Join us for a transformative empowerment. During this extraordinary week-long retreat, participants will connect with the essence of Shakyamuni Buddha through the study and practice of the 1000 Buddha empowerment (wang), puja, and sadhana. This is a rare opportunity, as it marks the first time Khentrul Rinpoche has offered this empowerment in such an auspicious location.
The Thousand Buddha Empowerment is rooted in the Nyingma Lineage, tracing back to King Songtsen Gampo, an emanation of Avalokiteshvara. Khentrul Rinpoche received this empowerment as a young child and recently renewed it through a personal transmission from H.E. Kathok Rigzin Chenpo. The main deity of this empowerment is Avalokiteshvara, representing the compassion, names, and mantras of 2200 Buddhas.
Connecting to the power of each of the 1000 Buddhas enhances your spiritual practice by linking you to all the Buddhas of this fortunate eon. Through this connection, we work towards realizing a Golden Age of Peace and Harmony.
Rinpoche has requested monks in different traditions bestow oral transmissions but as we are in India and everything is unreliable here please note the sessions that say “Potential” on the schedule
EMPOWERMENT GUIDE BOOK
DETAILED SCHEDULE BY TIMEZONE
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan SATURDAY October 21, 2023
8:30 AM – 11:30 AM – Session 1: Chanting 1000 Buddha Puja Sadhana (recorded and optional attendance)
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM – Session 2: Possible Oral Transmissions
9:30 PM – 11:30 PM – Session 3: 1000 Buddha Puja with Monks. Rime Prayer together. Possibly monks chanting unique prayers of their tradition. (recorded and optional attendance)
SUNDAY October 22, 2023
7:30 AM – 11:30 AM – Session 4: 1000 Buddha Empowerment (required attendance)
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM – Session 5: Potential Oral Transmissions to be determined day of the event if it’s happening
9:30 PM – 11:30 PM – Session 6: Chanting 1000 Buddha Puja potentially with monks Rime Prayer together with discussion. (recorded and optional attendance)
MONDAY October 23, 2023
8:30 AM – 11:30 AM – Session 7: Chanting 1000 Buddha Puja Sadhana (recorded and optional attendance)
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM – Session 8: Potential Oral Transmissions to be determined day of the event from various monks in various traditions.
9:30 PM – 11:30 PM – Session 9: Potential Rime discussions with Rime and unique practices & oral transmissions. Rime Prayer together. Discussions are recorded. Oral Transmissions are not.
TUESDAY October 24, 2023
8:30 AM – 11:30 AM – Session 10: Chanting 1000 Buddha Puja Sadhana (recorded and optional attendance) or Potential oral transmission or Chanting of other traditions. 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM – We are dedicating the merit at the Maha-bodhi stupa for the donors and everyone with prayers of Shambhala, Dzokden and the Golden Age. This will not be a live streamed session.
HOW THE ONLINE EMPOWERMENT WILL WORK
1) Register each attendee that will be receiving the empowerment. Choose your preferred language. You will receive a confirmation email. After that, you will be added to our online learning center at 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 empowerment does not mean you receive it. You must know what is going on. To ensure everyone will receive 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 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
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.
為紀念大班智達多羅那他入滅，我們將會念誦夏．堪祖仁波切新撰的的禮讚文 : 暫譯《 除障成就立加持 》（༄༅།།ཕྱིན་ཕེབ་རྐྱེན་སེལ་དངོས་གྲུབ་མྱུར་སྩོལ།། Immediate Blessing for Accomplishments and Dispelling of Obstacles）。仁波切更會慈悲口傳及講解這篇禮讚文。至尊多羅那他在覺囊派及其他西藏傳承中都享負盛名。在這殊勝的日子，Dzokden將發布新的網上修行資料庫，回向法界有情。
行程中，我們會朝禮多個聖地，包括班智達人才輩出的佛教大學那爛陀寺，佛陀宣說《般若經》的靈鷲山，初轉四諦法輪的鹿野苑，恒河河畔的聖城瓦拉納西，更會朝禮尼泊爾加德滿都河谷的滿願佛塔。
並沒有任何要求，若你希望預先準備一下，讓你對佛教及旅程所涉及的地點有些了解，建議可閱讀 :夏．堪祖仁波切所著：Unveiling Your Sacred Truth 第一至三冊（只有英文版）此書以時輪金剛大法，貫穿整個佛法的修行，發揮你最大的潛能，為世界帶來和平與和諧。