This event is available both Online and In-person.
About the Practice of Chod
Chod is a powerful practice of accepting willingly what is undesirable, cutting through our concepts, reducing our self-cherishing nature, leading us closer to our own true nature. The main obstacle to our own enlightenment is our clinging to our own ego, our own existence. When fear, fixation, and self-clinging are cut through, giving rise to the awareness of the pure nature of emotions and the emptiness of mental obscurations.
Machig Labdron is the creator of a unique form of Mahamudra chöd practice. She is the manifestation of Prajnaparamita, the Great Mother who gives birth to realisation of emptiness. Furthermore, Machig Labdron is also the manifestation of Arya Tara, who gives birth to compassion. A chod practitioner can cut through anything and therefore his or her main intention should be to unify understanding of emptiness and loving kindness and compassion, just as Machig Labdron did.
Khentrul Rinpoche has received the Chod transmission in multiple traditions such as the Nyingma Kagyu, Jonang and the Gelug traditions. He had the pleasure of practicing Chod Retreat and receiving transmission from Kalka Jetsun Dhampa considered to be a reincarnation of Taranatha and the spiritual head of Mongolia.
Throughout Buddhist history, female practitioners have been models of leadership in virtuous conduct, meditation, discipline and practice. Machig Labdron is an extraordinary example of a highly realised female practitioner. One of Rinpoche’s aspirations is to cultivate more realised female practitioners around the world and we hope this practice inspires the prominence and proliferation of more female Buddhist masters.
About the Empowerment
This is a rare and precious empowerment of Chöd from the primordial mind of master Jetsun Taranatha. You will receive a booklet to follow along throughout the whole empowerment. Part of the text includes inspiring stories about Machik Labdrön’s life.
This event includes the following:
1 – “The Chöd Empowerment that Opens the Gates to the Sky” written by Jestun Taranatha
2 – Oral Transmission of “Subduing Through Splendour” (a traditional Chöd Sadhana of the Jonang Tradition)
Participants online are required to join and watch the 2 live sessions.
Who can attend?
This event is open to all. There are no formal prerequisites to attend. However, previous Buddhist study and practice (such as the Ngöndro) are very helpful. If you are new to the Buddhist path, you may also like to study beforehand Khentrul Rinpoche’s course titled “What’s Real?” in our learning center and to read Books One and Two of Rinpoche’s trilogy “Unveiling Your Sacred Truth”.
Schedule by Timezone
Central Europe and South Africa
SUNDAY, June 29, 2025
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Chöd Empowerment Part 1
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Chöd Empowerment Part 2
Offer Dana for Khentrul Rinpoche
If you additionally wish to show your generosity to Rinpoché’s precious teachings and to his immense efforts, you can do it in-person at the end of the retreat or, if you are attending online you can offer Dana for Rinpoche here. This is completely voluntary.
Questions?
Please email [email protected].
This event is available both In-person and online.
Kalachakra Empowerment for Global Peace with Khentrul Rinpoche
Join Khentrul Rinpoche as he bestows the Kalachakra empowerment—a powerful blessing to awaken inner peace and foster global harmony. Held over several days in a serene, meditative environment, this rare and profound ceremony includes sacred prayers, ritual dances, and the unveiling of a stunning 3D Jonang Kalachakra Mandala.
Each session will guide you step-by-step through the empowerment, helping you deeply understand and connect with what you’re receiving. Through teachings, discussion, meditation, mantra, and offerings, you’ll cultivate a powerful sense of inner harmony and universal compassion.
About Kalachakra
Kalachakra, the “Wheel of Time,” is a path to peace within and around us. It aligns our body, mind, and environment with the rhythm of the cosmos and the enlightened state. Unlike many teachings, Kalachakra offers detailed methods for awakening that are accessible to people of any background or belief system. It empowers us to break through limitations and discover our boundless potential for love and compassion.
A Complete Path to Enlightenment
The Jonang lineage of Tibetan Buddhism preserves a rare, complete system of enlightenment known for the Six Vajra Yogas. It has rarely been taught in its entirety to lay (non-monastic) practitioners in the West. Most of the Jonang Yogis have decided to remain practicing in their caves and monasteries in the Himalayas. Khentrul Rinpoche has dedicated his life to making these teachings available in the West—in clear, accessible modern languages. His mission is to help both householder men and women integrate these profound teachings into everyday life.
Kalachakra for World Peace
The Kalachakra Tantra, first taught by Buddha Shakyamuni to the Kings of Shambhala, includes a prophecy of a future Golden Age of peace on Earth. By receiving this empowerment, you help create the conditions for that age to arise.
Khentrul Rinpoche is a deeply authentic teacher committed to transforming the heartfelt aspirations of his students. With clarity and compassion, he makes this vast wisdom approachable for all, empowering people to live with greater purpose, peace, and harmony.
INFORMATIONAL LINKS
Tricycle Magazine about our 3D Printed Kalachakra Mandala House
Free Teachings on Soundcloud
Free Teachings on Youtube
Kalachakra Booklet
Just attending empowerment does not mean you receive it. You must know what is going on. To ensure everyone will receive 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.
We will provide online registrants with an eBook to follow along with step-by-step which is available in English, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Vietnamese, German, Romanian, Mongolian, Slovenian, Russian and French.
How the Online Empowerment Works
-Register each participant receiving the empowerment and choose your language. You’ll get a confirmation email and access to our online learning platform at learn.dzokden.org.
-Prepare with a short list of symbolic items to enhance your experience. Don’t worry if you can’t get them all—what matters most is understanding the empowerment. Just attending isn’t enough; you must be aware of what’s happening. To support this, Rinpoche will provide an eBook guide (typically the night before). Please don’t share it—it’s for your personal use only. If reading an eBook while on Zoom is a challenge, let us know in your registration.
-Attend the pre-teaching on Wednesday and Thursday or watch the recordings
-Attend the empowerment sessions via zoom. While all sessions are important, we’ve marked which ones are absolutely required. Rinpoche strongly encourages full participation. Empowerments and Oral Transmissions are never recorded.
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.
DETAILED SCHEDULE BY TIMEZONE
Khentrul Rinpoche would like you to come to every session that you can. None of the actual empowerment sessions will be recorded. It is only available Live. If you want empowerment you must receive it live. Some other sessions will be recorded to accommodate people in a variety of time zones. Because we can not answer emails from everyone who has a schedule conflict, we have indicated the sessions that you absolutely must be present to receive this empowerment as “REQUIRED LIVE”.
Additional Event = This will be part of another event. Those not registered for this can see the recording in the learning center before the empowerment.
Private = This is only available in Zoom. Only registered attendees can view this event.
Schedule by Timezone
Central Europe and South Africa
PRE-EMPOWERMENT PUBLIC EVENTS
THURSDAY October 2, 2025
SESSION 1 – 4:30 AM – 6:30 AM: Opening Rituals and Teaching
FRIDAY October 3, 2025
SESSION 2 – 4:30 AM – 6:30 AM: Pre-empowerment Rituals and Teaching
SATURDAY October 4, 2025
SESSION 3 – 4:30 AM – 6:30 AM: Pre-empowerment Rituals and Teaching
EMPOWERMENT REGISTERED ATTENDEES ONLY
SESSION 4 – 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Preparation Prayers to Receive the Empowerment
SESSION 5 – 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM: Kalachakra Empowerment part 1“REQUIRED LIVE”.
SESSION 6 – 11:00 PM – 1:00 AM: How to Practice Kalachakra and Prepare for the Empowerment
SUNDAY October 5, 2025
SESSION 7 – 1:30 AM – 3:00 AM: The Perfection of Love and Courageous Nature – Becoming a Bodhisattva Warrior
SESSION 8 – 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Preparation Prayers to Receive the Empowerment
SESSION 9 – 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM: Kalachakra Empowerment part 2 “REQUIRED LIVE”.
MONDAY October 6, 2025
SESSION 10 – 12:00 AM – 1:30 AM: Kalachakra Tsok
SESSION 11 – 2:00 AM – 4:00 AM: Post Empowerment Ritual – Offering to the Water
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
email [email protected]
Ta dogodek je na voljo za osebno udeležbo in prek spleta.
Khentrul Rinpoče je prijazno privolil, da podeli opolnomočenje za osvoboditev s poslušanjem Karme Lingpe in opravi očiščevalno pudžo v čast in korist naših preminulih ljubljenih. Podal bo tudi učenja o Bardu in smrti.
Ta redka in mogočna učenja o “osvoboditvi s poslušanjem” sodijo v najvišjo joga tantro. Khentrul Rinpoče je globoko povezan s to prakso, saj je to opolnomočenje prejel že velikokrat. Vključuje molitve za osvoboditev in različne svete obrede, ki zahtevajo obsežne priprave, zato so javni dogodki redki. Vendar so njeni blagoslovi ogromni, saj podpirajo življenje, prehod v smrt, potovanje v bardu in ponovno rojstvo. Posebej pomemben je za izražanje hvaležnosti našim staršem in prednikom.
Obred za očiščevanje in osvoboditev Njedren pomaga tistim, ki so umrli, lahko pred kratkim ali dolgim časom, in jih vodi onkraj barda in šestih kraljestev obstoja v prebujeno stanje Samantabhadre. Z molitvami in obrednimi daritvami se zavest preminulega združi z razsvetljeno modrostjo stotih božanstev. V zadnjem dejanju posvetitve bomo sežgali ploščice z imeni tako živih kot tudi umrlih.
Khentrul Rinpoče je v svojem neizmernem sočutju opravil obsežne priprave za ta obred. To je redka in dragocena priložnost – izkoristite trenutek, sodelujte in darujte svoje iskrene molitve. Življenje je negotovo, vendar pa s to sveto prakso lahko prinesemo globoke koristi tako svojim bližnjim kot tudi sebi.
KAJ JE ŽITRO
Žitro pomeni “mirni in srditi” in predstavlja zbor 42 mirnih in 58 srditih božanstev, besedilo pa je v 8. stoletju zakopal Guru Padmasambhava. Učenje kot termo v 14. stoletju razkril terton Karma Lingpa. Tem Budam sicer pravimo tudi božanstva barda. Pojem “bardo” pomeni vmesno stane, enega od šestih takšnih stanj, od katerih tukaj govorimo o bardu umiranja – prehodno fazo med smrtjo in ponovnim rojstvom. V tej fazi se umrlemu prikaže sto božanstev Žitra in mu omogoči osvoboditev iz barda. Na določenih stopnjah stanja Barda ljudje potrebujejo mirna božanstva; na drugih stopnjah pa potrebujejo srdita božanstva, da jim pomagajo na poti proti prebujenju.
Učenja Žitra, kot jih je posredoval Guru Padmasambhava, , vzpostavljajo neposreden kanal, po katerem lahko praktikanti vzpostavijo stik z božanstvi barda s predano prakso in molitvijo. To opolnomočenje je blagoslov v našem življenju in nas pripravi na osvoboditev v bardu po smrti. V skladu z Bardo Thodrolom, temeljnim besedilom o bardu v budizmu Vadžrajana (ki je splošno znano kot Tibetanska knjiga mrtvih), se božanstva barda predstavljajo umrlim v obdobju devetinštiridesetih dni, ko je umrli v bardu. Sprva se pojavijo miroljubna božanstva, in če pokojnik ne prepozna in ne doseže osvoboditve s pomočjo teh miroljubnih božanstev, se nato pojavijo srdita božanstva. Če se umrli v tem devetinštiridesetdnevnem obdobju ne more povezati z božanstvi, se njegova zavest vrne v ponovno rojstvo v enem od šestih kraljestev.
Informacije o tečaju
V tem prvem razdelku boste našli splošne informacije o tečaju, ki se ga boste udeležili. To vključuje:
- Pregled: če se kdaj izgubite, vam bo ta stran pomagala, da se spomnite, kje je kaj in kako pridete do tistega, kar potrebujete.
- Spletni kontrolni seznam: če se želite pridružiti praksam v živo za ta tečaj, morate zagotoviti, da so vse potrebne tehnologije nameščene in pripravljene za uporabo. Zato smo pripravili kratek vodnik za namestitev Zooma in pripravo na različne seje.
- Razpored sej v živo: na tej strani so na voljo vse povezave za seje spletnih seminarjev v živo. Razpored je na voljo v različnih časovnih pasovih, tako da ste lahko prepričani, da ne boste ničesar zamudili.
- Hvaležnost in velikodušnost: tu si vzamemo trenutek, da se zahvalimo tistim, ki so omogočili ta dogodek, in navedemo podrobnosti o tem, kako lahko ponudite Dano ali zagotovite podporo, da bomo lahko vsi imeli koristi od prihodnjih dejavnosti.
Kasnejši dostop do učenj
Učenja v živo bodo posneta in bodo pozneje na voljo v tem tečaju. Vrnite se naslednji teden in učenja bodo na voljo. Prosimo vas, da se udeležite čim večjega števila tečajev v živo, kolikor jih lahko. Tako boste lahko sodelovali na sejah z vprašanji in odgovori ter hkrati vadili z našo skupnostjo. Ustnih prenosov in opolnomočenja ne snemamo. Za prejem opolnomočenja in ustnega prenosa morate biti prisotni v času dogajanja.
SPONZORIRANJE PUDŽE
Mnogi ljudje uživajo ob gledanju različnih pudž na spletu, ki jih izvajajo lame, in verjamejo, da s tem prejemajo veliko korist. Na Zahodu je tudi običajno, da ljudje prosijo lamo, naj moli zanje, ne da bi mu kaj darovali ali z njim imeli osebno povezavo. Čeprav ste kot eno od vseh čutečih bitij povezani z rezultati pudže, izvedene v korist vseh čutečih bitij, je karmična povezava neverjetno šibka, zato je takšen tudi rezultat. Običajno je v določenih življenjskih obdobjih, ko je potrebna pudža ali molitve za očiščenje različnih karmičnih dolgov, ovir ali karmično pogojenih bolezni, v navadi, da se lami za molitve in pudže daruje finančne prispevke. S tem se ustvari močnejša karmična povezava s pudžo, kar ustvari močnejši karmični rezultat.
Sponzorstvo obrednih tablic za osvoboditev s poslušanjem Žitro in darovanje sveč za bližnje
Urnik
Srednja Evropa
SOBOTA, 23. avgust 2025
10:00 – 12:00: 1. del – Opolnomočenje Žitro in učenje
14:00 – 16:00: 2. del – Opolnomočenje Žitro in učenje
NEDELJA, 24. avgust 2025
10:00 – 12:00: 3. del – Obred Žitro Nejdren in učenje
14:00 – 16:00: 4. del – Obred in učenje
Imate vprašanja?
Pišite na [email protected]
Ta dogodek je na voljo samo prek spleta.
Prijavite se, da boste prejeli podatke za Zoom za ta dogodek.
Vsak dan gremo skozi nešteto majhnih prehodov – majhnih smrti in ponovnih rojstev v vsakem trenutku. A ko pride zadnji prehod v tem življenju, se mučimo, čeprav je naš stari jaz že neštetokrat razpadel in se preoblikoval. Smrt ni ločena od življenja – je bistveni del našega potovanja. Ne glede na to, ali se vi ali vaš bližnji soočate s smrtjo zdaj ali čez mnogo let, je nujno razumeti, kako živeti in umreti z zavedanjem.
Khentrul Rinpoče nas bo vodil skozi globoka učenja o bardih — prehodu med enim in drugim življenjem. Ti trenutki skrivajo izjemen potencial za duhovno preobrazbo, če jih prepoznamo kot priložnosti in ne kot ovire. Rinpoče nam bo skozi učenje o karmi, vzrokih in pogojih, ki jih ustvarjamo, in njihovo globoko povezanostjo s smrtjo in ponovnim rojstvom osvetlil, kako lahko oblikujemo svojo prihodnost onkraj tega življenja.
Povezan dogodek
Opolnomočenje Karling Žitro in obred v prihajajočem vikendu.
Tiste, ki jih bo navdihnilo učenje in želijo prečistiti karmo v bardu in ustvariti pogoje za osvoboditev, vabimo, da se nam pridružijo ta vikend na posebnem opolnomočenju Karling Žitro osvoboditev prek poslušanja v bardu in obredu v Tarinem templju v Taru na Madžarskem. (Tara Templom). To je še posebno koristno za tiste, ki ne morejo prakticirati redno, ker že samo če slišite to opolnomočenje, s tem posadite seme za svojo osvoboditev. Obred (puja) v nedeljo je učinkovit način za podporo potovanju preminulih skozi bardo.
KDO SE LAHKO UDELEŽI
Predpogojev ni. To učenje je odprto za vse.
Urnik
Ljubljana, Slovenija – PETEK, 22. avgust 2025 / 18:00 – 20:00
Imate vprašanja?
Pišite na [email protected]
Dogodek je plačljiv in bo na voljo prek spleta in osebno.
Khentrul Rinpoče bo govoril o božanski ženski modrosti in o tem, kako jo uporabiti na poti tantre. Podelil bo Wang (polno opolnomočenje) boginje Rdeče Sarasvati, ki je Mandžušrijeva družica in žensko utelešenje modrosti. Opolnomočenje prihaja iz tradicije Jonang na podlagi džetsuna Taranathe. Večina tanter, ki so popularne v drugih tradicijah, prav tako prihaja od njega, ker je Taranatha zakladnica tantre.
Učenje bo govorilo o uporabi ženske modrosti na poti poželenja za delo s čustvi. Ni se nam treba odpovedati izzivom sodobnega sveta, dejansko se lahko naučimo neposredno soočiti z njimi in jih preobraziti v pot do osvoboditve.
O Rdeči Sarasvati
Enako jo častijo tako budisti kot nebudisti. V vedski tradiciji je Brahma ustvaril svet, nato pa dolgo časa niso imeli zvokov ali čutečih bitij. Mnogi bogovi so prihajali k njemu in govorili “ustvaril si svet, vendar na njem ni bitij in ni zvokov.” Nato je Brahma zlil vodo iz svoje vaze in nastal je neverjeten zvok, ki je poznan kot boginja Sarasvati. Zato je znana kot Brahmova hči. Na splošno je to zgodba, ki temelji na hindujskih učenjih, Tibetanci pa imajo številne različice Sarasvati. Nekatere oblike so bele in imajo dve roki. Ta oblika je tantrična različica s 4 rokami, je mogočna in ima naravo privlačenja.
Sarasvati je božanstvo modrosti, vendar v ženski različici, enaka kot Mandžušri. Številni veliki praktikanti jo imajo za skrivno družico Mandžušrija. Obstajajo tudi številni drugi lame, ki jo častijo, še posebno učenjaki častijo Sarasvati namesto Mandžušrija.
Vključeno:
-Opolnomočenje (Wang) Rdeče Saraswati
-Ustni prenos besedila prakse
-Učenje o božanski ženski naravi
Urnik
Srednja Evropa
SOBOTA, 30. avgust 2025
19:00 – 22:00: opolnomočenje Rdeče Sarasvati in učenje
VPRAŠANJA?
Pišite na [email protected]
