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Welcome to the Gyuto Vajrayana Center!
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Since its founding in 2000 by Venerable Thupten Donyo, Gyuto Vajrayana Center has provided the teachings of the Buddha and practice of Tibetan Buddhism to all who visit the beautiful center/monastery located in San Jose, California.

In order to preserve the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the Center in San Jose, California invites highly qualified teachers to the San Francsico Bay Area and provides teachings on Sutra and Tantra. In 2007 the Center had the great honor of hosting His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama in the San Francisco Bay Area.  As well as teachings, the Center organizes initiations, empowerments, prayer ceremonies, funeral services, house blessings and purifications to the Tibetan Buddhist community in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. We also reach out not only to the different schools of Tibetan Buddhism but also to Buddhist practitioners of every nationality.  Nonsectarian outreach, such as hosting students of local universities and even Boy Scout troops are part of the activities of the Center.  The Center intends reaching out into the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay neighborhoods offering support to those in need.

 
Venerable Sharpa Choeje Rinpoche at Gyuto Center

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We have invited Ven. Sharpa Choeje Rinpoche to give teachings at the Gyuto Center for two months in June & July. Venerable Lobsang Tenzin Rinpoche was born in 1937 in Yara, eastern Tibet. He entered Drepung Loseling Monastery at 16 and received his Geshe Lharampa degree in 1982. In 1993, he became the 119th Abbot of the Gyuto Monastery. In 2003 he was appointed as Sharpa Choeje Rinpoche by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama.

Rinpoche will give 1000-Armed Chenrezig Empowerment at the Santa Clara Convention Center.  Everyone is invited.

 

1000-Arm Chenrezig1000 Armed Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara) Empowerment

July 11 at 2 pm - 5 pm - Details

Event take place at:

Santa Clara Convention Center, Room J
5001 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054

Suggested donation: $20 to cover the cost of rental the facility

 

Please register for this event online!

 

 

 
 
  

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Gyuto Center Monastery Project

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The venerable monks at the Gyuto Center need your support to build a monastery. As a result of the successful outreach effort of the Gyuto monks, the Gyuto Center plans to build a permanent monastery in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Center has outgrown its current location. It has become more challenging to accomodate the growing numbers of students and interested members of the community. There is a great need for additional rooms for visiting teachers and monks, retreat facilities, student housing, dining facilities, and parking areas. The Gyuto monks hope to build a monastery that will accommodate all their current activities and needs as well as a monastery that will support expended activities in the future.

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