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NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 2011 ISSUE
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Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso
Rinpoche (Khenpo Guru)
| Date |
Time |
Programs |
11/12
Sun |
10.00am - 11.30am |
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo (Dakini) Empowerment |
| 2.00pm
- 5.00pm |
Teaching on
"The Queen of Great
Bliss"
(Dakini)
Prayer Text |
Prerequisite for Receiving the Teaching:
Students must receive prior Yumka Dechen Gyalmo (Dakini)
empowerment in order to attend the teaching.
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo
Empowerment & Teaching
The terma known as Yumka Dechen Gyalmo
(“Queen of Great Bliss” or Dakini) was revealed by the omniscient Jigme Lingpa, primary transmitter of the Longchen Nyingthig
cycle of Dzogchen teachings. Khenpo Guru
will confer the empowerment based on Longchen Nyingthig
cycle.
Yumka is practiced on Dakini Day, 25th
day of Tibetan calendar, in our centre, Namdroling Monastery
and many other Palyul centres worldwide. Khen Rinpoche will
also give teaching based on the practice text of Dakini “The Queen of
Great Bliss of Longchen Nyingthig” based on our
monthly puja prayer text. This practice is an
especially efficacious means for purifying one’s Vajrayana
samaya. The central meditational deity of Yumka is the
Wisdon Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal, consort to Guru Rinpoche.
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PROGRAM
HIGHLIGHTS
This November, we are honored to invite His
Holiness Karma Kuchen Rinpoche to Singapore to conduct a 2
days teaching on "It's a Life & Death Matter: Gaining
Mastery Over It". It will be held at Singapore Post Centre
(Auditorium, 5th Floor).
On 17th Nov is Lha Bab Duchen, all positive &
negative actions are multiplied by 10 million times. Our
centre will conduct the Sakyamuni Buddha Prayer on this day.
In December, we will conduct our yearly Nyung
Ne Retreat from 7th to 10th Dec and Drolma Yongdue Puja on
30th & 31st Dec.
Devotees
attending
Drolma Yongdue Puja
are required to be on vegetarian.
Our centre's mini buddha statues annual
sponsorships are due on 31st December 2011. If
you have offered any statue(s) and wish to renew it, please
do so by 20th December 2011.
| Date |
Programs |
| 06/11
& 07/11 |
Teaching: It's a Life &
Death Matter:
Gaining Mastery Over It!
By: H.H. Karma Kuchen Rinpoche |
| 17/11 |
Lha Bab Duchen |
| 07/12
to 10/12 |
Nyung Ne Retreat 2011 |
| 30/12
& 31/12 |
Drolma Yongdüe |
You may also accumulate
merits in our monthly pujas (e.g. Medicine Buddha Puja, Green Tara Puja
& etc.) by making lamp offering to the Buddhas, which is available
at S$5 per lamp.
Click
to download monthly pujas lamp offering sform.
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IT'S A LIFE &
DEATH MATTER: GAINING MASTERY OVER IT
By: His Holiness Karma Kuchen Rinpoche
The 12th Throne Holder of Palyul Lineage
Date: 06/11/11 & 07/11/11 (Sun & Mon)
Time: 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Singapore Post Centre, 5th Floor (10
Eunos Road S408 600)
Nearest MRT Station: Paya Lebar Station
Direction Guide: Only lifts at Level 2 goes
to 5th floor auditorium. Use the escalator in front of
Coffee Bean to go to Level 2, enter Singpost glass door
lobby and take a lift from there to 5th Floor.
If you are unsure on the location on that
day, please contact Shiyun at 9877 0726.
His Holiness will give the teaching in Tibetan whereby it
will be translated to both English & Chinese. Seats for
the auditorium are based on first come first served basis.
The Dharma taught, "All compounded things are impermanent."
We have been cycling around the six realms of existence
since beginningless time. We are subjected to birth, old
age, sickness and death. The moment of death is
unpredictable and we are not prepared when it arrived. We
start to feel scared and do not know what to do or where we
will be reborn to.
H.H. Karma Kuchen Rinpoche will explain to us on the
impermanence of life and overcoming the fear of death. His
Holiness will give instructions on what to do from now on
and how we can gain mastery over our next rebirth in order
to overcome the unpredicted moment of death.
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LHA BAB DUCHEN
Date & Time: 17th November 2011 (Thursday,
8.00pm)
Program: Sakyamuni Buddha Prayer
Lha Bab Duchen is one of the 4 great festivals of Lord
Buddha, Sakyamuni. On this day, Buddha Sakyamuni descent
from heaven. Buddha's mother was reborn in Indra's Heaven.
In order to repay her kindness, to liberate her and to
benefit the Gods, Buddha spent 3 months teaching in the
realm of God. On this day, all positive and negative actions
are multiplied by 10 million times.
Our centre will be holding a Sakyamuni Buddha prayer to mark
this auspicious day. Lamp offering is
available at S$5 per name. You are encouraged to
light a lamp on this special day.
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NYUNG NE RETREAT 2011
As announced in our last issue newsletter,
our yearly Nyung Ne Retreat is from 7th to 10th December
2011. Registration for the retreat has started and
registration closing date is 30th November 2011. Those who
wish to participate in this retreat are advised to register
early. For more details, please visit
Nyung Ne Retreat 2011
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Registration for
retreat is open now and closing date for registration is
30th November 2011. Those interested may download the
Nyung Ne Retreat Registration form
and submit to us together with the registration fee.
Our centre will be closed during these four
days. Should you need any assistance, please contact us at
6742 9261. If you wish to visit the centre, please do so
after 2.00pm on 10/12/2011.
Sponsoring or Making Voluntary Donation for
Retreat
The merits from sponsoring someone to do a
Nyung Ne is the same as if one does it oneself. You can also
take this opportunity to make special dedications for the
sick, for quick resolution to problems, for the perfect
human rebirth of the recently deceased, for the halt to
global warming and for world peace.
If you wish to make voluntary donation, you
may do so in the following ways:
1) Cheque Donation
- made payable to “Palyul Nyingma Buddhist Association”.
- indicate on the back of the cheque "Donation for Nyung Ne
Retreat"
- provide us donor / sponsor’s name and mailing address
2) For cash in kind, please proceed to our
centre to make the donation.
All donations should be made to us by
04/12/2011.
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Drolma Yongdüe
To welcome the year 2012, we will conduct our yearly Drolma
Yongdüe Puja on 30th & 31st December 2011 to
pray for good health, peace and prosperity for all our
devotees.
Drolma Yongdüe is a type of Tara ritual specially performed
to eradicate obstacles. During this ritual, participants
will place their cut fingernails, hair or clothing (worn and
unwashed), together with the len-chag (a type of mold
used for rubbing onto unwell body areas) into a receptacle
called ‘Düe’.
The eight auspicious signs adorn the pinnacle of the ‘Düe’,
which consists of four sections together with the eight
offerings, etc. The first section represents the obstacles
and negativities of participants, the second section
represents sea creatures, the third section represents
various animals while the fourth section represents the
woods and greeneries. At the end of this ritual, the ‘Düe’
will be offered to the evil spirits, and subsequently
discarded, thus eliminating the causes of obstacles.
NOTE:
It is compulsory that the substances placed in the ‘Düe’
must come from participants who have joined at least
one session of Drolma Yongdüe.
Prerequisite:
Participants attending the puja MUST BE on vegetarian.
| Date |
Time |
Programs |
30/12
(Fri) |
10.00am - 12.00pm |
Drolma Yongdue Prayer |
| 2.00pm
- 5.00pm |
Mahakala Puja |
| 8.00pm
- 9.30pm |
Green Tara Puja |
31/12
(Fri) |
10.00am - 12.00pm |
Drolma Yongdue Prayer |
| 2.00pm
- 5.00pm |
Mahakala Puja |
Devotees may
contribute towards this puja by register for the
following:
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Category |
Individual |
Family |
Company |
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Eliminate of Obstacles |
S$20 |
S$40 |
S$100 |
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Lamp Offering |
S$20 |
S$40 |
S$100 |
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Mahakala
Tsog Offering |
S$10 |
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and mail it to 721 Geylang Road, Singapore 389632.
Please
indicate your name(s) and the respective items/events that you are
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