In order to better support our International Community with the foundational Buddhist teachings and the Kalachakra Ngondro in many languages, Khentrul Rinpoche has kindly agreed to offer a teacher training program. Some people have confusion about who can teach Dharma to whom and what. For some students they believe only a Vajra master can teach while others may have a more flexible position. In this talk Rinpoche will help us understand the various levels of teachers through root Guru that we may encounter on our path and how all of them have something to offer us. This way he will answer questions to what kind of qualities someone needs to have to become a Dharma teacher. A person may be qualified to teach beginner meditation and have different qualities then a student teaching Buddhist Philosophy or the Kalachakra Ngondro.
In Tibet is quite common for senior students in the monastery to teach more junior monks. The Lamas do not teach all the details or lead all the practices sessions of retreats and practices. They are led by students. As our global community is mainly lay practioners we also need to develop a broad and flexible approach to be able to benefit our full community.
The teacher training program will start at the end of 2021/ beginning of 2022. For those who are interested in teaching Buddhist fundamentals or the Kalachakra ngondro in various languages to the community, Rinpoche encourages you to take his Ngondro Course and Foundations of Dharma course he is offering this year. Also he says that we need a variety of skills and qualities to be an effective teacher. So if you have aspiration to help others through the Dharma, then this is an opportunity to consider.
The teacher training program is open to bilingual applicants. You must must be able to speak English or Tibetan for Rinpoche to properly access your personal qualities. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have in this public information session. Applications for the teacher training program and more information will be available following this session.
All the donations above the sponsorship costs of this event will be put towards the Land of Shambhala project to generate as much merit as possible for everyone. We are doing this event during the auspicious month of Saka Dawa time so that the merit is multiplied by 100,000 times. If you would like to come in person see details below of accomodations.
Complete Oral Transmission of the Sadhana if you are present for all of the Puja sessions
Re-bless Your Drolmi Kazug Vase. Your Treasure Vase should be blessed at least once a year.
Land of Shambhala Consecration ceremony
About Yellow Dzambhala This is an incredible opportunity to create a karmic connection with Jambhala – the “Prosperity God”. There is no contradiction between practicing Dharma and developing wealth and prosperity. Everyone needs prosperity. Through our practice of generosity and this practice, we can create the conditions for spiritual and material wealth and abundance in our lives.
About the Land of Shambhala Consecration When we consecrate the land, we ask permission from all classes of beings and spirits to use the Land. For beings that may not be friendly to the project we use wrathful methods to clear them away. Then all the Buddha, Bodhisattvas, Deities are invited to the Land to make it Holy. This is an important part step before building a Temple, Stupa, Statues or Prayer wheels on the land.
About this 21 Taras Drolmi Kazug Fortune Tower Puja To bless the Land of Shambhala, we have spent months building 2-3 meter tall Drolmi Kazug Fortune Pillars on the Land of Shambhala in a spot in which we will build a 4 meter by 4 meter Fortune Palace in the Food Forest. Khentrul Rinpoche spent so many months preparing to do this last year that we have the supplies in order to do this again. Because of our continued economic and health situation in the world, Rinpoche would like to do this offering practice. It has both worldly and dharmic benefits to create success in all areas of life. This is to get rid of all the bad luck and replace it with all the possibilities for fortune and success.
Often times people want to solve their large worldly problems or obstacles in a very simple way. They try a practice or two to remedy the problem but their wishes are not fulfilled. This is because the remedy is too small and simple to actually create the correct conditions. For anything to happen there are millions of karmic conditions that have to ripen. Also for anything to ripen, the amount of our own generosity and conditions we put into the remedy affect the result.
This Jonang Drolmi Kazug puja was revealed from a mind terma of Lama Yonten Sangpo and Lama Lodro Drakpa. It is the most detailed and extensive offering puja to create causes and conditions to ripen good luck and fortune. It works with every aspect of our natal astrological chart. In it we make offerings to an incredible number of classes of beings that we normally ignore in our day to day life to affect these karma areas determined at the moment of your birth.
It purifies the participants unfixed karmas which create obstacles such as diseases, spirit or demon harm, and bad fortune so that we may experience fame, good fortune, prosperity, vitality, long-life and good health to practice the dharma to benefit all sentient beings. This works on everything on the unseen level. Rinpoche deity has indicated to him that now is the right time to do this puja for us for the first time. Together we need to create the best possible conditions to manifest the Golden Age of Peace and Harmony.
WHAT IS BEING CONSECRATED IN THE CEREMONY
108 Treasure Vases for Wealth and Prosperity. If you have purchased on in the last ceremony you can set yours up to have it re-blessed remotely.
Extensive 26 Syllable Tara Mutak
2- 3 meter tall Auspicious Fortune Pillars as the base of the future large Fortune Palace.
Bless the Land of Shambhala Property for our Dzokden Retreat Center and Malaya Grove Farm
SCHEDULE
Saturday, May 15th
To receive the complete Oral Transmission, you must be present for every session of the Drolmi Kazug Puja, Oral Transmission & Treasure Vase Blessing
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM AEST – Drolmi Kazug Puja Part 1 (optional) 11:30 AM – 1:30PM AEST – Drolmi Kazug Puja Part 2 (optional) 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM AEST – Drolmi Kazug Puja Part 3 (optional) 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM AEST – Drolmi Kazug Puja Part 4 (optional)
Sunday, May 16th 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM AEST – Land of Shambhala Blessing, Treasure Vase Burial at the 3 meter tall Fortune Pillars and Explanation of Rinpoche’s Aspiration for Land of Shambhala (Optional) 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM AEST- Yellow Dzambhala Empowerment (Jenang) (Required)
Due to the global pandemic and the very unusual circumstances we are facing, Rinpoche has agreed to give the empowerment online this year. He does not give empowerment online normally and is making a huge exception.
We hope this helps create the conditions for peace and harmony to flourish around the world. The empowerment ceremony will take place in a meditative atmosphere over a few days. Please make sure to be present for all the sessions in your timezone. It includes a ceremony to spread prayers for peace and harmony around the globe, ritual dances, and the unveiling of a 3d version of the Jonang Kalachakra Mandala. You will be guided in a clear step-by-step way through empowerment so that you can understand what you are receiving. Through lecture, discussion, meditation, mantra, and ritual offerings, form a deep connection to your own inner realm of peace and harmony.
WHO CAN ATTEND There are no prerequisites. This path is flexible; it allows us to engage with it wherever we are at. Everyone who has a desire can learn to practice the profound path of Kalachakra, the pinnacle of the Buddha’s teaching. Empowerment can be taken as a blessing or empowerment.
Anyone who has a sincere aspiration to take the empowerment and registers can attend online. You must be there for all the sessions. Just attending empowerment does not mean you receive it. You must understand and know what is going on. Rinpoche will kindly make his instruction booklet available to you as an eBook so you can follow along.
ABOUT KALACHAKRA Kalachakra brings peace to oneself and the world as we learn to harmonize our environment with our body & mind. Kalachakra, which means wheel of time, transcends religions time, space and perceived reality. It is the essence that makes up our very nature. It harmonizes the cosmic, with our internal system and the enlightened mind. Unlike other Buddhist teachings, Kalachakra is very detailed giving insight and direction to help anyone of any religious tradition realize their true nature. This teaching helps us move past habitual limitations to unleash our limitless potential of love & compassion.
COMPLETE SYSTEM TO ENLIGHTENMENT The Tibetan Buddhist Jonang Lineage specializes in the complete path that guides students in a clear step-by-step system to enlightenment. It is known specifically for upholding the 6 vajra yogas through which many enlightened masters have transitioned. It has rarely been taught in its entirety to lay (non-monastic) practitioners in the West. Most of the Jonang Yogi’s have decided to remain practicing in their caves and monasteries in the Himalayas. Khentrul Rinpoche has made it his life’s mission to bring these teachings to the west in English. He hopes to create the conditions for both female and male practitioners living in their daily lives to realize the heart essence of these profound teachings.
Khentrul Rinpoché is very genuine focusing on catalyzing the transformation of the authentic aspirations of his students. He makes this rich & complex ancient wisdom accessible so that anyone can engage with it more easily, at their own capacity, in all areas of their life.
