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SUMMARY:Vajrasattva\, Green Tara\, and Chenrezi Empowerments with Venerable Lama Tsang Tsing
DESCRIPTION:Empowerment Opportunities Abound!\nRegistration for this event is closed. \nWe are pleased to announce that Venerable Lama Tsang Tsing has accepted our invitation to grant three empowerments at KCC as part of our yearlong celebration of our dharma center’s 50th anniversary. He will be bestowing the three initiations that are most essential to KCC’s programming: Vajrasattva\, Green Tara\, and Chenrezi. \nEmpowerment is a key feature of Vajrayana Buddhism and can be understood as a formal initiation for a particular yidam practice. A yidam is a manifestation of awakened mind—wisdom\, compassion\, and ability—in form. There is a practice for each yidam where we imagine that yidam (often regarding ourselves in that form) and recite a mantra. By imagining our being manifested as awakened body\, speech\, and mind\, these types of meditation are said to hasten our awakening. \nVajrasattva is associated with purification and is part of the ngondro\, or preliminary\, practices\, of the Mahamudra tradition. Green Tara is considered the embodiment of the activity of all the buddhas\, and Chenrezi is seen as an emanation of the compassion of all the buddhas. Even if you do not plan to begin such practices right away\, it is considered very positive to take such empowerments. By receiving empowerments\, auspicious seeds are planted in our being and these rituals are said to have a “ripening effect” on our spiritual path to awakening. We are thus encouraged to take such empowerments again and again. \nThe only prerequisite is to first take the vow of refuge\, which is a formal way to enter the Buddhist path. This will be offered before each initiation. There are no mandatory practice commitments for receiving any of these. \nLama Tsang Tsing is the resident lama of our sister center\, Kagyu Dakshang Chuling in Eugene\, Oregon\, and is a highly respected monk and practitioner. Lama Tsang Tsing spent some of his youth at Tsurphu Monastery in Tibet and later did the second three-year retreat at Sonada under Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche and Bokar Rinpoche. He was later sent to America by Kalu Rinpoche to act as the retreat master for the three-year retreat attended by Lama Michael Conklin from 1986-1989. \nDates and times \nVajrasattva Empowerment: Friday\, July 10th at 7:00pm – 9:00pm\nGreen Tara Empowerment: Saturday\, July 11th at 2:00pm – 4:00pm\nChenrezi Empowerment: Sunday\, July 12th at 10:00am – 12:00pm\n\nVIEW EVENT DETAILS: https://kcc.org/event/vajrasattva-green-tara-and-chenrezi-empowerments-with-venerable-lama-tsang-tsing/
URL:https://kcc.org/event/vajrasattva-green-tara-and-chenrezi-empowerments-with-venerable-lama-tsang-tsing/
LOCATION:KCC Portland Center\, 4936 NE Skidmore Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97218\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chenrezi,Green Tara Practice,Portland Event,Retreats & Special Events,Special Sessions
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SUMMARY:Shamatha Meditation - PM
DESCRIPTION:This event is in-person and on Zoom. \nThe foundation of Buddhist meditation is Shamatha\, a meditation that develops stable attention which serves as the essential underpinning of all other meditation practices. \nAt the beginning of each session\, brief instruction to the practice of Shamatha will be given.  After a one-hour session and a 10-minute break\, there will be a teaching or question-and-answer period with participants. \n6:30pm – 7:15pm — Shamatha meditation\, with brief instruction\n7:15pm – 8:00pm — Teachings and/or question and answer session \nJoin for Shamatha Meditation Online \nClick the Zoom button below to enter the session. If you join early\, you’ll be placed in a waiting room until the session begins. \nDepending on your Zoom settings\, you may be asked to enter a passcode for this event. \nPasscode: 798448 \nIf you experience any issues accessing the session\, please reach out via email at zoom@kcc.org. \n  \nJOIN ON ZOOM \n\nVIEW EVENT DETAILS: https://kcc.org/event/shamatha-meditation-pm-2-2-4/2026-07-12/
URL:https://kcc.org/event/shamatha-meditation-pm-2-2-4/2026-07-12/
LOCATION:KCC Portland Center\, 4936 NE Skidmore Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97218\, United States
CATEGORIES:Regular Practices,Shamatha Meditation
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