Completed– EMPOWERMENT OF AMITABHA and TEACHING ON PHOWA Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017 at Upper Lake, CA
October 26, 2017 by bhockman
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EMPOWERMENT OF AMITABHA BUDDHA
Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche has kindly agreed to bestow the Empowerment of Amitabha, the Buddha of the western paradise, Sukhavati. The empowerment and subsequent practice can assure rebirth in Sukhavati, the Western Pure Land. One of the five Dhyani Buddhas, Amitabha transmutes desire into discriminating awareness. Through the practice, one is connected with his power and gains greater clarity in life activities and decisions, especially those related to desire.
INTRODUCTION TO PHOWA
Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche will offer an introduction to the practice of Phowa. This is the practice that can be done at the time of death to send one’s consciousness to a Buddhist paradise, such as, Sukhavati, instead of passing through the Bardo.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME.
TIMES
The Empowerment will begin at 10:00 am.
Potluck Lunch together at about noon.
The Phowa Teaching will begin at 1:00 pm
DONATION
The requested donation for the day is $40.00. Dana (offering) to the Lama is separate.
LOCATION (This is about 2 1/2 hours by car from the SF Bay area.)
Tharpa Cho Ling (This is Ewam Choden’s retreat center.)
2225 Ladder Ridge Road, Upper Lake, CA
For information, please phone Max Butler at 707-275-9435.
AMITABHA BUDDHA (image thanks to HimalayanArt.org, item no. 50071)
Completed—EMPOWERMENT OF BLACK MANJUSHRI on at Ewam Choden on Sunday, June 24, 2018
July 30, 2017 by bhockman
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Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche will kindly bestow the empowerment and teaching of BLACK MANJUSHRI at Ewam Choden on Sunday, June 24, 2018, at 1:00 p.m.
Manjushri is the Bodhisattva of transcendental wisdom. In general, the practice of Manjushri cuts ignorance and delusion, and opens the mind of wisdom. Additionally, the Black Manjushri, a more wrathful form, is a powerful force against serious illnesses, obstacles, fears, obscurations, all kinds of negative forces, and a protector of traveling.
The requested donation is $30. and dana (personal offering) to the Lama is separate. Please arrive early to register, and be considerate of neighbors when parking. This event is open to everyone.
Black Manjushri
COMPLETED – LOSAR TIBETAN NEW YEAR — Oracle Soup Party
February 6, 2017 by bhockman
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Everyone is welcome to a LOSAR potluck party at Ewam Choden on Friday, February 24th at 7:00 pm. The Oracle Soup provides special dumplings in which your unique fortune can be found.
UPCOMING EMPOWERMENTS AT EWAM CHODEN
February 6, 2017 by bhockman
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Empowerments to be bestowed by Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche aren’t yet scheduled. In February 2017, there are Losar events and in March 2017, Lama Kunga will be in India, returning on the 24th. An empowerment schedule will be posted as soon as it is available. If you have a special request, please send an email to Ewam Choden.
COMPLETED – MAITREYA FESTIVAL with BLESSING of Maitreya Buddha-NOV 5TH, 2016 at Tharpa Cho Ling
October 19, 2016 by bhockman
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There will be a Maitreya Festival in Upper Lake, California. Everyone is welcome
The Maitreya festival will begin at 10:00 am on Saturday, November 5th at Tharpa Cho Ling. First, Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche will kindly bestow a Maitreya Empowerment blessing for which a donation will be requested. After the empowerment there will be a circumambulation of the Tharpa Cho Ling land. The parade will consist of persons blowing conches, ringing bells, bearing incense, holding banners, umbrellas, statues and 12 volumes of the Prajnaparamita Sutra. After the circumambulations are completed, participants will sit down to a potluck feast. The focus of the festival is World peace, loving kindness and the prayer that Maitreya will come quickly to this ravaged planet. (information from Max Butler, Tharpa Cho Ling coordinator)
THARPA CHO LING is Ewam Choden’s retreat center in Upper Lake, California. It is described on the website home page. After it was created, a local sangha group formed around it. These members hold a weekly Saturday morning Chenrezig meditation in the beautiful shrine room. Periodically, Lama Kunga Rinpoche goes there to lead the meditation, and occasionally gives empowerments. This Maitreya Festival with an Empowerment is a rare opportunity.
The location in Upper Lake is about 2 1/2 hours by car from the Bay area. If you are interested in attending, please send an email to Ewam Choden for directions. (info@ewamchoden.org)
completed–PRAYERS TO COMMEMORATE SACHEN KUNGA NYINGPO, Sunday, Nov. 13 at 7:00 pm
October 17, 2016 by bhockman
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Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche and members of Ewam Choden will join the Tibetan Sakya Community for a memorial of the great Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (Tibetan: ས་ཆེན་ཀུན་དགའ་སྙིང་པོ་) on the day of his Parinirvana. Everyone is welcome. The day is Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. The starting time 7:00 pm. The location is Ewam Choden.
Sachen Kunga Nyingpo was the first of the great five patriarchs of the Sakya lineage. The son of Khon Konchok Gyalpo, he was the 3rd Sakya Trizin. He lived from 1092 to 1158. When he was still a youth, meditating in retreat under the guidance of Bari Lotsawa, he saw Manjushri and received from him the teaching known as, Lojong Shenpa Shidrel or Mind Training of Parting from the Four Attachments.
If you are attached to this life, you are not a true spiritual practitioner;
If you are attached to saṃsāra, you have no renunciation;
If you are attached to your own self-interest, you have no bodhicitta;
If there is grasping, you do not have the View.
COMPLETED – MAITREYA BUDDHA BLESSING in Upper Lake, CA
October 6, 2016 by bhockman
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There will be a Maitreya Festival in Upper Lake, California. Everyone is welcome.
The Maitreya festival will begin at 10:00 am on Saturday, November 5th at Tharpa Cho Ling. First, Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche will kindly bestow a Maitreya Empowerment blessing for which a donation will be requested.
The location in Upper Lake is about 2 1/2 hours by car from the Bay area. If you are interested in attending, please send an email to Ewam Choden for directions. SEE MORE DETAILS IN THE POST ABOVE in Special Events.
COMPLETED-NEW YEAR’S EVE with Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche on DEC 31, 2016
September 18, 2016 by bhockman
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Pray for compassion, peace, and prosperity.
On Saturday, December 31st, starting at 10:30 p.m., there will be meditation and prayers, followed by celebrating the New Year with light refreshments, and wishes of peace and joy for all sentient beings. Everyone is welcome.
COMPLETED – LOSAR TIBETAN NEW YEAR Meditation and Prayers– Year of the FEMALE FIRE BIRD
September 18, 2016 by bhockman
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༄༅།།ལོ་གསར་ལ་བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས་ཞུ། Losar La Tashi Delek New Year’s Greetings!
The year is 2144, the female fire bird.
Ven. Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche will lead the usual Chenrezig compassion meditation and, following tradition, there will be special recitations and prayers.
The year is 2144. Come to meditation at 10:00 a.m. as usual, receive Rinpoche’s blessing, greet everyone for New Year, and enjoy sweet rice, Tibetan tea, and some special Losar snacks.
Completed–EMPOWERMENT of BEGTSE by VEN.LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at 1:00 pm. at Ewam Choden
September 17, 2016 by bhockman
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VEN. LAMA KUNGA RINPOCHE will kindly bestow the Empowerment of Begtse on Sunday, January 22, 2017, at 1:00 pm. Everyone is welcome.
The requested donation is $30. Dana (offerings) to the Lama and monastics are separate. Please arrive early to register.
Begtse (Sanskrit, Prana Atma) is a fierce protector (dharmapala) of the Sakyapa, and later associated with Mongolia. Begtse wears the armor of a warrior and is surrounded by the flames of pristine awareness.
