2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 (1 minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART 1 block west of Martin Luther King, between Allston and Bancroft across from Bank of America Public Parking Lot - Click here for directions), Berkeley, California, 94703 USA
(1) 510-292-6696 - Please CALL US, no e-mail available (Namo AT Shurangama.com).
 

"Om Namo Aryavalokiteshvaraya Bodhisattvaya Mahasattvaya Maha Karunikaya Om Sarva Abhaya!"

Here is the class schedule for those students who are taking the in-person classroom-based Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist Specialist (C.A.H.S.) Certificate Program.  Those who are taking the program in Distance Learning Ayurvedic Correspondence Course format, or as a mixed in-person and distance learning format, are required to download and listen to the scheduled lectures contained in the hidden password protected directory (username and password were given to you when you enrolled).  Those without high-speed DSL or cable Internet access may obtain the audio lectures via CD-ROM if you subscribed to that format.

Open to the Public Ayurveda Classes for Fall: 
(New 2006 Schedule will be post on January 7)

NOTE: Please R.S.V.P. for these classes by calling 510-292-6696 - leave your name, e-mail address and phone number.   Please CALL US, no e-mail available.

 

[every Sunday from until November 16 from 2 PM to 3:30 PM at the Elephant Pharmacy in Berkeley, California (click here for directions). Join our weekly Sunday afternoon "Wisdom-Memory Like an Elephant" discussion at the Elephant Pharmacy to learn the Ayurvedic approach to healing.  Each week at Elephant, Master Herbalist Losang Jinpa,  D.Ayur, M.A.H. will discuss the Ayurvedic perspectives on herbs various ailments, organs, systems of the body-mind. 

He will then offer free 15 minute herbal consultations (including traditional Ayurvedic pulse diagnosis and tongue diagnosis) with clients at the Elephant Pharmacy from approximately 3 PM to 7 PM. 

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[Tuesday Night Ayurvedic Psychology, Ayurvedic Herbology and AyurYoga Classes at the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery (click here for directions).   Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur resumes teaching weekly Tuesday night classes in Berkeley on August 19 at the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery / Institute for World Religions (2304 McKinley Avenue at Bancroft - 1 block west of Martin Luther King near Berkeley High School track and field) (click here for directions).  Although unaffiliated with us, we thank the Monastery for their kindred spirit support of our classes. 

Weekly Tuesday night Ayurveda classes will resume at the Monastery in April 2006 and will continue every Tuesday from 7 PM until 9:30 PM until the end of June 2006.

The title of the weekly Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday night course is: "Ayurvedic Psychology in Light of the Shurangama Sutra and Mantra".  It began on Tuesday, August 19th and continues every Tuesday until December 16 (18 Tuesday nights - 45 hours of class - 3 trimester units); then it resume on January 6 and concludes on Tuesday June 15 (24 Tuesday nights - 63 hours of class - 4 trimester units).  It is open to the public free of charge and one may join the class at any point in the 108 hour series.  

Please R.S.V.P. at 510-292-6696.   E-mail: Not Available, please CALL us.  To understand why we don't offer e-mail access to us, click here to understand the Buddhist Ayurveda perspective on Computers, Television and Genetic Engineering.

Suggested Donation: FREE to all living beings (The Dharma is a priceless jewel, so a price cannot be assigned to it)

An "advanced course" module is also part of this Ayurveda program and begins at 4 PM at

2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 (1 minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART 1 block west of Martin Luther King, between Allston and Bancroft across from Bank of America Public Parking Lot - Click here for directions).  It goes every Tuesday from 4 PM to 5 PM.  Then at 5 PM we walk north 1 block up the street to the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery (corner of McKinley and Bancroft) for the the optional AyurYoga - Dhyana Samadhi (Ch'an) meditation portion of the program.  This meditation portion continues from 5 PM until 6:15 PM with 15 minutes of individual Ayurvedic Yoga warm up exercises, followed by a silent cross legged meditation sit for 1 hour in the Buddha Hall of the Monastery.  There is an optional Evening Ceremony from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM involving mantra chanting, Sutra recitation and walking meditation (circumambulation).

The Ayurvedic Psychology - AyurYoga series, taught by Master Herbalist Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, M.A.H., is based on teachings Losang learned and practiced over the last 8 years of dedicated scholarship.  This includes his most current studies in the recent 2 month-long 260 hour Shurangama Sutra and Mantra Summer Retreat sponsored by the Dharma Realm Buddhist Youth at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas combined with the Ayurvedic Psychology and Shad Darshan (Six Philosophies of India) he formally studied during his six years apprenticeship with his Ayurveda teacher Dr. Vasant Lad, B.A.M.S., M.A.Sc. of the Ayurvedic Institute. 

Buddhists teachings on meditation and compassion have begun to resonate with many in the West. Sutras, or sacred texts, offer deeper understanding into Buddhist practice. One such text is the Shurangama Sutra in which the Buddha gives detailed description of the fundamental nature of reality, explores the deepest levels of the mind, reveals the origin of the universe, and shares ways to apply this knowledge towards one’s personal quest for awakening. Come join us for an ongoing year-long course of self-exploration and study of the Buddha's most lofty teaching leading to perfect awakening.

The lively and inspiring class combined with both Buddhist Ayurvedic theory (gnosis) and practice (praxis) will include extensive handouts, readings, exercises, meditations, more than 1000 colorful PowerPoint slides with archival digital audios made each week for your downloading and review and some distinguished guest lecturers from the Ayurvedic, Tibetan, Chinese healing traditions.`

What is Shurangama Sutra?   We picked this sutra because it was the first sutra lectured in America by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua's City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (www.DRBA.org). In the summer of 1968, Master Hua led the first summer Shurangama retreat at the Buddha’s Lecture Hall in San Francisco. The sutra is said to be "the King among All Sutras" and is crowned the sutra foremost in developing wisdom.

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The following is a historical and literary description of the sutra. While many of the terms might not be familiar to you, they should not be a source of worry or intimidation as they will be covered thoroughly during the September through June Ayurvedic Psychology course.

"In the Mahayana Buddhist tradition, the Shurangama Sutra is an essential text, equal in importance to the Avatamsaka Sutra and the Lotus Sutra. The Shurangama centers around a Socratic dialogue between the Buddha Shakyamuni and his brilliant but erring cousin Ananda. Through the dialogue, the Buddha peels away layer upon layer of appearance to reveal the teaching of the Tathagatagarbha, the Buddha-Matrix, which is the fundamental emptiness that contains all things, the absolute in its final identity with the relative. The Buddha’s explanation of this "ultimate truth that is the Middle Way" together with a mapping of the steps by which beings have lost that Way, requires the full first half of the Sutra. In the second half, Ananda is instructed how to follow the same steps back to identity with the source – that is, how to realize enlightenment. The remarkable section of twenty-five enlightenment narratives culminates in the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara’s recommendation to "turn the hearing around to hear the true nature." The Buddha then describes 55 stages of enlightenment; identifies the karma that leads to birth at the various levels of beings; praises the many benefits of reciting the Shurangama Mantra; and makes clear that without pure moral conduct there can be no success in self-cultivation. Finally, the Buddha warns against the demonic states of mind that can overtake advanced meditators who are sloppy in their morals or who lack understanding. The sutra presents, then, at once a coherent explanation of being and a manual for spiritual practice based on that explanation, all set forth within a narrative of a dramatic encounter between an argumentative disciple and an infinitely patient teacher on a single summer afternoon."
 

All classes offered by the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute are free of charge (by donation [see below] ).  No one turned away due to lack of funds.  Open to persons of all faiths and persuasions.

[Avatamsaka Sutra Classes at the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery (click here for directions).  

It is recommended that students of the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute also attend (in-person or live online) the free weekly Saturday night (7 PM to 9:30 PM) Avatamsaka Sutra (The King of Kings of Buddhist Sutras) lectures at the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery.  The Avatamsaka Sutra is lectured every Saturday at the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery by the American Buddhist monk Rev. Heng Sure.  Please drop by in Berkeley or to listen online to the audiocast / videocast at: http://www.bttsonline.org/Webcast.aspx.   Berkeley Buddhist Monastery / Institute for World Religions is at 2304 McKinley Avenue at Bancroft - 1 block west of Martin Luther King near Berkeley High School track and field (click here for directions).  Although unaffiliated with us, we thank the Monastery for their kindred spirit support of spreading Buddhism in the West.  The Avatamsaka Sutra was brought to our Earthly realm from the Dragon realm by the Buddhist Ayurvedic Sage Nagarjuna Bodhisattva during his dhyana samadhi.  Sri Nagarguna was a famous Ayurvedic physician and the editor/redactor of the Sushruta Samhita (the second most important Ayurvedic medical text).  Next year, June 14, 2004 to August 14, 2004 Losang will be away on retreat again for the Summer Break and hence the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute will be closed for the summer.  He will be formally studying the Avatamsaka Sutra there at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas.  Students enrolled in the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute are welcome to join Losang there for the 2004 summer retreat.

[Apprenticeship Auditing of Daily Ayurvedic Herbal Health Consultations at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center
Master Herbalist Losang Jinpa,  D.Ayur, M.A.H. offers enrolled students of the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute the ability to "audit" as many Ayurvedic consultations at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center as possible in their schedule.  These apprenticeship sessions count for "clinical requirements" of the American Herbalist Guild Mentoring Program and Master Herbalist.  For each apprenticeship consultation audit you attend, it is suggested to make a sliding scale donation offering to the Center of roughly the same price you would pay for a typical Yoga Class (around $20 to $25).  Medicine Buddha Healing Center consultations typically last from 1 to 2 hours per client and are by donation only -- in other words, Medicine Buddha Healing Center and Losang never charge the client money but instead the client voluntarily makes an offering (dana in Sanskrit) to the Medicine Master Buddha or to Ganesh.  Losang's Medicine Buddha Healing Center consultations are during the hours of 10 AM to 6 PM (sometimes from 6 PM to 8 PM) throughout the week and on also Saturdays.  Please R.S.V.P. over the phone (510-292-6696) with Losang BEFORE coming to a client consultation.  If a client decides at the last minute not to have a student apprentice auditor present during the Ayurveda consultation, then the student may not attend and will be required to leave.  The student can however go to study temporarily at the nearby library until the next client arrives.  Unlike the 10 minute free Elephant consultations which are purely for herbal remedies, Losang's Medicine Buddha Healing Center consultations cover the gamut of Ayurvedic assessment methods (8 methods - pulse, tongue, listening, asking, looking, form, eyes, digestion, waste products [urine, B.M., sweat, nails, mucous, hair]) and Ayurvedic therapies (chikitsa).  These classical and modern Ayurvedic healing arts include customized Ayurvedic herbal formulas, to healthy diet and nutritional recommendations, "neutraceuticals" and vitamins, lifestyle, meditation, massage therapy, acupressure (marma chikitsa therapy), foot-hand-ear reflexology pancha karma purification / cleansing massage therapy, Chinese tui na, Tibetan massage, or other massage, moxabustion (herbal incense therapy), cupping, gwa sha (gentle back scraping), skin care and facial treatments, Chinese herbology, Western herbology, energy work, Indian Vedic Jyotish or Chinese astrology, Ayurvedic vastu shastra (feng shui), counseling, aroma therapy, sound therapy (mantra), Ayurvedic color therapy (chromotherapy), etc. Medicine Buddha Healing Center is located at 2427 McKinley, Suite 1 (between Channing and Dwight 1 block west of Martin Luther King - Click here for directions.

[Apprenticeship Auditing of Weekly Sunday Ayurvedic Herbal Consultations at the Elephant Pharmacy
Students should also sit in on all of Losang's or Sheng-Wei Lan's (L.Ac., D.Ayur, Ph.D) free 10 minute Ayurvedic consultations at the Elephant Pharmacy each Sunday from 3 PM to 7 PM.  Elephant is located at 1607 Shattuck Ave (at Cedar), North Berkeley 94709 (click here for directions).  Please CALL US to R.S.V.P., no e-mail available. At Elephant Losang will typically see from 10 to 20 clients in a four hour period for customized herbal remedies only.  Elephant herbal consultations typically last from 10 to 15 minutes per client and are free-of-charge.

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Weekend: Suggested Donation $250 for 11 Hours of Class

Medicine Buddha Healing Center, 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 (1 minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART 1 block west of Martin Luther King, between Allston and Bancroft across from Bank of America Public Parking Lot - Click here for directions), Berkeley 94703.  Please CALL US to R.S.V.P., no e-mail available. Taught by Master Herbalist Losang Jinpa,  D.Ayur, M.A.H.    

Suggested Donation: $22.70 per class hour - similar cost as a Yoga Class)

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February 12 - Sunday, 1 pm to 4 pm - Venerable Robina at Tse Chen Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center - Medicine Master Buddha Puja Ceremony

February 13, Monday, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm - Auspicious Day for Long-Life Pujas and Preparing Medicines according to the Tibetan Buddhist Ayurvedic Medicine tradition.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D teaches Medicine Master Buddha Lengthening Life Puja and Herbal Preparations Making Class for Apprentices with Shurangama-Maha-Karuna-Mantra Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

February 14 - Tuesday, 11 am, Auspicious Day for Business, Generosity, Accumulating Artha (Resources) according to the Tibetan Buddhist Ayurvedic Medicine tradition.  Chanting 108x of the "As-You-Will-Pearl Hand and Eye Mantra" (in Siddham Sanskrit language) of Avalokiteshvara Great Compassion Bodhisattva.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D performs Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Puja Ceremony in English, Sanskrit, Siddham and Tibetan at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

February 16 - Thursday, 11 am, Auspicious Day for Protector Pujas and any Spiritual Activities according to the Tibetan Buddhist Ayurvedic Medicine tradition.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D performs with Shurangama-Maha-Karuna-Mantra Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

February 19 - Sunday, 2 pm to 3 pm - Elephant Pharmacy Ayurveda Seminar

February 25 and 26 - Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. $250 for 11 hours of class.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D teaches Ayurveda Herb Seminar at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute near Martin Luther King, (between Cedar and Vine - call for specific address) in north Berkeley.  Must enroll and prepay 14 days in advance.

March 5 - Sunday, 2 pm to 3 pm - Spring Allergies: An Ayurvedic and Chinese Medicine Perspective, Elephant Pharmacy at 1607 Shattuck at Cedar Street in Berkeley.

Ayurveda-Chinese-Medicine Free Clinic Apprenticeship with Master Ayurvedic Herbalist Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D and Master Chinese Herbalist Ms. Sheng-wei Lan, M.S.TCM., L.Ac., Ph.D, 3 pm to 7 pm, at Elephant Pharmacy Bookstore.

March 7 - Tuesday 11 am, Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D performs Medicine Master Buddha Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

March 7 - Tuesday Night - Four Mandala Offering to Cittamani Tara at Tse Chen Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center) taught and performed by Venerable Buddhist Monk Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, Shakyamuni Buddha's Leaving Home Day, Sixth Patriarch's Birthday, 7 pm to 9 pm

March 8 - Wednesday Night - Grounds and Paths of Secret Mantra - The Condensed Meaning of the Vajra Vehicle: The Essence of the Nectar of the Great Secret

March 12 - Sunday - Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva's Birthday CTTB

March 13, Monday, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm - Auspicious Day for Long-Life Pujas and Preparing Medicines according to the Tibetan Buddhist Ayurvedic Medicine tradition.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D teaches Medicine Master Buddha Lengthening Life Puja and Herbal Preparations Making Class for Apprentices with Shurangama-Maha-Karuna-Mantra Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

March 14 - Tuesday, Day of Miracles - Precepts and Animal Liberation Ceremony at Tse Chen Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center) taught and performed by Venerable Buddhist Monk Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, 5 am to 8 am, and 9 am to 11 am

March 14 - Tuesday, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm, Auspicious Day for Business, Generosity, Accumulating Artha (Resources) according to the Tibetan Buddhist Ayurvedic Medicine tradition.  Chanting 108x of the "As-You-Will-Pearl Hand and Eye Mantra" (in Siddham Sanskrit language) of Avalokiteshvara Great Compassion Bodhisattva.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D performs Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Puja Ceremony in English, Sanskrit, Siddham and Tibetan at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

March 14 - Tuesday, 11 am, Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D performs Medicine Master Buddha Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

March 17 - Friday, 7 pm, Becoming Your Own Therapist, taught by the Venerable Buddhist Nun Robina Courtin (from Australia - director of the Liberation Prison Project) at Tse Chen Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center)

March 18 - Saturday, 10 am to 4:30 pm, Making Time for Spiritual Practice, taught by the Venerable Buddhist Nun Robina Courtin (from Australia - director of the Liberation Prison Project) at Tse Chen Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center)

March 19 - Sunday, 2 pm to 3 pm - Chronic Fatigue: An Ayurvedic and Chinese Medicine Perspective, Elephant Pharmacy at 1607 Shattuck at Cedar Street in Berkeley.

Ayurveda-Chinese-Medicine Free Clinic Apprenticeship with Master Ayurvedic Herbalist Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D and Master Chinese Herbalist Ms. Sheng-wei Lan, M.S.TCM., L.Ac., Ph.D, 3 pm to 7 pm, at Elephant Pharmacy Bookstore.

March 25 - Saturday, 11 am to 2 pm, Auspicious Day to Make Sacred Images (Tsa-Tsa's, statues, sculptures, paintings, drawings of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Gods, Goddesses, Sages and Saints) according to the Tibetan Buddhist Ayurvedic Medicine tradition.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D teaches Tsa-Tsa (Plaster Image) Medicine Buddha and Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva making at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.  We are devoted to the practice of making tsa tsas and other sacred imagery. Tsa tsas (Buddhist images and statues made as part of a meditation practice) have been made for hundreds of years by practitioners in Tibet, and are now being made by an increasing number of Westerners as part of their practice.

March 25 and 26 - Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. $250 for 11 hours of class.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D teaches Ayurveda Herb Seminar at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute near Martin Luther King, (between Cedar and Vine - call for specific address) in north Berkeley.  Must enroll and prepay 14 days in advance.

March 27 - Monday Night, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm - Auspicious Day for Preparing Medicines according to the Tibetan Buddhist Ayurvedic Medicine tradition.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D teaches Herbal Preparations Making Class for Apprentices with Shurangama-Maha-Karuna-Mantra Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

April 1 - Saturday, 10:30 am to 4 pm, Do I Need a Spiritual Teacher?, taught by the Venerable Buddhist Nun Robina Courtin (from Australia - director of the Liberation Prison Project) at Tse Chen Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center)

April 15 - Saturday, 10:30 am to 4 pm, Practical Dharma - Working with the Rough Edges, taught by the Venerable Buddhist Nun Robina Courtin (from Australia - director of the Liberation Prison Project) at Tse Chen Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center)

April 2 - Sunday, 2 pm to 3 pm - Sleep Disorders: An Ayurvedic and Chinese Medicine Perspective, Elephant Pharmacy at 1607 Shattuck at Cedar Street in Berkeley.

Ayurveda-Chinese-Medicine Free Clinic Apprenticeship with Master Ayurvedic Herbalist Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D and Master Chinese Herbalist Ms. Sheng-wei Lan, M.S.TCM., L.Ac., Ph.D, 3 pm to 7 pm, at Elephant Pharmacy Bookstore.

April 6 - Thursday, 11 am, Medicine Master Buddha Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit - taught and performed with Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

April 11 - Tuesday Night - Prophet Mohammad's Birthday Mawlid an-Nabi, Berkeley Buddhist Monastery (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center but kindly hosting us), 7 pm to 9:30 pm, Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D examines the Islamic influence on Ayurveda.

April 13 - Thursday, 11 am, Medicine Master Buddha Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit - taught and performed with Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

April 16 - Sunday, 2 pm to 3 pm - Introduction to Tibetan Medicine: Buddhist Ayurveda (www.Tibetan-Herbs.com), Elephant Pharmacy at 1607 Shattuck at Cedar Street in Berkeley.

Ayurveda-Chinese-Medicine Free Clinic Apprenticeship with Master Ayurvedic Herbalist Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D and Master Chinese Herbalist Ms. Sheng-wei Lan, M.S.TCM., L.Ac., Ph.D, 3 pm to 7 pm, at Elephant Pharmacy Bookstore.

April 15 - Saturday, 1 pm to 6 pm, Introduction to Ayurvedic Psychology Seminar - $108 for 5 hours of class.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D teaches "Ayurveda and the Mind" Seminar at the East Point Institute - in Santa Clara (call for specific address).  Must enroll and prepay 14 days in advance.

April 30 - Sunday, 2 pm to 3 pm - Spring Cleansing: An Ayurvedic and Chinese Medicine Perspective, Elephant Pharmacy at 1607 Shattuck at Cedar Street in Berkeley.

Ayurveda-Chinese-Medicine Free Clinic Apprenticeship with Master Ayurvedic Herbalist Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D and Master Chinese Herbalist Ms. Sheng-wei Lan, M.S.TCM., L.Ac., Ph.D, 3 pm to 7 pm, at Elephant Pharmacy Bookstore.

April 29 and 30 - Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. $250 for 11 hours of class.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D teaches Ayurveda Herb Seminar at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute near Martin Luther King, (between Cedar and Vine - call for specific address) in north Berkeley.  Must enroll and prepay 14 days in advance. - Sunday is a half hour Celebration of Shakyamuni Buddha's Birthday.

May 1 - Monday Night - Manjushri Great Wisdom Bodhisattva's Birthday, Manjushri-nama-samgiti (Chanting the Names of Manjushri - Tibetan mTshan-brjod). Taught with the Sanskrit, English and Tibetan by Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D at Berkeley Buddhist Monastery (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center but kindly hosting us), 7 pm to 9:30 pm.

May 4 - Thursday Night - National Day of Prayer, Taught by Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D at Berkeley Buddhist Monastery (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center but kindly hosting us), 7 pm to 9:30 pm

May 5 - Friday, 11 am, Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D performs Medicine Master Buddha Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

May 13 - Saturday, 11 am, Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D performs Medicine Master Buddha Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

May 20 and 21 - Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. $250 for 11 hours of class.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D teaches Ayurveda Herb Seminar at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute near Martin Luther King, (between Cedar and Vine - call for specific address) in north Berkeley.  Must enroll and prepay 14 days in advance.

May 25 - Thursday Night - Medicine King Bodhisattva's Birthday, Berkeley Buddhist Monastery (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center but kindly hosting us), 7 pm to 9:30 pm

June 4 - Sunday, 11 am, Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D performs Medicine Master Buddha Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

June 11 - Sunday, 11 am, Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D performs Medicine Master Buddha Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

June 13 - Tuesday Night - Avatamsaka Sutra Introduction, Taught by Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D at Berkeley Buddhist Monastery (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center but kindly hosting us), 7 pm to 9:30 pm

June 24 and 25 - Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. $250 for 11 hours of class.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D teaches Ayurveda Herb Seminar at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute near Martin Luther King, (between Cedar and Vine - call for specific address) in north Berkeley.  Must enroll and prepay 14 days in advance.

June 24 - Saturday, all day long, 4th Annual Medicine Buddha Festival Day, http://www.medicinebuddha.org/2006_medicine_buddha_festival.htm

Once a year the Land of the Medicine Buddha (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center) hosts their annual Medicine Buddha Festival Day. The main event of the day is the display of their stunning 15x20 ft. 8 Medicine Buddhas scroll painting (thangka). Healing meditation and chanting of the Medicine Buddha mantra is performed. Food and drink stalls, gift and book stalls, and a jump-house for the kids add to the fun and joy. The day culminates with musical performances under the redwood trees as the sun is setting. Starting from the main meditation hall (Gompa), the Medicine Buddha painting is carried in a grand procession up to the Memorial Shrine Temple where it is publicly displayed. The procession is ablaze with color and music.   Please bring a sunhat!

June 28 - Wednesday - Vajrapani Bodhisattva's Birthday - E Na Li Pi She Ti, Berkeley Buddhist Monastery (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center but kindly hosting us), 7 pm to 9:30 pm

July 1 to August 18 - Avatamsaka Sutra (Flower Adornment Scripture) Retreat at City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center).  The Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute is on Summer holiday.  Hence, Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D will be on his yearly retreat to study the "King of Kings of Buddhist Sutras."  Buddhist Ayurveda students welcome to attend in confirmed in advance. 

July 3 - Monday, Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D performs Medicine Master Buddha Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit.

July 4 - Tuesday - Shurangama Mantra Recitation for the Welfare of the Nation, at City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center)

July 11 - Tuesday - Venerable Master Hua's Day and Avalokiteshvara Nama Japa Puja

July 11 - Tuesday - Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D performs Medicine Master Buddha Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit.

July 14, Friday - Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva's Enlightenment Day, Saddharma Pundarika Sutra Universal Door Chapter

July 29 and 30 - Saturday 8 am to 9 pm, Sunday 8 am to 5 pm. Avatamsaka Sutra (Flower Adornment Scripture) Retreat at City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center).  The Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute is on Summer holiday.  Hence, Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D will be on his yearly retreat to study the "King of Kings of Buddhist Sutras."  However, Buddhist Ayurveda students are welcome to attend if confirmed in advance with the Dharma Realm Buddhist University (www.DRBU.org - unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center))

August 2 - Wednesday - Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D performs Medicine Master Buddha Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit.

August 4 - Friday - The Tenth Anniversary of the Passing into Stillness (Nirvana) of the Venerable Master Shen Kai.

August 6 - Sunday - Great Strength (Mahasthamaprapta) Bodhisattva's Birthday - Shurangama Sutra, Ullambana Celebration, City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center)

August 8 - Tuesday - Ullambana Actual Day, City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center)

August 9 - Wednesday - Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D performs Medicine Master Buddha Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit.

August 17 - Thursday - Nagarjuna's Birthday, City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center)

August 23 - Wednesday Night - Earth Store Bodhisattva's Birthday, Ksitigarbha Pranidhana Sutra, Berkeley Buddhist Monastery (unaffiliated with our Medicine Buddha Healing Center but kindly hosting us), 7 pm to 9:30 pm, Class taught by Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D

August 26 and 27 - Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. $250 for 11 hours of class.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D teaches Ayurveda Herb Seminar at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute near Martin Luther King, (between Cedar and Vine - call for specific address) in north Berkeley.  Must enroll and prepay 14 days in advance.

September 1 - 11 am, Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D performs Medicine Master Buddha Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

September 4 - Monday, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm - Auspicious Day for Preparing Medicines according to the Tibetan Buddhist Ayurvedic Medicine tradition.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D teaches Herbal Preparations Making Class for Apprentices with Shurangama-Maha-Karuna-Mantra Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

September 7 - 11 am, Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D performs Medicine Master Buddha Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

September 20 - Wednesday, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm - Auspicious Day for Preparing Medicines according to the Tibetan Buddhist Ayurvedic Medicine tradition.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D teaches Herbal Preparations Making Class for Apprentices with Shurangama-Maha-Karuna-Mantra Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

September 21 - Thursday Night - United Nations International Day of Peace, Berkeley Buddhist Monastery, 7 pm to 9:30 pm

September 28 - Thursday Night - Confucius' Birthday, Berkeley Buddhist Monastery, 7 pm to 9:30 pm

September 30 and October 1 - Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. $250 for 11 hours of class.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D teaches Ayurveda Herb Seminar at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute near Martin Luther King, (between Cedar and Vine - call for specific address) in north Berkeley.  Must enroll and prepay 14 days in advance.

September 30 - 11 am, Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D performs Medicine Master Buddha Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute near Martin Luther King, (between Cedar and Vine - call for specific address) in north Berkeley.

October 7 - Saturday, 11 am, Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D performs Medicine Master Buddha Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

October 13 - Friday Night - Dipankara (Burning Lamp) Buddha's Birthday, Berkeley Buddhist Monastery, 7 pm to 9:30 pm

October 19 to 22 - National Ayurvedic Medicine Association (NAMA) Conference - New York City.

October 28 and 29 - Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. $250 for 11 hours of class.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D teaches Ayurveda Herb Seminar at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute near Martin Luther King, (between Cedar and Vine - call for specific address) in north Berkeley.  Must enroll and prepay 14 days in advance.

October 30 - 11 am, Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D performs Medicine Master Buddha Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

November 5 - 11 am, Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D performs Medicine Master Buddha Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

November 13 - Monday, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm - Auspicious Day for Preparing Medicines according to the Tibetan Buddhist Ayurvedic Medicine tradition.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D teaches Herbal Preparations Making Class for Apprentices with Shurangama-Maha-Karuna-Mantra Puja Ceremony in English and Sanskrit at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute at 2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 at Shattuck in downtown Berkeley.

November 18 and 19 - Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. $250 for 11 hours of class.  Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, Ph.D teaches Ayurveda Herb Seminar at the Medicine Buddha Healing Center - Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute near Martin Luther King, (between Cedar and Vine - call for specific address) in north Berkeley.  Must enroll and prepay 14 days in advance.