Letter to the Noble Minded by Sakya Pandita

Saturday 17 September

10:30 - 12:30 and 15:00 - 17:00

This short work by Sakya Pandita sets out the correct understanding of the Three Vehicles of Buddhism and clarifies the nature of vows, the view of emptiness and the significance of buddha-nature, while dispelling various errors concerning the path of meditation practice.

Initiation of Namgyalma*

Sunday 18 September

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m

Namgyalma (Ushnishavijaya in Sanskrit) is one of the three main Buddhist deities of longevity, along with White Tara and Amitayus. She is also associated with the development of transcendental wisdom. Revering and meditation on Namgyalma grants both mundane and transcendental siddhis. The most important of her mundane accomplishments is preserving and strengthening life energy, the granting of long life. Her profound siddhi is the swift accomplishment of transcendental wisdom. 

*Note that in order to receive the initation one needs to have made a formal commitment to the Buddhist path through the act of taking refuge.

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