Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism
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Offered by H.E. Khondung Avikrita Vajra Rinpoche
Sunday, February 3
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Shrine Room
Suggested contribution: Public $35, Members $30
 

 
The Goddess Tara is the embodiment of the transcendental activity of all the Buddhas. She appears in different forms out of deep love to rescue practitioners from the eight great fears. Of these, a very special practice that comes from the uncommon non-dual Vajrapanjara Tantra is golden Vajra Tara, which has special benefits to allay our obstacles and support the development of the mind of enlightenment.

Following last year’s well-received program, we are incredibly fortunate that His Eminence Khondung Avikrita Vajra Rinpoche is returning to Seattle to bestow such a rare and precious initiation. Just like last year, His Eminence will teach in clear English and provide rich elucidation of the background and processes of this sacred practice.

 

 
His Eminence Khondung Avikrita Vajra Rinpoche is the elder son of H.E. Khöndung Zaya Vajra Rinpoche and Dagmo Lhanze Youden, was born into the illustrious Sakya Phuntsok Phodrang in Seattle in 1993. At the tender age of six, he began his training in India to follow in the footsteps of his noble Khön forebears. Since that time, he has received an uninterrupted stream of transmissions and teachings, including the Lamdre Tsogshay, from his grandfather, H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya. He has also received many teachings from his paternal grand-uncle H.H. Sakya Trizin (including the Lamdre Lobshe), and many high Lamas of the Sakya tradition. Having mastered the intricate rituals of the Sakya lineage, completed meditation retreats and presided as Vajra Master of the annual Vajrakilaya ceremony in Darjeeling, he enrolled at Dzongsar Institute of Higher Buddhist Philosophy and Research in 2010. There he is successfully building on his extensive learning in the Buddha- Dharma with a program of study and dialectics to gain proficiency in the classic treatises of the Sakya philosophical tradition.

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