FROM LAMA KHEMSAR RINPOCHE

"My love and prayers to you, your family and friends"

Dear students I am writing to you personally to invite each and every one of you - students, family and friends - to join in the warmth and fellowship of our meditations which take place at our local Drub-dhe centres worldwide every Wednesday evening throughout the year.

All are Welcome!

The focus of these evenings is on the Dzogchen Ngondro foundation practices which employ a combination of mantra, visualisation and meditation. Whilst these are generally associated with Yungdrung Bon (The Ancient Buddhism of Tibet) and Buddhism, their essence has Universal Application and can be adapted and utilized by anyone – regardless of the faith or belief system one ascribes to, so all are most cordially invited to participate.

When I am in each area, I conduct the practices in person – providing additional commentary and insights as we go along. If I am not there, my students take turns at leading the practices. We start at 7:30pm and finish at approximately 9.30pm however, if you find it difficult to arrive in time for the start, please don't worry about it – just slip in quietly when you arrive.

These sessions are FREE of charge however, if you wish to make donations, these are always most welcome and are used to help with the Rent etc. Offerings such as flowers, incense, candles, food etc. (ALL FRESH) can be brought in by you and dedicated for the benefit of yourself, your family / friends, etc. This being a positive karmic act and if, at any point, you wish to sponsor / dedicate the prayers from any session for a particular purpose, please advise your local um-zey (prayer leader) / named organizer in order that these may be done in the manner I have prescribed for them.

'Hope you can make it!'

"Human Life, no matter how successful or famous and powerful one may be, is incomplete without taking spiritual path!"

Lama Khemsar Rinpoche

From January, 2009, the practice rota below will be in operation during the Saturday practice sessions. The format to be observed, in each instance, is for the practice session to commence with the consolidated version of Dzog-chen Ngon-dro followed by the particular practice rota-ed for that session. Initially, we will be operating on a truncated version of the rota, concentrating on the first 5 practices on the list, and will eventually begin to include the other practices at an appropriate juncture in time.

1. Magyud (Gong Chod Namsoom) First Saturday
2. Phowa (Yeshe Sang Thel) Second Saturday
3. Tse-drub (Jarima) Third Saturday
4. Chod (Khadroi Ghe Gyang) Fourth Saturday
5. Zhiney (Dzogchen meditation stepping stone) Fifth Saturday

THEN in about 6 months time following will be entered into the rotation:

6. Trul-khor (Dzogchen Meditation Aid)
7. Sadhak Lu-nyen Chod-thab
8. Jam-ma (Nying-thik)
9. Sherab Mawei Seng-ghe

LA PRATICA DRUB-DHE NGO-ZHI DEL SABATO

In aggiunta alla rotazione dei 5 soggetti principali evidenziati come FOCUS del NGO-ZHI (come già indicato nel sito web e nei messaggi e-mail inviati questa settimana), riguardo la pratica dello Dzogchen Ngondro in versione consolidata Rinpoche istruisce gli studenti come segue:

"Ogni sabato lo Dzogchen Ngondro deve essere praticato nel modo consueto, ma dopo le pratiche Mitak Gyud Kul, Sem-kye e Kyabdro (che sono fondamentali), gli studenti devono procedere con una delle rimanenti pratiche dello Dzogchen Ngondro nel seguente modo:

Esempio:

Prima settimana: pratica di Mitak Gyud Kul, Sem-kye e Kyabdro
seguita da Yig-Gya,
poi procedere con il FOCUS dello NGO-ZHI previsto dalla rotazione del sabato, es. Phowa, e concludere dedicando la pratica come sempre.

La settimana seguente: pratica di Mitak Gyud Kul, Semkye e Kyabdro
seguita da Mandal Bulwa,
poi procedere con il FOCUS dello NGO-ZHI previsto dalla rotazione del sabato, es. Tse-drub Jarima, e concludere dedicando la pratica come sempre.

La settimana seguente: pratica di Mitak Gyud Kul, Semkye e Kyabdro
seguita da Lamei Neljor,
poi procedere con il FOCUS dello NGO-ZHI previsto dalla rotazione del sabato, es. Zhiney, e concludere dedicando la pratica come sempre.

La settimana seguente: pratica di Mitak Gyud Kul, Semkye e Kyabdro
seguita da Nying-po Namsoom,
poi procedere con il FOCUS dello NGO-ZHI previsto dalla rotazione del sabato, es. Chod, e concludere dedicando la pratica come sempre.

La settimana seguente: pratica di Mitak Gyud Kul, Semkye e Kyabdro
seguita da Nying-po Namsoom,
poi procedere con il FOCUS dello NGO-ZHI previsto dalla rotazione del sabato, es. Magyud Gon-chod Nam-soom e concludere dedicando la pratica come sempre.

Procedere così, a rotazione.

In questo modo la pratica del sabato seguirà lo stesso schema delle meditazioni del mercoledì sera, anch'esse infatti prevedono che ci si concentri ogni settimana a rotazione su elementi diversi dello Dzogchen Ngondro."

Lama Khemsar Rinpoche

These practices are open to any students who have received Dzogchen Ngondro, and those students who wish to receive Loong of any of these can do so by booking minimum of 2 hour private one to one with Rinpoche through local organisers.

Time: 4:20pm - 6:30pm (Subject to change)