Completed—Empowerment of CAKRASAMVARA ( འཁོར་ལོ་བདེ་མཆོག་)(Khorlo Demchok) July 5th and 6th, 2024

Lama Kunga Rinpoche and the members of Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center are looking forward to welcoming  His Eminence Thartse Khen Rinpoche on his third visit to our Center on June and July 2024. 


Ngor Thartse Khen Rinpoche is the 77th abbot  of Ngor, a main branch of the Sakyapa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. 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.  


H.E. Thartse Khen Rinpoche has kindly agreed to bestow the following empowerments over three days.

The Empowerment of CAKRASAMVARA ( འཁོར་ལོ་བདེ་མཆོག་)(Khorlo Demchok) in the tradition of Krishnacharya ( ནག་པོ་སྤྱོད་པ་) (Nagpopa)  – TWO DAYS

 The Empowerment of VAJRAYOGINI (རྡོ་རྗེ་རྣལ་འབྱོར་མ) of Naropa (ན་རོ་མཁའ་སྤྱོད་) – ONE DAY

These empowerments are in person only, and there are some prerequisites, as follows.

In order to receive the Cakrasamvara Empowerment, you must have taken refuge with a lama.
This empowerment takes two days, and you must attend on both days.

In order to receive the Vajrayogini Empowerment, you must have aleady received a Cakrasamvara Empowerment in person only,  from a lama (of any of the four Tibetan traditions). This empowerment takes one day.

Pre-Registration with Payment is required for both empowerments.

REGISTRATION IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE. PAYMENT IS REQUIRED.

NOTE: REGISTRATION ON THIS PAGE IS FOR CAKRASAMVARA ONLY (1) below. GO TO THE OTHER PAGE FOR THE “COMBO” REGISTRATION.

DATES AND TIMES

Cakrasamvara Empowerment — Friday, July 5, 3pm to 5pm

and Saturday, July 6, 2024, 2pm to 5pm

ARRIVE AT LEAST 30 MINUTES EARLIER TO SIGN IN AND GET SETTLED.

YOU MUST ATTEND BOTH DAYS.

LOCATION

Cakrasamvara Empowerment —
To be held at BAY AREA PAL TSECHEN LING, 3731 Bissell Ave, Richmond, CA 94805
Please don’t contact this organization for any information. We simply use their space.

Please email Ewam Choden at info@ewamchoden.org with any questions.


Completed——-EMPOWERMENT OF MITUKPA (མི་འཁྲུགས་པ་ )

BUDDHA AKSHOBHYA (अक्षोभ्य)

ON SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2024

VEN. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE has very kindly agreed to bestow
the EMPOWERMENT OF Mitukpa (Akshobhya).

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. THERE IS NO CHARGE. DONATIONS ARE WELCOME.

DAY SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2024
TIME 2:00 PM, PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME (Check for the time in your location)

FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW COMPLETELY AND CLICK ON SEND IT.
AFTER YOU REGISTER, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link for this empowerment. Look for the email. . Keep this LINK to yourself. If you don’t receive the confirmation email with the Zoom link after a day, contact us by email.

THERE IS NO REQUIRED FEE, BUT YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE A DONATION BY USING THE DONATE BUTTON ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE WEBSITE.

After you receive the complete empowerment, you may request a practice sadhana by emailing Ewam Choden with your home address. We do not offer digital copies.

Blue Akshobhya (Tibetan, Mitukpa) is the unshakeable and immutable Buddha with mirror-like wisdom.

This empowerment from the system of Atisha purifies obscurations and defilements.
The MANTRA is said especially prior to eating meat for purification and it is in our food offering prayer.
Read and write down the mantra. It can even be written on walls, and on stones. To memorize it is very useful. (from Lama Kunga Rinpoche)

Completed—EMPOWERMENT OF MIYOWA མི་གཡོ་བ་ (Achala अचल) SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2024

REGISTER NOW!

REGISTRATION CLOSES ON SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2024 (PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME)

DAY SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2024

TIME 2:00 PM, PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME (Check for the time in your location)

VEN. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE has very kindly agreed to bestow

the EMPOWERMENT OF MIYOWA མི་གཡོ་བ་ (Achala अचल)

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. THERE IS NO CHARGE. DONATIONS ARE WELCOME.

You may receive this empowerment as a blessing or for personal practice. There is no required commitment.

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2024 AT NOON, Pacific Daylight Time.

FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW COMPLETELY AND CLICK ON SEND IT.

AFTER YOU REGISTER, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link for this empowerment. Look for the email after a while. Keep this LINK to yourself. If you don’t receive the confirmation email with the Zoom link after a day, contact us by email.

THERE IS NO REQUIRED FEE, BUT YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE A DONATION BY USING THE DONATE BUTTON ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE WEBSITE.

After you receive the complete empowerment, you may request a practice sadhana by emailing Ewam Choden with your home address. We do not offer digital copies.

Miyowa, the Immovable One, is a wrathful protector who helps the practitioner remove all types of outer and inner obstacles, including diseases.

Completed–EMPOWERMENT OF MEWA TSEKMA མཁའ་འགྲོ་མ་སྨེ་བ་བརྩེགས་མ་ on SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2024, ONLY ON ZOOM

DAY SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2024

TIME 2:00 PM, PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME (Check for the time in your location)

VEN. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE has kindly agreed to bestow the empowerment of

Mewa Tsekma མཁའ་འགྲོ་མ་སྨེ་བ་བརྩེགས་མ་ Skt. Ucchuṣma

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. THERE IS NO CHARGE.

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON SATURDAY, March 23, AT NOON, Pacific Daylight Time.

FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW AND SEND IT.

After you submit the registration form, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link for MARCH 24, 2024.

Keep this LINK to yourself.

If you don’t receive the confirmation email with the Zoom link, contact us.

THERE IS NO REQUIRED FEE, BUT YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE A DONATION BY USING THE DONATE BUTTON ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE WEBSITE.
You may receive this empowerment as a blessing or for personal practice. There is no required commitment.

After you receive the complete empowerment, you may request a practice sadhana by emailing Ewam Choden with your home address. We do not offer digital copies.

MEWA TSEKPA, in various forms, is a powerful purification practice. This one is a standing female whose practice helps purify defilements, obscurations and breaks in samaya and vows.

Completed—EMPOWERMENT OF RED 2-ARMED HAYAGRIVA ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2024, ONLY ON ZOOM

REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS CLOSED NOW.

VEN. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE has kindly agreed to bestow the empowerment of the Red 2-Armed Hayagriva རྟ་མགྲིན། ནང་ལྷ།

Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 2 pm, Pacific Standard Time

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. REGISTER BELOW: Fill out the Form completely and SUBMIT it.

After you submit the registration form, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link for February 25, 2024. Keep this to yourself.

THERE IS NO REQUIRED FEE, BUT YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE A DONATION BY USING THE DONATE BUTTON ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE WEBSITE.

You may receive this empowerment as a blessing or for personal practice. There is no required commitment.

After you receive the complete empowerment, you may request a practice sadhana by emailing Ewam Choden with your home address. We do not offer digital copies.

The practice of Hayagriva can eliminate our external and internal obstacles and problems, particularly those caused by our own negativity as demons and spirits. His special ability is to cure diseases, especially skin diseases even as serious as leprosy, which is said to be caused by Nagas. His compassion is related to Avalokiteshvara and Amitabha Buddha.

Completed—EMPOWERMENT OF BLACK MANJUSHRI ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 2024 ONLY ON ZOOM

VEN. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE has kindly agreed to bestow the empowerment of

Black Manjushri འཇམ་དབྱངས་ནག་པོ་ jamyang nakpo

SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 2024

2:00 PM, PACIFIC STANDARD TIME

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON SATURDAY, 1/27/24.

After you submit the registration form, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link for January 28, 2024. Keep this to yourself.

THERE IS NO REQUIRED FEE, BUT YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE A DONATION BY USING THE DONATE BUTTON ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE WEBSITE.

You may receive this empowerment as a blessing or for personal practice. There is no required commitment.

After you receive the complete empowerment, you may request a practice sadhana by emailing Ewam Choden with your home address. We do not offer digital copies.

Manjushri is the Bodhisattva of transcendental wisdom.  In general, the practice of Manjushri cuts ignorance and delusion, and opens the mind of wisdom.  Additionally, the Black Manjushri, a more wrathful form,  is a powerful force against serious illnesses, obstacles, fears, obscurations, all kinds of negative forces, and a protector of traveling.
 

Completed—EMPOWERMENT OF DUTSI KILWA on Sunday, December 17, 2023 – only on Zoom

VEN. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE has kindly agreed to bestow the empowerment of DUTSI KILWA བདུད་རྩི་འཁྱིལ་བ, Amrita-Kundalin (अमृतकुण्डलिन्)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2023

2:00 PM PACIFIC TIME (California)

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED NOW.

THERE IS NO REQUIRED FEE, BUT YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE A DONATION BY USING THE DONATE BUTTON ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE WEBSITE.
You may receive this empowerment as a blessing or for personal practice. There is no required commitment.

After you receive the complete empowerment, you may request a practice sadhana by emailing Ewam Choden with your home address. We do not offer digital copies.

IN ORDER TO ATTEND, YOU HAVE TO REGISTER.

GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.

Dutsi Kilwa helps to dissolve and eliminate all kinds of inner and outer negativities and negative influences. This includes inner obstacles from ignorance and effects of karma.
Dutsi (Amrita in Sanskrit) means nectar.

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED NOW.

COMPLETED–BIRTHDAY PARTY PICNIC FOR LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE in Arlington Park, El Cerrito, CA on SUNDAY, July 23, 2023 , 1pm to 4pm

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)

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

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 77^th 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.

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