Die Happy: Liberation through Death, Shambhala and the Kalachakra Phowa

This event will be in English with live Romanian translation, other languages will be available on Zoom only.

Dying is an essential part of life; something that we all will experience. Whether you or a loved one are facing death today or decades from now, it’s important to understand what it means to live and die well. In this day long teaching, Khentrul Rinpoche will take us on a journey through what is known as the ‘bardo of death’, or transitionary period, between one life and the next, and the tremendous opportunity it offer if we view them as an opportunity for spiritual transformation.Khentrul Rinpoche will give teachings and transmission on the Kalachakra Phowa, a special practice to direct our transition to enlightenment at death.If we know how to make the most of this time, we can identify ways to reach liberation to the Sublime tantric realm of Shambhala to realize enlightenment in our next life. If we are exceptional practicers we can realize enlightenment through death. In order to do this we need to properly understand how to prepare and what to do at the right times. If you or a loved one is preparing for death this is a good course to find out what you can do to help them at the moment of death.

INCLUDED IN THIS EVENT
Kalachakra Phowa Oral transmission of the practice, Kalachakra Phowa, a preliminary teaching and practice sessions with a Q&A session.

WHO IS THIS FOR or HOW TO PREPARE MYSELF?
There are no prerequisites at all. It is suitable for all levels of practitioners. Previous Buddhist study and practice are helpful but not mandatory. This is open to anyone who wants to understand how to prepare for your own or someone else’s death.

SCHEDULE BY TIMEZONE:

Melbourne, Australia
SUNDAY August 27, 2023
5:00 PM – Session 1 – Die Happy: Liberation through Death, Shambhala and the Kalachakra Phowa
8:00 PM – Session 2 – Online Only Practice Session
10:00 PM – Session 3 – Die Happy: Liberation through Death, Shambhala and the Kalachakra Phowa

Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan
SUNDAY August 27, 2023
3:00 PM – Session 1 – Die Happy: Liberation through Death, Shambhala and the Kalachakra Phowa
6:00 PM – Session 2 – Online Only Practice Session
8:00 PM – Session 3 – Die Happy: Liberation through Death, Shambhala and the Kalachakra Phowa

Hanoi, Vietnam
SUNDAY August 27, 2023
2:00 PM – Session 1 – Die Happy: Liberation through Death, Shambhala and the Kalachakra Phowa
5:00 PM – Session 2 – Online Only Practice Session
7:00 PM – Session 3 – Die Happy: Liberation through Death, Shambhala and the Kalachakra Phowa

HOW THE EVENTS WORK
1) Register for each attendee that will be receiving the empowerment. You will be added to the course on learn.dzokden.org
2) Receive your text and information on how to practice in the learning center.
3) You will receive access to the zoom for each of the sessions. You can rewatch the events later except for the oral transmission. We do not share recordings of empowerments or transmissions.

SUGGESTED OFFERINGS
We have created 3 offering levels to help make this affordable to a range of attendees as we must raise funds to cover the cost. The cost has been adjusted for the cost of living in various countries. Thank you for understanding so that we can make this accessible to our global family. If your ability to pay makes it difficult to attend this program, we will make every effort to make attendance possible. Please email [email protected] to discuss a lower offering amount.

OFFERING DANA TO RINPOCHE
As this is an online event, you can make the offering of Dana to Rinpoche here.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? email [email protected]

Path of the Shambhala Warrior & Chenrezig Empowerment with Khentrul Rinpoche

This event will be in English with live Romanian translation, other languages will be available on Zoom only.

Tap into the power of all the Buddhas to open your heart to liberate all sentient beings. The infinite ultimate bodhicitta needed to realize enlightenment and liberate beings as limitless as space, may be simple to understand but can be difficult to cultivate. In our world it can be hard enough to develop worldly compassion and sympathy for friends our family; never mind those with opposing political views or who you perceived to have wronged you. To develop the heart of enlightenment big enough to genuinely care for the whole world selflessly like the great bodhisattvas of Shambhala takes a huge continuous effort.
Khentrul Rinpoche will bestow this empowerment (jenang) to help connect us with the power of Chenrezig and through the Shambhala Kalki King Pundarika, the power of the Kalkis. Through this special connection we can with sustained effort, open our hearts to truly cultivate the capacity of unconditional love and compassion to create a Golden Age of time on earth. Khentrul Rinpoche will guide us in a teaching on how the Shambhala Kings are the ultimate compassionate warriors that we can become as well.

INCLUDED IN THIS EVENT
Chenrezig (Jenang), Oral transmission of the practice, a preliminary teaching and practice sessions with a Q&A session.

CHENREZIG FOR KALACHAKRA STUDENTS
The main commentary, Vimalaprabha” (Skt.) or “Stainless Light” that we have on the Kalachakra Tantra was written by the Shambhala Kalki Pundarika who is a manifestation of Chenrizig. Through Kalki Pundarika’s infinite compassion, he taught the Kalachakra Tantra in a way that was more accessible for sentient beings and helped the teachings flourish in the sublime realm of Shambhala. HH the Great 14th Dalia Lama, and Kalachakra Master, is also seen as a manifestation of Chenrizig and many of the practitioners of Kalachakra globally are connected to him through empowerment.You do not necessarily need to practice Chenrizig separately, we just need to build a connection. Then you can integrate it within your own practice, for example within the Kalachakra Path. You can either practice Chenrizig as your main practice and see it as non-contradictory with the Kalachakra Path, or you can focus on the Kalachakra system without seeing the separation from Chenrizig, as he is even included in the Kalachakra mandala. You can work with the different Deities seeing them all as Kalachakra to cultivate different aspects of your nature that you feel they will help.

WHO IS THIS FOR or HOW TO PREPARE MYSELF?
There are no prerequisites at all. It is suitable for all levels of practitioners. Previous Buddhist study and practice are helpful but not mandatory.

Schedule by Timezone:

Romania
SATURDAY August 26, 2023
10:00 AM – Shambhala, Pundarika and the teachings of compassionate warrior also Bodhisattva Vows
1:00 PM – Mantra and Sadhana practice online only
3:00 PM – Chenrezig Empowerment

HOW THE ONLINE EMPOWERMENT WILL WORK
1) Register for each attendee that will be receiving the empowerment. You will be added to the course on learn.dzokden.org
2) You must receive the empowerment online in real-time. We do not record the empowerments. Before the empowerment, you will receive information on some simple supplies you should get to help make the experience as authentic as possible if any are needed for this empowerment. If you don’t have the items it’s ok. They are symbolic.
3) You will receive access to the zoom for each of the sessions in the Dzokden Learning center. We do not give out links more than a week before the event and we ask that you do not share them.

SUGGESTED OFFERINGS
We have created 3 offering levels to help make this affordable to a range of attendees as we must raise funds to cover the cost. The cost has been adjusted for the cost of living in various countries. Thank you for understanding so that we can make this accessible to our global family. If your ability to pay makes it difficult to attend this program, we will make every effort to make attendance possible. Please email [email protected] to discuss a lower offering amount.

OFFERING DANA TO RINPOCHE
As this is an online event, you can make the offering of Dana to Rinpoche here.

Free Public Talk: Move Beyond Religions (Cultivate a Golden Age of World Peace)

This is a FREE event.

This event will be in English with live Romanian translation, other languages will be available on Zoom only.

In our modern times, many people prefer to be spiritual but not religious. Part of this is the desire to connect with the essence of our true nature that is beyond the limitations of any religion. This is exactly what the Kalachakra tantra teaches. Rinpoche will give teachings about why the Kalachakra tantra is a Rimé practice that is inclusive of all the world’s spiritual traditions. Even in the realm of Shambhala when the great Bodhisattvas realized the teachings of the Kalachakra tantra, they did so from backgrounds based on various wisdom traditions. Understanding the true deeper nature of the Kalachakra can help move us out of the limited thinking of lineage or religion and closer to our own sacred truth.

About Khentrul Rinpoche

Khentrul Rinpoché Jamphel Lodrö is the founder and spiritual director of Dzokden. Rinpoche is the author of Unveiling Your Sacred Truth, The Great Middle Way: Clarifying the Jonang View of Other-Emptiness, A Happier Life, and The Hidden Treasure of the Profound Path.

Rinpoche spent the first 20 years of his life herding yak and chanting mantras on the plateaus of Tibet. Inspired by the bodhisattvas, he left his family to study in a variety of monasteries under the guidance of over twenty-five masters in all the Tibetan Buddhist traditions. Due to his non-sectarian approach, he earned himself the title of Rimé (unbiased) Master and was identified as the reincarnation of the famous Kalachakra Master Ngawang Chözin Gyatso. While at the core of his teachings is the recognition that there is great value in the diversity of all spiritual traditions found in this world; he focuses on the Jonang-Shambhala tradition. Kalachakra (wheel of time) teachings contain profound methods to harmonize our external environment with the inner world of body and mind, ultimately bringing about the golden age of peace and harmony (dzokden).

Schedule by Timezone:

Melbourne, Australia – SATURDAY August 26, 2023 / 1:00 AM
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan – FRIDAY August 25, 2023 / 11:00 PM
Hanoi, Vietnam – FRIDAY August 25, 2023 / 10:00 PM
Romania – FRIDAY August 25, 2023 / 6:00 PM
Central Europe and South Africa – FRIDAY August 25, 2023 / 5:00 PM
Sao Paulo, Brazil – FRIDAY August 25, 2023 / 12:00 PM
East Coast USA, Toronto – FRIDAY August 25, 2023 / 11:00 AM
West Coast USA – FRIDAY August 25, 2023 / 8:00 AM

Zoom Information
Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85672122537?pwd=alZTOGEvS0lkalI0eG9DbjZEc0hsUT09
Webinar ID: 856 7212 2537
Passcode: 108108