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Unified Sangha Stupa Consecration Ceremony

This July 15th event is in-person. Should the weather permit we will share the video of this after the event.

After much anticipation, Khentrul Rinpoche and members of the Sangha will consecrate the Unified Sangha Stupa in Belgrave, Victoria. We have invited members of all traditions of Buddhism to take part as the Stupa represents the unification of the Universal Sangha that is needed to manifest the 2nd Golden Age of Peace and Harmony in our world. All are welcome to attend the event rain or shine in the 21 Taras Garden of Abundance at the Tibetan Rime Buddhist Institute.

July 15 Schedule
1:30 PM Tea and Refreshments served to the Venerable Sangha
2:00 PM Consecration Prayers

We are still accepting sponsorship if you would like to be a part of this project. Details are here. 

Creating Unity and Harmony for the Golden Age of Dharma
This stupa strengthens our bonds, enabling us to establish the Golden Age of Dharma ‘Dzokden’ for the benefit of all beings.The significance of this stupa dates back to the time of the Buddha. The Buddha created 8 types of Stupa that represented different aspects of his life and death. This was constructed by the local inhabitants of the kingdom of Magadha to increase the unity and harmony within the realm.The sangha unifying stupa is characterised by its four octagonal steps with equal sides representing the four immeasurable, the steps are 8 sided, totalling 32 in number. There is a Bhumpa and base representing the Buddha’s body and the thirteen layers at the top of the stupa are the 13 Dharma wheels representing the top half of the Buddha’s body.

Benefits of Being Interconnected with the Stupa
A Stupa represents all aspects of the Dharma; it is the Dharmakaya, the perfect mind of all fully enlightened beings. Circumambulating stupas, or prostrating and making offering becomes Dharma. And Dharma is the ultimate the cause of happiness.

Purifying Without Hardship
Physical representations of the Buddha, like the stupa, are said to cause liberation on seeing and benefit beings immensely. The wind blowing over a stupa, the rainwater touching a stupa, the earth around a Stupa are blessed. Therefore going around or seeing or touching or prostrating or offering in front of a Stupa purifies negative karma in a very effective kind. All these actions to purify our mind are easy to take.Creating Conditions for Enlightenment.
Actions towards a Stupa plant the seed for everlasting happiness and absolute freedom and enlightenment. This is because the law of cause and effect and the power of the holy objects.

18 Benefits of Building Stupas
Volunteers, patrons who donate funds, and organizers will accumulate merit and reap benefits in future lives from their contribution.

1) One will be reborn in a royal family.
2) One will get a beautiful body.
3) One’s speech will be entrancing.
4) One’s mere sight will be a great joy for the others.
5) One will have a charming and attractive personality.
6) One will be knowledgable in the five Bodhisattva sciences.
7) One will become a support (an example for all).
8) One will be praised from all directions.
9) One will be inclined to sounds and words of Dharma.
10) One will live only with happiness.
11) One will be venerated both by men and gods.
12) One will obtain great riches.
13) One will be granted a long life.
14) All one’s wishes will be fulfilled.
15) One’s beneficial activity and wisdom will grow.
16) One’s body will become as indestructible as the Dorje.
17) One will be reborn In the higher realms of existence.
18) One will reach quickly perfect Awakening.

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Jul 15 2021
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  • Timezone: America/New_York
  • Date: Jul 16 2021

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  • Khentrul Rinpoche
    Khentrul Rinpoche
    Non-Sectarian Master of Kalachakra

    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).

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