Four mandalas of Tara Chittamani and 1000 Usnisha Vijaya offerings – streaming Saturday 17th 9.00am-1.00pm and 3.00pm-5.00pm Tara Chittamani Puja Sunday 18th 9.00am -1.00pm and 3.00pm -5.00pm 1000 offerings Usnisha Vijaya Puja 1000 offerings
Four mandalas of Tara Chittamani and 1000 Usnisha Vijaya offerings – streaming
Saturday 17th 9.00am-1.00pm and 3.00pm-5.00pm Tara Chittamani Puja
Sunday 18th 9.00am -1.00pm and 3.00pm -5.00pm 1000 offerings Usnisha Vijaya Puja
1000 offerings of water, flowers, incense, lights and food will be prepared in front of the sacred Stupa of Drubwang Gangchen Rinpoche. (In case of bad weather the offerings will be placed in the temple)
According to tradition, the anniversary of Drubwang Gangchen Rinpoche’s parinirvana is celebrated on the day of the Tibetan lunar calendar.
However this event, scheduled for April 17 and 18, honors Drubwang Gangchen Rinpoche’s paranirvana according to the solar calendar (April 18). In particular, we have chosen the Puja of 1000 offerings to Ushnisha Vijaya since it is the ceremony that Lama Gangchen Rinpoche offered to commemorate the anniversary of the parinirvana of his master His Holiness Trijang Dorje Chang.
The practice of Tara Chittamani is a special method in Tibetan Buddhism which helps to dissipate interferences and liberate sentient beings from any form of fear and dangers.
The practice permits one to identify with the pure crystal energy of the female divinity Tara which actually is an archetype of the pure female energy free from fear.
Tara is also known as the Liberator and Swift Heroine for the speed which characterises her intervention. The special energy of Tara who is the consort of Buddha Amoghasiddhi, the Supreme Healer of fear, is the key to overcoming all external, internal and secret fears.
Ushnishavijaya (in Tibetan, Tsug-tor Nam-par Ghiel-ma or NamGhyelma) is a special emanation of the Supreme Healer Vairochana and is, along with White Tara and Buddha Amitayus, one of the three main deities of long life in the Ganden Nyengyu tradition. She is also considered an emanation of Prajnaparamita, the Perfection of Wisdom, and the Mother of all Buddhas.
Geshe Lobsang Phuntsok, was born in 1969 in Darjeeling, India from tibetan parents. Following the direct advice of H.H Trijang Dorje Chan he was sent to the monastery in 1979. From 1982 to 1995 he studied the five major topics of Buddhist philosophy and he competed all the Buddhist studies getting the Geshe degree in the 2001.
In 2002 Ven. Gonsar Rinpoche invited him to help the young Yangzie Trijang Rinpoche and other students in Tashi Rabten, Austria.
He followed Kyabe Trijang Chocktrul Rinponche to USA and supported him from 2004 to 2016 in his own center the Trijang Buddhist Institute in Vermont,USA, where he has been also giving teachings to other students.
In 2020, he completed a 4 years meditation retreat in Italy and since then, he is a resident Geshe at Albagnano Healing Meditation Center.
April 17, 2021 09:30 - April 18, 2021 17:00
