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].
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
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan MONDAY October 02, 2023 1:00 AM – 3:00 AM 2023 USA Marichi Empowerment 4:00 AM – 6:00 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 onlearn.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.
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
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan
SATURDAY September 9, 2023
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM: First Session – Teaching
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM: Second Session – Oral Transmissions and Teachings
11:00 PM – 1:00 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.
This event will be in English with live Spanish translation.
Have you visited the Kalachakra Stupa at Malaga and wondered what is about? Learn about this powerful wheel of time teachings from a Jonang Kalachakra master, Shar Khentrul Rinpoche Jamphel Lodrö. These ancient teachings that came to our earth from the mystical realm of Shambhala is linked to personal time, your breath, astrology, the universal movement, our earth and global peace. Find out how it fits together. Kalachakra Tantra is called the King of tantra and is known as the highest yoga tantric Buddhist teaching that has helped many practitioners realize enlightenment. This practice encompasses everything from medicine, science, astrology and yogas. The ancient wisdom of Kalachakra tantra is so detailed that in the tantra itself is a description of Atoms a long time before modern science every described their existence. Join for a public talk, share in discussions and ask questions.
Schedule by Timezone:
Melbourne, Australia – MONDAY September 11, 2023 / 4:00 AM Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan – MONDAY September 11, 2023 / 2:00 AM Hanoi, Vietnam – MONDAY September 11, 2023 / 1:00 AM Romania – SUNDAY September 10, 2023 / 9:00 PM Central Europe and South Africa – SUNDAY September 10, 2023 / 8:00 PM Sao Paulo, Brazil – SUNDAY September 10, 2023 / 3:00 PM East Coast USA, Toronto – SUNDAY September 10, 2023 / 2:00 PM West Coast USA – SUNDAY September10, 2023 / 11:00 AM
