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Video on the Life and Work
of H.E.Garchen Rinpoche
For the BENEFIT OF ALL SENTIENT BEINGS .........

Born on the roof of the world. Discovered by a king, as the reincarnation of a great Lama. Enthroned at the age of 7. Leading a monastic life of study and meditation. Freedom shattered. Imprisoned for 20 years. Witnessed the death of friends. What kind of person would YOU become if this had happened to you? Would you dedicate your life FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL BEINGS? Here is the remarkable story of one man who did just that. Kyabje Garchen Rinpoche is a highly revered and greatly loved master of Tibetan Buddhism. Many of you have seen him in the movie The Yogis of Tibet. He was featured along with other great master yogis of the Drikung Kagyu lineage. Now, in response to long-standing requests by devoted students, Rinpoche has authorized a movie focusing on his life and teachings. He personally selected longtime student and award winning filmmaker, Christina Lundberg, to make this movie. She is following his wishes with great care and Rinpoche continues to actively endorse this film project. Garchen Rinpoche's legacy of kindness transcends all religions and cultures; it is the universal language that will save humanity. Film continues to be, more than ever, a powerful medium to change, inspire and ultimately transform people’s hearts -- this is what can make our world a better place FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL BEINGS. We ask you to read through this site and find ways to support this project with your donations, expertise and heart.

Date :  11 - 15 January 2008

MANI PUJA
For World Peace & Prosperity
Dont' Think...  Just Recite
H.E.Garchen Rinpoche & Minam Rinpoche
Venue: Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur
Organizer: Ratnashri Buddhist Centre
VIEW PHOTO SLIDES FROM THE EVENT

Date : 26 - 28 February 2008

Date :  8 - 9 March 2008

Date :  01 - 02 April 2008

Date :  24 - 27 April 2008

Vajrakilaya from Ganor Rinpoche's own terma discovered in this present life.
Achi Chokyi Drolma from Rinpoche's combination of Sky & Mind termas discovered in Malaysia year 1995 & 2006 respectively.
Note: To those who'd participated in the Year 2007 Deity Achi Dharma Tare's oral teachings and empowerment by Dzogchen Ganor Rinpoche and would like to receive a copy of the written transcript, please sent me an email. Please provide details about yourself and if you have participated in both the teachings & empowerment. This document is meant for those who'd participated in the teaching and empowerment. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE FREELY, SAMAYA SEAL !
Commentaries onThe Glorious Treasury of All Desirables, The Sadhana of Pure Vision Achi Dharma Tare-ma
EDITION I - 2007-06-18

Date :  20 - 22 June 2008

Date : 26 June - 05 July 2008

Buddha Nature is that quality, possessed by all beings, that makes it possible to wake up, travel on the path of the bodhisattva (‘awake being’), and attain enlightenment for the benefit of all. In this study course, we will practice and discuss the first three ‘Vajra Points’ as presented in the Uttara Tantra, an important shastra, or commentary, on the Buddha’s teachings on buddha nature. Since this is a subtle and advanced text, a basic familiarity with the buddhadharma is recommended, although not required. The Uttara Tantra is a most important third-turning text on which our vajrayana traditions are based. It presents the view, and then the mahamudra to  apply the view. Although the buddha nature program is not required to take the mahamudra  program, it would provide a good ground and is highly recommended. Please note that the buddha nature program is not restricted to tantrikas but to all traditions of Buddhism.

Date : 16 - 20 July 2008

Date :  08 - 10 August 2008

Amitabha, Sanskrit word, literally means boundless light and boundless life. He is the Buddha in the Land of Ultimate Bliss (Pure Land), in which all beings enjoy unbounded happiness. Amitabha has forty-eight great vows to establish and adorn his Pure Land. People also recite or call upon his name by the time of dying will be born in the Land of Ultimate Bliss with the reception by Amitabha. Amitabha is one of the most popular and well-known Buddha in China. 

Date : August 2008

Brief Intro to The Dharma Systems and Gong Chik.
In the Vajrayana Vehicle of Buddhism, there are three different classes of Dharma path namely the Mahamudra, Maha-Ati and Mahyamika. It is the aspiration of Ratnashri Buddhist Centre Malaysia to have all the three Dharma paths made available to those who are interested to pursue on gradual guided basis by qualified masters. The gradual paths on Mahamudra and the Maha-Ati is already in progress, therefore it is most appropriate to start on the Philosophical aspect related to the Madyamika path of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage. The first course before entry to Madyamika is the Gong Chik, expounded by the lineage founder Lord Ratnashri (Kyobpa Jigten Sumgon). His heart disciple Sherab Jungne did the compilation into text form and it has since been studied and transmitted to the present day by lineage holders.
The Gong Chik is a complete path by itself or it can be complimentary to other practices one undertakes. Lord Ratnashri wrote many commentaries and explanations, especially the four volumes known as Inner Profound Teachings, in which he gives meditation instruction and advice. One of his foremost works, the Gong Chik, written in vajra verses which contains all the essential aspects of Vinaya discipline, Bodhicitta, and Tantra. This text has many commentaries, both in detail and concise, by such masters as Sherab Jungne, who was Lord Jigten Sumgon's own disciple, the 8th Karmapa, the 4th Shamarpa, and Drikung Dharmakirti.
The highest motivation grows out of the initial and the intermediate. Without the first two there cannot be the higher development. Why? All answers are contained in the Gong Chik expounded by Lord Ratnashri himself after he attained full enlightenment.

Date : 3 - 5 & 10 - 15 October 2008

10-Level Study Course of the DDC

Drigung Dzogchen Community (DDC) was set up internationally by Ontul Rinpoche, the first of which was formed in Malaysia in May 2001. The Course is arranged in a progressive study manner of 10 levels. The Shithro Empowerment confers permission and supreme blessings to students for the practice of the Four Foundations and The Three Roots, as set forth in the DDC programme. To date five levels of the programme have been compiled and are being taught namely: 

1. Foundational Practice or Ngondro, 
2.Meditation Practice of the 3 Roots
3. Cutting Through Attachment or Chod practice 
4. Inner 3 Roots and Dzogchen Chod.
5. Dudul Gyalpo or Demon-Destroying King. 

This Course also incorporates a worldwide group retreat in Rinpoche's Monastery beside the sacred lake of Guru Rinpoche called Lake Tsopema in India every two years. The first one-week retreat commenced in the year 2003 and continued every alternate year. The 4th retreat will be held in Feb 2009.

Take some time to visit the official website of Ontul Rinpoche at www.wogmin.net and also the informative older site here ...

Introduction to Dzambhala
The Dzambhala deity is the embodiment of the perfect generosity of all buddhas. Dzambhala has existed for inconceivable kalpas. When Buddha Shakyamuni was born as a poor man, a scavenger of wood, he practiced this deity's meditation. As a result, he became a king. At that time he exercised the practice of generosity, bestowing wealth upon others, and thus he attained the first bhumi (the first of ten levels).
Likewise, by the practice of perfect generosity, all the buddhas in the past achieved the first bhumi and then gradually attained buddhahood. Because of this, Dzambhala is the father of all buddhas. During the time of Buddha's teaching, Vaishravana had one thousand sons, and among them Dzambhala was reborn as the supreme one.
Buddha Shakyamuni said, "If one has not accumulated enough virtue, it is not possible even to hear Dzambhala's name."  Anyone who recites the mantra will be a chosen one, will achieve a non-returning state, and will not be reborn in the lower realm. By the blessings of seeing his form and figure, one will not be afflicted by disease. Reciting his name will dispel all the poverty, the lower states of mind – discouragement, depression, etc. – and different kinds of pain in the body. There are limitless beneficial effects of reciting the Dzambhala mantra. Extracted from Vidyadhara Chökyi Dragpa's (1595-1659) Jewel Garland of Sadhanas of the Fifty Initiatory-Permissions (sgrub thabs nor bu'i phreng ba'i rjes gnang lnga bcu pa). Translated by Ven. Khenchen Rinpoche, Konchog Gyaltshen at the Drigung Kagyu Meditation Center, Washington, DC.

Yangzab Shithro Empowerment
The Extensive Empowerment of the Yangzab Three Roots and the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo.
The Yangzab Shithro, was revealed by the great Terton Drikung Rinchen Phuntsok . The extensive empowerment of the Yangzab Shithro is rarely given, the last time in Malaysia was 6 years ago. This empowerment is a blessing and transmission of the One Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo. It is the basis for the Three Roots Practice (Guru, Yidam, and Dakini), and is the foundation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Shithro, which translates as the Peaceful and Wrathful Bardo Deities , is considered part of the inner tantra. The Shithro empowerment is an initiation into the 100 Peaceful and Wrathful symbolic deities that personify each practitioner's skandhas (aggregates of form, perception, feeling, mental volitions and consciousness) and the great elements (wind, fire, water and earth). At the moment of death, the elements dissolve and their nature arises as after-death visions. The Bardo instructions provide us with a wealth of techniques and practices by which we can recognize mind's true nature or Buddha nature and achieve liberation. The benefits of receiving the empowerment, practising it and reciting the mantra are many. One will recognize the stages of the Bardo as they occur, will not fall into lower existence, will attain liberation from cyclic existence and attain Buddhahood.

Yangzab Teachings on the Practice of the Three Roots (Guru Rinpoche/Yeshe Tsogyal, Hayagriva, and Vajravarahi)

The Three Roots of practice in the Vajrayana are the Lama, Yidam, and Dakini. The Lama confers empowering blessings, the Yidam bestows siddhi(power and realization) and the Dakini dispels obstacles and performs the Buddha activity. In the Yangzab, the Three Roots are Guru Rinpoche, Hayagriva, and Vajravarahi. Ontul Rinpoche will give practice instructions on the extensive Sadhana of the Three Roots. These teachings are limited to those who have received the Yangzab Shitro empowerment or the short empowerment of the Yangzab Three Roots. 

Introduction to Ontul Rinpoche
Drikung Ontül Rinpoche's previous incarnations are connected with Drikung Orgyen Nuden Dorje, a great discoverer of hidden teachings (gter ston) of the last century. He was well known as an emanation of Nyang Ban Tingdzin Sangpo, a great master at the time of the 8th-century Tibetan emperor Thri Song Detsen. The elder brother of Nuden Dorje and first Ontül was Kunsang Drodul. He was born into a noble familiy lineage in the village of Zalmo Gang in Kham province of Eastern Tibet. The 5th Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche Thugje Nyima (1828-1889) recognized him to be the emanation of Brog Ban Khiu Chung Lotsawa, one of the twenty-five main disciples of Guru Padmasambhava. Since Kunsang Drodul was the elder brother of Orgyan Nuden Dorje, his successive incarnations are known as Ontül, which means “the incarnation of the elder brother”. The present incarnation was born in Kham Nangchen in Eastern Tibet in the year 1950. His family lineage is called Göpe, or also Pebön Thogtrul, which is one of the thirteen noble familiy lineages which are again explained as stemming from the inner lineage of Lodan Nyingpo, who is one of the four ‘ancient Tulkus of Bon religion, before Padmasambhava’s time. Read more ...

Take some time to visit the official website of Ontul Rinpoche at www.wogmin.net and also the informative older site here ...

Date : November 2008

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