Tantric Initiations 2014 : North America & Europe by HH Sakya Trizin the Principal Sakya Lineage Holder
Canada and USA - March through May 2014
Spain, France, Hungary and Belgium - May through July 2014
From
http://www.hhthesakyatrizin.org/schedule_2014_all.html
Programs in the United States & Canada include:
A very special and extensive set of Vajrayogini teachings and initiations at Tsechen Kunchab Ling
| Ribbon cutting for a Tibetan and Himalayan Cultural Center at Tsechen Kunchab Ling
| Bestowal of the Kalachakra initiation in New York City at the invitation of Sakya Tsechen Tsopa
| Long life initiation, Ngondro teachings and Refuge in Minneapolis
| Establishment of a new Dharma Center and Three Bodhisattvas initiation in Santa Fe
| White Tara initiation and teachings, Refuge and Bodhisattva vows, Phowa transmission in New York City at the Palden Sakya Center
| 1000-Armed Avalokiteshvara initiation and teaching at Seattle Sakya Monastery
| Chakrasamvara empowerment and public talk in Vancouver
| Green Tara and Guru Rinpoche Empowerments in Toronto
| Chenrezig Mahamudra empowerment and teaching, Vajrakilaya torma empowerment in Toronto
| Vajrakilaya torma initiation and teaching in Montreal
UNITED STATES
March 30-April 22
Tsechen Kunchab Ling - Walden New York
www.sakyatemple.org
April 7-8
Sakya Tsechen Tsopa - New York City
www.tsechen.org
April 26-27
Vikramasila Foundation - New York City
http://vikramasila.org
May 3-4
Sakya Thubten Dhargye Ling - Minneapolis MN
http://mnsakyacenter.org
May 5-6
Tsechen Namdrol Ling - Santa Fe NM
http://tsechennamdrolling.wordpress.com/
May 8-9
Sakya Monastery - Seattle WA
http://www.sakya.org
CANADA
May 10-12
Sakya Tsechen Thubten Ling - Vancouver Canada
http://sakyatsechenthubtenling.org/
May 17-19
Toronto Canada
Mhttp://www.sakyatoronto.com
May 20-21
Montreal Canada
http://sakyatsechenthubtenling.org/
2014 EUROPEAN TOUR
For the first time in the West, His Holiness will guide students into a Hevajra retreat. His Holiness will be giving teachings in Spain, France, Hungary and Belgium.
Programs in Europe include:
Hevajra teachings and initiations and guidance into retreat at Fundación Sakya in Spain | Vajrayogini teachings and initiations at Sakya Gephel Ling in Spain | Major Initiations at Sakya Tsechen Ling in France | Vajrayana Cycle of Teachings in France
SPAIN
May 24-25
Madrid
http://sakyatrizinmadrid.com
May 28-29
Sakya Drogon Ling, Denia
www.sakyadrogonling.com
May 31 - June 16
Fundación Sakya, Denia
www.fundacionsakya.org
June 19-26
Sakya Gephel Ling, Barcelona
www.sakyagephelling.wordpress.com
Jun 28-29
Sakya Kunga Ling, Paris
(email): sakya.kunga.ling@outlook.com
SWITZERLAND
July 1-3
Thubten Changchub Ling, Arosio
http://www.buddhismo-sakya.com
BELGIUM
July 5-6
Antwerp
(email): sonam_peace2002@yahoo.com
FRANCE
July 8-12
Sakya Tsechen Ling, Kuttolsheim
http://sakyatsechenling.assoc.pagespro-orange.fr
July 14-16
Terre de Bodhisattvas, Mont-de-Marsan
www.ccb-cergy.com
July 18-28
Centre d’Etudes de Chanteloube
www.songtsen.org
July 30- August 3
Lerab Ling, Montpellier
www.lerabling.org
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THE SAKYA TRADITION:
BIOGRAPHY OF HIS HOLINESS THE 41ST SAKYA TRIZIN
HH Sakya Trizin, Ngawang Kunga Thegchen Palbar Trinley Samphel Wangyi Gyalpo
In 1951, His Holiness made a pilgrimage to Lhasa , where he was designated the throne Holder of the Sakya Order by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Accordingly, the following year, a preliminary enthronement ceremony was held in which he accepted the official Sakya seals. Even at this early age, he was exceptionally intelligent and skilled in fulfilling his responsibilities. At the tender age of seven, he passed an extensive oral examination on the Hevajra root tantra at the Great Sakya monastery.
At the Ngor monastery, the Great Ngor abbot and his root guru bestowed upon him both the common and uncommon Lamdre teachings. In 1953, in response to his root guru’s expressed intention to enter into Mahaparinirvana, His Holiness performed his first long life initiation of Amitayus at Ngor monastery and also undertook his first Hevajra meditation retreat in Sakya. His Holiness was then only eight years old.
The following year His Holiness received the initiation and reading transmission of the “Collection of Sadhanas” from Ngawang Tenzin Nyingpoi, the regent of Vajradhara Ngawang Lodro Shenphen Nyingpo. He also received the initiation and profound oral instructions of the Three Red Deities and the two main Protectors of the Sakya Order from Lama Ngawang Lodro Rinpoche.
He also presided over an elaborate Vajrakilaya Ritual in the main Sakya monastery. At the age of ten, His Holiness again made a pilgrimage to Lhasa , where he received religious instructions in the Potala from His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Before a large audience, His Holiness gave an extensive explanation of the Mandala Offering, which caused his wisdom to be proclaimed throughout Tibet.
On a pilgrimage to India he received many initiations and teachings belonging to the Sakya Tradition, as well as the Great Perfection and Dzogchen Teachings form Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro. In 1957, His Holiness received the Lamdre Teachings again, this time from the great abbot Vajradhara Khenchen Jampal Sangpo according to the Khon lineage transmission.
The preparatory ritual proceeding the official enthronement of His Holiness as the Sakya Trizin was performed in 1958. That year His Holiness also performed the Blessing Pill and Local Deity Rituals, as well as the extensive Vajrakilaya Ritual.
In 1959, following a seven day Mahakala ritual, His Holiness was formally enthroned as the throne Holder of Sakya in an elaborate three day ceremony with the representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in attendance. On that occasion, he bestowed an explanation of the “Illumination of the Sage’s Intent” to the assembly of Sangha, guests and lay followers.
Following the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959, His Holiness moved to India, established the Sakya Guru monastery in Darjeeling and began the major task of reassembling the Sakya community. In exile he continued to receive extensive philosophical teachings in Logic, Abhidharma, the Prajnaparamita and the Clarification of the Three Vows from great scholars such as Khenpo Dosep Thubten, Khenpo Serjong Appey and Khenpo Rinchen.
From Khenpo Serjong Appey, he received a thorough and detailed explanation of the Hevajra Root Tantra and many other related teachings. From H.E. Phende Khen Rinpoche, who was also one of His Holiness’ root Gurus, he received the initiation and explanation of Yamantaka in the Ra Lotsawas tradition, as well as the collected writings of Ngorchen Konchok Lhundup.
In 1962, at the age of seventeen, His Holiness gave his first Hevajra initiation in Kalimpong. After moving to Mussoorie, in 1963 he set about to re-establish the main seat of the Sakya Order in nearby Rajpur. The assembly of Sakya monks were relocated to the newly established Sakya Centre, where he gave many profound teachings and initiations.
In the same year for the very first time, His Holiness gave the precious Lamdre teachings in Sarnath, Varanasi . A year later, he established the Sakya settlement, in Puruwala, Himachal Pradesh, for the lay members of the Sakya community.
In order to main the tradition of the Khön family lineage, His Holiness married Dagmo Tashi Lhakee in 1974. Within the year they celebrated the auspicious birth of their elder son Ratna Vajra. In the meantime His Holiness made his first teaching tour of Europe, America and various countries in Asia.
In 1976 His Holiness gave his second Lamdre teachings at the Sakya Centre. The following year, at the request of H.E. Luding Khen Rinpoche, His Holiness taught the “Collection of Sadhanas” at the Matho monastery in Ladakh. In 1977, he again gave teachings throughout Asia, Europe and the United States . Two years later, in 1979, his younger son Gyana Vajra was born.
In 1980 His Holiness performed the opening ceremony of the main Sakya monastery. Thubten Namgyal Ling in Puruwala, and bestowed his first Lamdre Lobshed teachings. In 1982, His Holiness the Dalai Lama paid an official visit to the monastery and bestowed many teachings. From Chogye Trichen Rinpoche, His Holiness also received the uncommon Tsarpa tradition of Lamdre teachings and the Jonang tradition of “The Hundred Explanations.” A year later His Holiness performed a special long life ceremony for His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala.
He once again taught widely in Asia and Europe in 1984. At Sakya Tsechen Ling in France he gave the Lamdre Lobshed teachings for the second time. The following year His Holiness consecrated the Maitreya temple in Kathmandu at the request of Chogye Trichen Rinpoche. At the end of that year he attended the Kalachakra initiation given by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya.
In 1986, His Holiness once again gave the uncommon Lamdre teachings at the Sakya College to an assembly of monks and western Dharma disciples. In 1988 His Holiness presided over the consecration of the newly built Ngorpa Centre in Manduwala. His Holiness remained there for several months in order to bestow over thirty major initiations of the Sakya tradition.
The next year at the request of his many disciples in Europe, the United States and Canada , he traveled to each of the Sakya Dharma Centers there giving extensive teachings. Since then for the benefit of the Buddha Dharma and for his disciples, His Holiness has bestowed numerous initiations, teachings and public talks, traveling extensively worldwide to do so.
In this way, just as water is poured from one vase to another, His Holiness has received all the profound teachings of the Sakya tradition and many of the teachings and transmissions of other lineages from numerous teachers of the other traditions, and has passed them on to his disciples around the world.
In order to promote higher education and extensive philosophical training, as well as to maintain the living transmission of the Sakya teachings, His Holiness has established the Sakya College in Rajpur and the Sakya Institute in Puruwala. For the benefit of the Sakya nuns, His Holiness established the Sakya Nunnery in Dekyiling, Dehradun where over 170 nuns are receiving religious instructions.
This way, through His Holiness’ wisdom and insight, His Holiness has revitalized both the Sutric and Tantric traditions of the Sakya Order in particular and that of Tibetan Buddhism in general and ensured the continuity of Buddha Dharma.
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