At Khadro Ling, January opened with an eight day Akshobhya Buddha retreat in which practitioners diligently recited the long dhyani mantra beginning at 4:30 a.m. and continuing in four sessions until 9:00 p.m. The atmosphere of the retreat was both serious and serene, as practitioners felt deeply connected to the person on whom their practice was focused and to the unwavering compassion of Akshobhya.
Akshobhya is the meditational (dhyani) buddha of the eastern realm of Manifest Joy and lord of the vajra family. In the sutra Praising Buddha Akshobhya’s Merits, the Bud dha Shakyamuni extolled the qualities of Akshobhya’s extraordinary perseverance: “Shariputra, in wearing the armor of vigor, Bodhisattva Akshobhya had no peer among countless thousands of other bodhisattvas.” Akshobhya attained enlightenment by steadfastly maintaining great vows, including the vow to bear not the slightest malice toward anyone. The interdependence of this vow is so powerful that repeating his mantra cuts through the flow of obscurations and the momentum of karma—even karma that would bring immediate and severe consequences at the moment of death.
Because H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche established such magnificent interdependence in creating the impressive Ak shobhya statue, Chagdud Gonpa Brasil received a steady stream of requests from sponsors. For more than a year, these were fulfilled by one fulltime retreatant, who was often able to accomplish a hundred thousand recitations in ten days. Now several experienced practitioners fulfill the commitments, but few people can complete the recitations in fewer than twenty to thirty full days. In Brazil, the $138 sponsorship fee does not cover the retreat costs to the same extent that $80 does in Tibet. So the January retreat was an experiment. Sponsored participants practiced diligently at Khadro Ling for eight days, and are committed to finishing the balance of the recitations on their own time. These practitioners don’t regret their commitment; the practice is beautiful and inspiring, and unfolds over time. Moreover, the possibility of actually releasing someone from a lower realm of existence is tremendously motivating.
To generate enough merit to free someone from an unfortunate rebirth, we not only recite mantra, but also sponsor the creation of an image of Akshobhya. In Brazil, Rinpoche instructed us to install one thousand Akshobhya tiles (in the form of tsa-tsas) behind the statue’s throne. Lama Pema Dorje has commissioned a renowned Tibetan artist who works in Taiwan to create the master tile. The Odsal Ling sangha in São Paulo has developed extremely fine techniques to produce tsatsas, which for Akshobhya will be lapis lazuli blue. We also can create excellent reproductions of Akshobhya statues under the direction of Lama Rigdzin. These images will grace a garden being developed around the Akshobhya statue.
To sponsor Akshobhya practice in Brazil, contact Lama Thubten or Pamela Johnston at the Mahakaruna Foundation,
P.O. Box 344, Junction City, CA 96048–0344.
At Khadro Ling, January opened with an eight day Akshobhya Buddha retreat in which practitioners diligently recited the long dhyani mantra beginning at 4:30 a.m. and continuing in four sessions until 9:00 p.m. The atmosphere of the retreat was both serious and serene, as practitioners felt deeply connected to the person on whom their practice was focused and to the unwavering compassion of Akshobhya.
Akshobhya is the meditational (dhyani) buddha of the eastern realm of Manifest Joy and lord of the vajra family. In the sutra Praising Buddha Akshobhya’s Merits, the Bud dha Shakyamuni extolled the qualities of Akshobhya’s extraordinary perseverance: “Shariputra, in wearing the armor of vigor, Bodhisattva Akshobhya had no peer among countless thousands of other bodhisattvas.” Akshobhya attained enlightenment by steadfastly maintaining great vows, including the vow to bear not the slightest malice toward anyone. The interdependence of this vow is so powerful that repeating his mantra cuts through the flow of obscurations and the momentum of karma—even karma that would bring immediate and severe consequences at the moment of death.
Because H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche established such magnificent interdependence in creating the impressive Ak shobhya statue, Chagdud Gonpa Brasil received a steady stream of requests from sponsors. For more than a year, these were fulfilled by one fulltime retreatant, who was often able to accomplish a hundred thousand recitations in ten days. Now several experienced practitioners fulfill the commitments, but few people can complete the recitations in fewer than twenty to thirty full days. In Brazil, the $138 sponsorship fee does not cover the retreat costs to the same extent that $80 does in Tibet. So the January retreat was an experiment. Sponsored participants practiced diligently at Khadro Ling for eight days, and are committed to finishing the balance of the recitations on their own time. These practitioners don’t regret their commitment; the practice is beautiful and inspiring, and unfolds over time. Moreover, the possibility of actually releasing someone from a lower realm of existence is tremendously motivating.
To generate enough merit to free someone from an unfortunate rebirth, we not only recite mantra, but also sponsor the creation of an image of Akshobhya. In Brazil, Rinpoche instructed us to install one thousand Akshobhya tiles (in the form of tsa-tsas) behind the statue’s throne. Lama Pema Dorje has commissioned a renowned Tibetan artist who works in Taiwan to create the master tile. The Odsal Ling sangha in São Paulo has developed extremely fine techniques to produce tsatsas, which for Akshobhya will be lapis lazuli blue. We also can create excellent reproductions of Akshobhya statues under the direction of Lama Rigdzin. These images will grace a garden being developed around the Akshobhya statue.
To sponsor Akshobhya practice in Brazil, contact Lama Thubten or Pamela Johnston at the Mahakaruna Foundation,
P.O. Box 344, Junction City, CA 96048–0344.
At Khadro Ling, January opened with an eight day Akshobhya Buddha retreat in which practitioners diligently recited the long dhyani mantra beginning at 4:30 a.m. and continuing in four sessions until 9:00 p.m. The atmosphere of the retreat was both serious and serene, as practitioners felt deeply connected to the person on whom their practice was focused and to the unwavering compassion of Akshobhya.
Akshobhya is the meditational (dhyani) buddha of the eastern realm of Manifest Joy and lord of the vajra family. In the sutra Praising Buddha Akshobhya’s Merits, the Bud dha Shakyamuni extolled the qualities of Akshobhya’s extraordinary perseverance: “Shariputra, in wearing the armor of vigor, Bodhisattva Akshobhya had no peer among countless thousands of other bodhisattvas.” Akshobhya attained enlightenment by steadfastly maintaining great vows, including the vow to bear not the slightest malice toward anyone. The interdependence of this vow is so powerful that repeating his mantra cuts through the flow of obscurations and the momentum of karma—even karma that would bring immediate and severe consequences at the moment of death.
Because H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche established such magnificent interdependence in creating the impressive Ak shobhya statue, Chagdud Gonpa Brasil received a steady stream of requests from sponsors. For more than a year, these were fulfilled by one fulltime retreatant, who was often able to accomplish a hundred thousand recitations in ten days. Now several experienced practitioners fulfill the commitments, but few people can complete the recitations in fewer than twenty to thirty full days. In Brazil, the $138 sponsorship fee does not cover the retreat costs to the same extent that $80 does in Tibet. So the January retreat was an experiment. Sponsored participants practiced diligently at Khadro Ling for eight days, and are committed to finishing the balance of the recitations on their own time. These practitioners don’t regret their commitment; the practice is beautiful and inspiring, and unfolds over time. Moreover, the possibility of actually releasing someone from a lower realm of existence is tremendously motivating.
To generate enough merit to free someone from an unfortunate rebirth, we not only recite mantra, but also sponsor the creation of an image of Akshobhya. In Brazil, Rinpoche instructed us to install one thousand Akshobhya tiles (in the form of tsa-tsas) behind the statue’s throne. Lama Pema Dorje has commissioned a renowned Tibetan artist who works in Taiwan to create the master tile. The Odsal Ling sangha in São Paulo has developed extremely fine techniques to produce tsatsas, which for Akshobhya will be lapis lazuli blue. We also can create excellent reproductions of Akshobhya statues under the direction of Lama Rigdzin. These images will grace a garden being developed around the Akshobhya statue.
To sponsor Akshobhya practice in Brazil, contact Lama Thubten or Pamela Johnston at the Mahakaruna Foundation,
P.O. Box 344, Junction City, CA 96048–0344.
At Khadro Ling, January opened with an eight day Akshobhya Buddha retreat in which practitioners diligently recited the long dhyani mantra beginning at 4:30 a.m. and continuing in four sessions until 9:00 p.m. The atmosphere of the retreat was both serious and serene, as practitioners felt deeply connected to the person on whom their practice was focused and to the unwavering compassion of Akshobhya.
Akshobhya is the meditational (dhyani) buddha of the eastern realm of Manifest Joy and lord of the vajra family. In the sutra Praising Buddha Akshobhya’s Merits, the Bud dha Shakyamuni extolled the qualities of Akshobhya’s extraordinary perseverance: “Shariputra, in wearing the armor of vigor, Bodhisattva Akshobhya had no peer among countless thousands of other bodhisattvas.” Akshobhya attained enlightenment by steadfastly maintaining great vows, including the vow to bear not the slightest malice toward anyone. The interdependence of this vow is so powerful that repeating his mantra cuts through the flow of obscurations and the momentum of karma—even karma that would bring immediate and severe consequences at the moment of death.
Because H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche established such magnificent interdependence in creating the impressive Ak shobhya statue, Chagdud Gonpa Brasil received a steady stream of requests from sponsors. For more than a year, these were fulfilled by one fulltime retreatant, who was often able to accomplish a hundred thousand recitations in ten days. Now several experienced practitioners fulfill the commitments, but few people can complete the recitations in fewer than twenty to thirty full days. In Brazil, the $138 sponsorship fee does not cover the retreat costs to the same extent that $80 does in Tibet. So the January retreat was an experiment. Sponsored participants practiced diligently at Khadro Ling for eight days, and are committed to finishing the balance of the recitations on their own time. These practitioners don’t regret their commitment; the practice is beautiful and inspiring, and unfolds over time. Moreover, the possibility of actually releasing someone from a lower realm of existence is tremendously motivating.
To generate enough merit to free someone from an unfortunate rebirth, we not only recite mantra, but also sponsor the creation of an image of Akshobhya. In Brazil, Rinpoche instructed us to install one thousand Akshobhya tiles (in the form of tsa-tsas) behind the statue’s throne. Lama Pema Dorje has commissioned a renowned Tibetan artist who works in Taiwan to create the master tile. The Odsal Ling sangha in São Paulo has developed extremely fine techniques to produce tsatsas, which for Akshobhya will be lapis lazuli blue. We also can create excellent reproductions of Akshobhya statues under the direction of Lama Rigdzin. These images will grace a garden being developed around the Akshobhya statue.
To sponsor Akshobhya practice in Brazil, contact Lama Thubten or Pamela Johnston at the Mahakaruna Foundation,
P.O. Box 344, Junction City, CA 96048–0344.
At Khadro Ling, January opened with an eight day Akshobhya Buddha retreat in which practitioners diligently recited the long dhyani mantra beginning at 4:30 a.m. and continuing in four sessions until 9:00 p.m. The atmosphere of the retreat was both serious and serene, as practitioners felt deeply connected to the person on whom their practice was focused and to the unwavering compassion of Akshobhya.
Akshobhya is the meditational (dhyani) buddha of the eastern realm of Manifest Joy and lord of the vajra family. In the sutra Praising Buddha Akshobhya’s Merits, the Bud dha Shakyamuni extolled the qualities of Akshobhya’s extraordinary perseverance: “Shariputra, in wearing the armor of vigor, Bodhisattva Akshobhya had no peer among countless thousands of other bodhisattvas.” Akshobhya attained enlightenment by steadfastly maintaining great vows, including the vow to bear not the slightest malice toward anyone. The interdependence of this vow is so powerful that repeating his mantra cuts through the flow of obscurations and the momentum of karma—even karma that would bring immediate and severe consequences at the moment of death.
Because H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche established such magnificent interdependence in creating the impressive Ak shobhya statue, Chagdud Gonpa Brasil received a steady stream of requests from sponsors. For more than a year, these were fulfilled by one fulltime retreatant, who was often able to accomplish a hundred thousand recitations in ten days. Now several experienced practitioners fulfill the commitments, but few people can complete the recitations in fewer than twenty to thirty full days. In Brazil, the $138 sponsorship fee does not cover the retreat costs to the same extent that $80 does in Tibet. So the January retreat was an experiment. Sponsored participants practiced diligently at Khadro Ling for eight days, and are committed to finishing the balance of the recitations on their own time. These practitioners don’t regret their commitment; the practice is beautiful and inspiring, and unfolds over time. Moreover, the possibility of actually releasing someone from a lower realm of existence is tremendously motivating.
To generate enough merit to free someone from an unfortunate rebirth, we not only recite mantra, but also sponsor the creation of an image of Akshobhya. In Brazil, Rinpoche instructed us to install one thousand Akshobhya tiles (in the form of tsa-tsas) behind the statue’s throne. Lama Pema Dorje has commissioned a renowned Tibetan artist who works in Taiwan to create the master tile. The Odsal Ling sangha in São Paulo has developed extremely fine techniques to produce tsatsas, which for Akshobhya will be lapis lazuli blue. We also can create excellent reproductions of Akshobhya statues under the direction of Lama Rigdzin. These images will grace a garden being developed around the Akshobhya statue.
To sponsor Akshobhya practice in Brazil, contact Lama Thubten or Pamela Johnston at the Mahakaruna Foundation,
P.O. Box 344, Junction City, CA 96048–0344.
