ATTENTION: Teaching schedule has been updated. (2016-08-15)
| Time: | August 16 – 26, 2016 |
| Location: | 781 Warden Ave. Toronto M1L 4C2 Canada |
| Suggested Donation: | Phowa Teaching: $280 ( all-inclusive)
Public Sessions: Free |
| Contacts: | Tel: (647) 909-3288 Joan
Email: [email protected] |
| Accommodation Suggestions: | Radisson Hotel Toronto East |
Phowa is a traditional Tibetan Buddhist practice, performed by all lineages, that supports the dying person to release attachments, remember the spiritual teachings they have been given, and offer favorable conditions for liberation or a positive rebirth. It can benefit all beings, Buddhist or non-Buddhist, as well as animals.
We have four major kinds of suffering in our lifetime: birth, sickness, old age and death. For those who are already grown up, birth suffering is over. For sickness suffering there are many helpers (our family and relatives, friends and community) and all different kinds of treatment. For old age suffering, no matter what different kinds of treatment we do to our body, we are going to get older each second, each hour, and each day. Ultimately, we cannot make ourselves younger.
Death is our biggest suffering, and our biggest mistake is not to think about it. Our family members, relatives and friends cannot join us at our death moment. We are alone with the results of the positive, virtuous, good deeds we did in our life. These results are all that is with us, and is our self-protection.
Phowa practice is the best self-protection. It is the best way to be free from death suffering. It is the easiest way to reach Buddha Amitabha’s Pure Land, and the quickest way to reach enlightenment from Amitabha’s Pure Land.
Ayang Rinpoche is a Phowa master highly recognized by many well-known Tibetan Buddhist lamas. Japanese scientists, using an EEG machine, also confirmed their findings. Motivated to benefit all beings, Ayang Rinpoche extensively travels the world teaching Phowa.
| Date | Time | Subject | Note | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday August 16 |
7pm-9:30pm | Short Introduction to Phowa (Transference of Consciousness at the moment of death) | Public | Ayang Rinpoche |
| Wednesday August 17 |
9-12 NOON
3pm-7pm |
Empowerment Preparation (Rinpoche and assistant only)
Buddha Amitabha Empowerment |
Public |
Ayang Rinpoche
Ayang Rinpoche |
| Thursday August 18 |
9-12 NOON
3pm-6pm 7pm-9:30pm |
Phowa Teaching
Phowa Teaching (continue) Phowa Teaching (continue) |
Ayang Rinpoche
Ayang Rinpoche Ayang Rinpoche |
|
| Friday August 19 |
9-12 NOON
2pm-5pm
7pm-9pm |
Nyingma Phowa Oral Transmission Blessing
Start Vajrasattva Teaching-Four Powers Vajrasattva Visualization Teaching Teaching text reading. Nyingma and Drikung |
Public
Public Public |
Ayang Rinpoche
Ayang Rinpoche Assistant Assistant |
| Saturday August 20 |
9-12 NOON
2pm-5pm 7pm-9:30pm |
Drikung Phowa Teaching
Nyingma Phowa Practice Nyingma Phowa Practice |
|
Ayang Rinpoche
Ayang Rinpoche Assistant |
| Sunday August 21 |
9-12 NOON
2pm-5:30pm 7pm-9:30pm |
Drikung Phowa Oral Transmission Blessing and Practice
Three Excellencies Teaching Drikung Phowa Practice |
Public
Public |
Ayang Rinpoche
Ayang Rinpoche Assistant |
| Monday August 22 |
9-12 NOON
2pm-5pm 7pm-9pm |
Start Buddha Amitabha Teaching
Buddha Amitabha Practice Visualization Teaching Drikung Phowa Practice Namcho Amitabha Short Sadhana Practice and Buddha Amitabha Pureland Long Aspiration Prayer |
Public
Public
Public |
Ayang Rinpoche
Assistant Assistant Ayang Rinpoche |
| Tuesday August 23 |
9-12 NOON
2pm-6pm 7pm-9pm |
Teaching on Doing Phowa for Other Dead Beings
Milarepa Tsog Offering Prayer Short Nyingma Phowa Practice |
Public |
Ayang Rinpoche
Assistant Ayang Rinpoche |
| Wednesday August 24 |
9-12 NOON
2pm-5pm 7pm-9pm |
Teaching on Phowa for Oneself at the Moment of Death
Instruction on Phowa Practice after the course Short Drikung Phowa Practice |
Ayang Rinpoche
Ayang Rinpoche Assistant |
|
| Thursday August 25 |
9-12 NOON
2pm-5pm |
Buddha Amitabha Tsog Offering Prayers
Buddha Amitabha Tsog Liberation Prayers |
Public
Public |
Ayang Rinpoche
Ayang Rinpoche |
Payment Method 1 : BMO bank of Montreal
Financial Institution No: 001
Account No: 3976-611
Branch Transit Number 30242
Payment Method 2 : Email
Payment Method 3 : PayPal
| Location: | 781 Warden Ave, Toronto, ON M1L 4C2, Canada |