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Khentrul Rinpoche bestow his mind terma of the 8 Shambhala Dharma King Empowerment in the Singapore. This is a rare opportunity for establishing a direct connection with the Kalkis. Rinpoche will also give an introductory teaching and a Q&A session after the empowerment.
About the Kings of Shambhala
The Kalki Kings are the Dharma Kings of the Sublime Realm of Shambhala who were able to skillfully unite their entire realm through the Kalachakra teachings. Their effort went much more beyond only alleviating biased differences like races, conflicting religious approaches, classes etc. They helped propagate and make the Kalachakra teachings in such a way, that their realm transformed into a pure Bodhisattva realm, happy and peaceful, where spiritual practice flourishes. Differently from wordly kings which are focused on protecting and expanding their territories, the Kalkis are Kings of the dharma, bodhisattva beings who manifest as great leaders out of their compassion and wisdom.
“In general we say that the Kalki Kings are inseparable from the 8 great bodhisattvas and the 10 wrathful dakas. They are incredibly powerful. For me, the Shambhala kings are much more special because of their particular connection with our own world. The bodhisattvas and dakas possess a subtle body form, like a body of a being of the god realm, and so, only some individuals can connect with them. But the Shambhala Kings and Kalkis appeared in Shambhala as human beings, so that many people could benefit through connecting with them. And, of course, they manifest themselves not as an ordinary human being, but as an exceptional, extraordinary human being.
I have been dedicating myself intensively to prepare for this empowerment. I feel a strong connection with the Kalkis and I have no doubt that they are the greatest hope of our world for the manifestation of the Second Golden Age of Peace and Harmony.” (Khentrul Rinpoche)
WHO IS THIS FOR or HOW TO PREPARE MYSELF?
There are no prerequisites at all. It is suitable for all levels of practitioners. If you want to prepare yourself, you can do the online course Introduction to the Ngöndro available at our learning center. If you are already practicing dharma, you may benefit from the oral commentaries Rinpoche gave about his Shambhala prayers; they can be accessed in his official Youtube Channel. For knowing more about Shambhala and the Kalki Kings, we suggest the book “The Realm of Shambhala” by Rinpoche.
Melbourne, Australia
AEST – Melbourne, Australia
Feb 5th, 2023
8 Shambhala Dharma King Empowerment
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Shambhala Empowerment and Teaching
HKT - Mongolia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore
HKT – Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan
Feb 5th, 2023
8 Shambhala Dharma King Empowerment
10:00 am – 01:00 pm – Shambhala Empowerment and Teaching
Central Europe
Central Europe
Feb 5th, 2023
8 Shambhala Dharma King Empowerment
3:00 am – 6:00 am – Shambhala Empowerment and Teaching
BRT - São Paulo, Brazil
BRT – São Paulo, Brazil
Feb 5th, 2023
8 Shambhala Dharma King Empowerment
11:00 pm (Feb 4th) – 2:00 am – Shambhala Empowerment and Teaching
EDT USA & Toronto
EST / AST – East Coast USA, Toronto
Feb 5th, 2023
8 Shambhala Dharma King Empowerment
9:00 pm (Feb 4th) – 12:00 am – Shambhala Empowerment and Teaching
West Coast, USA
PT – West Coast
Feb 4th, 2023
8 Shambhala Dharma King Empowerment
6:00 pm (Feb 3rd) – 9:00 pm – Shambhala Empowerment and Teaching
HOW THE ONLINE EMPOWERMENT WILL WORK
1) Register for each attendee that will be receiving the empowerment. You will be added to the course on learn.dzokden.org
2) You must receive the empowerment online in real-time. We do not record the empowerments. Just attending an empowerment does not mean you receive it. You must know what is going on. To ensure everyone will receive the 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. Rinpoche typically gives the eBook out the night before but if this is a technical problem for you.
3) You will receive access to the zoom for each of the sessions.
SUGGESTED OFFERINGS
We have created 3 offering levels to help make this affordable to a range of attendees as we must raise funds to cover the cost. The cost has been adjusted for the cost of living in various countries. Thank you for understanding so that we can make this accessible to our global family. If your ability to pay makes it difficult to attend this program, we will make every effort to make attendance possible. Please email [email protected] to discuss a lower offering amount.
OFFERING DANA TORINPOCHE
As this is an online event, you can make the offering of Dana to Rinpoche here.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? email [email protected]
The Empowerment is on Saturday JULY 9. Translation is available for the weekend but is to be determined for the retreat.
We are incredibly fortunate that Rinpoche will reveal this mind terma and bestow for the first time the 8 Shambhala Dharma Kings in the Kalachakra Kalapa Center. This is a rare opportunity for establishing a direct connection with the Sublime realm of Shambhala in this incredibly short lineage direct from the Shambhala Kings to Khentrul Rinpoche. Khentrul Rinpoche will also give an introductory teaching and a Q&A session after the empowerment. The sessions after the empowerment will be guided by his senior students.
About the Kings of Shambhala
The Kalki Kings are the Dharma Kings of the Sublime Realm of Shambhala who were able to skillfully unite their entire realm through the Kalachakra teachings. Their effort went much more beyond only alleviating biased differences like races, conflicting religious approaches, classes etc. They helped propagate and make the Kalachakra teachings in such a way, that their realm transformed into a pure Bodhisattva realm, happy and peaceful, where spiritual practice flourishes. Differently from wordly kings which are focused on protecting and expanding their territories, the Kalkis are Kings of the dharma, bodhisattva beings who manifest as great leaders out of their compassion and wisdom.
“In general we say that the Kalki Kings are inseparable from the 8 great bodhisattvas and the 10 wrathful dakas. They are incredibly powerful. For me, the Shambhala kings are much more special because of their particular connection with our own world. The bodhisattvas and dakas possess a subtle body form, like a body of a being of the god realm, and so, only some individuals can connect with them. But the Shambhala Kings and Kalkis appeared in Shambhala as human beings, so that many people could benefit through connecting with them. And, of course, they manifest themselves not as an ordinary human being, but as an exceptional, extraordinary human being.
I have been dedicating myself intensively to prepare for this empowerment. I feel a strong connection with the Kalkis and I have no doubt that they are the greatest hope of our world for the manifestation of the Second Golden Age of Peace and Harmony.” (Khentrul Rinpoche)
WHO IS THIS FOR or HOW TO PREPARE MYSELF?
There are no prerequisites at all. It is suitable for all levels of practitioners. If you want to prepare yourself, you can do the online course Introduction to the Ngöndro available at our learning center. If you are already practicing dharma, you may benefit from the oral commentaries Rinpoche gave about his Shambhala prayers; they can be accessed in his official Youtube Channel. For knowing more about Shambhala and the Kalki Kings, we suggest the book “The Realm of Shambhala” by Rinpoche.
AEST Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
SATURDAY 9th JULY
3:30 am- 5:00 am – Public Teaching with RINPOCHE: The Shambhala Dharma Kings & the Coming Golden Age on Earth with Khentrul Rinpoche
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Session 1 – Preliminary Practice for the Empowerment
7.00 – 9:00 pm – Session 2 – 8 Shambhala Dharma Kings EMPOWERMENT part 1
11.00 – 0.30 pm – Session 3 – 8 Shambhala Dharma Kings EMPOWERMENT part 2
SUNDAY 10th JULY
3.30 – 5.00 am – Session 4 – Dharma Kings Practice
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Session 5 – Dharma Kings Practice
7.00 pm – 8:30 pm – Session 6 – Dharma Kings Practice
11.00 pm – 0.30 am – Session 7 – Dharma Kings Practice Q&A with RINPOCHE & ORAL TRANSMISSION
MONDAY 11th JULY
3:30 – 5.00 am – Session 8 – Dharma Kings Practice
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Session 9 – Dharma Kings Practice
7.00 – 8:30 pm – Session 10 – Dharma Kings Practice
11.00 – 0.30 pm – Session 11 – Dharma Kings Practice
TUESDAY 12th JULY
3.30 – 5.00 am – Session 12 – Session with RINPOCHE
3:00 pm – Session 13 – Dharma Kings Practice
7:00 pm – Session 14 – Dharma Kings Practice
11:00 pm – Session 15 – Dharma Kings Practice
WEDNESDAY 13th JULY
3:30 am – Session 16 – Session with RINPOCHE
3:00 pm – Session 17 – Dharma Kings Practice
6.30 pm- Session 18 – full moon public event – Flag Raising & Blessing of Kalapa land for the Retreat Center to manifest the Golden Age + Guru Puja & Kalachakra Tsok in the temple
HKT - Mongolia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore
UTC +8 / HKT – Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan
SATURDAY 9th JULY
1:30 am- 3:00 am – Public Teaching with RINPOCHE: The Shambhala Dharma Kings & the Coming Golden Age on Earth with Khentrul Rinpoche
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Session 1 – Preliminary Practice for the Empowerment
5.00 – 7:00 pm – Session 2 – 8 Shambhala Dharma Kings EMPOWERMENT part 1
9.00 – 10.30 pm – Session 3 – 8 Shambhala Dharma Kings EMPOWERMENT part 2
1.30 – 3.00 am – Session 4 – Dharma Kings Practice
SUNDAY 10th JULY
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Session 5 – Dharma Kings Practice
5.00 – 6:30 pm – Session 6 – Dharma Kings Practice
9.00 – 10.30 pm – Session 7 – Dharma Kings Practice Q&A with RINPOCHE & ORAL TRANSMISSION
1.30 – 3.00 am – Session 8 – Dharma Kings Practice
MONDAY 11th JULY
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Session 9 – Dharma Kings Practice
5.00 – 6:30 pm – Session 10 – Dharma Kings Practice
9.00 – 10.30 pm – Session 11 – Dharma Kings Practice
1.30 – 3.00 am – Session 12 – Session with RINPOCHE
TUESDAY 12th JULY
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Session 13 – Dharma Kings Practice
5.00 – 6:30 pm- Session 14 – Dharma Kings Practice
9.00 – 10.30 pm – Session 15 – Dharma Kings Practice
1.30 – 3.00 am – Session 16 – Session with RINPOCHE
WEDNESDAY 13th JULY
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Session 17 – Dharma Kings Practice
4.30 – 7:00 pm- Session 18 – full moon public event – Flag Raising & Blessing of Kalapa land for the Retreat Center to manifest the Golden Age + Guru Puja & Kalachakra Tsok in the temple
EEST - Romania
Romania
FRIDAY 8th JULY
20:30 – 22:00 – Public Teaching with RINPOCHE: The Shambhala Dharma Kings & the Coming Golden Age on Earth with Khentrul Rinpoche
SATURDAY 9th JULY
8:00 – 9:30 – Session 1 – Preliminary Practice for the Empowerment
12.00 – 14:00 – Session 2 – 8 Shambhala Dharma Kings EMPOWERMENT part 1
16.00 – 17.30 – Session 3 – 8 Shambhala Dharma Kings EMPOWERMENT part 2
20.30 – 22.00 – Session 4 – Dharma Kings Practice
SUNDAY 10th JULY
8:00 – 9:30 – Session 5 – Dharma Kings Practice
12.00 – 1:30pm- Session 6 – Dharma Kings Practice
16.00 – 17.30 – Session 7 – Dharma Kings Practice Q&A with RINPOCHE & ORAL TRANSMISSION
20.30 – 22.00 – Session 8 – Dharma Kings Practice
MONDAY 11th JULY
8:00 – 9:30 – Session 9 – Dharma Kings Practice
12.00 – 1:30pm – Session 10 – Dharma Kings Practice
16.00 – 17.30 – Session 11 – Dharma Kings Practice
20.30 – 22.00 – Session 12 – Session with RINPOCHE
TUESDAY 12th JULY
8:00 – 9:30 – Session 13 – Dharma Kings Practice
12.00 – 1:30pm – Session 14 – Dharma Kings Practice
16.00 – 17.30 – Session 15 – Dharma Kings Practice
20.30 – 22.00- Session 16 – Session with RINPOCHE
WEDNESDAY 13th JULY
8:00 – 9:30 – Session 17 – Dharma Kings Practice
11.30 – 14:00 – Session 18 – full moon public event – Flag Raising & Blessing of Kalapa land for the Retreat Center to manifest the Golden Age + Guru Puja & Kalachakra Tsok in the temple
CEST - Central Europe
Central Europe
FRIDAY 8th JULY
19:30 – 21:00 – Public Teaching with RINPOCHE: The Shambhala Dharma Kings & the Coming Golden Age on Earth with Khentrul Rinpoche
SATURDAY 9th JULY
7:00 – 8:30 – Session 1 – Preliminary Practice for the Empowerment
11.00 – 13:00 – Session 2 – 8 Shambhala Dharma Kings EMPOWERMENT part 1
15.00 – 16.30 – Session 3 – 8 Shambhala Dharma Kings EMPOWERMENT part 2
19.30 – 21.00 – Session 4 – Dharma Kings Practice
SUNDAY 10th JULY
7:00 – 8:30 – Session 5 – Dharma Kings Practice
11.00 – 12:30 – Session 6 – Dharma Kings Practice
15.00 – 16.30 – Session 7 – Dharma Kings Practice Q&A with RINPOCHE & ORAL TRANSMISSION
19.30 – 21.00 – Session 8 – Dharma Kings Practice
MONDAY 11th JULY
7:00 – 8:30 – Session 9 – Dharma Kings Practice
11.00 – 12:30 – Session 10 – Dharma Kings Practice
15.00 – 16:30 – Session 11 – Dharma Kings Practice
19.30 – 21.00 – Session 12 – Session with RINPOCHE
TUESDAY 12th JULY
7:00 – 8:30 – Session 13 – Dharma Kings Practice
11.00 – 12:30 – Session 14 – Dharma Kings Practice
15.00 – 16:30 – Session 15 – Dharma Kings Practice
19.30 – 21.00 – Session 16 – Session with RINPOCHE
WEDNESDAY 13th JULY
7:00 – 8:30 – Session 17 – Dharma Kings Practice
10.30 – 13:00 – Session 18 – full moon public event – Flag Raising & Blessing of Kalapa land for the Retreat Center to manifest the Golden Age + Guru Puja & Kalachakra Tsok in the temple
BRT - São Paulo, Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazi
FRIDAY 8th JULY
2:30 – 4:00 pm – Public Teaching with RINPOCHE: The Shambhala Dharma Kings & the Coming Golden Age on Earth with Khentrul Rinpoche
SATURDAY 9th JULY
2:00 – 03:30 am – Session 1 – Preliminary Practice for the Empowerment
6.00 – 8:00 am- Session 2 – 8 Shambhala Dharma Kings EMPOWERMENT part 1
10.00 – 11.30 am – Session 3 – 8 Shambhala Dharma Kings EMPOWERMENT part 2
2.30 – 4.00 pm – Session 4 – Dharma Kings Practice
SUNDAY 10th JULY
2:00 – 3:30 am – Session 5 – Dharma Kings Practice
6.00 – 7:30 am – Session 6 – Dharma Kings Practice
10.00 – 11.30 am – Session 7 – Dharma Kings Practice Q&A with RINPOCHE & ORAL TRANSMISSION
2.30 – 4.00 pm – Session 8 – Dharma Kings Practice
MONDAY 11th JULY
2:00 – 3:30 am – Session 9 – Dharma Kings Practice
6.00 – 7:30 am – Session 10 – Dharma Kings Practice
10.00 – 11.30 am – Session 11 – Dharma Kings Practice
2.30 – 4.00 pm – Session 12 – Session with RINPOCHE
TUESDAY 12th JULY
2:00 – 3:30 am – Session 13 – Dharma Kings Practice
6.00 – 7:30 am – Session 14 – Dharma Kings Practice
10.00 – 11.30 am – Session 15 – Dharma Kings Practice
2.30 – 4.00 pm – Session 16 – Session with RINPOCHE
WEDNESDAY 13th JULY
2:00 – 3:30 am- Session 17 – Dharma Kings Practice
5.30 – 8:00 am- Session 18 – full moon public event – Flag Raising & Blessing of Kalapa land for the Retreat Center to manifest the Golden Age + Guru Puja & Kalachakra Tsok in the temple
EDT USA, Toronto, Puerto Rico
East Coast USA, Toronto
FRIDAY 8th JULY
1:30 pm – Public Teaching with RINPOCHE: The Shambhala Dharma Kings & the Coming Golden Age on Earth with Khentrul Rinpoche
SATURDAY 9th JULY
1:00 am – Session 1 – Preliminary Practice for the Empowerment
5:00 am- Session 2 – 8 Shambhala Dharma Kings EMPOWERMENT part 1
9.00 am – Session 3 – 8 Shambhala Dharma Kings EMPOWERMENT part 2
1.30 pm – Session 4 – Dharma Kings Practice
SUNDAY 10th JULY
1:00 am – Session 5 – Dharma Kings Practice
5.00 am – Session 6 – Dharma Kings Practice
9.00 – 10.30 am – Session 7 – Dharma Kings Practice Q&A with RINPOCHE & ORAL TRANSMISSION
1.30 pm – Session 8 – Dharma Kings Practice
MONDAY 11th JULY
1:00 am – Session 9 – Dharma Kings Practice
5.00 am – Session 10 – Dharma Kings Practice
9:00 am – Session 11 – Dharma Kings Practice
1.30 pm – Session 12 – Session with RINPOCHE
TUESDAY 12th JULY
1:00 am – Session 13 – Dharma Kings Practice
5:00 am – Session 14 – Dharma Kings Practice
9.00 am – Session 15 – Dharma Kings Practice
1.30 pm – Session 16 – Session with RINPOCHE
WEDNESDAY 13th JULY
1:00 am- Session 17 – Dharma Kings Practice
4.30 am- Session 18 – full moon public event – Flag Raising & Blessing of Kalapa land for the Retreat Center to manifest the Golden Age + Guru Puja & Kalachakra Tsok in the temple
PDT - West Coast, USA
West Coast USA
FRIDAY 8th JULY
10:30 am – Public Teaching with RINPOCHE: The Shambhala Dharma Kings & the Coming Golden Age on Earth with Khentrul Rinpoche
10:00 pm – Session 1 – Preliminary Practice for the Empowerment
SATURDAY 9th JULY
2:00 am- Session 2 – 8 Shambhala Dharma Kings EMPOWERMENT part 1
6.00 am – Session 3 – 8 Shambhala Dharma Kings EMPOWERMENT part 2
10.30 am – Session 4 – Dharma Kings Practice
10:00 pm – Session 5 – Dharma Kings Practice
SUNDAY 10th JULY
2:00 am – Session 6 – Dharma Kings Practice
6:00 am – Session 7 – Dharma Kings Practice Q&A with RINPOCHE & ORAL TRANSMISSION
10:30 am – Session 8 – Dharma Kings Practice
10:00 pm – Session 9 – Dharma Kings Practice
MONDAY 11th JULY
2.00 am – Session 10 – Dharma Kings Practice
6.00 am – Session 11 – Dharma Kings Practice
10:30 pm – Session 12 – Session with RINPOCHE
10:00 pm – Session 13 – Dharma Kings Practice
TUESDAY 12th JULY
2:00 am – Session 14 – Dharma Kings Practice
6.00 am – Session 15 – Dharma Kings Practice
10:30 am – Session 16 – Session with RINPOCHE
10:00pm – Session 17 – Dharma Kings Practice
WEDNESDAY 13th JULY
1.30 am- Session 18 – full moon public event – Flag Raising & Blessing of Kalapa land for the Retreat Center to manifest the Golden Age + Guru Puja & Kalachakra Tsok in the temple
HOW THE ONLINE EMPOWERMENT WILL WORK
1) Register for each attendee that will be receiving the empowerment. You will be added to the course on
learn.dzokden.org
2) You must receive the empowerment online in real-time. We do not record the empowerments. Before the empowerment, you will receive information on some simple supplies you should get to help make the experience as authentic as possible. If you are not able to get them all don’t worry. They are symbolic and you can still receive the empowerment. More important you must understand what is happening. Just attending an empowerment does not mean you receive it. You must know what is going on. To ensure everyone will receive the 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. Rinpoche typically gives the eBook out the night before but if this is a technical problem for you (you can’t read an eBook and be on zoom at the same time) please indicate on the registration form so we can work to accommodate you.
3) You will receive access to the zoom for each of the sessions.
SUGGESTED OFFERINGS
We have created 3 offering levels to help make this affordable to a range of attendees as we must raise funds to cover the cost. The cost has been adjusted for the cost of living in various countries. Thank you for understanding so that we can make this accessible to our global family. If your ability to pay makes it difficult to attend this program, we will make every effort to make attendance possible. Please email
[email protected] to discuss a lower offering amount.
OFFERING DANA TORINPOCHE
As this is an online event, you can make the offering of Dana to Rinpoche here.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? email
[email protected]
The Empowerment is on Saturday July 2nd. Translation is available for the weekend but is to be determined for the retreat.
VAJRAPANI: Tame Your Demons
Tap into the power of all the Buddhas to tame your internal and external obstacles to realization. Vajrapani, the embodiment of the power of all the Buddhas of the ten directions and the three times is a fearless Bodhisattva of the tenth level and the guardian of the Buddhist tantras.
Khentrul Rinpoche will bestow a very special empowerment of Vajrapani known as the Demon Destroyer and the practice that Lama Lutrin used in the retreat in which he cured himself of Leprosy. This empowerment and retreat will help practitioners embrace their fierce power within to tame their obstacles on their path.
KHENTRUL RINPOCHE PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH VAJRAPANI
“For me Vajrapani is personally special because my root lama, Lama Lobsang Trinley, was considered as the actual Vajrapani. When he practiced it, he could completely heal his leprosy during a long solitary retreat. At the end of his retreat he achieved the same realization of the great Indian mahasiddhas.
My root Lama’s teachings on Vajrapani were incredibly special. As many high Lamas came to our monastery in order to receive the Vajrapani empowerment from him, I could receive it many times. All these Lamas who came had no doubt about his realization. They said that he himself was the actual Vaprapani, as they were witnessing my Lama taming incredibly powerful demons who wish to bring harm to our regions.”
This practice has a very special connection to our institute as the Shambhala King Suchandra, who requested the Buddha the Kalachakra Tantra Teachings and established these teachings in Shambhala, was an emanation of Vajrapani.
INCLUDED IN THE RETREAT
Vajrapani Empowerment (Jenang), Oral transmission of the practice, a preliminary teaching, practice sessions and a Q&A session. The practice sessions will be guided by his senior students.
VAJRAPANI FOR KALACHAKRA STUDENTS
Rinpoche says that we do not necessarily need to practice Vajrapani separately, we just need to build a connection. Then, recollecting him, you can integrate it within your own practice, for example within the Kalachakra Path. You can either practice Vajrapani as your main practice and see it as non-contradictory with the Kalachakra Path, or you can focus on the Kalachakra system without seeing the separation from Vajrapani, as he is even included in the Kalachakra mandala.
WHO IS THIS FOR or HOW TO PREPARE MYSELF?
There are no prerequisites at all. It is suitable for all levels of practitioners. Previous Buddhist study and practice are helpful but not mandatory. If you are new to the buddhist path, you may also like to study Khentrul Rinpoche’s “What’s Real?” course from our learning center and to read Rinpoche’s books “Unveiling Your Sacred Truth” — Books 1 and 2. For knowing more about Rinpoche’s root Lama’s biography and his connection with Vajrapani, you can find more information in the book “The Realm of Shambhala” where Rinpoche wrote about the whole Kalachakra lineage he holds.
AEST Melbourne, Australia
AEST – Melbourne, Australia
SATURDAY 2nd JULY
3:30 am – 5:00 am Public Teaching with Rinpoche: Vajrapani and the Kalachakra Lineage
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Session 1 – Online Empowerment Preparation
7.00 pm- 8:30 pm Session 2 – Vajrapani EMPOWERMENT & ORAL TRANSMISSION (only live)
11.00 pm- 0.30 am Session 3 – Vajrapani Practice
3:30 am- 5:00 am Session 4 – Vajrapani Practice
SUNDAY 3rd JULY
3:00 pm- 4:30 pm – Session 5 – Vajrapani Practice
7.00 pm- 8:30 pm – Session 6 – Vajrapani Practice
11.00 pm- 0.30 am – Session 7 – Vajrapani Q&A with RINPOCHE
3:30 am- 5:00 am – Session 8 – Vajrapani Practice
MONDAY 4th JULY
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Session 9 – Vajrapani Practice
7.00 pm- 8:30 pm – Session 10 – Vajrapani Practice
11.00 pm- 0.30 am- Session 11 – Vajrapani Practice
3:30 am- 5:00 am – Session 12 – Session with RINPOCHE
TUESDAY 5th JULY
03:00 pm- 04:30 pm – Session 13 – Vajrapani Practice
7.00 pm- 8:30 pm – Session 14 – Vajrapani Practice
11.00 pm- 0.30 am – Session 15 – Vajrapani Practice
3:30 am- 5:00 am – Session 16 – Session with RINPOCHE
WEDNESDAY 6th JULY
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Session 17 – Closing Practice and Dedications
HKT - Mongolia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore
UTC +8 / HKT – Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan
SATURDAY 2nd JULY
1:30 am- 3:00 am– Public Teaching with Rinpoche: Vajrapani and the Kalachakra Lineage
1:00 pm- 2:30 pm – Session 1 – Online Empowerment Preparation
5.00 – 6:30 pm – Session 2 – Vajrapani EMPOWERMENT & ORAL TRANSMISSION (only live)
9.00 – 10.30 pm – Session 3 – Vajrapani Practice
1.30 – 3.00 am – Session 4 – Vajrapani Practice
SUNDAY 3rd JULY
1:00 pm- 2:30 pm – Session 5 – Vajrapani Practice
5.00 – 6:30 pm – Session 6 – Vajrapani Practice
9.00 – 10.30 pm – Session 7 – Vajrapani Q&A with RINPOCHE
1.30 – 3.00 am – Session 8 – Vajrapani Practice
MONDAY 4th JULY
1:00 pm- 2:30 pm – Session 9 – Vajrapani Practice
5.00 – 6:30 pm – Session 10 – Vajrapani Practice
9.00 – 10.30 pm – Session 11 – Vajrapani Practice
1.30 – 3.00 am – Session 12 – Session with RINPOCHE
TUESDAY 5th July
1:00 pm- 2:30 pm- Session 13 – Vajrapani Practice
5.00 – 6:30 pm – Session 14 – Vajrapani Practice
9.00 – 10.30 pm – Session 15 – Vajrapani Practice
1.30 – 3.00 am – Session 16 – Session with RINPOCHE
WEDNESDAY 6th JULY
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Session 17 – Closing Practice and Dedications
EEST - Romania
Romania
FRIDAY 1st JULY
20:30 – 22:00 – Public Teaching with Rinpoche: Vajrapani and the Kalachakra Lineage
08:00 – 09:30 – Session 1 – Online Empowerment Preparation
12.00 – 1:30pm – Session 2 – Vajrapani EMPOWERMENT & ORAL TRANSMISSION (only live)
16.00 – 17.30 – Session 3 – Vajrapani Practice
20.30 – 22.00- Session 4 – Vajrapani Practice
SUNDAY 3rd JULY
8:00 – 9:30 – Session 5 – Vajrapani Practice
12.00 – 1:30pm – Session 6 – Vajrapani Practice
16.00 – 17.30 – Session 7 – Vajrapani Q&A with RINPOCHE
20.30 – 22.00 – Session 8 – Vajrapani Practice
MONDAY 4th JULY
8:00 – 9:30 – Session 9 – Vajrapani Practice
12.00 – 1:30pm – Session 10 – Vajrapani Practice
16.00 – 17.30 – Session 11 – Vajrapani Practice
20.30 – 22.00 – Session 12 – Session with RINPOCHE
TUESDAY 5th JULY
8:00 – 9:30 – Session 13 – Vajrapani Practice
12.00 – 1:30pm – Session 14 – Vajrapani Practice
16.00 – 17.30 – Session 15 – Vajrapani Practice
20.30 – 22.00 – Session 16 – Session with RINPOCHE
WEDNESDAY 6th JULY
8:00 – 9:30 – Session 17 – Closing Practice and Dedications
CEST - Central Europe
Central Europe
FRIDAY 1st JULY
19:30 – 21:00 – Public Teaching with Rinpoche: Vajrapani and the Kalachakra Lineage
SATURDAY 2nd JULY
7:00 – 8:30 – Session 1 – Online Empowerment Preparation
11.00 – 12:30 – Session 2 – Vajrapani EMPOWERMENT & ORAL TRANSMISSION (only live)
15.00 – 16.30 – Session 3 – Vajrapani Practice
19.30 – 21.00 – Session 4 – Vajrapani Practice
SUNDAY 3rd JULY
7:00 – 8:30 – Session 5 – Vajrapani Practice
11.00 – 12:30 – Session 6 – Vajrapani Practice
15.00 – 16.30 – Session 7 – Vajrapani Q&A with RINPOCHE
19.30 – 21.00 – Session 8 – Vajrapani Practice
MONDAY 4th JULY
7:00 – 8:30 – Session 9 – Vajrapani Practice
11.00 – 12:30 – Session 10 – Vajrapani Practice
15.00 – 16:30 – Session 11 – Vajrapani Practice
19.30 – 21.00 – Session 12 – Session with RINPOCHE
TUESDAY 5th July
07:00 – 08:30 – Session 13 – Vajrapani Practice
11.00 – 12:30 – Session 14 – Vajrapani Practice
15.00 – 16:30 – Session 15 – Vajrapani Practice
19.30 – 21.00 – Session 16 – Session with RINPOCHE
WEDNESDAY 6th JULY
7:00 – 8:30 AM – Session 17 – Closing Practice and Dedications
BRT - São Paulo, Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil
FRIDAY 1st July
2:30 – 4:00 pm – Public Teaching with Rinpoche: Vajrapani and the Kalachakra Lineage
SATURDAY 2nd JULY
2:00 – 3:30 am – Session 1 – Online Empowerment Preparation
6.00 – 7:30 am – Session 2 – Vajrapani EMPOWERMENT & ORAL TRANSMISSION (only live)
10.00 – 11.30 am – Session 3 – Vajrapani Practice
2.30 – 4.00 pm – Session 4 – Vajrapani Practice
SUNDAY 3rd JULY
2:00 – 3:30 am – Session 5 – Vajrapani Practice
6.00 – 7:30 am – Session 6 – Vajrapani Practice
10.00 – 11.30 am – Session 7 – Vajrapani Q&A with RINPOCHE
2.30 – 4.00 pm – Session 8 – Vajrapani Practice
MONDAY 4th JULY
2:00 – 3:30 am – Session 9 – Vajrapani Practice
6.00 – 7:30 am – Session 10 – Vajrapani Practice
10.00 – 11.30 am – Session 11 – Vajrapani Practice
2.30 – 4.00 pm – Session 12 – Session with RINPOCHE
TUESDAY 5th JULY
02:00 – 03:30 am- Session 13 – Vajrapani Practice
6.00 – 7:30 am- Session 14 – Vajrapani Practice
10.00 – 11.30 am – Session 15 – Vajrapani Practice
2.30 – 4.00 pm – Session 16 – Session with RINPOCHE
WEDNESDAY 6th JULY
2:00 – 3:30 am – Session 17 – Closing Practice and Dedications
EDT USA, Toronto
East Coast USA, Toronto, Puerto Rico
FRIDAY 1st JULY
1:30 – 3:00 pm – Public Teaching with Rinpoche: Vajrapani and the Kalachakra Lineage
SATURDAY 2nd JULY
1:00 – 02:30 am – Session 1 – Online Empowerment Preparation
5.00 – 6:30 am – Session 2 – Vajrapani EMPOWERMENT & ORAL TRANSMISSION (only live)
9.00 – 10.30 am – Session 3 – Vajrapani Practice
1:30 – 3:00 pm – Session 4 – Vajrapani Practice
SUNDAY 3rd JULY
1:00 – 2:30 am – Session 5 – Vajrapani Practice
5.00 – 6:30 am – Session 6 – Vajrapani Practice
9.00 – 10.30 am- Session 7 – Vajrapani Q&A with RINPOCHE
1:30 – 3:00 pm – Session 8 – Vajrapani Practice
MONDAY 4th JULY
1:00 – 2:30 am – Session 9 – Vajrapani Practice
5.00 – 6:30 am – Session 10 – Vajrapani Practice
9.00 – 10.30 am – Session 11 – Vajrapani Practice
1:30 – 3:00 pm – Session 12 – Session with RINPOCHE
TUESDAY 5th JULY
01:00 – 02:30 am – Session 13 – Vajrapani Practice
5.00 – 6:30 am – Session 14 – Vajrapani Practice
9.00 – 10.30 am – Session 15 – Vajrapani Practice
1:30 – 3:00 pm – Session 16 – Session with RINPOCHE
WEDNESDAY 6th JULY
01:00 – 02:30 am – Session 17 – Closing Practice and Dedications
PDT - West Coast, USA
West Coast USA
FRIDAY 1st JULY
10:30 am- 12:00pm – Public Teaching with Rinpoche: Vajrapani and the Kalachakra Lineage
10:00 pm- 11:30 pm – Session 1 – Online Empowerment Preparation
SATURDAY 2nd JULY
2.00 – 3:30 am – Session 2 – Vajrapani EMPOWERMENT & ORAL TRANSMISSION (only live)
6.00 – 7.30 am – Session 3 – Vajrapani Practice
10:30 am- 12:00pm – Session 4 – Vajrapani Practice
10:00 pm- 11:30 pm – Session 5 – Vajrapani Practice
SUNDAY 3rd JULY
2.00 – 3:30 am – Session 6 – Vajrapani Practice
6.00 – 7.30 am – Session 7 – Vajrapani Q&A with RINPOCHE
10:30 am- 12:00pm – Session 8 – Vajrapani Practice
10:00 pm- 11:30 pm- Session 9 – Vajrapani Practice
MONDAY 4th JULY
2.00 – 3:30 am – Session 10 – Vajrapani Practice
6.00 – 7.30 am – Session 11 – Vajrapani Practice
10:30 am- 12:00pm – Session 12 – Session with RINPOCHE
10:00 pm- 11:30 pm – Session 13 – Vajrapani Practice
TUESDAY 5th JULY
2.00 – 3:30 am – Session 14 – Vajrapani Practice
6.00 – 7.30 am – Session 15 – Vajrapani Practice
10:30 am- 12:00pm – Session 16 – Session with RINPOCHE
TUESDAY 5th JULY
10:00 pm- 11:30 pm – Session 17 – Closing Practice and Dedications
HOW THE ONLINE EMPOWERMENT WILL WORK
1) Register for each attendee that will be receiving the empowerment. You will be added to the course on learn.dzokden.org
2) You must receive the empowerment online in real-time. We do not record the empowerments. Before the empowerment, you will receive information on some simple supplies you should get to help make the experience as authentic as possible. If you are not able to get them all don’t worry. They are symbolic and you can still receive the empowerment. More important you must understand what is happening. Just attending an empowerment does not mean you receive it. You must know what is going on. To ensure everyone will receive the 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. Rinpoche typically gives the eBook out the night before but if this is a technical problem for you (you can’t read an eBook and be on zoom at the same time) please indicate on the registration form so we can work to accommodate you.
3) You will receive access to the zoom for each of the sessions.
SUGGESTED OFFERINGS
We have created 3 offering levels to help make this affordable to a range of attendees as we must raise funds to cover the cost. The cost has been adjusted for the cost of living in various countries. Thank you for understanding so that we can make this accessible to our global family. If your ability to pay makes it difficult to attend this program, we will make every effort to make attendance possible. Please email
[email protected] to discuss a lower offering amount.
OFFERING DANA TO RINPOCHE
As this is an online event, you can make the offering of Dana to Rinpoche
here.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? email [email protected]
About the Practice of White Tara
Of the 21 Taras, the two most popular are Green Tara and White Tara. White Tara, a manifestation of the Buddha, also known as the Mother of Compassion, is regarded for her qualities of healing and activities to benefit others. She grants grants health, healing and longevity swiftly like a mother running to help her crying child. All powerful White Tara has 7 eyes — with an eye in her forehead, and one on each hand and foot — symbolizing her compassionate vigilance to see all the suffering of the world.
Almost everyone has obstacles in their life that could lead to an untimely death. This is because we have fixed karmas and unfixed karmas. If the obstacles are due to the exhaustion of your good karma and merit, then in order to prolong your life now, you need to practice powerful ways to collect a lot of merit, such as taking long life initiations, reciting the mantras of long life deities, saving the lives of animals and people, offering medicine to people and taking care of sick people, offering food, clothing and shelter to the poor people. This of course only matters if you yourself are making your life meaningful to live long and practice the Dharma.
If the obstacles in your life and untimely death are due to the accumulation of negative karma, the you must purify it. Tara will help with it as she is very quick to fulfill our wishes and to grant us happiness and a long life, as well as to help us develop wisdom.
About the Empowerment
Receiving this empowerment is considered to be a great blessing and supportive of a long and healthy life. She is part of a trilogy of 3 long life deities, Amitayus, Tara and Namgyalma.
Who can attend (online and in person)?
This retreat is open to all.
About the Empowerment (Jenang blessing)
Khentrul Rinpoche will bestow the jenang Empowerment of White Tara. This is useful for those who want to connect to the transformative power of long life.
Who can attend (online and in person)?
This retreat is open to all.
Retreat Schedule
Melbourne, Australia
AEST – Melbourne, Australia
Saturday, December 31st
DAY 1
9:30 am – 11:00 am – Session 1 – How and why we make make offerings
01:00 pm – 03:00 pm – White Tara Empowerment and teaching
04:00 pm – 05:30 pm – Session 2 – Tara Practice and Accumulation
07:30 pm – 09:00 pm – Session 3 – Tara Practice and Accumulation
Sunday, January 1st
DAY 2
09:00 am – 11:00 am – Session 4 – Tara Practice and Accumulation
01:00 pm – 02:30 pm – Session 5 – Tara Practice and Accumulation
03:00 pm – 05:00 pm – Long Life Offering Ceremony to Khentrul Rinpoche
07:30 pm – 09:00 pm – Session 6 – Tara Practice and Accumulation
Monday, January 2nd
DAY 3
9:00 am – 10:30 am – Session 7
HKT - Mongolia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore
HKT – Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan
Saturday, December 31st
DAY 1
6:00 am Session 1 – How and why we make make offerings
10:00 am White Tara Empowerment
1:00 pm – Session 2
4:30 pm – Session 3
Sunday, January 1st
DAY 2
6:00 am – Session 4
10:00 am – Session 5
12:00 pm – Long Life Offering Ceremony to Khentrul Rinpoche
4:30 pm – Session 6
Monday, January 2nd
DAY 3
6:00 am – Session 7
Central Europe
Central Europe
Saturday, December 31st
DAY 1
3:00 am – White Tara Empowerment
6:00 am – Session 2
9:30 am – Session 3
Sunday, January 1st
DAY 2
11:00 pm (Saturday, December 31) – 01:00 am – Session 4
03:00 am – 04:30 am – Session 5
05:00 am – 07:00 am – Long Life Offering Ceremony to Khentrul Rinpoche
09:30 am – 11:00 am – Session 6
Monday, January 2nd
DAY 3
11:00 pm (Sunday, January 1) – 01:00 am – Session 7
BRT - São Paulo, Brazil
BRT – São Paulo, Brazil
Saturday, December 31st
DAY 1
11:00 pm (Friday, December 30) – 01:00 am – White Tara Empowerment
02:00 am – 04:00 am – Session 2
05:30 am – 07:30 am – Session 3
Saturday, December 31st
DAY 2
07:00 pm – 09:00 pm – Session 4
11:00 pm – 12:30 am (Sunday, January 1) – Session 5
Sunday, January 1st
01:00 am – 03:00 am – Long Life Offering Ceremony to Khentrul Rinpoche
05:30 am – 07:00 am – Session 6
DAY 3
07:00 pm – 09:00 pm – Session 7
EDT USA & Toronto
EST / AST – East Coast USA, Toronto
Friday, December 30th
DAY 1
09:00 pm – 11:00 pm – White Tara Empowerment
Saturday, December 31st
12:00 am – 02:00 am – Session 2
03:30 am – 05:30 am – Session 3
DAY 2
05:00 pm – Session 4
09:00 pm – Session 5
11:00 pm – Long Life Offering Ceremony to Khentrul Rinpoche
Sunday, January 1st
3:30 am – Session 6
DAY 3
5:00 pm – Session 7
West Coast, USA
PT – West Coast
Friday, December 30th
DAY 1
06:00 pm – White Tara Empowerment
09:00 pm – Session 2
Saturday, December 31st
12:30 am – 02:30 am – Session 3
DAY 2
2:00 pm – Session 4
6:00 pm – Session 5
8:00 pm – Long Life Offering Ceremony to Khentrul Rinpoche
Sunday, January 1st
12:30 am – Session 6
DAY 3
2:00 pm – Session 7
OFFER TO THE LONG LIFE PUJA
There are a lot of items involved that need to be offered and costs related to putting on this long life puja. Traditionally thousands of offerings are made along with all of the traditional item such a monks, robes, statues, items representing the Dharma, medicines etc. We appreciate your donation to help sponsor this.
https://dzokden.org/donations/long-life-offering-fund-to-khentrul-rinpoche/
OFFER LONG LIFE MANTRAS
For Rinpoche’s long life we are accumulating the White Tara Mantras, you can offer them here
https://airtable.com/shr9ie87dewcT9wqa
OFFERING DANA TO RINPOCHE
Its 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.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
email [email protected]
As we prepare to do the White Tara long life retreat, Khentrul Rinpoche reflects on the meaning of a long life and why we need these practices. This is his last public talk of the year and a message to all students on what they can reflect on for the next year and the rest of their lives.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85811404442?pwd=TFQ1N0RCUjFHQ25hamY0akY1VTZXZz09
Webinar ID: 858 1140 4442
Passcode: 108108
Friday Dec 30th 7:30 PM AEST Melbourne, Australia
Friday Dec 30th 4:30 PM Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan
Friday Dec 30th 3:30 PM Hanoi, Vietnam
Friday Dec 30th 10:30 AM Romania
Friday Dec 30th 9:30 AM Central Europe
Friday Dec 30th 5:30 AM Sao Paulo, Brazil
Friday Dec 30th 3:30 AM East Coast USA, Toronto
Friday Dec 30th 12:30 AM West Coast USA
