Event : White Umbrella Goddess Blessing Initiation
Date :19 Feb 2011 (Saturday)
Time : 7.00pm - 9.30pm
*Be vegetarian on the actual day
Venue: Guan Chan Buddhist Society
Address : 71 A Geylang Road , 2nd Storey
Map :
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Event : Dharma Teaching On White Umbrella Goddess Sadhana
and
the Eight Kinds of Buddhist Guardian Deity's Practice**
Date : 20 Feb 2011 (Sunday)
Time : 7.00pm - 9.30pm
**must have recieved White Umbrella Goddess Initiation
White Umbrella Goddess
Asuras and gods reside in the region between the God and
Demi-God realm (within samsara). There naturally grows a
wish-fulfilling tree whenever the gods run into any
difficulty, they would pray to this tree and their wishes will be
fulfilled. This has however,
incurred the wrath and jealously of the Asuras, and in a fit of
hatred, raged
attack towards the god realm. Not wanting to suffer defeat, the
King of the God
realm quickly approached Lord Buddha Shakyamuni to seek His
blessings. At that
moment, there shone a bright white light from the crown of the Lord
Buddha. And
it manifested into the intrepid and powerful White Umbrella Tara.
With the pure
merits of Lord Buddha, the White Umbrella Tara emanates a thousand
arms and a
thousand eyes, blessing and saving all the harm of the gods.
The White Umbrella Goddess is an intrepid and fearless deity.
Practicing the
White Umbrella Goddess is effective for purification of
disturbances caused by
the evil spirits and the influence of any evil magic as well as the
attack or
harassment of the formless. It also benefits us such as to increase
fortune,
wisdom, health and longevity. The recitation and visualization on
White Umbrella
Deity is to drive back all forms of negative aspect in life. The
ultimate goal
of this prayer is to arrive at Pureland in a swift way.
Benefits derived from the practice of White Umbrella Goddess
Sadhana are:
• To neutralize karma brought about by heavy sins of ancestor or
parents
• To prevent or to heal serious sickness
• To control depressed people contemplating suicide
• Protection over witchcraft and malicious mischief
• Protection from court cases
• Protection from outside vicious negative forces
The 1st Zuri Rinpoche was the root lama of Chöying Dorje, the 10th
Karmapa. The
1st Zuri Rinpoche was originally based in Tsurphu Monastery of the
Tibet .
Located near Lhasa , it has been the main seat of the Karma Kagyu
Lineage and
residence of the successive incarnations of the Gyalwang Karmapas.
The 1st Zuri
Rinpoche later went to Qinghai in his lifetime. Following the
Karmapa's wishes
and due to karmic connections, he settled there and stayed in
Thrangu Monastery
until his seventh incarnation.
In each of his past lives, Zuri Rinpoche was renowned for his
practice of
Vajrakilaya. The 7th Zuri Rinpoche, for example, had attained
enlightenment by
reciting the Vajrakilaya mantra 1,300 million times in his small
retreat hut
overhanging the cliff of the Princess WenCheng Temple in Qinghai .
This is still
recounted by his then disciples and the elderly monks there by this
day. The 7th
Zuri Rinpoche passed away in Bhutan , thus created the origination
of his next
incarnation in this Himalayan kingdom.
The present Venerable 8th Zuri Rinpoche was born in Bhutan and was
recognized by
H.H. 16th Karmapa at two months old. At two, H.E. presided over his
enthronement
ceremony in Bhutan in the presence of the Karmapa's four heart sons
and many
renowned Rinpoches. He was bestowed the Dharma name Karma Migyur
Tenpel Gyalshen Jigme Gocha.
At a young age, Rinpoche entered Rumtek Monastery, the Karmapa's
seat in Sikkim
, India , to receive intensive traditional Buddhist education. He
studied at the
Karma Shri Nalanda Institute and performed brilliantly under the
guidance of the
Karmapa. He then proceeded to Nepal to further his studies in
learning the three
yanas, the five major treatises and the four tantras in the Namo
Buddha
Institute. Also, he studied extensively in India and Bhutan .
He had also received empowerments and teachings of various lineages
such as from
the Kagyu masters the Very Venerable 9th Thrangu Rinpoche, the 1st
Kalu
Rinpoche, and the Nyingma master Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and among
others.
Rinpoche started the spreading of dharma in 1993. He traveled to
and from Bhutan
, India , Nepal , mainland China , Hong Kong , Taiwan and Singapore
, in setting
up Buddhist centers, giving teachings, conducting pujas, holding
retreats and
animal protection activities.
The present 8th Zuri Rinpoche is a qualified lineage teacher and a
great
reincarnated master and is highly commended by H.H. the 17th
Karmapa Ogyen
Trinley Dorje. The 8th Zuri Rinpoche has carried on the powerful
tradition of
Vajrakilaya practice and Tsog offerings unceasingly for the benefit
of sentient
beings.
