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JULY 2010 EVENTS
Lama Lodu Rinpoche
Lama Lodu Rinpoche resides at Kagyu Droden Kunchab, a Dharma center for the practice of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, located at 1892 Fell Street (near Clayton) San Francisco, CA 94117. Lama has supervised the translation of numerous practice texts (sadhanas) and has written several books: Bardo Teachings (available through Snow Lion Publications), The Quintessence of the Animate and Inanimate, Attaining Enlightenment, Maintaining the Bodhisattva Vow, and Homage to Kalu Rinpoche (available from KDK Publications).
"If during your lifetime you have experienced the development and completion stages in meditative concentration on the deities, then in the Bardo, by realizing mind itself is emptiness, you can recognize the dissolving stages and have the opportunity to be released from suffering and attain enlightenment." - Lama Lodu Rinpoche
Public Talk: The Truth Brings Relief from Fear and Anxiety
July 21, 6pm
Hinayana, Mahayana, Vajrayana
July 22, 10am
The Four Noble Truths
July 22, 2pm
Calm Abiding Meditation (shamata or shinay)
July 23, 10am
Loving Kindness and Compassion
July 23, 2pm
Insight Meditation (vipassana or lhatong)
July 24, 10am & 2pm
The Different Classes of Tantra
July 25, 10am
Generation and Completion Stage Practice
July 25, 2pm
all events to be held at 169 Puueo St, Hilo
| Public Talk: The Truth Brings Relief from Fear and Anxiety | July 21, 6pm |
| Hinayana, Mahayana, Vajrayana | July 22, 10am |
| The Four Noble Truths | July 22, 2pm |
| Calm Abiding Meditation (shamata or shinay) | July 23, 10am |
| Loving Kindness and Compassion | July 23, 2pm |
| Insight Meditation (vipassana or lhatong) | July 24, 10am & 2pm |
| The Different Classes of Tantra | July 25, 10am |
| Generation and Completion Stage Practice | July 25, 2pm |
SAGADAWA 2011 EVENTS
Sagadawa Eight Nyung Nes Retreat
May 28 - June 16, 2011
with Nyungne Lama and Lama Lodu Zangpo
RKRL Retreat Center, Ninole, Hawaii
Tuition: $300
Registration is an absolute requirement for this retreat.
"In Tibetan, the word “Nyung” means less. “Nes” means remaining. This means that during this retreat, we reduce our negativity and, ideally, eliminate negativity entirely.
The eight precept vows are called “So Jong.” "So" means we replenish the positive, and "Jong" means we purify the negative. By taking the eight precept vows, the experience is greatly intensified. In addition, we practice creation stage meditation where we visualize the 1,000 Arm Chenrezig, who is the embodiment of all the enlightened ones, and recite his mantra. We visualize the environment as the mandala, ourself as the deity, and thus transform all impure perceptions to perfectly pure and divine, celestial perceptions.
Nyung Nes is a practice of fasting and purification. Each morning, one takes vows and abides by them for the whole day. On the first day, one vegetarian meal is eaten at noon and liquids are taken. On the second day, no food or drink at all is consumed. On each day practitioners do the 1,000 Arm Chenrezig practice. So great is the powerful merit of this practice that to do one Nyung Nes, closes the doors to the lower realms in the next rebirth. It is also said that by completing eight consecutive Nyung Nes practices, one closes the door to rebirth in samsara. One is instantly reborn into a realm where enlightenment comes quickly and easily." - Lama Lodu Rinpoche
Last updated Sunday, May 16, 2010
