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Activities Now & Past
Updated January 6, 2010
Four New Projects Funded for 2010
Announced January 6, 2010
At the first Board meeting of the new year, the following projects were funded due to the success of our year-end fundraising appeal:
- translation review of "Pilgrimage Guide to Drakda Latso," birthplace of Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal in Tibet
- editing the transcript of Lama Tharchin Rinpoche's Hawaii teachings on "The Qualities of the Path"
- transcription and editing of Lama Tharchin Rinpoche's Austin teachings on "The Four Empowerments and The Pure Expanse of Mind"
-draft translation of "Pilgrimage Guide to Zabulung in Western Tibet" where Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal attained the rainbow body.
Year End Message
Announced December 18, 2009
This year we are sending our year-end message and fundraising appeal through an electronic newsletter, email, and phone calls. The newsletter is online at: http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410116569
Sacred Sites of Yeshe Tsogyal 2010 Wall Calendar
Announced November 22, 2009
Printed with advanced digital press technology, this limited edition features 24 color annotated photos of the Jnanasukha 2009 "Homage to Yeshe Tsogyal" pilgrimage to central, western, and southern Tibet. Calendar sold out December 21, 2009. Thank you!
Lama Tharchin Rinpoche - Warm Reunion and New Beginnings in Austin, Texas
Announced November 26, 2009
November 20-21-22, Rinpoche concluded his teachings on the Dakini Heart Essence foundational practices which he began at the Boise retreat last year. One hundred nine attendees received instructions on the Guru Yoga practice of reciving the four empowerments and then resting the mind in bliss-emptiness. Saturday evening, Rinpoche bestowed His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche's supreme empowerment of the female buddha and wisdom dakini, Yeshe Tsogyal. The last session was devoted to first stanza of Vajra Bridge, a text from the Expanse Class of Great Perfection on view, meditation, engagement, and fruition. Translation was provided by Lama Ngawang Zangpo and short practice sessions were led by Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo.
New Translation Project-Pilgrimage Guide to Drakda Latso, Birthplace of Khandro Yeshe Tsogal
Announced August 5, 2009
During our recent visit to Drakda Latso where Yeshe Tsogyal was born in eighth century Tibet, we were given the Pilgrimmage Guide (gnas yig) to Drakda Latso. . .in Tibetan. We are pleased to announce that we have commissioned an English translation to be drafted by Erick Sherab Zangpo and finalized by Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo and Heidi Nevin. May all beings benefit! Can hardly wait to share it with everyone. Give us a few months. Get thee to the Latso!
Lama Tharchin Rinpoche - A More than Successful Visit to Hawaii
Announced April 16, 2009
Rinpoche visited and taught on Oahu, Hawaii, and Maui from March 15-April 5, 2009. The Honolulu public talk, Inner Peace, Luminous Mind, was attended by 80 people. Rinpoche was hosted in Lanikai and tenderly cared for by his students and friends. On the Big Island, he taught on Dream Yoga with Dr. Fariba Bogzaran at Paleaku Peace Gardens where he build a Guru Rinpoche statue in the late eighties. At his own retreat center, Orgyen Dechen Cho Dzong (aka Lotus Gate Sanctuary), Rinpoche taught on the Qualities and Benefits of the Path and ended the three and a half day program with a teaching on View, Meditation, Result, and Action based on the Vajra Bridge tantra of the Space Class of Dzogchen tantras. He also bestowed the Dudjom empowerments of Lake Born Vajra and Yeshe Tsogyal, Dakini Heart Essence. On Maui, Rinpoche performed a smoke offering at the Haiku stupa and gave a full-day teaching on a Guru Yoga practice he compiled. The three weeks were like a flash of sunlight between the clouds, with Rinpoche being like the sun. You can stay in touch with Rinpoche's activities in Hawaii at: http://www.jnanasukha.org/ltrhawaii
Lama Tharchin Rinpoche - New Hawaii Website
Announced Dakini Day, February 19, 2009
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new website celebrating Lama Tharchin Rinpoche's activities inthe the Hawaiian islands. http://www.jnanasukha.org/ltrhawaii
Lama Tharchin Rinpoche - Hawaiian Islands
Announced January 3, 2009
We are pleased to announce that Lama Tharchin Rinpoche is returning to the Hawaiian Islands for a three-week program of teachings and empowerments. Translation will be provided by Lama Ngawang Zangpo and practice sessions led by Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo.
Dakini Heart Essence Refuge Tree Thangka
Announced December 6, 2008
We are pleased to announce that our newly completed Dudjom Dakini Heart Essence Refuge Tree Thangka is now available as a fine art giclee. Please take a moment to learn about this unique and important sacred art image at Refuge Tree Thangka.
Dakini Heart Essence Translation Completed
Announced August, 2008
Jnanasukha is pleased to announce that our principal translators, Dechen Yeshe Wangmo and Heidi Nevin, in consultation with Lama Tsering Gyaltsen and Lama Pema Dorje, have completed the English translation of the 550-page Dakini Heart Essence (mkha 'gro thugs thig). This text is the mind treasure of the great twentieth century Nyingma master, the Lord of Refuge, Dudjom Rinpoche, Jigdral Yeshe Dorje. This text is the foundations of all Jnanasukha activites and the successful completion of this project is a great blessing as Lama Tharchin Rinpoche has explained:
Sentient beings become buddhas only by practice based on the teachings of the Buddha. Buddhist texts are considered relics of the dharmakaya because they create a connection between Buddha and sentient beings. Through words, the inexpressible meaning of the dharmakaya of Buddha’s wisdom mind is expressed in order for sentient beings to understand. Then through practice, sentient beings can attain fully enlightened buddhahood.
Lama Pema Dorje, Lotus Gate Sanctuary, Hawai'i
Announced May 27, 2008
Jnanasukha is pleased to announce that we hosted Lama Pema Dorje and his son Rigzin at Lotus Gate Sanctuary on the Big Island of Hawai'i for three weeks during the month of May. Lama led an intensive training retreat for 12 students and all went well.
Cynthia Moku, Thangka Artist
Announced May 1, 2008
Jnanasukha is making arrangements for Lama Tharchin Rinpoche and Cynthia Moku, thangka artist from Boulder, to meet in California for 3 days in June. The purpose of this meeting is to explore a sacred art project in which Cynthia would consult with Lama Tharchin Rinpoche to produce ink and pen drawings of the Dakini Heart Essence dakinis--Yeshe Tsogyal, Kurukulle, Singhamukha, and Throma. See Cynthia's beautiful eastern and contemporary work at: http://www.cmoku.com.
Tharchin Rinpoche Boise Program
On Time Take Off
Announced April 30, 2008
This important 4 1/2 day teaching program on the Dakini Heart Essence foundational practices by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche in Boise, Idaho, August 29 - September 3 goes live with online registration May 1 at 12noon Central time. Information & Registration Here or on this website.
Yeshe Tsogyal of Tibet
Pilgrimage May 24 - June 19, 2009
Announced April 5, 2008
Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo and Professor Gyurme Dorje of Trans-Himalaya have set the dates and finalized the itinerary for the 2009 pilgrimage to the sacred places of Yeshe Tsogyal in central, southern and western Tibet. More Information.
To stay informed about this pilgrimage, email pilgrimage@jnanasukha.org. Please provide your name, address, and telephone number. Thank you!
Kumar Lama- Thangka Commission
Announced January 10, 2008
Jnanasukha has contracted with Kumar Lama for our first Dakini Heart Essence thangka, the refuge iconongraphy of Orgyen Dorje Chang in union with Yeshe Tsogyal. Under the guidance of Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, this is the first time this specific thangka will be painted and reproduced. And there's a surprise in this thangka too!
Kumar Lama is a master thangka painter born in 1958 in the ancient Buddhist community of Yolmo in Northern Nepal. A resident of Santa Cruz, California, Kumar paints by commission, teaches, and exhibits his work in Europe and the USA.
Tharchin Rinpoche
Summer Retreat 2008 Boise, Idaho
Announced January 2, 2008
We joyfully announce this unique 4 1/2-day residential retreat with Lama Tharchin Rinpoche on the foundational practices (ngondro) of Dudjom Rinpoche's mind treasure, "The Dakini Heart Essence" (mKha 'gro thug thig). Our goal is to provide an intimate and profound experience for both new and old students in an inviting and supportive environment. PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS! More Information Here.
End of Year Fundraiser
Announced November 29, 2007
Our 2007 fundraising campaign launches the first week of December. We are mailing a solicitaion packet to our all our past donors and to other individuals who have attended our programs or made purchases from the Dakini Emporium. We are asking for contributions to be mailed or made online before December 31, 2007.
Translation Meeting - Corvallis, Oregon
Announced November 29, 2007
Lama Tsering Gyaltsen, Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo, and Heidi Nevin have scheduled a 4-day translation meeting for Corvallis, Oregon (where Lama Gyaltsen and Heidi live) December 1 - 4, 2007.
Retreat - The Mandala Experience- Hawaii
Announced October 20, 2007
This residential retreat with Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo at Lotus Gate Sanctuary on the Big Island of Hawai'i, January 12-21, 2008, will focus on the mandala of the mother buddha Yeshe Tsogyal and other practices of the Dakini Heart Essence. retreat.htm
Communications - New Website - You're On It!
Announced August 8, 2007
To mark the success and growth of Jnanasukha since its inception in November 2002, we have designed an entirely new website using the key words: beautiful, informative, and interactive. Our goal is to provide clear information, resources, and products, and to solicit donations and volunteers. Your feedback on the website is invited. Please contact the web master: yeshe@jnanasukha.org
Community Development -Telephone Campaign
Announced July 30, 2007
Vision is meaningless if others don't see it or relate to it. Jnanasukha is committed to identifying and communicating clearly with our community. Currently we are undergoing an awareness-building campaign with two elements: a new website and a telephone campaign in which volunteers make personal calls to our community, verifying contact information, informing them of activities, and inviting them to join our spam-free email list and visit our new website.
If you have ever donated to Jnanasukha, participated in a program, or made a purchase ... and we have your phone number, someone will be contacting you soon.
Heidi Nevin - New Mom & Back to Tibet!
Announced April 2, 2007
We all join together to congratulate Heidi and her husband Tsultrim on the birth of their first child Clara on April 2. Heidi is now back on the job as a Jnanasukha translator and ... has moved back to Berkham in eastern Tibet. You can still contact her at: heidi@jnanasukha.org.
Pubications - Jnanasukha's First Book
Proposal
Announced July 27, 2007
Jnanasukha has entered the planning stages to publish a beautiful and inspiring booklet based on our translation of Jamgon Kongtrul's "Tamboura of Devotional Yearning: A Short Prayer Briefly Recounting the Life Story of Complete Freedom of the Supreme Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal, Victorious Ocean of Wisdom," which can be found in the Collected Works of Dudjom, vol. tsha, pgs. 150–160.
This publication will include extensive annotations about the people and places in Yeshe Tsogyal's life as well as original photos of places she lived and meditated.
First Verse:
Omnibeneficent Samantabhadri, perfection of highest knowledge;
Vajrayogini, powerful queen of basic space, mother of victorious ones;
Venerable Jnanasagara, Yeshe Tsogyal, Sarasvati, Goddess of Eloquence --
Trikaya Guru Dakini, to you I pray.
Sacred Art - Thangka Commission
Announced April 2,
2007
Jnanasukha has received a generous donation for commissioning a scroll painting/thangka of the Dakini Heart Essence Refuge Tree which consists of a blue Orgyen Vajradhara in union with a white Yeshe Tsogyal. We are now communicating with a potential thangka painter.
Products - Dakini Emporium
Announced March 15, 2007
Our products will now be marketed under the trade name Dakini Emporium. In addition to the quality statues that we have always provided, we are now offering Dakini Heart Essence translations in PDF format, DVD and CD teachings, and other irresistibles. Dakini Emporium operates under the experienced care of Ellis Widner and can be visited on this website at: emporium.htm
Yeshe Tsogyal Pilgrimage to Central Tibet
Announced Winter 2007
Jnanasukha has entered the planning stages for a Yeshe Tsogyal pilgrimage to central Tibet tentatively scheduled for the summer of 2009. This will be a unique and powerful opportunity to deepen our connection to Yeshe Tsogyal and strengthen our practice. The adventure will include a well-known Tibet guide, a Tibetan lama, and a Jnanasukha coordinator. Part of this vision is to offer the pilgrimage on a yearly basis and to eventually publish a book on the life of Yeshe Tsogyal in Tibet, Bhutan, and Nepal.
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