YES—MEDITATION and TEACHING LIVE THROUGH ZOOM, SUNDAY, September 24, 2023 from 10:00 AM to 12 noon, US Pacific Daylight Time.
August 2, 2023 by bhockman
Filed under Special Events
We are happy and appreciative that Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche has very kindly agreed to conduct his traditional Sunday morning Chenrezig compassion meditation and teaching in a live Zoom space from 10:00 am to 12 noon, PDT on Sunday, September 24, 2023.
Everyone is invited to attend by following these instructions.
Please read everything.
The ZOOM address and Meeting ID are here below, but you need to get a password. Get the password by emailing Ewam Choden, and requesting it in advance. <info@ewamchoden.org> The Chenrezig meditation sadhana used for our practice will be sent to you in the (same) email with the password if you don’t have it. PLEASE NOTE: If you’re new to the Center, you’ll be asked for some information about yourself.
GENERAL INFORMATION
PLEASE USE YOUR REAL NAME for the Zoom room.
You may log in shortly before the scheduled start and wait. Please don’t be late. The session begins on time.
Please mute yourselves (the moderator will control microphones for all). Although we enjoy reciting aloud together as an aspect of the practice, this sound interferes with the Zoom transmission . So we need to limit the audio to only Rinpoche’s speaking, while we recite by ourselves.
When Rinpoche arrives, he’d like to see everyone, so please keep your video on. Then, if you wish, you may close it until the dedication at the end.
At the end of the meditation, we will again turn on our videos for Rinpoche to see everyone again and we will unmute for recitation of the Dedication and Long Life prayers.
DONATIONS to Lama Kunga Rinpoche and to Ewam Choden may be sent through the “DONATE” button on the front page of this website. Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center is a 501 (c) (3) status nonprofit organization. Your donations are tax-deductible.
GET THE ZOOM application in order to be ready.
TO Join The Zoom MEDITATION Meeting: Use the link at the time of the meeting. The link doesn’t work until that time.
Log in and follow the message to wait until the room opens and you are admitted.
Join Zoom Meeting here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5275829240?pwd=TDUrN0k4WnQyWG9aZ3ljVDhDK2Yrdz09
Join the Zoom Meeting by clicking the following URL.
Click the following:
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Meeting ID: 927 7324 2520
Password: (Get it by emailing EC in advance.)
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OM MANI PAD ME HUM
COMPLETED–BIRTHDAY PARTY PICNIC FOR LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE in Arlington Park, El Cerrito, CA on SUNDAY, July 23, 2023 , 1pm to 4pm
June 29, 2023 by bhockman
Filed under Special Events
WE ARE HAVING OUR ANNUAL POTLUCK BIRTHDAY PICNIC for VEN. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE’s 88th BIRTHDAY.
We will honor and celebrate Ven. Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche with offerings of food and prayers and wishes for his continued long healthy life with many dharma activities for the benefit of all beings.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME! BRING FOOD TO SHARE.
Reminder: Lama Kunga Rinpoche doesn’t eat anything with sugar or any sugar-type sweetener.
WHEN: Sunday, July 23, 2023
TIME: from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm After Rinpoche’s Meditation-Teaching on Zoom
WHERE: Arlington Park, 1120 Arlington Blvd., El Cerrito, CA
HOW: Drive northward on Arlington Blvd. (past where you turn for Ewam Choden). The park is on the right with plenty of street parking.
See a map Here. At the park, we’ll be at Site 1, past the tennis courts.
LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE LOOKS FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE.
NOTE: If you aren’t feeling well or test positive for Covid (or any other currently circulating illness), please stay home and recover.
Completed—SINGHANATA EMPOWERMENT from H.E. Thartse Khen Rinpoche SUNDAY JUNE 25, 2023 10am PDT (California)
June 14, 2023 by bhockman
Filed under Empowerments
H.E. Ngor Thartse Khen Rinpoche has kindly agreed to give the empowerment of Singhanata
LION’S ROAR AVALOKITESHVARA (Senggedra Chenrezig)
Singhanata (Senggedra) is seated with the Naga King and many great nagas. His practice cures secret naga diseases and purifies non-virtuous karma, as it takes you on the path to enlightenment.
DO NOT leave before the lama is completely finished, and dedication and long-life prayers have been recited. If you leave early, you cannot re-enter and you will not have received the entire empowerment.
REGISTER BELOW, scroll down this page.
PLEASE DONATE TO SUPPORT EWAM CHODEN in bringing H.E. Thartse Khen Rinpoche to California
The DONATE button is on the right side of the website page.
Completed – RIG SUM GONPO EMPOWERMENT w/ H.E. Thartse Khen Rinpoche
June 12, 2023 by bhockman
Filed under Completed Special Events, Empowerments
H.E. Ngor Thartse Khen Rinpoche has kindly agreed to give the following empowerment.
THE THREE BODHISATTVAS རིགས་གསུམ་མགོན་པོ། (Rig Sum Gonpo) in a combined empowerment.
Empowerment of Avalokiteshvara སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས་
Empowerment of Manjushri འཇམ་དཔལ་དབྱངས་
Empowerment of Vajrapani ཕྱག་ན་རྡོ་རྗེ་.
DATE: June 18, 2023
TIME: 10:00 AM California Pacific Time
DO NOT leave before the lama is completely finished, and dedication and long-life prayers have been recited. If you leave early, you cannot re-enter and you will not have received the entire empowerment.
REGISTER BELOW, scroll down this page.
PLEASE DONATE TO SUPPORT EWAM CHODEN in bringing H.E. Thartse Khen Rinpoche to you.
The DONATE button is on the right side of the website page.
H.E. Ngor Thartse Khen Rinpoche is the 77th abbot of Ngor, a main branch of the Sakyapa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. The visit fulfills Lama Kunga Rinpoche’s wish to establish a lasting connectionwith the Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center, which derives from the Ngor Thartse tradition.
Born in 1968 into a royal family in Mustang, Nepal, Rinpoche was ordained as a monk at the age of eight by His Eminence Chogye Trichen Rinpoche. At the age of thirteen, he was recognized as Ngor Thartse Shabdrung Rinpoche by His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trizin.
Rinpoche then completed extensive studies of ritual and rites of the Ngor tradition, with close instruction from His Eminence Luding Khenchen Rinpoche, who ordained him as a bhiksu at the age of 19. After completing his formal monastic education and training, Rinpoche attended Sakya Institute to study Higher Buddhist Philosophical studies and Art. He later joined Sakya College to further study Tantra.
Thartse Khen Rinpoche travels extensively in Asia where he founded and supervises numerous monasteries and Sakya centers.
UPCOMING EMPOWERMENTS, only on Zoom
March 23, 2023 by bhockman
Filed under Empowerments
Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche has kindly agreed to bestow empowerments through Zoom.
TO BE ANNOUNCED, Sunday, August 27, 2023, 2:00 pm, Pacific Daylight Time
COMPLETED—-EMPOWERMENT OF SIMHAMUKHA
Sunday, June 11, 2023, 2:00 pm, USA Pacific Daylight Time on Zoom
SIMHAMUKHA (Senghe Dongma) Blue Lion-Headed Dakini.
In a wrathful form, she is the manifestation of the enlightened awareness of the Buddha. With compassion and wisdom, she destroys hindrances, negativities, and evil forces.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION TO FOLLOW SOON
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COMPLETED—EMPOWERMENT OF KURUKULLE, on April 30, 2023
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Completed–WHITE SARASWATI EMPOWERMENT Yangchenma, དབྱངས་ཅན་མ། March 19, 2023
January 26, 2023 by bhockman
Filed under Completed Empowerments
Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche will kindly bestow the
EMPOWERMENT OF WHITE SARASWATI on SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2023 at 2:00 PM, Pacific daylight savings time.
The power of White Saraswati brings intelligence and mental clarity, with a focus on creative arts of all kinds. She protects the Buddhadharma and the practitioner.
The Empowerment is open to everyone with no advance registration. There is a requested (not required) donation payable through the DONATE button on this website (front/homepage, right side).
Please arrive on time. People won’t be admitted after the empowerment session has started, Please stay until the end. If you leave early, you have not received the empowerment.
A practice sadhana for Saraswati can be mailed to people who have completed the empowerment and request it. You have to send your request and home mailing address (not email) to Ewam Choden after the Empowerment.
HOW TO LOG ON FOR THE EMPOWERMENT.
If you attend the Sunday mornng meditation with Lama Kunga Rinpoche, use the same log on as you use for that.
Join Zoom EMPOWERMENT with the following LINK.
https://zoom.us/j/92773242520?pwd=bzFiSXk2K3NTSEUvNU5qNkFZSHdzUT09
If you log in directly from this link, you probably won’t need the password.
If you enter from the Zoom website with the Meeting ID, you will need the password.
Meeting ID: 927 7324 2520
Password: Request by email TO EC (info@ewamchoden.org)
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Meeting ID: 927 7324 2520
Passcode: Request by emailing EC
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Completed—PARNASHAVARI on Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 2pm Pacific time
January 6, 2023 by bhockman
Filed under Completed Empowerments
VEN. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE WILL KINDLY BESTOW THE EMPOWERMENT OF PARNASHAVARI
DAY—Sunday, January 22, 2023
TIME– 2:00 pm Pacfic time.
LOCATION–Zoom Room only
Here is the link to the Zoom Room for the Parnashavari Empowerment.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82726095753
Meeting ID 827 2609 5753
LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE SAYS THAT ANYONE MAY COME TO THIS EMPOWERMENT.
REGARDLESS OF DONATION PAYMENT, THE ZOOM ROOM WILL BE OPEN TO ALL.
The only condition is that after receiving the empowerment, you should learn the mantra and recite it.
PLEASE PREPARE for this empowerment by downloading the document at the following link. You may use the pdf download on the right side of the document page.
https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/chogyal-pakpa-lodro-gyaltsen/parnashavari-dharani
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REQUESTED DONATION—$30
Dana, (offering to the Lama), is separate
HOW TO PAY:
Please pay in advance by clicking the Donate button on the right side of the front page of the Ewam Choden website.
Then, you can safely use a PayPal account or a credit card, as you’ll see.
Include a note with your payment saying that you’ll attend this empowerment. This is important.
If you have to send a check, mail it to Ewam Choden as soon as possible, and send an email saying that you’ve mailed a check.
Here is the link to the Zoom Room for the Parnashavari Empowerment.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82726095753
Meeting ID 827 2609 5753
Parnashavari is a forest goddess whose practice gives power to heal and remove health obstacles, serious illnesses, and particularly pandemics. She is in touch with the natural cures of her forest.
UPCOMING EVENTS in 2023
January 4, 2023 by bhockman
Filed under Special Events, Uncategorized
Summer Greetings to you from Ewam Choden.
We are happy to announce the following upcoming events with Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche. We will continue to meet in the Zoom room, and not in person.
EMAIL notices for each event will also be sent individually with details.
Please convert the Pacific time to your time as necessary.
SUNDAY MEDITATION and TEACHING by Lama Kunga Rinpoche at 10am, Pacific time will continue weekly.
For Empowerments, please LOOK AT THE SEPARATE POST UNDER EMPOWERMENTS.
CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTHDAY OF VEN. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE
on Sunday, July 23, 2023 and the actual BIRTHDAY date on July 25, 2023.
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Completed—The annual Himalayan Fair will be held in Berkeley, California on May 20 & 21, 2023. It’s the 40th anniversary of this wonderful event that was started by Lama Kunga Rinpoche and Arlene Blum. (Arlene is a scientist and pioneer high mountain climber.) Check online for Himalayan Fair.
Completed–NEW YEAR’S EVE PRAYERS will be held on Saturday, December 31st, 2022, starting at 11:00 pm.
Completed–PRAYERS FOR THE 49th DAY of MOKE’S PASSING. January 2, 2023 at 6:00pm Pacific time. The Zoom logon is the same as for Sunday meditation.
Completed—EMPOWERMENT OF PARNASHAVARI on Sunday, January 22, 2023, at 2:00 pm.
Attendees have to register and pay in advance in order to be admitted to the Zoom room. PLEASE WAIT FOR REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT TO BE POSTED WITH A LINK.
Completed—LOSAR PRAYERS and a meeting with the Oracle on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.
Completed–EMPOWERMENT OF WHITE SARASWATI on Sunday, March 19, 2023, at 2:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time, only on Zoom.
Completed –EMPOWERMENTS OF KURUKULLE AND SIMHAMUKA FROM LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE
Completed–EMPOWERMENTS OF RIG SUM GONPO AND SINGHANATA FROM visiting H.E. THARTSE KHEN RINPOCHE.
His Eminence Ngor Luding Khenchen Rinpoche (1931-2022)
December 30, 2022 by bhockman
Filed under Special Events, Uncategorized
In the early dawn of the sixth day of the 11th month of the Male Water Tiger Year of the Tibetan Calendar (Wednesday, 28 December 2022), at Bodhgaya, His Eminence Luding Khenchen Rinpoche entered into the Dharmadhatu and has since parted from his physical body.
His Eminence Luding Khenchen Rinpoche was the 75th abbot of the Ngor Ewam Choden Monastery and was head of the Ngor lineage of the Sakya tradition from 1954 to March 2000.
See https://www.ludingfoundation.org for more information.
Lama Kunga Rinpoche and the sangha of our Ewam Choden Center in California pray for His Eminence Luding Khenchen Rinpoche.
The cremation of the holy body was correctly accomplished on February 16, 2023 in Manduwala, India.
Completed—ANNUAL MEMORIAL PRAYERS on Zoom, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022 at 6:00 pm Pacific time
November 2, 2022 by bhockman
Filed under Special Events
Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche will conduct the annual Memorial Prayer service at Ewam Choden and we will participate through Zoom. Everyone is invited to attend.
Annually, Ewam Choden holds a gathering to offer prayers for the benefit of all of our friends, relatives and countless sentient beings who have passed on this year and in previous years.
You may set up or hold a photo of a special person or animal that you wish to include. You may light incense and tea lamps if you wish.
The following prayers that are likely to be recited can be downloaded here.
http://www.ewamchoden.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Happiness-Prayer.pdf
http://www.ewamchoden.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Heart-Sutra-Prayer.pdf
http://www.ewamchoden.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Confession-Prayer.pdf
HOW TO ATTEND
The Zoom address is the same as the one for Sunday Meditation. The password is also the same.
Join Zoom Meeting with this URL, below.
https://zoom.us/j/92773242520?pwd=bzFiSXk2K3NTSEUvNU5qNkFZSHdzUT09
Meeting ID: 927 7324 2520
Password: Request by email TO EC (info@ewamchoden.org)
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