Beyond The Sands Of Time: 2011 Kuala Lumpur Kalachakra for World Peace

PROGRAM DETAILS:

 

Commentary on Lama Atisha’s Lamp of the Path to Enlightenment
6th - 7th September (Tuesday & Wednesday)
7.30pm - 9.30pm
Olympic Sports Hotel

Lama Atisha's most celebrated text, entitled Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, sets forth the entire Buddhist path within the framework of three levels of motivation on the part of the practitioner. Lama Atisha's text thus became the source of the Lam Rim tradition, or graduated stages of the path to enlightenment, an approach to spiritual practice incorporated within all schools of Tibetan Buddhism and in particular within the Gelug lineage. His Eminence Choden Rinpoche, himself an accomplished Tibetan master in both sutra and tantra will provide both students and practitioners a glimpse of the entire path as outlined by Lama Atisha. This commentary is open to the public and does not require prior registration.

Kalachakra Empowerment 
10th - 11th September (Saturday & Sunday)
2.30pm - 5.30pm
Chin Woo Stadium

The public is welcome to attend this rare Kalachakra Empowerment as just a BLESSING! 

The Kalachakra Tantra is a tantric practice of the Highest Yoga Tantra (HYT) tradition and share many aspects of its tenets with other HYT practices but also differs in that while other HYT practices are given in more discretionary manner, the Kalachakra practice can be conferred to the masses by a qualified tantric master of pure lineage. The practice of tantra in its very essence is a meditational practice about transforming the ordinary mundane activities into the extraordinary as a means to accumulate merits and purifying negativities, the ultimate aim of which is to gain the Buddha nature or enlightened mind of the Buddha in the quickest means possible and to benefit as many beings as possible.

Kala means time and chakra refers to wheels or cycles, so collectively it literally means the cycle of time. On a broad level, Kalachakra refers to the outer, inner and alternative cycles that affect the universe: the outer Kalachakra refers to the physical world – the birth and death of our solar system and universes, the inner Kalachakra concerns the processes of human gestation and birth rhyming the rhythm of our biological clock; the alternative Kalachakra is the spiritual path to achieve the Buddha nature and omniscience of the all knowing and enlightened mind that is latent in all sentient beings. The great empowerment ceremony of Kalachakra tantra gives the opportunity for people of all faiths to gather in a peaceful atmosphere to listen to teachings on love and compassion and to re-affirm their commitments to upholding the pure ethics of their traditions.  Mounting over this harmonious sharing of positive energy, world peace is propagated as just it is for this event has aimed.

Graciously, His Eminence Choden Rinpoche presides over this ceremony, as the glorious Kalachakra deity, will confer the empowerment and blessings to the public.  All members of the public are free to participate in this ceremony.  
The general public who attends this ceremony as receiving it as a blessing must receive the Refuge vow with Rinpoche giving in the ceremony.  During the empowerment process, the individual should not visualize himself or herself as the deity, but rather visualize the deity above one’s crown.  
For those attending this ceremony by taking the empowerment with the intent to enter into the mandala of the Kalachakra to deepen one's spiritual path, the individual must be prepared to take up and honor the Bodhisattva and Tantric vows as well as the Refuge vow and importantly to regard Rinpoche as one’s Guru, in addition to committing oneself to recitation of the Kalachakra mantra 7 times daily for life as their life long commitment.

As the Vajramaster for the Empowerment, Rinpoche may revise the stated commitment according to the disposition of the students at the time of the Empowerment.

Commentary on Kalachakra Sadhana 
(Open to Kalachakra Initiates only)
13th - 15th September (Tuesday to Thursday)
7.30pm - 9.30pm
Olympic Sports Hotel

16th September (Friday)
2.30pm - 4.30pm 
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Olympic Sports Hotel
In this very rare occasion, His Eminence Choden Rinpoche will provide a commentary teaching on the Kalachakra Sadhana based on his own meditative practices acquired through many years of practice. For the purpose of this teaching, Rinpoche has kindly offered a short sadhana based on the Six-session Guru Yoga of Kalachakra that was composed by the Tutor Ling Rinpoche.  This short sadhana allows beginners to carry the practice of self-generation.  By attending this teaching you will be the first among Rinpoche’s many students over the world to be first in receiving this precious dharma!

Rinpoche’s pure lineage of the Kalachakra can be traced back to the great Tibetan masters of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and Lama Denma Lochoe.  This commentary is restricted to only initiates who have taken the Kalachakra initiation before either from Rinpoche himself or from qualified Tibetan masters and have prior registration to attend.  Seats are limited and offered on a first come first serve basis. 

The five sessions for these commentary teachings are to be held in the following schedule:
Session 1: 7:30pm – 9:00pm Tuesday 13 September
Session 2: 7:30pm – 9:00pm Wednesday 14 September
Session 3: 7:30pm – 9:00pm Thursday 15 September
Session 4: 2:30pm – 4:30pm Friday 16 September
Session 5: 7:00pm – 9:00pm Friday 16 September
For those interested in participating in these commentary teachings, please refer to Important Notice below for details of registration.  We encourage participants to support the cost of usage of venue and other necessary expenditure incurred.  Sign up as our DharmaChakra Sponsorship of RM 300 per set.  Details are included in the registration form. 

Long Life Empowerment & Puja
18th September (Sunday)
9:30am - 12.30pm 

Ancasa Hotel

Open to Public to attend this Blessing ceremony.

Realising how difficult it is to obtain this precious life with perferct freedoms and endowments, we establish a motivation to rely on a long-life deity to stabilize our life in order to practice dharma.  This indispensable practice purifies as much negative karma and obscurations as enhances our former virtues and accumulates as much new merit as possible.  As life extended due to this long-life deity practice, we dedicate this to attain the state of own Buddhahood as quickly as possible for the welfare of all mother sentient beings as extensive as space.

The long-life deity to be presided over this Long-life Empowerment is Amitayus – a sambhokaya form of Amitabha Buddha.  This is a blessing empowerment (belong to Kriya Tantra) open to all members of the public and there is no commitment for this empowerment.

Subsequent to this empowerment is the long life puja offered to the inconceivable compassionate His Eminence Choden Rinpoche for His long life in continuing spreading Dharma.   Incredible amount of merits will be accumulated in participating this puja.   Any individual is welcome to attend the ceremony and may make individual offerings.

Important Information

Public Teachings (Commentary on Lamp of the Path to Enlightenment and Long Life Empowerment & Puja) :

Any individuals are welcome to attend any teachings and activities.
There is no commitment for Amitayus long-life deity empowerment. 

Kalachakra Empowerment and Commentary :

It is advisable for anyone who wishes to attend the Empowerment to have stable faith and understanding in the 3 Jewels, the 3 Principles of the Path, and the Vajra Master of the Empowerment - His Eminence Choden Rinpoche

Those taking the Empowerment must attend all 2 days of the program. Note that you will be taking Refuge, Bodhisattva and Tantric Vows during the empowerment.

If you are taking the Kalachakra Empowerment and/or Commentary you must recite daily the mantra of the Kalachakra deity 7 times for the rest of your life.

Anyone planning to attend the Commentary must register in advance. There is a cost for participating this Kalachakra Commentary.

Minimal charges per participant for venue usage: RM 300 per person and sign up as our DharmaChakra Sponsor.  For DharmaChakra Sponsorship, you will receive a blessed jewel carved with the  Kalachakra Protection Mantra and one special allocated seating during the Kalachakra Empowerment.

Participants are encouraged to contribute further if it is within their means, so that those who cannot afford the minimal charges can be sponsored to attend.

In any case, we will not decline any persons from attending the teachings due to financial constraints, and will find any means necessary to support them. 

All Sangha members are waived from the minimal charges.

Please fill up the completed form and email it to klkalachakra@yahoo.com.  

Accommodation :

We have arranged for Olympic Sports Hotel to offer very competitive prices (Superior RM 140 nett per room including breakfast or Deluxe rooms RM 170 nett per room including breakfast) for those requiring accommodation during the teachings. 
Please fill up the completed form to indicate the dates your require accommodation and email it to klkalachakra@yahoo.com. 

For non-muslim only.

Where are the Venues?

There are two venues: Olympic Sports Hotel , Ancasa Hotel and Chin Woo Stadium, for this 2011 Kalachakra teachings event.  Both Chin Woo Stadium and Olympic Sports Hotel are resided at Jalan Hang Jebat, 50150 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Stadium is located opposite to the Hotel.

You can also browse their websites at  

http://www.chinwoo.org.my 

http://www.olympichotel-kualalumpur.com 

The Hotel is proximity to Central Market and Chinatown, and within KL Monorail – Hang Tuah Station and STAR LRT.  Plenty of car parks are available at both venues.



For Hotel Ancasa reservation please contact : 

Ms.Nor Annisa  
Mobile : 019-5686080  
Email : annisa@ancasanet.com
Hotel Tel : 603-20266060 , Fax : 603-20268322
http://www.ancasa-hotel.com/   
( Please contact ms.nor annisa directly for room reservation )

Where are the Forms?
You can find the linkage for the following forms at this blog.
Registration Form for the Commentary on Kalachakra Sadhana
Form for Accommodation

Once filled up the forms, kindly email them to 
klkalachakra@yahoo.com.



Download form for Accomodation click here
Download form for Commentary   click here