by Sydney | Oct 2, 2021
Zoom and Facebook Live.
Translations to be determinedBy request of many different students, Rinpoche will kindly lead a discussion and debate around the Dharma of food. Khentrul Rinpoche always encourages us to see debates from many views and angles. The age old question on what to eat is no different. He will help walk us through all the different intentions and vantage points we may have when looking at the karma of the actions around what we consume.Please bring your questions and your best points to this interactive event. Some of the questions that often come up and lead to lot of discussion and confusion – Are Buddhist all peaceful people eating vegetables? In Tibet some Monastery areas sell “naturally died” vs “killed” meat. What’s the difference and do the monks eat meat? If I buy meat at a supermarket am I contributing to killing? Am I violating a vow if I eat meat? What if I need to eat meat for my health, am I a failed Buddhist?
Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86361702096…
Webinar ID: 863 6170 2096
Passcode: 108108
by Sydney | Aug 26, 2021
If Lockdown lifts you can come in person. To come in person just show up and or register and pay online.
The Request For This Teaching
A student of Rinpoche’s is sick. Her astrology chart indicates she needs to receive the Medicine Buddha Empowerment and she has not received it previously. We can not find one near her so kindly Rinpoche is going to bestow the Medicine Buddha Empowerment Online.
About the Empowerment
Please note that empowerments are not recorded. You must receive it in real-time.
The medicine Buddha is the doctor that cures all suffering. Khentrul Rinpoche has prepared a sadhana for us and included this empowerment so that we may be able to improve the conditions for ourself and all sentient beings. Experience the power of bringing the Medicine Buddha in your life to help yourself, loved ones or people in the world who are ill and suffering from sickness and other obstacles.
Practice Book
The Medicine Buddha is a profound method for clearing away hindrances and establishing conducive conditions for the practice of Dharma. Khentrul Rinpoche has arranged a short practice based on the visionary experience of Dölpopa. The conciseness of the practice allows you to easily integrate it into your own daily life.
EMPOWERMENT GUIDE BOOK
We will provide online registrants with an eBook to follow along with step-by-step which is available in English, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Romanian, and Mongolian.
HOW THE ONLINE EMPOWERMENT WILL WORK
1) Register for each attendee that will be receiving the empowerment. Choose your preferred language. You will receive a confirmation email.
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 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 session.
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.
by Sydney | Aug 14, 2021
Shambhala Prayer Times
AEST Melbourne Timezone
Saturday September 25
Session 1 5:00 PM AEST
Session 2 7:30 PM AEST
Session 3 10:00 PM AEST
Sunday September 26
Session 4 5:00 PM AEST
Session 5 7:30 PM ASEST
Session 6 10:00 PM AEST
In this free two day teaching and practice retreat, Khentrul Rinpoche will give a line by line commentary on the 3 prayers he wrote about the Sublime Realm of Shambhala. This is a deep dive into the layers of Shambhala. We explore concepts from what is Shambhala, how we can relate to it in our life and through our death.
He will bestow the Oral Transmission of 3 Shambhala Prayers. This course will be livestreamed on Facebook.
To receive the Oral Transmissions you need to be registered. They are only available in Zoom.
For those who have the Profound Path of Vajra Yoga, the first two prayers are in there.Make an offering of Dana to Khentrul Rinpoche
It is common for those requesting an empowerment or transmission to make an offering. You can do so online here.
https://dzokden.org/donations/dana-for-rinpoche/
For those who need an introduction to Shambhala, we recommend Rinpoche’s newest book The Realm of Shambhala as preperatory reading.The Realm of Shambhala presents the Kalachakra Tantra’s multilayered approach to Shambhala as taught by the Tibetan Buddhist Jonang tradition. Understood to be an ancient kingdom and physical place, Shambhala is also taught to be an exalted state of mind attainable by all through practice. Through cultivating peace and extending it into harmonious relationships with others, the transformative power of Shambhala can enter everyday life.
This book details the tradition’s perspective on the origins of Kalachakra literature and includes extensive lineage narratives of Jonang masters who have upheld this tradition in India and Tibet. Khentrul Rinpoche joins practical teachings with a vision for humanity rooted in ancient prophecy. The Kalachakra Tantra foresees a golden age, when the individual peace attained through Kalachakra practice spreads to humankind as a whole. The Realm of Shambhala lays out a vision for how we can cultivate an unbiased mind, overcome our collective afflictions, and usher in an era of perfect peace.
by Sydney | Aug 11, 2021
Are you ready to take the red pill?
“Remember…All I’m Offering Is The Truth. Nothing More.I Can Only Show You The Door. You’re The One That Has To Walk Through It.”
Khentrul Rinpoche will explore the idea of What’s Real in a new course starting on September 11. In advance of this we will take a few hours to explore our own perception.Why do we firmly believe in what we perceive? Why do we think we all experience the same reality or even close realities? Rinpoche helps us explore the idea of perception. How do you know what to believe in and what to rely on? Is there any benefit in looking beyond the surface to understand what we see is not the whole picture?
Translations available on Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88144512405?pwd=WWRCNDlpaFpzOTV6eXlqZXUreDAxQT09
Webinar ID: 881 4451 2405
Passcode: 108108
