Completed: HIS HOLINESS SAKYA TRICHEN Rinpoche teaches on –PARTING FROM THE FOUR ATTACHMENTS– MONDAY, August 6, 2018, 6:00 pm
August 5, 2018 by bhockman
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The day and location of this teaching by His Holiness Sakya Trichen was revised from an earlier announcement.
LOCATION: Sera Jey Foundation, 1525 Elm St, El Cerrito, CA 94530
DATE and TIME: Monday, 8/6/18 at 6:00 pm.
This teaching is open to all without charge, but you are asked to reserve your place by emailing: serajeyfoundation@gmail.com
Phone contact: (510) 944-4136
Completed–HIS HOLINESS SAKYA TRICHEN GIVES MAHA GURU EMPOWERMENT on Sunday, August 5th, 2018
August 1, 2018 by bhockman
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His Holiness Kyabgon Gongma Trichen Rinpoche will kindly bestow the Maha Guru Empowerment and tsok, and will also give a Dharma Talk (probably in Tibetan).
DATE: Sunday, August 5, 2018,
TIME: 1:00 to 4:00 pm
LOCATION: Berkeley Adult School 1701 San Pablo Avenue Berkeley, CA, 94702 (map)
Everyone is welcome. A donation of at least $20 (for the Tsok) is requested.
SPONSOR: Bay Area Pal Tsechen Ling
https://www.bayareapaltsechenling.org
3731 Bissell Avenue, Richmond, California 94805, United States , tel: +1-510-608-5355
COMPLETED – VAJRA NAIRATMYA EMPOWERMENT
August 1, 2018 by bhockman
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Welcome to THE EMPOWERMENT OF VAJRA NAIRATMYA WITH HIS HOLINESS KYABGON GONGMA TRICHEN (the 41st Sakya Trizin)
IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO ATTEND BOTH DAYS OF THIS EMPOWERMENT.
SCHEDULE
Preparation Day
Friday, August 3rd, 2018
5:00 pm Required Registration check-in opens (outside the building)
6:00 pm Doors Open
7:00 pm Empowerment preliminary begins
9:00 to 10:00 pm (projected) Empowerment preliminary ends
Main Empowerment Day
Saturday, August 4th, 2018
12 noon Required Registration check-in opens (outside the building)
12:30 pm Doors Open
1:00 pm Empowerment begins
6:00 pm (projected) Empowerment ends
NOTE: If the weather condition is very uncomfortable, there will be an indoor room to wait in, outside of the shrine room.
REGISTRATION and ENTRANCE
Everyone who has pre-registered and paid will be on a list and checked in.
Everyone who has pre-registered and not yet paid is expected to pay in full by check or cash. Credit cards can’t be taken.
If there is room, new people may attend if they register and pay in full at the registration table.
PARKING
You may park in Gyuto’s lower level parking lot (on Cypress Ave.). Otherwise, park on the street in the neighborhood, being considerate of neighbors.
People unable to walk from the parking area to Gyuto may be driven to the front door area for drop off.
OTHER INFORMATION
There are no dietary restrictions prior to this empowerment.
There will be chairs available inside the shrine room for people who would like to use them.
The Gyuto location is handicap accessible.
If you need a special accommodation, please send an email to Ewam Choden right away to let us know.
There will be an indoor room in which to sit and wait before the shrine room opens.
PLEASE EMAIL EWAM CHODEN WITH ANY QUESTIONS. info@ewamchoden.org
Completed happily—PARTY TO CELEBRATE VEN. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE’S 83rd BIRTHDAY on Sunday, July 29, 2018
June 2, 2018 by bhockman
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YOU’RE INVITED TO A POTLUCK PICNIC PARTY !
COME TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE 83nd BIRTHDAY OF VEN. LAMA KUNGA THARTSE RINPOCHE
DATE: Sunday, July 29, 2018
TIME: 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm
LOCATION: Arlington Park, El Cerrito (1120 Arlington Blvd.) Drive northward on Arlington Blvd. after Kensington. The park is on the right with plenty of street parking. Site #1.
See a map here.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME! BRING FOOD TO SHARE.
Reminder: Lama Kunga Rinpoche doesn’t eat anything with sugar or any sweetener.
Rinpoche says–No material gifts or food gifts, please. Donations$ are accepted.
LAMA KUNGA LOOKS FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR. Don’t miss this opportunity to wish Lama Kunga Rinpoche a happy birthday and a continuing long and healthy life of Dharma activities.
COMPLETED—REGISTER HERE–H.H. the 42nd SAKYA TRIZIN, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, gives CHAKRASAMVARA Empowerment May 7-8, 2018
March 17, 2018 by bhockman
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EWAM CHODEN is happy to announce that His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, head of the Sakya school, has kindly accepted our invitation to visit and bestow:
THE EMPOWERMENT OF CHAKRASAMVARA (Khorlo Demchok) in the Nagpopa Tradition (Krishnacharya).
This is an Anuttarayoga empowerment, the highest in Vajrayana Buddhism.
His name means Wheel of Highest Bliss-Union. Chakrasamvara is the consort of Vajrayogini.
DATES: MONDAY, MAY 7 and TUESDAY May 8, 2018 (Both days are required for the empowerment.)
TIMES: Monday–7:00 pm to 9:00 pm and Tuesday–3:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Everyone is welcome. There is no prerequisite besides having received Refuge from a Lama. (There might be a brief Refuge ceremony given by His Holiness.)
LOCATION: The Gyuto Foundation Shrine Room, 6401 Bernhard Ave, Richmond, CA 94805 DO NOT CONTACT THAT CENTER about this event !!!
REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT FOR THE CAKRASAMVARA EMPOWERMENT
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN. The number of attendees is limited to 225 total registered.
REGISTER AND PAY HERE:
CLICK For Online Payment by PayPal or by Credit Card facilitated by PayPal
Payment by Check is now Closed due proximity of event date- Please use Online Payment.
COST: $160.00 Dana (offering) to the Lama is separate. Complimentary for ordained Sangha but please Register to reserve your seat.
ABOUT THE 42nd SAKYA TRIZIN, head of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism
His Holiness the 42nd Kyabgon Gongma Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, is the eldest son of His Holiness Sakya Trichen (the 41st Sakya Trizin). He is considered one of the most highly qualified lineage masters of Tibetan Buddhism.
Renowned for his erudition and the clarity of his teachings, His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin is from the prestigious Khön family, whose successive generations have provided an unbroken lineage of outstanding masters. (Please view this video–scroll down– for historical information, http://www.glorioussakya.org/history/sakya-lineage/ )
On March 9, 2017, His Holiness accepted the mantle of leadership from his esteemed father and root guru, in his new capacity as the 42nd Sakya Trizin or throne holder of the lineage. In doing so, he will continue to guide and inspire Dharma students from all over the world with his wisdom, genuine qualities of unaffected simplicity, humility and complete honesty, by presenting the Buddha’s teachings in the most authentic way, while maintaining the purest of Buddhist traditions.
COMPLETED—His Holiness Sakya Trizin’s Events on the North American Pacific Coast
March 5, 2018 by bhockman
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FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND CONVENIENCE, HERE IS A LIST OF
EVENTS ON THE PACIFIC COAST WITH HIS HOLINESS THE 42nd SAKYA TRIZIN.
CLICK on LINKS BELOW for ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC INFORMATION for EACH EVENT.
HIS HOLINESS THE 42nd SAKYA TRIZIN visits the North American Pacific Coast
VANCOUVER, B.C. Canada
Sakya Tsechen Thubten Ling
www.sakyatsechenthubtenling.org
4/28/18—Chenrezig King’s Tradition Empowerment with Teaching
4/29/18—White Tara Empowerment and Green Tara Empowerment
VICTORIA, B.C. Canada
Victoria Buddhist Dharma Society
http://victoriabuddhistdharmasociety.org
4/24-25/18—-Buddhism and the Environment, public talk and Green Tara Empowerment
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
SAKYA MONASTERY
www.sakya.org
4/30 to 5/3/18
Lam Chod prayers in memory of H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Dorje Chang
Kalachakra Empowerment—2 days
Register on the website
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
general sponsor—Bay Area Pal TsechenLing
http://bayareapaltsechenling.org
5/4/18—Receive His Holiness at the airport
Tibetan Association of Northern California (TANC)
www.tanc.org
5/5/18—Introduction of Tibetan Buddhism and Blessing of everyone
Bay Area Pal TsechenLing
http://bayareapaltsechenling.org
5/6/18—Dorjee Phurba (Vajrakilaya) Blessing Empowerment and Public Talk
EWAM CHODEN
www.ewamchoden.org
5/7/18 & 5/8/18—Cakrasamvara (Khorlo Demchok) Empowerment (Nagpopa)
Registration is necessary and begins on 3/1/2018 on the website
SAKYA DECHEN LING
www.sakyadechenling.com
5/9/18—Sakya Pandita Manjushri Guru Yoga Blessing Empowerment
Registration is necessary.
LOS ANGELES AREA
DECHEN.US Sakya Buddhist Center (Lama Jampa Thaye)
SANTA MONICA, CA
www.dechen.us
https://www.dechen.us/whats-on/buddhist-teachings-los-angeles/
5/11/18
Empowerment of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava)
Talk on the Power of Buddhism
Registration on the website is necessary.
TSECHEN CHOKHOR LING, The Los Angeles Sakya Center for Buddhist Studies & Meditation
LOS ANGELES, CA
www.sakyacenterla.org
5/12/18—Rigsum Gonpo Empowerment (three Bodhisattvas)
5/13/18—Chime Phakme Nyingtik Long-Life Empowerment
5/13/18—Vajrapani Bhutadamara Empowerment
Completed – ANNUAL MEMORIAL PRAYERS at Ewam Choden, Nov. 29, 2017 at 7:00 pm
November 14, 2017 by bhockman
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Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche will conduct the annual Memorial Prayer service at Ewam Choden. This is a gathering to offer prayers for the benefit of all of our friends, relatives and countless sentient beings who have passed on in this year and in previous years. The event is open to everyone.
If you wish, you may bring a photo of a special person or animal to include, and you may bring tea candles or flowers to set up near the shrine. The gathering begins at 7 p.m. and lasts for about one and a half to two hours.
Completed – NEW YEAR’S EVE PRAYERS at Ewam Choden on Dec. 31, 2017 from 11:00 pm
November 13, 2017 by bhockman
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Pray for compassion and peace, health and prosperity.
On Sunday, December 31st, starting at 11:00 p.m., Lama Kunga Rinpoche will lead some meditation and the recitation of auspicious prayers. Then, everyone will welcome the New Year with light refreshments, and wishes of peace and joy for all sentient beings.
Everyone is welcome.
Completed—LOSAR ORACLE SOUP PARTY, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 and SUNDAY PRAYERS, Feb. 18, 2018
November 5, 2017 by bhockman
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Welcome to the Tibetan New Year Celebrations at Ewam Choden !
༄༅།།ལོ་གསར་ལ་བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས་ཞུ། Losar La Tashi Delek New Year’s Greetings!
The year is 2145, the male earth dog.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME !
FRIDAY EVENING, 2/16/18 at 7:00 pm at Ewam Choden ORACLE SOUP PARTY
Everyone is welcome to a LOSAR potluck party at Ewam Choden on Friday, February 16th at 7:00 pm. From the Oracle Soup, you will receive a special dumpling in which your unique fortune can be found. Join Rinpoche and Sangha friends for a delicious potluck meal.
SUNDAY MORNING, 2/18/18 SPECIAL MEDITATION, Prayers for Peace, Health, and Happiness for all Beings Ven. Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche will lead the usual Chenrezig compassion meditation and, following tradition, there will be special recitations and prayers. Come to meditation at 10:00 a.m. as usual, receive Rinpoche’s blessing, greet everyone for New Year, and enjoy sweet rice, Tibetan tea, and some special Losar snacks.
Completed—SPECIAL TEACHING FROM LAMA JAMPA THAYE ON SATURDAY, JULY 8 AND SUNDAY JULY 9 AT EWAM CHODEN
June 19, 2017 by admin
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Lama Jampa Thaye will teach Instructions on shamata and vipassana meditation (calm abiding and insight meditation) This will be based on The Triple Vision text. He will teach this over the two days. This is a teaching that is of value to meditation practitioners of all levels and experience since it applies to practice up to the highest Vajrayana.
Shamatha, Tibetan ཞི་གནས་, shyiné–the calm abiding which steadies, composes, unifies and concentrates the mind.
Vipassanā, Tibetan ལྷག་མཐོང་, lhaktong—the insight, which enables one to see and understand conditioned phenomena based on the five aggregates and gain insight into the true nature of reality
H.H. Sakya Trichen said, in a teaching on Parting From the Four Attachments, “The actual method of eliminating the afflictions is through the practice of insight wisdom. Before practicing insight wisdom, however, one must first develop a base of concentration meditation, also known as calm-abiding meditation. Altogether, the practice of the fourth line includes three stages: meditation on calm abiding, meditation on insight wisdom, and meditation on the combination of these two.”
“Insight wisdom, or vipassana, itself consists of three steps. The first is to establish all outer objects or outer appearances as the mind and as created by the mind. The second is to establish all mental objects as illusory. The third is to establish all illusions as devoid of inherent nature.” A Teaching on Sachen Kunga Nyingpo’s Parting from the Four Attachments
by His Holiness Sakya Trizin, from http://www.hhthesakyatrizin.org/teach_fourattach4.html
Open to Everyone. Requested donation: $40 per day or $60 for both days. Dana (offering) to the Lama is separate.
SESSION SCHEDULE on SATURDAY July 8th and SUNDAY July 9th
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Also, Lama Jampa will introduce and sign copies of his new book, Wisdom in Exile: Buddhism for Modern Times on the Saturday afternoon after the teaching.
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 Trichen 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. He has been authorized by these masters to teach Vajrayana and to bestow empowerments.
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.
His personal website is http://lamajampa.org/. The main website for his centers is www.dechen.org and in the USA, it is https://www.dechen.us/
When Lama Jampa previously visited Ewam Choden, he taught on the history of the Rime movement and on comparing the views of emptiness in Rangton and Shangton and on the first two points of the Seven Point Mind Training, which includes the preliminaries and the actual practice of Tong-Len (གཏོང་ལེན་) (giving and taking).
