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The benefits of building stupas were spoken of by the Buddha in the “Noble Amazing Sutra:”
“Ananda! Any devoted noble sons and daughters who fill this entire three-thousand-fold universe with the seven precious metals and make offerings to all the stream-enterers, once-returners, non-returners, and arhats—as well as all the sangha members in the four directions—do not accumulate as much merit as someone who makes a stupa to the Tathagata—the Subduer, the Perfectly Enlightened One, the One Who Entered Mahaparinirvana— that is even the size of a churura seed, with a central column the size of a needle, an umbrella the size of a juniper leaf, and filled with grain-sized statues and mustard seed-sized relics.”
Watch: PSL Stupa Light Offering Prayers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wDA0Mu4MNE&list=PLFhTzZsWmnlm1la3_oM9yECghq_XfRSqB
Learn about the Meaning of Stupas:
www.padmasambhava.org/the-meaning-of-stupas
Learn about the Tremendous Benefits of Stupas:
www.padmasambhava.org/the-importance-of-stupas
Join the ocean of merit dedicated to the happiness and enlightenment of all beings, and on behalf of those close to you who you love!
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Photo of Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Rinpoche and the PSL Sangha painting the New Stupas in the PSL meadow on August 23, 2023, by Lama Jomo Lorraine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri3YbfbuZs0&list=PLFhTzZsWmnllpgaD32kvYekiP6sSH2rit&index=4
Led by Vajrayana Master & Nyingma Scholar
Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
at Glorious Padma Samye Ling, New York
Teachings on Sherik Dorje Nӧnpo Gyü: “The Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra,” A Pure Vision revealed by the Great Terton Dudjom Lingpa
“Absolute Purification of Vajrasattva”
“In the absolute sense there is nothing to be purified, no one purifying, and no act of purification. But since we cannot seem to leave it at that, the defilements and obscurations arise. In the illusory perception of our ego-clinging, we experience endless suffering. Since we feel a need for purification, we have this practice as a relative skillful means.
Vajrasattva arises from our nondual awareness, and we visualize his flowing nectar cleansing our defilements. Along with the visualization we say the hundred-syllable mantra, and at the end Vajrasattva dissolves into one’s being, so that ultimately we reach the level of rigpa. In this state there is no defilement that needs to be purified, there is no Vajrasattva who purifies, there is no hundred-syllable mantra as the means of purification. In the natural state of things, in the state of what is, everything is primordially pure like the sky. This is the absolute purification of Vajrasattva.”
“Ngondro Practice According to the Dzogchen View”
His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche
Excerpted from Venerable Khenpo Rinpoches’ book, Illuminating The Path: Ngondro Instructions According to the Nyingma School of Vajrayana Buddhism (pg 24-25)
www.padmasambhava.org/chiso/books-by-khenpo-rinpoches/illuminating-the-path-ngondro-instructions-according-to-the-nyingma-school-of-vajrayana-buddhism
BASKING in the BLESSINGS of the LINEAGE
Relaxed Potluck Dinner with Silent Auction
• FRIDAY EVENING, OCT 6
Heart Sutra Teaching & Meditation
Teachings & Meditations on Guru
Yoga, Bodhichitta & Mandala
Offerings with afternoon Fire Puja
Morning Buddha Meditation
with Concluding Teachings & Practice
Evening Dakini Meditation with Tsok Food Offering Ceremony
Lama Pema Dragpa has been a resident Dharma teacher at Padma Samye Ling since 2004. PSL is the main monastery & retreat center of the Padmasambhava Buddhist Center founded by the Nyingma Dzogchen masters Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche & Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche. Ordained as a lama by Rinpoches, Dragpa graduated with honors in philosophy & religious studies from NYU in 2002, and is a senior editor of over 25 books on Buddhist philosophy & meditation.
“Bodhichitta is the wish to be of service to all living beings, to fulfill their wishes, and to support and inspire them to attain buddhahood.”
Venerable Khenpo Rinpoches
Padma Samye Ling
September 1 – 4, 2023
What a wonderful way to conclude an extraordinary summer season overflowing with incredible Dharma retreats and activities!
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Daily cycles of calm abiding meditation and Heart Sutra recitation, yoga, and nature walks.
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Each day of the retreat will offer an energizing morning yoga practice and a gentle late afternoon practice. Diane Avice Du Buisson will guide daily yoga sessions.The yoga sessions will focus on balancing the body’s elements and clearing the channels with fluid movements, postures, and breath awareness. All levels welcome.
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Diane has studied and practiced yoga for 43 years and was the founder of Yoga Source in Nashville, Tennessee. She has been a student of Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche since 1987.
Register for On-Site In-Person retreat:
https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1974127/10315/
PBC members: $214; $71/day
Non-members: $267; $86/day
It’s been such a wonderful, interactive, immersive Tibetan Language class with Prof. Philippe Turenne at Padma Samye Ling!
Two classes a day, group meditations, shared meals, and service to the Venerable Khenpo Rinpoches’ PBC mandala have made this such a rewarding, uplifted, and memorable experience.
Tibetan Language Class – July 31 – August 5, 2023 – Padma Samye Ling Retreat Center
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxBIAZH_qVk&list=PLFhTzZsWmnllpgaD32kvYekiP6sSH2rit&index=8
Day 7
July 28, 2023
Led by Vajrayana Master & Nyingma Scholar Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche at Glorious Padma Samye Ling, New York
Teachings on Sherik Dorje Nӧnpo Gyü “The Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra” A Pure Vision revealed by the Great Terton Dudjom Lingpa
This is Year Two of a Three-Year teaching by Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Rinpoche on this tantra during the Annual PSL Summer Retreat.
Sherik Dorje Nӧnpo Gyü (Tib. ཤེས་རིག་རྡོ་རྗེ་རྣོན་པོའི་རྒྱུད་, shes rig rdo rje rnon po’i rgyud), The Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra, is one of the five Dzogchen tantra termas revealed by Dudjom Lingpa through a pure vision. Being part of the Daknang Yeshe Drawa cycle, the Sherik Dorje Nӧnpo Gyü’s full name is “The Sharp Vajra of Awareness Tantra, from the Matrix of Pure Appearances and Primordial Consciousness, the Quintessence of the Great Mystery of the Mantrayana, The Primordially Pure Absolute Space of Samantabhadri, the Spontaneously Actualized Treasury of Liberation.” This extraordinary tantra recounts how Dudjom Lingpa experienced Kuntuzangpo directly in a vision, giving teachings and answering questions to his own emanation’s retinue of bodhisattvas.
Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche is a holder of the complete Buddhist Nyingma lineage of study and practice. He was enthroned by H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche as a Nyingma Abbot. As an accomplished scholar and Vajrayana master, Rinpoche has an amazing ability to convey profound topics simply and directly, making the rich, vast ocean of Dharma accessible and easy to put into practice.
Watch a free video of the first teaching of the 2023 PSL Dzogchen Summer Retreat by Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche:
2023 Summer Dzogchen Retreat w/ Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche – Day 1 – July 22, 2023
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOf1V1bfL6s&list=PLFhTzZsWmnllpgaD32kvYekiP6sSH2rit&index=2
“The Sharp Vajra of Awareness Tantra” is a terma revealed by the great terton Dudjom Lingpa that directly points out the nature of mind, and explains how to sustain the fresh, living experience of enlightened awareness.
Register for WEBCAST retreat:
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Register for On-Site In-Person retreat:
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Join Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche and the PBC Sangha on this auspicious day of Chokhor Duchen honoring the Buddha’s first teaching in Sarnath, India. Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche will lead meditation practice centered around our Great Kindness Teacher, Buddha Shakyamuni.
For Buddhists, this is one of the most sacred days of the year when karmic effects are naturally multiplied millions of times, so meditation practice and virtuous deeds are strongly encouraged and celebrated!
Register for In-Person Attendance here:
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Join the Live Webcast:
Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche is a holder of the complete Buddhist Nyingma lineage of study and practice. He was enthroned by H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche as a Nyingma Abbot. As an accomplished scholar and Vajrayana master, Rinpoche has an amazing ability to convey profound topics simply and directly, making the rich, vast ocean of Dharma accessible and easy to put into practice. (A more extensive biography of Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche can be found by clicking here.)
Practice texts to have on hand: (click on titles for more information.)
• Extended Buddha Sadhana (includes the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha and other prayers.)
• Daily Prayers
• Dharmapala Prayers
• Stainless King
• Other supplemental practices – free download
- Practice will include a vegetarian feast offering.
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