Buddhist Center Makes New Home in Fairfax, Va

FAIRFAX, Va. - March 18, 2013 - PRLog -- Friday, March 22, 2013, at 7:30 PM, a high Tibetan lama will bless the new meditation hall of a long-standing DC Metro area Buddhist organization, the Guhyasamaja Center, now located at 10875 Main Street, Unit 108, in Fairfax, Va. Venerable Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Losang  Jampa, a Center teacher and former abbot of Gyumed Tantric College, will perform the short ceremony. All are welcome to attend free of charge (donations are appreciated and tax-
deductible). During the event, visitors will also have the opportunity to participate in a traditional puja known as Lama Chopa to honor the lineage masters. The puja will be chanted in Tibetan; an English translation of the text will be available.

This new location, complete with its traditional Buddhist altar and sacred art, now allows the Center to serve the community with an unprecedented number of opportunities to explore the mind using Buddhist methods. The Center offers a wide range of classes in Buddhist studies as well as related general topics such as how to meditate, all of which are free of charge and open to the public. See the Center’s website, www.guhyasamaja.org, for details on upcoming
classes, events, and more.

The Center was founded in 1994 as a qualified Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) Buddhist meditation center by Spiritual Director, Lama Zopa Rinpoche (www.fpmt.org). FPMT shares the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through Tibetan Buddhist teachings, meditation, community service, retreat centers, and projects. FPMT and the Center follow the Tibetan Gelugpa tradition, the lineage headed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

For more information, please contact the resident nun Venerable Losang Tendrol at (703) 774-9692 or anitendrol@guhyasamaja.org.