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ARCHIVE OF 2007 - 2008ATI LING / JIGME RINPOCHE EVENTS
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When Guru Padmasambhava, having journeyed to Yangleshö Cave in Nepal to accomplish the deity Yangdag Heruka, met with drought and famine inflicted on the region, he sent messagers to the Indian master Prabhahasti for the Vajrakilaya tantras. The mere arrival of these texts counteracted the adverse conditions, and the Guru and his consort both attained the realization of mahamudra. Afterwards he commented that Yangdag Heruka confers great accomplishment, but like a merchant who requires an escort, the practice needs Vajrakilaya to clear obstacles. Following the example of Guru Padmasambhava and many superb lineage masters, we perform Vajrakilaya to overcome outer, inner, and secret obstacles to dharma practice and activity. We apply the skillful means of wrathful compassion to the poisons and demons of our own minds. |
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The complete Vajrakilaya drubchen performed at Tibetan New Year prevents the obstacles from the past year from carrying forward into the New Year. It is said in Tibet that participation in a single week's drubchen practice generates as much merit and potential realization as a year's retreat. This event at PPI is not as elaborate as a full drubchen, but is still a powerful group practice that can be of enormous benefit. Full or partial attendance is possible, but empowerment is required to attend any part of the retreat, and will be offered on Saturday morning.
Texts required for the drubchod are: Vajrakilaya, Galaxy of Heartdrops and Protectors, all of which are available for sale at PPI's Lotus Light store.
COSTS:
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT UNTIL FRIDAY DECEMBER 21ST! PRICES GO UP ON DEC 22ND....
All costs are per person per day including three meals a day. Offerings to the lama/s are not included.
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Chagdud Gonpa Foundation Member |
Non-Members |
Day only with meals |
$40 |
$50 |
Dormitory with meals (bring bedlinens) |
$55 |
$65 |
Private room with meals, based on 2 people sharing (bedlinens provided) |
$75 |
$85 |
Private room with meals, single occupancy (bedlinens provided) |
$85 |
$100 |
NOTE: For private rooms, priority will be given to those staying on for the New Year's Eve party.
All registration is prepaid. Please call the treasurer on 415-663-9421 to arrange payment - leave a message with your contact details if there is no reply. Reservations are confirmed only on receipt of payment.
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT UNTIL FRIDAY DECEMBER 21ST! PRICES GO UP ON DEC 22ND....
OFFERINGS
During this retreat, when we practise intensively and deepen our connection with spiritual masters such as Chagdud Rinpoche, who led the Vajrakilaya Drubchhens every year in North America and later Brazil, we make offerings of tsog and butterlamps.Tsog is a most profound method of purification and for gaining realization. Offering tsog and butterlamps are said to be two of the most effective ways for accumulating merit through generosity. Forms for making offerings will be available at registration and throughout the retreat, and all dedications will be read during the pujas.
TO MAKE OFFERINGS, click here.... (For more explanation about why we offer butterlamps, click here...)
Once again, the end of the Vajrakilaya retreat will take us on into party-mode -- with music, dancing, food and drink. All are welcome -- please feel free to bring friends and family (children under 12 free of charge). In the morning there will also be a short puja with Jigme Rinpoche, since this January he is not going to Brazil.
Costs are $35 per person in the dorms, and $50 per person in Tara House, and includes the sit-down dinner at 8.30pm, snack buffet, drinks, and breakfast. The Vajrakilaya retreat will end around 5pm, and guests are welcome to join us for the New Year celebrations from 7pm onwards until the next morning. Please note lunch will NOT be served on New Year's Day, but small snacks will be available for the drive home.
To register, please call the treasurer on (415) 663 9421 to arrange payment.
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PPI in association with Ati Ling is delighted to host the seventh annual Padma Dakini Retreat with Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche as Vajra Master. This event is held annually to commemorate the November 17th 2002 date of the parinirvana of His Eminence Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, our beloved teacher who established the Chagdud Gonpa Foundation in the West |
The retreat will be based on a Dharma treasure (terma) of the late Chokgyur Lingpa, a contemporary and spiritual brother of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. Chokgyur Lingpa is regarded as the last of the one hundred major tertons (treasure revealers) and the universal monarch of all Tertons.
Chokgyur Lingpa (1829-1870) displayed many amazing miracles throughout his life and worked alongside Jamyang Khyentse, Jamyang Kongtrul, Mipham Gyatso and Patrul Rinpoche in developing the Rime Movement, a non-sectarian approach to integrating all major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
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This year it is our honor and delight to announce that Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche will be leading the Padma Dakini Retreat. Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche (Gochen Tulku Rinpoche) is a greatly respected lama recognized as the incarnation of Gyalwa Chokyang, one of the nine heart-disciples of Guru Rinpoche. His root teacher was Orgyen Chemchok, a disciple of the great Khenpo Ngaga. Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche is very important to Chagdud Gonpa sangha and especially our lamas because of the lineages he holds; besides the Dzogchen lineage through Orgyen Chemchok, he is holder of the lineages of the great treasure-revealer Terchen Tsasum Lingpa, and also Padgyal Lingpa, which he was asked by H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche to propagate. His Eminence Chagdud Rinpoche received the transmission of both these lineages from Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche. For more information on Rinpoche and his activity, please see www.ewam.org |
Chokgyur Lingpa's fourth incarnation, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, bestowed the Padma Dakini empowerment when he visited Ati Ling in 2000 and 2004, and we are privileged to maintain the practice of this treasure under the guidance of Jigme Tromge Rinpoche, who was recognised early in life as being the reincarnation of Tsewang Norbu, the son of Chokgyur Lingpa and regarded as an Avalokiteshvara emanation.
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Attendance is possible on a per-day basis for those who are unable to attend the whole retreat.
To allow those without the Padma Dakini empowerment to participate in this retreat even if they have to work on Friday, the Padma Dakini empowerment will be given on Saturday morning.
To begin the retreat we will spend Friday doing Chagdud Rinpoche's heart-practice of Red Tara, and on Friday night will offer butterlamps for his auspicious rebirth and the happiness and good fortune of all beings. All are welcome to attend on Friday even without empowerment (a book empowerment can be given) but everyone needs to have Padma Dakini empowerment to attend Saturday and/or Sunday.
TIME: The retreat will begin on Friday morning at 9.30am and end on Sunday evening around 5pm. If you decide to arrive on Thursday night or leave on Monday morning, there is a small extra charge - please speak to the treasurer. Note that breakfast is available on the Friday 16th and Monday 19th, but we do NOT offer dinner on Thursday 15th.
COSTS: All costs are per person per day including three meals a day, and tsog.
NOTE THAT CHARGES INCREASED AFTER NOVEMBER 5TH. EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS WILL BE APPLIED TO FUTURE EVENTS ALSO.
COSTS per person per day (includes meals, accommodation and event costs)
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Chagdud Gonpa Foundation members |
Non-CGF members |
Day only |
$60 |
$70 |
Overnight |
Dorm $75 |
Dorm $85 |
Room in guesthouse with shared bathroom : $90 per person based on double occupancy (choice of 2 twins or 1 double); $110 for single occupancy. |
Room in guesthouse with shared bathroom : $100 per person based on double occupancy (choice of 2 twins or 1 double); $120 for single occupancy. |
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For those interested in receiving instructions from Jigme Tromge Rinpoche on meditation and mind-training, ongoing sessions are conducted in Santa Rosa and San Rafael on weekday evenings.
SANTA ROSA - Glaser Center, Unitarian Universalist Church, 547 Mendocino Avenue
1) Wednesdays at 7pm on September 19th, October 3rd and 17th:
Meditation Practice Group based on teachings given earlier in the year. Click here for more information... or email us if you have any questions.
2) FIVE consecutive Wednesdays at 7pm: October 24th and 31st, November 7th, 14th,
21st, 2007(NOTE -- The teaching on November 21st 2007 has been cancelled because of people's Thanksgiving commitments. Rinpoche will continue teaching on this text in January or February 2008).
NEW! Teachings on the Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva.
We are delighted to announce that Jigme Rinpoche will be teaching on this classic text by Thogmed Zangpo (1245-1369) on five consecutive Wednesdays. This is regarded as one of the most important texts for training in how to renounce ego, to understand the true nature of ourselves and all beings, and thereby to relate to others with love.
Although many practitioners may already be familiar with the text, it is one that can be revisited endlessly, due to its pithy, memorable verses being so applicable to every area of our lives. Jigme Rinpoche will offer a commentary on the text plus practical meditations specific to certain verses; each week we will have the opportunity to take home and intensively focus on those verses and accompanying meditations. This will build up a practice that helps us to develop greater ease in how we approach life and its challenges, and in particular shows us how to make genuinely positive changes in our relationships.
The text will be available free of charge for those who do not have one -- in English with Tibetan transliteration -- and optional worksheets will also be distributed each week as study aids.
Please bring a note-book and also, if you wish to sit on the floor, a cushion.
SAN RAFAEL -- Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C Street
Tuesdays at 7pm on October 9th and 23rd, November 6th and 20th, 2007:
Meditation Instruction and Practice. Click here for more information... or email us if you have any questions.
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This annual Rigdzin Dupa ('Gathering of Awareness-Holders') Retreat is based on the sadhana by the great treasure-revealer Jigme Lingpa and constitutes the lama aspect (here represented by Guru Rinpoche) of the Three Roots practice of the Longchen Nyingthig lineage. The Rigdzin Dupa is also the sadhana used as the basis for the Great Perfection retreat Jigme Rinpoche leads every year in Brazil. Empowerment will be given on the Saturday morning. Newcomers as well as old students are welcome, and children are also invited to attend.
His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche is a renowned terton who has a long-standing connection with His Eminence Chagdud Rinpoche and the sanghas of North America and Brazil. For more information about His Eminence and his activity, please see www.ripaladrang.org.
Attendance is possible on a per-day basis for those who are unable to attend the whole retreat. Note that empowerment is required for attendance at this retreat; please let us know if you are interested in attending but have not received the empowerment for this practice.
TIME: The retreat will begin on Friday morning at 9.30am and end on Sunday evening around 5pm.
COSTS: All costs are per person per day including three meals a day, and tsog.
COSTS per person per day (includes meals, accommodation and event costs)
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Chagdud Gonpa Foundation members |
Non-CGF members |
Day only |
$50 |
$60 |
Overnight |
Dorm $65 |
Dorm $75 |
Room in guesthouse with shared bathroom : $80 per person based on double occupancy (choice of 2 twins or 1 double); $100 for single occupancy. |
Room in guesthouse with shared bathroom : $90 per person based on double occupancy (choice of 2 twins or 1 double); $110 for single occupancy. |
Please call (707) 632 5629 to reserve a room in Tara House (the 'lama house'); rooms are available on a first-come-first-served basis.
To register, please email atiling@hotmail.com or phone (707) 632 5629, and ALSO call the treasurer on 415-663-9421 to arrange payment. Reservations are confirmed only on receipt of payment.
OFFERINGS
During intensive practice retreats, we make offerings of tsog and butterlamps.Tsog is a most profound method of purification and for gaining realization. Offering tsog and butterlamps are said to be two of the most effective ways for accumulating merit through generosity.
You can arrange offerings before the retreat by downloading and mailing the form, or calling the treasurer on 415 663 9421 for credit card payment. Althernatively you can and also during - forms for making offerings are available at registration and throughout the retreat, and all dedications will be read during the pujas. Those who are unable to attend retreat but would still like to make offerings are also welcome to do so.
TO MAKE OFFERINGS, click here....
(For more explanation about why we offer butterlamps, click here...)
DEATH CEREMONY
On Sunday during the retreat the lamas will conduct a ceremony for the deceased. Special prayers are offered to confer blessings and benefit for any being, human or animal, wherever they may be in the six realms, and however long ago they passed away. To make an offering on behalf of a deceased being that you would like included in the ceremony, please download and mail the offerings form, or call the treasurer on 415-663-9421.
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Join us for the annual Lion-faced Dakini (Sengei Dongma) Retreat at Yeshe Ling in the beautiful Napa Valley. Jigme Rinpoche will give the empowerment and lead the retreat for this practice written by His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, based on the terma revealed by Dudjom Lingpa. It is a very powerful practice for dispelling obstacles and bringing liberation for oneself and others. Several years ago, when Jigme Rinpoche was first requested to conduct a Lion-faced Dakini retreat, his father His Eminence Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche suggested that this particular practice would be especially beneficial.
The retreat begins at 9am on Saturday 1st September and ends at 5pm on Monday 3rd September.
Cost: CGF members $180, non-members $200 if registration and payment is received by August 25th. After August 25th the cost is $205 for CGF members and $225 for non-members.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ATILING IS NOT REGISTERING RETREATANTS FOR THIS EVENT -- please contact the organizers directly at lahdvm@isp.com or call (707) 963 8340.
Following on from the meditation classes Jigme Rinpoche offered through March, April and May (click here for more info), and the June/July sessions led by Lon, Rinpoche will be leading two more classes in August.
We will review contemplation on the Four Thoughts That Turn The Mind - an indispensable foundation for this and all other practices - and then move on to the practices as taught previously. Newcomers are also welcome, as practices will be outlined afresh.
DATES: August 7th and 21st, 2007
TIME: 7 - 9 pm (please arrive a few minutes earlier)
VENUE: Green Room, Glaser Center, Unitarian Universalist Church, 547 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa 95401 (between 7th and 10th St, one block S of College Avenue).
Parking is available at the Seventh Street parking garage adjoining the building.
See www.uusantarosa.org for directions. Please do not call the Glaser Center for information; instead contact us at PPI on (707) 632 5629.
ADMISSION FREE
Please bring a notebook and a cushion. Chairs are also available for those unable to sit on the floor. Note that due to leasing regulations we will not be providing beverage or snacks - please bring your own if required. Attending the practice group is free of charge; donations towards rental costs are welcomed.
Shamatha, as taught by Jigme Rinpoche for this evening event, is a powerful yet down-to-earth method of working with the mind to reveal its positive potential. By learning to control the mind, one finds freedom from distraction and troubling emotions, developing greater clarity and awareness in all the activities of one's life. Using this method of focusing the mind in an open, relaxed way, even for a short time each day, one can transform counter-productive habits and cultivate qualities that benefit oneself and others.
Location: Institute of Classical Homeopathy, 2325 3rd Street, Suite 426, San Francisco CA 94107. (Enter the building at the front door or at 948 Illinois Street -- near the corner of 20th, blue door. Press the ICH button.)
Phone number: 415-551-1020 .
If you have questions about this event prior to the event, please email lahdvm@isp.com, or phone 707-963-8340.
Please bring a cushion to sit on. Suggested donation $10.
Jigme Rinpoche will offer a series of teachings on meditation based on a text revealed in the 18th century by the great Tromge Terton Drimed Khakyod. Although broadly described as instruction on samatha (calm abiding) meditation, this is the text that Rinpoche has used for several years as part of the teachings for the month-long annual Dzogchen retreat, as it encompasses a wide range of techniques and contemplations drawing on all nine yanas.
The sessions are open to everyone regardless of their level of knowledge or practice, and will be as relevant to experienced practitioners as to those who prefer practice instructions without all the complexities and rituals of Tibetan Vajrayana.
The teachings progress systematically, building step by step on what has already been learned and practised, and so it is of most benefit if people are able to attend the entire course. However, each session is also self-contained in that previous material will be reviewed, and new material introduced, so it is also possible to attend on a drop-in basis. Note that each session will include time for silent sitting practice with Rinpoche.
DATES: March 6th and 20th, April 3rd and 17th, May 1st and 15th
For the first week in Saga Dawa, Jigme Rinpoche will lead the fasting and purification Nyung Ne retreat based on Chenrezig practice. Doing any kind of dharma practice during this holy month is considered to be of greatly enhanced benefit for oneself and all beings, so this weekend is a wonderful opportunity to deepen one's practice and create merit.
All are welcome to join, regardless of previous practice experience, and no empowerment is required. The only meal will be lunch on Saturday, and on Sunday retreatants will also not take liquids. Full length prostrations are a part of the practice, and retreatants are in silence throughout the weekend. The format may seem daunting for newcomers, but Jigme Rinpoche's focused, compassionate guidance, the group support, and the natural soothing beauty of the setting will allow retreatants to go through the weekend with joy and inspiration. We look forward to welcoming old sangha members and new for this event, the third such held at the Padmasambhava Peace Institute.
If you wish to join the retreat but have any health concerns, please first consult with your medical practitioner if necessary. If you would like to dedicate the weekend as a time for practice during Saga Dawa but are unable to meet the retreat requirements for some reason, please contact us to discuss alternatives.
The retreat begins 9am on Saturday and ends on Sunday around 5pm. For those traveling from further afield, it is possible to arrive on Friday night.
The cost from Saturday to Sunday will be $35, including one meal (Saturday lunch) and overnight accommodation in dormitory (private rooms at a higher rate are also available - please call 707 632 5629 to reserve a space). Please email atiling@hotmail.com or call 707 824 0291 to reserve a place on the retreat.
CLICK HERE FOR GENERAL RETREAT INFO AND STAYING AT PPI
Ati Ling in association with PPI invite you to attend two one-day workshops on torma-making and choponing. Tormas are the ceremonial offerings you see at Tibetan pujas and ceremonies and the chopon is the person who acts as the lama's hands in those ceremonies, making the offerings and conveying ritual items between the shrine and the lama.
Learning at least the basics of these skills can facilitate dharma events and deepen one's own understanding of how ritual works to support and enhance a practice. It is also important for traditional lineages to be preserved as carefully and accurately as possible; this is why usually only a qualified chopon or torma-maker is asked to train others. For these workshops the instructor will be Ana Paula Govea from Chagdud Gonpa Khadro Ling in Brazil, who has served as main chopon there for the last three years, and who received guidance from lamas such as Jigme Rinpoche and Lama Rigdzin (sent to Khadro Ling by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche) and who trained with long-time CGF chopons Magnus Childers and Dorje Kirsten. Ana Paula speaks excellent English and has extensive experience helping centers around Brazil with making tormas and choponing.
Topics to be covered include: dough-making, basic torma shapes, decorating, working with wax, tormas for drubchods, tsog choponing instructions and set-up/maintenance/take-down procedures.
The workshops will take place from 9.30am to 6pm on the first two Saturdays of May at the Padmasambhava Peace Institute in Cazadero, and participants are encouraged to attend both workshops so that they can cover as much ground as possible. There will be a $20 charge per Saturday to cover expenses, but this does not include an offering to the instructor (optional). PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH and ALSO your own bedding if you plan to stay over for Sunday puja or to do more practice/study with Ana Paula (recommended). Dinner will be served on Saturday after the workshop - please be sure to let us know if you will NOT be staying for dinner. Bearing in mind that you will be working with food-coloring, dough and wax, please wear clean but suitable 'work' clothes.
To register, please call us on (707) 632 5629 or email to this address (questions also to this address), stating clearly if you plan to stay over for breakfast/puja on Sunday.
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Ati Ling and PPI have received the very happy news that His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche will be returning to PPI, but not until the fall. Meanwhile, for this spring we will again hold a Throma retreat, with Jigme Rinpoche leading the sangha in the drubchod over a long weekend. The practice of Throma Nagmo, the wrathful Black Dakini, is a very powerful practice for healing the body, mind and subtle energies by cutting through the obstacles and karmic negativities caused by ego-clinging. |
Attendance is possible on a per-day basis for those who are unable to attend the whole retreat. Note that empowerment is required for attendance at this retreat; please let us know if you are interested in attending but have not received the empowerment for this practice.
TIME: The retreat will begin on Friday morning at 9.30am and end on Sunday evening around 5pm.
COSTS: All costs are per person per day including three meals a day, and tsog.
|
Chagdud Gonpa Foundation Member |
Non-Members |
Day only with meals |
$40 |
$50 |
Dormitory with meals (bring bedlinens) |
$55 |
$65 |
Private room with meals, based on 2 people sharing (bedlinens provided) |
$75 |
$85 |
Private room with meals, single occupancy (bedlinens provided) |
$85 |
$100 |
To register, please email atiling@hotmail.com or phone (707) 632 5629, and ALSO call the treasurer on 415-663-9421 to arrange payment. Reservations are confirmed only on receipt of payment.
CLICK HERE FOR GENERAL RETREAT INFO AND STAYING AT PPI
All practitioners, whether doing ngondro or other practices, are invited to join this weekend retreat led by Jigme Rinpoche. Rinpoche will offer teachings on ngondro, and provide guidance for all retreatants on whatever they are working on. Group practice of this nature under the lama's supervision helps stabilize one's approach to practice and is a wonderful opportunity to ask the lama questions.
The cost for the weekend, including dormitory accommodation and all meals (lunch Sat thru to lunch Sun) is $60. To register, please call the treasurer on (415) 663 9421 to arrange payment, AND also email atiling@hotmail.com. If you have any questions, please contact us at atiling@hotmail.com.
Accommodation in private rooms is available on a first-come-first-served basis - to register for this please call us on 707 632 5629 prior to calling the treasurer.
CLICK HERE FOR GENERAL RETREAT INFO AND STAYING AT PPI
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March 19, 2008
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