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On September 26, Tuesday, His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trichen will bestow the Guru Rinpoche empowerment at Tharlam monastery (Nepal).
Sakya Friends will translate the empowerment from Tibetan to English and will live-stream the empowerment on Zoom in 9 languages.
Zoom link (for English and other languages): us02web.zoom.us/j/81452447144
Zoom ID: 814 5244 7144
Time: 9:45 am CEST, 3:45 am New York, 3:45 pm Singapore/Malaysia/Taiwan/HK/UB, 8:45 am London, 10:45 am Moscow, 13:30 pm Nepal, 14:45 Vietnam, 4:45 am Brasilia, Canberra 5:45 pm
List of 9 languages: English, Nepali, translations to Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Vietnamese.
In the Zoom, you may listen in English, Nepali or choose another language translation.
1) In case of using PC by clicking to the globe and choosing the other language
2) In case of using MOBILE DEVICE by first clicking the 3 dots icon and then clicking to the globe icon for choosing the other language.
You may receive empowerments on the Sakya Friends YouTube channels:
English YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC0xj...
Mandarin Chinese YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCPv3...
Russian YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCLSL...
DETAILS ABOUT GURU RINPOCHE EMPOWERMENT
Participants of the Guru Rinpoche empowerment will not receive any special samayas or daily sadhana commitment other than the blessings to recite the Guru Rinpoche's mantra and the Seven-Line prayer.
THE SEVEN-LINE PRAYER OF GURU RINPOCHE
In the north-west of the land of Oddiyana
In the heart of a lotus flower,
Endowed with the most marvelous attainments,
You are renowned as the ‘Lotus-born’,
Surrounded by many hosts of ḍākinīs
Following in your footsteps,
I pray to you: Come, inspire me with your blessing!
MANTRA of Guru Rinpoche: Om a hum vajra guru padma siddhi hum (Sanskrit pronunciation of the mantra). Om a hung benza guru pema siddhi hung (Tibetan pronunciation).
EMPOWERMENT LINEAGE:
As it may be confirmed during the empowerment, as far as Sakya Friends was advised in Nepal, this Guru Rinpoche empowerment lineage comes from Apam Terton - Orgyen Trinlé Lingpa (1895-1945) who discovered many terma teachings. Apam Terton was the previous incarnation of H.H. the 41st Sakya Trichen. Jhadral Jhangchub Dorje received it from Apam Terton and later bestowed it to HH the 41st Sakya Trichen.
Donations.
If you would like to support Sakya Friends, you may do it by making a donation to PayPal: donationforsf@gmail.com
NEXT SAKYA FRIENDS LIVE-STREAMS with same YouTube (ZOOMs):
On October 28, Saturday, the auspicious full moon day, 6 am New York, 12:00 CEST, 5:45 Nepal, 17:00 Vietnam, 18:00 Taiwan, 9 pm Canberra Lama Choedak Rinpoche will bestow the empowerment of the deity of wisdom and explain the sadhana.
On October 29, Sunday, 7 am New York, 12:00 CEST, 4:45 Nepal, 18:00 Vietnam, 19:00 Taiwan, 10 pm Canberra Lama Choedak Rinpoche will give a teaching on the extended list of negative emotions (unwholesome mental factors).
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Sakya Friends would like to express our highest respect and sincere admiration to His Holiness the 41st Sakya Gongma Trichen Rinpoche who is celebrating His 78th Birthday! 🙏🙏🙏
We pray for the long life and good health of His Holiness - our precious Guru. Guru who is the supreme head of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism. Guru who was born in 1945 and enthroned in 1959 in Tibet, known as the great master of the Vajrayana. Guru who has been a source of inspiration and guidance for countless beings. May His Holiness' wisdom and compassion continue to benefit all sentient beings! May all His Holiness' virtuous aspirations be realized immediately!
Our warmest wishes for Your Happy Birthday, Your Holiness! You are our supreme Refuge! 🙏🌈
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Thank you to everyone who participated in the accumulation of over 13 millions of Avalokiteshvara mantras in 36 countries which Sakya Friends organized since Losar and submitted to His Holiness in August 2023!
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On August 19 (Saturday) Lama Choedak Rinpoche will bestow Buddha Amitabha empowerment, Amitabha sadhana explanation and teaching on special Phowa practice – sadhana called "Yoga of Sleep, A Method for Transferring the Consciousness to Sukhavati – the Pure Land of Amitabha". (Author of the sadhana: the 1st Jamgön Kongtrul Rinpoche, one of founding masters of non-sectarian Rimé movement in Tibet).
Time: 7 am New York, 13:00 CEST, 4:45 pm Nepal, 8 am Brasilia, 18:00 Vietnam, 19:00 Taiwan, 9 pm Canberra. Duration: up to 3 hours with break in the middle.
All who registered with the August form ( cutt.ly/823EN ) for this month's live-streams of Sakya Friends will receive the Zoom link for August 19 event also. For receiving not only Zoom but also texts related to Amitabha (such as empowerment prayers) once those teхts are ready, please make an additional registration: form in English: cutt.ly/923EN , Spanish: cutt.ly/923ES , Mandarin Chinese: cutt.ly/923CH , Vietnamese: cutt.ly/923VT, Russian: cutt.ly/923RU , Portuguese: cutt.ly/923PT , Mongolian: cutt.ly/923MON , Nepali: cutt.ly/923NP , Italian: cutt.ly/923it, French: cutt.ly/923FR .
Receiving the Amitabha empowerment does not require a daily sadhana practice (although sadhana and/or mantra can be practiced by all interested). The main commitment is to direct the mind towards refuge, bodhicitta, practice of the 6 paramitas, the Buddhist vows and remembering emptiness.
Joining the Sakya Friends Zoom is free of any charge, however anyone may make a donation to support organization of Dharma live-streams:
For Lama Choedak Rinpoche PayPal is: offeringtorinpoche@gmail.com
The PayPal for supporting Sakya Friends is: donationforsf@gmail.com
NEXT LIVE-STREAMS:
On September 23, Saturday, the Tara's auspicious day, 7 am New York, 13:00 CEST, 19:00 Taiwan Lama Choedak Rinpoche will bestow Red Tara empowerment and sadhana explanation.
On September 24, Sunday, 7 am New York, 13:00 CEST, 19:00 Taiwan Lama Choedak Rinpoche will give a teaching "How to cultivate 11 wholesome mental factors (positive emotions)".
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On August 14 (Monday) H.H. the 43rd Sakya Trizin Gyana Vajra will bestow the empowerment of Medicine Buddha and transmission of the sadhana by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.
Time: 16:00 CEST, 10 am New York, 7:45 pm Nepal, 11 am Brasilia, 21:00 Vietnam, 22:00 Taiwan.
Event will be hosted in-person by the Spanish center Sangchen Norbu Ling and also translated and live-streamed on Zoom by Sakya Friends in 12 languages.
English registration: cutt.ly/823EN
Languages for the empowerment on August 14: original English, translations to Spanish, Mandarin, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Russian, Nepali, Vietnamese and Mongolian and Cantonese.
Complete list of registration forms for August live-streams: in Mandarin Chinese: cutt.ly/823CH , Vietnamese cutt.ly/823VT, Russian: cutt.ly/823RU, Portuguese: cutt.ly/823PT , Spanish: cutt.ly/823ES, Italian: cutt.ly/823it , Nepali: cutt.ly/823NP , Mongolian: cutt.ly/823MON, French: cutt.ly/823FR , German: cutt.ly/823GE
HH the Sakya Trichen's short videos related to Medicine Buddha:
1. Importance of Medicine Buddha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA13l...
2. Long mantra (Dharani) of Medicine Buddha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3H7H...
3. Short mantra of Medicine Buddha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj_z6...
Donations:
The PayPal for supporting Sakya Friends is: donationforsf@gmail.com
For making a donation to Sangchen Norbu Ling please use the following link: sangchennorbuling.org/.../donacion-al-centro-snl-2…
More information:
facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=301979902492628&…
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On August 1-2 (Tuesday-Wednesday) HH the 41st Sakya Trichen will bestow Refuge, bodhisattva vows (August 1) and 21 Taras empowerment (August 2). Announcement of other online Sakya empowerments for July 29 and August 19 is published below.
Registration for online participation in the events in Sakya Friends Zoom (in English): cutt.ly/823EN , in Spanish cutt.ly/823ES , Mandarin Chinese: cutt.ly/823CH ,
Vietnamese cutt.ly/823VT, Russian: cutt.ly/823RU, Portuguese: cutt.ly/823PT , Italian: cutt.ly/823it , Nepali: cutt.ly/823NP , Mongolian: cutt.ly/823MON, French: cutt.ly/823FR, German: cutt.ly/823GE .
Everyone registered will receive the Zoom link by email not less than 3 hours before the August events.
Schedule:
August 1 (Tuesday): Transmission of Refuge and Bodhisattva vows, Introductory teaching on Bodhisattva's way of life.
August 2 (Wednesday): 21 Taras empowerment.
Time each day (August 1-2): 10 am CEST, 4 am New York, 1 am Los Angeles, 11:00 Moscow, 1:45 pm Nepal, 5 am Brasilia, 16:00 Taiwan, 15:00 Vietnam, 6 pm Canberra. Duration: about 2 and a half hours.
August 1-2 events are hosted by Sakya Ngon Ga Ling near Florence (Italy).
Zoom host and translations: Sakya Friends. Translations and live-streams are planned in 11 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Nepali, Mandarin, Vietnamese, French, Mongolian (on August 2 at least) and German.
Donation details:
Joining the Sakya Friends Zoom for participating in the events is free of any charge, however anyone may make a donation to support the organization of online Dharma events.
The PayPal for supporting Sakya Friends is: donationforsf@gmail.com
For making a donation for Sakya Ngon Ga Ling, the Italian host center, please click on PayPal app "Donare" on the homepage www.sakyangongaling.it/
HOW TO RECEIVE THE EMPOWERMENT is explained by H.H. the Sakya Trichen on the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PFTU...
OTHER ONLINE DHARMA EVENTS hosted by Sakya Friends:
On August 19 (Saturday) 8 am New York, 14:00 CEST, 20:00 Taiwan Lama Choedak Rinpoche will bestow the Amitabha empowerment and teaching on sleeping yoga.
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On August 1-2 (Tuesday-Wednesday) HH the 41st Sakya Trichen will bestow Refuge, bodhisattva vows (August 1) and 21 Taras empowerment (August 2). Announcement of other online Sakya empowerments for July 29 and August 19 is published below.
Registration for online participation in the events in Sakya Friends Zoom (in English): cutt.ly/823EN , in Spanish cutt.ly/823ES , Mandarin Chinese: cutt.ly/823CH ,
Vietnamese cutt.ly/823VT, Russian: cutt.ly/823RU, Portuguese: cutt.ly/823PT , Italian: cutt.ly/823it , Nepali: cutt.ly/823NP , Mongolian: cutt.ly/823MON, French: cutt.ly/823FR, German: cutt.ly/823GE .
Everyone registered will receive the Zoom link by email not less than 3 hours before the August events.
Schedule:
August 1 (Tuesday): Transmission of Refuge and Bodhisattva vows, Introductory teaching on Bodhisattva's way of life.
August 2 (Wednesday): 21 Taras empowerment.
Time each day (August 1-2): 10 am CEST, 4 am New York, 1 am Los Angeles, 11:00 Moscow, 1:45 pm Nepal, 5 am Brasilia, 16:00 Taiwan, 15:00 Vietnam, 6 pm Canberra. Duration: about 2 and a half hours.
August 1-2 events are hosted by Sakya Ngon Ga Ling near Florence (Italy).
Zoom host and translations: Sakya Friends. Translations and live-streams are planned in 11 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Nepali, Mandarin, Vietnamese, French, Mongolian (on August 2 at least) and German.
Donation details:
Joining the Sakya Friends Zoom for participating in the events is free of any charge, however anyone may make a donation to support the organization of online Dharma events.
The PayPal for supporting Sakya Friends is: donationforsf@gmail.com
For making a donation for Sakya Ngon Ga Ling, the Italian host center, please click on PayPal app "Donare" on the homepage www.sakyangongaling.it/
HOW TO RECEIVE THE EMPOWERMENT is explained by H.H. the Sakya Trichen on the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PFTU...
OTHER ONLINE DHARMA EVENTS hosted by Sakya Friends:
On August 19 (Saturday) 8 am New York, 14:00 CEST, 20:00 Taiwan Lama Choedak Rinpoche will bestow the Amitabha empowerment and teaching on sleeping yoga.
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On June 17 (Saturday) 8 am New York, 14:00 CEST Lama Choedak Rinpoche will bestow the empowerment of Vasudhara – the female Buddha of prosperity who bestows the siddhis of all the wealth (supreme and ordinary).
Rinpoche will also give an explanation and lung (oral transmission) of the Vasudhara Sadhana “Cloud Banks of All One Desires” and Vasudhara Dharani.
Registration in (English) cutt.ly/623EN, Spanish: cutt.ly/623ES , Mandarin Chinese cutt.ly/623CH (forms for other languages are listed below).
Everyone who registered will receive an email with the Zoom details (and text of prayers for receiving the empowerment in a respectful language) not less than 3 hours before the event starts.
Time (on June 17): 8 am New York, 14:00 CEST, 5:45 pm Nepal, 15:00 Moscow, 9 am Brasilia, 19:00 Vietnam, 20:00 Taiwan/Singapore, 10 pm Canberra.
Next event:
On June 25 (Sunday): H.H. the 41st Sakya Trichen while visiting USA will bestow the bodhisattva vows. Time: 11 am New York, 17:00 CEST, 8:45 pm Nepal, 12 pm Brasilia, 22:00 Vietnam, 18:00 Moscow. Event will be streamed and translated in the same Sakya Friends Zoom into Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Vietnamese (other languages may be added in further updates on Sakya Friends Facebook). June 25 event is hosted by Minessota Sakya center.
Registration for all mentioned June live-streams of Sakya Friends can be made with the Google forms. Complete list: English cutt.ly/623EN, Spanish: cutt.ly/623ES , Mandarin Chinese cutt.ly/623CH , Cantonese Chinese cutt.ly/623CAN , Vietnamese: cutt.ly/623VT , Hungarian: cutt.ly/623MAG , Russian: cutt.ly/623RU , Portuguese: cutt.ly/623PT , Nepali: cutt.ly/623NP , Italian: cutt.ly/623it .
About Vasudhara practice:
Vasudhara is known as the goddess of prosperity who bestows “the siddhis of inexhaustible wealth (supreme and ordinary) in conformity with Dharma”. When doing the practice of Vasudhara we strive to “liberate ourselves and all sentient beings from temporary and ultimate distress, and to bring them to a state of inexhaustible wealth (and endowments) of well-being and happiness”.
Donation details:
Participation is free of any charge, however for strengthening one’s good karmic connection with the Guru and the precious Dharma and for supporting the possibility of organizing the live-streams and translations of Dharma events anyone may make a donation.
For Lama Choedak Rinpoche PayPal is: offeringtorinpoche@gmail.com.
For Sakya Friends PayPal is: donationforsf@gmail.com.
SAMAYA/COMMITMENT of the empowerment:
Receiving Vasudhara empowerment doesn't require a daily sadhana practice (although everyone interested may practice the sadhana or mantra). Main commitment is directing one's mind towards the Buddhist Refuge, bodhichitta, and recollecting emptiness, practicing six paramitas (especially the first paramita of generosity) and Buddhist vows. Receiving this empowerment will boost our Buddhist practice.
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His Holiness the Sakya Trichen starts Long Life empowerment in New York:
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