feels strongly that a genuine and meaningful spiritual path includes not only personal transformation, but social and cultural transformation as well.
She is currently based in Santa Cruz, California. You can find her current teaching schedule as well as an archive of podcasts, audio, and video teachings at unlockingtruehappiness.org.