Dzokden

We will illuminate how the geomancy is like a medicine of the human housing environment harmonizing the shapes, the materials, the colors, the elements and several kind of energies to bring favorable conditions and overcome difficult situations. The geomancy is not mysterious or magic but is part of the interdependent law of “Karma” based on causes and conditions. Using geomancy is a cause to create better harmony at a personal level or for a whole community. Join us for this exciting discussion and learn some practical tips to help harmonise your environment, opening the door to more favorable conditions to arise.

ABOUT DAVID MARTIN

I met the Buddhism in 2004 through the Gelugpa tradition and started studying in 2005 the main Buddhist texts, the meditations with the “Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition” (FPMT) during the five years Basic Program. During this period I met the Geomancy and received the complete transmission of the Chinese tradition “Feng Shui” from the Gelug Monk Jampa Ludrup who had been the Lama Zopa Rinpoche‘s intendant and later I received the transmissions of the Tibetan tradition “Sa Che” from Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, recognized Master of Sowa Rigpa in the Ngakpas and Yuthok

Nyingthig lineage.

Dr Adrian Hekel is a western medical practitioner in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales Australia, who specializes in psychological medicine and trauma therapy. He has also been a keen student of Tibetan Buddhism for almost 20 years, having worked with Khentrul Rinpoche and the Tibetan Buddhist Rime Institute for over 15 years. In this conversation, we will discuss how the principles of Kalachakra and modern psychology integrate and how we can explore our inner landscape through different lenses to a happier and more holistic existence.

0:00 Introduction

0:08 What is Land of Shambhala

2:01 Dr. Adrian Hekel

8:45 How do external reality, internal reality and Kalackara relate to psychology

39:06 How do methods of psychology integrate spirituality in healing trauma

45:30 How do people cope with trauma

52:15 Kalachakra and modern psychology

1:00:16 Vajrasattva and modern psychology

1:03:02 Guru Yoga and modern psychology

1:13:56 Recovering from trauma: to forgive or to forget

1:17:12 Concept of Karma relating to psychology

1:19:41 End of Q and A

1:20:23 HOPE Awareness Coaching: Healing our Planet Earth

ABOUT LAND OF SHAMBHALA PROJECT AND THE HOLISTIC LIFE SERIES

Dzokden has purchased 40 acres of land in order to build a spiritual paradise for all types of people to experience the life changing qualities of the Kalachakra path. Land of Shambhala will give sentient beings an opportunity to find harmony with our external environment, internal and enlightened reality. This is a space for people to authentically connect and be present in the world while living with greater vitality, love and purpose. The centre will offer a holistic program of Kalachakra medicine, yoga, philosophy, astrology and science.

As part of Rinpoche’s vision, we will bring together the teachings of Kalachakra, the sciences and the various wisdom traditions in one place. The Land of Shambhala Holistic Life Series will introduce experts in the fields of Tibetan Buddhism, Kalachakra Six Yogas, Western Psychology, Astrology, Ayurveda, Tibetan and Chinese Medicine, Herbs, Feng Shui and Sache who will discuss the benefits of these sciences and how the integrate to the vision of creating the Golden Age of Peace and Harmony in our World.

ABOUT DR NIDA CHENAGSTANG

Dr. Nida was born in a yurt in Amdo, in Eastern Tibet. Interested in the traditional healing science of his people, he began his early medical studies at the local Sorig hospital. Later he gained scholarship entry to Lhasa Tibetan Medical University, where he completed his medical education in 1996. Dr. Nida completed his practical training at the Sorig hospitals in Lhasa and Lhoka. Alongside his medical education, Dr. Nida received complete Vajrayana Buddhist training in the Longchen Nyingthing and Dudjom Tersar traditions and trained in the Yuthok Nyingthig lineage, spiritual counterpart to Sorig, with his teachers Khenchen Troru Tsenam and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyaltsen.

Dr Nida is the Co-Founder and Medical Director of SKẎ, Sorig Khang International. He is also the Co-Founder of the International Ngak Mang Institute, established to preserve and maintain the Rebkong Ngakpa yogic culture within modern Tibetan society. Dr. Nida trains students in Sowa Rigpa and the Yuthok Nyingthig spiritual tradition in over 40 countries around the world.

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).

For last 8 years, he has been working on five volume pentalogy on Kalacakra Tantra(DK Printworld: 2022-24).This is the first comprehensive translation and new commentary of the cryptic Sanskrit text of the 11th century after several centuries. Kalacakra Tantra was the climax of Nalanda tradition and the last major Buddhist tantra composed in India. He has also been commissioned a book on “THE BATTLE FOR FUTURE BUDDHA” by Penguin and Random House-India (2023).

Initiated by Swami Ranganathanada Ji Maharaj, President of the Ramakrishna Order .

Founder Member, Society for Asian Integration, New Delhi

Founder Trustee, Iternity Foundation, Kolkata- a group of neuroscientists, physicists, doctors committed to pursue dialogue between modern science and traditional wisdom .

Honorary Adviser, Mody University of Science & Technology, Rajasthan, India’s Only women university in India.

Kalachakra is a holistic system that incorporates astrology, health, our bodies, our mind and well-being. A healthy body is such an important tool for this practice that it is a tantric downfall to practice austerities and harm your body. In this talk, Khentrul Rinpoche has invited Tulku Lobsang to discuss the importance of working with our physical bodies especially in the Kalachakra Yogas. Tulku Lobsang teaches Tibetan Yoga practice worldwide and has appeared in National Geographic’s ‘The Story of God’ with Morgan Freeman, demonstrating Tummo practice. He will share how the practice with the subtle body can influence the way we interact with the world and transform our experience. In working with the subtle body, our chakras, channels and drops, we are able to influence and transform the subtle structures of our body and mind.

ABOUT JUDITH-SIMMER BROWN

Judith Simmer-Brown, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor of Contemplative and Religious Studies Emeritx at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, where she has taught since 1978. As a Buddhist practitioner since the early 1970s, she became a student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1974 and served as an acharya in Shambhala from 2000-2022. Her books are Dakini’s Warm Breath (Shambhala 2001)and Meditation and the Classroom: Contemplative Pedagogy for Religious Studies (SUNY 2011). She and her husband, Richard, have two adult children and four grandchildren.

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).

2023 Shambhala Teaching Judith and Rinpoche