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HH SAKYA TRIZIN VISITS STL - Published Wednesday, April 22, 2009
HH SAKYA TRIZIN will visit Sakya Tharpa Ling on July 8th to 10th July 8th 3.00PM Arrival of HH Sakya Trizin arrives at STL 7.00PM Welcome Dinner at Crystal Seafood Restaurant July 9th 9.30AM-11.00AM Wealth Vase consecration puja July 9th 7.30PM-9.00PM Panashvari Empowerment July 10th 10.00AM-5.00PM Mahamudra Initiation and teaching
Arrival of HH Sakya Trizin at STL - Published Tuesday, May 05, 2009 Arrival of HH SAKYA TRIZIN Wednesday July 8th 3.00PM HH SAKYA TRIZIN makes his return to STL at the conclusion of his Golden Jubilee Tour of Australia. STL will offer formal welcoming ceremony with tea and sweet rice offering. All students and members and Dharma friends are encouraged to come to greet His Holiness. Welcome Dinner 7.00PM Sakya Tharpa Ling will welcome HH Sakya Trizin aand his entourage at the Crystal Seafood Restaurant 14 Churchill Ave, Strathfield Plaza The evening includes a banquet,entertainment and door-prizes as well as fundraising events. Tickets $50 Contact: Jackie 9880 8980 Liz 9984 1576
THE WEALTH VASE CONSECRATION PUJA - Published Tuesday, May 05, 2009 THE WEALTH VASE CONSECRATION PUJA Thursday 9th July 9.00-11.00AM The tradition of the Wealth Treasure Vase is a very ancient and popular one. For centuries, many Tibetan families kept treasure vases in their homes homes. Some buried them in the ground and others placed them on the shrine. But this particular Treasure Vase must be kept on the shrine. A Wealth Treasure Vase is filled with many precious jewels (such as gold, silver or copper), precious incense, precious mantras, precious grains, dharma medicines and herbs. It will be blessed through invoking all the power, energy strength, longevity and prosperity of the three realms and directing this into the Treasure Vase. It is believed that the treasure vase: - Magnetises all beings with power of knowledge, psychic power amd power of wealth and directs this to its holder
- Gathers and absorbs all power of superior wealth, prosperity and energy in human existence and Nirvana and directs this towards the benefit of the holder’s dharma practice as one would direct the flow of many streams into an ocean
- Protects from fear of life and death
- Strengthens karmic connections to eliminate obstacles to material gain and prosperity
- Promotes peace and everts warfare in the world
- Improves health and longevity
- Increases wisdom and compassion
We are unbelievably fortunate to be able to bless and consecrate this treasure vase by such a great master as His Holiness Sakya Trizin. His Eminence Ratna Rinpoche and other sangha earlier of this year consecrated these ingredients for the treasure vases. Attendance cost is $50
PARNASHAVARI EMPOWERMENT - Published Tuesday, May 05, 2009 PARNASHAVARI EMPOWERMENT Thursday 9 July, 7:30pm - 9:00pm Associated with the mysterious Parnashavari tribe of ancient India, the Forest Goddess, Parnashavari, with three faces and six hands, wears a skirt and a garland of thatched green leaves. She is associated with jungle tribes and the practice of healing, particularly during contagious diseases. In the Himalayas and Tibet, when a large group of people congregate to receive extended religious teachings, it is common to first give the initiation and blessing for the Forest Goddess in order to stave off sickness. The Forest Goddess is an example of an Indian folk deity absorbed into Tantric Buddhism. She is a popular practice and has numerous forms with varying emphases. For the practitioner of esoteric Buddhist meditation, the Forest Goddess is an emanation of the Buddha, and her special characteristic or metaphor is that of sickness and healing. Attendance Cost is $70
Mahamudra Empowerment and Teaching - Published Wednesday, May 06, 2009 MAHAMUDRA EMPOWERMENT AND TEACHING Friday 10 July 2009, 10:00am – 5:00pm Chenrezig, also known as Avaloketeshvara in Sanskrit is an emanation of a deity of the heart of Lord Buddha. This initiation is of the four-armed deity and conjoined with practice of Mahamudra. Mahamudra literally means Great Seal or the seal of profound emptiness. Therefore, this Chenrezig empowerment is regarded as being profound and powerful initiation in Sakya tradition. His Holiness has kindly accepted to give the initiation and blessing and also to provide a detailed explanation of the Mahamudra practice. Receiving this powerful Chenrezig initiation and profound teaching of Mahamudra from a very special and highly realised guru like His Holiness is very difficult to obtain and rarely given. Attendees must receive this uncommon initiation on this morning to be eligible to receive the teachings that will be given in the afternnoon. Attendance Cost is $150
UTTARATANTRA: Shedra - Published Monday, October 06, 2008 Tuesdays evenings - 7:30pm Uttaratantra is one of the foundation texts of Buddhist philosophy. Texts may generally be classified as falling within one of Buddha's three turnings of the wheel of dharma. The Uttaratantra is considered as part of the third turning which elucidates Buddha's teaching that Buddha-nature is inherent in all beings and they have the potential to realize their Buddha nature HE Dungyud Tulku Rinpoche has kindly agreed to resume these teachings on 4th August, 2009, further details will be forthcoming.
A GUIDE TO THE BODHISATTVA'S WAY OF LIFE: Shedra - Published Thursday, May 01, 2008Thursday Evenings: 7:30pm Learn about this is a famous Buddhist text written by a Buddhist monk at Nalanda University, India. It has ten chapters dedicated to the development of bodhicitta (the mind of enlightenment) through the practice of the six perfections. HE Dungyud Tulku Rinpoche has kindly agreed to resume these teachings on August 6th 2009, further details will be forthcoming.
Mahakala Puja - Published Tuesday, May 05, 2009DAILY PRACTICE Every morning the Green Tara puja and every evening the Mahakala puja is performed by Lama Kunga Phuntsok. He is a resident monk at Sakya Tharpa Ling, trained at Bir monastery, India. He has completed his study of Buddhist philosophy at Sakya college, Dehra dun, equiavalent to a madhiyamaka degree. He is well-trained in monastic ritual. He has great kindness and compassion, so anybody who is in need of a helpful prayer such as Green Tara or the Mahakala puja for eliminating their obstacles and protection can call the centre to enquire. Green Tara Puja 7.00AM Mahakala Puja 5.00PM
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