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Vajrakilaya Retreat October 10-20

Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 3:44 pm
by swamiji
Event : Vajrakilaya Retreat
Date : October 10-20
Venue : Tashi Chöling Center for Buddhist Studies
Address : 2001 Colestine Road, Ashland, Oregon, USA
Map :
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Website : http://www.tashicholing.org/monthly.html#practices" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Programme :
Vajrakilaya is the primary meditational deity of the Nyingmapa tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism, and the practice undertaken and accomplished by the majority of its great realized masters. A compassionate expression of the Buddha nature, Vajrakilaya is the wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva, arising to purify the source of all suffering, which is ignorance. Particularly known for its reversal of obstacles, this powerful ritual is performed to transform negativity, sickness, and obscurations, bringing about well being and ultimate enlightenment. Both the higher and lower activities are engaged in, first concentrating on recognizing the mandala of Vajrakilaya by way of mantra recitation and visualization. The lower activity then invokes the deity’s liberating energy in a very wrathful aspect in order to bring about the transformation of negativity for ourselves and the community at large. This retreat and practice requires an empowerment and/or permission from the Lama and takes place in the fall, generally in October – November.