We are so happy to invite you to a “Bodhisattva Retreat” with Khenpo Lobsang Tenzin from Vajra Vidya Institute in Colorado. Khenpo Lobsang will instruct us on the 37 practices of a Bodhisattva and the 4 Brahamaviharas ( the 4 Immeasurables: Loving Kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy, and Equanimity).
SCHEDULE:
Saturday, October 12
First session: 3:00 – 5:00 pm. Supper at 6, on your own.
Evening Chenrezi at 7:00 pm
Sunday, October 13
Sunday morning: interviews, possibly 9:00 to 9:45.
First session: 10:00 am – noon
Potluck lunch: noon – 2:00 pm
Second session 2:00 – 5:00 pm. Supper at 6, on your own.
Evening Chenrezi at 7:00 pm
Monday, October 14
Morning Fire Puja at the stupa at 9:00 am
For any who wish to spend the night, there are two primitive retreat cabins as well as many retreat campsites around the stupa, and a bathhouse with a complete kitchen and two bathrooms. (to reserve space or for more info on these, please contact Michael at mcwalshphoto@gmail.com).Please bring your own food if you plan to spend the night.
All are welcome to any and all sessions and there are no requirements to attend this.
Bodhisattva – one who trains for enlightenment for the benefit for all beings or ” a person who is able to reach nirvana but delays doing so out of compassion in order to save suffering beings” or “all who serve other beings with love and compassion.”
Suggested donation $15 per teaching session. No one turned away for lack of funds.
For more information, please call Hilece at (575) 586-1454; or e-mail Gabrielle at gabrielle.herbertson (at) gmail.com.
ABOUT THE TEACHER
Khenpo Lobsang Tenzin was born in Bhutan in 1969, and entered the monastery at the age of 9. At 22 he entered shedra, completed the 5-year course of study, became Khorpon, then Lopon, and in 1996 Khenpo. He received full ordination in 1985 from Ven. Thrangu Rinpoche. For ten years he was Director of Vajra Vidya Institute in Asia, where, along with his many administrative responsibilities, he taught shedra classes for monks, seminar classes for foreign students, and was a guest lecturer at Central University of Tibet Studies in Sarnath. He has studied in all four lineages, is a Rime scholar, and teaches warm-heartedly from the synthesis of Buddhist lineages. In 2004, Ven. Thrangu Rinpoche appointed him as the principal Professor and Director of all his monastic colleges. He teaches at all Thrangu Rinpoche’s centers worldwide. In 2009 he went to England where he studied English at Oxford. In 2013, Khenpo Lobzang left India to join retreat master Khenpo Jigme of Vajra Vidya Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado, Kyabje Thrangu Rinpoche’s seat in the United States. The two Khenpos completed overseeing Vajra Vidya’s inaugural Kagyu tradition three-year retreat. Currently, in addition to supervising and teaching visiting retreatants, he gives teachings in English for study groups and Dharma centers throughout the U.S. Having attended shedra with Khenpo Jigme, they have known one another for 30 years. We are so fortunate that they are the resident Khenpos at Vajra Vidya Retreat Center in Crestone CO, and that they come to share the Dharma with us.
