Empowerments and Teachings in Tucson, Arizona

We are happy to announce that Rinpoche will be visiting Awam Tibetan Buddhist Institute from 12 January to 24 January 2025. Rinpoche will confer a number of empowerments and teachings from the Padling Lineage in this teaching tour. All sessions are in-person and only selected transmissions will be online. Empowerments will not be online.

Kindly email the organiser Awam Tibetan Buddhist Institute (via poster QR code) to register your attendance (in-person). No registration required for online participants (Facebook).

Tashi Delek!

Event Schedule:

Treasures and Four Roots of the Padling Lineage

1. Sun Jan 12 – Introduction and Protective Yidam Deity Empowerment, 2-5 pm

Introduction to the Padling Lineage

Guru Rinpoche Mantra and Mudra Treasure

Dorje Gotrab – Padling Treasure teaching and Empowerment

2. Monday Jan 13 – Full Moon Day – Guru Yoga in the Padling Lineage, 2-5 pm

Foundational teachings in the lineage

The Three Kayas

Rigpa Guru Yoga – Treasure teaching, transmission, empowerment

3. Friday Jan 17 – Teachings and Practice of 21 Tibetan Yogas, 2-5pm

Foundational teachings in the lineage

Ngondro

Tibetan Yoga teaching and practice

4. Saturday Jan 18 – Preliminary Practices – Teaching, Transmission, Empowerment, 2-5pm

Ngondro

Wang Du

Tashi Gyepa

Vajrasattva – teaching, transmission, empowerment

5. Sunday Jan 19 – Four Roots Teaching, Transmissions, Empowerment, 2-5pm

Ngondro

Manjushri (Yidam Deity) – teaching, transmission, empowerment

Lung Transmission of the 30 Instructions of the Essence of Manjushri

6. Monday Jan 20- Four Roots Teaching and Transmission, 2-5pm

Ngondro

King Gesar (Dharmaphala) – teaching, transmission, empowerment

Rigpa Guru Yoga (repeated transmission for those who missed)

7. Friday Jan 24 – Dakini Day – Four Roots Teaching, Transmission, Empowerment, 2-5pm

21 Taras teaching, transmission and empowerment (Dakini)