Phowa course Hong Kong 2013 poster

Phowa course Hong Kong 2013

Phowa Teaching in Hong Kong 20th to 30th December 2013

Dec 20     9am - 12pm     Buddha Amitabha Empowerment
Fri            3pm - 5pm       Buddha Amitabha Empowerment continue
                7pm - 9pm       Phowa Teaching

Dec 21     9am - 12pm     Phowa Teaching (Continued)
Sat           3pm - 6pm       Phowa Teaching (Continued)

Dec 22     3pm - 5pm       Nyingma Phowa Oral Transmission Blessing
Sun          7pm - 9pm       Vajrasattva Visualization Teaching

Dec 23     9am - 12pm     Nyingma Phowa Practice
Mon         3pm - 7pm       Drikung Phowa Teaching

Dec 24     9am - 12pm     Drikung Phowa Oral Transmission Blessing
Tue          3pm - 6pm       Drikung Phowa Practice

Dec 25     9am - 12pm     Buddha Amitabha Meditation and Visualization
Wed         3pm - 6pm       Nyingma Phowa Practice

Dec 26     9am - 12pm     Three Excellence Teaching
Thur         3pm - 5pm      Drikung Phowa Practice
                7pm - 9pm       Namchu Amitabha short sadhana practice

Dec 27     9am - 12pm     Milarepa Tsog Offering Prayer
Fri            3pm - 5pm       Teaching on doing Phowa for others at the moment of death
                 7pm - 9pm       Nyingma Phowa Practice

Dec 28     9am - 12pm      Teaching on doing Phowa for oneself at the moment of death
Sat           3pm - 5pm        Short Drikung Phowa Practice

Dec 29     3pm - 6pm        Instruction on Phowa practice after the course
Sun          7:30pm - 9pm   Short Nyingma Phowa practice

Dec 30     9am - 12pm      Buddha Amitabha Tsog Offering Prayer
Mon         2pm - 7pm

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Sydney 's Rinpoche teaching schedule

Friday November 15  -  7:00pm - 9:30pm
PUBLIC TALK - INTRODUCING THE TRUE NATURE OF THE MIND (All welcome - offering optional)
Rinpoche will talk about the true nature of our minds: Rigpa, or Buddha Nature.  To recognize, practise on, and stabilize our recognition of the true nature of the mind is the purpose of the entire Buddhist Path.

Saturday November 16  -  2:00pm - 5:00pm
GURU DRAKPO EMPOWERMENT (All welcome)

Sunday November 17  -  1st session 9:30am - 12 noon   -   2nd session 2:00pm - 5:00pm
GURU DRAKPO TEACHING AND PRACTICE (All students must have received the empowerment)
Guru Drakpo, a wrathful form of Guru Rinpoche, is a powerful destroyer of obstacles on the path to enlightenment and a fierce protector of the Dharma.  This practice is especially beneficial for transforming obstacles into wisdom light.

Monday November 18   1st session 2:00pm - 5:00pm    2nd session 7:00pm - 9:30pm
INTRODUCTION TO THE TRUE NATURE OF THE MIND (Restricted Teaching)
Rinpoche offers the rare and precious direct pointing out instructions to the true nature of the mind.  We learn how to work directly with awareness itself, using the highest teachings of Tibetan Buddism (Mahamudra and Dzogchen).  All students MUST have a prior interview with Rinpoche.  A practice commitment is also involved.  All details on website.

Tuesday November 19   10:00am - 12 noon
SHORT VAJRASATTVA TEACHING (All welcome - offering optional)
A powerful practice for working with illness, obstacles and all negative karma, both of ourselves and others.

Tuesday November 19   7:00pm - 9:30pm
GURU DRAKPO TSOK OFFERING (All welcome)


COSTS are by donation: we suggest around $120 for the Guru Dragpo and $120 for the True Nature of Mind teaching.  However the Dharma is for all, and all are equally welcome, regradless of donation.

CONTACT:  Please see website www.amitabhafoundation.org.au for full details.  You can email us on amitabhafoundationau@gmail.com for more information and to schedule an interview for the True Nature of Mind teaching.  Or call Jane Crancher on 02 9487 7404.