Online: Vajrapani Empowerment and Retreat with Khentrul Rinpoche

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.

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.

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.

北京、香港、蒙古、新加坡及台湾时间
7月2日星期六
凌晨1:30-3:00 仁波切公开授课:金刚手菩萨与时轮金刚传承（有翻译）
下午1:00-2:30 第1节–线上灌顶前行准备（有翻译）
下午5:00-6:30 第2节–金刚手菩萨灌顶与口传（仅限现场直播、有翻译）
晚上9:00-10:30 第3节–金刚手菩萨修行（有翻译）
凌晨1:30-3:00 第4节–金刚手菩萨修行（有翻译）
7月3日星期日
下午1:00-2:30 第5节–金刚手菩萨修行（有翻译）
下午5:00-6:30 第6节–金刚手菩萨修行（有翻译）
晚上9:00-10:30 第7节–仁波切答疑（有翻译）
凌晨1:30-3:00 第8节–金刚手菩萨修行（有翻译）
7月4日星期一
下午1:00-2:30 第9节–金刚手菩萨修行
下午5:00-6:30 第10节–金刚手菩萨修行
晚上9:00-10:30 第11节–金刚手菩萨修行
凌晨1:30-3:00 第12节–仁波切授课（有翻译）
7月5日星期二
下午1:00-2:30 第13节–金刚手菩萨修行
下午5:00-6:30 第14节–金刚手菩萨修行
晚上9:00-10:30 第15节–金刚手菩萨修行
凌晨1:30-3:00 第16节–仁波切授课（有翻译）
7月6日星期三
下午1:00-2:30 第17节–结行及回向

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.

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.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? email [email protected]