This event is FREE and available both Online and In-person.
On this incredible auspicious full moon day hundreds of years ago, Shakyamuni Buddha in the form of the Yidam Deity appeared in Amravati to turn the wheel of Dharma. On this incredible day marking the month of Nakpa Dawa, at the request of King Suchandra from Shambhala, the Kalachakra Tantra was taught along with all other forms of tantra from the 4 faces of Kalachakra while the Buddha in the form of a monk simultaneously taught the Heart Sutra on Vulture Peak Mountain. While we do not have the full form of the Tantra that was taught that day, the abridged form of the Tantra that we have now is still the most extensive Tantra in the world. It has incredibly detailed and clear instructions explaining how to work with the external world, and the internal world to reveal the enlightened nature.
Last year, also on this auspicious day, HE Jigme Dorje Rinpoche, who was the Abbott of Dzamthgna Monastery and the head of the Jonang lineage, passed into Pari-nirvana. In remembrance of HE and in honor of this precious day, join us in the practice of Guru and the Innate Kalachakra Deity Yogas with Khentrul Rinpoche. We will be using the text Enlightening the Heart as well as reciting 2 prayers to HE Jigme Dorje Rinpoche.
Prayers to HE Jigme Dorje are Available in the Unrestricted Prayers and Texts
015 – The Kalki’s Roar of Courage from the Depths of Grief
016 – Prayer of Blessing to Clear the Darkness
https://learn.dzokden.org/pages/texts
Learn about HE Jigme Dorje Rinpoche
(video)
Rinpoche will do an audio recording of some stories on Jigme Dorje Rinpoche pictures can come from here.
Schedule by Timezone
Melbourne, Australia – TUESDAY April 23, 2024 / 7:00 PM
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan – TUESDAY April 23, 2024 / 4:00 PM
Central Europe and South Africa – TUESDAY April 23, 2024 / 9:00 AM
Sao Paulo, Brazil – TUESDAY April 23, 2024 / 5:00 AM
East Coast USA, Toronto – TUESDAY April 23, 2024 / 4:00 AM
West Coast USA – TUESDAY April 23, 2024 / 1:00 AM
Zoom Information
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81399489709?pwd=OFkxV3NCNHFQanVNancyODlBaGtwdz09
Webinar ID: 813 9948 9709 Passcode: 108108
QUESTIONS?
Please email [email protected]
This event is available both Online and In-person.
English (USA, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, etc)
中文 (Traditional Chinese)
中文 (Simplified Chinese)
Монгол
Tiếng Việt
Deutsche (Germany, Switzerland, Austria)
Español (Puerto Rico, Spain and South America)
Italiano (Italy)
Magyar (Hungary)
Portuguese (Brasil & Portugal)
Francais
Slovenian
Russian
Română
Khentrul Rinpoche has agreed to bestow the empowerment Kstigarbha and perform a Puja at the request of the Chinese language group.
Kṣitigarbha is one of the four principal bodhisattvas in East Asian Mahayana Buddhism, alongside Samantabhadra, Manjusri, and Avalokiteśvara. His name translates to “Earth Treasury”. Kṣitigarbha is renowned for his vow to instruct all beings in the six worlds between Gautama Buddha’s death and Maitreya’s rise. He also vowed not to achieve Buddhahood until all hells are emptied. As a result, he is often seen as the bodhisattva of hell-beings, as well as the guardian of children and the patron deity of deceased children and aborted fetuses in Japanese culture.
BENEFITS OF THE PRACTICE
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra outlines the merits of practicing with Kṣitigarbha. The sutra suggests that those who follow its teachings will attain inconceivable merits and benefits. This practice can also aid in dissolving immeasurable negative karma.
Protected by the Naga Kings. Merits increase daily.
Gather the causes of the saints. Bodhi does not degenerate.
Clothing and food are abundant. Diseases do not approach.
Away from water and fire disasters. No thieves and misfortunes.
Being respected. Gods and ghosts assist and help.
Rebirth into men. Become powerful and influential princess.
With upright and good looks. Often born in heaven.
Become an emperor. Innate wisdom.
All requests are granted. Relatives and family are joyful.
All obstacles are eliminated. Escape from the karmic world.
All places are accessible. Dreams at night are peaceful.
The deceased are free from suffering. Receive blessings in future lives.
All saints praise. Intelligent and sharp-witted.
Full of compassionate and loving kindness. Ultimately attain Buddhahood.
Kṣitigarbha Puja during Qingming Festival
Kṣitigarbha is a highly revered manifestation of the Buddha among the Chinese due to his significant vows to protect those in the lower realms. This is particularly important to the Chinese, who are concerned about their ancestors who may have been reborn in the lower realms. During the Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day (and sometimes referred to as Chinese Memorial Day or Ancestors’ Day), which is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated by ethnic Chinese across Asia, Kṣitigarbha Puja is a common practice and holds significant relevance for Chinese Buddhists.
WHO CAN ATTEND
There are no formal prerequisites.
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.
Kstigarbha Blessing Empowerment and Puja Sponsorship and Offer Candles for Loved Ones
SCHEDULE BY TIMEZONE
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
SATURDAY April 6, 2024
4:00 PM
– Teaching Empowerment
7:00 PM
– Puja and Teaching
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan
SATURDAY April 6, 2024
1:00 PM
– Teaching Empowerment
4:00 PM
– Puja and Teaching
Central Europe and South Africa
Central Europe and South Africa
SATURDAY April 6, 2024
7:00 AM
– Teaching Empowerment
10:00 AM
– Puja and Teaching
São Paulo, Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil
SATURDAY April 6, 2024
2:00 AM
– Teaching Empowerment
5:00 AM
– Puja and Teaching
East Coast USA, Toronto
East Coast USA, Toronto
SATURDAY April 6, 2024
1:00 AM
– Teaching Empowerment
4:00 AM
– Puja and Teaching
West Coast USA
West Coast USA
FRIDAY April 5, 2024
10:00 PM
– Teaching Empowerment
SATURDAY April 6, 2024
1:00 AM
– Puja and Teaching
HOW DO THE ONLINE EMPOWERMENTS WORK
1) Register for each attendee who will be receiving the empowerment. You will receive a confirmation email. All of our online events use the Dzokden Learning Center. If you are not already enrolled in it, you will be invited to learn.dzokden.org
2) You will receive access to Zoom for each of the sessions. We do not offer pre-recorded empowerments. Khentrul Rinpoche asks that you receive the blessing in real-time. We do not put up any video recordings of Jenang (blessing), Wang (empowerment) or oral transmissions. Any teachings or puja will be recorded and shared.
OFFERING OF DANA AND SPONSORSHIP
It’s customary for students to make an offering of Dana to the guru at the end of empowerment. As this is an online event, you can make the offering of Dana to Rinpoche here
QUESTIONS?
Please email [email protected]
This event is available both In-person and Online.
English (USA, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, etc)
中文 (Traditional Chinese)
中文 (Simplified Chinese)
Монгол
Deutsche (Germany, Switzerland, Austria)
Español (Puerto Rico, Spain and South America)
Italiano (Italy)
Magyar (Hungary)
Portuguese (Brasil & Portugal)
Romania
Francais
Slovenian
Russian
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.
Schedule by Timezone
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
SATURDAY May 18, 2024
9:00 AM – Sur Dotgu Kuntsol – The Gift of All Needs Puja
10:30 AM – Short Commentary on the Sur Dotgu Kuntsol – The Gift of All Needs
12:00 – Lunch
1:00 PM – Sang Chodtrun Gyatso – The Ocean of Offerings
2:30 PM – Short commentary on Sang Chodtrun Gyatso – The Ocean of Offerings
SUNDAY May 19, 2024
10:00 AM – Kalachakra King of Fire Pujas Jinsek (more extensive then the Jinsek Dropan Gyatso
12:30 PM – Lunch
1:30 PM – Commentary and instructions on how to do Jinsek Dropan Gyatso – The Ocean of Benefits
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan
SATURDAY May 18, 2024
6:00 AM – Sur Dotgu Kuntsol – The Gift of All Needs Puja
7:30 AM – Short Commentary on the Sur Dotgu Kuntsol – The Gift of All Needs
10:00 AM – Sang Chodtrun Gyatso – The Ocean of Offerings
11:30 AM – Short commentary on Sang Chodtrun Gyatso – The Ocean of Offerings
SUNDAY May 19, 2024
7:00 AM – Kalachakra King of Fire Pujas Jinsek (more extensive then the Jinsek Dropan Gyatso
10:30 AM – Commentary and instructions on how to do Jinsek Dropan Gyatso – The Ocean of Benefits
Central Europe and South Africa
Central Europe and South Africa
FRIDAY May 17, 2024
11:00 PM – Sur Dotgu Kuntsol – The Gift of All Needs Puja
SATURDAY May 18, 2024
12:30 AM – Short Commentary on the Sur Dotgu Kuntsol – The Gift of All Needs
3:00 AM – Sang Chodtrun Gyatso – The Ocean of Offerings
4:30 AM – Short commentary on Sang Chodtrun Gyatso – The Ocean of Offerings
SUNDAY May 19, 2024
12:00 AM – Kalachakra King of Fire Pujas Jinsek (more extensive then the Jinsek Dropan Gyatso
3:30 AM – Commentary and instructions on how to do Jinsek Dropan Gyatso – The Ocean of Benefits
São Paulo, Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil
FRIDAY May 17, 2024
7:00 PM – Sur Dotgu Kuntsol – The Gift of All Needs Puja
8:30 AM – Short Commentary on the Sur Dotgu Kuntsol – The Gift of All Needs
12:00 – Lunch
11:00 PM – Sang Chodtrun Gyatso – The Ocean of Offerings
SATURDAY May 18, 2024
12:30 AM – Short commentary on Sang Chodtrun Gyatso – The Ocean of Offerings
8:00 PM – Kalachakra King of Fire Pujas Jinsek (more extensive then the Jinsek Dropan Gyatso
11:30 PM – Commentary and instructions on how to do Jinsek Dropan Gyatso – The Ocean of Benefits
East Coast USA, Toronto
East Coast USA, Toronto
FRIDAY May 17, 2024
5:00 PM – Sur Dotgu Kuntsol – The Gift of All Needs Puja
6:30 PM – Short Commentary on the Sur Dotgu Kuntsol – The Gift of All Needs
9:00 PM – Sang Chodtrun Gyatso – The Ocean of Offerings
10:30 PM – Short commentary on Sang Chodtrun Gyatso – The Ocean of Offerings
SATURDAY May 18, 2024
6:00 PM – Kalachakra King of Fire Pujas Jinsek (more extensive then the Jinsek Dropan Gyatso
9:30 PM – Commentary and instructions on how to do Jinsek Dropan Gyatso – The Ocean of Benefits
West Coast USA
West Coast USA
FRIDAY May 17, 2024
2:00 PM – Sur Dotgu Kuntsol – The Gift of All Needs Puja
3:30 PM – Short Commentary on the Sur Dotgu Kuntsol – The Gift of All Needs
6:00 PM – Sang Chodtrun Gyatso – The Ocean of Offerings
7:30 PM – Short commentary on Sang Chodtrun Gyatso – The Ocean of Offerings
SATURDAY May 18, 2024
3:00 PM – Kalachakra King of Fire Pujas Jinsek (more extensive then the Jinsek Dropan Gyatso
6:30 PM – 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.
Questions?
Please email [email protected]
This is a FREE event and only available ONLINE.
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.
Schedule by Timezone and Zoom Links
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan
MONDAY May 06, 2024 – 4:00 PM Commentary on Jetsun Taranatha’s Zhentong Nyingpo with Khentrul Rinpoche
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87085894366?pwd=SEtKTE5XaytUNmxrVU90ZitDOFdOdz09
Webinar ID: 870 8589 4366
Passcode: 108108
SATURDAY May 11, 2024 – 4:00 PM Commentary on Jetsun Taranatha’s Zhentong Nyingpo with Khentrul Rinpoche
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82275590234?pwd=ckpjRXc5eVhlYzlITTk4bTF6YTEyQT09
Webinar ID: 870 8589 4366 Passcode: 108108
SATURDAY May 25, 2024 – 4:00 PM Commentary on Jetsun Taranatha’s Zhentong Nyingpo with Khentrul Rinpoche
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81269461887?pwd=N2ZvdXJGb1dJa2g1eWljdzdhSnN0dz09
Webinar ID: 870 8589 4366 Passcode: 108108
SATURDAY June 1, 2024 – 4:00 PM Commentary on Jetsun Taranatha’s Zhentong Nyingpo with Khentrul Rinpoche
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87083844445?pwd=ODR6dzFDR3ZwSmVZS1JWTHB6RWdjUT09
Webinar ID: 870 8589 4366 Passcode: 108108
Offer Dana to Rinpoche
Make an offering to support Khentrul Rinpoche and for this event . If anyone wishes to make their offering, you can do so here.
Questions?
Please email [email protected]
Join our global community in the recitation of Green Tara and Marichi mantra to remove all obstacles for Khentrul Rinpoche and the Global community. Jetsun Tara is the swiftest to respond to prayers for help.
Please submit your mantras on our mantra accumulation page here:
https://dzokden.org/mantra-accumulation/
We have schedule this event in advance of Khentrul Rinpoche’s birthday.
This practice will take place on the full moon and a lunar eclipse in March. During the time of the Lunar eclipse in your location, the merit of the offering is multiplied by 700,000 times. Please join us in our accumulation until then but especially anytime in our special 24 hour community organized practice. Members of our different communities in different countries will lead the mantras at different hours. All the mantras that are submitted to Green Tara and to Marichi will be dedicated on April 18th. May this lead to the flourishing of Dzokden and Rinpoche’s activities.
Schedule by Timezone
Central Europe and South Africa – MONDAY March 25, 2024 / 12:00 AM – 12:00 AM (TUESDAY March 26, 2024)
Melbourne, Australia – MONDAY March 25, 2024 / 10:00 AM – 09:59 AM (TUESDAY March 26, 2024)
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan – MONDAY March 25, 2024 / 7:00 AM – 7:00 AM (TUESDAY March 26, 2024)
São Paulo, Brazil – SUNDAY March 24, 2024 / 8:00 PM – 8:00 PM (MONDAY March 25, 2024)
East Coast USA, Toronto – SUNDAY March 24, 2024 / 7:00 PM – 7:00 PM (MONDAY March 25, 2024)
West Coast USA – SUNDAY March 24, 2024 / 4:00 PM – 4:00 PM (MONDAY March 25, 2024)
Zoom Information
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84041168224?pwd=eng5RDlFT1pxSEdEWkNaK2VPYmk5UT09
Meeting ID: 840 4116 8224
Passcode: 616652
Questions?
Please email [email protected]
