Nyinthün with Lama Rabten Tshering: A Day-Long Meditation Practice Intensive

Dear Nalandabodhi Vancouver Members and Friends,

Join us this Sunday for Nyinthün with Lama Rabten Tshering: A Day-Long Meditation Practice Intensive. Please see the Zoom meeting and program details below.

In the Tibetan language, nyin means “day,” and thun means meditation “session.” The nyinthün program will recur on the first Sunday of every month, beginning this Sunday, October 3. Every month Lama Rabten will focus on a selected practice; such as, Chenrezig, Amitabha, Tara, Vajrasattva, etc., and will offer guided meditation and practice instructions.

To begin the Nyinthün series, Lama Rabten will start with a day-long Chenrezig sadhana practice intensive.

 Schedule for October 3, 2021

Schedule (Pacific Time):

9:00-10:00am  Guru Rinpoche Practice
10:00-10:30am  Break
10:30-12:00pm  Chenrezig Sadhana Practice
12:00-2:00pm  Lunch Break
2:00-3:30pm  Chenrezig Sadhana Practice
3:30-4:00pm  Break
4:00-5:30pm  Chenrezig Sadhana Practice followed by Mahakala Practice

The practices will be in Tibetan language with English phonetics. Liturgies will be screen-shared.

Registration and Making Offerings:

Please register at: https://forms.gle/6oXtGNaSBWpw2SfF7. A Zoom meeting link and passcode will be send out a few days prior to the program.

This program is free, though offerings are much appreciated. To make an offering, please follow this link: https://vancouver.nalandabodhi.ca/donate/.

About the Practices:
Guru Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche (the Precious Guru), is said to be the embodiment of the guru principle, the heart of Vajrayana Buddhism. By meditating on Guru Rinpoche, we engage in merging one’s own body, speech, and mind with the enlightened body, speech, and mind of the guru; blessing the path of recognising our own Buddha-nature.

Chenrezig, also known as Avalokiteśvara, is the most revered of all Bodhisattvas, embodying the compassion of all Buddhas. His name means the “One who gazes with eyes of love and compassion on all beings in the six realms of samsara.” The practice of Chenrezik is one of love and compassion. The Tibetan Buddhist tradition relates Chenrezig to the six-syllable mantra, Oṃ Maṇi Padme Hūṃ, and when this mantra is recited it invokes his benevolent power. “Doing the practice of Chenrezik means developing our love and compassion, and giving rise to bodhichitta. Accomplishment means being able to manifest [ourselves at] the level of Chenrezik.” ~ HH Karmapa

Mahakala is the main Dharma Protector of the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. By practising Mahakala we eliminate outer, inner, and secret obstacles in our Dharma practice and develop the capacity to benefit ourselves and others.

 About the Teacher:

Lama Rabten’s dharma education started at a very young age and he spent his early years training at Rumtek Monastery, seat of Gyalwang Karmapa in Sikkim, India. In 2000 he completed three-year retreat at Pullahari Retreat Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal, under the guidance of Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal, Bokar Rinpoche, Tenga Rinpoche, and Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. To serve the Nalandabodhi community, Lama Rabten came to Canada in 2002 under the invitation of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. Lama Rabten is now the resident teacher and spiritual director of Nalandabodhi Canada. He is fluent in several languages, including Tibetan, Mandarin, and English and he teaches and supports Nalandabodhi students throughout Canada.

Thank you all and we look forward to practicing together with you!

Sarva Mangalam