Event : Zambhala Puja and Empowerment (财神共修法会)
Date : 16 July 2010 to 17 July 2010
Time : 10am - 5pm
Venue : Marpa Kagyu Dharma Society at 31 Kranji Crescent
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Zambhala or 'Wealth Deity' Puja would help to increase our worldly and spiritual wealth
and the practice will gradually lead us towards liberation.
Event : Amitabha Buddha Puja & Amitabha Jangchog Puja
(阿弥陀佛法会/超度法会)
Date : 18 July 2010
Time : 10am - 5pm
Through Amitabha Jangchog puja, we can dedicate blessings of awakening to our ancestors and loved ones so that they can take rebirth in the pureland, or even if they might have already been reborn into another life, they could still be benefited through the dedications.
Event : Vajrasattva Retreat (金刚è�¨å¤šé—关共修)
Date : 24 July 2010 to 25 July 2010
Time : 6am - 8pm
Vajrasattva is the Buddha of purification. This retreat give us the opportunity to purify our negativity by engaging in the purification practices of Buddha Vajrasattva. Through this practice we can remove both the causes of our future suffering and obstacles to our spiritual practice.Through purifying our negativity, our mind will gradually become happier and happier, our good qualities will increase, and all our mental and physical problems will gradually disappear.
All of the above activities will
Lead by: Lodro Rinpoche
Registration: Before 16 July 2010
Venue : Marpa Kagyu Dharma Society at 31 Kranji Crescent
Contact : +65 9858 6372 or +65 9370 1209
Lodro Rinpoche was born in Gha county of Dhokham, Tibet. At a very young age, he had both great faith in, and a clear vision of, Dharma. It was as though the instincts of many earlier existences had possessed him with equality consciousness as well as incomparable love and compassion for all sentient beings, irrespective of their status, both great and small.
Early in life, he respectfully bowed at the feet of many spiritually advanced Lamas and, in this way, was given the opportunity to grow quickly in his study of Buddha Dharma. Through these holy Lamas he received initiation, deep spiritual transmission through reading and scriptural explanation, as well as the most quintessential of the teachings of the Buddha. He had abandoned worldly life at an early age.
Lodroe Rinpoche undertook pilgrimages to numerous holy places and practiced intense meditation in places that, for ages, had been blessed by many great Tibetan saints. It was during this time that he discovered that the monastery of the great saints Marpa, Milarepa and Thakpo had fallen into ruin due to some unfortunate occurrences in Tibet. When he saw how the beautiful teachings of Marpa, Milarepa and Thakpo had deteriorated into mere vestiges in print, he felt broken-hearted.
It was then that he made a strong personal commitment to restore, to their full glory, the teachings of this incomparable lineage. Highly motivated to see his vision succeed, Lodroe Rinpoche began contributing wholeheartedly to the restoration of Buddha's teaching in the area. The seed of Dharma, once again, was planted in the minds and hearts of the local people.
Lodro Rinpoche then left Tibet and traveled into Nepal and India. He sat at the feet of many great Lamas and Khenpos from both old and new traditions alike. He fused some strong spiritual relationships with them and furthered, under them, his studies of the Great Philosophical Treatises. Filled with a natural enthusiasm, he also traveled to the home countries of many disciples from both East and West. He visited their wonderful Dharma Centers in order toteach and propagate Buddha Dharma.
One of the mission of Lodroe Rinpoche today is to input entire Marpa Kagyud Buddhist text into CD-ROM format in order to both restore the text that has deteriorated in its original parchment format and to re-encode it digitally so that it cannot be lost. It will then be simple to print legible copies for all who wish to study. By dedicating his life to this form of Buddha Dharma, it is Lodroe Rinpoche's prayer that existence of these great scriptures will continue to benefit all sentient beings.