COMPLETED–VAJRAYOGINI EMPOWERMENT and SHORT TEACHING FROM H.E. JETSUN KUSHOK 8/12-13
August 10, 2013 by bhockman
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The empowerment is on Monday, August 12 at 7 pm and the short teaching is on Tuesday, August 13 at 7 pm. SEE THIS PAGE ABOVE and follow the links. PREREQUISITE: Prior Hevajra or Cakrasamvara empowerment from a Sakya lama (no exception to this). The location is Ewam Choden.
Sunday Meditation at EC is cancelled on 8/18/13 due to other event
August 7, 2013 by bhockman
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The usual compassion meditation of Avalokiteshvara (Chenrezi) at EC is cancelled for Sunday, Aug. 18 because Khempo Migmar Tseten will be teaching The Heart Sutra at that time. You are encouraged to practice the meditation at home if not attending the teaching.
COMPLETED—GREEN TARA Blessing Empowerment from H.E. Jetsun Kushok on Aug. 10 at 2:00 pm
August 6, 2013 by bhockman
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Her Eminence Jetsun Kushok Chime Luding will kindly offer a blessing empowerment of the Green Tara. Bodhisattva Green Tara (Jetsun Drolma) protects, heals, and promotes long-life. This event is open to everyone, and it is especially for Tibetans.
DATE and TIME-—Saturday, August 10, at 2:00 p.m.
PLACE-–Arlington Community Church, 52 Arlington, Kensington, CA
REQUESTED DONATION—$20.00 (Dana to the Lama is separate.) There is no pre-registration for this event.
UNCOMMON WHITE TARA EMPOWERMENT and TEACHING FROM H.E. JETSUN KUSHOK 8/9-8/11
July 31, 2013 by bhockman
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The empowerment is on Friday, 8/9 at 7 pm and the practice instructions are on Saturday, 8/10 at 10 am and Sunday 8/11 at 10 am and 2 pm. The location is Ewam Choden. PREREQUISITE: Due to the high level tantra of the Uncommon White Tara empowerment, we have been notified that all participants need to have received a major, two day empowerment in any of the four Tibetan Buddhist traditions. (no exceptions to this) If you have questions concerning this prerequisite, please contact Sakya Dechen Ling. Please REGISTER by following the link to Sakya Dechen Ling.
Completed–KHENPO MIGMAR TSETEN teaches HEART SUTRA at Ewam Choden on Aug. 17–18, 2013
July 30, 2013 by bhockman
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Khenpo Migmar Tseten returns to kindly offer teaching on the Prajna Paramita– the Heart Sutra. The event is a two-day retreat including meditation sessions guided by Khenpo Migmar. The sessions are from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm each day, with a break for a pot-luck lunch. The retreat starts with the 16 Arhart Puja dedicated to the long life of Lama Kunga Rinpoche on Saturday morning. The registration donation is $100.00. Pre-registration is NOT required but always encourgaed.
CLICK HERE to register via ONLINE or BY personal CHECK
THIS IS A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY THAT IS NOT TO BE MISSED.
ABOUT THE TEACHING according to Lama Migmar
The Heart Sutra is the essence of Buddha’s wisdom training to realize the right view to guide the meditation and conduct in the right direction to go beyond. The sutra explicitly shows the right view and implicitly gives instruction on meditation, how to make that right view a personal realization. Khenpo Migmar will give the teaching and lead meditation in English, based on the original Sanskrit and Tibetan materials.
ABOUT LAMA MIGMAR
Khenpo Lama Migmar is a Buddhist chaplain at Harvard University. He leads retreats at Buddhist centers throughout North America. He founded the Sakya Institute in Cambridge, MA, and has served as the head of the Sakya Retreat Center in Barre, MA. He also served as the head of the Sakya Center in Rajpur, India, and the Sakya Monastery in Puruwalla, India, from 1981 to 1989.
You may learn more about Lama Migmar at his websites: www.LamaMigmar.net and Sakya Center www.sakya.net
Khenpo Lama Migmar
COMPLETED–EMPOWERMENT OF PALDEN LHAMO at EC on July 21, 2013
June 10, 2013 by bhockman
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Ven. Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche kindly bestowed the empowerment of Palden Lhamo at Ewam Choden on Sunday, July 21st. The time is 1:00 p.m. The requested donation is $30.00. Dana (offering to the Lama and monastic) are separate. This event is open to everyone. Please arrive early to register, and be considerate of neighbors when parking. Directions to Ewam Choden can be found elsewhere on this website.
Palden Lhamo (Shri Devi) is the only female among the Dharmapalas, defenders of the Buddhadharma. It is a great blessing to receive the empowerment of this unique protector.
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Completed–Ven. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE gives 13 GOLDEN DHARMAS in MINNEAPOLIS in June
June 8, 2013 by bhockman
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Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche will be in Minneapolis from June 18 – 23 where he will give empowerments of The Thirteen Golden Dharmas of the Sakya tradition and other teachings.
The center is Sakya Thubten Dargye Ling, known as the Minnesota Sakya Center. Please visit their website, Minnesota Sakya Center, for details.
COMPLETED–EWAM CHODEN ATTENDS the 31st Annual Himalayan Fair at Live Oak Park in Berkeley, CA
May 8, 2013 by bhockman
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We will have a booth at the Fair, and Lama Kunga Rinpoche will be present (some of the time). Hours are Saturday, May 17th from 10 am to 7 pm and Sunday, May 18th from 10 am to 5:30 pm. See http://www.himalayanfair.net/ for information about the Himalayan Fair.
Completed–EMPOWERMENT OF MARICI – OSEL JENMA on Sunday, April 28 at Ewam Choden
March 23, 2013 by bhockman
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Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche will kindly bestow the empowerment of Marici (Osel Jenma) at Ewam Choden on Sunday, April 28 at 1:00 p.m. Marici, a Bodhisattva goddess of Dawning Light, sits on a lotus chariot drawn by seven pigs. She illuminates and protects.
Please arrive early in order to register, and as usual, be considerate of our neighbors when parking. This event is open to anyone. The requested donation is $30. Dana (offering) to the Lama and to the monastics (our assisting nun and monk) is separate.
COMPLETED Ven. LAMA JAMPA THAYE teaches at Ewam Choden on April 6th and 7th, 2013
March 22, 2013 by bhockman
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This event has been successfully completed, many thanks to Lama Jampa.
Saturday, 4/6 from 1 to 4 p.m. Lama Jampa will speak on The RiMe approach to Buddhist Practice
Sunday, 4/7 from 1 to 4 p.m. Lama Jampa will speak on Rangtong and Shentong: 2 Approaches to Ultimate Reality
Requested Donation for this Event is $30 for one day or $50 for both days, and
$20 per day for youth (24 years and under), seniors and EC members.
See below for more information about the teachings and
for Lama Jampa Thaye’s biographical information
OR CLICK HERE to Download Flyer for this Event
ABOUT THE TEACHINGS
Rime – The Inclusivist Approach
The Rime or ‘boundaryless’ movement began in the 19 century. It was not a new school but rather a move away from the narrow mindedness of sectarian rivalry and a recognition of the power inherent in the teachings of all the major Tibetan Buddhist traditions.
Lama Jampa will guide us through the Three Vehicles that are common to all the major schools of Tibetan Buddhism and explain how the Rime spirit is so important for the proper development of Tibetan dharma in the West today. Lama Jampa will also focus on the three major figures who introduced the Rime movement: the Sakyapa Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo; the Kagyupa Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye; and the Nyingmapa terton Chogyur Dechen Lingpa.
Rangtong and Shentong
In this teaching, Lama Jampa will explore the highest view regarding the true nature of mind and reality, the Middle Way View (Skt. Madhyamaka). A correct understanding of the view is essential to the development of meditative realization in both the ordinary (Paramitayana) and extraordinary (Vajrayana) meditative practices of Buddhism. Lama Jampa will illustrate the profundity of the view through delineating two subtly different presentations, the view of intrinisic emptiness (Rangtong) and the view of extrinsic emptiness (Shentong). Great Buddhist masters in Tibetan spiritual history have held either one or the other position.
ABOUT LAMA JAMPA THAYE
Lama Jampa Thaye is a scholar and meditation master trained in the Sakya and Kagyu traditions by his two principal teachers, His Holiness
Sakya Trizin and Karma Thinley Rinpoche. Born in England in 1952, he became a student of Rinpoche at the age of 20 and met His Holiness a year later.
Lama Jampa obtained his PhD in Tibetan Buddhist history and served as Lecturer of Buddhist Studies and the History of Ideas for over twenty
years at the University of Manchester. He was appointed by Karma Thinley Rinpoche as his dharma-regent in 1977 and given the authority to bestow vajrayana initiations in 1988. Since then he has traveled extensively giving teachings and initiations and is the author of numerous books and dharma treatises. His many dharma activities include a YouTube channel where his teachings can be heard.
The main website for his centers is www.dechen.org.
