BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Schipul Technologies//Schipul Codebase 5.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT ORGANIZER:Dharma Programs DTSTART:20201127T163000Z DTEND:20201129T210000Z LOCATION:Pema Osel Ling by Streaming TRANSP:OPAQUE SEQUENCE:0 UID:uid181@vajrayana.org DESCRIPTION:--- This iCal file does *NOT* confirm registration.\nEvent details subject to change. ---\nhttp://www.vajrayana.org/events/181/\n\nEvent Title: "Essence of Butter": Thanksgiving 2020\nStart Date / Time: Nov 27, 2020 10:30 AM US/Pacific\nLocation: Pema Osel Ling by Streaming\n \n \; \n \; \nThanksgiving Weekend 2020 \nNovember 26: \; Buddha Amitabha Sadhana and Tsok at 1 pm \nTo join the livestream click here - \;https://youtu.be/I71kheSu-v4 \nThanksgiving Day Tsok Online Viewable Text: \;https://dudjomtersarngondro.com/thanksgiving-amitabha-practice/ \n \; \n \;To make offerings for tsok or butterlamps \n \; \nNovember 27-29: \; Teachings with Lama Sonam Tsering Rinpoche \n \;"Pith Instructions Like the Essence of \;Butter" \;(Jomö\; Zhulen Damngak Margyi Yangzhun) \; \n10:30 am to noon and 1:30 to 3:00 pm daily \nRinpoche will give the lung \;(oral transmission) at the beginning of the first session, and will give it again on the last day. \n \; \nRegistration \n \; \nText: Pith Instructions Like the Essence of Butter \; \nPrint version and Digital Download \n \; \n \; \nGuru Rinpoche&rsquo\;s teaching to the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal on how to practice during one's life \;and how to prepare for the time of death \nA Terma Revealed by the 14th century terton, Orgyen Dorje Lingpa \n \; \nWhen Guru Rinpoche was about to leave Tibet, the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal said to him, &ldquo\;O Great Master, you are going off to tame the cannibals, and I will be left behind in Tibet. Although I have served you for a long time, now I am an old woman close to death and I still have no confidence in practice. Please be compassionate and give me a concise, easy-to-apply teaching of all pith instructions synthesized into one.&rdquo\; \; \;This teaching is Guru Rinpoche&rsquo\;s response to her request. \n \; \n \; \nThanksgiving Day, \;Thursday, November 26 \nBuddha Amitabha Tsok (by streaming) - 1 pm \nTo join the livestream click here - \;https://youtu.be/I71kheSu-v4 \nMain Text: The Excellent Path to Omniscience \nDigital download \nPrint version \n \; \nDue to the pandemic, there will be no sangha potluck dinner this year. \n"Thanksgiving is a special day for loved ones to join together however they are able, and for that reason it is positive. But it is also a time when many turkeys' lives are taken. We are doing this puja to pray that these turkeys be reborn in Amitabha's Pureland. This practice will focus our compassion for them and all sentient beings, including our loved ones who may be ill or have passed away." \; \;Lama Sonam Rinpoche, 2014 \n \; \n*FINANCIAL AID \nDuring this time of the pandemic, we do not want finances to be an obstacle to participation and no one \;will be turned away. \; Please contact office@vajrayana.org if you have special circumstances and are not able to register at one of the suggested levels of donation. Your contribution of any amount supports the operation and activities of our teachers and Pema Osel Ling, especially during this challenging time.--- This iCal file does *NOT* confirm registration.Event details subject to change. ---\n\n--- Tendenci(tm) Software by Schipul.com - The Web Marketing Company ---\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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November 26: \; Buddha Amitabha Sadhana and Tsok at 1 pm
To join the livestream click here - \;https://youtu.be/I71kheSu-v4
Thanksgiving Day Tsok Online Viewable Text: \;https://dudjomtersarngondro.com/thanksgiving-amitabha-practice/
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 \;To make offerings for tsok or butterlamps
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November 27-29: \; Teachings with Lama Sonam Tsering Rinpoche
 \;"Pith Instructions Like the Essence of \;Butter" \;(Jomö\; Zhulen Damngak Margyi Yangzhun) \;
10:30 am to noon and 1:30 to 3:00 pm daily
Rinpoche will give the lung \;(oral transmission) at the beginning of the first session, and will give it again on the last day.
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Text: Pith Instructions Like the Essence of Butter \;
Print version and Digital Download
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Guru Rinpoche&rsquo\;s teaching to the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal on how to practice during one's life \;and how to prepare for the time of death
A Terma Revealed by the 14th century terton, Orgyen Dorje Lingpa
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When Guru Rinpoche was about to leave Tibet, the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal said to him, &ldquo\;O Great Master, you are going off to tame the cannibals, and I will be left behind in Tibet. Although I have served you for a long time, now I am an old woman close to death and I still have no confidence in practice. Please be compassionate and give me a concise, easy-to-apply teaching of all pith instructions synthesized into one.&rdquo\; \; \;This teaching is Guru Rinpoche&rsquo\;s response to her request.
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Thanksgiving Day, \;Thursday, November 26
Buddha Amitabha Tsok (by streaming) - 1 pm
To join the livestream click here - \;https://youtu.be/I71kheSu-v4
 \;
Due to the pandemic, there will be no sangha potluck dinner this year.
"Thanksgiving is a special day for loved ones to join together however they are able, and for that reason it is positive. But it is also a time when many turkeys' lives are taken. We are doing this puja to pray that these turkeys be reborn in Amitabha's Pureland. This practice will focus our compassion for them and all sentient beings, including our loved ones who may be ill or have passed away." \; \;Lama Sonam Rinpoche, 2014
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*FINANCIAL AID
During this time of the pandemic, we do not want finances to be an obstacle to participation and no one \;will be turned away. \; Please contact office@vajrayana.org if you have special circumstances and are not able to register at one of the suggested levels of donation. Your contribution of any amount supports the operation and activities of our teachers and Pema Osel Ling, especially during this challenging time.