puja & Empowerment
Date: Wednesday 15 July 2026 , 12:00pm – 3:00pm
Location: Whitlam Auditorium – Revesby Workers’ Club
Avalokiteshvara [Chenrezig in Tibetan ] is the embodiment of all the buddhas’ compassion and love. The literal translation of his name means “The One Who Beholds With Loving Eyes”. Chenrezig’ s brilliant white body represents the luminosity of primordial wisdom, the spark of enlightenment.
H.H. The 17th Karmapa explained that the practice of Chenrezig consists of closing the gap between the practitioner and the practice, so there is no difference between the person meditating and the love and compassion they are cultivating. In the end, this distance completely disappears so that the practitioner becomes the very nature of love and compassion.
The mantra of Chenrezig “Om Mani Padme Hum” is particularly effective because as H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama states – the six syllables mean that in dependence on the practice of a path which is an indivisible union of method and wisdom, you can transform your impure body, speech, and mind into the pure exalted body, speech, and mind of a Buddha.
As Lama Zopa explains – Reciting OM MANI PADME HUM is one of the most powerful means of developing compassion and bodhichitta. It purifies our negative karmas, or obstacles, and collects extensive merit that enables us to receive the blessings of Compassion Buddha, and through these blessings we then receive realizations.
We are extremely fortunate that Kyabje Bokar Khenchen Lodoe Thonyor Rinpoche will be conferring this Empowerment of Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara on July 15 to the Australian Buddhist community. Don’t miss this opportunity to receive this precious blessing and meet with one of the most senior and revered teacher of Karma Kagyu tradition. This sacred day welcomes people of all backgrounds, whether they are seasoned practitioners or newcomers, to receive Buddhist teachings and blessings.
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