Please Feel Welcome to Attend All Sessions or As Many As Time Permits!
Even one session with an authentic dharma teacher is valuable for spiritual practice in any tradition.
Wed Jan 25 Lecture/Teaching
6:30pm PCD Dallas Open for Registration and Silent Meditation
7pm - 9pm Precious Human Rebirth; Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind to Dharma
Thurs Jan 26 Lecture/Teaching
6:30pm PCD Dallas Open for Registration and Silent Meditation
7pm - 9pm Causes/Effects of Karma and How to Create Positive Karma
Taking Refuge in the Dharma (including Refuge Tree Visualization)
Fri Jan 27 Lecture/Teaching
6:30pm PCD Dallas Open for Registration and Silent Meditation
7pm Vajrasattva Purification Practice
8:45 pm Refuge Ceremony (Becoming a Buddhist; Taking Refuge in the Dharma)
Sat Jan 28 Empowerment and Meditation Practice Implementation Instructions
A table will be available for objects that students wish to be blessed at the empowerment.
9:30am PCD Dallas Open for Registration and Silent Meditation
10 am - 12 noon Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) Rigdzin Dupa (wang and lung)
2 pm - 4pm Commentary (tri) and Meditation Implementation Instructions
Meditation Practice for Guru Rinpoche
Sun Jan 29 Empowerment and Meditation Practice Implementation Instructions
A table will be available for objects that students wish to be blessed at the empowerment.
9:30am PCD Dallas Open for Registration and Silent Meditation
10 am - 12 noon Black Dzambhala, Buddha of Prosperity (wang and lung)
In Tibetan Buddhism, DZAMBHALA embodies the Wealth aspect of all the Buddhas and
bodhisattvas of past, present and future; and grants longevity and prosperity in
daily life. The practice of Dzambhala is associated with generosity and the
quality of richness and abundance, and is therefore considered the most
effective in eradicating poverty; both on a psychological and material level.
2 pm - 4pm Commentary (tri) and Meditation Implementation Instructions:
Meditation Practice of Dzambhala Buddha
* The Great Perfection by the Dalai Lama
NOTE: A small retail store will be offered at this event by PCD Dallas
for attendees to purchase a kata (prayer scarf) and mala (prayer beads).
Purchase not necessary for attendance.
Basic/Beginning reading To learn more about Tibetan Buddhist Practice and Philosophy:
The World of Tibetan Buddhism: An Overview of Its Philosophy and Practice by the Dalai Lama
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism by John Powers [A detailed and comprehensive examination of the four Buddhist traditions of Tibet. More of a reference book than a cover to cover reading experience.]
Basic/Beginning reading To learn more about Buddhism
What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula
Khenchen (Head Professor) Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche the spiritual director of Palyul Changchub Dargyeling Meditation
and Study Centers in the United States. Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche is the representative of His Holiness Penor Rinpoche
in the US. He is an authentic and qualified teacher, a recognized scholar and accomplished Dzogchen master.
His Holiness Penor Rinpoche (founder and head of Namdroling Monastery, Bylakuppe, India, see www.palyul.org)
has authorized Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche to represent Namdroling Monastery
and to teach, confer empowerments and to give personal instruction in Buddhist practice.
Khenchen Rinpoche is also one of the three senior Khenpos (Professors) at Ngagyur Institute at Namdroling Monastery
in India; where he is responsible for the last three years of the nine year training for Buddhist shedra (seminary) students.
Khenchen Rinpoche has been teaching in West for over 20 years; and his fluent English, sense of humor and deep insight
into Western culture make him a reputable and popular teacher. He graduated at the top of all four traditions of
Tibetan Buddhism in shedra (seminary school) and was awarded the Silver Medal
for academic accomplishment by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche has been our best-kept 'secret' in the US! His ability to simply and easily explain
and teach even the most complicated concepts in a very condensed form has led to his teaching commitments growing
expotentially beyond the US. This year, he is traveling and teaching in India, Singapore,
Taiwan, the Philippines, Germany and Australia, as well as the US.
Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche has received all of the major lineage empowerments and transmissions of the Nyingma
school and Palyul lineage and has done intensive dzogchen practice under the guidance of His Holiness Penor Rinpoche
and other eminent dzogchen masters including Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche,
Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche, Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche and Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche.
Palyul Changchub Dargyeling Dallas is honored to have Khenchen Rinpoche as Spiritual Director.
Instructions for Spiritual Practice by Shakyamuni Buddha
from the Kalama Sutta (Anguttara Nikaya Vol. 1, 188-193 P.T.S. Ed.)
Do not believe in anything (simply) because you have heard it.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.
Do not believe in anything because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything (simply) because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
But after observation and analysis when you find that anything agrees with reason
and it is conductive to the good and benefit of one and all –
then accept it and live up to it.
Please Feel Welcome to Attend All Sessions or As Many As Time Permits!
Even one evening with an authentic dharma teacher is valuable for spiritual practice in any tradition.
Event Tuition
Registration is at PCD Dallas, Beginning Wed Jan 25 at 6:30pm.
Please Arrive 15-30 minutes Early to Register.
Two Ways to Attend: Daily Tuition or Total Program Tuition
Weekday Event Tuition, Each Day:
$20, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Evenings
Weekend Event Tuition: $40/Sat, $40/Sun
Weekend Event Note : To be able to begin applying the meditation practices received in
Tibetan Buddhist Empowerments, it is highly recommended to Take Refuge with Khenchen Rinpoche
and also to attend the afternoon Meditation Practice Implementation Session (Tri) . If you do not
attend the afternoon session - you are missing an essential part of the empowerment.
Total Program at Door: $130
Cash or Check. $130 includes a $10 discount for Total Program Registration.
*No one turned away due to lack of funds!
Please Ask us about full or partial scholarships*
Registration Info by Email:
Questions? Need More Info? Please Leave Voice Mail: 469 438 8207
Schedule Subject to Change at Khenchen Rinpoche's Discretion
‘Dana’: Donations to the Teacher
The only ‘salary’ Khenpo Rinpoche receives is the donations of students.
All funds from the door fees go directly to defraying Khenpo Rinpoche’s travel and lodging costs and
for Program expenses. These funds are the operating expenses for the teaching event.
All workers at the event are volunteers and accept no fees for their time.
In Tibetan Buddhist tradition (and many other spiritual traditions) it is considered ‘good karma’
to make a personal donation to a teacher who has helped clarify spiritual understanding and awareness.
The amount is not as important as the action of donating.
The motivation for dana (giving), one of the Buddhist Six Perfections* (paramitas), is utterly pure -
free from all desire, conceit or misguided views. Thus in the perfection of giving one should seek no return
for oneself and be impartial, like the sun: that casts its radiance over all without a hint of favor.
In ultimate terms, there is no giver, no recipient and nothing is given - yet we still give! This is an important insight.
Generosity is a positive virtue we can practice even when the time is not available for study or meditation.
It is a good way of developing a shift away from basically egocentric orientation.
The ego is always trying to expand its province by accumulating,
whereas to freely give is to reverse this 'I'- building process so that for once the energy flows the other way.
Naturally, one may gain merit from giving, but even this can be given away to benefit all sentient beings.
Many who start practicing generosity report the sense of joy it brings.
All human beings want happiness and want to avoid suffering.
Human beings desire happiness, but in fact they are creating the causes for suffering.
Since the teachings explain happiness as being the result of a peaceful mind,
in order to become happy it is necessary to train the mind.
When practicing the Six Perfections the mind is trained to perfection.
The bonus is that the practice of the perfections also benefits other people, not only oneself.
If the goal is that of a bodhisattva to attain enlightenment for the sake of all living beings,
the practice of the Six Perfections is indispensable.
*The Six Perfections:
(1) Generosity - Giving without seeking reward
(2) Virtue (Moral Discipline) - Eliminating self-centeredness and not harming others
(3) Patience - Being tolerant and forgiving of self and others
(4) Effort - Practicing Buddhist principles despite adversity
(5) Meditation - Stabilizing and calming the mind
(6) Wisdom - Living in accordance with the true nature of things
"Take advantage of this human boat; Free yourself from sorrow's mighty stream!
This vessel will be later hard to find. The time that you have now, you fool, is not for sleep!"
Shantideva, Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, chapter VII, verse 14
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Venerable Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche Dallas January 25-29, 2006
Khenchen Rinpoche's Recommended Reading/Study for this series of teachings: The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyavatara by SHANTIDEVA [Also known as 'A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life'] (Shambhala Dragon Editions) The Way of the Bodhisattva : A Translation of the Bodhicharyavatara
Words of My Perfect Teacher , Revised Edition by Patrul Rinpoche The Words of My Perfect Teacher: A Complete Translation of a Classic Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher by Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher An explanation of the basic concepts from Words of My Perfect Teacher for Western practitioners. Highly recommended as a study guide to Words of My Perfect Teacher by Patrul Rinpoche.
Venerable Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche
Dallas January 25-29, 2006
The Great Perfection* Teachings: Buddha in the Palm of the Hand Beginning a Meditation Practice: Ngöndro Foundational Teachings from Palyul Nam Chö
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