Sakya Kachöd Chöling Calendar of Events - 2003
SKC Ongoing / Public Events
Dharma Video Night - Held the last Sunday of the month from 7 till 9 p.m. at the Friday Harbor Public Library
Weekly Meditations
Shamatha sitting meditation held at Sakya Kachod Choling Retreat Center 1:30-2:30
Green Tara meditation starts at 11:30 a.m.Green Tara meditation will start at 9:00 instead of at 10:00. Questions? Please call me 378-4059 or e-mail thrinley@rockisland.com
RETREATS HELD DURING 2003 AT SKC - Sakya Foundation sponsors:
April 26-May 4 - Annual Green Tara retreat / H. E. Sakya Jetsun Chimey Luding
Jetsun Kushok will be here for nine days to give Green Tara retreat. You must have the Green Tara Empowerment to attend the retreat. If you have had the Empowerment previously, then the Empowerment is optional Green Tara represents the feminine action principle of all the Buddhas and is a remover of obstacles. She is said to have originated from the tears of the diety Avalokiteshvara when he wept about the extent and intensity of the suffering experienced by all beings.
Students who receive the empowerment and undertake the practice of Green Tara will increase their capacity for compassion and overcome fears. The annual Green Tara retreat provides an opportunity for new students to receive the empowerment and learn the practice, and for experienced students to progress.
July 15-20 - H. E. Kyabje Dorje Chang Lunding Khenchen Rinpoche
H. E. is the 75th Head of the Ngor sub-sect of the Sakya tradition and was enthroned in 1954. He has contributed greatly to the Dharma by giving continuous teachings, empowerments, oral transmissions and re-establishing summer retreats in Sakya monasteries world-wide. His Eminence has bestowed the precious Lam Dre teachings 15 times, given initiations and instructions on the 13 Golden Dharmas of Sakya tradition, the 7 Mandalas of Ngor tradition, and other deities and has ordained more than 10,000 monks.
dates: July 15-20
Place: Sakya Kachod Choling, San Juan Island, WA
July 26 & 27th -Chenrezig Empowerment and retreat / H. E. Sakya Jetsun Chimey Luding
Chenrezig Empowerment and retreat
The Bodhisattva of Compassion, Chenrezig (Avalokitesvara)
"The analogy is made that, wherever a universal monarch goes, his retinue follows him. All the qualities of enlightenment follow upon compassion. If compassion is absent from your mind, you will have neither the path nor the result. Thus compassion is the foundation of the Mahayana path." from the Three Levels of spiritual Perception by Deshung Rinpoche.
Aug. 21-24 - Meditation Retreat with Geshe Jamyang Tsultrim - sponsored by Sakya Kachod Choling
Classical and contemporary meditation theory and practice. Detailed instruction on Mindfulness Meditation, Shamatha and Vipassana Meditation, Lojong (thought transformation) and integrating meditation in our daily lives. These meditations are designed to increase awareness and to transform our negative perspectives and emotions
Dates: Aug. 21 - 24
Time: Retreat starts at 7:00 p.m. Aug. 21 and ends at noon on Aug. 24
Place: Sakya Kachod Choling retreat center, Friday Harbor, WA
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