ABOUT THE PRACTICE RETREAT People are always chasing the idea of self or getting to know the self but can not recognize the innate true nature that is already present. This practice closes the gap more between who we think we are and who we really are. Our goal is to shift our sense of identity from the illusory self that is projected by ignorance, to a conceptual self that arises from wisdom, therefore bringing us closer to our Buddha-nature.
This retreat is an opportunity to strengthen awareness and cultivate confidence in our own inherent divine nature through the authentic lineage of Tibetan Buddhism of the Jonangpas. There are several skillful means you will have a chance to work with within the different Kalachakra Sadhanas, Kalachakra-Tsok and ordinary activities, in order to unveil the Innate Kalachakra.
For those who have just received the Kalachakra Empowerment and are working on their Ngöndro, this is an ideal opportunity to learn how to put it into practice and to expand enormously the accumulation of merit and wisdom. For those who have been practicing it previously, it is a precious opportunity to realize the power of practicing together with our vajra brothers and sisters.
FOR WHOM IS THIS FOR? All those who sincerely wish to practice Kalachakra and have received the first set of the Kalachakra Empowerment (Kalachakra Initiation) or the Innate Kalachakra Jenang Initiation from Shar Khentrul Rinpoché, Choekyi Nangwa Rinpoché, HH the Dalai Lama, Jhado Rinpoché or any other Vajra Master of an authentic lineage, regardless of their school of practice.
In order to create the best conditions, it is preferred to have received the first set of the Kalachakra Initiation that are called “The 7 Empowerments of a Growing Child”. However, anyone who has received any other authentic Unsurpassed Yoga Tantra Empowerment and practiced extensively already in their tradition may take part as well. In case of doubt about this important prerequisite, please write to [email protected]before registering.
HOW TO PREPARE MYSELF FOR THIS RETREAT If you are new to the teachings of Shar Khentrul Rinpoche or to the Jonang School of Tibetan Buddhism, Rinpoche strongly encourages you to prepare yourself in advance for this retreat. *Recommended course:Jonang Kalachakra Ngöndro *Recommended Books: “The Hidden Treasure of the Profound Path” “Unveiling Your Sacred Truth” The practice book “The Profound Path of Vajra Yoga” is recommended as a support for your practice during the retreat. If you have a mala you can use it for counting your accumulations, although this is not mandatory.
SCHEDULE, LANGUAGE and RECORDINGS English. Translations TBA. All the 13 sessions will be recorded and can be accessed afterwards in our online learning center. We encourage you to take part in as many live sessions as possible, but, if your time zone is not compatible, you can listen to them later.
Introductory Kalachakra Teaching with Khentrul Rinpoche Daily sessions guided by Rafa Lobsang Dorje and other Senior Students
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne, Australia Friday, September 9 3:00 AM – Session 1 6:00 PM – Session 2 9:00 PM – Session 3 Saturday, September 10th 12:00 AM Midnight – Session 4 3:00 AM – Session 5 6:00 PM – Session 6 9:00 PM Session 7 Sunday, September 11th 12:00 AM Midnight – Session 8 3:00 AM Session 9 6:00 PM Session 10 9:00 PM Session 11 Monday, September 12th 12:00 AM Midnight – Session12 3:00 AM – Session 13
HKT - Mongolia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore
HKT – Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan Friday, September 9 1:00 AM – Session 1 4:00 PM – Session 2 7:00 PM – Session 3 10:00 PM – Session 4 Saturday, September 10th 1:00 AM – Session 5 4:00 PM – Session 6 7:00 PM Session 7 10:00 PM – Session 8 Sunday, September 11th 1:00 AM Session 9 4:00 PM Session 10 7:00 PM Session 11 10:00 PM – Session12 Monday, September 12th 1:00 AM – Session 13
EEST - Romania
EEST : UTC+ 3 : Romania Thursday, September 8th 8:00 PM – Session 1 Friday, September 9 11:00 AM – Session 2 2:00 PM – Session 3 5:00 PM – Session 4 8:00 PM – Session 5 Saturday, September 10th 11:00 AM – Session 6 2:00 PM Session 7 5:00 PM – Session 8 8:00 PM Session 9 Sunday, September 11th 11:00 AM Session 10 2:00 PM Session 11 5:00 PM – Session12 8:00 PM – Session 13
CEST - Central Europe
CEST : UTC +2 : Central Europe Thursday, September 8th 7:00 PM – Session 1 Friday, September 9 10:00 AM – Session 2 1:00 PM – Session 3 4:00 PM – Session 4 7:00 PM – Session 5 Saturday, September 10th 10:00 AM – Session 6 1:00 PM Session 7 4:00 PM – Session 8 7:00 PM Session 9 Sunday, September 11th 10:00 AM Session 10 1:00 PM Session 11 4:00 PM – Session12 7:00 PM – Session 13
BRT - São Paulo, Brazil
BRT : UTC -3 : Sao Paula, Brazil Thursday, September 8th 2:00 PM – Session 1 Friday, September 9 5:00 AM – Session 2 8:00 AM – Session 3 11:00 AM – Session 4 2:00 PM – Session 5 Saturday, September 10th 5:00 AM – Session 6 8:00 AM Session 7 11:00 AM – Session 8 2:00 PM Session 9 Sunday, September 11th 5:00 AM Session 10 8:00 AM Session 11 11:00 AM – Session12 2:00 PM – Session 13
EDT USA, Toronto, Puerto Rico
EDT : UTC -4 : East Coast USA, Toronto, New York Thursday, September 8th 1:00 PM – Session 1 Friday, September 9 4:00 AM – Session 2 7:00 AM – Session 3 10:00 AM – Session 4 1:00 PM – Session 5 Saturday, September 10th 4:00 AM – Session 6 7:00 AM Session 7 10:00 AM – Session 8 1:00 PM Session 9 Sunday, September 11th 4:00 AM Session 10 7:00 AM Session 11 10:00 AM – Session12 1:00 PM – Session 13
PDT - West Coast, USA
PDT : UTC -7 : West Coast USA Thursday, September 8th 10:00 AM – Session 1 Friday, September 9 1:00 AM – Session 2 4:00 AM – Session 3 7:00 AM – Session 4 10:00 AM – Session 5 Saturday, September 10th 1:00 AM – Session 6 4:00 AM Session 7 7:00 AM – Session 8 10:00 AM Session 9 Sunday, September 11th 1:00 AM Session 10 4:00 AM Session 11 7:00 AM – Session12 10:00 AM – Session 13
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.
OFFERING DANA TO RINPOCHE
As this is an online event, you can make the offering of Dana to Rinpoche here.
This retreat is in-person at Suchandra Institute. It is offered in English. You can still fly and participate, read the sadhana in your own langauges and do the practice sessions. Translation may be possible but not guaranteed to organize potentially for Rinpoche’s teaching if needed and for the meditation interview for qualified students.
RETREAT SESSIONS
You can choose any combination of weeks.
WEEK 1: 25th September – 2nd October (Sunday to Sunday)
WEEK 2: 2nd October – 9th October
WEEK 3: 9th October – 16th October
WEEK 4: 16th October – 23th October
We are grateful to be able to offer the Three Isolations (Wensum) Retreat at the beautiful Kalachakra Kalapa Retreat Center in the Austrian mountains. This dark retreat is a rare opportunity to practice in a similar way to how aspiring yogis practice during a traditional 3-year retreat. The retreat will support the participants to cultivate the Three Isolations of Body, Speech and Mind as a solid ground for entering into the Kalachakra Completion Stage of the Six Vajra Yogas.
Online Teaching and Personal Meditation Guidance from Khentrul Rinpoche The retreat will have 4 weeks in total. Participants are welcome to take part in all of them or the weeks of your choosing. Khentrul Rinpoche will give 1 teaching per week and personal meditation interviews via zoom, in order to discuss meditation progress and help alleviate obstacles to the practice. We will organize it and provide all the necessary devices.
REQUIREMENTS All participants must have received the Four Higher Empowerments of Kalachakra with instructions for the Three Isolations from Shar Khentrul Rinpoche. Everyone who has already taken these Higher Empowerments is automatically approved for participation. If you have not received them yet and have the aspiration to do so, fulfill the request here.
(Note: the Four Higher Empowerments of Kalachakra are not the same Kalachakra Empowerments which Rinpoche gave in Hong Kong in 2020 and in other places as in Vienna in 2019, which are called “The 7 Empowerments of a Growing Child”. If you are not sure that you have received the Four Higher Empowerments, write to us before starting your registration.)
Oral Transmission In September Required
Rinpoche informed that his new concise sadhana “Secret Dakini Treasure” may be included in the daily schedule as well. You must participate in his oral transmission and commentary for the new Sadhana that will be given in September. See Dzokden.org for details.
Retreat Infos and Guidelines This is a strict retreat. The retreat will be closed and in silence. No visitors, no computers, no mobile phones. Participants are expected to follow the retreat guidelines respectfully, not only for their own practice’s success, but for avoiding disturbing others as well. Participation in the group sessions is obligatory, unless important health conditions do not allow it. If this is the case, this should be discussed in advance with the retreat leader and if necessary with Rinpoche as well. Personal phones and other electronic devices (laptops etc.) will be stored in the office. If someone needs to contact you in case of emergency, they can write an e-mail to [email protected] and call at +43 676 395 8898. Both e-mailbox and phone will be checked once a day during lunch time.
Materials and Guidelines Bring your Profound Path of Vajra Book with its commentary “The Hidden Treasure” and the Higher Empowerments Booklet as a reference for your practice. Other reading materials not directly related to the wensum practice are not allowed. Rinpoche has agreed that his new concise sadhana “Secret Dakini Treasure” may be included in the daily schedule as well. You must participate in his oral transmission and commentary for the new Sadhana that will be given in September. See Dzokden.org for details.
Volunteer Opportunities
This is a strict retreat where the participants should avoid engaging in too much physical activity and unnecessarily interacting with others. Because of that, we need at least one volunteer for cooking (breakfast, lunch and light dinner). The volunteer will have a space separate from the retreatants and can enjoy all the retreat center spaces, except for the Kalachakra Temple where the participants will practice. Differently from the participants, the volunteer can have access to electronic devices, WLAN etc. This is an extraordinary opportunity to generate merit and create the causes for yourself engaging in this practice in the future. Rinpoche strongly encourages us to support our dharma brothers and sisters through volunteering.
If you are considering this opportunity, please write as soon as possible to [email protected], so that we can arrange a video call in order to plan your participation. It is not necessary to volunteer for the whole retreat. You can offer as much as possible according to your possibilities.
All practices on the path to Buddhahood are methods for gathering the accumulations of merit and wisdom and for purifying our obscurations. The Highest Yoga Tantra Kalachakra Tsok offering is an incredibly swift and direct method. The Tsok offering is a practice of limitless Generosity in which we make offerings to all the Buddhas, Deities and Beings while holding the profound view and generation. It is typically done only by students who have taken the Kalachakra Initiation, but Khentrul Rinpoche encourages everyone studying the Kalachakra Ngondro to participate as well. It is not just a practice of offering however; it is a powerful method for purifying our Samaya.
Included in the Course
In this course, Khentrul Rinpoche Jamphel Lodrö will give a commentary on the Jonang Kalachakra Tsok text that we use for this practice. This is an excellent chance to deepen your understanding of the meaning of the practice. We will go over how to set this up in your community or at home as well as perform one together. This course includes instructions on setting up the Tsok offering, oral transmission, the text, the commentary, the video guide for the practice and music so you can do this practice in your community. You will have the information you need to chant it in your own langauge or in Tibetan.
Who can Attend?
This course is for anyone who is studying and practicing the Kalachakra Ngondro. This is especially important for anyone who has taken the Kalachakra Initiation to be able to purify Samaya and maintain their vows.
Schedule for Melbourne, Australia
Saturday March 5
5:00pm – 6:30pm Session 1
7:00pm – 8:30pm Session 2
9:30pm – 11:00 pm Session 3 Oral Transmission (You must receive this in real time)
Sunday March 6
5:00pm – 6:30pm Session 4
7:00pm – 8:30pm Session 5
9:30pm – 11:00 pm Session 6
New York Saturday March 5 1:00am – 2:30am Session 1 3:00am – 4:30am Session 2 5:30am – 7:00 am Session 3 Oral Transmission (You must receive this in real time) Sunday March 6 1:00am – 2:30am Session 4 3:00am -4:30am Session 5 5:30am – 7:00 am Session 6
San Francisco Saturday March 4/5 10:00pm – 11:30pm Session 1 12:00am – 1:30am Session 2 2:30am – 4:00 am Session 3 Sunday March 5/6 10:00pm – 11:30pm Session 4 12:00am – 1:30am Session 5 2:30am – 4:00 am Session 6
HOW THE ONLINE COURSE WORKS
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 oral transmission online in real-time.
3) You will receive access to the zoom for each of the sessions.
OFFERING DANA TO RINPOCHE
It’s customary at the end of empowerment for students to make an offering of Dana to the guru. As this is an online event, you can make the offering of Dana to Rinpoche here.
* All donations are considered unrestricted contributions,
which allows the foundation to carry out our mission efficiently by allocating resources where most needed.
We will be hosting it in person in Mongolia. Translations other than Mongolian are offered online only. This page is for registration in Australia, Western Europe, New Zealand, UK, Asia, America, and Canada. Please register in the right spot. If your language or country aren’t included anywhere please email [email protected] for help registering.
Closed-caption for the hearing impaired is only offered in English.
We hope this helps create the conditions for peace and harmony to flourish around the world. The empowerment ceremony will take place in a meditative atmosphere over a few days. Please make sure to be present for all the sessions in your timezone. It includes a ceremony to spread prayers for peace and harmony around the globe, ritual dances, and the unveiling of a 3d version of the Jonang Kalachakra Mandala. You will be guided in a clear step-by-step way through empowerment so that you can understand what you are receiving. Through lecture, discussion, meditation, mantra, and ritual offerings, form a deep connection to your own inner realm of peace and harmony.
EMPOWERMENT GUIDE BOOK We will provide online registrants with an eBook to follow along with step-by-step which is available in English, Chinese, Italien, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Romanian, Mongolian, and French DETAILED SCHEDULE BY TIMEZONE Khentrul Rinpoche would like you to come to every session that you can. None of the actual empowerment sessions will be recorded. It is only available Live. If you want the empowerment you must receive it live. Some other sessions will be recorded to accomodate people in a variety of timezones. Because we can not answer emails from everyone who has a schedule conflict, we have indicated the sessions that you absolutely must be present to receive this empowerment as “REQUIRED”. Public = This will be a public livestream. Also people who are not registered can attend this event. Private = This is only available in Zoom. Only registered attendees can view this event.
AEST Melbourne, Australia
AEST – Melbourne, Australia PRE-EMPOWERMENT PUBLIC EVENTS Friday, August 5th 9:00 PM AEST – PUBLIC Opening Rituals: Preparing to Receive the Kalachakra Empowerment (Required but doesn’t have to be watched in real-time) Watch the livestream on Facebook, attend in-person or watch the video replay in the Dzokden Learning Center. EMPOWERMENT REGISTERED ATTENDEES ONLY Saturday, August 6th 11: AM AEST – Public Protection Rituals & Understanding the Sacred Commitments (Required but doesn’t have to be watched in real-time) Watch the livestream, attend in-person or watch the video replay in the Dzokden Learning Center 1:00 PM – Preparation Prayers to Receive the Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. No recordings.) 3:00 PM AEST – Kalachakra Empowerment Part 1 (Required. Can only be received in real-time. No Recordings.) 7:00 PM AEST – How to Practice Kalachakra & Prepare for the Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. Recorded.) Sunday, August 7th 11:00 AM – Day 2 Preparation Prayers to Receive the Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. No recording.) 1:00 AM AEST – Kalachakra Empowerment Part 2 (Required. Can only be received in real-time. No Recordings.) 4:00 PM AEST – Kalachakra Tsok (Preferred but Optional. No Recording.) 6:00 PM AEST – Post Empowerment Ritual – Offering to the Water (Preferred but Optional. No Recording.)
HKT - Mongolia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore
UTC +8 / HKT – Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan PRE-EMPOWERMENT PUBLIC EVENTS Friday, August 5th 7:00 PM UTC+8 – Public Opening Rituals: Preparing to Receive the Kalachakra Empowerment (Required but doesn’t have to be watched in real-time) Watch the livestream, attend in-person or watch the video replay in the Dzokden Learning Center. EMPOWERMENT REGISTERED ATTENDEES ONLY Saturday, August 6th 9:00 AM UTC+8 – Public Protection Rituals & Understanding the Sacred Commitments (Required but doesn’t have to be watched in real-time) Watch the livestream, attend in-person or watch the video replay in the Dzokden Learning Center 11:00 AM UTC+8 – Preparation Prayers to Receive the Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. No recordings.) 1:00 PM UTC+8 – Kalachakra Empowerment Part 1 (Required. Can only be received in real-time. No Recordings.) 5:00 PM PM UTC+8 – How to Practice Kalachakra & Prepare for the Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. Recorded.) EMPOWERMENT REGISTERED ATTENDEES ONLY Sunday, August 7th 9:00 AM UTC+8 – Preparation Prayers to Receive the Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. No recording.) 11:00 AM PM UTC+8 – Kalachakra Empowerment Part 2 (Required. Can only be received in real-time. No Recordings) 2:00 PM UTC+8 – Kalachakra Tsok (Preferred but Optional. No Recording.) 4:00 PM UTC+8 – Post Empowerment Ritual – Offering to the Water (Preferred but Optional. No Recording.)
EEST - Romania
EEST – Romania PRE-EMPOWERMENT PUBLIC EVENTS Friday, August 5th 2:00 PM EEST – Public Opening Rituals: Preparing to Receive the Kalachakra Empowerment (Required but doesn’t have to be watched in real-time) Watch the livestream, attend in-person or watch the video replay in the Dzokden Learning Center. EMPOWERMENT REGISTERED ATTENDEES ONLY Saturday, August 6th 4:00 AM EEST – Public Protection Rituals & Understanding the Sacred Commitments (Required but doesn’t have to be watched in real-time) Watch the livestream, attend in-person or watch the video replay in the Dzokden Learning Center 6:00 AM EEST – Preparation Prayers to Receive the Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. No recordings.) 8:00 AM EEST – Kalachakra Empowerment Part 1 (Required. Can only be received in real-time. No Recordings.) 12:00 PM – How to Practice Kalachakra & Prepare for the Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. Recorded.) EMPOWERMENT REGISTERED ATTENDEES ONLY Sunday, August 7th 4:00 AM EEST – Preparation Prayers to Receive the Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. No recording.) 6:00 AM AM EEST – Kalachakra Empowerment Part 2 (Required. Can only be received in real-time. No Recordings.) 9:00 AM AM EEST – Kalachakra Tsok (Preferred but Optional. No Recording.) 11:00 AM EEST – Post Empowerment Ritual – Offering to the Water (Preferred but Optional. No Recording.)
CEST - Central Europe / South Africa
CEST / SAST – Central Europe and South Africa PRE-EMPOWERMENT PUBLIC EVENTS Friday, August 5th 1:00 PM CEST/SAST – Public Opening Rituals: Preparing to Receive the Kalachakra Empowerment (Required but doesn’t have to be watched in real-time) Watch the livestream, attend in-person or watch the video replay in the Dzokden Learning Center. EMPOWERMENT REGISTERED ATTENDEES ONLY Saturday, August 6th 3:00 AM CEST/SAST – Public Protection Rituals & Understanding the Sacred Commitments (Required but doesn’t have to be watched in real-time) Watch the livestream, attend in-person or watch the video replay in the Dzokden Learning Center 5:00 AM CEST/SAST – Preparation Prayers to Receive the Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. No recordings.) 7:00 AM CEST/SAST – Kalachakra Empowerment Part 1 (Required. Can only be received in real-time. No Recordings.) 11:00 AM CEST/SAST – How to Practice Kalachakra & Q & A on Vows (Preferred but Optional. Recorded.) EMPOWERMENT REGISTERED ATTENDEES ONLY Sunday, August 7th 3:00 AM CEST/SAST – Preparation Prayers to Receive the Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. No recording.) 5:00 AM CEST/SAST – Kalachakra Empowerment Part 2 (Required. Can only be received in real-time. No Recordings.) 8:00 AM CEST/SAST – Kalachakra Tsok (Preferred but Optional. No Recording.) 10:00 AM CEST/SAST – Post Empowerment Ritual – Offering to the Water (Preferred but Optional. No Recording.)
BRT - São Paulo, Brazil
UTC -3 / BRT – São Paulo, Brazil PRE-EMPOWERMENT PUBLIC EVENTS Friday, August 5th 8:00 AM UTC-3 – Public Opening Rituals: Preparing to Receive the Kalachakra Empowerment (Required but doesn’t have to be watched in real-time) Watch the livestream, attend in-person or watch the video replay in the Dzokden Learning Center. EMPOWERMENT REGISTERED ATTENDEES ONLY 10:00 PM UTC-3 – Public Protection Rituals & Understanding the Sacred Commitments (Required but doesn’t have to be watched in real-time) Watch the livestream, attend in-person or watch the video replay in the Dzokden Learning Center Saturday, August 6th 12:00 AM Midnight UTC-3 – Preparation Prayers to Receive the Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. No recordings.) 2:00 AM UTC-3 – Kalachakra Empowerment Part 1 (Required. Can only be received in real-time. No Recordings.) 6:00 AM UTC-3 – How to Practice Kalachakra & Prepare for the Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. Recorded.) 10:00 PM UTC-3 – Preparation Prayers to Receive the Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. No recording.) 12:00 AM UTC-3 – Kalachakra Empowerment Part 2 (Required. Can only be received in real-time. No Recordings.) EMPOWERMENT REGISTERED ATTENDEES ONLY Sunday, August 7th 3:00 AM UTC-3 – Kalachakra Tsok (Preferred but Optional. No Recording.) 5:00 AM UTC-3 – Post Empowerment Ritual – Offering to the Water (Preferred but Optional. No Recording.)
EDT USA, Toronto, Puerto Rico
UTC -4 / EDT / AST – East Coast USA, Toronto, Puerto Rico PRE-EMPOWERMENT PUBLIC EVENTS Friday, August 5th 7:00 AM UTC-4 – Public Opening Rituals: Preparing to Receive the Kalachakra Empowerment (Required but doesn’t have to be watched in real-time) Watch the livestream, attend in-person or watch the video replay in the Dzokden Learning Center. 9:00 PM UTC-4 – Public Protection Rituals & Understanding the Sacred Commitments (Required but doesn’t have to be watched in real-time) Watch the livestream, attend in-person or watch the video replay in the Dzokden Learning Center 11:00 PM UTC-4 – Preparation Prayers to Receive the Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. No recordings.) EMPOWERMENT REGISTERED ATTENDEES ONLY Saturday, August 6th 1:00 AM UTC-4 – Kalachakra Empowerment Part 1 (Required. Can only be received in real-time. No Recordings.) 5:00 AM UTC-4 – How to Practice Kalachakra & Prepare for the Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. Recorded.) 9:00 PM UTC-4 – Preparation Prayers to Receive the Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. No recording.) 11:00 PM UTC-4 – Kalachakra Empowerment Part 2 (Required. Can only be received in real-time. No Recordings.) EMPOWERMENT REGISTERED ATTENDEES ONLY Sunday, August 7th 2:00 AM UTC-4 – Kalachakra Tsok (Preferred but Optional. No Recording.) 4:00 AM UTC-4 – Post Empowerment Ritual – Offering to the Water (Preferred but Optional. No Recording.)
PDT - West Coast, USA
UTC-7 / PDT – West Coast PRE-EMPOWERMENT PUBLIC EVENTS Friday, August 5th 4:00 AM UTC-7 – Public Opening Rituals: Preparing to Receive the Kalachakra Empowerment (Required but doesn’t have to be watched in real-time) Watch the livestream, attend in-person or watch the video replay in the Dzokden Learning Center. 6:00 PM UTC-7 – Public Protection Rituals & Understanding the Sacred Commitments (Required but doesn’t have to be watched in real-time) Watch the livestream, attend in-person or watch the video replay in the Dzokden Learning Center 8:00 PM UTC-7 – Preparation Prayers to Receive the Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. No recordings.) 10:00 PM UTC-7 – Kalachakra Empowerment Part 1 (Required. Can only be received in real-time. No Recordings.) EMPOWERMENT REGISTERED ATTENDEES ONLY |Saturday, August 6th 2:00 AM – UTC-7 – How to Practice Kalachakra and Prepare for Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. Recorded.) 6:00 PM – 18:00 PM UTC-7 – Preparation Prayers to Receive the Empowerment (Preferred but Optional. No recording.) 8:00 PM UTC-7 – Kalachakra Empowerment Part 2 (Required. Can only be received in real-time. No Recordings.) 11:00 PM UTC-7 – Kalachakra Tsok (Preferred but Optional. No Recording.) EMPOWERMENT REGISTERED ATTENDEES ONLY Sunday, August 7th 1:00 AM UTC-7 – Post Empowerment Ritual – Offering to the Water (Preferred but Optional. No Recording.)
ABOUT KALACHAKRA Kalachakra brings peace to oneself and the world as we learn to harmonize our environment with our body & mind. Kalachakra, which means wheel of time, transcends religions time, space, and perceived reality. It is the essence that makes up our very nature. It harmonizes the cosmic, with our internal system and the enlightened mind. Unlike other Buddhist teachings, Kalachakra is very detailed giving insight and direction to help anyone of any religious tradition realize their true nature. This teaching helps us move past habitual limitations to unleash our limitless potential of love & compassion.
COMPLETE SYSTEM TO ENLIGHTENMENT The Tibetan Buddhist Jonang Lineage specializes in the complete path that guides students in a clear step-by-step system to enlightenment. It is known specifically for upholding the 6 vajra yogas through which many enlightened masters have transitioned. It has rarely been taught in its entirety to lay (non-monastic) practitioners in the West. Most of the Jonang Yogi’s have decided to remain practicing in their caves and monasteries in the Himalayas. Khentrul Rinpoche has made it his life’s mission to bring these teachings to the west in English. He hopes to create the conditions for both female and male practitioners living in their daily lives to realize the heart essence of these profound teachings.
Kalachakra for World Peace Buddha Shakyamuni taught the Kalachakra Tantra to the Kings of Shambhala at the same time the heart sutra was taught. In it, there is a clear prophecy for world peace to arise on this earth. Come create the conditions to usher in the Golden Age of Global peace and harmony. Khentrul Rinpoché is very genuine focusing on catalyzing the transformation of the authentic aspirations of his students. He makes this rich & complex ancient wisdom accessible so that anyone can engage with it more easily, at their own capacity, in all areas of their life.
HOW THE ONLINE EMPOWERMENT WILL WORK 1) Register for each attendee that will be receiving the empowerment. Choose your preferred language. You will receive a confirmation email. 2) 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. While Khentrul Rinpoche wants the attendees there for every session, we have indicated the absolute required sessions so as not to have to a lot of emails about special circumstances. That said, he would prefer you are there for all of them.
SUGGESTED OFFERINGS
In the past, people would walk across India and offer all their gold, home, and family just to receive a bit of dharma. The dharma is priceless and no amount of offerings can ever equal the value of the path to liberation. That said, there are huge costs involved in putting on a Kalachakra Empowerment both in-person and online as well as for us to help us make Rinpoche’s teachings available to people. We have to transport all of Rinpoche’s Holy Objects from Hong Kong to Australia as well as procure things for this years location. 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
It’s customary at the end of empowerment for students to make an offering of Dana to the guru. As this is an online event, you can make the offering of Dana to Rinpoche here.
To register for the In-Person event in Australia click here. About the Practice of Chöd Chöd is a powerful practice of accepting willingly what is undesirable, cutting through our concepts, reducing our self-cherishing nature, leading us closer to our own true nature. The main obstacle to our own enlightenment is our clinging to our own ego, our own existence. When fear, fixation, and self-clinging are cut through, giving rise to the awareness of the pure nature of emotions and the emptiness of mental obscurations.Machig Labdron is the creator of a unique form of Mahamudra Chöd practice. She is the manifestation of Prajnaparamita, the Great Mother who gives birth to realisation of emptiness. Furthermore, Machig Labdrön is also the manifestation of Arya Tara, who gives birth to compassion. A chod practitioner can cut through anything and therefore his or her main intention should be to unify understanding of emptiness and loving kindness and compassion, just as Machig Labdrön did.Khentrul Rinpoche has received the Chod transmission in multiple traditions such as the Nyingma Kagyu, Jonang and the Gelug traditions. He had the pleasure of practicing Chod Retreat and receiving transmission from Kalka Jetsun Dhampa considered to be a reincarnation of Taranatha and the spiritual head of Mongolia.Throughout Buddhist history, female practitioners have been models of leadership in virtuous conduct, meditation, discipline and practice. Machig Labdron is an extraordinary example of a highly realised female practitioner. One of Rinpoche’s aspirations is to cultivate more realised female practitioners around the world and we hope this practice inspires the prominence and proliferation of more female Buddhist masters.
About the Empowerment This is an incredibly rare and precious empowerment of Chöd from master Jetsun Taranatha. We will include a booklet to follow along through the empowerment. Part of the transmission includes stories of Machig Labdron life in which we can all be inspired by this precious Dakini’s presence.
Who can attend (online and in person)? This retreat is open to all. Sunday 21th November 2021 – Free Online Pre-Teaching If you want to learn more about the retreat and the teaching tune into this teaching from Khentrul Rinpoche. 7 AM – Chöd, Prajnaparamita and Zhentong Emptiness
Who can Attend
There are no formal prerequisites. Traditionally this empowerment is received after one has done the ngondro.
Schedule by Timezone
Melbourne Time:
Saturday 11th December
Time
Event
Leader
10.00 – 12.30pm
Arrive and settle
1.00 – 3.00pm
Session 1 Chöd Empowerment
Rinpoche
3.00 – 4.00pm
Break
4.00 – 6. 00pm
Session 2 Chöd Empowerment
Rinpoche
6.00 – 7.00pm
Dinner
7.30 – 9.30pm
Session 3 Chöd Empowerment
Rinpoche
Sunday 12th December
Time
Event
Leader
7.00 – 8.30am
Breakfast
9.00 – 11.00am
Session 4 Chöd
Karma Shedpa
11.00 -1.00pm
Free time & Lunch
1.00 – 2.30pm
Session 5 Chöd
Rinpoche
2.30 – 4.00pm
Break
4.00 – 5.30pm
Session 6 Chöd
Yeshe Wangmo
5.30 – 7.00pm
Dinner and free time
7.30 – 9.00pm
Session 7 Chöd
Rinpoche
Monday 13th December
Time
Event
Leader
7.00 – 8.30am
Breakfast
9.00 – 11. 00am
Session 8 Chöd Practice
Karma Shedpa
12.00
Lunch and Finish
How does the Online Empowerments and Retreats Work
1) Register for each attendee that 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) 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. 3) You will receive access to the zoom for each of the sessions. You will be able to watch any of the course in learn.dzokden.org The empowerment must be received in real time. There are no recordings available of the empowerment.
Ritual Objects to Bring or Pre-order by November 18
Optional extras for practice – To enhance your practice, we have additional items for you to purchase for home practice. All purchases through our Dzokden store run by volunteers goes directly to Rinpoche’s altruistic projects. Items in the Dzokden Store here for global shipping. Australians should use the special one time order form. As a kindness – If you want to special order these items to pick up a the Chöd Retreat in Australia, you must fill out this Australian order reservation form by November 18th. You will need to pick them up in person at the retreat. All items are subject to confirmation from the supplier for shipping due to Covid challenges. You will receive a confirmation email with a bill November 20th that the items are shipping for you. Remember you CAN take the retreat and receive the empowerment even if you do not have all these items. Chöd can be practiced in your daily life as well as ritualistically.
Chöd Drum Made by artisans in Nepal. Each Chöd ritual drum, comes with a brocade case and tail. This high quality damaru is made of Sengdeng wood. $225 AUD
Kangling Thigh Bone Trumphet (made out of wood) Made by artisans in Kathmandu Nepal. It is very difficult to get a human bone Kangling in these modern times. Many people worldwide use Trumphets made from wood to look like Trumphet. It comes with a case. $110 AUD
Dorje and Bell (Small or Large Size) Made with bell metal by artisans in Dehradun India. Brocade case color may vary from the one shown in the image. Ani Small Size – $150 AUD Large Size – $175 AUD
It’s customary at the end of empowerment for students to make an offering of Dana to the guru. As this is an online event, you can make the offering of Dana to Rinpoche here
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