by DzokdenPublications | Jan 9, 2025
This event is FREE and available Online only.
In honor of Jetsun Taranatha’s Parinrivana, Khentrul Rinpoche will bestow the oral transmission of the Zhentong Nyingpo. In a previous year he gave a commentary on the text which you can find in Learn.dzokden.org.
Jetsun Taranatha was a renowned Tibetan Buddhist scholar, teacher, and master of the Jonang school. He is considered one of the most important figures in the development of Tibetan Buddhism in the 16th and 17th centuries and is best known for his profound contributions to the teachings of emptiness (shunyata) and the nature of mind based on Dolpopa’s Zhentong emptiness. He was a master who had familiarity with all traditions and could write from their doctrinal point of view perfectly. If he wrote a commentary on a Jonang text it reflected no hint of the Nyngma and vice versa.
While a prolific tantric master who wrote many commentaries, empowerments and Sadhanas, he was also known for his poetry. Khentrul Rinpoche will share some of his Dharma poetry in honor of this day.
Learn More about Taranatha
Schedule by Timezone
Melbourne, Australia – SUNDAY May 25, 2025 / 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Zoom Information
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88547448314?pwd=BS363oayckGR5s26P7mv6DPbQLoT5b.1
Webinar ID: 885 4744 8314 Passcode: 108108
QUESTIONS?
Please email [email protected]
by DzokdenPublications | Jan 7, 2025
This event is FREE and available both Online and In-person.
In celebration of the Birth, Death, and Enlightenment of Shakyamuni Buddha, we recite praises recounting the accomplishments of his incredible life. Connecting and learning from his example, we, too, can take steps to learn and practice in stages to reveal our own enlightened nature. The first step to changing the world to a more peaceful, harmonious place is to change ourselves. It is with each of the karmas we make, each cause and condition, that we plant the seeds to change ourselves and then, through our transformation, the world around us. Shakyamuni spent years of diligent practice and effort to understand the nature of reality and reveal his own nature before he was able to teach others. Once he transformed himself, his enlightened speech and activity had the power to transform our world and continue to through this day.
In addition to the praises to the Buddha of our time, we will chant the powerful 1000 Buddha Puja to connect with all the 1000 Buddhas of this fortunate eon. Connecting with 1000 Buddhas and sharing their names creates powerful conditions for all who hear this to be reborn in a higher realm and to come into contact with the Dharma. All practices done at this time are incredibly powerful as the merit is multiplied by 100 million times.
Schedule by Timezone
Melbourne, Australia – WEDNESDAY June 11, 2025 / 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Zoom Information
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84803352539?pwd=la6KTGDcP87sUOHavooZ7fa6iaIuVa.1
Webinar ID: 848 0335 2539 Passcode: 108108
QUESTIONS?Please email [email protected]
by Sydney | Jul 5, 2020
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.
You must be registered to attend. Register on the Dzokden website.
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.
FOR QUESTIONS EMAIL
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SCHEDULE
Melbourne, Australia (AEST)
Friday, July 24
21:30 – 00:30 AEST – Opening Rituals: How to Receive the Kalachakra Empowerment (Required)
Saturday, July 25th
14:00 – 16:00 AEST – How to Practice Kalachakra (Preferred)
16:30 – 18:30 AEST – Protection Ritual & Understanding the Sacred Commitments (Preferred)
20:30 – MIDNIGHT AEST – Kalachakra Empowerment Part 1 (Required)
Sunday, July 26th
14:30 – 17:30 AEST – Kalachakra Empowerment Part 2 (Required)
18:30 – 19:30 AEST- Kalachakra Tsok Feast Offering (Preferred)
20:30 – 21:30 AEST – Concluding Rituals and Offering to the Guru (Preferred)
22:30 – MIDNIGHT AEST – Teaching: How to Practice Innate Kalachakra (Preferred)
