Unveil your sacred truth through the profound Kalachakra Tantra path. Through the ancient wisdom of the Kalachakra teachings it is possible to unlock this potential and manifest a sublime realm of experience, free from all forms of suffering and conflict.The Kalachakra Tantra is the most comprehensive and effective system within Tibetan Buddhism, valued by all schools as ‘ the King of Tantras’ . While many schools may practice the teachings and give initiations into the teachings, the Jonang, however, is the tradition that has the specific focus of Kalachakra practice. Jonang is the only tradition that holds the entire Kalachakra system, with the higher stages of the profound and unique completion practice known as the “Six Vajra Yogas”.In this introductory talk, Khentrul Rinpoche explains the profound and powerful aspects of the completion stage practices of Kalachakra — the Six Vajra Yogas.
Schedule by Timezone
November 12 6:00 AM West Coast USA
November 12 11:00 AM Sao Paulo Brazil
November 12 3:00 PM Central Europe
November 12 10:00 PM Hong Kong, Mongolia, Shaghai
November 13 1:00 AM Melbourne
Zoom Link
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The long life offering is an incredibly moving devotional offering of praises, symbolic items and prayers to our beloved spiritual guide, our Guru, Khentrul Rinpoche. In order to help Khentrul Rinpoche achieve his vision of the Golden Age, we offer this puja to help increase his health and life and to remove our obstacles that may prevent that.
Long life offerings purify mistakes and disharmonies between the students and teacher (broken samayas) and creates the conditions to continue to receive teachings from our teacher for a long time. The Gurus stay and teach students that have the merit for them to teach them. When there is not enough merit amongst the students, the Dakinis call the Guru away to another realm to teach. This offering practice helps the students accumulate vast amounts of merit and create the karmic conditions for the teacher to remain and teach them .
People are often confused in modern times wishing to die when it is convenient or feels good before they lose any of their abilities and become weak and dependent on others. This completely forgets the rarity and value of this precious human birth. They also ask why the Guru would want to live long thinking it may be also nice to die when it is most comfortable, mistaking this for compassion.
In order to practice and live a long and healthy life as students, we need our teacher to remain and teach for the benefit of beings. The Guru is the Buddha. The Guru is the Dharma. The Guru is the Sangha. Our efforts to increase the health and lifespan of the Guru also affect the longevity of our Sangha. As we are not yet enlightened, we need all the opportunity to accumulate merit in this life.
As part of the offering 1000s of offerings are set up to accumulate merit, usually water, incense, tormas etc. Precious objects are gathered representing the victory of the Dharma and Guru in various ways and a heartfelt request is made to the Dakini to let our teacher remain and stay.
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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.
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This event is available in-person in Toronto, Canada. Registration for In-person Attendance
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PRACTICAL TEACHING INCLUDES
– Understand the Bardos from the Kalachakra vs the Dzogchen Perspective
– Vajra Vega Jenang (wrathful Kalachakra)
– What to do when you die
– What to do immediately and in the year following their death.
– How to spot opportunities for liberation in the Bardo
– Kalachakra Phowa teaching and transmission
Dying is an essential part of life; something that we all will face. Whether you or a loved one is facing death today or decades from now, it’s important to understand what it means to live and die well.
In this weekend teaching, Khentrul Rinpoche will take us on a journey through what is known as the ‘bardos’, or transition periods, between one life and the next, and the tremendous opportunity they can offer if we view them as an opportunity for spiritual transformation.
Khentrul Rinpoche will help us understand the profound steps we can take in our life now to prepare for death and what we can do at the time of death. In this practical teaching, Khentrul Rinpoche will bestow the Kalachakra phowa transmission and help us identify opportunities for liberation in the Bardo.
Vajra Vega, the wrathful form of Shri Kalachakra and the King of the Wrathful Deities, is the protector aspect in Kalachakra. There are many benefits to establishing a connection with Vajra Vega. The essence of Vajravega is that he represents the non-conceptual primordial wisdom which arises when the winds enter the central channel. This is the method by which the root ignorance of conceptuality is cut. It is also the basis or the container in which the precious six vajra yogas arise. When we establish a wheel of protection with Vajra Vega, we are symbolically stopping the arising of dualistic appearances, and abiding within the non-conceptual wisdom.
It is very important and special for us to connect with this aspect of Kalachakra in our lifetime so that we may be benefited from the connection in the Bardo state after death. While we must do our best to create karmic propensities to realize our own sacred truth during this life, if we do not then in the Bardo state after death, we may be able to recognise Vajra Vega in the sea of wrathful Deities and be liberated.
WHO CAN COME
Anyone can join. There is no prerequisite.
SCHEDULE
Toronto Canada
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Saturday October 8th
Vajra Vega Jenang and Oral Transmission of Praises to Vajra Vega (at the beginning not recorded), Teachings
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sunday October 9th
Kalachakra Phowa transmission (at the beginning and not recorded) Teachings on the Bardos from a Dzogchen vs Kalachakra view
San Francisco, California
8th October 10 am – 2 pm
9th October 10 am – 2 pm
Sao Paulo Brazil
8th October 2 pm – 6 pm
9th October 2 pm – 6 pm
Vienna Austria / South Africa
8th October 7 pm – 11 pm
9th October 7 pm – 11 pm
Mongolia / Shanghai / Hong Kong
9th October 1 am – 5 am
10th October 1 am – 5 am
Melbourne
9th October 4 am – 8 am
10th October 4 am – 8 am
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 and oral transmission online in real-time. We do not record empowerment. We do not offer empowerment books for this event.
3) You will receive access to the zoom for each of the session of the teaching.
VARIABLE PROGRAM COSTS
The Dharma is not for sale but we do have cost to put on global events. 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. Email [email protected] to request assistance.
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]
