[FairfieldLife] Fw: [Garchen-Dzogchen] Bongtul Rinpoche/ Final Schedule Corrections/Red Tara/Bristol, VT/May 20-24

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***The DDCV apologizes for the conflicting schedules that have gone out regarding these teachings. The schedule in this email is correct. Thank you for your patience.***   H.E. Lho Bongtul Tenzin Nyima Rinpoche Practicing the Treasure Teachings of the Drikung Kagyu & Guru Rinpoche Heart of Great Bliss Retreat May 20 - 24, 2005 Bristol, VT *** May 20 - Rainbow Body Healing Chod - 7 pm Tibetan Music & Healing Ceremony Fundraiser Lho Bongtul Rinpoche will conduct this ancient Tibetan healing ceremony with beautiful  melodies and prayers- open to people of all faiths, with potentially profound healing- physical, emotional, and spiritual. It is said that for those on the dharma path, receiving Healing Chod can remove obstacles to experiencing and realizing the nature of mind .This Chod comes from the great Drikung Terton Nuden Dorje. Suggested Donation $10-30 ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT Lho Lungkar Gon Monastery and School Project, Eastern Tibet. * see below for more info regarding this precious project. *************** May 21 - History of the Drikung Kagyu Treasure Teachings - 10-1 pm The Stages of the Path: Practicing Dzogchen in the Drikung Kagyu Tradition - 3-6 pm The Drikung Kagyu Lineage includes a number of important Dzogchen Treasure Teachings. The major Drikung Treasure revealers include Rinchen Phuntsok, Rigzin Chokyi Dragpa, Urgyen Nuden Dorje, and Osel Dorje. These teachings will give a context to understand the importance of these teachings and treasure revealers to the Drikung Kagyu Lineage as well as an understanding of how they were traditionally practiced. Many in the West have expressed great interest in practicing these teachings. Traditionally, Drikung practitioners of the Dzogchen Treasure teachings also practiced the Five Fold Mahamudra. In the West, though practitioners might like to practice both these systems, they do not have the conditions necessary to practice these teachings as they were done traditionally. One question being asked in these teachings is how the Dzogchen Treasure Teachings of the Drikung Kagyu can be most successfully practiced given the practice conditions most of us face here in the West. Time will be set aside for questions and answers. Suggested Donation $50 ******** May 22 - Dechen Nyingpo Heart of Great Bliss Empowerment and Teachings - 10-1 pm and 3 to 6 pm Urgyen Nuden Dorje is one of the great treasure revealers of the Drikung Kagyu. One of his most important treasure revelations  was the Dechen Nyingpo or Heart of Great Bliss. This is one of the most widely practiced treasures of Urgyen Nuden Dorje. Yearly Drubchen Practice Retreats are done on this practice in a number of Drikung Kagyu Monasteries. H.E. Garchen Rinpoche has encouraged practitioners to receive this practice from H.E. Bongtul Rinpoche, who has great understanding and accomplishment of this practice. We hope these teachings from H.E. Bongtul Rinpoche at the DDCV will plant a seed for a Dechen Nyingpo Drubchen that could take place regularly in Vermont. Suggested Donation $50 May 23 - The Great Wheel Turning Day Celebrating Buddha's Enlightenment The Wish Fulfilling Jewel Treasure Teaching of Rinchen Phuntsok: History and Background - 10-1 pm The Wish Fulfilling Jewel Guru Yoga  - 7-9 pm The great Treasure revealer Rinchen Phuntsok revealed a number of important treasure cycles. The first cycle he revealed when he was 13. It is called the Yid Zhin Nor Chog and is contained in the Rinchen Terzod. He received this treasure cycle as a pure vision directly from the Great Mother White Tara. This cycle contains a number of very important practices, the first of which being a profound Guru Yoga Practice. In the first session Rinpoche will teach on the history and importance of this treasure cycle and in the second session he will bestow the Guru Yoga practice. To receive this profound practice on the Great Wheel Turning Day commemorating the enlightenment of the Buddha will be a most auspicious blessing. Suggested Donation $50 *********** May 24 - Yangzab Padmasattva Transmission and Teachings - 10-1 pm "Because of the evil activities of the beings of this degenerate age, although there is a large amount of Dharma teaching, there is little accomplishment. Study and reflection on the Dharma is just so much idle chatter, and people waste their lives without practice. At such a time, the Essential Oral Instruction of Padmasambhava purifies obscurations, perfects the two accumulations, realizes the enlightened activities and brings attainment of twofold accomplishment." These are the words of Guru Rinpoche, directly from the Padmasattva terma, a Yangzab Treasure revealed by Rinchen Phuntsok. H.E. Bongtul Rinpoche suggested that it would be beneficial to give to this practice here in Vermont. In this practice Guru Rinpoche appears in the form of Vajrasattva, a profound and swift method of purification. Suggested Donation $30 May 24 - Red Tara/Kurukulle Empowerment and Transmission 7 pm This is a very special and rare Red Tara/Kurukulle  practice which was revealed by the Drikung Terton Osel Dorje. Suggested Donation $30 *** *Limited Tibetan Medical Consultations Available* From Lho Bongtul Rinpoche, Tibetan Medical Doctor To schedule a medical consultation, please call 802-453-3431/  [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************* Registration Suggested Donation for all days of teachings (May 20-24) - $200 Donation for individual days as listed above. To register [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 802-453-3431 Scholarships and work study available. Inexpensive camping and community housing available. Other housing info at www.midvermont.com No one turned away for financial reasons. Further information on this retreat is posted at www.ddcv.com *** Teaching Location 2 Elm St., Bristol, VT (corner of North Street & Elm) ****************** H.E. Bongtul Tenzin Nyima Rinpoche His Eminence Bongtul Rinpoche is one of the most revered masters of the Drikung Kagyu tradition, holding all streams of this precious lineage. He is the mind emanation of the great Drikung Terton Nuden Dorje, and currently heads Nuden Dorje's monastery Lho Lungkar Gon, taking care of the monastery and also instructing the yogis practicing in long retreat nearby. His Eminence Lho Bongtul Tendzin Nyima Rinpoche is a scholar, painter, doctor, a singer-song writer, and above all, a Drikung Kagyu Lineage Master of outstanding insight, aptitude and divine qualities. ******************* *More Information on Lho Lungkar Gon Monastery and School Fundraiser* LHO LUNGKAR GON Monastery & DZALUNG SAMTEN NUNNERY in Eastern Tibet was the seat of the great Drikung Terton Nuden Dorje, and currently is the home of both Lho Bongtul Rinpoche & Tulku Thubten Nyingpo Rinpoche, as well as being the monastery of Ontul Rinpoche, where He resided before leaving Tibet in 1959. Lho Lungkar Gon was virtually destroyed in 1959, and not until the early 1980's did it begin reconstruction. It is in need of ongoing support & repairs as well as several new projects such as the construction of a children's school and monastic housing, a school for teenagers to prepare them for a full traditional Scriptural College/ Shedra Education, rebuilding of the nun's housing which is deteriorating, as well as ongoing support for monks and nuns.   ALL PROCEEDS from the Healing Chod will go to Lho Lungkar Gon. ALL DONATIONS ARE WELCOME & TAX-DEDUCTIBLE please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information regarding the monastery and school project. ***** May these teachings benefit all sentient beings. Please let us know if you do not wish to receive these emails.     To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! 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