TLC TRANSITIONAL LIFE CARE IS PRESENTING ANOTHER RARE OPPORTUNITY TO
PREPARE FOR THE END OF LIFE. SA TSA CREATION & CONSECRATION WITH LAMA
SONAM TSERING RINPOCHE, TRANSLATED BY CHRISTINA MONSON.
PLEASE JOIN US ON SUN. DEC. 16, 2018
FROM 10:00 A.M.- 12:00 P.M. & 2:30 - 5:00 P.M.
AT ORGYEN DORJE DEN TEMPLE
2244 SANTA CLARA AVE., ALAMEDA, CA
REQUESTED SLIDING SCALE DONATION $50 - $75
REGISTRATION AT THE DOOR BEGINS AT 9:15 A.M. ALL DONATIONS ARE
TAX-DEDUCTIBLE. NO ONE WILL BE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS. ALL
PARTICIPANTS WILL NEED TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN TEXTS – SEE BELOW.
PRE-REGISTER AT TLC.TRANSITIONALLIFECARE@GMAIL.COM BY DEC. 10TH TO
RECEIVE A LINK FOR A 40% DISCOUNT ON THE DIGITAL TEXT AVAILABLE FROM
DHARMA TREASURES: VAJRASATTVA MEDITATION RITUAL, RITUAL TO GUIDE THE
DEAD AND ADDITIONAL PRAYERS BY HIS HOLINESS DUDJOM RINPOCHE.
TLC’S END OF LIFE MANUAL "INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TRANSITIONAL STATE"
CAN BE PURCHASED ONSITE ($12) OR FROM WWW.VIMALATREASURES.ORG
TO SUPPORT TLC IN PROVIDING ANNUAL SA TSA WORKSHOPS, LAMA SONAM
TSERING RINPOCHE OF THE VAJRAYANA FOUNDATION WILL TEACH A CONCISE
RITUAL TO CONSECRATE SA TSAS, OFFER A READING TRANSMISSION (LUNG:
TIB.), AND ADVICE ABOUT TRANSITIONAL STATE RITUALS IN THE TIBETAN
BUDDHIST TRADITION. AN ASPECT OF BUDDHIST ART UTILIZED DURING THE
FINAL PRACTICES CARRIED OUT AFTER DEATH; THESE CLAY FORMS ARE OFTEN
MADE IN THE ICONOGRAPHIC FORMS OF SMALL STUPAS. TRADITIONALLY, THE
CREMATION ASHES OF THE DECEASED ARE INSERTED, ACCOMPANIED BY RITUAL
AND PRAYER. AFTER BEING DRIED, THEY ARE THEN DEPOSITED INTO BODIES OF
WATER TO DISSOLVE WITH THE ELEMENTS. THERE WILL BE TIME FOR QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS.
LAMA SONAM RINPOCHE IS A NYINGMAPA MASTER OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM AND IS
TRAINED IN THE DUDJOM TERSAR LINEAGE. HE SERVED AS A RITUAL MASTER FOR
MANY YEARS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF HIS HOLINESS DUDJOM RINPOCHE, CHAGDUD
RINPOCHE, HIS HOLINESS DUNGSE THINLEY NORBU RINPOCHE, AND LAMA
THARCHIN RINPOCHE. HE NOW OVERSEES AND IS RESIDENT LAMA AT PEMA OSEL
LING IN THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS. TRANSLATOR CHRISTINA MONSON IS
ESTEEMED FOR HER SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE AS A TIBETAN/ENGLISH TRANSLATOR
AND INTERPRETER. SHE IS NOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIGHT OF BEROTSANA
TRANSLATION GROUP.
PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN ORGYEN DORJE DEN’S PARKING LOT - IT'S RESERVED
FOR TENANTS. PARKING IS AVAILABLE ON OAK ST. IN THE CIVIC CENTER
PARKING LOT, LOCATED BETWEEN CENTRAL AND SANTA CLARA AVENUES, ONLY .75
PER HOUR AND FREE AFTER 5 P.M. THERE ARE MANY RESTAURANTS ON PARK ST.
NEAR ORGYEN DORJE DEN, OR YOU CAN BRING A BAG LUNCH.
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