Weekend Teachings by Khenpo Norgay and Sojong Vows with Lama Pasang

[Palyul. Ohio]

Dear Dharma Family and Friends,

Saga Dawa begins tomorrow with teachings this weekend

The Kunzang Mönlam with Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche and 

Sojong Vows all month long with Lama Pasang 

Please read the condition under which one can listen to Khen Rinpoche's teachings.

Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche is teaching on the Great Aspiration Prayer of Kuntuzangpo, a famous aspiration prayer from Gongpa Zangthal, the highest Dzogchen teachings of the great Northern Treasures of Tibet.

Following is Khen Rinpoche’s personal message to announce the teachings:

Dear Dharma Brothers & Sisters,

Let us spend this Memorial Day Weekend remembering our primordial ground through studying the Kuntuzangpo Mönlam (The Prayer of Buddha Samantabhadra). I am not a Dzogchen master qualified to teach this profound text, yet the text says that anyone who hears this aspiration will be awakened within three lifetimes!! If just hearing it carries such a powerful blessing, it is needless to say what a great benefit it would be to ourselves and others if we make an attempt to understand it. With this in mind, I thought to go through this aspiration prayer this Memorial Day Weekend so that we can try to remember how and when we got lost in samsara, reclaim our original self, and make ourselves Buddha again!

Anyone is welcome to join this online course, but must commit to reciting this prayer 108 times by the end of 2020, if we are still on this planet. It (the teaching) will be streamed via Zoom on May 23, 24, and 25, at 10 a.m. each day.

Take care and be safe!

Khenpo Norgay

Zoom Meeting Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83064649425?pwd=clZGaTZicUV3aHlxY2Ztb21IM3ZvZz09

Zoom Meeting ID:
830 6464 9425

 

Zoom Meeting Password:
414544

Session 1: Saturday, May 23, 10:00 AM to Noon (EST)
Session 2: Sunday, May 24, 10:00 AM to Noon (EST)
Session 2: Monday, May 25, 10:00 AM to Noon (EST)

Teaching text:
Download the PDF (There will be an updated PDF available later today so please email eli...@palyulohio.org to receive it).

In accordance with tradition, this teaching is being offered free, leaving donations to the will of students. Donations can be made through the NPDC donations page here (kindly indicate 'teaching' in the description field).

Saga Dawa & Sojong Vows Lead By Lama Pasang

Tomorrow Saturday, May 23 is the first day of Saga Dawa, the fourth Tibetan lunar month which commemorates Buddha Shakyamuni's enlightenment and parinirvana. This month is considered the most auspicious time of the year, when virtue and non-virtue accumulated is multiplied many millions of times. Therefore, it is the perfect time to engage more in Dharma practice, and as a support, students are encouraged to take the Eight Mahayana Precepts (Sojong Vows) when possible and follow a vegetarian diet during this time.

To support and deepen one's practice this month, please join Lama Pasang as he leads the Sojong Vows and Nyungne Sadhana every morning via Zoom (only fasting after 12:00 noon is required). Students are free to take the vows on whichever day(s) they would like.

5/23 - 6/21
7:00 AM to 8:00 AM (EST)
Zoom Meeting ID: 722-893-558


On the days you take Sojong Vows, please refrain from eating meat or eggs. Taking these vows means that one cannot have solid foods from 12:00 noon until the next morning. Liquids are OK.