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MARCH & APRIL 2006 ISSUE
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Our
compassionate guru, H.H. Penor Rinpoche, has recently
underwent a successful knee replacement surgery. He is
currently in excellent health and residing at Namdroling
Monastery.
Over there,
the annual Great Accomplishment Group Practice “Drubchen”
will be held from the seventh day of the first Tibetan month
to the fifteenth. This holy event consists of shifts of
monks and nuns conducting the prayers 24-hours a day for a
week continuously. There will also be activities such as
the hanging of grand thangkas and Lama Dances!
Following
that, there will be the annual Ngondro, Tsa Lung and
Dzogchen retreats. (More information on Palyul retreats are
available at www.palyul.org)
Here in
Singapore, we are most honoured to have the presence of
Khenpo Pema Sherab from
24th
to 26th March.
Khenpo Pema
Sherab is the most senior Khenpo at Namdroling Monastery’s
Ngagyur Nyingma Institute (NNI).
There will
be a
Gesar and Mahakala Puja
held at Yeo’s Building from 14th to 16th
April. We hope to have your active participation as all
the donations received will be channeled to our New Centre
Building Fund.
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Dharma Teaching "Meditation" & Manjushri
Empowerment By Khenpo Pema Sherab
(24th to 26th March 2006)
*Please note there's a
change of program on 26th March. Khenpo Pema Sherab will
confer the Manjushri Empowerment at 10am in our centre.
Please refer to the amended schedule as below.*
Khenpo Pema
Sherab is the most senior Khenpo at Namdroling Monastery’s
Ngagyur Nyingma Institute (NNI), the Shedra or Buddhist
College that trains future Khenpos and Lopons.
Khenpo Pema
Sherab will be giving a teaching on Meditation in our
Centre as per the below schedule:
24/03 & 25/03
(Fri & Sat) |
7.30pm - 9.30pm |
Dharma
Teaching "Meditation" |
26/03
(Sun) |
10am - 11.30am |
Manjunshri
Empowerment |
Brief Introduction on Khenpo Pema Sherab
 Khenpo
Pema Sherab was born in 1936 at Riphu, a place in Dege
Jomda, in the Kham Province, Tibet. At 14, he went to
Lhasa and studied under masters and scholars of all
schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He was bestowed novice
vows by Shechen Kongtrul Rinpoche in 1953.
Khenpo
received most of his teachings from H.H. Dilgo Khyentse
Rinpoche, oral transmission from H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche
and Penor Rinpoche as well as Northern Treasure
Teachings from H.H. Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche.
In 1968,
H.H. Penor Rinpoche invited Khenpo to Namdroling for the
purpose of teaching Dharma to the monks. Since the
establishment of the NNI in 1978, Khenpo has been
teaching in this institute out of compassion and
kindness to the students. During his tenure, he has
wholeheartedly rendered his priceless service without
thoughts of the worldly concerns and has stayed in the
institute all these years forbearing all hardships for
the preservation and dissemination of Buddha’s teaching
in general and the Nyingma doctrine in particular.
His
students deeply respect him for his in-depth lectures,
straightforwardness and kindness. For the future
generations, he has composed many books on Buddhist
philosophy. All in all, he has taken the responsibility
to manage the institute with great compassion to this
day. Hence his kindness is truly unfathomable.
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RIWO SANG CHÖT
(09 April 2006)
Riwo Sang Chöt is a powerful puja that
enables participants to accumulate plenty of merits and
blessings. It facilitates the purification of our bad karma,
sicknesses and obstacles, paying off the karmic debts of our
previous lives, as well as increasing wealth and life span
for our present as well as future lifetimes.
Venerable
Khenpo Jurme Kunzang Rinpoche will be leading this event on
9th April at 10am in our
Centre. Interested participants can contribute
$15 (Individual), $50 (Family) or $80 (Company)
for the purchase of smoke offering items such as
biscuits, fruits, butter, incense, milk and etc. that are
required for this event.
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GESAR AND
MAHAKALA PUJA - By H.E. Tulku Gyang Khang Rinpoche
(14
to 16 April 2006)
*Please note there's a
change of program on 15th April. H.E. Tulku Gyang Khang
Rinpoche will confer the Dzambala Empowerment on that
evening instead of Fire Puja. Please refer to the amended
schedule as below.*
Venue: Yeo’s Building
Address: 2
Telok Blangah Street 31 Singapore 108942
Buses
available: SBS 10, 30, 93, 97, 100, 143, 166, 408 TIBS
176, 188, 963
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Time |
14/04 (Fri) |
15/04 (Sat) |
16/04 (Sun) |
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10am - 12.30pm |
Gesar & Mahakala
Puja |
Gesar & Mahakala
Puja |
Namcho Mahakala & Dzambala Puja |
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2 - 5pm |
Dzambala Puja |
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7.30pm - 9.30pm |
Fire Puja |
Dzambala
Empowerment |
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Participants
who have purchased the Orgyen Norla Wealth Vases from us
during our December 2004 Puja
are welcome to bring their wealth vases for blessings.
Sponsorships for Lamp Offering and
Elimination of Obstacles
The lamp symbolizes the light of wisdom that dispels the darkness
of ignorance. This specific offering is made with the sincere motivation of
cultivating pristine awareness and wisdom in the hearts of all beings, thereby
eliminating from its very root the shadow of ignorance that is the source of all
the misery in the world.
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Category |
Individual |
Family |
Company |
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Lamp Offering
(1 Day) |
$5 |
$20 |
$50 |
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Lamp Offering
(3 Days) |
$15 |
$50 |
$150 |
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Elimination of
Obstacles |
$30 |
$50 |
$80 |
Torma Sponsorship
Our Lamas will make a total of 20 Tormas for the three-days event. The Tormas
represent the great Dharma protectors such as Ekajati, Khyabjuk Rahula, Damchen
Dorje Lekpa, Silmapo and Gonpo Tsogda. These Tormas are available for
sponsorship at $1,000 each. For more information, kindly consult our resident
Lama Rinchen.
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Tsok Offering (Ganachakra Feast)
Making Tsog offerings is supreme
among all the merits and all of one’s wishes will be
fulfilled in this life. Interfering forces and obstacles
will also be pacified and broken samayas will be purified.
Devotees are welcome to
sponsor the Ganachakra Feast at any voluntary amount.
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Other Donations
You can support the Gesar and
Mahakala Puja by making donations in the following various
categories:
1.
Voluntary
donations to help defray the overall expenses of the Gesar
and Mahakala Puja
2.
Food offerings to
the Sangha community
3.
Voluntary
donations or pledging a monthly donation to our New Centre
Building Fund
Please note that the donations from this event will all be channeled into our
New Centre Building Fund. Your generosity and support will be greatly
appreciated. Do spread the word around so that more people can benefit from this
event!
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Brief Explanation on the Pujas
Gesar was a great warrior king
and protector of the Dharma teaching. He is regarded as an
incarnation of Padmasambhava. Mahakala, a protector of the
Buddhist teachings, is also known as the chief Dharmapala.
Dharmapalas are basically Buddhas who undertake the role of
removing obstacles on the path of practitioners.
The function of Mahakala is to
assist practitioners in removing anything that impedes their
practice, as well as to encourage exertion and devotion and
at the same time purify obscurations and wrongdoings.
Blessings will be bestowed and obstacles will be removed if
one prays earnestly to Mahakala.
So long
as one participates in the prayer sessions and continuously
makes prayers and offerings to Mahakala, the protections of
Mahakala and His retinue will not depart from oneself until
perfect awakening is experienced. As explained by Ven
Kalsang Rinpoche, Mahakala prayers also foster peacefulness
in a country, harmony at home and better career prospects.
Participating in the Fire Puja
will allow one to accumulate boundless merits so as to
increase one’s lifespan, prosperity, clear previous karmic
debts and remove obstacles on one’s path to enlightenment.
Dzambala is a Bodhisattva who
has attained the 8th Bhumi level. He possesses
remarkable power to free sentient beings from the clutches
of poverty and starvation in order to guide them towards the
path of ultimate Buddhahood. During this prayer session, the
21 emanations of Dzambala will be invoked.
Participants who have purchased
the Orgyen Norla Wealth Vases from us on December 2004 are
welcome to bring their wealth vases for blessings.
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Kindly send a cheque that is made payable to
Palyul Nyingma Buddhist Association and mail
to 17H, Geylang Lorong 15 (S) 388608. Please
indicate your name(s) and the respective items/events that
you are registering for together with contact numbers for
our reference. Alternatively, you can come personally to our
Centre for registrations and payments. |
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