The sixth annual Chinese New Year Vajrasattva 24 hours practice

The sixth annual Chinese New Year Vajrasattva 24 hours practice is upon us again.

This year the practice will begin at 6:00pm on 18th February and will end at 6:00pm on 19th February 2015.

During this short retreat, participants are to refrain from talking and also abstain from intake of solid food. Please bring any liquid such as soya milk or milk, tea or coffee for this retreat. 

Participants are to recite the Vajrasattva long mantra out loud for a period of two hours and may rest their voice for an hour. Depending on the number of participants, we will assign a schedule of recitation and rest for this 24 hour period.  However, at least two people must be reciting the long mantra out loud during this period.

If you are not able to join for the entire 24 hours period, you are welcome to join in any time during this period.

Hope to see you at the center for this practice;

21st Annual Phowa Course 2015

The Twenty-First Annual Phowa Course in Bodhgaya will be held 8-17 January 2015. Ayang Rinpoche gives his 10-day Phowa Course annually at the holy place of Shakyamuni Buddha’s enlightenment, Bodhgaya. The course is free to participants. Rinpoche encourages everyone to attend the entire course, and to stay through the last day for the Tsok Offering Prayers.

Please make your hotel and travel arrangements early as Bodhgaya will be unusually full of pilgrims in January. For your reference, please see the 2014 Daily Schedule Bodhgaya Phowa Course. We will post the 2015 daily schedule as soon as it becomes available.

Rinpoche gives the Introduction to the True Nature of Mind teachings following the Phowa Course in alternate years. The next teachings will be in 2015.

Bodhgaya logistics and travel information and Bodhgaya Phowa Course site map

Rinpoche invites everyone, whether or not they can make a pilgrimage to Bodhgaya this year, to make an auspicious connection by sponsoring the Phowa Course. The teachings are free to participants, so sponsorship is essential to pay for all the arrangements, including venue and sound equipment rental, tea service, text and photo printing, travel and accommodations for Rinpoche and his attendants, etc. Please share the merit of your generosity in one of the following ways:

(1) Send a check in USD to Amitabha Foundation, 11 South Goodman Street, Rochester, New York 14607 USA (donations are tax deductible in the US);

(2) Wire your donation directly to theDrikung Charitable Society (not tax deductible);

(3) Pay by credit card or Paypal using the button below (donations are tax deductible in the US).

Phowa Teachings in Sydney 2014

PUBLIC TALK –The Bardos Teaching (Approx. 3-4 hours)

Date: Sunday November 30 at 2.00pm.

is talk is important preparation for the Phowa course.

Venue: Vietnamese Community Cultural Centre,

6/8 Bibbys Place, Bonnyrigg NSW 2177

Cost: Free

PHOWA COURSE

Date: Monday December 1 – Wednesday December 10

Venue: St Josephs Retreat Centre, Bringelly near Camden, south-west

of Sydney (approx. 1-1½ hours drive from Sydney north shore area).

Cost: Venue costs only: $45 per night (bunk beds, shared bathrooms), or $25 per day without accommodation.

Meals: $15 per day (breakfast, lunch and dinner – Vietnamese vegetarian).

Important: Registration and pre-payment in full or a deposit are essential if you require accommodation and/or meals. The retreat centre is isolated – self-catering is not possible.

Other Teachings in Australia

Following the Phowa course Rinpoche will o er teachings and empowerments at his Sydney Centre in Waitara, a northern suburb of Sydney.

Venue: Amitabha Foundation, 79 Edgeworth David Avenue, Waitara NSW Australia. Non-residential.

ACHI CHOKYI DROLMA EMPOWERMENT AND TEACHING

Date: ursday December 18. A form of Tara, Achi Chokyi Drolma is the female Buddha who is the protector of the Drikung Kagyu lineage and dispels obstacles for sincere practitioners.

Cost: Suggested minimum donation $80

BUDDHA AMITABHA 10 LEVELS TEACHING

Date: December 19-23. A rich and profound practice for those with devotion to the

Buddha of Boundless Light.

Cost: Suggested minimum donation $120

No speci c practice commitments are usually involved in receiving these teachings.

ose on low incomes are welcome to attend for less than the suggested donation.

Registration and Further Information 

Please see our website www.amitabhafoundation.org.au for registration and for further detail (daily schedule, costs, transport etc)

Contact: Jane Crancher (English language) ...... Phone: +61 (02) 9487 7404

Email: amitabhafoundationau@gmail.com

Tam ai (Vietnamese language) ....... Phone: +61 (0)408 664 742 Email: phowauc@gmail.com

www.amitabhafoundation.org.au


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Amitabha France, Paris Daily Schedule 2014

Oct 11’ 2014          9 am Amitayus empowerment preparation

                                 3 pm Amitayus empowerment

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Oct 12’ 2014          9 am Vajrayogini empowerment preparation

     3 pm Vajrayogini Empowerment

Oct 13-15’ 2014     9 am Interview for True Nature of Mind Teaching  

    12 noon Lunch Break

    3 pm Continue with Interviews

 

Oct 16’ 2014        9 am True Nature of Mind teaching

Contact for Rinpoche in Europe from September 1’ 2014 to November 14’ 2014

Renate Stampfer

Address: 8153 Geistthal,

Sonnleiten 20,

Austria

Mobile : 0043699 17 000849

Bhiksu Thich Hanh Tan
Tu Vien Vo Luong Tho - Buddhistisches Klausurzentrum Amitayus
Schoenfeld 104
01762 Schmiedeberg - GERMANY
Tel. +49.35052.292235
Fax. +49.35052.292236

Christiane Uekermann

Boardmember Bodhicharya e.V.

Kinzigstr.25-29, 12047 Berlin

Tel: ++49 30 29009739

Mobilei: ++49 (0)1732035893

Patrick Leyrat

4 rue Barbette

75003 PARIS

France

Tel: 06 22 57 38 70

Minh-Thọ

Tung-Lam Linh-Son Mahayana Pure Land Retreat Center

18 Hameau des Bosnages - 87290 Rancon France

Mobile : +33 (0)6 76 777 497

DRIKUNG SHERAB MIGCHED LING
Zentrum für tibetischen Buddhismus e.V.
Oppenhoffallee 23
52066 Aachen
Germany
Tel.: +49/241/5153654