LAMA KUNGA Rinpoche offers the EMPOWERMENT of AMITAYUS according to the tradition of Macig Drupé Gyalmo, only on Zoom, August 23, 2026.

AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION IS CLOSED NOW.

Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche will kindly bestow the Empowerment for Amitāyus (ཚེ་དཔག་མེད,अमितायुस्) according to the tradition of Macig Drupé Gyalmo (མ་གཅིག་གྲུབ་པའི་རྒྱལ་མོ་).

This is an empowerment for Amitāyus and ritual for longevity, as passed on from Milarepa’s disciple Rechungpa who received it directly  from Macig Drupé Gyalmo herself in India.

After you receive the empowerment, a paper sādhana-practice  of Amitāyus can be mailed to you by request.

 

AMITAYUS   (Image courtesy of HAR.)

DAY:  SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2026

TIME:  2:00 PM, PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME (California)  Check for the day and time in your area.

THIS IS ONLINE IN A ZOOM ROOM ONLY.

This empowerment is free to everyone. However, your donation of any amount is appreciated.
You may donate by using the Donate button on the upper right side of this website page. Or you may send a check to Ewam Choden.

Please arrive on time. People won’t be admitted after the session has begun.
And please stay through to the end, including the dedication prayers and any advice from the lama.
If you leave early, you aren’t considered to have received the empowerment.
Please show your name in your Zoom window, If more than one person is attending, you can write all of your names. If you don’t use your actual name, then remember the name or word you are using.

A practice sadhana paper for Amitāyus from Ewam Choden can be mailed to people anywhere.
You must have completed the empowerment to request the sadhana. AFTER completing the empowerment, you may request the sadhana in an email to Ewam Choden (info@ewamchoden.org) and give your home mailing address (not email) to receive the paper sadhana. We do not send them digitally.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION – PLEASE READ THIS.
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. THERE IS NO CHARGE. YOUR DONATION IS WELCOME.
REGISTRATION CLOSES ON SATURDAY August 22, 2026 AT NOON, PACIFIC Daylight TIME.

FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW COMPLETELY. THEN CLICK ON SEND INFO AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REGISTRATION FORM.

SOON AFTER YOU REGISTER—You will receive a confirmation email from Ewam Choden with the ZOOM LINK for this empowerment. Look for the email. Look in Spam/junk mail if you don’t see it. SAVE AND KEEP THIS LINK FOR YOURSELF !

IMPORTANT: If you don’t receive the confirmation email with the Zoom link after a day, contact us by email right away. Do not wait for a long time. Thank you!  NOTE: Some older or personal email addresses, such as yahoo, comcast, hotmail, and others may block our automated mailing.  In this case, send an email to Ewam Choden promptly.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED        

---

 

 

Happily Completed—VEN. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY PICNIC Sunday afternoon, July 26, 2026

༄ །བླ་མ་ཀུན་དགའ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ། འཁྲུངས་སྐར་ལ་བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས་ཞུ་།།  
Happy Birthday to Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche       

WE ARE HAVING OUR ANNUAL POTLUCK BIRTHDAY PICNIC for VEN. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE’s 91st  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.

DATE: Sunday, JULY 26, 2026
TIME:  1:00 pm to about 4:00 pm
LOCATION: The Arlington Park at 1120 Arlington Blvd. in El Cerrito.
Drive northward on Arlington Blvd. after Kensington. The park is on the right with plenty of street parking. Site #1. Past the tennis courts.
Here is a map of the location.
Rinpoche really enjoys seeing all of you !

 
Any questions?  Email Ewam Choden: info@ewamchoden.org