The Guru Dragpo (Wrathful Guru Rinpoche) puja, held annually before Losar (February 19) to clear away obstacles for the new year, is taking place at Thupten Shedrub Jangchub Ling February 11-18, 2015. Everyone is welcome to make an auspicious connection with this practice by sponsoring meals and tea for the monks and lamas, tsok, butterlamps, and money offerings for the monks. Click here to make a donation. In 2012 the full cost of the puja, including offering substances and all meals for 280 monks, lamas, nuns and khenpos over 7 days was $21,650. Please help us support these precious activities, while dedicating the merit to your loved ones and all sentient beings!
Listen to H.E. Chöje Ayang Rinpoche chant the Guru Dragpo mantra.
Shitro Peaceful Deities Torma
To usher in an auspicious New Year, everyone at Rinpoche monastery will practice Shitro, also known as the 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities, February 27 through March 5.
“This teaching of the Peaceful and Wrathful Deities is…. the essence of the 6,400,000 Dzogchen tantras, and merely hearing this teaching cuts through birth in the lower realms; merely understanding it causes one to travel to the ground of great bliss (mahasukha); bringing its meaning to mind causes one to accomplish the irreversible state of the spontaneously arisen awareness holder. For everyone who connects with this teaching there will be great purpose and meaning.” (H.E. Ayang Rinpoche, 2009 Karma Lingpa Shitro Empowerment at Garrison, NY, Translated by Tyler Dewar) Read a short teaching
“Any one who has family members, friends or loved ones who have died and would like to make donations and dedicate it to them, it is the best opportunity. (True Lhamo on behalf of H. E. Chöje Ayang Rinpoche) Make a donation and submit your names for prayers here.