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Art Auction Social | Art, Chai & Pie
Everyone is welcome! What: Art Auction and Social to support the Moving Ground Dance Installation (coming in Spring 2022) Where: Historic Mechanicsville Neighborhood, Just west of downtown Knox in our historic building at Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center 501...
Statement on Racism
In deep grief over the recent murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Jacob Blake, Elijah McClain and so many others, the Lotus Light community acknowledges the still-present racism that poisons life in America. We call for a fresh and coordinated...
Upcoming Special Events
Lama Rangbar, September 7-9 Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings....
Lama Rangbar Teachings
Lama Rangbar will be visiting Lotus Light from September 7th-9th, giving teachings on a variety of topics including “Extracting Wisdom from Chaos,” “Maintaining Samaya in the Modern World,” and as well as the practices of Riwo Sangcho and the Lion Faced Dakini.
Sound Mandala Meditation
Sound Mandala Meditation August 24, 7pm Cost: $30 (sliding scales available) In this unique evening program, Karina Koloch will guide us through the sacred space of the maṇḍala with practices of compassion and self-compassion, using the subtle medium of sound. With a...
Festival of Sacred Space
From August 22nd-26th, Lotus Light will be celebrating a “Festival of Sacred Space,” featuring the construction of the sand mandala of Chenrezig, Bodhisattva of Compassion. Other events include a teaching on Mandala, Mandala Sound Meditation, and the transmission of the Chenrezig practice by Khenpo Chopal.
Remembering The Turning Of The Wheel Of Dharma: Chökhor Düchen 2018
Today is the celebration of Chökhor Düchen, the “Great Festival of the Turning of the Wheel of Dharma,” which commemorates the first teaching given by Shakyamuni Buddha in the deer park in Sarnath on the Four Noble Truths. According to the Indo-Tibetan tradition of Buddhism, this was the first of three turnings of the wheel of teaching that the Buddha gave.
