To attend in person in Austria you must register on the Suchandra Website Here.
The Empowerment is on Saturday May 28. Translation is available for the weekend but is to be determined for the retreat.
Marichi is the life-long personal protector from Khentrul Rinpoche. She is also considered the proteress of the Sublime Realm of Shambhala. Our center situated in Kalapa is the center of Shambhala. Rinpoche will bestow her Empowerment and transmit a Marichi sadhana written by him which is based on his own visionary experience with this buddhist goddess.
THE BUDDHIST PROTECTRESS MARICHI
In some lineages of the Vajrayana Buddhism, Marichi is considered to be one manifestation of Tara, appearing for example as the 21st Tara. There are other forms from her found also in other spiritual systems. She is the colour of the sunset, a wondrous, glowing orange. She comes with the sun and, as the sun, her blessings pervade everywhere.
This sadhana is also extremely helpful for those working with the Drolmi Kazug Puja. Beyond the empowerment and oral transmission of the Marichi Sadhana, Rinpoche will also give an introductory teaching on her and will join us in a Q&A session during the retreat. The practice sessions on the weekend will be transmitted online as well.
RINPOCHE’S PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH MARICHI
Marichi (also known as Marīcī and Özer Chenma) came to Rinpoche’s life when he was a young boy herding yak cattles in Tibet. Without fences, it was quite difficult to take care of them. Some yaks hide themselves from the boy Rinpoche under rocks, and so used to spend the night in danger of being attacked by wolves. To help protect them, his family shared with him the Marichi mantra and the faith in her when he was still very young.
“I do not know exactly why, perhaps because of having no doubt when doing this or because of a special connection, when I recited her mantra and did the ritual according to the traditional manner of protecting the yaks, I have 100% guarantee that the yaks would be safe during the night. I never had problems with yaks being killed by the wolves since then, really never. So I kept that in mind and I recited innumerable mantras, many times, when I took care of them. So, afterwards, anytime when we had an obstacle I always relied on her.”
“So this is why Tibetan says that praying for Marichi helps. But, of course, it does not help everyone individually, as it depends for example on the individual connection and on the level of faith. You must have no doubt at all. I have indestructible faith in Marichi since my childhood, so this helped me to develop many connections with her during my life.”
WHO IS THIS FOR or HOW TO PREPARE MYSELF?
There are no prerequisites at all. It is suitable for all levels of practitioners.
Tenative Schedule
27th Friday afternoon: arrival after 2pm. Relax and enjoy the mountain woods.
27th Friday – Public Teaching:
Marici and the Realm of Shambhala
28th Saturday : Marichi EMPOWERMENT and ORAL TRANSMISSION of the Marichi Sadhana
28th-30th: Marichi Practice Retreat, Q&A with Rinpoche
June 1 Wednesday morning, breakfast and departure
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 you are not able to get them all don’t worry. They are symbolic and you can still receive the empowerment. More important you must understand what is happening. Just attending an empowerment does not mean you receive it. You must know what is going on. To ensure everyone will receive the empowerment, Rinpoche will kindly make his instruction booklet available to you as an eBook so you can follow along so you know exactly what is happening. You are not allowed to share this program book with anyone else or give them access to the empowerment. This is private for your personal use. Rinpoche typically gives the eBook out the night before but if this is a technical problem for you (you can’t read an eBook and be on zoom at the same time) please indicate on the registration form so we can work to accommodate you.
3) You will receive access to the zoom for each of the sessions.
OFFERING DANA TO RINPOCHE
It’s customary at the end of empowerment for students to make an offering of Dana to the guru. As this is an online event, you can make the offering of Dana to Rinpoche here.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? email [email protected]
7:30 PM Vienna, Austria Timezone
The Kalachakra Tantra predicts and upcoming Golden Age, a period of peace and harmony on our earth. There is a special Karmic link between our earth and the Pureland of Shambhala. Khentrul Rinpoche will give a talk to help us understand this very special link. The Shambhala Dharma Kings transformed their realm into a space of peace and harmony giving us a blueprint of what we can do for our own world. Following in their footsteps, Khentrul Rinpoche will help us see how we can take an active role as compassionate warriors to bring about the Golden Age of Peace for our world.
Translations to be determined. Teaching is in English.
Free public teaching available on FB live and Zoom.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81677033451?pwd=aFhGNGFJbUhXalA4VG04cVBPaTFSQT09
Passcode: 108108
Webinar ID: 816 7703 3451
If you would like information on the following day’s 8 Shambhala Dharma King Empowerment and Retreat, click here.
Talk is at 7:30 PM in Vienna, Austria timezone
In preparation for the upcoming empowerment and retreat, Khentrul Rinpoche will share the power of Vajrapani and his link to his root Guru Lama Lobsang Trinley and the Shambhala Dharma Kings.
Translations to be determined.
Free Livestream available on zoom and facebook.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81482642080?pwd=TUlNRFRGV25kS2t6NDNXVFFYMzgrUT09
Passcode: 108108
Webinar ID: 814 8264 2080
For information on the Vajrapani Empowerment and retreat, click here.
This retreat is in-person at Suchandra Institute. It is offered in English. You can still fly and partipcate, read the sadhana in your own langauges and do the practice sessions. Translation may be possible but not guaranteed to organize potentially for Rinpoche’s teaching if needed and for the meditation interview for qualified students.
RETREAT SESSIONS
You can choose any combination of weeks.
WEEK 1: 25th September – 2nd October (Sunday to Sunday)
WEEK 2: 2nd October – 9th October
WEEK 3: 9th October – 16th October
WEEK 4: 16th October – 23th October
We are grateful to be able to offer the Three Isolations (Wensum) Retreat at the beautiful Kalachakra Kalapa Retreat Center in the Austrian mountains. This dark retreat is a rare opportunity to practice in a similar way to how aspiring yogis practice during a traditional 3-year retreat. The retreat will support the participants to cultivate the Three Isolations of Body, Speech and Mind as a solid ground for entering into the Kalachakra Completion Stage of the Six Vajra Yogas.
Tudor Sucala has kindly offered to lead this year’s in-person retreat at the Kalachakra Retreat Center. He is one of Rinpoche’s senior students and has previously completed two long wensum retreats.
Online Teaching and Personal Meditation Guidance from Khentrul Rinpoche
The retreat will have 4 weeks in total. Participants are welcome to take part in all of them or the weeks of your choosing. Khentrul Rinpoche will give 1 teaching per week and personal meditation interviews via zoom, in order to discuss meditation progress and help alleviate obstacles to the practice. We will organize it and provide all the necessary devices.
REQUIREMENTS
All participants must have received the Four Higher Empowerments of Kalachakra with instructions for the Three Isolations from Shar Khentrul Rinpoche. Everyone who has already taken these Higher Empowerments is automatically approved for participation. If you have not received them yet and have the aspiration to do so, fulfill the request here.
(Note: the Four Higher Empowerments of Kalachakra are not the same Kalachakra Empowerments which Rinpoche gave in Hong Kong in 2020 and in other places as in Vienna in 2019, which are called “The 7 Empowerments of a Growing Child”. If you are not sure that you have received the Four Higher Empowerments, write to us before starting your registration.)
Oral Transmission In September Required
Rinpoche has agreed that his new concise sadhana “Secret Dakini Treasure” may be included in the daily schedule as well. You must participate in his oral transmission and commentary for the new Sadhana that will be given in September. See Dzokden.org for details.
Retreat Infos and Guidelines
This is a strict retreat. The retreat will be closed and in silence. No visitors, no computers, no mobile phones. Participants are expected to follow the retreat guidelines respectfully, not only for their own practice’s success, but for avoiding disturbing others as well. Participation in the group sessions is obligatory, unless important health conditions do not allow it. If this is the case, this should be discussed in advance with the retreat leader and if necessary with Rinpoche as well. Personal phones and other electronic devices (laptops etc.) will be stored in the office. If someone needs to contact you in case of emergency, they can write an e-mail to [email protected] and call at +43 676 395 8898. Both e-mailbox and phone will be checked once a day during lunch time.
Materials and Guidelines
Bring your Profound Path of Vajra Book with its commentary “The Hidden Treasure” and the Higher Empowerments Booklet as a reference for your practice. Other reading materials not directly related to the wensum practice are not allowed. Rinpoche has agreed that his new concise sadhana “Secret Dakini Treasure” may be included in the daily schedule as well. You must participate in his oral transmission and commentary for the new Sadhana that will be given in September. See Dzokden.org for details.
Pay it Forward – Volunteer Opportunities
This is a strict retreat where the participants should avoid engaging in too much physical activity and unnecessarily interacting with others. Because of that, we need at least one volunteer for cooking (breakfast, lunch and light dinner). Depending on the number of participants, more than one volunteer may be needed. The volunteer will have a space separate from the retreatants and can enjoy all the retreat center spaces, except for the Gompa during the practice sessions. Differently from the participants, the volunteer can have access to electronic devices, WLAN etc. This is an extraordinary opportunity to generate merit and create the causes for yourself engaging in this practice in the future. Rinpoche strongly encourages us to support our dharma brothers and sisters through volunteering.
If you are considering this opportunity, please write as soon as possible to [email protected], so that we can arrange a video call in order to plan your participation. It is not necessary to volunteer for the whole retreat. You can offer as much as possible according to your possibilities.
