Chowang Rinpoche

Three Sacred Elements

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

Talk given by Chowang Rinpoche during the 1998 Troma Retreat at Pema Osel Ling

There are three sacred elements that should be brought to any virtuous action.

Sacred Intention: The smallest of acts should be dedicated to the alleviation for suffering of sentient beings, including our parents, children, brothers, and sisters, who continue to experience birth, aging, sickness, and death in the wheel of samsara. Recollecting our love for them and remembering their suffering dedicate all we will undertake to do for the benefit of all beings ~ “may the benefit of this virtuous act help all sentient beings to realize their true nature and free them from their suffering.” Even though there are not really any existent beings, their experience is one of suffering and not exaltation; may all realize enlightenment.

Sacred Non-Referentiality: Maintain awareness in all your actions. There is no substantial reference point anywhere. There is only dharmakaya reality, and all that arises have no real substance but is just a dream that will fade. In any act of generosity maintain this attitude. This kind of generosity in which there is no giver, no giving and no receiver is the generosity of transcendent perfection. Bring this sacred attitude of knowledge of the insubstantiality of all phenomena to all acts of virtue.

 

 

ORGYEN CHOWANG RINPOCHE ~ WEEKEND TEACHINGS

~ DudjomTersarNgondro
ORGYEN CHOWANG RINPOCHE
WEEKEND TEACHINGS  ~ OCTOBER 29 & 30 2016
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Meditation master, Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche, will provide instructions and guided meditations based on his new book, Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness. 

During the weekend we will meditate as a group and experience for ourselves how the path of Pristine Mind meditation from the Dzogchen teachings is not something only for “spiritual” people, but rather,  a way of cleansing the mind, experiencing unconditional happiness, transforming every area of our lives, and journeying toward enlightenment.

All are welcome. No previous background with meditation is necessary.
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Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche’s Biography:

Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche is a meditation master in the Nyingma lineage of the Buddhist tradition. He studied for ten years at Larung Gar in Serta, eastern Tibet, with his teacher, Jigmed Phuntsok Rinpoche, who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest Dzogchen meditation masters of the twentieth century. Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and is the founder and spiritual director of Pristine Mind Foundation. He travels throughout the United States and around the world teaching a broad range of audiences, including those at universities, tech companies and yoga studios, how they can improve their lives through meditation. Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche is the author of Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness published by Shambhala Publications Spring 2016. 

Read more about Rinpoche here.

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