*Unless otherwise noted, all events at the:

Banner Grange Hall

12629 McCourtney Rd, Grass Valley, CA 95945

(1.5 miles past the Nevada County Fairgrounds on McCourtney Rd.)

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To Schedule House, Land, Business Blessings and Info: 530-798-9576

eMail: sierrafriendsoftibet@gmail.com

 

Sand Mandala Viewing

10am - 6pm Daily Mon-Sat Except during events. Viewing before/after scheduled events.

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*Thursday January 23nd **
Nevada City LIVE! and Sierra Friends of Tibet present
A film by Tsering Dhondup
Thursday, January 23, 7:00pm
Nevada Theatre, Nevada City,
$15 Suggested Donation at the door – General Admission

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All events below by Suggested Donation**

All donations go to the monks. Donations are suggested, never required.

No one is ever turned away for not donating. Please join us.

Friday, January 24th
6pm: Opening Ceremony Sand Mandala will be Namgyalma (Tibetan)  Uṣṇīṣavijayā (Sanskrit) clears away the obstacles to life of supreme and ordinary beings. She purifies our own obscurations, our negative karma, along with the Buddha Amitayus and White Tara, she is one of the Three Long Life Deities.

Saturday, January 25th
10am: Family Art Program for kids and adults, Children must be accompanied by an adult.
2pm: Lecture: Preliminaries of Great Mind Training
6pm: Vajravidaran Healing Ritual

 

Sunday, January 26th

Banner Grange Hall is closed

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Monday, January 27th
Sand Mandala Viewing Banner Grange

10am - 6 pm

 

Tuesday, January 28th
3pm: Senior Talk with Afternoon Tea and Cake

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Wednesday, January. 29th
2pm: Lecture: Training in the Conventional Awakening in the Mind
6pm: Lecture: Transforming Adverse Circumstances into The Path of Enlightenment

Thursday, January 30th
6pm: ** EVENT CHANGED to Daily Meditation Practice Training

(No Blessing of Sacred Objects)
 
Friday, January 31st
6pm: Momo dinner with monks,

followed by movie and dessert

(**Donation Requested/Reservation REQUIRED email sierrafriendsoftibet@gmail.com)

 

Saturday, February 1st
10am: Family Art Program for kids and adults, Children must be accompanied by an adult.
2pm: Prayers for the sick and dying,
6pm: Cultural Night: debate, a day in the life of a monk, prayers for world peace

 

Sunday, February 2nd
Banner Grange Hall is closed
2pm: Animal Blessing at Animal Save

 

Monday, February 3rd
Sand Mandala Viewing Banner Grange

10am - 6 pm

 

Tuesday, February 4th
Sand Mandala Viewing Banner Grange

10am - 6 pm

Wednesday,  February 5th
2pm: Lecture: The Integrated Practice of a Single Lifetime
6pm: Lecture: The Guidelines of Mind Training

Thursday, February 6th
2pm: Singing Bowl Meditation
6pm: Prayers for the Earth and All Sentient Beings
 
Friday, February 7th
6pm: Namgyalma Long Life Empowerment

Saturday, February 8th 
2pm: Sand Mandala Dissolution Closing Ceremony

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Sunday, February 9th

10am: Blessing Wolf Creek

(Bank and Tinloy St. Downtown Grass Valley)

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Auburn Schedule February 11 - 26, 2025

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