THE 4-DAY TEACHING IN SEATTLE BY VENERABLE HUNGKAR Feature Teaching DORJE Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche was born in Golog in , in his early age he was recognized by Friday H.H. Orgyen Kusum Lingpa, Morning H.H. Dodrupchen Rinpoche, SANG CHÖ , and later by H.H. the Dalai as a Afternoon of Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje, the mind emanation of the great Master Saturday-Monday Jigme Lingpa. He completed NOW THAT I COME his early education in Buddhist TO DIE Philosophy with his father H.H. A Final Testament by Orgyen Kusum Lingpa, H.H. Dodrupchen, Penor Rinpoche, and Kunkhyen Longchen Akong . He left Tibet and studied at , a Rabjampa monastery for training, in and graduated in 1994.

He is presently the of Lungen Monastery of 1,000 monks in

Golog.

Each year in the winter he leads the 100-day winter retreat and Suggested Donation gives teaching to both monks and lay people, he also travel to the $150 all 4 day program US, Canada, Russia, and Vietnam to give teaching to many people. $40 each day

He has established the first nunnery in Golog for over one hundred nuns have excellent opportunities for study and practice. The standard of education being very poor in this region, Rinpoche has founded a multi-disciplinary technical school with the capacity to PLACE provide free education for over 300 students each year. 30915 37th Place S.W. Federal Way, WA He also continues to carry the tradition from his father H.H. Kusum 98023 Lingpa to provide free medicine and food to people in Golog. He DATE/TIME also succeeded in having convincing people in Tibet to give up hunting and selling meat, skins and established a regular schedule May 8-11, 2015 of ransoming and saving animal lives.in Tibet to give up hunting AM: 9:30-12:00, and selling meat, skins and established a regular schedule of PM: 2:00 - 4:30 PM ransoming and saving animal lives.

MAY 8-11, 2015 THE 4-DAY DHARMA TEACHING IN SEATTLE BY VENERABLE HUNGKAR DORJE RINPOCHE Friday, May 8 (AM): SANG CHÖ – SMOKE

Riwo Sangchö (Tib. རི་བོ་བསང་མཆོད་, Wyl. ri bo bsang mchod), or literally ‘Mountain Smoke Offering’, is a that was hidden by Guru Rinpoche and revealed in the seventeenth century by the great yogin and tertön Lhatsün Jikmé (1597-1653), who brought the Dharma to Sikkim, as part of the profound Dharma-cycle of Rigdzin Sokdrup, ‘Accomplishing the Life-Force of the Vidyadharas’. It is the most famous practice of sang offering in . Friday, May 8 (PM): IMPERMANENCE / MI-TAG-PA

The purpose of this teaching is to help us to transform our ordinary understanding of impermanence to direct seeing of the nature of things and seeing impermanence can lead to liberation.

In his recent teaching in Moscow, Hungkar Rinpoche said: "We have everything, we have all conditions to practice Dharma, but we lack of diligence". We really need diligence; we need the desire to practice dharma. We really need to understand IMPERMANENCE so that the it can stay in our awareness in our mind-stream. In our daily life, impermanence will become our friend to remind us when we are distracted and to have the diligence we need.

In "Now That I Come to Die", Longchenpa placed a special emphasis on IMPERMANENCE. He uses the four words "TA-TA NYI NI" (right now) on almost every line to urge his students to practice Dharma. You will hear TA-TA NYI NI repeatedly on the recording of the “Now That I Come to Die” chanting by Hungkar Rinpoche for 28 minutes. With a few chosen words and the example of his own life, Longchenpa shows how things arise and pass away, revealing that the truth of enlightenment is always at hand. He reminds us that being aware of constant change and the shortness of life is a complete teaching in itself, encouraging us to maximize our time and energy while we still can.

Saturday – Monday, May 9 – May 11 (AM): Now That I Come To Die - A Final Testament called "The Immaculate Light" By Kunkhyen Longchen Rabjampa

At the age of fifty-six, having mastered the Dharma realms, Longchenpa announced that he had achieved what he had set out to do in this life. Before entering , he dictated his last testament, Drimé Mepe Ö (Stainless Radiance), which is the topic of this teaching. In this, his final teaching given to his students, he urged them to prepare themselves well, taking full advantage of the opportunities that life offers for escaping the bonds of samsara. In this teaching, Longchenpa invites us to get started on the project of enlightenment. He shows us the steps we need to take to transform our ordinary life into an expression of enlightenment. On January 24, 1364, the master passed into parinirvana. The earth shook several times, and although it was mid-winter, flowers spontaneously erupted and blossomed.

Monday May 11 (PM): Questions/Answers and Tsok Offering

Rinpoche will answers questions for the teaching of this program. 3:00 PM Tsok Offering 4:00 PM Chant dedication of for Hungkar Rinpoche 4:10 PM ceremony: Any one would like to take refuge please contact the organizer. 4:30 PM Kata offering to Rinpoche

Tuesday, May 12: Lives Release

10:00 Optional

Wedsday, May 13: Rinpoche leaves Seattle for Toronto

7:30 AM Seatac Airport, Air Canada

Contact: : Vanessa Nguyen: Tel. (206) 841-5469 Email: [email protected]

Mai Nguyen: Tel. (253) 347-4436 Email: [email protected]

Please note:

Registration: Please pre-register using the online registration below. We need to know the number of people going to attend so we know how many text book and lunches to order. online registration: http://www.hungkardorje.com/registration/seattle.php

Lunch: We provide vegetarian lunches, coffee, tea and bottle waters for all teaching days.

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