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European Teaching Tour: Lleida, Spain
October 31, 2019 - November 6, 2019
European Teaching Tour: Lleida, Spain
Every year Rinpoche travelling with Autumn Teaching Tour, an annual part of Chödpa Lama Rinpoche’s teaching schedule, in which he is invited by his centres in the countries across Europe – France, Germany, Spain and England.
This year Chödpa Lama Rinpoche returning to Lleida again for 4 time with extensive one-week program. Rinpoche will be giving a weekend of Buddhist Teachings and Empowerments. This year Rinpoche will continue the four-year cycle teachings on The Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen and give a Teachings on next two songs, perform Group Healing Ceremony and Ceremony of Increasing Fortune.
Program
Friday, 1 November
Cutting Through Ego – An introduction to the Tibetan Buddhist Practice of Chöd
19:00 – 21:00
Saturday, 2 November
Increasing Good Fortune Ceremony – Riwo Sangcho
10:00 – 12:00
Increasing Good Fortune Ceremony or Mountain of Pure Offerings (Riwo Sangcho) is a ritual that uses the smoke of burnt offerings to create vast offerings for enlightened beings, local deities, land guardians and the all beings within the cycle of worldly existence.
This blessing accumulates vast merit, clears away obstacles, increases wealth energy and improves health, while clearing karmic debts and healing the environment.
Attendants should dress in clean white or bright colors clothes and bring offerings such a milk, a honey, an yogurt, a flowers, a fruits etc.
Teachings on the 3rd and 4th song of “The Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen”: The Song of Thinking of Impermanence, Cause and Effect; The Meditation Session.
13:30 – 18:00
“The union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen” is taught over a four-year cycle.
This year, Rinpoche will continue the four-year cycle teachings on “The Complete Way to Awakening” and will give a commentary on 3rd and 4th song of “The Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen” by the Yogi and poet of the 17th century, Karma Chagmey Rinpoche.
To receive the teachings of the 4th year, it will be necessary to have received the Initiation of the Chöd.
This second year of teaching on “The Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen” is OPEN TO ALL.
Sunday, 3 November
Chöd Healing Ceremony and Chöd Empowerment
10:00 – 12:00
Traditional Tibetan Healing Ceremony is beneficial to all those who have physical or mental illnesses, it is clears the blockages of the karmic debts of previous lives, dissipates obstacles, purifies negative impacts, dissipates harmful influences …
Chöd literally means “cutting”. It breaks the obstacles and obscurations, sometimes called “demons” or “gods”. Examples of demons are ignorance, anger and, in particular, dualist perception of the self.
Chöd Empowerment is a fully immersive Vajrayana buddhist empowerment. It is open for the practitioners who wish to practice Chöd. Others may receive it as a blessing.
PLEASE NOTE: Rinpoche will give refuge on Sunday to those who haven’t yet taken it. New practitioners require to take refuge in The Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha) in order to begin practice.
Instruction on Chöd Practice
13:30 – 18:00
It’s necessary and open only for all those who received Empowerment.
Monday to Tuesday, 4 – 6 November
Mo Divination
Personal Mo Divination, a tradition Tibetan way for answering questions and providing methods of healing, and one-to-one session will be given on request.
For any further information:
+34 6169 45 297 (Jesús Rovira)
+34 6546 55 087 (Marian Hidalgo)
Donation:
€10 — Friday
€40 — Saturday
€40 — Sunday
€80 — Friday, Saturday, Sunday
(All donations go towards supporting Chödpa Lama’s Dharma activities across Europe)