{"id":5405,"date":"2019-02-04T16:52:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T00:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ewamchoden.org\/?p=5405"},"modified":"2019-03-29T20:54:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T03:54:03","slug":"empowerments-of-the-21-taras-in-the-surya-gupta-tradition-at-ewam-choden-on-march-22-23-24-25-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ewamchoden.org\/?p=5405","title":{"rendered":"COMPLETED&#8211;  EMPOWERMENTS  of the 21 TARAS in the Surya Gupta Tradition at Ewam Choden on March 22, 23, 24, 25, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>VEN. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE WILL KINDLY BESTOW THE ENTIRE EMPOWERMENT CYCLE OF THE 21 TARAS in the Surya Gupta (Nyima Baypa) lineage.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The schedule is the following:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>FRIDAY, March 22&#8212;Start at 7:00 pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>SATURDAY, March 23&#8212;Start at 9:00 am.\u00a0 Break for lunch at 12 noon. Resume at 1:30 pm. Finish at about 4:30 (or 5:00) pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>SUNDAY, March 24&#8212;Similar to Saturday.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>MONDAY, March 25&#8212;Start at 7:00 pm.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Participants should plan on attending the entire series.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Individual Tara empowerments may not be taken.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Everyone is welcome.\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">There is no prerequisite.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Practice sadhana papers will be given for each Tara.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The empowerments may be received as blessings.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The donation amount for the 21 Tara Empowerments is $ 400.\u00a0 Dana (offering to the lama) is separate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>ONLINE REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:\u00a0 <em>PARTICIPANTS SHOULD FOLLOW A VEGETARIAN DIET WITHOUT GARLIC OR ONION ON THE DAYS OF THE EMPOWERMENTS.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong> TARA is a BODHISATTVA\u00a0<\/strong> (<a class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"color: #008000;\" title=\"Sanskrit language\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanskrit_language\">Sanskrit<\/a>: <span lang=\"sa\" xml:lang=\"sa\">\u0924\u093e\u0930\u093e<\/span>, <span class=\"Unicode\" title=\"International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration\">t\u0101r\u0101<\/span>; <a style=\"color: #008000;\" title=\"Standard Tibetan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Standard_Tibetan\">Tibetan<\/a> \u0f66\u0f92\u0fb2\u0f7c\u0f63\u0f0b\u0f58 = Drolma) also known as <b>\u0100rya T\u0101r\u0101<\/b>, or <b>Jetsun Dolma.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Each of her 21 emanations has her own mantra and enlightened quality including protection, pacification, purification, rescue, healing, and varieties of assistance to practitioners on many levels.\u00a0 Tara is sometimes called the mother of the Buddhas. She is associated with Chenrezig and with Amitabha Buddha. There is a 21 verse prayer of praises to each Tara emanation, describing her qualities, which is recited in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewamchoden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SG.21-Taras.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewamchoden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SG.21-Taras-204x300.png\" alt=\"SG.21 Taras\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewamchoden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SG.21-Taras-204x300.png 204w, https:\/\/www.ewamchoden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SG.21-Taras-696x1024.png 696w, https:\/\/www.ewamchoden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SG.21-Taras.png 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>REGISTER AND PAY HERE.&#8220;&#8220;`<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(1), payment by PayPal or credit card.\u00a0 (2) Sign up, and then send a check to Ewam Choden.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ewamchoden.org\/?p=5409\">(1)\u00a0 CLICK FOR ONLINE PAYMENT<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">or<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewamchoden.org\/?p=5411\">(2)\u00a0 CLICK HERE FOR PAYMENT BY PERSONAL CHECK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VEN. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE WILL KINDLY BESTOW THE ENTIRE EMPOWERMENT CYCLE OF THE 21 TARAS in the Surya Gupta (Nyima Baypa) lineage. The schedule is the following: FRIDAY, March 22&#8212;Start at 7:00 pm SATURDAY, March 23&#8212;Start at 9:00 am.\u00a0 Break for lunch at 12 noon. Resume at 1:30 pm. 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