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Live Webcast Teachings from
Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
“Heart Instruction to a Friend”
by H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje
September 27 – October 13, 2022
Tuesdays & Thursdays
4:30-5:30 pm EST
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This concise set of heart advice from His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche holds the essential points of the Buddha’s teachings in their entirety.
Everyone is warmly welcome to join us for Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Rinpoche’s elucidation of these nectar-like instructions.
Teachings will be followed by evening Vajrakilaya and Dharmapala practice from 5:30-7:00pm.
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• Tuesday, Sept 27; 4:30-5:30pm EDT
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• Tuesday, Oct 4; 4:30-5:30pm EDT
• Thursday, Oct 6; 4:30-5:30pm EDT
• Tuesday, Oct 11; 4:30-5:30pm EDT
• Thursday, Oct 13; 4:30-5:30pm EDT
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The Invincible Determination of the Princess Yeshe Dawa:
A Commentary on the Twenty-One Verses of Praise and Homage with the Root Mantra of Ārya Tārā
by Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche
Translated by the Samye Translation Group
“Noble Lady Tārā is truly a living buddha right now, guiding and helping all beings, and she will continually be a protector and guide for all who are devoted to her. How did Tārā become a buddha? The gracious teacher Buddha Śākyamuni gave many beautiful teachings about how she developed her realization and appeared as a protector of this world to liberate all beings. According to a common understanding of gradual development on the path, the Buddha mentioned that her journey began as an extraordinary, courageous princess known as Yeshe Dawa, who eventually reached full enlightenment.
There are many Tārā sādhanas, covering the entire range of her four activities of pacifying, enriching, magnetizing, and liberating. There are also quite a few commentaries on the Praises to the Twenty- One Tārās by many great masters. This commentary is written by the very well-known master and Vajrayāna Buddhist monk and scholar Venerable Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche precisely according to the lineage instructions. This is a stainless, pure nectar teaching by one who maintains the perfect lineage of the Buddhadharma and Vajrayāna teachings. The Invincible Determination of the Princess Yeshe Dawa: A Commentary on the Twenty-One Verses of Praise and Homage with the Root Mantra of Ārya Tārā, is quite unique in that it is so comprehensive and complete, and includes all the levels of the Inner Tantras of the Vajrayāna. It includes many methods that we can apply to actualize our realization of the nature of mind, including according to: (1) a devotional level of practice, (2) the creation stage visualization practice of Mahāyoga, (3) the completion stage with characteristics of Tsalung and Tummo of Anuyoga, and finally (4) the completion stage without characteristics of Dzogchen Atiyoga. This book explains these four different ways to explore the profound, secret practices of the Praises to the Twenty-One Tārās for each of the Twenty-One Tārās, according to however a disciple wishes to practice.
It has been an honor for us to translate Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche’s commentary. I had the opportunity to see Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche’s original, handwritten manuscript in Tibetan, and this translation lines up exactly with his supreme wishes to benefit the Buddhadharma and all beings.”
-Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
Paperback | Full Color
Dharma Samudra | 11/3/22
Pages: 294 | Size: 6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-7335411-7-6
PSL Nyungne Retreat – October 8-10, 2022
October 8 @ 8:00 am – October 10 @ 9:00 am
The living lineage of Nyungne began in India by Jomo Gelongma Palmo, one of the most famous female masters in Buddhist history. It came to Tibet around the 12th century, and the practice continues to flourish today. It is a profound and powerful practice of silence, fasting and purification.
The Nyungne retreat is a Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice based on the Buddha of Compassion known as the Thousand-Armed Chenrezig. It’s designed to purify negative karma and accumulate merit and wisdom by continuously mingling the mind with compassion, the speech with mantra, and the body with perfect morality. In this way, we will begin to purify and heal ourselves and others.
Retreat begins Saturday morning.
It concludes and we break our fast on Monday morning around 9:00am.
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PBC members: $135; $48/day
Non-members: $164; $54/day
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The living lineage of Nyungne began in India by Jomo Gelongma Palmo, one of the most famous female masters in Buddhist history. It came to Tibet around the 12th century, and the practice continues to flourish today. It is a profound and powerful practice of silence, fasting and purification.
The Nyungne retreat is a Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice based on the Buddha of Compassion known as the Thousand-Armed Chenrezig. It’s designed to purify negative karma and accumulate merit and wisdom by continuously mingling the mind with compassion, the speech with mantra, and the body with perfect morality. In this way, we will begin to purify and heal ourselves and others.
Padma Samye Ling retreat center in upstate New York
October 8-10, 2022
Retreat begins Saturday morning.
It concludes and we break our fast on Monday morning around 9:00am.
For further information click here or feel free to call us at (607) 865-8068.
PBC members: $135; $48/day
Non-members: $164; $54/day
Emaho!
Guru Rinpoche, you are the embodiment of the supreme compassion of all the buddhas,
Our unfailing protector forever!
Quickly turn your loving attention to your praying children.
Please bestow your blessings, empowerments, and accomplishments right now.
Although we know your qualities, kindness, and enlightened activities towards us
Surpass all the other buddhas,
We don’t remember you during comfortable times.
Even when we pray, it becomes merely lip service.
Now we’re tormented by the approaching power of the five degenerations,
And unwanted suffering comes like a lightning strike.
Protector, we remember you from the depths of our hearts.
Please turn your loving attention to our crying calls and longing plea:
Earthquakes, fires, hurricanes, drought, floods, and the like,
Please remove all the outer obstacles of natural disasters externally!
All kinds of illnesses of heat, cold, wind, bile, phlegm, and their combinations,
Please remove all the inner obstacles of physical imbalances internally!
The neurotic five poisons of mind: attachment, anger, and the demon of hope and fear,
Please remove all the secret obstacles of mental imbalances into pervasive space!
When beings and the world are flooded by the waves of the ocean of suffering,
O Padmakara, please rejuvenate everything into peace and happiness!
When weapons of war threaten from the edge to the center of the Earth,
O Padmakara, please reverse the armies and disturbing situations!
When pollution, negative spirits, disease, and epidemics plague us,
O Padmakara, please uproot all sickness and negative forces!
When the prosperity of the environment and beings declines, bringing poverty and suffering,
O Padmakara, please reveal a treasure of abundant food and riches!
When the time comes to benefit all beings with Dharma, wealth, and sacred samaya objects,
O Padmakara, please hand over a father’s treasure to your heirs!
When adventuring through mountain valleys, hermitages, and hidden lands,
O Padmakara, please lead us on the path with favorable conditions!
When vicious, wild animals attack us,
O Padmakara, please drive away these ferocious creatures!
When the four elements become unbalanced and threaten us by nearing the end of their time,
O Padmakara, please restore the elements to their natural state!
When wild beings, bandits, and robbers attack us,
O Padmakara, please dispel the terror of their cruelty and greed!
When armed aggressors and killers torment us,
O Padmakara, please enclose us in a vajra tent!
When this life is exhausted and death is coming,
O Padmakara, please lead us to Dewachen!
When the deluded experiences of the bardo arise with suffering,
O Padmakara, please cause the delusion to be self-liberated!
When we go in the wrong direction towards the cycle of karmic existence,
O Padmakara, please lead us to the path of liberation!
Through all the situations of this life, the next, and in the bardo,
O Padmakara, we have no other hope than you!
In brief, rest your lotus feet in the center of the hearts of those devoted to you,
And remain inseparable with us forever.
Please purify the suffering of impurity and delusion,
And bless us to reach the fortress of everlasting blissfulness!
This prayer is offered by Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche) for the peace and happiness of the world, at a time when we are all afflicted both physically and mentally by all kinds of outer and inner circumstances. For anyone who connects to this prayer, may it pacify outer and inner obstacles, and accomplish their aspirations just as they wish.
Translated by Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche and Pema Dragpa in 2012 at Padma Samye Ling.
Excerpted from Venerable Khenpo Rinpoches’ book, Liberating Duality with Wisdom Display: The Eight Emanations of Guru Padmasambhava (pgs 119-127)
www.padmasambhava.org/chiso/books-by-khenpo-rinpoches/liberating-duality-with-wisdom-display-eight-emanations-of-guru-padmasambhava