Tibetan New Year Teachings and Celebration with Khenchen Lama February 12th to 14th in Tucson, Arizona

Losar – Tibetan New Year Teachings and Celebration with Khenchen Lama February 12th to 14th, Tucson, Arizona.

Attendance and Practice requirement: Khenchen Lama Rinpoche asks new students who will attend any part or all of his teachings to commit to practice of 10,000 short mantras of Vajrasattva (OM VAJRA SATO HUNG). Khenchen Lama Rinpoche’s old students who attended his previous teachings and are completing practice requests for those teachings do not need to take on this requirement.

Yamantaka Empowerment

The most profound long lineage of Yamanthaka practices in Tibetan Buddhism started with Nubchen Sangye Yeshe. These practices were again discovered in the cycle of hidden treasure teachings by Padma Dagnag Lingpa who was an incarnation of Nubchen Sangye Yeshe. They are considered the short lineage of Sangye Yeshes Yamantaka teachings. Khenchen Lama Rinpoche will give empowerment from this tradition.

It is said that the wrathful practice of Yamantaka is most suitable during times of confusion and obstacles, like current era. This particular practice is distinct for being part of a Dzogchen cycle. It is a short practice emphasizing insight into pristine awareness or rigpa and includes rigpa yidam yoga.

Time and Date: Friday, February 12, 2010 9:00AM to 6:00PM

Location: Shambhala Center, 3250 N Tucson Blvd, Tucson, Arizona.

online directions Medicine Buddha

Medicine Buddha is a specific practice to help during time of illness. The Medicine Buddha meditation Khenchen Rinpoche will be teaching encompasses both sutra and hidden treasure teachings. This meditation includes practice of eight Buddhas representing eight different aspects of well-being.

Time and Date: Saturday, February 13, 2010, 9:00AM to Noon

Amitayus, Amitabha Buddha practice

Those who have short life are not able to bring their spiritual aspirations to fruition. That is why it is important to engage in the long life practice of Amitayus. This particular form of the practice comes from hidden treasure teachings by Padma Dagnag Lingpa. It combines the practice of Amitayus with the practice of the Buddha Amitabha.

Time and Date: Saturday, February 13, 2010, 2:00PM to 6:00PM

Tibetan Yoga

There are many different kinds of yoga and in the Western culture yoga is mainly associated with bodily movement. Yoga in Tibetan Buddhism combines body yoga, speech yoga and mind yoga. It is practiced to facilitate fast progress in one’s spiritual development. This includes energy practices of winds, channels and drops. The yoga Khenchen Rinpoche will introduce his students to, comes from Longchenpa and Padma Dagnag Lingpa. It contains gentle postures that target specific obstacles to the practice such as attachment or anger

Time and Date: Sunday, February 14, 2010, 9:00AM to 6:00PM

Location for Medicine Buddha, Amitayus and Tibetan Yoga
Ada Peirce McCormick Library
1401 East First Street at Highland Ave.
Tucson, AZ

Directions from Speedway and Cherry:

Speedway and Cherry, go South on Cherry, then West on 1st St (one way)

Look for sign Ada Peirce McCormick Building on right side of street. Pull into Parking Lot just before First St. & Highland intersection (marked by Stop Sign).

Requested donation is a reasonable $30/day, or $75 for entire Losar teaching cycle.

To learn more, go to the Dharmakirti website, and sign up for the teachings.

If you cannot attend these teachings and trainings, then we offer Tibetan Yoga DVD’s and Vajrasattva, Chenrezig, and other meditation chant CD’s of the mantra practices on the www.FourGates.com website.

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