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Event ID: 185
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: This important Drubchen, together with its related sacred dances (Cham), is performed every year from the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month to the penultimate day of the lunar year, in accordance with the ritual of Yamantaka of the Shinje Dregjom terma discovered by the visionary treasure revealer and founder of Mindrolling monastery Chögyal Terdag Lingpa (1646-1714). The sacred dances are performed in order to dispel all the obstacles for the coming year.
Event details:
February 2nd: Four ritual dances are performed: ‘The Gathering of the Vidhyadharas’, ‘The Lord of the Charnel Ground’, ‘The Four Female Gatekeepers’, and ‘The Lord of the Mandala and Retinue’.
February 3rd: ‘The Dispelling of Obstacles’ ritual dance is performed followed by the burning of the Zor (torma offering).
This Drubchen is considered to be one of the most important sacred rituals performed at Mindrolling and witnessing the lama dances performed on the last two days is said to avert obstacles for the coming New Year.
Upcoming Event
Event ID: 186
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: The sacred dances at Tashi Lhunpo monastery are performed every year on the second to last day of the lunar year, in accordance with the vision received directly from the sacred realm of Shambhala, in the 17th century, by the 5th Panchen Lama, Lobsang Yeshi.
Event details: The sacred dances are performed in order to dispel all the obstacles for the coming year. This is one of the most important sacred rituals performed at Tashi Lhunpo and it is said that witnessing the sacred dances conveys a powerful blessing.
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Event ID: 186
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: The sacred dances at Tashi Lhunpo monastery are performed every year on the second to last day of the lunar year, in accordance with the vision received directly from the sacred realm of Shambhala, in the 17th century, by the 5th Panchen Lama, Lobsang Yeshi.
Event details: The sacred dances are performed in order to dispel all the obstacles for the coming year. This is one of the most important sacred rituals performed at Tashi Lhunpo and it is said that witnessing the sacred dances conveys a powerful blessing.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 185
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: This important Drubchen, together with its related sacred dances (Cham), is performed every year from the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month to the penultimate day of the lunar year, in accordance with the ritual of Yamantaka of the Shinje Dregjom terma discovered by the visionary treasure revealer and founder of Mindrolling monastery Chögyal Terdag Lingpa (1646-1714). The sacred dances are performed in order to dispel all the obstacles for the coming year.
Event details:
February 2nd: Four ritual dances are performed: ‘The Gathering of the Vidhyadharas’, ‘The Lord of the Charnel Ground’, ‘The Four Female Gatekeepers’, and ‘The Lord of the Mandala and Retinue’.
February 3rd: ‘The Dispelling of Obstacles’ ritual dance is performed followed by the burning of the Zor (torma offering).
This Drubchen is considered to be one of the most important sacred rituals performed at Mindrolling and witnessing the lama dances performed on the last two days is said to avert obstacles for the coming New Year.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 184
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: Golden Jubilee celebrations, in Tibetan, of Sakya Tsechen Shedup Ling (Sakya Tharig monastery), founded by H.E. the 6th Tharig Rinpoche, Jamyang Damchoe Nyima, in 1969.
Event details:
January 7th: A grand puja dedicated to the longevity of all revered lamas, the spread of the authentic Buddhist teachings and to universal peace.
January 8th: A traditional reception in honour of H.H. the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, and an empowerment and dharma advice by His Holiness.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 179
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: This ten day study and meditation course is the second part of a five part program titled ‘A Curriculum for Progressing towards Liberation’ which comprises a preparation for and guide to key practices of the Vajrayana (tantric) path. There will be two sessions of teachings daily, with English translation.
Event details:
In this second ten day program, Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal will teach on the perspectives and practices related to the cultivation of Bodhicitta. Bodhicitta is the altruistic aspiration to attain full enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. Literally,
Bodhi means ‘enlightenment’, and
citta, ‘mind’. Bodhicitta is cultivated on the basis of specific mental attitudes, principal among them being the development of love and great compassion towards all beings equally. Mahayana literature speaks of two types of Bodhicitta: conventional Bodhicitta and ultimate Bodhicitta. Conventional Bodhicitta relates to the altruistic aspiration to attain full enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. Ultimate Bodhicitta relates to the wisdom directly realising emptiness, which is induced by the altruistic intention of Bodhicitta. Fundamentally, the cultivation of Bodhicitta, in its relative form, overturns our self-cherishing and, in its ultimate form, overturns our habitual tendency to regard appearances as existing independently, i.e. as independently ‘real’.
For details of the five part program titled ‘A Curriculum for Progressing towards Liberation’, see:
http://www.jamgonkongtrul.org/section.php?s1=3&s2=3.
Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal is the Principal of Rigpe Dorje Monastic Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies at Kagyu Thekchen Ling Monastery, Lava, India. He was also the Drupon (retreat master) for the traditional 3-year Mahamudra retreat at Pullahari Monastery from 1998 to 2001. Drupon Khenpo-la completed his three-year retreat in 1997 at Pullahari under the guidance of the Very Ven. Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. In 1991, prior to undertaking the retreat, he completed the nine year Acharya program at the Nalanda Institute, Rumtek Monastery, studying under the guidance of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche and Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. Drupon Khenpo-la is greatly admired for his skill in making even the most complex and subtle Dharma subjects inspiring and accessible to his students.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 180
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: The Venerable Kunsang Choephel introduces the Tibetan Buddhist perspective on death and dying, with discussion about how to prepare for death according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
Event details:
In this context the Tibetan term ‘bardo’ refers to an intermediate period of time between death and rebirth, during which our consciousness is said to undergo a series of transitional experiential states. Corresponding to these experiential states, specific meditative techniques are taught which are conducive to achieving liberation from cyclic existence. Ven. Kunsang Choephel also reviews the modern scientific view of death compared with the Tibetan Buddhist view.
This webcast is part of new series of Saturday morning teachings by Ven. Kunsang Choephel at IBA.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 173
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: H.E. Minling Khenchen Rinpoche teaching on the fundamental importance of the cultivation of Bodhicitta (the altruistic intention to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings) in our practice of Dharma (the process of spiritual transformation). English translation available.
[This event was originally webcast on 14 April 2018 as Event ID 152.]
No payment is required for this free webcast; voluntary offerings of optional donations will be forwarded to Mindrolling.
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