“An empowerment bestows upon us special blessings that heal our mental continuum and awaken our Buddha nature.” — Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
This empowerment is a sublime guided meditation through which we develop a relationship with the Buddha Green Tara (Arya Tara) and form a vision of pure spiritual transformation for ourselves and our world. Through this guided meditation and blessings, we become empowered to nurture our own Buddha nature, our eternal inner potential for unlimited happiness, compassion and wisdom.
This event has three parts:
1. The blessing empowerment of Green Tara
2. Instructions on how to receive Green Tara's enlightened care and blessings in daily life
3. A short group practice with guided meditation
The empowerment, teaching and guided meditation practice will be given by our Resident Teacher Kadam Trina Gunther. This event is suitable for anyone wanting to draw closer to Buddha and grow their spiritual potential.
Everyone is welcome!
Green Tara has a close connection with Kadampa Buddhist practitioners, guiding and protecting them with her swift help and blessings!
Arya Tara arose from the compassionate tears of Buddha Avalokiteshvara, in order to care for and liberate all beings from suffering quickly.
Arya Tara means "Supreme Liberator" - Her seed letter is TAM
“At present our mind is like a sky obscured by clouds. The only reason we do not realize all phenomena is that our mind is obscured by ignorance and other delusions.
Once these are eradicated our mind will naturally become the omniscient mind of a Buddha, realizing all phenomena directly and simultaneously.
The way to dispel the clouds of ignorance from the sky of our mind is to cultivate wisdom; therefore there is no more important task than to increase our wisdom.”Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, How to Understand the Mind
Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the empowerment so that we can get everyone comfortably seated on time. Thank you!
Everyone attending has the opportunity to bring a small offering to place on the empowerment shrine, such as a fruit or chocolate. You can bring an offering or purchase one from our shop if you like.
Kadam Trina will explain how we can receive Green Tara's special care and blessings everyday and will give commentary to the practice of Liberation From Sorrow.
We will engage in Green Tara's chanted prayer and meditation practice with the meditations guided by Kadam Trina.
$70 Regular Price & Heruka KMC Basic Member
$35 Heruka KMC Supporting & Bodhisattva Member
Kadam Trina Gunther is a long-time practitioner of Modern Kadampa Buddhism. She has studied and practiced in Dharma centers under Gen-la Dekyong and Gen Rigpa, and she has worked as Education Program Coordinator at centers in Los Angeles and the UK. She is an inspiring example of a lay practitioner of Kadampa Buddhism, and brings with her a wealth of practical experience of putting Buddha's teachings into practice amidst a busy daily life.
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