Vajrakilaya Retreat

Happy Guru Rinpoche Day

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

“The deluded ministers of Orgyen try to burn Guru Rinpoche and Mandarava, his spiritual consort, alive. He turns the flames of the funeral pyre into a lake, from which they emerge seated on a lotus. The king, ministers and people of Oddiyana are inspired with devotion. He is known as Guru Pema Dorje Tsal.” ~ Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje

“When we think of the closeness or distance between ourselves and our gurus, it should not be understood in terms of a spatial difference marked by travelling to physically encounter the teacher. It is not about that at all. The closeness of the connection is based on sorrowful disillusionment with samsara, trust, and deep inner confidence in the guru. There will be an experience of closeness or distance according to your inner conviction.”
~ HH Dudjom Rinpoche III Sangye Pema Shepa

Wishing you all a Happy Guru Rinpoche Day from Pema Osel Ling. We also celebrate receiving Siddhis for the Putri Rekphung Vajrakilaya Retreat (June ~ 9) with Tulku Jamyang Rinpoche and Lama Sonam Rinpoche here at Pema Osel Ling, and you can connect and receive blessings by joining livestream. June 9 @ 9:00am ~ 1:00 pm. Visit the Vajrayana Foundation website for more information.

The period from May 31, 2022, to June 29, 2022, is also Saga Dawa month, the month of merits, also called bumgyur Dawa, which means merits multiplied by a hundred thousand times. So it is an exceptionally great time for practice, receiving empowerments, lung, teachings, reading the life stories of the Buddha, all dharma activities including making offerings to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. Check out the Vajrayana Foundation 33rd Annual Summer Retreat schedule to join in by livestream or in person at Pema Osel Ling. You can make auspicious connections with offerings here.

Heads up: The 15th day of this lunar month, the full moon day (June 14) is Saga Dawa Duchen, which commemorates the Enlightenment and Parinirvana of our perfect and most supreme teacher, Buddha Shakyamuni.

Putri Rekphung Vajrakilaya Empowerment

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

The Vajrakilaya Retreat at Pema Osel Ling and live stream, June 4 to June 9, begins with Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje’s Putri Rekphung Vajrakilaya Empowerment (wang), given by Lama Sonam Tsering Rinpoche. You may attend the empowerment in person or by streaming or simply for the blessings. To actually receive the empowerment as a gateway to the Vajrakilaya practice, you must attend in person. Register at vajrayana.org

“Vajrakilaya practice is extremely powerful in removing outer, inner, and secret obstacles on the Dharma path. Vajrakilaya is one of the main yidam practices in the Nyingma lineage and is the root of spiritual accomplishments (siddhis), swiftly bringing both ordinary and extraordinary accomplishments.” ~Lama Tharchin Rinpoche

NOTE: The Empowerment begins at 2pm

Vajrayana Foundation Losar Activities and Offerings

~ DudjomTersarNgondro
Lake Born Vajra Tsokye Thuk Thik Thangka
Source: Dudjom Fachang

Dear Dharma Friends,

As you may know, Vajrayana Foundation has cancelled the Annual Vajrakilaya Gutor Losar Retreat this year out of overwhelming sadness and respect for our Lord of Refuge Dudjom Sangye Pema Shepa Rinpoche’s Maha Parinirvana. We are using this time to do Vajrasattva Dorsem Lama Chopa  practice and receive the blessings of Rinpoche’s wisdom mind.

Source: Dudjom International Foundation
Treasure Vases receiving blessings of practice will be consecrated with Khandro Norlha Puja 📸Sonam Famarin

We will not have a party on Losar Day (March 3 year of the Water Tiger), but we will do Tsokye T’huk T’hik and Orgyen Khandro Norlha pujas as we do each year. We will do this in order to connect to the transcendent energy of these profound Dudjom Tersar practices, for which Rinpoche most kindly gave us empowerments in 2018.

We will also be raising Dudjom prayer flags, as we do every year. During this tragic time for so many, it is even more important to raise life force (lung-ta) and to accumulate virtue for everyone living, for those who have passed, for those beings suffering in every realm, and for practitioners, to purify our path so we can know the true meaning of meditation. Raise Dudjom Prayer Flags

Dudjom prayer flags border Lama Tharchin’s Memorial Stupa 📸 Sonam Famarin
We will raise the flags with heartfelt aspirations and dedications for the long life of our lamas and for our lamas’ swift rebirths, especially that of our Lord Protector, Kyabje Dudjom Sangye Pema Shepa Rinpoche .

Flags are traditionally raised on Losar Day, but this year we will raise them on Tuesday, March 8. Tuesdays are Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche Sangye Pema Shepa’s la-za, the day of the week recognized as a special connection to his elemental energy. This is for us to remember his most precious life force that we were so privileged to share, and to make aspirations that he returns to us very soon.

With love, Lama Sonam
Letter Source: Vajrayana.org