Nyung Nay, Kangyur, Saka Dawa
Nyung Nay Avalokiteshvara Fasting Ritual
Deer Park will host the Nyung Nay Avalokiteshvara fasting ritual led by Geshe Tenzin Dorje la starting on Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 4:30 a.m. to Monday morning, May 28, 2012.
Prerequisites: For those planning to attend, there is a prerequisite of having had either a Chenrezig empowerment OR a highest yoga tantra initiation.
Registration: Starting in mid-April, there will be a sign up for this in the temple. Anyone intending to participate in this ritual should sign up in advance in the temple or call Drolma at (608) 835-6990 with your name and phone number--as we need a count for meals and texts. If you have your own copy of the text, please bring this.
Description of Practice: This practice, based on the Buddha of compassion, involves fasting and multiple daily sessions of prostration and recitation of the sadhana, praises, and mantra. This is an intensive spiritual practice to purify obscurations and negativities and accumulate merit. This practice involves taking only one pre-noon vegetarian meal on Saturday provided by Deer Park and then fasting until Monday morning until breakfast provided by Deer Park.
Schedule: The schedule for Saturday and Sunday involves taking the 8 Mahayana precepts (24 hour vows) at 4:30AM at Deer Park. Please plan to be in the temple BEFORE 4:30AM so that we can start promptly. Sunday is a day of silence with no food or liquid to be taken. Participants should plan to attend the entire ritual.
Details: Please bring some padding to place on the floor to protect your knees during prostrations. Also, it's a good idea to bring 2 small towels (or some other protection) to protect your hands.
Lunch on Saturday will be offered by several Tibetan families.
Cost: Contributions are welcome.
Kangyur Reading
Tuesday May 29, 2012 until Monday June 4, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Deer Park will host a reading of the entire Kangyur, the Buddha's Speech. The Kangyur will be read in Tibetan. For those who do not read Tibetan, there are a few sutras available in English. These include: Vajra Cutter Sutra, the Sutra of Golden Light, and the Sanghata Sutra.
Deer Park has a limited number of these sutras in English. If you have your own copies of these to read, please bring them.
The purpose for this reading is for the long life and good health of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, for the long lives and good health of Geshe Sopa Rinpoche, Jangste Choje Rinpoche, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and Geshe Tenzin Dorje la, and for world peace. This reading is especially dedicated to the long life and good health of our most precious teacher, Geshe Sopa la.
In order to plan for meals during this time, we request that anyone planning to attend any days of the Kangyur reading, please contact Sherab at 608-332-7080 OR email Sherab at lsherab@hotmail.com to inform him of the specific dates you plan to attend.
Anyone is welcome to make a donation to this virtuous activity by sending a check to
Deer Park at 4548 Schneider Drive,
Oregon, WI 53575, and by noting in the memo "for Kangyur reading".
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Essence of Saka Dawa
Monday, June 4 is the 15th day of the Tibetan month of Saka Dawa. This day is the "essence of Saka Dawa" because it commemorates Shakyamuni Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana. On this day, the merit of virtuous activities is multiplied exponentially.
Deer Park will host a Guru Puja with tsog at 6:30 p.m. this day. You are welcome to bring cookies, fruit, etc. to offer as tsog. All are welcome to attend.
As part of the puja, you are welcome to bring a nonperishable food item which Deer Park will donate to an area food pantry. |
