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Tashi Delek!
Summit Dharma Center is a Rime (non-sectarian) institute dedicated to the development of wisdom and compassion by facilitating serious study and practice among individuals and the community. We actively work for the promotion of lovingkindness to oneself and all living beings by encouraging contemplative and meditative practices in the Kagyu Buddhist tradition.
We are a world-wide community with groups meeting on almost every continent and with hundreds of active members. We have a brand new retreat center in Phuket, Thailand, which you can visit for a retreat of any length. Our Phuket, Thailand center is associated with TEFL Phuket, where you can teach English and do retreat to help offset the cost, if desired. We offer classes/retreats using modern broadcast technology that enables anyone, anywhere to connect with Buddhist wisdom and teachings.
Summit Dharma Center is affiliated with the Karma Kagyu lineage of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism.
Special Announcement  The Summit Dharma Center is pleased to announce the hosting of the Maitreya Buddha Relics Tour on its stop at the Karuna Meditation and Yoga Center in Phuket, Thailand from March 5-7th.
A precious collection of sacred relics of the Buddha and many other Buddhist
masters is currently touring the world and will make its stop at Karuna Meditation and Yoga Center, our sister center in Phuket, Thailand.
This is a rare opportunity to view these relics, which were found among the
cremation ashes of Buddhist masters. They resemble beautiful pearl-like crystals.
Buddhists believe the relics embody the master’s spiritual qualities of compassion
and wisdom and have been deliberately produced by the master so that all may
share in their blessing.
Visitors often report experiences of inspiration and healing when in the presence of
the relics. While some are inspired to pray for world peace and to develop their
inner wisdom, others are overcome by emotion as the powerful effects of the relics
open their hearts to compassion and loving-kindness.
The relics are clearly visible inside display cases that encircle a life-size, golden
statue of the Maitreya Buddha. Throughout the events there are opportunities for
visitors to participate in Blessing Ceremonies, during which the relics of the Buddha
are gently placed on the crown of the visitor’s head as a special blessing.
According to Buddhist scriptures Maitreya will be the next Buddha to teach the path
of loving-kindness to the world. At the conclusion of the Maitreya Project Heart
Shrine Relic Tour, the relics will be enshrined in a 500-ft/152-m bronze statue of
Maitreya Buddha which is being built in Kushinagar, northern India.
Maitreya Project's activities include:
- Building the 500ft/152m Maitreya Buddha statue – a magnificent monument to
loving-kindness intended to awaken global awareness and inspire people
everywhere to think and act with kindness, thereby bringing peace to individuals,
communities and the world.
- Providing, free of charge, spiritual, education and healthcare facilities in
Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, one of the poorest areas in northern India.
- Providing immediate and long-term employment.
- Helping to develop the area's infrastructure.
- Serving as a focus and influence for sustainable, positive development in this
emerging part of India. Maitreya Project’s vision combines charitable education and
medical facilities along with the enduring spiritual focus of the Maitreya Buddha
statue, to directly and indirectly foster whole-community economic and civic
development, both now and for generations to come.
For more information, visit our Karuna Meditation Center Thailand or Yoga Retreat Center Thailand websites, or the Maitreya Project site.
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Now you can support SDC's compassionate activities through online donations!
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By this merit, may all obtain omniscience.
May it defeat the enemy, wrongdoing.
From the stormy waves of birth, old age, sickness, and death
From the Ocean of Samsara,
May I free ALL beings!
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Help support SDC! Buy your dharma items from Snow Lion using this link and SDC receives a percentage of your purchase!
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Use the link to buy items! Help support SDC!
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- March 5th - 7th Right Meditation Retreat in Sarasota, FL
- March 20th Mindfulness in Motion in Denver, CO
- March 26th - 28th Right Meditation Retreat in Frisco, CO
- April 16th - 18th Dzogchen Trekcho Retreat in Frisco, CO
- April 23rd - 25th Dzogchen Trekcho Retreat in Sarasota, FL
- May 1 - 30th Mindfulness of Breathing & Body, Villa Karuna Center in Phuket, Thailand
- June 1 - 30th Mindfulness of Feelings & Mind, Villa Karuna Center in Phuket, Thailand
- July 1 - 30th Mahamudra, Frisco, Villa Karuna Center in Phuket, Thailand
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View the entire 2009 retreat schedule
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