February 19th - February 28th
Join the Drikung Meditation Center in welcoming back Khenpo Choephel Rinpoche, former chant and ritual master at Drikung Thil monastery in Tibet for a precious week of empowerment, transmission, and teaching. Khenpo Choephel teaches in a relaxed, yet engaging manner and is a joy to be around.
Pot Luck Welcome Dinner for Khenpo-la
Friday, February 19th at 6pm
We are so happy that Khenpo was able to come back to our center for a week!
Join us in welcoming Khenpo-la. It's a pot luck- bring a vegetarian or vegan dish to share.
Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara) Empowerment, Teachings, Practice & Tsok Feast
Saturday, February 20th, 10am – noon & 2pm – 5pm
This is a very special opportunity to receive the empowerment of Chenrezig, the enlightened mind of compassion from Khenpo Choephel Rinpoche. Chenrezig’s mantra, Om Mani Padme Hung Hri, is considered by many great masters to be one of the purest, simplest and most potent of mantras. |
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The merit accumulated from taking this empowerment and reciting the mantra is vast, and we are honored to have Rinpoche share the blessings of Chenrezig with us. Khenpo-la will bestow the empowerment in the presence of the Chenrezig mandala, which was created by himself, Lama Konchok Sonam Rinpoche, and many of their students. Then, learn or enhance your Chenrezig practice with Rinpoche and seal the accumulated merit with the Tsok feast ritual. Bring either flowers, tea lights, unopened snack foods all which make excellent offerings for the Tsok.
Suggested donation $60 non-members; $45 members
Chenrezig Practice and Tsok feast
Lord Jigten Sumgon’s The Unification of Co-emergent Mahamudra Teachings and Transmission
Sunday, February 21st, 10am – noon & 2pm – 5pmMahamudra (and Dzogchen) are the highest meditation practices. Even if we are not yet at that level, it is important to listen to these teachings from a realized master to prepare our minds to actualize them. The subject of these teachings is Mahamudra, the "great seal". Lord Jigten Sumgon, the second Nagarjuna, was the foremost disciple of Phagmodrupa and founder of the Drikung Kagyu lineage. He had more than 100,000 disciples at a time- as the famous saying goes "the mountains are filled with Drikung practitioners and the plains are filled with Drikung patrons".
His teachings from his own experience are well know for their clarity and precision. While the quintessence of Lord Jigten Sumgon’s discourses are contained in the Gong Chig (see below), the Co-emergent Mahamudra is the amalgamation of essential pith instructions on meditation in the Buddha’s teachings.
Suggested donation $50 non-members; $40 members
Tuesday, February 23rd, 7pm - 8:30pm
Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism; A Public Talk
Suggested Donation: Free
Wednesday, February 24th, 7pm - 8:30pm
Vajrasattva Meditation with Transmission
Vajrasattva is a practice done to purify the body and mind of all negativities to prepare the practitioner for actualizing the teachings. Khenpo-la will give the transmission to this practice and we will all do a practice together.
Suggested donation $15 non-members; $10 members
Thursday, February 25th, 7pm - 8:30pm
Green Tara Meditation with Transmission
Green Tara embodies enlightened action. In thanka paintings, she is portrayed stepping down from her lotus throne, for she comes to the aid of us all when called upon. Doing her meditation practice, we can clear obstacles both mundane and related to the spiritual path.
Suggested donation $15 non-members; $10 members
Lord Jigten Sumgon’s Gong Chig (Single Intent, the Sacred Dharma) Transmission and Teachings
Friday, February 26th, 7pm – 10pm
Saturday, February 27
10am – noon & 2pm – 5pm
Sunday, February 28
(Chotrul Duchen. Positive and negative actions multiplied 10,000,000 times. Great day for practice!)
10am - noon & 2pm – 5pm
Gong Chig clearly conveys the essence of the Buddha’s teachings. It also outlines causal law, the philosophy of interdependence, and helps to open one’s mind to principles of ethics to guard oneself against confusion and deceit. The Gong Chig is the essential guide for every Dharma practitioner, and we are overjoyed that Rinpoche is returning to continue these precious teachings. Rinpoche taught Vajra Verses 1-130 last fall. You can come to these teachings even if you missed the first set. If you want, the 4 CD set is available for $40.
Suggested donations
Friday $30 non-members; $20 members
Saturday $50 non-members; $40 members
Sunday donation $50 non-members; $40 members |
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Great Drikung Phowa Practice with Transmission
Sunday, February 28th (Chotrul Duchen) 7pm – 9pm
Join us for a great opportunity to get the Phowa transmission as Khenpo leads the monthly practice of the Great Drikung Phowa. This particular Phowa, which can be done by anyone, is the transfer of consciousness at the moment of death to the purelands of Buddha Amithaba. This is a practice that should only be done after receiving the transmission from a qualified Lama.
Suggested donation $15 non-members; $10 members
Pre-paid registration is strongly recommended to guarantee space for these invaluable teachings, or may be done at the door prior to teachings. Print this page and circle what you will be attending and mail check to Drikung Meditation Center, 15 Bartlett Ave, Arlington, MA 02476. To benefit all sentient beings with the precious Dharma, all are welcomed; no one will ever be turned away for financial reasons.
Biography
Khenpo Choephel Rinpoche
Khenpo Choephel Rinpoché comes from Drikung Thil Monastery in Tibet, the head-monastery of the Drikung Kagyu lineage, where he held the title of Chant and Ritual Master.
Khenpo Rinpoché was ordained a monk by Vajradhara Pachung Rinpoché at a young age. While at Drikung Thil, he received many teachings and instructions first from Pachung Rinpoché and later from Pachung Rinpoché's successor, Gelong Rinpoché, Vajradhara Tenzin Nyima. Aside from having received extensive teachings in Mahamudra from these two great masters, Khenpo also received teachings from H.H. Chungtsang Rinpoche, H.E. Soktrul Rinpoche, H.E. Nyatak Rinpoche, and many, many others and is a master in the ritual-traditions of Drikung Thil himself. Khenpo also received training in debate and philosophy at Drepung Monastery in Tibet. Before he left Drikung Thil for Nepal, Khenpo Rinpoché served as the chant-master of the monastery. In 2007, he was appointed "Khenpo" by Drikung Thil Monastery and was sent as its representative to the Tibetan Meditation Center in Frederick, Maryland where he now is a Spiritual Director. Gentle and unassuming, Khenpo Rinpoché teaches in a relaxed yet engaging manner, and is a joy to be around. His teachings are incisive, direct and heart-felt.
Limited-Income Practitioners: Suggested Donation means that no one will be turned away for financial reasons. We hope that everyone feels welcome to attend these and all Dharma teachings. May all benefit!
Accessibility
If you plan to attend and require wheelchair access, please call (888) 390-5580 in advance. |
