The Wisdom Age Newsletter of Drogmi Buddhist Institute A Tibetan Buddhist Centre in the Sakya Tradition Issue 45 February 2019 Dear Friends, Wishing you all a very Happy Tibetan New Year 2146, from Khenpo Ngawang Dhamchoe and all at Drogmi Buddhist Institute / Kamalashila Tibetan Buddhist Centre (KTBC). Yours in the dharma NEWS FROM DROGMI BUDDHIST INSTITUTE Happy Losar! Khenpo la and friends at the centre extend an invitation to celebrate "Losar", the Tibetan New Year 2146 (2019), the Year of the Earth Pig. Losar itself falls on Tuesday, 5th February. Traditionally, Tibetans start the period of celebration by cleaning their houses and local monasteries / nunneries 2 days prior, that is this Sunday. On this day they gather after cleaning to enjoy a Tibetan festive soup. Then at Losar, monasteries perform pujas and families gather together. KTBC will be holding a program to celebrate this very special time. Read More 2019 Program Dates and times are now available for all 2019 events/retreats to be held at Kamalashila Tibetan Buddhist Centre, as well as the pilgrimage at the end of the year to India and Nepal with Khenpo la. Further details will be published throughout the year. Khenpo la’s national and New Zealand teaching program will be announced shortly... Read more UPCOMING COURSES & EVENTS His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin will visit Kamalashila Tibetan Buddhist Centre 23 to 26 April 2019 Teaching program: White Tara Retreat Empowerments: The King Tradition Avalokiteshvara Empowerment, Six Dome Uncommon White Tara Empowerment and Vajrakilaya Torma Empowerment. His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin has generously accepted the invitation of Khenpo Ngawang Dhamchoe and the Drogmi Buddhist Institute Committee to hold a White Tara Retreat and bestow the King Avalokiteshvara empowerment, Six Dome White Tara empowerment and Vajrakilaya Torma empowerment during the retreat. It is an extremely rare opportunity to receive these three important empowerments and teachings at one event, from such a highly qualified and revered master at the base of Gulaga mountain, an ancient spiritual place of the Yuin First Nations peoples. We strongly encourage you to not miss this ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’. Bookings for the program will be available with further information on 8 February at www.drogmi.org RECENT EVENTS Visit by His Eminence Kyabje Luding Khen Rinpoche His Eminence Kyabje Luding Khen Rinpoche arrived in Sydney Australia to commence a three-week program of Empowerments and Teachings at Kamalashila Tibetan Buddhist Centre (KTBC). His Eminence was greeted at the airport by Khenpo Ngawang Dhamchoe, other Lamas and sangha members. A short welcome ceremony was conducted before His Eminence made the trip down to Kamalashila, Tilba. Upon arrival at KTBC, His Eminence was greeted by Alan and Annie Ray who warmly presented khatas and flowers to Him as they approached the property entrance and lead His Eminence and entourage for a traditional welcome ceremony by Khenpo Ngawang Dhamchoe who escorted them to the gompa. Tea and auspicious rice offerings were made to His Eminence, as it was also wonderful to have so many of the local community in attendance along with participants in the precious Vajrayogini program. Immediately upon conclusion of the ceremony a thunderstorm with torrential rain descended as His Eminence departed to His residence, a most auspicious blessing to the beginning of such a wonderful event... Read More Words of appreciation from students attending the January Program with His Eminence His Eminence makes our hearts sing with joy. Two old chooks who chatter all day, cannot find words to express our feelings to even make a sentence or two on our experiences. Love, gratitude, encouraging, safe and supported – all of this and more. We have come full circle with Khenpo la, he was the first monk to come to Whyalla and has been at many of our major Dharma Blessings, empowerments and teachings, and many of them organised by him. Even though we have this distance between us, we feel very close to him, as within the Dharma, there is no distance. Friends come and go, but we have now found our Dharma brothers and sisters. Lots of love, Brenda and Lynda (Whyalla, SA)... Read More Losar Celebrations This past Sunday the 3rd of February at KTBC, sangha members gathered for Medicine Buddha meditation, then cleaned the gompa, worked in the garden together, and then shared lunch of traditional barley soup and fortune dumplings that Khenpo la and Ani la had prepared. Thank you Khenpo la and Ani la for sharing this very special Losar family tradition with us all... Read More Find out more by visiting our website. Home Courses & events Venue hire Support us Contact Home Courses & events Venue hire Support us Contact We only use this list for The Wisdom Age newsletter. You can unsubscribe from this mailing list below. To unsubscribe from general mailings from Drogmi Buddhist Institute, please email
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