Vajrasattva Five Buddha Families

H.E. Chöje Ayang Rinpoche will offer a Vajrasattva meditation guided practice by live streaming on Thursday, September 17, 2020. This practice is for students who have already received his Vajrasattva teachings, and will include limited guidance at each step of meditation. Students should have received one of these empowerments to participate: Hundred (Peaceful and Wrathful) Deities, Vajrasattva, or Five Buddha Families. The Vajrasattva practice text is contained in the Nyingma Phowa text.

This replaces the Phowa practice that was originally announced for this day.  

These are the scheduled times for different countries (here is a Time Zone Converter):
USA Hawaii – 12:30 am
Canada/ USA West Coast – 3:30 am
Canada/ USA East Coast – 6:30 am
Paris – 12.30 pm
Moscow – 13.30 (1:30 pm)
India – 16.00 (4:00 pm)
Vietnam – 17.30 (5:30 pm)
Hong Kong / Taiwan – 18.30 (6:30 pm)
Japan – 19.30 (7:30 pm)
Sydney – 20.30 (8:30 pm)

These are the new links to connect online:
YouTube
https://youtu.be/pnklPkystoI

Zoom (please reserve for students in China and other countries that cannot access YouTube)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89759241694?pwd=WlJYd3BTb3o5UVBVRzdwMXUxQW8zdz09

Meeting ID: 897 5924 1694
Password: 267169

We hope you enjoy these photos from the recent Dorje Phagmo (Vajra Yogini/Vajra Varahi) Puja 

at Ayang Rinpoche’s monastery in Bylakuppe.

Dorje Phagmo (Vajra Varahi / Vajra Yogini)

The annual Dorje Phagmo Prayer Ceremony (puja) at Ayang Rinpoche’s monastery in Bylakuppe will be held this year August 31 – September 4.

Dorje Phagmo (Skt. Vajra Varahi) is a form of Vajra Yogini. She is one of the main deities for self-visualization in Ngöndro (preliminary practices) and other generation stage meditations practiced by all the lineages in Vajrayana Buddhism.

The main guardian deity of the Drikung Kagyu lineage, Achi Chökyi Drolma, is an emanation of Vajra Yogini.

Ayang Rinpoche said about Vajra Yogini: “Among all the wisdom dakinis, Vajra Yogini is the highest. She represents the True Nature of Mind, Prajnaparamita, the mother of all the Buddhas of the three times and ten directions.” (Sydney, March 2018)

Those who would like to make an auspicious connection with the Dorje Phagmo Puja may send their donations to the Drikung Charitable Society account. For a tax deductible donation in the U.S., please send your check to the Amitabha Foundation, P.O. Box 2572, Aptos, California 95001, or donate online below. You may send names for dedication to info@amitabhafoundation.us until August 30 at 5 PM Pacific time. Donations are welcome at any time.

Our most kind guru, H.E. Chöje Ayang Rinpoche, will offer a review for his qualified students on how to visualize when doing Phowa for others. The teaching will be followed by group chanting of the long Aspiration of Sukhavati prayer.

If you have previously taken Rinpoche full Phowa Course, you may join by live streaming on Sunday, July 5, 2020.

This practice is private, and only available to Rinpoche’s students who have completed his Phowa Course.

Here are the scheduled times for different countries:
USA Hawaii – 12:30 am
Canada/ USA West Coast – 3:30 am
Canada/ USA East Coast – 6:30 am
Paris – 12.30 pm
Moscow – 13.30 (1:30 pm)
India – 16.00 (4:00 pm)
Vietnam – 17.30 (5:30 pm)
Hong Kong / Taiwan – 18.30 (6:30 pm)
Japan – 19.30 (7:30 pm)
Sydney – 20.30 (8:30 pm)

These are the new links to connect online:
YouTube link:
https://youtu.be/u-VY6NnfY84

Zoom Link:
This is reserved for students in China and other countries that cannot connect to YouTube.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82862485450?pwd=Z09VU29JQU1pNENBUE1PU014eStqdz09
Meeting room ID: 828 6248 5450
Password: 267169

Please consider making an offering for Rinpoche’s Cultural Center and Phowa teachings in Bodhgaya, or for one of his other spiritual and humanitarian projects here.