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  Saturday, September 17, 2016, 2:00 p.m. Sunday, September 18, 2016, 9:00 a.m.– 4:00 p.m. Please arrive 15 – 20 minutes before the ceremonies; late arrivals will not be admitted. KAGYU DAKSHANG CHULING 917 East 43rd Avenue, Eugene, OR 97405 (Between West Amazon and Fox Hollow) Medicine Buddha Empowerment Saturday, September 17, 2:00 p.m. (Arrive by 1:45 p.m.) Medicine Buddha, often referred to as the “Healing Buddha,” has the ability to cure physical and mental illnesses, and to purify beings of their negativities, defilements, and obscurations. The Medicine Buddha Empowerment is considered to be the most powerful blessing for healing, dispelling sickness and suffering, and awakening the nature of mind. The Refuge Vow is required and will be offered prior to the Empowerment. The cost is $25 general ($20 KDC members). It is also customary to make a donation to the empowering Lama. Medicine Buddha Teaching and Practice Sunday, September Continue Reading →

by Venerable Lama Tsang Tsing Saturday, August 27, 2016, 2:00 p.m. Sunday August 28, 2016, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Please arrive and be seated 15 – 20 minutes before the ceremonies; late arrivals will not be admitted. WHITE TARA EMPOWERMENT Saturday, August 27, 2016, 2:00 p.m. (Please arrive by 1:45 p.m., late entries will not be admitted.) White Tara is one of the main long-life deities. White Tara’s practice is imbued with many blessings and is easy to accomplish. The Refuge Vow is required and will be offered by Lama before the Empowerment. The cost is $25 general ($20 KDC members). It is also customary to make a donation to the empowering Lama. WHITE TARA TEACHING AND PRACTICE Sunday August 28, 2016, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Please arrive by 8:45 a.m., late entries will not be admitted.) Through Tara meditation practice a person receives the blessings and protection Continue Reading →

Saturday, June 18, 2016, 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 19, 2016, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Please arrive and be seated 15 -20 minutes before the ceremonies; late arrivals will not be admitted. Chenrezig Empowerment Saturday, June 18, 2:00 p.m. (Arrive and be seated by 1:45 p.m.) Chenrezig is the principal deity in Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism, whose essence is love and compassion. This Empowerment is a blessing ceremony that authorizes one to do the meditation practice of Chenrezig. The Refuge Vow is required and will be offered prior to the Empowerment. The cost is $25 general ($20 KDC members). It is also customary to make a donation to the empowering Lama. Chenrezig Teaching and Practice Sunday, June 19, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Arrive and be seated by 8:45 a.m.) By doing the meditation of Chenrezig, which is part of the regular KDC meditation schedule, one develops love and compassion for Continue Reading →

KAGYU DAKSHANG CHULING 917 East 43rd Avenue, Eugene, OR 97405 (Between West Amazon and Fox Hollow) Saturday, May 28, 2016, 2:00 p.m. Sunday, May 29, 2016, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (PLEASE ARRIVE 15 – 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE CEREMONIES; LATE ARRIVALS WILL NOT BE ADMITTED) Amitabha Empowerment Saturday, May 28, 2:00 p.m. (Arrive by 1:45 p.m.) The Empowerment authorizes one to do the meditation practice of Buddha Amitabha. Amitabha is the particular Deity who helps us at the time of our death to attain rebirth in the Pureland. The Refuge Vow is required and will be offered prior to the Empowerment. The cost is $25 general ($20 KDC members). It is also customary to make a donation to the empowering Lama. Amitabha Teaching, Practice and Special Puja for the Deceased Sunday, May 29, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. (Arrive by 8:45 a.m.) The Amitabha sutra states that even to hear the name Continue Reading →

by Venerable Lama Tsang Tsing Saturday, May 21, 2016, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. *PLEASE NOTE: This is a change of date from the previously published announcement from KDC Kyabje Dorje Chang Kalu Rinpoche was an enlightened being and the spiritual founder of KDC. He was a great siddha, scholar, and a mountain Yogi from Tibet whose great compassion and realization transformed all who met him. Guru Yoga is a practice of expressing one’s faith and devotion to one’s Root Lama. In the Vajrayana tradition, Guru Yoga Practice is considered to be the most important practice one can perform. Without faith and devotion to the Root Lama, one is not able to receive blessings. Blessings purify one and create the foundation for understanding the nature of one’s mind. At the request of his students, Kalu Rinpoche wrote the Guru Yoga Practice, “A Rainfall of Blessings.” It is a practice that Continue Reading →