Four Day Retreat, Losar (Tibetan New Year), Empowerment, Lama Dances, Silent Auction
Thurs, Feb 20, 2020 through Sat, Feb 22, 2020 - 10am - 5pm
White Dzambala meditation and practice retreat with Drupon Samten Rinpoche and DKC monastics. If you are not able to attend all 3 days, you may attend whichever days you can. This retreat will be a great blessing as His Holiness is presently staying at DKC. This retreat will be very beneficial for oneself, and others, and to help restore the environment. We will have a daily potluck lunch or please bring your lunch if you have a special diet.
We are honored to announce, with respect and devotion, that His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang will join us for this year’s Tibetan New Year (Losar) program filled with prayers, celebrations and the annual scared tantric Lama dances. It is very auspicious that His Holiness will be here as it is both rare and precious that His Holiness is outside of Asia during this time of the year.
We are especially happy to announce that on Sunday Feb. 23rd 2pm to 4:30pm, His Holiness will bestow the blessing empowerment of Parnashavari, the Goddess Who Eliminates All Diseases. It is very important to receive this empowerment, as there are many illnesses’, diseases and difficulties being encountered around the world. This deity is the manifestation of the semi-wrathful form on Buddha Vairochana. Specifically, this deity practice has been recommended by His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang. His Holiness also made this announcement and advise to the Tibetan people. His Holiness said that the practice of this illustrious goddess can help protect against the coronavirus and other illness. Thus, we respectfully invite everyone to receive this empowerment to aide in protecting oneself and to engage in prayers and mantra recitation for the benefit of others. Parnashavari mantra and dharma practice can also protect from obstacles caused by the 8 classes of spirits. By engaging in this practice, it can help to both restore and protect one’s lifeforce and bring more peace on earth. During this critical time it is important for all of us to take Bodhisattva actions such as receiving this blessing empowerment for the benefit of others.
Sunday Feb. 23rd program. Please note sessions from 10am onwards will be held OUTSIDE.
4am - 8am Dharma Protectors practice with DKC monastics in preparation of the upcoming Lama Dances. You are welcome to join if you like. We will offer the traditional rice soup as part of the blessings for this early morning session. This session will be held inside the monastery shrine room.
8am – afternoon (exact end time to be determined) Annual Monastery Silent Auction
10am - 12:00pm Sacred Tantric Lama Dances. Will be performed in the outside courtyard. Five traditional meditational dances will be performed (MahaKala, Achi, Dzambala, Black Hat and Atsarya). There will be a few short cultural programs or other music programs during the brief transition between the lama dances.
12:00pm Vegetarian potluck lunch and Silent Auction continues will close some time in the afternoon (time Please no meat dishes for this program. Thank you.
2:00pm – 4:30pm Parnashavari Empowerment, Long Life prayers, Mandala offering and kata offerings to His Holiness. At the conclusion of the program everyone will be able to make a kata offering to His Holiness and receive a special blessing cloth. Please bring a kata or you can purchase one in our shop.
Suggested donation: $30 per day or $100 for all 4 days
