Completed successfully! VEN. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE WILL GIVE EMPOWERMENTS OF 21 TARAS in the Atisha tradition on DEC. 2-4, 2016 at Ewam Choden

Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche will kindly bestow the entire 21 Tara series of Empowerments in the Atisha tradition on Friday, Dec. 2nd in the evening, and during the day, on Saturday the 3rd and on Sunday the 4th.   Everyone is welcome.  These empowerments may be received as a blessing.  For people interested in practice, there will be sadhanas (practice booklets) available for each of the 21 Taras.

It is necessary to register and pay for the entire series.  The donation amount is $375.00.  The Dana (offering) to the Lama and monastic at the end is separate.

PARTICIPANTS SHOULD FOLLOW A VEGETARIAN DIET WITHOUT GARLIC OR ONION ON THE DAYS OF THE EMPOWERMENTS.

PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME FOR THE START TIMES.

Completed Friday, DEC 2     6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

This teaching will begin with opening prayers and empowerments on two aspects of Tara.

Saturday, DEC 3    9:00 am Start to 6:30 pm (estimate)

This day will include Ten empowerments.

There will be a break for lunch, so attendees may bring something to eat.

 Sunday, DEC 4    9:00 am to 5 pm  Followed by a small Tsok

This day will include Nine empowerments.

There will be a break for lunch, so attendees may bring something to eat.

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TARA IS A (female) BODHISATTVA  (Sanskrit: तारा, tārā; Tibetan སྒྲོལ་མ = Drolma) also known as Ārya Tārā, or Jetsun Dolma.

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.  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.

Completed–VEN. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE WILL GIVE A VAJRAYOGINI BLESSING at Ewam Choden – Sunday, OCT 30, 2016

Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche will kindly bestow the Blessing of Vajrayogini  at Ewam Choden on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 1:00 p.m.    This event has a strict prerequisite.  In order to receive it,  you must have already received an empowerment of Hevajra or of Chakrasamvara from a Sakya lama.  This prerequisite applies even if you have already received Vajrayogini from a non-Sakya Lama.

The requested donation is $62.00. Dana (offerings) to the Lama and monastics are separate.  The location is the Ewam Choden Center.  Please arrive early to register.  Please be considerate of neighbors when parking on the street.

 

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CANCELLED—EMPOWERMENT OF VAJRA NAIRATMYA by H.E. JETSUN KUSHOK / August 25 and 26, 2016

We regret to announce that this event has been cancelled because Her Eminence Jetsun Kushok isn’t able to travel to California right now.

Any further information will be announced when it is available.

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EMPOWERMENT OF NAIRATMYA on August 25th and 26th.    Vajra Nairatmya རྡོ་རྗེ་བདག་མེད་མ།  is the ego-less woman, the partner of Hevajra.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION–REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO MEET THIS PREREQUISITE—You must have previously received an empowerment either of Cakrasamvara or Hevajra from a Sakya Lama.

The limit of 25 “New” participants (never received Hevajra or Chakrasamvara only from a Sakya Lama)  has been reached.   If you are a “new” person and wish to be on a waiting list, send an email to Ewam Choden ( info@ewamchoden.org) . If someone cancels, the waiting list will be used.  People who fulfill the requirement may register now.

DATES, TIMES, PLACE INFORMATION   The dates and times for this empowerment are Thursday, August 25 at 7 pm and Friday, August 26 at 4 pm.  Plan ahead so that you can arrive in time. 
The total donation amount is $140. Dana (offerings) are separate.  

The location is the Gyuto Foundation in Richmond Heights, CA which is 10 minutes north of Ewam Choden.   DO NOT CONTACT the Gyuto Foundation since it is  our venue. 

You can see A MAP to the location CLICK here.  There is a parking lot and easy street parking.

REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE BELOW FOR USING PAYPAL AND FOR SENDING A CHECK TO EWAM CHODEN.

 IMPORTANT !  PLEASE TAKE NOTE:  While there are no prerequisites for this empowerment, there are some limitations.  There is a limit of 25 persons who have never received the empowerment of Chakrasamvara or Hevajra from a Sakya Lama.  This refers to a two-day empowerment.  The empowerments of Vajrakilaya or Kalachakra do not qualify for this.   There are no exceptions.

  When you register, you must answer the questions about having received the previous qualifying empowerments.

(Image of Nairatmya courtesy of Himalayanart.org/items/90017)

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Completed–SUNDAY, June 26th / EMPOWERMENT OF BLACK DZAMBHALA

Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche will kindly bestow the EMPOWERMENT of BLACK DZAMBHALA  at Ewam Choden on Sunday, June 26th, 2016.

The starting time is 1:00 p.m.  Please arrive earlier to register.  The requested donation is $30.  Dana (offering) to the Lama and assisting monastic is separate.  There is no prerequisite and everyone is welcome.  A practice sadhana will be provided.

The practice of Black Dzambhala brings material wealth to help alleviate poverty as well as to give one the opportunity to practice generosity. Dzambhala also enhances spiritual wealth and personal growth towards ultimate enlightenment.  Black Dzambhala, one of the five Dzambhalas, is a manifestation of the compassion of Buddha and the Bodhisattvas.  He subdues ego and greed to purify the practitioner and bestow good fortune on the path to enlightenment.

 

COMPLETED-EMPOWERMENT OF MIYOWA on Sunday, May 29, 2016

Ven. Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche will kindly bestow the EMPOWERMENT of MIYOWA (in Sanskrit, Achala) at Ewam Choden on Sunday, May 29th.  The starting time is 1:00 p.m. 

Miyowa, the Immovable One, is a wrathful protector who helps the practitioner remove all types of outer and inner obstacles, including diseases.
The starting time is 1:00 p.m.  Please arrive early to register.  The requested donation is $30.  Dana (offering) to the Lama and assisting monastic is separate.  There is no prerequisite and everyone is welcome.  A practice sadhana will be provided.

COMPLETED – KHENPO MIGMAR TSETEN will teach at Ewam Choden on Thursday, June 16th, 2016 Differences between Sutrayana and Tantrayana

Ewam Choden is very pleased to welcome back Khenpo Migmar Tseten to the Center. During his last visit, he taught on the Heart Sutra and on the Four Noble Truths.  His teachings, in fluent English,  are always clear and compassionate, combining straightforwardness for a beginner with depth for the more advanced student and practitioner.  He kindly explains comprehensively and answers questions patiently.   Everyone is welcome.  REQUESTED donation: $30.  Dana (offering) to the Lama is separate.

LAMA MIGMAR’S SUBJECT for this teaching is the differences between Sutrayana (mdo’i-theg-pa) and Tantrayana or Vajrayana (rgyüd-kyi-theg-pa, rdo rje theg pa). Specifically, the topic is  How four philosophical schools of Vaibhashika, Sautrantika, Chitamatrin and Madhyamika are relevant to the understanding and practice of four classes of Kriya, Charya, Yoga and Anutarayoga of Tantra.

 ABOUT KHENPO MIGMAR TSETEN
Lama Migmar has been serving at Harvard University as a Buddhist Chaplain since 1997.   Born in Tibet, he received both a traditional and a contemporary education in India. He graduated with an Acharya degree in 1979 from Tibetan Institute of Sanskrit University, Varanasi, India,  with the first position among four schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He was awarded a medal for academic excellence by His Holiness The Dalai Lama.
  Lama Migmar served as the head of Sakya Center in Rajpur, India, and the Sakya Monastery in Puruwalla, India, from 1981 to 1989, taking care of the well-being of several hundred monastic residents. During this time he reintroduced the original form of the geshe educational system of Tibet, with degrees from kazhipa up to the rabjampa degree, with a curriculum that included all of the eighteen major texts, which are known as the Dragchen Chogyed.
  Additionally, Lama Migmar supervised the editing and publication of over 50 rare volumes of Sakya literature including the 31 volumes of Sakya Lamdre and the rare Golden Manuscripts of the Five Founding Masters of Sakya. He founded Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies in Cambridge, MA, USA in 1990.   He was recognized as Khenpo for his scholarship and service to the Dharma by His Holiness Sakya Trizin.  Lama Migmar leads retreats at Buddhist centers throughout North America and Europe.  He is the author, editor and translator in a series of four Vision books and of the Treasures of the Sakya Lineage.  He has also written explanatory commentaries on the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path and on the Heart Sutra. These books are available for purchase on Amazon.  He generously shares his teachings in podcasts and videos through the website, http://mangalamstudio.com/   His other website for his Buddhist center, Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies, is sakya.net.

 

 

 

 

Completed–LAMA JAMPA THAYE returns to teach MIND TRAINING at EC on Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27, 2016, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

 

Lama Jampa will expound on the Seven Points of Mind Training using Thogme Zangpo’s commentary. This system of meditation practice – known as lobjong in Tibetan – is one of the most popular and widely-practised in Buddhism. Codified by the 12th century master, Geshe Chekawa, it contains the Mahayana methods for transforming ordinary consciousness into the mind of enlightenment. At its heart is the practice of ‘Sending and Taking’, which is often referred to as, ‘the secret teaching of the Great Vehicle’.

This teaching is of great interest and benefit for any one interested in Buddhist philosophy, beginners and non-beginners alike, practitioners and scholars.

“I would like to commend Lama Jampa Thaye for the unflagging enthusiasm and effort
that he has devoted to the noble cause of making the dharma available to all those who have an interest in it,
and encourage him to continue his good works.”
H.H. Sakya Trizin

Suggested Donation:
$100 for the weekend session
10am-4pm
Saturday March 26 and Sunday March 27

For more info:
http://lamajampa.org/biography/

 

COMPLETED—HER EMINENCE JETSUN KUSHOK Uncommon White Tara July 11-13, 2015

Together with Sakya Dechen Ling, the Bay Area seat for Her Eminence, we are pleased to jointly present teachings by Her Eminence Jetsun Kushok. 

Vajrayogini Blessing and Tsok  on July 11, 2015, at 2 pm.  Prerequisite: Without exception, people receiving this blessing for the first time from a Sakya lama must have already received a major empowerment of Hevajra or Cakrasamvara from a Sakya lama.  This event is sponsored by Sakya Dechen Ling.

Green Tara Initiation on July 13, 2015,  at 7 pm.  There are no prerequisites. However, you must maintain a vegetarian diet for the entire day of the empowerment, prior to it.  This event is sponsored by Sakya Dechen Ling.

REGISTRATION for the above two events IS ON THE SAKYA DECHEN LING WEBSITE –>  sakyadechenling.com

Uncommon White Tara Initiation on July 12, 2015, at 10:30 am at Ewam Choden.  Prerequisite: Without exception, people receiving this empowerment must have received a major empowerment, such as Hevajra, Cakrasamvara, or the recent Vajrakilaya empowerment, from a Sakya lama. This event will be held at Ewam Choden.  The REGISTRATION  is  $65.00

THIS REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON JULY 7 AT 11:59 PM.  Attendance is limited because of the space.

YOU MAY REGISTER FOR THE UNCOMMON WHITE TARA EMPOWERMENT VIA,
TWO WAYS :

REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT BY ONLINE, USING PAYPAL – CLICK HERE

OR

REGISTRATION ONLINE AND PAYMENT BY CHECK – CLICK HERE

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Her Eminence Jetsun Kushok Chimey Luding, the sister of His Holiness Sakya Trizin, is the greatest female Vajrayana lama of our time. CLICK HERE to visit her extensive biography at website for Sakya Dechen Ling

 

 

 

 

REGISTRATION for Heart Sutra with Khenpo Migmar

REGISTRATION – H.E. Jetsun Kushok / Aug 9-13, 2013

To register for Uncommon White Tara Empowerment and Teaching, CLICK HERE

 

 

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