Gyuto Vajrayana Center

Welcome to the Gyuto Vajrayana Center!

Gyuto Center Shrine Room Since its founding in 2001 by Venerable Thupten Donyo, Gyuto Vajrayana Center has provided the teachings of the Buddha and practice of Tibetan Buddhism to all who visit the monastery.

In order to preserve the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the Center invites highly qualified teachers and provides teachings on Sutra and Tantra. As well as teachings, the Center organizes initiations, empowerments, prayer ceremonies, funeral services, house blessings and purifications. We also reach out not only to the different schools of Tibetan Buddhism but also to Buddhist practitioners of every nationality. The Center intends reaching out into the local neighborhood and offering support to those in need. More information.

New! See our new 3D animation of the monastery - click here...

We are happy to announce the launch of our new web site (GyutoProject.org) dedicated to building our new monastery in the San Francisco Bay Area. We'll have more photos and updates on our progress here. We have also added the ability to make donations online.

Ven. Geshe Chonyi was born in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim , in 1965 where his parents, Lobsang and Tsering, ran a successful business as traders between Lhasa and Kalimpong. In 1956 his mother’s uncle sponsored his family and their teachers to go on a pilgrimage to Lhasa . In 1959 when His Holiness the Dalai Lama was forced into exile, Geshe-la’s family were lucky enough to quickly be able to arrange their return to their home in Sikkim.

More information on Ven. Geshe Chonyi, click here...Please check our calendar before you come to the Center.

Good Life & Good Death by Gelek Rinpoche

Sunday, Jan. 18 at 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm 2009

Milpitas Community Center
457 East Calaveras Boulevard
Milpitas , CA 95035

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The Gyuto Vajrayana Center in San Jose is pleased to announce that Gelek Rinpoche has kindly accepted our invitation to give a talk based on his book, “Good Life and Good Death”, at the Milpitas Community Center on Sunday, January 18 2009. (Please RSVP in the form below)

Born in Lhasa, Tibet, in 1939, Kyabje Gelek Rinpoche was recognized as an incarnate lama at the age of four. Carefully tutored from an early age by some of Tibet’s greatest living masters, Rinpoche gained renown for his powers of memory, intellectual judgment and penetrating insight. As a small child living in a monk’s cell in a country with no electricity or running water, and little news of the outside world, he had scoured the pictures of torn copies of Life Magazine for anything he could gather about America. Now Rinpoche brings his life experience and wisdom to both the east and the west.

The Gyuto Monks Newest CD (TIBETAN CHANTS FOR WORLD PEACE)

The powerful Gyuto monks chants on this album had never been recorded until 2001, when Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart brought The Gyuto Monks Tantric Choir to his California studio to record the incredible multiphonics of their sacred rituals. The Gyuto monks gave Hart permission to overdub their voices, achieving the huge sound of the 100-voice choir as one might hear at their mountain monastery in India or Tibet. Gyuto monks prayers for healing, compassion and peace.

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Audio Teachings Available for Download

HH the Dalai Lama's Teachings in April 2007

His Holiness's extraordinary teachings on In Praise of Dependent Origination in San Francisco in April 2007 are now available in Tibetan and English translation as a Free Download

Ven. Geshe Tsultrim Gyeltsen's Teachings in 2006 & 2007

Venerable Geshe Tsultrim Gyeltsen's Teaching on Bodhisattva's Garland of Gems: These teachings were held at the Gyuto Center in 2007.

Dr. Thupten Jinpa on "Tibetan Mind Training"

Dr. Jinpa's talk on "Tibetan Mind Training" or "Lojong" was given on June 29, 2008.

Upcoming Events

Guru Puja Followed by Geshe la's Teaching
December 7, 2008 (6:00 pm - 9:00 pm)
(Puja) Guru Puja (Tsog Offering) This profound ritual offering to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas is traditionally practiced on the 10th and 25th day of the lunar calendar. It is a commitment of those practicing Highest Yoga Tantra and restores vows and pledges. ...

Tara Puja for Long Life
December 13, 2008 (7:00 pm - 8:00 pm)
(Puja) Tara embodies all the Buddhas' enlightened actions of body speech and mind. She is said to be the liberator, the one who releases us from samsara and the causes of samsara. By depending on Tara, we can clear away hindrances to all mundane and spiritual ...

Mahakala Puja
December 16, 2008 (9:00 am - 12:00 pm)
(Puja) Mahakala Puja is dedicated to the Center's members, friends and all sentient beings. It is said that when Avalokiteshvara realized that his peaceful methods were too mild to subdue all degenerate beings, he decided that a wrathful form would be better t...

Evening with Ven. Geshe Chonyi
December 18, 2008 (7:00 pm - 9:00 pm)
(Teaching) Ven. Geshe Chonyi la will be giving talks on importance of daily practices based on Lamrim or Stages of Path to Enlightenment. Classes are held on every other Sunday nights and every other Thursday nights from 7 - 9 pm. Eveyone is welcome. Fee: Fr...

Lama Tshongkhap Day Puja Followed by Geshe la's Teaching
December 21, 2008 (6:00 pm - 9:00 pm)
(Puja) Guru Puja (Tsog Offering) This profound ritual offering to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas is traditionally practiced on the 10th and 25th day of the lunar calendar. It is a commitment of those practicing Highest Yoga Tantra and restores vows and pledges. ...

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The Gyuto Monks Newest CD (TIBETAN CHANTS FOR WORLD PEACE)

HH the Dalai Lama's Teachings in April 2007

Ven. Geshe Tsultrim Gyeltsen's Teachings in 2006 & 2007

Dr. Thupten Jinpa on "Tibetan Mind Training"

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