This event will be available both Online and In-person.
ABOUT MARICHI EMPOWERMENT
Marichi is the life-long personal protector from Khentrul Rinpoche. She is also considered the proteress of the Sublime Realm of Shambhala. Rinpoche will bestow her Empowerment and transmit a Marichi sadhana written by him which is based on his own visionary experience with this buddhist goddess.
This retreat will include a study of the Marichi Sutra, sadhana practice and the Marichi Puja.
THE BUDDHIST PROTECTRESS MARICHI
In some lineages of the Vajrayana Buddhism, Marichi is considered to be one manifestation of Tara, appearing for example as the 21st Tara. There are other forms from her found also in other spiritual systems. She is the colour of the sunset, a wondrous, glowing orange. She comes with the sun and, as the sun, her blessings pervade everywhere.
This sadhana is also extremely helpful for those working with the Drolmi Kazug Puja. Beyond the empowerment and oral transmission of the Marichi Sadhana, Rinpoche will also give an introductory teaching on her and will join us in a Q&A session during the retreat. The practice sessions on the weekend will be transmitted online as well.
RINPOCHE’S PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH MARICHI
Marichi (also known as Marīcī and Özer Chenma) came to Rinpoche’s life when he was a young boy herding yak cattles in Tibet. Without fences, it was quite difficult to take care of them. Some yaks hide themselves from the boy Rinpoche under rocks, and so used to spend the night in danger of being attacked by wolves. To help protect them, his family shared with him the Marichi mantra and the faith in her when he was still very young.
“I do not know exactly why, perhaps because of having no doubt when doing this or because of a special connection, when I recited her mantra and did the ritual according to the traditional manner of protecting the yaks, I have 100% guarantee that the yaks would be safe during the night. I never had problems with yaks being killed by the wolves since then, really never. So I kept that in mind and I recited innumerable mantras, many times, when I took care of them. So, afterwards, anytime when we had an obstacle I always relied on her.”
“So this is why Tibetan says that praying for Marichi helps. But, of course, it does not help everyone individually, as it depends for example on the individual connection and on the level of faith. You must have no doubt at all. I have indestructible faith in Marichi since my childhood, so this helped me to develop many connections with her during my life.”
Schedule by Timezone:
Hanoi, Vietnam
FRIDAY December 29, 2023
11:00 AM – Arrival anytime if staying at the Rime Institute
3:00 PM – Public talk on the Realm of Shambhala
SATURDAY December 30, 2023
5:00 AM – 8 Shambhala Dharma King Empowerment
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM – 8 Shambhala Dharma King Teaching and Practice Session
SUNDAY December 31, 2023
5:00 AM – Marichi Tara Empowerment
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM – Marichi Practice and Teaching
MONDAY January 01, 2024
5:00 AM – 1000 Buddha Sadhana Chanting and final consecration of the Shakyamuni Buddha Statues
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM – Kalki King Sadhana Practice
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM – Closing Teaching and Practice with Rinpoche
Questions?
Please send an email to [email protected].
This is a FREE event. It is traditional to make an offering to the Lama for this event. You may send your donation as an offering.
This event will be available both Online and In-person.
Refuge Vow
Until you have taken refuge, you have not committed your spiritual practice to a life direction. And once you take the refuge vow, you are recognizing that you yourself have Buddha nature and can unveil it. To do that, you need the support of a guide, (the Buddha), instructions on how to reveal your nature (the Dharma) and friends on the journey to keep you moving in the right direction (the Sangha). Taking refuge changes your life priorities and firmly plants you moving in the direction towards your Buddha nature. This is the first step as an official Buddhist on the path. While you can take it in your heart which is the most important form, you can also take it with a Buddhist master. It represents turning toward a genuine spiritual path that can be of benefit not only to ourselves but to others as well. Khentrul Rinpoche will offer this vow to those who would like to take it. Since this is the moment you recognizing yourself as part of the family of the Buddhas, you are given a new name, a refuge name which has profound meaning based on the qualities of the ultimate truth which you will work to cultivate and reveal in yourself. You can receive one in person or request one online.
Bodhisattva Vow
For those who want to know the truth of their nature, but also want everyone else to know the truth of their nature – there is the Bodhisattva Vow. This is a ceremony to commit to or to validate your choice to help all sentient beings in the 10 directions and 3 times to know their own sacred truth. It’s a commitment to help others awaken no matter what it takes, no matter how long, and no matter when it happens. It is a commitment to be here for their benefit. This is a step to cultivating the heart of love and compassion and the warrior spirit and energy that will stop at nothing to help other people see their truth.
The Bodhisattva Vow can only be taken after you have taken the Refuge Vow. In taking this vow, you move from a path of individual awakening to one of communal awakening commit to love and compassion as your path.
Schedule by Timezone:
Melbourne, Australia – SATURDAY December 09, 2023 / 07:00 PM
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan – SATURDAY December 09, 2023 / 04:00 PM
Hanoi, Vietnam – SATURDAY December 09, 2023 / 03:00 PM
Romania – SATURDAY December 09, 2023 / 10:00 AM
Central Europe and South Africa – SATURDAY December 09, 2023 / 09:00 AM
Sao Paulo, Brazil – SATURDAY December 09, 2023 / 06:00 AM
East Coast USA, Toronto – SATURDAY December 09, 2023 / 03:00 AM
West Coast USA – SATURDAY December 09, 2023 / 12:00 AM
If you have taken these vows formally in the past this is a good time to renew them. If you are taking the Refuge Vow for the first time, you will be asked to request a refuge name.
The ceremony comes with a free digital book for the practice. For those that reserve a spot by the 1st of December, we may have a physical book in-person.
Questions?
If you have any questions, please send an email to [email protected].
This event is both online and in-person.
Marichi is the life-long personal protector from Khentrul Rinpoche. She is also considered the proteress of the Sublime Realm of Shambhala. Rinpoche will bestow her Empowerment and transmit a Marichi sadhana written by him which is based on his own visionary experience with this buddhist goddess.
THE BUDDHIST PROTECTRESS MARICHI
In some lineages of the Vajrayana Buddhism, Marichi is considered to be one manifestation of Tara, appearing for example as the 21st Tara. There are other forms from her found also in other spiritual systems. She is the colour of the sunset, a wondrous, glowing orange. She comes with the sun and, as the sun, her blessings pervade everywhere.
This sadhana is also extremely helpful for those working with the Drolmi Kazug Puja. Beyond the empowerment and oral transmission of the Marichi Sadhana, Rinpoche will also give an introductory teaching on her and bestow a new Sadhana on the 21 Taras that focuses on Marichi.
RINPOCHE’S PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH MARICHI
Marichi (also known as Marīcī and Özer Chenma) came to Rinpoche’s life when he was a young boy herding yak cattles in Tibet. Without fences, it was quite difficult to take care of them. Some yaks hide themselves from the boy Rinpoche under rocks, and so used to spend the night in danger of being attacked by wolves. To help protect them, his family shared with him the Marichi mantra and the faith in her when he was still very young.
“I do not know exactly why, perhaps because of having no doubt when doing this or because of a special connection, when I recited her mantra and did the ritual according to the traditional manner of protecting the yaks, I have 100% guarantee that the yaks would be safe during the night. I never had problems with yaks being killed by the wolves since then, really never. So I kept that in mind and I recited innumerable mantras, many times, when I took care of them. So, afterwards, anytime when we had an obstacle I always relied on her.”
“So this is why Tibetan says that praying for Marichi helps. But, of course, it does not help everyone individually, as it depends for example on the individual connection and on the level of faith. You must have no doubt at all. I have indestructible faith in Marichi since my childhood, so this helped me to develop many connections with her during my life.”
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 want to prepare yourself, you can do the online course for the “21 Taras Practice Retreat” available at our learning center.
SCHEDULE BY TIMEZONE
Hanoi, Vietnam
MONDAY October 02, 2023
12:00 AM – 2:00 AM 2023 USA Marichi Empowerment
3:00 AM – 5:00 AM 2023 USA Marichi Teaching and Practice
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.
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]
Lễ thực hành hạn chế này chỉ dành cho những người đã nhận quán đảnh Drolmi Kazug và có gói Pháp Bảo thực hành. Thực hành chỉ có thể được thực hiện với các phẩm dường thích hợp, vì vậy đây là một phần lý do tại sao bạn không thể tham gia nếu không có gói Pháp Bảo này. Các phẩm vật cực kỳ hiếm và khó mua. Rinpoche sẽ truyền quán đảnh hàng năm. Nếu trước đây bạn đã nhận được quán đảnh và muốn thực hành, bạn có thể gửi email tới [email protected] để mua một gói.
Rinpoche đã dạy rằng bạn nên thực hành lễ nầy ít nhất 4 lần một năm vào đúng ngày Phân hoặc Hạ chí trong khu vực của bạn. Để tạo ra sự may mắn dồi dào cho Thời đại vàng của An bình và Hòa hợp, chúng tôi sẽ thực hiện lễ puja này 4 lần một năm tại các ngôi chùa của chúng tôi vào đúng ngày. Bạn không nhất thiết phải thực hành cùng ngày với chúng tôi. Điều này hơi khó. Bạn có thể tự thực hiện tại tư gia, theo giờ phù hợp với múi giờ ngày hôm đó. Nếu bạn có Bảo Pháp và có thể lập bàn thờ cúng dường, bạn có thể thực hành cùng với chùa nếu bạn muốn. Nếu bạn không thể thực hành lễ nầy vào đúng ngày, thì hãy thực hành vào cuối tuần gần nhất.
Ngày thực hành toàn cầu:
Lập Xuân
Hạ Chí
Thu Phân
Đông Chí
Ngày trong năm 2021 và 2022
Những ngày thực hành nầy dựa trên múi giờ Melbourne, Úc.
Ngày 22 tháng 12 năm 2021
Ngày 20 tháng 3 năm 2022
Ngày 21 tháng 6 năm 2022
Ngày 13 tháng 10 năm 2022
Lễ được thực hiện tại chùa Rime Institute tại Úc, vào 7:30 chiều giờ Melbourne
Thông tin về ZOOM:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83355765515?pwd=ZzBMVGRiVDJiZHpwQk1RN24rZGsyUT09
Meeting ID: 833 5576 5515
Passcode: 947923
Thực hành Pháp này là một cách rất hiệu quả để gây dựng Lungta của chúng ta. Để thực hành Phật Pháp cho tốt, mọi người trên thế giới đều cần may mắn, thịnh vượng, giàu có, sức khỏe và sức sống. Vì vậy, chúng ta phải cùng nhau nâng cao Lungta của chúng ta.
Ý nghĩa của Lungta là thời vận. Diễn dịch từ tiếng Tạng hay sai lệch, nên nhiều khi Lungta dịch là “ngựa gió”. Nhưng thật sự nó có nghĩa là sâu sắc hơn thế. “Lung” không phải là gió. Ý nghĩa thực sự là sự rộng lớn và phong phú. Đó là sự kết hợp bao gồm sinh lực của chúng ta, khả năng trí óc cơ thể, sức mạnh và mọi thứ liên quan đến nó. Đây chính là “Lung”. “Ta” có nghĩa là người giúp đỡ mà ta có thể nói là hài hòa. Nó làm cho tất cả các năng lực của thân, khẩu và ý, tất cả những thứ này trở nên hài hòa. Từ sự hòa hợp này làm tăng tuổi thọ, sức khỏe và sự dồi dào. Sự hòa hợp này chính là LungTa mà nói một cách ngắn gọn có thể nói là vận may hay thời vận. Bằng cách thực hành Pháp này, chúng ta đang tạo ra một trụ cột tài sản khổng lồ để kết hợp tất cả những điều này lại với nhau để nâng cao Lungta của chúng ta vì lợi ích của tất cả chúng sinh.
This event will be in English with live Spanish translation, other languages will be available on Zoom only.
We are in an incredible moment in time right now. The world is changing rapidly. While some people may think it is getting worse with the riots, pandemic, economic and political problems, it’s a rare opportunity for rapid transformation.
We are not passive observers in the world. It takes courage to transform. It takes courage to change. It takes courage to bring about a time of abundance and peace.|
Through our genuine dharma practice, we have a profound opportunity to change our world into the Golden Age of peace, harmony, and abundance.
What does it take to manifest peace and harmony?
Khentrul Rinpoche will give teachings on the meaning and origin of Dzokden Dharma (Golden Age Dharma) referred to by Taranatha and Dolpopa. He will explain how the Kalachakra tantra prophesizes a time of peace and harmony for our planet and how we can speed up that time. Form a stronger connection to Shambhala by understanding the stages that Shambhala pure land went through to realize peace and harmony. Learn and decide what you can do yourself to contribute to the manifestation of Dzokden, the golden age.
Through discussion, questions, and sharing throughout the day we will come to an understanding of how we personally can be part of this global shift to bring about the Golden Age now.
Schedule By Timezone
Hanoi, Vietnam
SATURDAY September 9, 2023
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM: First Session – Teaching
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Second Session – Oral Transmissions and Teachings
10:00 PM – 12:00 AM (SUNDAY September 10, 2023): Third Session – Teaching Q and A
HOW THE ONLINE PROGRAM 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]
