Shakyamuni Statue at the Mahabodhi Stupa in Bodhgaya
Ayang Rinpoche’s 21st Annual Phowa Course begins next week. For those of you planning to attend, please see the Daily Schedule below, or download the PDF. Even if you are not able to attend this year, please consider making an offering to support the course, which is given free of charge to all participants. Your donation will help provide tsok, tea, texts, and travel expenses for Rinpoche and his attendants.
Thank you, and may all beings benefit!
DAILY SCHEDULE OF PHOWA COURSE BY H.E “CHOEJE” AYANG RINPOCHE
IN BODHGAYA, BIHAR, INDIA FROM JAN 8 – 17, 2015
Jan 8/2015 Thur
9.00 am Short Introductory teaching on Phowa *
2.00 pm Buddha Amitabha Empowerment *
Jan 9/2015 Fri
7.00 am Full Day-Detailed Phowa Teaching
Jan 10/2015 Sat
7.00 am Nyingma Phowa Oral Transmission Blessing *
1.00 pm Nyingma Phowa Practice
4.30 pm Vajrasattva Teaching
Jan 11/2015 Sun
7.00 am Nyingma Phowa Practice
1.00 pm Drikung Phowa Teaching
4.30 pm Pureland Long Aspiration Prayer under the Bodhi Tree and Circumambulation *+
Jan 12/2015 Mon
7.00 am Drikung Phowa Oral Transmission Blessing with Practice
1.00 pm Three Excellences Teaching *
4.30 pm Pureland Long Aspiration Prayer under the Bodhi Tree and Circumambulation *+
Jan 13/2015 Tue
7.00 am Buddha Amitabha Meditation Teaching *
1.00 pm Drikung Phowa Practice
4.30 pm Pureland Long Aspiration Prayer under the Bodhi Tree and Circumambulation *+
Jan 14/2015 Wed
7.00 am Drikung Phowa Practice
1.00 pm Jetsun Milarepa Guru Yoga Tsog Offering Prayer *
4.30 pm Pureland Long Aspiration Prayer under the Bodhi Tree and Circumambulation *+
Jan 15/2015 Thur
7.00 am Short Drikung Phowa Practice and Short Amitabha Sadhana Practice
1.00 pm Teaching on doing phowa for others at the moment of death
4.30 pm Pureland Long Aspiration Prayer under the Bodhi Tree and Circumambulation *+
Jan 16/2015 Fri
7.00 am Teaching on doing phowa for oneself at the moment of death and instruction on how to practice Phowa after the course
1.00 pm Short Nyingma Phowa Practice
4.30 pm Pureland Long Aspiration Prayer under the Bodhi Tree and Circumambulation *+
Jan 17/2015 Sat
8.00 am Buddha Amitabha Tsog Offering Prayer *+
*Indicates- Open to Public
+ Rinpoche prefers all students to go to the Bodhi Tree and circumambulate every evening. He also prefers students to stay until the end of Buddha Amitabha Tsog, which ends about 10:30 pm.
AFTER THE COURSE: Rinpoche recommends all students practice Phowa daily for two weeks after the course, whether or not they have received a Phowa sign during the course. Daily Phowa practice sessions are offered every morning at the Phowa site for two weeks following the course. They are several hours long, and end before lunch.