Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism  KUNRIG EMPOWERMENT

By Venerable Khenpo Jampa   Date: Sunday, March 18th, 2012   Time: 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm  Location: Shrine Room  Suggested contribution: $25 Public, $20 Members  

Prerequisite: Refuge.   Introduction, explanation, puja, and empowerment (wang) of the  Kunrig (Sarvavid-Vairocana) practice. Kunrig is the main deity in  the Elimination of Bad Rebirths. Participants will learn about the  traditional 49 days memorial and spiritual practices that lamas can  perform near the time of death (sur). This empowerment is to help  prepare oneself for the time of death. Receiving this empowerment  will be of great benefit to oneself and all sentient beings. The  empowerment helps to clear our body, speech, and mind of  obscurations, attachments and desires in this life, after passing,  during the bardo, and in the next life.  Ven. Khenpo Jampa Tenphel and Lama Migmar will prepare for  the Kunrig Ceremony 3 hours in the morning, then bestow the  Wang in the afternoon.   After the empowerment, attendees can view the Mandala.    Venerable Khenpo Jampa Tenphel comes to us from Dzongsar Institute in  India, where he was the library director as well as a tutor for many years. He received  a Degree of Acharya (equivalent to an M.A.) in Buddhist Philosophy in 2002 and was  ordained as an Abbot in 2004. He has received many teachings and initiations from all  four sects of Tibetan Buddhism (Sakya, Gelug, Kagyu, Nyingma). Many of those  teachings and initiations were from H.H. the Dalai Lama and H.H. Sakya Trizin. He  has also received the Lamdre teaching from H.H. Dagchen Rinpoche. His root lamas  are H.H. Sakya Trizin, H.H. Luding Khen Rinpoche, and H.H. Dagchen Rinpoche. At  Sakya Monastery, Khenpo Jampa teaches intermediate and advanced level curriculum  on Buddhist philosophy and also serves as the librarian for the growing collection of  Tibetan Buddhist scriptures.    

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