1892 Fell Street, San Francisco,
California 94117, USA
(415) 752-5454
Note: Due to Rinpoche's pilgrimage to India to meet His Holiness the Karmapa, the schedule has been adjusted from the newsletter.
Guru Yoga Teachings and Yellow Jambhala Initiation
By Lama Lodu Rinpoche1892 Fell St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
Jamgon Kontrul Lodu Taye's "Calling the Lama from Afar", February 11th-12th
This practice is popular for both Nyingma and Kagyu lineages. Rinpoche will give commentary on this practice with Guru Yoga instruction. The first day will cover 16th Karmapa Guru Yoga, with the second day covering the Previous Kalu Rinpoche's Guru Yoga. Sessions are $50 per day ($25 for KDK members), or $100 ($50 for KDK Members) for the weekend. For questions, please contact Deborah Janke at: deborahpricejanke@att.net
Sat., February 11th: 10AM-12PM, 2-4PM, Karmapa Guru Yoga
Sun., February 12th: 10AM-12PM, 2-4PM, Previous Kalu Rinpoche Guru Yoga
Yellow Jambhala Initiation (Wealth and Prosperity)
This Jambhala Initiation is most important generally for everyone, but especially for the Buddhist practitioner. In this time, we are using this empowerment for the Kagyu Monlam to become reality. We have not started fundraising yet, so this is the basic fundraising. Jambhala is in general an enlightened being who takes the form of the Eight Bodhisattvas, especially one who has the power to bestow wealth, prosperity, longevity, wisdom, increase compassion and love. The empowerment is based on the text "Precious Treasure", a hidden treasure of the Guru Padmasambhava. This empowerment will be the body, speech, mind, quality and activity. Each section of this empowerment has its own way to integrate the Buddha's wisdom with the mindstream of the recipients. In these degenerate times, we have a lack of wisdom, lack of compassion, lack of skillful methods, lack of wealth and prosperity, such that when we practice some virtue there will be a lot of obstacles. Due to lack of merit, we have shortage of health and obstacles to long life and obstacles for one's own desires. These deities dispel all of these obstacles and hindrances and bring every auspicious condition. This initiation has not been given publically in the West before by Lama Lodu Rinpoche; but due to his intention to help make the California Kagyu Monlam come to reality he is bestowing it now. There is admission fee of $20, and all of the funds will go towards the 2012 Kagyu Monlam.
The empowerment will take place at Kagyu Droden Kunchab at 1892 Fell St. (corner of Fell St. and Clayton) on Sunday, February 12th from 7 - 9 PM. For those having difficulty parking on the streets near KDK, there is parking available at St. Mary's Hospital at One Schrader Street near the corner of Fulton and Schrader.
Sun. February 12th: 7PM - 9PM
