 Dearest
Friends @ CAS !!
It
is with considerable excitement to inform all that His Eminence
Luding Khen Rinpoche will be bestowing three of the most precious
empowerments as preserved in the Sakya-Ngorpa tradition of Tibetan
Buddhism:
22
Dec 2007 - Empowerment of Maha Vairocana Buddha
23
Dec 2007 - Empowerment of Black Manjushri ( From the Thirteen
Golden Dharma )
24
Dec 2007 - Empowerment of the Twelve-Arm Red Ganapati
( From the Thirteen Golden Dharma )
[ All the programme
commences at 7:15 pm ]
[ The venue is
tentatively decided at the auditorium, Ngee Ann Cultural
Centre - 97 Tank Road ]
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His Eminence the Luding Khen Rinpoche His Eminence
Luding Khen Rinpoche is one of the throne-holders of the
Sakya-Ngorpa School of Tibetan Buddhism.
He occupies
the great seat of Ngor and His illustrious predecessors include Dampa
Rinpoche who is one of the Root Teachers of the present Sakya
Trizin, the Supreme Head of the Sakya Tradition of Tibetan
Buddhism.
His Eminence
has accomplished all the major retreats of the main Yidams
of the Sakya school and is a complete lineage cum throne-holder
of the Sakya tradition in general and the Sakya-Ngorpa tradition
in particular.
Abiding
by the holy wishes and command of HH the Sakya Trizin, His Eminence
has untiringly traversed the world for the good of
the holy Dharma and all mother beings.
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Some "Asides":
The present Dalai
Lama: "When it comes to detailed study of the great texts, it
is the Sakya and Gelug systems which are the most developed. Of
course, it would be correct to say that the Gelug tradition is
in reality derived from the Sakya."
( As quoted from
the Gelug Conference - Dec 2000: http://www.dalailam
Je Tzongkhapa, the
Founder of the Gelugpa School, wrote of the unblemished,
intact transmission of the holy Teachings as preserved in the
Sakya Tradition.
( As quoted from
the Ganden Oral Tradition by Jam Willis )
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The Maha Vairocana Empowerment
  The Maha Vairocana
Buddha Nara, Japan
"The supreme Maha
Vairocana's inconceivable, majestic oceans of blessings
and light envelopes the world, leading all beings to Liberation."
-- Lord Buddha Shakyamuni
in the Avatamsaka Sutra ( "Hua-Yen Jing" )
The Maha Vairocana --
in most of the major mandalas -- is the Supreme Lord
of Buddha families.
The Maha Vairocana
Empowerment is one of the most complex rituals preserved
in Tibetan Buddhism and can only be bestowed by masters who
are highly-trained and qualified in its unique ritualistic
procedures, involving, literally, hundreds of its very special
mudras, materials and visualisations.
One of the crown
jewels of the holy Vajrayana Teachings as taught by Lord Buddha,
the Maha Vairocana Tantra spans one of the largest cycles of
tantric literature and is extant not only in Tibet but
in fact, is considered THE supreme mandala in the eastern
Vajrayana Tradition ( the "dong-mi" ) in both China and Japan.
The Maha Vairocana
Buddha -- as Lord Buddha Shakyamuni so taught in the Avatamsaka
and other such major cycles of texts -- inspires some of
the most awe-inspiring religious monuments the world as ever
seen including the destroyed Bamiyan Buddhas, the royal chapels
of Japan and the magnificent Dun Huang grottoes.
"Merely glancing at
a picture of the Maha Vairocana Buddha mandala alone, uncountable
aeons of negative karmas will be thoroughly and completely purified.
The Buddha Himself so spoken thus in the Maha Vairocana Tantra."
-- HH the Sakya Trizin
( 1996; Sakya Tenphel Ling, Singapore )
Misfortunes, disturbances,
sicknesses affecting one or one's close ones can be
completely pacified through the inconceivable blessings
and merits of Vairocana Buddha Empowerment.
Especially, the
Maha Vairocana is most renowned for its unparalleled "Jang-Chog"
ceremonies whereby beings in the "bardo" can be led to liberation
as well as incomparable accumulation of merit and wisdom from
its mantra and practice.
The Sakya
Tradition is famed throughout Tibet for its mastery of
this great tantric cycle.
There will
be no pre-requisites for receiving of the Maha Vairocana Empowerment
from one of the leading luminaries and heads of the sacred Sakya lineage
although all students are advised to attend this empowerment with
the wish for the benefit of all mother beings and so that one
could attain the completely enlightened state of Buddha for their
welfare.
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The
Black Manjushri and the Twelve-Arm Red Ganapati
Both the Black
Manjushri and the Twelve-Arm Red Ganapati are from the Thirteen
Golden Dharma of the Sakya Tradition.
The Thirteen
Golden Dharma, together with the Lam-Dre and the Dakini
of Naropa, constitute three of the most esoteric cycles
in the Sakya Tradition. The
above dual practices are monumental cycles for the elimination
of one's obstacles as well as the achievement of one's wishes, both
spiritually and worldly.
"I, Sachen Kunga Nyingpo,
( Founder of the Sakya Tradition), so speaketh the triumph
over every obstacle, so maketh possible, through the practice
of the Black Manjushri...
( From the
colophon of the sadhana of Black Manjushri )
Students
will need to have received a Highest Yoga Tantra Initiation --
Kalachakra / Hevajra / Yamantaka or the like -- before they
could receive the Red Ganapati
Empowerment.
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There
are no compulsory subsequent daily practices to be done after
all three of the above initiations.
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We are trying our
best to acquire the practice-accomplish
The texts will
be offered free to all serious students but all offerings from
the programme will be offered for establishment of the
Sakya-Ngor Tantric College in-exile.
Students may send
their text-requests to bb @ CAS: contact@casotac.
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All Friends @ CAS are
requested to dedicate and pray for the highest good to come from
the programme !!
"Namo
Amituofo !!"
bb &
other beings
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