This event is available both In-person and Online.
Kalachakra Empowerment Pre-Teaching – October 1, 2025
Discover the Living Legacy of the Jonang Lineage
Join Khentrul Jamphel Lodrö Rinpoche for a special pre-teaching in preparation for the upcoming Kalachakra Empowerment. In this exclusive session, Rinpoche will:
-Re-release “Ancient Sages of the Jonang Tradition”
Be among the first to receive Rinpoche’s newly revised edition, featuring rare teachings on the great yogis who preserved the Kalachakra lineage through centuries of practice.
–Illuminate the Path of the Ancient Yogis
Explore inspiring stories of monastic and non-monastic tantric practitioners who unlocked the transformative power of Kalachakra. Discover how their realization can guide our own practice today.
-Offer of the preparation Ritual Dances
Witness a traditional ceremony invoking local deities and offering goddesses to secure the sacred grounds—setting the stage for the Empowerment itself.
Why the Jonang Tradition Is So Extraordinary
The Jonang lineage has always stood apart for its living, experiential realization. From the earliest Mahasiddhas to the countless yogis hidden in the valleys of Jomanang, these masters embodied the completion-stage practices of the Six Vajra Yogas to cultivate direct perceptions of their Buddha-nature. It was this very potency of practice—and the abundance of yogins who reported clear, systematic, and spontaneous wisdom—that led Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen, after studying in many schools, to settle in Jomanang Valley and dedicate himself wholly to Kalachakra.
In our pre-teaching, Rinpoche will draw upon these remarkable examples—tales of hidden yogins who achieved profound realization through dedication and devotion—so that we, too, may be inspired to walk their footsteps and awaken the same innate clarity within ourselves.
How to Participate
This pre-teaching is open to those registered for the October Kalachakra Empowerment as well as anyone who wants to learn more to decide if they wish to attend. You can also watch the recording to prepare for the empowerment if you miss it and are enrolled in the Kalachakra Empowerment. This event is donation based. Please help support or effort to bring the Kalachakra Empowerments all over the world by donating to this event.
Schedule by Timezone
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan
FRIDAY October 3, 2025
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM: SESSION 2 – Pre-empowerment Rituals and Teaching
Zoom Information
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84944774252?pwd=sJwUkWS3HtQLQHsfzAgTd4Ohp1qVIm.1
Webinar ID: 849 4477 4252 Passcode: 108108
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
Please email [email protected]
活動可親身於現場或網上參與。
度母嘉祝法會 暨二十一度母財寶瓶加持儀式
覺囊不共護法 紅矛毗沙門天灌頂 暨黃金世紀財富儀式
在蛇年接受強大的加持，轉化你的運勢。適合尋求財富、豐盛、子女、成功或名聲之大乘行者。
你將獲得：
– 二十一度母灌頂
– 覺囊不共護法紅矛毗沙門天灌頂
– 度母嘉祝祥運寶幢法會
– 二十一度母財寶瓶加持儀式
完整口傳《度母總集——滿願珍寶賢瓶》儀軌，加持個人修行及增益。
關於度母嘉祝
嘉祝སྒྲོལ་མའི་ཀ་འཛུགས།，意思爲「設立度母之寶幢」（二十一度母祥運寶幢），乃覺囊傳統流傳下來，甚爲殊勝且具加持力的除障祈福法門之一，是極其稀有系統，即使在西藏也幾乎不為人知。此次法會的規模屬於最奢華的規模。
夏‧堪祖仁波切將加持636個黃金世紀寶瓶，建立因緣條件以：
– 讓卓登（Dzokden）在全球繁榮
– 在美國創建卓登佛法中心
– 慶祝2027年香巴拉救度王之更迭
這不僅是一次性的供養法會。整個度母嘉祝文本已被翻譯，因此如果你願意，你可以自行繼續修持——將持久的繁榮影響你的生命和生活。
法門何以效益迅速
許多人希求迅速解決深層問題——持誦一個咒語或修持單一儀軌——但他們的願望未能實現。為何？因為真正的改變需要數百萬業力條件成熟。而我們自身布施的功德是很重要的增上緣。此深奧的供養法會——乃由喇嘛永登桑波Yonten Sangpo與喇嘛洛卓札巴Lodro Drakpa的意伏藏——從你的本命元辰往各方面創造財富繁榮的條件。
透過廣大供養無數影響我們業力結果的有情眾生，此法會淨化與以下相關的不確定業力：
– 疾病
– 惡靈與魔害
– 增長財富、健康、名聲、活力與長壽的障礙
仁波切的本尊已示意，現在是為眾生利益而傳持此法要的完美時機。讓我們團結起來，為黃金世紀的和平與和諧在此世間顯現創造條件。
Rare Opportunity to Bring Wealth and Success into Your Life
Rinpoche has spent months preparing an incredibly special set of blessed items to empower this system and allow you to continue the practice long after the puja:
-A specially composed sadhana
-3D Fortune Palace of the 21 Taras
-636 Treasure vases and prosperity vases
-Custom-commissioned Thangkas
-Longevity-invoking Arrows (Datar)
-Auspicious Fortune Pillars
-Wealth-related statues and sacred substances
These blessed items are available as optional practice packages when you register. Once empowered and consecrated, you will be able to join the global community in performing this practice together 4 times a year on each solstice and equinox. If you own the practice objects, you can also join additional Naga Puja and Wealth Puja sessions — offered through a dedicated course in our Dzokden Learning Center.
Additional Holy Objects Being Blessed in this Puja
-Drolmi Kazug Treasure Vases for Practitioners
-Golden Age Earth and Prosperity Vases for the Shrine
-Dzokden Tashi Gadu’s 3D Fortune Palace of the 21 Taras
-Wealth-related Statues and items for Dzokden’s Tantric Treasures store to ensure that dedicated practitioners can access properly consecrated items for their practices
Reserve Your Practice Package or Blessed Items:
https://www.tantrictreasures.com/collections/drolmi-kazug-treasure-vase-practices
Items will be shipped promptly. Please note: some items are restricted to practitioners who attend the event live. This will be clearly noted on the website and your enrollment will be checked before your purchase is fulfilled.
Empowerment Booklet and Practice Texts
All participants will receive:
-A detailed empowerment booklet to help you follow along during the 21 Tara Empowerment
-A short sadhana of the 21 Taras, specially compiled by Rinpoche for this event
-Red Vaisravana Sadhana
Schedule & Required Attendance
There will be no full recordings of the puja—only the final teaching may be recorded. All empowerments and oral transmissions must be received live. Required Attendance is clearly marked in the schedule. To receive the complete oral transmission, you must be present for the full Drolmi Kazug Puja. If you attend the oral transmission and the empowerment sessions, you will have everything needed to continue this rare and precious practice for yourself. This is not just a method for spiritual enlightenment—It is a complete system to create the real-world conditions for success in your life.
How This Empowerment and Puja Works
1. Register — Choose your language and sign up each attendee.
2. Receive Access — Invitations to our learning portal, Zoom links, prayers, and practice guidelines.
3. Attend Live — Empowerments and oral transmissions are only given live; no full-puja recordings will be available.
Continue at Home — With your blessed holy objects and sadhana text, keep the momentum of fortune and dharma alive throughout the year.
Schedule by Timezone
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan
SUNDAY September 21, 2025
1:30 AM – SESSION 1 – Drolmi Kazug Auspicious Fortune Tower Puja and Oral Transmission
2:45 AM – SESSION 2 – Drolmi Kazug Auspicious Fortune Tower Puja and Oral Transmission
5:30 AM – SESSION 3 – Drolmi Kazug Auspicious Fortune Tower Puja and Oral Transmission
8:00 AM – SESSION 4 – Drolmi Kazug Auspicious Fortune Tower Puja and Oral Transmission
MONDAY September 22, 2025
1:00 AM – SESSION 5 – 21 Taras Empowerment for the Auspicious Fortune Tower System (Required)
4:00 AM – SESSION 6 – Namti Darmachen
6:30 AM – SESSION 7 – How to Manifest Abundance and Perform the Drolmi Kazug Puja (Required Teaching)
OFFERING TO ATTEND THE FOR EMPOWERMENTS AND PUJA
In the past, people would travel great distances and give up all their worldly wealth—gold, homes, even family ties—just to receive a single drop of dharma. Today, due to our own lack of merit, such immense offerings are no longer requested. Still, the truth remains: the dharma is beyond price. No material offering can ever equal the value of the path to liberation. While we strive to make these precious teachings as accessible as possible, there are real costs involved in offering empowerments and pujas online, and in sharing Rinpoche’s wisdom with the world. To support this, we’ve created three offering levels that are adjusted for global cost of living. No one will be turned away due to financial need. If you are a monastic or require additional support, please contact [email protected]. And remember, this puja is focused on wealth and clearing astrological karma—it works through your karmic connection and generosity. Let this guide your decision when requesting financial aid.
If you would like to offer Dana to Rinpoche virtually, you can do so here on Dzokden’s website. All donations to Dzokden are unrestricted contributions that allow us to direct the funds to Rinpoche’s projects based on their priority.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
Please email [email protected].
This event is available both In-person and Online.
Why You Should Attend This Special Pre-Teaching
This is not just an optional teaching—this pre-event includes important preliminary rituals and transmissions that begin the sacred process of preparing for the Kalachakra Empowerment. If you are registered for the empowerment, this is an essential part of the journey. If you are not sure to attend the kalachakra empowerment, this is a good overview evening to understand this profound path.
Unveiling the Vajra Yogas and the Kalachakra Path
The Kalachakra Tantra is one of the most complete and advanced spiritual systems in all of Tibetan Buddhism—celebrated by all lineages as the “King of Tantras.” Only the Jonang tradition preserves the full cycle of Kalachakra teachings, including the rare and profound Completion Stage Vajra Yogas—a direct path to fully awaken the enlightened nature of your being.
Through the Kalachakra path, it is possible to:
-Transcend conflict and suffering
-Harmonize inner and outer realities
-Create the causes for both the liberation of all sentient beings and the manifestation of a Golden Age of peace in the world
What to Expect in This Special Teaching
Khentrul Rinpoche will guide us through:
-A glimpse of the Kalachakra path to enlightenment including the role of external, internal, and secret Kalachakra
-An introduction to the Greatness of the Six Vajra Yogas, the completion stage practices unique to the Jonang tradition
This session may include elements of ritual and possibly a more personal “fireside chat” style reflection to help you connect with the heart of the Kalachakra path.
How to Join
1. Register for just this event or also the Kalachakra Empowerment if you haven’t already
2. Once your registration is confirmed, you’ll receive access to this session through the Dzokden Learning Center
3. While donations are welcome, this session is offered freely to support your sacred preparation
Begin the Journey to Unveil Your Buddha Nature
This teaching sets the foundation for receiving the Kalachakra Empowerment in the deepest, most transformative way. Don’t miss this opportunity to prepare your body, speech, and mind for the most profound Tantric path available today.
Schedule by Timezone
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan
THURSDAY October 2, 2025
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM: SESSION 1 – Opening Rituals and Teaching
Zoom Information
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84274709805?pwd=9hof5obYoy2bmFicMxNQUpY2i8UlwP.1
Webinar ID: 842 7470 9805 Passcode: 108108
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
Please email [email protected].
此次教學並無安排即時粵語翻譯，敬請留意。
This event is available both In-person and Online.
This page is for Online registration only. If you wish to register for the In-person event, please click here.
Discover the Mandala’s Hidden Wisdom and Its Deep Feminine Essence
Join us for a powerful week of tantric practice, lineage-based visualization, and spiritual empowerment led by two extraordinary teachers—Khentrul Rinpoche, Kalachakra master and Jonang lineage holder, and Robert Thurman, world-renowned scholar and interpreter of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist wisdom.
This retreat is not merely contemplative—it is immersive, designed to awaken your inner mandala and help you embody the transformative reality of Kalachakra’s sacred architecture. Whether you are deepening generation stage practice or receiving these empowerments for the first time, you’ll find rare access to teachings that unite spiritual rigor with visionary insight.
A Practice Upgrade Rooted in the Jonang Kalachakra Tradition
This retreat will center on the use of a special practice text by the Jonangpa grand meditator, the legendary Dolpopa. As we progress through the text, we will systematically refine the visualizability and occupy ability of the full body, speech, and mind mandala palaces, cultivating an immersive experience of the generation stage within the Kālachakra system. Lama Khentrul Rinpoche’s team will guide participants through this rare Jonangpa text, while presenting unique visual slide decks that depict each deity, including their postures, ornaments, and implements, and illustrate their precise placement within the vast memory palace of the mandala.
To support and enrich the practice, we will draw from several English-language sources, including detailed references to Edward Henning’s Kalachakra Mandala, noted for its vivid architectural illustrations and comprehensive chapter on the creation/generation stage. These will be further supplemented by private translations of key passages from the generation stage sādhana manual of the Seventh Dalai Lama, Kelsang Gyatso.
As we all know, maintaining daily advanced practice outside the retreat setting can be challenging, especially amid the demands and disruptions of our rapidly transforming world. During this retreat, we will focus on finding ways to remain mindful of the mandala’s sacred reality by learning tools that will help us to integrate its stabilizing presence into our everyday lives. By aligning more fully with the mandala’s alternative reality, we can work on transforming our experience, even as we navigate the complexities of modern living.
Empowerments for Purification and Inner Wisdom
Heruka Vajrasattva Empowerment (Saturday, September 6)
Khentrul Rinpoche will bestow this rare Kalachakra-specific form of Vajrasattva, empowering you to purify karmic obscurations and reconnect with the pure, unstained nature of your mind.
“Vajrasattva practice allows you to uncover the reality of your Buddha-nature, which is currently hidden as a result of defilements created by attachment, aggression, and delusion. Our current situation is like a dirty piece of glass. This practice provides you with a powerful method to wash away the dirt while being confident that underneath there is crystal clear glass, which is completely pure and unstained. Through the practice of Vajrasattva, this confidence will steadily grow as you come closer and closer to discovering the innate purity of your most profound nature.”
Vishvamata Empowerment
Enter the generation stage of Kalachakra through the empowerment of Vishvamata, the Universal Mother and consort of Kalachakra. She is the embodiment of prajña (wisdom) and the gateway to the inner dimension of the mandala and the Yoginis.
What You Will Take Away
-Practice authorization for Heruka Vajrasattva, Kalachakra’s wrathful purifying deity
–Empowerment into Vishvamata, granting access to generation stage practice
-A deeper understanding of the Mind Mandala, including its deities and symbolism
-A generation stage sadhana practice focused on the Mind Mandala from the Jonang lineage, never before bestowed by Khentrul Rinpoche
-Tools to help stabilize sacred perception and carry the mandala into your daily life
Teachings with Robert Thurman: The Mandala as Living Psychology
Throughout the retreat, Robert Thurman will offer inspired lectures and Q&A sessions that weave the Kalachakra’s esoteric teachings into a psychological and symbolic framework. His deep experience and lucid explanations make the mandala not only accessible, but vibrantly relevant in our world today.
Featured Text: A Visual Guide for Practitioners
Kalachakra Mandala: The Jonang Tradition
by Edward Henning, edited by Robert Thurman
(Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences, 2023)
This retreat draws significantly from Henning’s illustrated masterpiece, based on Bamda Gelek Gyatso’s Jonang transmission. With vivid detail and practical insight, the book maps the three-tiered mandala and its hundreds of deities—offering clarity for visualization and spiritual resonance for deepening your practice.
“A crown jewel of Indo-Tibetan tantra, the Kalachakra mandala is a memory palace of the awakened mind. Henning’s contribution brings clarity, precision, and artistic insight—an invaluable companion for both scholars and meditators.
Who This Retreat Is For
This retreat is ideal for:
-Students who have previously received Kalachakra empowerment and want to deepen their practice
-Practitioners engaging in or entering the generation stage
-Spiritual seekers drawn to sacred feminine wisdom and the mandala as meditative architecture
-Anyone wishing to deepen their Kalachakra mandala understanding with authentic guidance
Schedule by Timezone
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan
FRIDAY September 5, 2025
7:30 AM – 9:00 AM – SESSION 1: Welcome Teaching on the Kalachakra Mandala (Khentrul Rinpoche & Bob Thurman)
9:30 PM – 12:00 AM – SESSION 2: Heruka Vajrasattva Empowerment & Oral Transmission of Praises to Kalachakra (Khentrul Rinpoche)
SATURDAY September 6, 2025
1:30 AM – 3:00 AM – SESSION 3: Praises to Kalachakra and Introduction to the Mandala (Yeshe Wangmo)
4:00 AM – 6:00 AM – SESSION 4: The Meaning of the Kalachakra Mandala (Bob Thurman)
7:30 AM – 9:30 AM – SESSION 5: Explanation on Dolpopa’s Commentary on Praises to Kalachakra (Khentrul Rinpoche)
9:30 PM – 12:00 AM – SESSION 6: Vishvamata Empowerment & Oral Transmission of Sadhanas (Khentrul Rinpoche)
SUNDAY September 7, 2025
1:30 AM – 3:00 AM – SESSION 7: Vishvamata and 9 Deity Mandala Practice (Yeshe Wangmo)
4:00 AM – 6:00 AM – SESSION 8: The Mind Mandala Teaching and Practice (Bob Thurman)
7:30 AM – 9:30 AM – SESSION 9: Harmonizing our Heart, Mind and World with Kalachakra (Khentrul Rinpoche)
9:00 PM – 12:00 AM – SESSION 10: Final Practice Session and Celebratory Kalachakra Tsok (Khentrul Rinpoche/Bob Thurman/Yeshe Wangmo)
Scholarship Applications
If you require a scholarship because you are monastic or unable to afford the offering please email [email protected].
QUESTIONS?
Email [email protected]
This event is available both Online and In-person.
About the Practice of Chod
Chod 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 Labdron 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 Labdron 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 a rare and precious empowerment of Chöd from the primordial mind of master Jetsun Taranatha. You will receive a booklet to follow along throughout the whole empowerment. Part of the text includes inspiring stories about Machik Labdrön’s life.
This event includes the following:
1 – “The Chöd Empowerment that Opens the Gates to the Sky” written by Jestun Taranatha
2 – Oral Transmission of “Subduing Through Splendour” (a traditional Chöd Sadhana of the Jonang Tradition)
Participants online are required to join and watch the 2 live sessions.
Who can attend?
This event is open to all. There are no formal prerequisites to attend. However, previous Buddhist study and practice (such as the Ngöndro) are very helpful. If you are new to the Buddhist path, you may also like to study beforehand Khentrul Rinpoche’s course titled “What’s Real?” in our learning center and to read Books One and Two of Rinpoche’s trilogy “Unveiling Your Sacred Truth”.
Schedule by Timezone
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mongolia, Singapore and Taiwan
SUNDAY, June 29, 2025
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Chöd Empowerment Part 1
4:30 AM – 6:00 PM: Chöd Empowerment Part 2
Offer Dana for Khentrul Rinpoche
If you additionally wish to show your generosity to Rinpoché’s precious teachings and to his immense efforts, you can do it in-person at the end of the retreat or, if you are attending online you can offer Dana for Rinpoche here. This is completely voluntary.
Questions?
Please email [email protected].
