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Programs & Events
All of our programs and events are held at Hay River KTC in Ridgeland, WI, unless otherwise noted.
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Please see our schedule of events below. All times listed are Central Time.
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In-person attendance is encouraged, but you may also join some events via Zoom. If Zoom is an option, this is noted in each event listing, along with the link.
April 2025
Sunday, April 27
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10 a.m. Medicine Buddha. Medicine Buddha is done to avert illness.
11 a.m. Talk by Lama Yeshe: Mahamudra Lineage Supplication
This talk will examine the Mahamudra Lineage Supplication prayer which is regularly chanted here. Mahamudra is the most profound of all the practices of the Kagyu Lineage.
Sunday Practice
We usually have weekly Sunday Practice from 10 to 11 a.m., and then a talk or teaching by Lama Yeshe from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
​​​​​​In-person attendance is encouraged, but you may also join via Zoom.
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Sunday Practice Zoom Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2676864508?pwd=eFNEcHhzYWltWXZXNk5HNUZYZFhtZz09
Meeting ID: 267 686 4508
Password: 108108
May 2025
Please note, our May schedule deviates from our usual times. Changes are highlighted in maroon.
Sunday May 4, 11 a.m.
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Hay River Group Practice of Chenrezig - Zoom only.
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Chenrezig/Amitabha. Chenrezig helps us deepen our compassion. Amitabha practice is aspiring that we and others be reborn in his pure land of Great Bliss.
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Sunday May 11, 11 a.m.
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Hay River Group Practice of Meditation - Zoom only.
Sitting meditation practice.
Sunday May 18, 11:30 a.m.
Hay River Group Practice of Medicine Buddha - Zoom only.
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Medicine Buddha is done to avert illness.
Sunday, May 25 - We return to our normal schedule.
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Attend in person at Hay River KTC or on Zoom.
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10 a.m. Sitting meditation practice
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11 a.m. Talk by Lama Yeshe: Noticing Thoughts. Thoughts arise, that is what our mind does. Noticing them gives us the chance to change.
Join Lama Yeshe every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Central Time for a Book Class.​
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Tuesday Book Class Zoom Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2676864508?pwd=eFNEcHhzYWltWXZXNk5HNUZYZFhtZz09
Meeting ID: 267 686 4508
Password: 108108
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“Understanding and Working with Dying and Death”
April & May, 2025
An in-depth look at the Kagyu approach to dying and death in the West. The class will include spiritual and worldly preparation, the stages of dying, and the best way to transition at this time.
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It will go into legal matters, hospice care, relationships to family, friends and possessions, and so forth.
Book List
“Preparing to Die” is essential; the other books are very important.
• “Preparing to Die: Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition” by Andrew Holecek
• “Bardo: The Interval of Possibility” by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
• “Journey of the Mind” by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
• “Life in Relation to Death” by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche. We discussed this book in March.
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April 29
6:30 p.m. Central Time
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Follow the reading instructions given at the end of the previous class or email the Hay River KTC at 108yeshe@gmail.com for instructions on what to read next.
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May 7, 13, 20, & 27
6:30 p.m. Central Time
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May’s classes will cover the dying process, what you can do for others as they die and the Bardo.
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Lama Yeshe expects to cover the following material through May:
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A. Up to page 161 in "Preparing to Die: Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition" by Andrew Holecek
B. "Bardo: The Interval of Possibility" by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
C. "Journey of the Mind" by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche​​