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Blessings from the Universe
Present circumstances prevent us from traveling any distance from our home and our unique little town of Mount Shasta. Through the magnetism of this place and the dynamic efforts of friends who are rightly motivated, we have been privileged to receive blessings and teachings without having to travel farther than a few blocks.
Last update of this page May 9, 2013.
Two upcoming events offer rare opportunities to receive teachings and wisdom from sublime Tibetan Buddhist masters:
Sangyum Kamala Rinpoche
Teaches at Tara's Refuge, Mt Shasta
May 26, Sunday 7pm Ceremony and informal talk
May 27, Monday 9am Smoke Offering, White and Green Tara practice and oral transmission
Check our website nearer to events for more accurate times: www.tarasrefuge.org
This is a rare and precious opportunity to receive teachings and wisdom advice from a female Lama with a profound level of accomplishment of Tibetan meditation practice and tradition. She is one of the most outstanding women practitioners in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
Sangyum Kamala Rinpoche is a lineage holder of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism and heart disciple of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche. She is also a disciple and sangyum (wife) of His Holiness Kyabje Chatral Rinpoche, the greatest living Dzogchen meditation master today. They have now been married for over 50 years.
Location: Tara's Refuge 133 Madison Drive, Mt Shasta, CA 96067
For more information see our website: www.tarasrefuge.org or email tarasrefuge@sbcglobal.net
(530) 926-5196
You may scroll down to learn about significant events that have taken place locally. Two regional lineage centers offer blessing and teaching events: Rigdzin Ling, one of the main Chagdud Gonpa centers, Junction City, California ~
chagdudgonpa.org/
and Kagyu Sukha Chöling in Ashland,
Oregon ~
www.kscashland.org
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Tulku Sang Ngag Rinpoche
Mandarava Drubchod
A Drubchod from Khyentse Rinpoche’s Terma Tradition &
Consecrating Chulen, Long Life Medicine
June 27pm-July 1 am, 2013
June 27, Thursday- 6:30pm Public Talk
June 28, 9am Mandarava Empowerment
June 28 to June 30 9a-12pm, 2pm-5pm
Daily Mandarava Practice & Teaching
July 1, Monday 3am Practice and Tsog
ending 1pm
Tulku Sang Ngag Rinpoche is graciously returning to Mt Shasta to lead a three day prayer festival (Tib. drubchod)
practicing Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s terma revelation from the cycle of the Pema Longevity Nyingthig. We will all
join with Rinpoche in practicing the Nectar Essence of Immortality, a daily practice of the Dakini Mandarava, to
consecrate this rare and profound long-life medicine (Tib. chulen), which serves to restore the core elements of the
body and has been used traditionally to support long term retreatants in their practice.
Rinpoche will bestow the empowerment on Friday morning at 9am with teachings and practice following. Thursday
night public talk topic to be announced. Empowerment required to attend practice sessions.
Suggested Donation: Public Talk: $12
Friday Empowerment only: $20
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday: $45 per day
Pre-registration is encouraged. $165 for entire retreat
For more information: www.tarasrefuge.org
Email tarasrefuge@sbcglobal.net or phone John or Patty at (530) 926 5196
Retreat Location:Tara’s Refuge 133 Madison Drive, Mt. Shasta, CA 96067
Carpooling encouraged.
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You may scroll down to learn about significant events that have
taken place locally. Two regional lineage centers offer blessing and
teaching events: Rigdzin Ling, one of the main Chagdud Gonpa centers, Junction City, California ~
chagdudgonpa.org/
and Kagyu Sukha Chöling in Ashland,
Oregon ~
www.kscashland.org
As you scroll down to read about past events of teachings taking place here in Mount Shasta, California, you will see the spacious, serene and holy Tara's Refuge referred to. Now you can visit the website of John and Patty Cashman at Tara's Refuge: http://tarasrefuge.org/
Lama Wangdor Rimpoche came on July 25 and 26, 2009 to Tara's refuge in Mount Shasta to bestow quintessential teachings based on the profound Dzogchen text "The Flight of the Garuda." Lama Lena continues to travel with Rimpoche and translates for him. All in attendance were blessed by receiving these teachings on seeing the true nature of mind, and each were personally blessed by him and by Lama Lena. All in attendance joined in reciting a long-life prayer for beloved Wangdor Rimpoche. Below are two photographs taken when Vicki Brenner and Lily Stephen received blessings, courtesy of Eric.
Wangdor Rimpoche
Lama Wangdor Rimpoche returned to give teachings in Mount Shasta on May 11-13, 2007 at the spacious, serene and holy Tara's Refuge. Rimpoche appears not to have aged since we personally last took teachings from him in October, 2001. His highly skilled translator, Lena, has become Lama Lena since that time. Their vitality and profound empowerments bestowed upon us the enhanced presence of clarity in our practice.
Lama Wangdor Rimpoche is an itinerant Lama who has spent more than 30 years meditating in the caves first used by the Tibetan saint, Padmasambhava, above Lotus Lake (Tsol Pema) in the Himachel Predesh region of Northern India. Wangdor Rimpoche holds both Nyingma and Kagyu Dzogchen/Chagchen lineages and is considered a Remay (ecclectic) teacher. He teaches from heart texts on Dzogchen, the maha-ati and mahamudra yogas which he has received in lineage from Namble Janchub Dorje, Kunu Rimpoche and Scholars Chonchok Sumon Khenpo of Trungpa Rimpoche's line; Tucksie Rimpoche and Pumdong Key Rimpoche.
Those who wish to receive teachings from this realized master may view his calendar at his web site. We suggest taking special note of the Padmasambhava statue project.
Buddha Relics/Maitreya Project
A very rare event made it possible for us to view relics of the historical Buddha - Shakyamuni Buddha - and other Buddhist spiritual masters at Tara's Refuge, a Mount Shasta Buddhist temple, on March 9, 2003. The experience of receiving blessing powers from these relics has been profound in our spiritual practice.
The pearl-like deposits found in cremation ashes of highly realized masters are "ringsel" - evidence to Tibetans that these masters attained compassion and wisdom before death. Seldom are such relics available for viewing, even in the East. At this time it is especially auspicious for Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike to view the relics in a quiet, meditative environment to reinforce peace, for the historical Buddha is an archetype of peacefulness.
At present the relics are being made available for viewing in support of the Maitreya Project, a stupendous undertaking that includes a 500 foot statue of Maitreya to welcome the future Buddha Maitreya who will initiate the next cycle of wisdom teachings. Also included is an educational project designed to offer free education from K to university level.
Information about this amazing project, and the relic tour calendar, can be viewed at http://www.maitreyaproject.org. (See photo of artist's rendering of Maitreya statue above, as shown on their web site.)
Essence Qigong
Professor Chen Hui Xian is one of the most accomplished female Qigong teachers in the world. In 1982, diagnosed with lymphatic cancer, she healed herself in three months with Qigong practice. During the month of March, 2003 Professor Chen and her treasured daughter Pingping Li came to Mount Shasta, where we were able to take her two-day Essence Qigong workshop.
Over age 70, Professor Chen's vitality is vivid testimony to the benefits of this Qigong system that combines the best qualities of ancient Qigong practice with the modern Qigong techniques used in Chinese hospitals.
Essence Qigong was developed by Chen Fu Yin, director of the Chinese Academy of Somatic Science. He summed up the essence from various Qigong forms, from the ancient to the modern. It is a simple, easy-to-learn system that can be learned by anyone, even the handicapped.
Qi (pronounced chee) comes from the Chinese term for life energy. Gong denotes practice or discipline. We all have qi in our bodies, because we are alive. This practice balances qi and provides a harmonious relationship between the universe and humans. Through Essence Qigong we become the sum of heaven and earth, grounded to whatever we need to do in this lifetime, and benefited with good health and longevity.
Professor Chen Hui Xian may return to Mount Shasta periodically to give workshops. We post these events as they are scheduled. Please return to this page for updates.
Professor Chen and Pingping now maintain a website where their schedule can be accessed. They offer Chinese Essence Qigong, Awakening Light Gong, Cosmic workshops in different locations. We also have Chinese Essence and Soaring Crane Qigong teacher training workshops. Those interested in traveling with them to China for in-depth Qigong teachings and practice there can also find online dates, and be notified by email, by request. Visit www.wisdomandpeace.com.
A Shasta Abbey monk shared this special poem with us, found inscribed on a wall in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery:
Once little cares annoyed me When life's little cares were few, And the one fly in the ointment Put me in an awful stew.
But life's stern troubles taught me Each little good to prize. I rejoice now to find some ointment In my little jar of flies.
Click here for our In Memoriam tribute to Reverend Master Daizui MacPhillamy.
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