7.1 Earthquake in western Tibet

ས་ཡོམ་ཁྲོད་རྐྱེན་ལམ་དུ་ཤོར་བའི་མི་རྣམས་ཀྱི་ཆེད་དུ་སྨོན་ལམ་རྒྱོབ།

Please join LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE in praying for the well-being of the survivors and the deceased victims of this event.

Take a look at several news reports.

At least 126 killed in deadly Tibet earthquake, says Chinese state media | BBC News with report by Tibetan Sikyong Penpa Tsering(prime minister) He gives this report in English.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_sm-dgdMpk

DW NEWS — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F4df3OefAU

Videos and photos Tibetans in India and Nepal, praying and demonstrating https://apnews.com/article/tibet-china-nepal-earthquake-59a9f2e80c4ccede1ffcd962eb3e4488

LADAKH STANDS WITH TIBET/ ལ་དྭགས་མི་མང་ནས་གདུང་སེམས་མཉམ་སྐྱེད་ཞུ། https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AloUXCR1DOE

LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE WILL OFFER MEDITATION and TEACHING on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025 from 10:00 am to noon, Pacific Standard time.

VEN. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE

We are happy and appreciative that Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche has very kindly agreed to conduct his traditional Sunday morning Chenrezig compassion meditation and offer us his precious dharma teaching in a live Zoom space from 10:00 am to 12 noon, Pacific Daylight Savings Time on most Sundays. The next session is on Sunday, January 19, 2025.

Everyone is invited to attend by following these instructions.
Please read everything.

DO NOT record the session.

The ZOOM address and Meeting ID are here below, but if you are new, you need to request a password. Get the password by emailing Ewam Choden, and requesting it in advance. <info@ewamchoden.org> PLEASE NOTE: If you’re new to the Center, you may be asked for some information about yourself.

THE SESSION includes teachings that are different each week, meditation based on the compassion of Chenrezig, and recitations. Everything to recite is shown clearly on the screen.

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, this sound interferes with the Zoom transmission .

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.

YOUR GENEROSITY COUNTS : EWAM CHODEN exists from the support of your donation. SEE BELOW.

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.

HOW TO JOIN THE SUNDAY TEACHING AND MEDITATION:

If you don’t have Zoom, 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 that says 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 ON THE FOLLOWING:

https://zoom.us/j/92773242520?pwd=bzFiSXk2K3NTSEUvNU5qNkFZSHdzUT09

Meeting ID: 927 7324 2520
A password is not needed

One tap mobile  NEW
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Passcode: Request by emailing EC
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/adhzemTV2g

Meeting ID: 927 7324 2520

OM MANI PAD ME HUM

Completed—NEW YEAR’S EVE PRAYERS ON 12/31/24

JOIN LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE ON ZOOM for NEW YEAR’S EVE

Pray for compassion and peace, health and prosperity, as you ring in the solar NEW YEAR 2025..

 On Tuesday, December 31st, starting at 11:00 p.m., Lama Kunga Rinpoche will lead some meditation and the recitation of auspicious prayers. 

Everyone is welcome to this Zoom session from 11pm to midnight Pacific Time.

                        

Join Zoom Meeting with this URL No password is needed.

https://zoom.us/j/92773242520?pwd=bzFiSXk2K3NTSEUvNU5qNkFZSHdzUT09

Meeting ID: 927 7324 2520

One tap mobile 
+16699009128,,92773242520#,,,,251385# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,92773242520#,,,,251385# US (Tacoma)

Dial by your location
        +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)
        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Meeting ID: 927 7324 2520
Passcode: see above
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/adhzemTV2g

MANTRA CALLIGRAPHY

Hand painted

by Ven. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE

Lama Kunga Rinpoche is now writing more calligraphy and he will make one for you by request.

Although Rinpoche has favorites, you may request whatever mantra you want (if it is not too long).
The donation for one calligraphy painting, signed by Lama Kunga Rinpoche, is $108.  You receive it unframed, but they look great in nice frames, hung on a wall. They’re mailed in tubes. There will be an extra mailing charge for addresses outside of the US. Use the DONATE button on the front page, right side.
These donations are for the support of the Ewam Choden Center.
They are tax-deductible. Email Ewam Choden if you’re interested. (info@ewamchoden.org)

This (above) is the mantra of Parnashavari.

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.

UPCOMING EVENTS in 2023

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)

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—H.E. NGOR THARTSE KHEN RINPOCHE came to Ewam Choden in California

We are grateful to H.E. Thartse Khen Rinpoche for his visit to Ewam Choden, and look forward to his future visits.

Thartse Khen Rinpoche will be at Ewam Choden on July 12 – 31, 2022.
He will attend the North American Sakya Monlam from July 15 through July 17.

This is an important visit as Lama Kunga Rinpoche also comes from the Ngor tradition of the Sakya lineage. Click here for more info on this connection

Lama Kunga Rinpoche and the members of Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center are looking forward to welcoming His Eminence Thartse Khen Rinpoche on his first visit to the United States. 

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.
We are very grateful for his first visit to the United States.

H.E. Thartse Khen Rinpoche will kindly offer the following events.

Two-Day HEVAJRA EMPOWERMENT in person, CLICK HERE.

SIX EMPOWERMENTS and A DHARMA TALK, LIVE-STREAMED ON ZOOM, CLICK HERE

DONATION REQUEST FOR LING GESAR SCHOOL

Lama Kunga Rinpoche received an appeal from Ngor Thartse Khen Rinpoche at Ngor monastery in India.
And we need your help.

As you know, Lama Kunga comes from Ngor monastery and has kept strong ties with his successor, Ngor Thartse Khen Rinpoche who, along with Luding Khen Rinpoche and other Sakya lamas of the Ngor tradition, have kept the Ngor-pa tradition strong in India and Tibet.

Aside from his responsibilities at Ngor Manduwala (the main monastery in India), he needs to help his Jomsom monastery in Nepal which has 35 monks and there is also the Ling Gesar School, where he sponsors 90 young students from villages bordering Ngor Manduwala monastery.
This school is managed by Khen Rinpoche’s brother Gonpo. It has been very helpful to the surrounding community, which is poor. Not only does it provide education but also basic needs to the children. 
The school had to close due to the pandemic but parents come and pick up homework once a week for their kids and return it to be corrected. This maintains the minimal continuity of education. (These families don’t have computers at home.)

Because the pandemic has restricted Thartse Khen Rinpoche’s travel, he can’t raise the necessary funds for the school.  The well being of the students at Ling Gesar school is now seriously in jeopardy.

Lama Kunga has made a personal pledge to help and we hope you can too.
You can give your tax-deductible donations by PayPal (here on the EC website) or by check to Ewam Choden. Please earmark it “School Project”. 
All funds will be sent to Ngor and any donation is appreciated.

SPIRITUAL ARTS and BOOKS

NEW BOOK ABOUT LAMA KUNGA’S FATHER

In the Presence of My Enemies, the fascinating autobiography of Tsipon Shuguba, the father of Lama Kunga Rinpoche, who was a minister in the Tibetan government, was published in English in 1995.

Now, the book is available in Tibetan. Contact Ewam Choden for purchase information. All proceeds from the sale of this book go to the Ewam Choden Tibetan Relief Fund Project.

CALLIGRAPHY and PAINTINGS

Ven. Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche has demonstrated his skills in arts and crafts for many years. He has made traditional cloth mountings for thangkas, shaped sculptures of Tibetan kings, painted memories of Ngor monastery, created Wealth and Earth Treasure Vases, and much more.

CALLIGRAPHY

Recently, Rinpoche has been making traditional Tibetan calligraphy.
Here is a sample piece that is the mantra of Bodhisattva goddess Parnashavari, the subduer of pandemics. This is written on Tibetan rice paper, and it is 15″ x 7″, unmounted. It is signed with Rinpoche’s signature as well as stamp. (Note that the brown on the top and bottom here is the table surface.)
Because of the pandemic, Lama Kunga has done the Parnashavari mantra. He is open to accepting orders for some other mantras, as well as other size presentations.

You may receive one of Lama Kunga Rinpoche’s calligraphy pieces with a donation of $108.
The payment is for the maintenance and support of the Ewam Choden Center.
To order, send an email to Ewam Choden. You may also pay directly on the Ewam Choden website, using the “Donate” link. Be sure to give your correct mailing address and a message about the Calligraphy.

PAINTINGS

Lama Kunga RInpoche’s paintings are also available. The donation amount varies depending on the painting. These donations are tax deductible. Send an email if you’re interested.

 Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center is a  501 (c) (3) status nonprofit organization.  Donations are tax-deductible.

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