Date: Friday 3 July, 9am – Sunday 5 July, 6pm
Location: Greenview Room (Level 2) – Merrylands Bowling Club
The Mandala of the One Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Ceremony is a profound practice that helps and enables sentient beings to attain purification, liberation and a good rebirth in the upper or Pure Realms.
Shitro or Zhitro (Standard Tibetan: ཞི་ཁྲོ) is a rare teaching from the Treasure Cycle of Karma Lingpa and traditionally believed to have been written by Padmasambhava.
It is said that one is able to attain liberation and a good rebirth “just by listening to the precious teachings and mantras of the Hundred Deities” which carries great and immense blessings or seeing the mandala and picture of the hundred deities.
For Buddhist practitioners, Shitro helps transform impure energy and increases the long life of one’s teacher since it removes obstacles from damaged samaya in the sangha and purifies defilements that cause obstacles to enlightenment – (Lama Tharchin Rinpoche).
The 3 days long practice is led by Ven. Dukung Gyaltsen Tulku Rinpoche and accompany by monastic sangha from the Himalayan regions. Rinpoche-La is a revered senior teacher of the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. This year marks the 8th occasion that Rinpoche-La has kindly agreed to teach this precious practice.
This 3 days puja program will include prostrations, chanting, meditation sessions.
Participants will also have a wonderful opportunity to:
- View a Sacred Mandala
- Venerate precious Buddha relics
- Make Lamp, Flower and Prayer Offerings on behalf of a loved one (both living and deceased).
Texts and meditation cushions will be provided for all participants. Please wear comfortable and modest clothing as some sessions may involve prostrations (optional). If you are doing prostration, we recommend that you bring along a yoga mat or a large towel.
Please come and join us on this most auspicious occasion to accumulate merit and wisdom for both ourselves and for the benefits of all sentient beings!
Free entry and onsite parking!
