Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche Sept 2006

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Registration Opens at 6:30 pm for Evening Teachings,

9:30 am for Morning Teachings

Please Arrive 15-30 minutes Early to Register

The sanctuary is open for silent meditation 30 minutes prior to events.

The only ‘salary’ Khenchen Rinpoche receives is from the donations of students.

All Program Tuition fees go directly to fund Khenchen Rinpoche’s travel from India, for US travel costs

and for Program expenses. The Tuition Fees are the only operating expenses for a teaching event.

All workers at the event are volunteers and accept no fees for their time.

All Donations for Khenchen Rinpoche's travel costs to/ from India are Gratefully Accepted!

$20 Thursday Sept 7 Non-Violence: Compassionate Activity for World Peace

$20 Sunday Sept 10 pm Blessing by Khenchen Rinpoche at Opening Ceremonies

(Credit Card Tuition Payments for Each Separate Event, if not attending Total Program)

The only ‘salary’ Khenchen Rinpoche receives is from the donations of students.

All Program Tuition fees go directly to fund Khenchen Rinpoche’s travel from India, for US travel costs and for Program expenses.

All Donations for Khenchen Rinpoche's travel costs to/from India are Gratefully Accepted!

of Palyul Changchub Dargyeling Meditation and Study Centers in the United States.

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 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 teacher.

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

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,

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Human beings desire happiness, but in fact they are creating the causes for suffering.

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,

(2) Virtue (Moral Discipline) - Eliminating self-centeredness and not harming others

This vessel will be later hard to find. The time that you have now, you fool, is not for sleep!"

by SHANTIDEVA [Also known as 'A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life'] (Shambhala Dragon Editions)

Highly recommended. An explanation of the basic concepts from Words of My Perfect Teacher for Western

practitioners. Read "The Guide " first (or concurrently with) Words of My Perfect Teacher.

An encyclopedic compilation of all aspects of spiritual practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition (particularly Nyingma). Includes detailed instructions/advice for the Ngondro practice and Right Conduct of the practitioner. Patrul Rinpoche's personality and heart instructions come through in this text. It is both poetic yet earthly. The stories, poems, and teachings throughout fit each topic being discussed; the book is written as a teacher giving personal practice instructions to a sincere student.

(The 'Blue Book', Hardcover) Privately Published by Namdroling Palyul Monastery, India.

Available at PCD Dallas and Palyul U.S. centers only; not available through amazon.com or any other vendors.

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

Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.

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