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As participants in Kurukulla Center events, we are very fortunate to have access to authentic Buddhist teachings, as well as guidance on how to integrate them into our daily lives. Studying and reflecting on the texts discussed in our classes and applying them to particular situations brings purpose and power to our lives. However, it is common for obstacles to arise when engaging in spiritual practice, which can create roadblocks to progressing on our spiritual path.
A highly effective method to quicken our progress on the spiritual path is the practice of tantra. As beneficial as tantric practices can be, there can also be serious pitfalls if not practiced correctly, so it is essential to have some level of understanding of and confidence in the teachings, as well as to develop a connection with an authentic spiritual teacher who can guide us on this journey. The prerequisites for taking tantric empowerments are having taken refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, as well as a basic level of renunciation, a bodhicitta motivation and understanding of the wisdom of emptiness. Taking an empowerment or initiation involves taking lifelong bodhisattva and tantric vows and committing oneself to taking the teacher as one's guru, with all that entails.
This morning H.E. Jhado Rinpoche confers a Hayagriva Full Empowerment. At times, our motivation for practice is very strong, but we meet with conditions that interfere and interrupt our worthy intentions. Hayagriva is the wrathful aspect of Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion, and is said to pacify negative interferences to spiritual practice. This particular empowerment focuses on removing obstacles and thus facilitates our spiritual awakening. For this purpose, the tantric practice of Hayagriva is encouraged by our late Spiritual teacher Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche as an effective method to prevent illness and other interferences to practice.
Guidelines
- The Hayagriva Empowerment is not available to be taken as a blessing.
- One will receive bodhisattva and tantric vows.
- Daily recitation of Hayagriva’s mantra is strongly encouraged.
- Daily practice of Six Session Guru Yoga is encouraged but not required.
- No sadhana practice is required.
The empowerment is available both in person and online through Zoom. Login information will be posted here closer to the event.
To download the Six-Session Guru Yoga text, please visit the FPMT Store.
About H.E. Jhado Rinpoche
Jhado Rinpoche (Tenzin Jungne) was born in 1954 to a nomadic family living in the area of Namtso Lake, 220 kilometers north of Lhasa, Tibet. At the age of three he was recognized and enthroned as the 6th incarnation of the abbot of Jhado Monastery. After fleeing Tibet in 1959, Rinpoche lived briefly in Nepal and later spent several years in Dalhausie and Dharamsala in North India where he completed his basic studies in Tibetan reading, writing and reciting Buddhist texts. Rinpoche took his vows as a novice monk from His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1964 and his full ordination vows from the late Ling Rinpoche in 1973.
From 1972 until 1990, Rinpoche studied at Sera Je Monastery in South India, where he received extensive teachings from many great lamas such as Khensur Rinpoche and the great master Lobsang Wangchuk - and afterwards at the Gyuto Tantric Monastic University. In 1991, he attained the degree of Geshe Lha Rampa, the highest level of education in the Geluk tradition. He then went on to continue his studies at Gyuto Tantric College in lower Dharamsala.
From 1992 until 1996, Rinpoche served as a teacher at Namgyal Monastery in Dharamsala, the personal monastery of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In 1997, Rinpoche was appointed to the post of Abbot of Namgyal Monastery, and served the institution in that capacity until 2004. (Namgyal Monastery, founded in 1568 by the third Dalai Lama, served as a private monastery for subsequent Dalai Lamas.)
Jhado Tulku Rinpoche is one of the most highly esteemed lamas in the Geluk lineage today. He received many transmissions and empowerments from both His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his tutors, as well as from the great non-sectarian lineage masters such as Trulshig Rinpoche and Chogye Trichen Rinpoche.
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