First Saturdays with Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
First Saturday of the month 10:00am-12:00pm Pacific Presented via Zoom. Registration is required. Join us as Tse Chen Ling’s longtime resident teacher, Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, shares his wisdom and insight on a series of topics beneficial to our minds and our practice. Geshe-la will choose topics as the series progresses, and they’ll be posted here and announced in our eNews and social media. We’re grateful to have a scholar of Geshe Dakpa’s renown offer these teachings to our community! Ven. Stephen Carlier will provide English interpretation of Geshe Dakpa’s teachings, and class will be hosted by Stephen Butler. This class is offered in collaboration with Land of Medicine Buddha. |
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Upcoming Topic:
Explanation and Oral Transmission
of Prayers to Padmasambhava
Saturday, February 5, 2022
10:00am - 12:00pm PST
Presented via Zoom. Registration is required.
Program Description
Join us as Tse Chen Ling’s longtime resident teacher, Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, gives a concise introductory explanation of three of the principal prayers and supplications to Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche). Padmasambhava is invoked and supplicated by Tibetan Buddhists of all four traditions. These prayers are recited daily to bring blessings, to clear obstacles on the spiritual path and for world peace. At various times and for various situations, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and other teachers have advised that students recite these three prayers to bring benefit and relief.
Geshe Dakpa will be giving explanation on the following supplications:
Accomplishing the Lama through the Seven-Line Prayer (ཚིག་བདུན་གསོལ་འདེབས།) - From the terma revelation of Guru Chöwang. The original revelation of the Seven-Line Prayer (tshig bdun gsol 'debs), is the most famous and widely chanted of all invocations of Guru Padmasambhava.
The Prayer in Six Vajra Lines, also called Prayer to Guru Rinpoche to Clear Away Obstacles on the Path (དུས་གསུམ་སངས་རྒྱས་གུ་རུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ༔) - Popularly known as Dü Sum Sangye (Dus gsum sangs rgyas), this short prayer to Guru Padmasambhava was discovered as a treasure (gter ma) by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa. As indicated in the colophon, it was—and still is—regarded as especially pertinent for the current time.
The Prayer that Swiftly Fulfills All Wishes (Sampa Nyur Drupma) (།གུ་རུའི་གསོལ་འདེབས་བསམ་པ་མྱུར་འགྲུབ་བཞུགས།) - This prayer to Guru Padmasambhava for the swift fulfillment of all wishes begins with a verse from ‘The Infinite Cloud Banks of Profound Meaning’ (zab don rgya mtsho'i sprin phung), which is part of Longchen Rabjam’s Khandro Yangtik (mkha' 'gro yang tig), and concludes with several verses written by Jigme Lingpa. It is said to be particularly beneficial for Tibet, as it has the power to pacify illness, prevent famine and border invasions, and contribute to the welfare of the teachings and beings.
In addition to explanations, Geshe Dakpa will be giving the oral transmission of these three prayers during the session.
Note: Descriptions of the prayers above are from Lotsawa House.
About Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
Geshe Ngawang Dakpa served as a resident teacher at Tse Chen Ling. He was born in Nakchu, northeast of Lhasa, Tibet and became a monk at the age of ten. At the local monastery of Othok he studied both Dharma and secular subjects extensively before entering Sera Je Monastery eleven years later. He fled Tibet in 1959. Upon his arrival in India, Geshe-la not only continued his monastic studies, but also spent three years at the Sanskrit University in Varanasi, earning an MA with honors. Invited by the Queen of Sikkim, he taught at the University of Sikkim for nearly 20 years before returning to Sera monastery in South India and obtaining his Geshe degree. Additionally, Geshe-la taught in Taiwan before arriving in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1999.
of Prayers to Padmasambhava
Saturday, February 5, 2022
10:00am - 12:00pm PST
Presented via Zoom. Registration is required.
Program Description
Join us as Tse Chen Ling’s longtime resident teacher, Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, gives a concise introductory explanation of three of the principal prayers and supplications to Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche). Padmasambhava is invoked and supplicated by Tibetan Buddhists of all four traditions. These prayers are recited daily to bring blessings, to clear obstacles on the spiritual path and for world peace. At various times and for various situations, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and other teachers have advised that students recite these three prayers to bring benefit and relief.
Geshe Dakpa will be giving explanation on the following supplications:
Accomplishing the Lama through the Seven-Line Prayer (ཚིག་བདུན་གསོལ་འདེབས།) - From the terma revelation of Guru Chöwang. The original revelation of the Seven-Line Prayer (tshig bdun gsol 'debs), is the most famous and widely chanted of all invocations of Guru Padmasambhava.
The Prayer in Six Vajra Lines, also called Prayer to Guru Rinpoche to Clear Away Obstacles on the Path (དུས་གསུམ་སངས་རྒྱས་གུ་རུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ༔) - Popularly known as Dü Sum Sangye (Dus gsum sangs rgyas), this short prayer to Guru Padmasambhava was discovered as a treasure (gter ma) by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa. As indicated in the colophon, it was—and still is—regarded as especially pertinent for the current time.
The Prayer that Swiftly Fulfills All Wishes (Sampa Nyur Drupma) (།གུ་རུའི་གསོལ་འདེབས་བསམ་པ་མྱུར་འགྲུབ་བཞུགས།) - This prayer to Guru Padmasambhava for the swift fulfillment of all wishes begins with a verse from ‘The Infinite Cloud Banks of Profound Meaning’ (zab don rgya mtsho'i sprin phung), which is part of Longchen Rabjam’s Khandro Yangtik (mkha' 'gro yang tig), and concludes with several verses written by Jigme Lingpa. It is said to be particularly beneficial for Tibet, as it has the power to pacify illness, prevent famine and border invasions, and contribute to the welfare of the teachings and beings.
In addition to explanations, Geshe Dakpa will be giving the oral transmission of these three prayers during the session.
Note: Descriptions of the prayers above are from Lotsawa House.
About Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
Geshe Ngawang Dakpa served as a resident teacher at Tse Chen Ling. He was born in Nakchu, northeast of Lhasa, Tibet and became a monk at the age of ten. At the local monastery of Othok he studied both Dharma and secular subjects extensively before entering Sera Je Monastery eleven years later. He fled Tibet in 1959. Upon his arrival in India, Geshe-la not only continued his monastic studies, but also spent three years at the Sanskrit University in Varanasi, earning an MA with honors. Invited by the Queen of Sikkim, he taught at the University of Sikkim for nearly 20 years before returning to Sera monastery in South India and obtaining his Geshe degree. Additionally, Geshe-la taught in Taiwan before arriving in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1999.
Registration:
Advanced registration is required – please make sure to register for each session you’d like to attend on a class-by-class basis. Once you register, the Zoom link will be included on your registration ticket/receipt.
Ordained sangha are always welcome free of charge. No one turned away for lack of funds. Please email Tse Chen Ling at [email protected] to inquire.
Suggested donation: $20
Registration with sponsorship (practice generosity and help us spread the Dharma): $50/$108
Advanced registration is required – please make sure to register for each session you’d like to attend on a class-by-class basis. Once you register, the Zoom link will be included on your registration ticket/receipt.
Ordained sangha are always welcome free of charge. No one turned away for lack of funds. Please email Tse Chen Ling at [email protected] to inquire.
Suggested donation: $20
Registration with sponsorship (practice generosity and help us spread the Dharma): $50/$108
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