05/12/2008 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM SPECIAL PRAYERS AT SAKYA MONASTERYDuring the month of May, the Tibetan Association of Washington and Sakya Monastery will be holding special prayers at Sakya Monastery on Monday evenings for the emancipation of 142 Tibetan martyrs killed by the Chinese Police during these peaceful protests.
Sakya Monastery members and friends are welcome to attend these prayers. Note that chants will be in Tibetan, but the prayer books also have the English translation to allow others to follow along.
05/16/2008 H.E. DEZHUNG RINPOCHE’S MEMORIALDate: May 16, 2008
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Shrine Room
A day of remembrance and prayers for one of the greatest scholars and practitioners in the Sakya tradition. He was the uncle of H.E. Dagmo Kusho, and co-founder with H.H. Dagchen Rinpoche of Sakya Tegchen Choling in Seattle in the 1970's. His generosity in teaching the Dharma was immeasurable.
05/19/2008 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM SPECIAL PRAYERS AT SAKYA MONASTERYDuring the month of May, the Tibetan Association of Washington and Sakya Monastery will be holding special prayers at Sakya Monastery on Monday evenings for the emancipation of 142 Tibetan martyrs killed by the Chinese Police during these peaceful protests.
Sakya Monastery members and friends are welcome to attend these prayers. Note that chants will be in Tibetan, but the prayer books also have the English translation to allow others to follow along.
05/25/2008 DHARMA LECTURE: THE MEANING OF THE VAJRA, THE BELL, AND THE MALASunday, May 25
Time 1:30-3:00 pm
Location: Shrine Room
Suggested Contribution: $25 Public, $20 Members
All are welcome
The vajra, the bell, and the mala are three objects of utmost importance in Tantric practice. In this lecture, Tulku Yeshi will explain the meaning of their symbolic forms, their use, and how they are made with variations in material, color and form to make them appropriate for different types of tantric practices. The increased understanding of these objects and their proper use will benefit your practice.
Ven. Tulku Yeshi Rinpoche is a Dzogchen master and the reincarnation of Dzogchen Gyaltsab Thodo Rinpoche. He was recognized by H.H. Dalai Lama's Nyingmapa teacher Kyabje Trulshig Rinpoche. He received teachings from twenty-five masters representing all five schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Tulku Yeshi has written eight books, seven of which have been published, on the subject of Tibetan Buddhism and culture including A One Thousand Year History of Sakyapa. He also writes novels, poetry for mind training, provides Tibetan astrology readings, and can bestow empowerments. Currently he is working on Dharma activities at Sakya Monastery in Seattle and is working on his own biography, Magic and Monk.
05/26/2008 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM SPECIAL PRAYERS AT SAKYA MONASTERYDuring the month of May, the Tibetan Association of Washington and Sakya Monastery will be holding special prayers at Sakya Monastery on Monday evenings for the emancipation of 142 Tibetan martyrs killed by the Chinese Police during these peaceful protests.
Sakya Monastery members and friends are welcome to attend these prayers. Note that chants will be in Tibetan, but the prayer books also have the English translation to allow others to follow along.
06/08/2008 MANJUSHRI EMPOWERMENTOffered by H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya
Sunday, June 8
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 am
Location: Shrine Room
Suggested Contribution: $30 Public, $25 Members
Translator: Dr. Jeff Schoening
Manjushri is the Bodhisattva of Discriminating Insight. He holds the flaming sword for cutting throught the fog of ignorance in one hand and the text of the Perfection of Wisdom in the other. Many lamas of the Sakya Khon lineage are regarded as emanations of Manjushri.
His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya, head lama of Sakya Monastery, was born in Tibet in 1929. He continues the great Sakya lineage which began with Khon Konchok Gyalpo (1034—1102). He received teachings of the unbroken Khon lineage, the Sakya Vajrakilaya, the Hevajra and the complete Lamdre Tsogshe, from his father, H.H. Trichen Ngawang Thutop Wangchul, the last Sakya throne holder in Tibet. He also studied with many other great Buddhist teachers, including Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi and Dingo Khyentse Robsal Dawa.
In 1960, H.H. J.D. Sakya was invited to work on a University of Washington research project on Tibetan civilization which was sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation. At the request of students, he co-founded with H.E. Dezhung Rinpoche Sakya Tegchen Choling, a center for the study of Tibetan Buddhism and culture. In 1984, the center became the Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism.
REQUIREMENT: During the 24 hours after the empowerment, one must not eat any meat, eggs, garlic, or consume alcohol. One must also be celibate during those hours.
Translator, Upasaka Jeffrey Schoening, PhD in Buddhist Studies, is a longtime member and interpreter at Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism. Jeff is the author of The Shalistamba Sutra and Its Indian Commentaries (Vienna 1995), a two-volume study on teachings about dependent arising. He currently works as a health care chaplain and as a private practice spiritual director.
