Chenrezig

All Pervading Benefit of Beings: The Meditation and Recitation of the Great Compassionate One

December 17-18, 2011
Portland, Oregon

Lama Wangdu Rinpoche

Lama Wangdu Rinpoche, a Chöd master and a lineage holder of Padampa Sangye's Shije tradition, will offer empowerments and teachings from Tibetan siddha Thangtong Gyalpo's collection of Chenrezig practices called All Pervading Benefit of Beings. This is the first time that Rinpoche has offered to teach these practices in the United States.

Thangtong Gyalpo wrote All Pervading Benefit of Beings to help ordinary people like us connect with and express the compassionate power of the Bodhisattva called Chenrezig, Avalokiteshvara or the Great Compassionate One. It it the quintessential Mahayana training for developing nying-je, the noble heart, and is an ideal companion to the practice of Chöd and Phowa.

Participants will receive copies of the texts, which contain the Tibetan, transliterated Tibetan and an English translation.

About Lama Wangdu Rinpoche

Rinpoche was born in the Dingri region of Tibet in 1936. He received transmission for Chöd, Phowa, the Longchen Nyingthig and other teachings from his root lama, Naptra Rinpoche, while in his teens. He has completed the traditional 108 charnel grounds retreat and spent many years practicing Chöd in the wild places of Tibet, India and Nepal.

In 2001, HH Dalai Lama asked Rinpoche to found a monastery, preserve the teachings and train a new generation of Chöd practitioners. Today he serves as the abbot of Pal Gyi Dingri Langkor Monastery in Kathmandu, training monastics and lay people.

Rinpoche is known throughout Nepal, Tibet and China as an accomplished, compassionate and generous yogi, teacher and healer. To learn more about him, visit lamawangdu.org or read his biography, One Hundred Thousand Rays of the Sun.

You can also subscribe to Lama Wangdu's mailing list.

Location

This non-residential retreat is being held at Still Meadow Retreat Center near Portland, Oregon.

Lunch will be provided on Saturday and Sunday. Please plan on making arrangements for other meals.

While this is a non-residential retreat, there may be on-site lodging available. Please contact Still Meadow directly for information on lodging.

Schedule

Saturday, 9AM-5PM

Empowerment, practice and teachings.

Sunday, 9AM-4PM

Practice and teachings with Rinpoche.

Cost and Registration

The cost of the retreat, including lunch and a suggested teacher's gift, is $200.00.

Download a registration form or request one through email.

Instructions for registration and payment are included with the form.

More Information

If you have questions about the retreat, please contact the organizers at info at lamawangdu dot org.

You can learn more about this practice by reading Trainings in Compassion, which contains a version of the text we will be using, along with several key commentaries.