EMPOWERMENT OF SIMHAMUKHA, Sunday, June 11, 2023, 2:00 pm, Pacific Daylight Time, Zoom only REGISTER NOW below
June 4th, 2023
Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche has kindly agreed to bestow the EMPOWERMENT OF SIMHAMUKHA (Tibetan Senge Dongma) on Sunday, June 11, 2023 at 2:00 pm, US Pacific time.
The Blue Lion-Headed Dakini, in a wrathful form, is the manifestation of the enlightened awareness of the Buddha. With compassion and wisdom, she destroys spiritual obstacles, hindrances, negativities, and evil forces.
REGISTRATION FOR THIS EMPOWERMENT IS BELOW.
After you register, an email will be sent to you with the Zoom link. It may take a while to receive this email. If you don’t receive it in two days, register again. Do not register many times. Email Ewam Choden if you don’t receive the link after two days. ( info@ewamchoden.org )
There are no prerequisites or requirements for this empowerment while it is assumed that you are a Buddhist practitioner.
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 the page. Or you may mail a check to Ewam Choden.
Please arrive on time – attendees will not be admitted after the session has begun.
Please stay through the end, including dedication prayers and any advice from the lama. If you leave early, you are not considered to have received the empowerment.
Please show your full name in your Zoom window. If more than one person is attending, you can write all of your names.
A practice sadhana for SIMHAMUKHA from Ewam Choden can be mailed to people anywhere who have completed the empowerment and request it. You have to email a request with your home mailing address (not email) to Ewam Choden (info@ewamchoden.org) after the Empowerment. We do not send digital copies of the Sadhana.
Your donation of any amount is welcome.
NOTICE of UPCOMING EMPOWERMENTS
June 4th, 2023H.E. Ngor Thartse Khen Rinpoche has kindly agreed to give the following empowerments.
THE THREE BODHISATTVAS རིགས་གསུམ་མགོན་པོ།
Empowerment of Avalokiteshvara སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས་
Empowerment of Manjushri འཇམ་དཔལ་དབྱངས་
Empowerment of Vajrapani ཕྱག་ན་རྡོ་རྗེ་.
This event will take place on June 16, 17, and 18, 2023. The exact days and times of each empowerment will be announced as soon as they are arranged. Registration will be online here.
Completed—KURUKULLE EMPOWERMENT-April 30, 2023 2:00 pm PDT, only on Zoom
April 9th, 2023
Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche has kindly agreed to bestow the EMPOWERMENT OF KURUKULLE ཀུ་རུ་ཀུ་ལླཱ; (Sanskrit) and རིག་བྱེད་མ་ (Tibetan)
Sunday, April 30, 2023, 2:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time
Kurukulle (Tibetan: rig che ma) is magnetizing power. Her practice is one of the 13 Golden Dharmas of the Sakyapa. She may be called upon for her powers of enchantment to subdue evil spirits, demon and humans working against the welfare of humanity and spiritual growth. Her practice may also be helpful for improving health, wealth, and spiritual energy. To the sincere practitioner, she brings a power of peacefulness, joy, and wisdom.
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 the page. Or you may mail a check to Ewam Choden.
Please come on time. People won’t be admitted after the session has begun.
Please stay through the end, including dedication prayers and any advice from the lama. If you leave early, you aren’t considered to have received the empowerment.
Please show your full name in your Zoom window. If more than one person is attending, you can write all of your names.
A practice sadhana for Kurukulle from Ewam Choden can be mailed to people anywhere who have completed the empowerment and request it.
You have to send your request and home mailing address (not email) to Ewam Choden (info@ewamchoden.org) after the Empowerment.
Your donation of any amount is welcome.
UPCOMING EMPOWERMENTS, only on Zoom
March 23rd, 2023Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche has kindly agreed to bestow the following t empowerments through Zoom.
EMPOWERMENT OF SIMHAMUKHA
Sunday, June 11, 2023, 2:00 pm, USA Pacific Daylight Time on Zoom
SIMHAMUKHA (Senghe Dongma) Blue Lion-Headed Dakini.
In a wrathful form, she is the manifestation of the enlightened awareness of the Buddha. With compassion and wisdom, she destroys hindrances, negativities, and evil forces.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION TO FOLLOW SOON
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EMPOWERMENT OF SINGHANATA, Sunday, August 27, 2023, 2:00 pm, Pacific Daylight Time
COMPLETED—EMPOWERMENT OF KURUKULLE, on April 30, 2023
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Completed–WHITE SARASWATI EMPOWERMENT Yangchenma, དབྱངས་ཅན་མ། March 19, 2023
January 26th, 2023
Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche will kindly bestow the
EMPOWERMENT OF WHITE SARASWATI on SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2023 at 2:00 PM, Pacific daylight savings time.
The power of White Saraswati brings intelligence and mental clarity, with a focus on creative arts of all kinds. She protects the Buddhadharma and the practitioner.
The Empowerment is open to everyone with no advance registration. There is a requested (not required) donation payable through the DONATE button on this website (front/homepage, right side).
Please arrive on time. People won’t be admitted after the empowerment session has started, Please stay until the end. If you leave early, you have not received the empowerment.
A practice sadhana for Saraswati can be mailed to people who have completed the empowerment and request it. You have to send your request and home mailing address (not email) to Ewam Choden after the Empowerment.
HOW TO LOG ON FOR THE EMPOWERMENT.
If you attend the Sunday mornng meditation with Lama Kunga Rinpoche, use the same log on as you use for that.
Join Zoom EMPOWERMENT with the following LINK.
https://zoom.us/j/92773242520?pwd=bzFiSXk2K3NTSEUvNU5qNkFZSHdzUT09
If you log in directly from this link, you probably won’t need the password.
If you enter from the Zoom website with the Meeting ID, you will need the password.
Meeting ID: 927 7324 2520
Password: Request by email TO EC (info@ewamchoden.org)
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Completed—PARNASHAVARI on Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 2pm Pacific time
January 6th, 2023VEN. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE WILL KINDLY BESTOW THE EMPOWERMENT OF PARNASHAVARI
DAY—Sunday, January 22, 2023
TIME– 2:00 pm Pacfic time.
LOCATION–Zoom Room only
Here is the link to the Zoom Room for the Parnashavari Empowerment.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82726095753
Meeting ID 827 2609 5753
LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE SAYS THAT ANYONE MAY COME TO THIS EMPOWERMENT.
REGARDLESS OF DONATION PAYMENT, THE ZOOM ROOM WILL BE OPEN TO ALL.
The only condition is that after receiving the empowerment, you should learn the mantra and recite it.
PLEASE PREPARE for this empowerment by downloading the document at the following link. You may use the pdf download on the right side of the document page.
https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/chogyal-pakpa-lodro-gyaltsen/parnashavari-dharani
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REQUESTED DONATION—$30
Dana, (offering to the Lama), is separate
HOW TO PAY:
Please pay in advance by clicking the Donate button on the right side of the front page of the Ewam Choden website.
Then, you can safely use a PayPal account or a credit card, as you’ll see.
Include a note with your payment saying that you’ll attend this empowerment. This is important.
If you have to send a check, mail it to Ewam Choden as soon as possible, and send an email saying that you’ve mailed a check.
Here is the link to the Zoom Room for the Parnashavari Empowerment.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82726095753
Meeting ID 827 2609 5753
Parnashavari is a forest goddess whose practice gives power to heal and remove health obstacles, serious illnesses, and particularly pandemics. She is in touch with the natural cures of her forest.
Successfully completed–HEVAJRA Empowerment with Thartse Khen Rinpoche July 19-20, 2022
July 16th, 2022HEVAJRA (ཀྱེའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་) is the main deity of the Sakya tradition and its practice is the focus of the Lamdre teachings. This empowerment may be taken either as a practice or as a blessing.
This Empowerment will be In-person and will not be Livestreamed.
Preparation Day / Tuesday, July 19 2pm – 4pm
Main Initiation / Wednesday, July 20 2pm – 6pm
Note: All times refer to California, USA, Pacific Daylight Time
Please arrive no later than 30 minutes before each session
No one can be admitted after the start of the Preparation Day or the Empowerment day.
IMPORTANT: YOU MUST ATTEND BOTH DAYS OF THIS EMPOWERMENT
LOCATION:
Gyuto Foundation
15 minutes north of Ewam Choden
6401 Bernhard Ave, Richmond, CA.
COVID ACCOMMODATIONS:
Large shrine room with adequate spacing and ventilation.
Nonetheless, Masks are required.
TOTAL ATTENDANCE IS LIMITED TO 100 PERSONS
25 PLACES are allocated to people who have not received this empowerment from a Sakya lama.
The remaining 75 PLACES are available to people who have already received this empowerment from a Sakya lama.
THIS WILL NOT BE LIVESTREAMED and WILL BE IN-PERSON ONLY
EVERYONE MUST PRE-REGISTER USING THE FORM BELOW.
On the form, please indicate if you’ve already received Hevajra from a Sakya lama, or if this empowerment is new to you.
$108 PER PERSON
Payment will be processed by PayPal Account or by Credit Card via PayPal (PayPal account not needed). Please continue to Pay after completing the Registration Form. If necessary, please arrange directly with Ewam Choden for other means of payment.
Completed – EMPOWERMENTS by H.E. Thartse Khen Rinpoche
July 10th, 2022We are grateful that H.E. Thartse Khen Rinpoche has kindly agreed to offer these empowerments and a Dharma Talk.
ABOUT PRACTICE OF THE EMPOWERMENTS
You may receive the empowerments as a blessing or for personal practice. If you want a sadhana (practice paper), send an email to Ewam Choden (info@ewamchoden.org) with your postal mailing address. We don’t send digital copies of sadhanas. Also, write the empowerments that you received. A donation for postage is good, especially if you’re not in the USA.
THE FOLLOWING EMPOWERMENTS will be livestreamed on ZOOM.
THE ZOOM LINK IS THE SAME FOR ALL EMPOWERMENTS AND FOR THE TEACHING BELOW.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87622434839?pwd=Z0kvV3lmNVVXK0JUcFFpQ1NYbS94dz09
WAIT FOR THE HOST TO ADMIT YOU TO THE ZOOM ROOM.
等待主人让您进入缩放室。
Děngdài zhǔrén ràng nín jìnrù suōfàng shì.
There’s no pre-registration, but donations are very much appreciated. There’s a donate button on the front page, right side, of this website.
Note: All times refer to California, USA, Pacific Daylight time.
completed–Green Tara (Atisha) on July 22 at 6 pm
completed—Manjushri on July 23 at 10am
completed—Vajrapani Bhutadamara on July 23 at 2 pm
completed—Chenrezig on July 24 at 10 am – During normal Sunday Meditation time slot
completed–Medicine Buddha on Saturday, July 30 at 11 am (new time)
completed–Hayagriva on Saturday, July 30 at 2 pm (same time)
Sunday, JULY 31 AT 6 PM (new time)
DHARMA TEACHING ON ZOOM:
“THE PURPOSE OF BUDDHA’s TURNING THE WHEEL OF DHARMA IN THIS UNIVERSE, AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT BY PRACTICING HIS TEACHING.”
ZOOM LINK: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87622434839?pwd=Z0kvV3lmNVVXK0JUcFFpQ1NYbS94dz09
