Ewam Choden was established to provide an opportunity
\nfor the practice![\"Ewam](\"https:\/\/www.ewamchoden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/ec-front.jpg\" "\\"Ewam")
and study of Tibetan Buddhism and culture.\u00a0The word ‘Ewam’ signifies the integration and union of method and\u00a0wisdom, compassion and voidness. \u00a0‘Choden’ means to possess the Dharma.
\n(ch\u00f6 means the Buddha Dharma).<\/p>\n
Founded and continuously overseen by Lama Kunga since 1973, Ewam\u00a0Choden was one of the earliest Tibetan Buddhist centers on the west coast.
\nThe Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center is located in Kensington, a\u00a0residential community situated north of Berkeley, California.<\/p>\n
Under the guidance of the accomplished Vajrayana master and resident\u00a0teacher, Ewam Choden was established to provide an opportunity for the practiceand study of Tibetan Buddhism and culture.\u00a0The word ‘Ewam’ signifies the integration and union of method and\u00a0wisdom, compassion and voidness. \u00a0‘Choden’ means to possess the Dharma. (ch\u00f6 means the Buddha Dharma). Founded and continuously overseen by Lama Kunga since 1973, Ewam\u00a0Choden was one of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":30,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewamchoden.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewamchoden.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewamchoden.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewamchoden.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewamchoden.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewamchoden.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10800,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewamchoden.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/10800"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewamchoden.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewamchoden.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche<\/a>, the center offers a wide variety\u00a0of classes and activities. Lama Kunga Rinpoche gives regular\u00a0empowerments and teachings, along with a weekly compassion meditation\u00a0practice on Sunday mornings<\/a>.\u00a0 He also holds an occasional series of language classes in speaking, reading, and writing the Tibetan language.\u00a0 The Center hosts visiting\u00a0Lamas and holds events for special occasions, such as, significant\u00a0dates in the Tibetan calendar, and Losar, the Tibetan New Year.<\/p>\nSince 1972, Ewam Choden is an all-volunteer 501(c)3 non-profit organization (EIN 94-1743471), so all donations are fully tax-deductible to the extent of the law.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"