This event is FREE and available both Online and In-person.
In Vajrayana Buddhism, the Guru is the Buddha, the Guru is the Dharma, and the Guru is the Sangha. The whole path is contained in the practice of devotion to the Guru, who, while ultimately our enlightened nature, is also a human being who reflects that nature to us. The most powerful Guru is your root guru, the one who points out the nature of reality to you and you transform your mind. The light that shows the way on our Kalachakra path is Khentrul Rinpoche. And the one who had the most profound impact on his mind, is his root Guru, Lama Lobsang Trinle. Lama Lobsang Trinley (Lama Lutrin) is one of the most respected Jonang Kalachakra masters of our time. He was well known for his incredible healing powers as he had healed himself from Leprosy and then those around him with his spontaneous medicine wisdom. While showing no signs of sickness, he stated he would pass away and then did so in a meditative state on the precious day of Saka Dawa, the day that we celebrate the birth, enlightenment, and death of Shakyamuni Buddha.
Join us in the profound practice of the Jonang Guru Puja in honor of the pari-nirvana of Lama Lobsang Trinley. All practices done at this time are incredibly powerful as the merit is multiplied by 100 million times. Learn about the Greatness of Lama Lutrin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIMOS7vXFHg
Schedule by Timezone
Melbourne, Australia – TUESDAY May 21, 2024 / 7:00 PM Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan – TUESDAY May 21, 2024 / 5:00 PM Central Europe and South Africa – TUESDAY May 21, 2024 / 11:00 AM Sao Paulo, Brazil – TUESDAY May 21, 2024 / 6:00 AM East Coast USA, Toronto – TUESDAY May 21, 2024 / 5:00 AM West Coast USA – TUESDAY May 21, 2024 / 2:00 AM
This event is FREE and available both Online and In-person.
In celebration of the Birth, Death, and Enlightenment of Shakyamuni Buddha, we recite praises recounting the accomplishments of his incredible life. Connecting and learning from his example, we, too, can take steps to learn and practice in stages to reveal our own enlightened nature. The first step to changing the world to a more peaceful, harmonious place is to change ourselves. It is with each of the karmas we make, each cause and condition, that we plant the seeds to change ourselves and then, through our transformation, the world around us. Shakyamuni spent years of diligent practice and effort to understand the nature of reality and reveal his own nature before he was able to teach others. Once he transformed himself, his enlightened speech and activity had the power to transform our world and continue to through this day.
In addition to the praises to the Buddha of our time, we will chant the powerful 1000 Buddha Puja to connect with all the 1000 Buddhas of this fortunate eon. Connecting with 1000 Buddhas and sharing their names creates powerful conditions for all who hear this to be reborn in a higher realm and to come into contact with the Dharma. All practices done at this time are incredibly powerful as the merit is multiplied by 100 million times.
Schedule by Timezone
Melbourne, Australia – THURSDAY May 23, 2024 / 7:00 PM Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan – THURSDAY May 23, 2024 / 5:00 PM Central Europe and South Africa – THURSDAY May 23, 2024 / 11:00 AM Sao Paulo, Brazil – THURSDAY May 23, 2024 / 6:00 AM East Coast USA, Toronto – THURSDAY May 23, 2024 / 5:00 AM West Coast USA – THURSDAY May 23, 2024 / 2:00 AM
Diese Veranstaltung wird sowohl online als auch persönlich vor Ort abgehalten.
Khentrul Rinpoche hat sich auf Wunsch unserer chinesischen Gruppe bereit erklärt, die Ermächtigung Kstigarbha zu verleihen und eine Puja durchzuführen.Kṣitigarbha ist neben Samantabhadra, Manjusri und Avalokiteśvara einer der vier wichtigsten Bodhisattvas im ostasiatischen Mahayana-Buddhismus. Sein Name bedeutet übersetzt “Schatzkammer der Erde”.
Kṣitigarbha ist bekannt für sein Gelübde, alle Wesen in den sechs Welten zwischen Gautama Buddhas Tod und Maitreyas Auferstehung zu belehren. Er gelobte auch, die Buddhaschaft erst dann zu erlangen, wenn alle Höllen geleert sind. Daher wird er in der japanischen Kultur oft als Bodhisattva der Höllenwesen, als Beschützer der Kinder und als Schutzgottheit für verstorbene Kinder und abgetriebene Föten angesehen.
NUTZEN DER PRAXIS
Das Kṣitigarbha-Bodhisattva-Pūrvapraṇidhāna-Sūtra beschreibt die Verdienste der Praxis mit Kṣitigarbha. Das Sutra legt nahe, dass diejenigen, die seinen Lehren folgen, unvorstellbare Verdienste und Vorteile erlangen werden. Diese Praxis kann auch dabei helfen, unermessliches negatives Karma aufzulösen.
Von Naga-Königen beschützt.
Die Verdienste nehmen täglich zu.
Die Ursachen der Heiligen sammeln.
Bodhi degeneriert nicht.
Kleidung und Nahrung im Überfluss.
Krankheiten bleiben fern.
Abwenden von Wasser- und Feuerkatastrophen.
Keine Diebe und kein Unglück.
Respektiert und geachtet werden.
Unterstützung und Hilfe von Göttern und Geistern.
Wiedergeburt als Mann.
Mächtige und einflussreiche Prinzessin werden.
Aufrichtung und gutes Aussehen.
Oft im Himmel geboren.
Ein Kaiser werden.
Innewohnende Weisheit.
Alle Bitten werden erfüllt.
Fröhliche Verwandte und Familie.
Alle Hindernisse werden beseitigt.
Der karmischen Welt entkommen.
Alle Orte sind zugänglich.
Die nächtlichen Träume sind friedlich.
Die Verstorbenen sind frei von Leiden.
Segnungen in zukünftigen Leben erhalten.
Alle Heiligen werden lobpreisen.
Intelligenz und Scharfsinn.
Voller Mitgefühl und liebender Güte.
Letztendlich wird Buddhaschaft erlangt.
KSITIGARBHA-PUJA WÄHREND DES QIMING-FESTES
Kṣitigarbha ist bei den Chinesen eine hoch verehrte Manifestation des Buddha, da er ein bedeutendes Gelübde zum Schutz jener in unteren Bereichen abgelegt hat. Dies ist für die Chinesen besonders wichtig, da sie sich Sorgen um ihre Vorfahren machen, die möglicherweise in den unteren Bereichen wiedergeboren wurden. Während des Qingming-Festes, das auch als Grabfegertag bekannt ist (und manchmal auch als chinesischer Gedenktag oder Tag der Ahnen bezeichnet wird), einem traditionellen chinesischen Fest, das von ethnischen Chinesen in ganz Asien gefeiert wird, ist die Kṣitigarbha-Puja eine gängige Praxis und für chinesische Buddhisten von großer Bedeutung.
WER KANN TEILNEHMEN
Es gibt keine formalen Voraussetzungen.
FINANZIEREN SIE DIE PUJAS
Viele Menschen sehen sich gerne online verschiedene Pujas an, die von Lamas durchgeführt werden, weil sie glauben, dass sie dadurch einen großen Nutzen haben. Im Westen ist es auch üblich, dass Menschen einen Lama bitten, für sie zu beten, ohne eine Opfergabe darzubringen oder eine persönliche Verbindung zu haben. Als eines aller fühlenden Wesen sind Sie zwar mit den Ergebnissen der Puja verbunden, die zum Nutzen aller fühlenden Wesen gemacht wurde, aber die karmische Verbindung ist unglaublich schwach, und deshalb ist auch das Ergebnis schwach. Normalerweise ist es zu bestimmten Zeiten im Leben, wenn eine Puja oder Gebete erforderlich sind, um verschiedene karmische Schulden, Hindernisse oder karmisch bedingte Krankheiten zu beseitigen, üblich, dem Lama für Gebete und Pujas finanzielle Spenden anzubieten. Dies schafft eine stärkere karmische Verbindung mit der Puja, was ein stärkeres karmisches Ergebnis erzeugt.
Mitteleuropa und Südafrika
SAMSTAG, 6. April 2024 07:00 – Belehrung, Ermächtigung
10:00 – Puja und Belehrung
ABLAUF DER ONLINE ERMÄCHTIGUNG
1) Die Anmeldung der TeilnehmerInnen erfolgt pro Person. Sie werden ein Bestätigungsemail erhalten. Auf unserer Lernplattform learn.dzokden.org erhalten Sie dann Zugang zum entsprechenden Kurs. Wenn sie noch kein Konto auf der Lernplattform haben, werden Sie eingeladen, eines einzurichten.
2) Sie erhalten für jede der Sitzungen Zugang zu Zoom. Wir bieten keine voraufgezeichneten Ermächtigungen an. Khentrul Rinpoche bittet darum, dass Sie die Ermächtigung in Echtzeit erhalten. Wir stellen keine Videoaufzeichnungen von Jenang (Segen), Wang (Ermächtigung) oder mündlichen Übertragungen zur Verfügung. Alle Belehrungen oder Pujas werden aufgezeichnet und auf die Lernplattform hochgeladen.
DANA UND FINANZIERUNG DARBRINGEN
Es ist üblich, dass Schüler*innen dem Guru am Ende der Ermächtigung eine Dana-Gabe darbringen. Da es sich um eine Online-Veranstaltung handelt, können Sie Rinpoche hier Dana geben.
This event is available both In-person and Online.
This is an incredible opportunity to learn how to practice pujas to generate vast amounts of merit and purification. In Vajrayana there are many types of burnt offering pujas that utilize fire. They can be sorted into 3 main categories, Sur (smell offering), Sang Chö (smoke offering), and Jinsek (fire offering). All of these practices have incredibly profound meaning at their core which creates the conditions for the accumulation of both merit and wisdom simultaneously. While each practice invites the Buddha, Bodhisattvas, dharma protectors, local deities, and beings of the 6 realms amongst all others to the practice, they have different focuses for the karma they are working with.
Khentrul Rinpoche has kindly agreed to teach us about these three types of fire offerings. He has composed and arranged compositions of these pujas that a student can do in an extensive and also a simple form at home after this workshop. On Sunday he will perform the king of Fire Pujas, the peaceful Kalachakra Fire puja written by Bamda Gelek Gyatso and Lama Lutrin. This one is larger and more extensive then what we he will teach us how to perform for ourselves.
The 3 Offering Practices
Sur Dotgu Kuntsol – The Gift of All Needs
The Sur is a smell offering that uses fire to burn a collection of offerings to create a sent offering. The main focus is all the bardo beings, hungry ghosts, whoever has incredible suffering, and whomever we have a karmic debt to. This is commonly used as an offering to purify our own and our ancestor’s karmic debt for the benefit of all sentient beings.
Sang Chodtrun Gyatso – The Ocean of Offerings
While this one invites all the buddha, bodhisattvas and deities the main emphasis is on the local deities and dharma protectors. The sang chö (smoke) offering helps to clear karmic obstacles in our samsaric life in to have a precious human birth to practice dharma.
Jinsek Dropan Gyatso – The Ocean of Benefits
There are many types of Jinsek but they all focus on purification. There is extensive offering with many different substances made into the fire that is each linked to creating different beneficial results. This creates the condition to purify anybody’s negative karma and their body.
Practical Workshop Includes:
-Teaching on the different types of fire Pujas Sur, Sang Chö and Jinsek -Demonstration of how to do each type of Puja at home in a simple form -Instructions and prayers so you can practice them yourself -There will be an opportunity for questions and sharing throughout the two days -Audios of the chanting of the 3 Fire Pujas -List of Ingrediants and Supplies You will need to do the Pujas -Instructions on How to set up a fire for the different types of pujas
Sponsor the Pujas Many people enjoy watching various Pujas online performed by Lamas believing they are receiving a huge benefit. It is also common in the West for people to ask a lama to pray for them without making any offering or having a personal connection. While, as one of all sentient beings, you are connected to the results of the Puja made for the benefit of all sentient beings, the karmic connection is incredibly weak, and therefore so is the result. Normally during certain times in one’s life when a Puja or prayers are required to clear various karmic debts, obstacles, or karmically-based illness, it is customary to make financial offerings to the Lama for prayers and Pujas. This creates a stronger Karmic connection to the Puja, which creates a stronger karmic result.
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Schedule by Timezone
Central Europe and South Africa SATURDAY May 18, 2024 1:00 AM – Sur Dotgu Kuntsol – The Gift of All Needs Puja
2:30 AM – Short Commentary on the Sur Dotgu Kuntsol – The Gift of All Needs 5:00 AM – Sang Chodtrun Gyatso – The Ocean of Offerings 6:30 AM – Short commentary on Sang Chodtrun Gyatso – The Ocean of Offerings SUNDAY May 19, 2024 2:00 AM – Kalachakra King of Fire Pujas Jinsek (more extensive then the Jinsek Dropan Gyatso 5:30 AM – Commentary and instructions on how to do Jinsek Dropan Gyatso – The Ocean of Benefits
How does an Online Course Work?
Pre-recorded Course Materials You will receive the link to the course in the Dzokden learning center. Before the course starts some videos and information will be there on how to practice in a simple way at home. Live Course Materials The course will be held through “Zoom“. In order to access the sessions, you need to download the Zoom App onto the device through which you want to join. We will provide you with the Zoom link (as well as Zoom Meeting-ID and Password) created by Dzokden. You will need this link (or alternatively Zoom Meeting-ID and Password) to access the online sessions.
Zoom Information
Zoom information will be provided at the latest two days before the online event in your email as well as in the Dzokden learning center.
Access to Video Materials Afterwards The retreat access and all the prayers will be provided for you in Dzokden’s online learning center. We encourage everyone to connect to the live-streamed retreat in real-time but if that is not possible, you can still log in to the learning center after the retreat and access all of the retreat content. This retreat material will be put up in the learning center as soon as possible after each class. Oral transmissions need to be received in real-time. They are never recorded.
In honor of Jetsun Taranatha’s Parinirvana, Khentrul Rinpoche will begin to give a commentary on one of Taranatha’s most precious texts, the Zhentong Nyingpo (The Essence of Zhentong). The commentary will then continue over the next several weekends and be accessible publicly in the learning center to those who sign up for free access.
Jetsun Taranatha is one of the most important Joanng lineage masters. He is revered not just by the Jonang but by my many lineages as he studied them in depth along with the Indian tantric systems. He was particularly well known for understanding the view of each system in an undistorted way from the philosophical perspective of that system. Most people, as they learn aspects of different philosophies, mix an underlying bias or view into their understanding of the system in which they either believe the most or are the most familiar. He did not do this and could argue from the perspective of the view he was holding. The Zhentong Nyingpo is a very special text that explains the Zhentong (emptiness of other) view of the great middle way in relationship to other spiritual systems. This is an opportunity to examine and learn how the Zhentong view is similar and different from that of other views. Of course, for those who understand and believe the Buddhist perspective, this text shows the arguments of how the philosophical system of Zhentong is superior in relation to Rangtong (emptiness of self) and also other spiritual systems. This establishes Zhentong as the completion Dharma. You don’t necessarily have to believe in the superiority of Zhentong to listen to and benefit from understanding this text. You can look at the text as a learning opportunity to understand the strengths, weaknesses, differences, and essence of various systems. This creates a philosophical mental map of how spiritual systems are in relation to each other. This is a huge subject that Jetsun Taranatha has taken and compared in such a small text. Hence this text is considered to be the essence (nyingpo). Commentaries are often hard for translators to translate in real-time if their root text has not been translated to their language. Therefore this event is scheduled to be in Engish, with translations only available at the discretion of the translation groups.
