2009 USA Tour Schedule, Programs, Venues & Contact Information
Tuesday, August 25 - Depart Delhi
Wednesday, August 26 - Arrive Hawai’i
Wednesday, August 26 to Wednesday, September 2
Nechung Dorje Drayang Ling
Events at Wood Valley Temple, Ka’u, Island of Hawaii
Contact: Michael & Marya Schwabe
Website: www.nechung.org
Email: nechung@aloha.net
Tel: 808.928.8539
Saturday, August 29 - Nechung Dorje Drayang Ling
10:00 am to 1:00 pm - Special Fire Puja
Sunday, August 30 - Nechung Dorje Drayang Ling
10:00 am to 4:00 pm – Nechung, the Chief State Oracle of Tibet and
the Role of Kuten (Medium), followed by the
Vajrakilaya Blessing & Guru Padmasambhava Puja/ Tsok
Wednesday, September 2 to Saturday, September 5
Karma Rimay O Sal Ling
Events at Maui Dharma Center
81 Baldwin Ave. Paia, Island of Maui
Contact: Georgina Cook & Alida Murray
Website: www.mauidharmacenter.org
Email: mauidharmacenter@earthlink.net
Tel: 808.579.8076
Thursday September 3 - Maui Dharma Center
10:00 am to noon – Medicine Buddha Puja
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm - Dharma Talk & Vajrakilaya Blessing
Friday September 4 – Maui Dharma Center
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm - Guru Padmasambhava Puja/Tsok
Saturday, September 5 to Tuesday, September 8
Honolulu, Hawaii - No programs scheduled currently
Tuesday, September 8 to Tuesday, September 15
Nechung Buddhist Center, San Francisco Bay Area, California
Contact: Rinchen Gelek
Website: www.nechung.com
Email: rgelek@msn.com
Tel: 510.233.9787, 415.256.9414
Thursday, September 10
Venue: St. Joseph's Cultural Center, 410 South Church Street, Grass Valley, CA. 95945
7:00 pm: Film documentary of the State Oracle of Tibet featuring H.H. the Dalai Lama,
with a talk by the Nechung Kuten and Q&A
Websites: www.sierrafriendsoftibet.org // www.tibetech.org
Contacts: Joseph Guida, stjcc@nccn.net, 530-272-4725
Melanie Sullivan, info@sierrafriendsoftibet.org
Friday, September 11
Venue: 7 Alexendra Ave. Sausalito, CA 94965
7:00 pm VajraKilaya Blessings.
Contact: Marie ( Seating limited, RSVP required)
Email : sausalitomm@yahoo.com
Tel: (415) 331-8037
Saturday September 12 – Nechung Buddhist Center
Venue: Rudramandir-830 Bancroft Way at 6th Street, Berkeley
10:30 am to 1:00 pm - Vajrakilaya Blessing
Saturday, September 12 Yogic Medicine Institute and School of Buddhism
Venue: 397 E. Campbell Ave.Campbell, CA 95008
7:00 pm-VajraKilaya Blessings at Campbell
Contact: Nandi Hetenyi
Email: nandi108@gmail.com
Tel: (408) 370-9333
Sunday, September 13
Mount Shasta Friends of Tibetan Culture
Venue: 1520 Shasta Acres Road, Mount Shasta, CA
4:00 pm – Vajrakilaya Blessing at Mount Shasta, followed by Documentary of State Oracle of Tibet
Contact: Della Clark
Email: hidella@aol.com, Tel: 530.859.1007
Contact: Kate Cowsky
Tel: 530.926.1271
Monday, September 14
Venue: Berkeley Fellowship Hall, 1924 Cedar St. @ Bonita Ave. Berkeley.
7:00 pm: Guru Padmasambhava Puja/Tsok offering lead by Kuten la
Tuesday September 15 to Friday September 18
Upstate New York
Thursday, September 17
CoSM Art Sanctuary
46 Deer Hill Rd., Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm – Mediums, the Visionary Realm and Divine Guidance
Website: www.cosm.org
Tel: 845.632.3880
Friday, September 18
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
338 Lighthouse Avenue. Staten Island, NY 10306
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm – “Compassion & Wisdom”
Tel: 718.987.3500
Saturday, September 19 to Sunday, September 20
Nechung Foundation, NYC
Contact: Thupten Phelgye & Gyaltsen Choephel
Email: info@nechungfoundation.org
Tel: 212.966.2404
Saturday, September 19 – Nechung Foundation
Venue: Tibet House, New York
22 West 15th Street, NYC 10011
2:00 pm - Public Talk & Vajrakilaya Blessing
Sunday, September 20 – Nechung Foundation
Venue: Tibet House, New York
22 West 15th Street, NYC 10011
2:00 pm - Guru Padmasambhava Tsok
Monday, September 21 to Monday, September 28
Toronto, Canada/no events scheduled
Monday, September 28 to Thursday, October 1
Washington, DC/no events scheduled currently
Thursday, October 1 to Thursday, October 8
Los Angeles, California
Friday, October 2
Golden Bridge Yoga Center
6322 Delongbre Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
Website: goldenbridgeyoga.com
Tel: 323.936.4172
5:30 pm: Public Talk & Vajrakilaya Blessing
Saturday, October 3
Golden Bridge Yoga Center
2:30 pm: Medicine Buddha Teaching & Practice