Heart Instructions on Chenrezig Practices
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Program summary
All teachings will be translated from Tibetan to English by Ani Susanne.
Heart Instructions on Chenrezig Practices
During this week, Rinpoche will kindly teach us step by step how to through purification, embracing and upholding bodhicitta, accumulating of merits and wisdom, and benefitting sentient beings, reach the state of Chenrezig (the state of liberation).
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Nyungne Retreat TOP
Nyungne Retreat, revealed by Gelongma Palmo, involves keeping vows, fasting (except for those who only keep the Nyene vow), silence (except for those who only keep the Nyne vow) while intensively doing sadhana practice of 1000-armed Chenrezig (Bodhisattva of Great Compassion) during two and half days with visualization, prayers, offering, prostrations (if possible) and recitation of mantra in order to purify negative karma that obscures our true nature of mind, accumulate merits and wisdom that ease realization.
All are welcome to join.
Place: Ratnashri Retreat Place, Ingarö
Pre-registration is necessary.
Please read all the detailed information about the Nyungne retreat before registration.
Public Talk: Awakening the Heart of Selflessness TOP
Fee: 100 kronor
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OM MANI PADME HUNG retreat
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Chenrezig initiation will be given on July 26.
Place: FÄRGARGÅRDSTORGET 1, Pumpan (Katarinasalen), Södermalm (directions)
Fee: No specific charge. Donations are welcome to cover total costs. All proceeds above costs will be donated to His Eminence Nubpa Rinpoche for his Dharma activities. Simple vegetarian lunches are provided for all participants.
No pre-registration. You can join any day or any session of the retreat.
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Refuge Ceremony TOP
Refuge ceremony will be given during the Mani retreat. No registration is required.
Audience
with Rinpoche
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Please contact Ratnashri Meditation Center by email (info@ratnashri.se)
Suggested Readings
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Reading list can be found here.
Support and Volunteer
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There are many ways to
take part in these virtuous events, for example,
--by taking on responsibility to carry out different
tasks before, during or after retreat
--by sponsoring another person who cannot afford
Nyungne retreat
--by
sponsoring the rent for the Mani retreat hall
--by
sharing housing or sponsoring housing for another person who comes from far
distances
--by preparing a vegetarian meal for Mani-retreat
.....we
believe that you can help in countless ways. Together we will generate countless
benefits to countless sentient beings through these events! Just let us know..
His Eminence Nubpa Konchok Tenzin Rinpoche's biography
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After the Lord Buddha's teaching flourished in Tibet,
the New Secret Mantra Doctrine developed. This Doctrine was based on the Lord
Buddha's Teaching. The great translator, Marpa, developed the Kagyu lineage
during this "New Secret Mantra Doctrine" period. The Kagyu lineage then
flourished in Tibet. From this very lineage there have been many highly
accomplished masters and yogis, such as the Great Yogi, Milarepa; Dagpo
Rinpoche; and Phagmo Drubpa
The main disciple of Phagmo
Drubpa was Lord Jigten Sumgon (1143 to 1217). He is the founder of the Drikung
Kagyu Lineage.
At the age of 37, Lord Jigten Sumgon established
Drikung Thil Monastery, the head monastery of the entire Drikung Kagyu Lineage.
Lord Jigten Sumgon had countless followers. Previously, a Dharma King of Tibet
(blood lineage) had come from western Tibet {Ngari} to the Drikung region and
had settled there. One of the descendants of this king took his novice
ordination vows from Lord Jigten Sumgon. His name was Nangso Lhopon.
At that time, and up until
this day, there were two sections in the Drikung Thil Monastic Community. One is
known as Ling Tod, and the other as Ling Med, which literally means "upper
continent" and "lower continent", respectively. Nangso Lhopon became the
spiritual master of Ling Med. He guided the monks spiritually, as well as
provided for their daily needs. During the lifetime of Nangso Lhopon, both
Drikung Thil Monastic Communities had abbots, spiritual masters, and a
disciplinarian.
The
residential palace of Nangso Lhopon, "Nubpa Lhadrang", was located west of the
main shrine hall of the Drikung Thil Monastery. He thus became known as Nubpa
Rinpoche, which means "precious one of the west" in Tibetan. From Nangso Lhopan,
or Nubpa Rinpoche, there has been a continuous line of reincarnations right up
until this present age, which is known as the "Degeneration Era".
One of the reincarnations of
Nangso Lhopon, Jamyang Rinchen, was born at the time of the 16TH Drikun Throne
Holder, Gyalwang Kunga Rinchen (1475 to 1527). This Throne Holder, Gyalwang
Kunga Rinchen, was recognized as the reincarnation of Lord Jigten Sumgon.
Jamyang Rinchen became the
main disciple of Gyalwang Kunga Rinchen. As in his former life, Jamyang Rinchen
again took care of and guided the monks at Drikung Ling Med. The important
accomplishment of constructing Achi Prayer Hall (known today as Achi Khang) was
one of his many virtuous deeds and activities.
Jamyang Rinchen's brother,
Gonpo Gyaltsen, was the military commander of the Drikung region, while Gyalwang
Kunga Rinchen remained the spiritual leader.
At that time in Tibet there
were a multitude of regions, and with each region having its own king, battles
were common. As military commander, Gonpo Gyaltsen had been involved in much
warfare. He was responsible for defeating the opponents of the Dharma in the
surrounding regions. He saved Drikung Thil Monastery and its contents of sacred
Buddhist scriptures from destruction. During battle Gonpo Gyaltsen appeared to
some in the form of the four-armed Mahakala, black faced and terrifying. He is
therefore seen as a real manifestation of the four-armed Mahakala.
Gonpo Gyaltsen performed many
great Dharma activities as well. He built the four-armed Mahakala statue at
Nubpa Lhadrang, and during the consecration of this statue he offered his battle
sword and placed it at the level of Mahakala's heart. Thereafter the Mahakala
statue became very powerful and effective for those who worshiped there. In the
past and to this day, there are many emanations of Mahakala in the form of black
crows, snow lions, etc.
Nowadays we can see the natural body shape of these
emanations on the rocks around the Mahakala Shrine Hall. A very special aspect
of this four- armed Mahakala statue is that no particle of dust has ever settled
on it; it remains perpetually shiny and clean -- a perfect representation of
Divine Wisdom. Whomever sleeps even one night at the Nubpa Lhadrang is said to
be blessed with what amounts to the Complete Accomplishment Practice of the
four-armed Mahakala.
The two brothers have been reincarnates from that time
until this "Degeneration Era". The present Nubpa Rinpoche is the reincarnation
of Gonpo Gyaltsen, the emanation of four-armed Mahakala. He is also the
reincarnation of the 11th Nubpa, Konchok Tenzin Mepham Gopo.
Our present Rinpoche, the 12th
Nubpa Rinpoche, was recognized (while still in his mother's womb) by the 34th
Drikung Throne Holder, His Holiness Shewe Lodro (1874-1945). Rinpoche was
enthroned when he was only five years old and started formal studies at the age
of six. He learned Tibetan scripture and ritual practices from Pasang until the
age of 14. At 15, he joined the Sun-ray Garden Institute (Nyichang Shedra,
located near Drikung Thil Monastery) for higher Buddhist philosophical and
Tantric studies.
Nubpa Rinpoche has received all of the Drikung
Protector initiations and transmissions from H.E. Lho Drongtul Rinpoche. He has
received all of the Fifty Collections of Initiation, the Treasure of Kagyu
Instructions, the Treasure Discoverer Yangzab teaching (by Gyalwang Rinchen
Phuntsok), and the Yamantaka from Regent H.E. Tritsab Rinpoche, as well as the
Nyingma Collection of Initiations from the previous H.E. Nyizong Tripa Rinpoche.
By 1959, Rinpoche had mastered
the Chinese language. By 1966, due to the political changes in Tibet, he had
learned the ways of the farmer. Returning to Lhasa in 1974, he found work as a
stone mason, but in 1979, Rinpoche resumed his academic career as the editor of
the magazine, the "Tibetan Buddhist Association". In 1989, under the arrangement
of the 10th Pachen Lama, Rinpoche joined the Peking Buddhist College of Higher
Studies and there received his academic degree.
Rinpoche always says that his
time spent learning about Buddhist teachings was very precious, as were the oral
transmissions he received from Pachung Vajradhara, Khenchen Jigmey Phuntsok, and
Gyendun Gyatso, among others.
InIn 1992, he arrived in India
to serve His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Trinley Lhundub, his root Guru, who was
then working to preserve the Drikung Lineage. While there, Rinpoche became the
supervisor for the re-publications of the 24th Drikung Throne Holder's, His
Holiness Kunkhen Ringzen Chodrak's (1595 to 1659), fifteen volume compendium of
transcribed oral instructions from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition [Kabum].
Rinpoche has received many authentic teachings and oral transmissions from those
living and parinirvana masters.
Since that time, Rinpoche has
conducted retreats whenever possible in Lapchi, the holiest place of Yogi Jetsun
Milarepa. These retreats involve an arduous, week-long journey by foot. Rinpoche
made one extended retreat for more than three years and has since made four
additional journeys there.
Today, due to Rinpoche's
altruistic mind of enlightenment, over thirty practitioners have gathered on
"conduct" retreats under his guidance in that holy place. As a result of his
loving kindness and compassion, the manificent Drikung Kagu Rinchen Ling
Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal for the sake of all Dharma practitioners has
successfully built.
H.E. Garchen Rinpoche recently communicated the following about Nubpa Rinpoche:
“He is one of the most
special gurus in the Drikung Kagyu lineage and became the main successor of
Drubwang Rinpoche after his passing. I met Nubpa Rinpoche for the first time in
1980 after I was released from prison. He then went to Jangchub Ling and served
as a great scholar, and after that he completed many years of retreat in Lapchi
where he mastered meditation practice. He is thus an accomplished master and
also a great scholar of Buddhist scriptures. In terms of practice, he is the
successor of Drubwang Rinpoche.
“We have tried to invite him to our center for many
years, but only this year has it become possible for him to grant us a visit. It
is thus extremely important that all Dharma friends come from all over to meet
and learn from him and be able to practice with him.”
Like Drubwang Rinpoche, Nubpa Rinpoche is an
extraordinary Chenrezig practitioner, and it is Nubpa Rinpoche who wrote the
seven-line prayer for Garchen Rinpoche that is included in Rinpoche’s Guru Yoga
sadhana, “Light Amassment of Blessings.”
Long Life Prayer for His Eminence Nubpa
Rinpoche
OM SOTI/
Om Svasti.
P'AG PÄ YUL DU DRUB CH'EN TOG TSE PA/
In the land of India you were born as
Great Mahasidha Tog Tsepa.
GANG JONG DRUB PÄ TI NÄ DRI GUNG DU/
In the land of snow at the place of
Drikung Thil,
GYAL WANG KUN GÄ T'RIN
LÄ GÖN PÖ TS'ÄN/
you have emanated as
victory Kunga Thinley.
KÖN
CH'OG TÄN DSIN KAL GYÄR SCHAB TÄN SOL/
May you, Nubpa Konchok
Tenzin Rinpoche, remain steadfast for hundreds of econs.
SCHUNG LUG RIG PÄ NÄ LA P'UL DU CH'IN/
You have culminated all the
knowledge of scriptures and science,
DRIB PÄ SAR SCHUG BÄ PÄ NAL CHOR TSH'E/
you are a presence in the
world with great hidden yogic accomplishment.
NYIG MÄ DÜ SU DRUB PÄ GYAL TS'ÄN DRENG/
You are the victory banner
of the lineage in this degeneration time.
KÖN
CH'OG TÄN DSIN KAL GYÄR SCHAB TÄN SOL/
May you, Nubpa Konchok
Tenzin Rinpoche, remain steadfast for hundreds of econs.
This long life prayer was composed on the 15th day of the 6th lunar month (2006)
by Konchok Tenzin Kunzang Thinley Lhundrub who is blessed with the name of
Gyalwa Drikungpa. It was requested by monk Zodpa. Translated by Lama Nyandak.
Merits dedicated to World Peace,
Prosperity and
Well-Being of all Nations,
and to the
End of
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