Melody of Dharma Emptiness as Expressed in the Heart Sutra Buddha Nature A Teaching by His Holiness the Sakya Trizin A Teaching by H.E. Ratna Vajra Rinpoche His Holiness the Sakya Trizin in Kathmandu A Publication of the Office of Sakya Dolma Phodrang Dedicated to the Dharma Activities of His Holiness the Sakya Trizin 2010 • No.4 CONTENTS 2 From the Editors 3 H.H. the Sakya Trizin’s 2011 North and South American Teaching Schedule 4 H.E. Ratna Vajra Rinpoche’s 2011 European Teaching Schedule 7 The Sakya Centre 12 Remembering Great Masters: ATISHA 16 Atisha’s “Jewel Rosary of the Bodhisattvas” 20 Emptiness as Expressed in the Heart Sutra –– A Teaching by His Holiness the Sakya Trizin 24 Buddha Nature(Part 2) –– A Teaching by His Eminence Ratna Vajra Rinpoche 27 Dharma Activities 27 • His Holiness the Sakya Trizin in Kathmandu 33 • Consecration of His Holiness’ Retreat Centre 35 • Long-Life Ceremony for His Holiness’ 65th Birthday 36 • Celebration of H.E. Luding Khenchen’s 80th Birthday 40 • His Eminence Ratna Vajra Rinpoche in Bir 41 • Long-Life Ceremony for H.E. Ratna Vajra’s Birthday 43 • H.E. Luding Khen Rinpoche in Frankfurt 45 Interview with H.E. Jetsun Kushok Chimey Luding 47 Yogi Stories –– as told by Chiwang Tulku Rinpoche 49 A Letter to His Holiness 51 Lhabab Düchen Publisher: The Office of Sakya Dolma Phodrang Editing Team: Executive Editor: Ani Jamyang Wangmo Mrs. Yang Dol Tsatultsang (Dagmo Kalden’s mother); Managing Editor: Patricia Donohue Terri Lee; Bettina Escudero; Isabelle Fehler; Art Director/Designer: Chang Ming-Chuan Rosemarie Heimscheidt; Ngawang Gatso Photos: Cristina Vanza; P.Chaudhuri; Lama Rinchen Cover Photo: Sakya Centre, Dehradun Three Generations From The Editors Dear Readers, We hope that this issue finds you well, and that 2010 has been a good and fruitful year for all. This is our fourth issue of Melody of Dharma, the final one for this year, and so we have come full circle. It has been a huge joy and privilege for us to dedicate our pages to the teachings and activities of His Holiness the Sakya Trizin, as well as to those of other revered masters, past and present. We would like to express our deepest thanks to Their Eminences Dagmo Kalden Kushok and Dagmo Sonam Kushok for their precious guidance. In addition, we owe a huge debt of gratitude to all our sponsors who generously made this endeavour possible, as well as to those of our readers who have shown their interest and support by subscribing to the magazine. We are also extremely grateful to contributors who confided their thoughts and experiences to its pages, and we firmly hope that, with time, more and more Dharma friends will be inspired to do so. And we are very appreciative of all encouragement, corrections and suggestions that were offered us throughout the year. These have been of great worth to us. And finally, heartfelt thanks to all our readers for accompanying us in this journey. We hope that each and everyone will continue to find something in our pages that will capture their interest and make their life richer. Yours in the Dharma, The Editing Team 2 Melody of Dharma • 2010 • NO. 4 H.H. the Sakya Trizin’s 2011 North and South American Teaching Schedule HOST DATE EVENT SILVER SPRING, MD May 21 Long-Life Initiation and Dharma Talk Sakya Phuntsok Ling May 22 Manjushri Namasamgiti Empowerment – Day 1 May 23 Manjushri Namasamgiti Empowerment – Day 2 354 Prelude Drive Silver Spring, MD 20901-5041 +1 301 592-9286 www.sakyatemple.org/spl BOSTON, MA May 26 Dharma Talk Boston Sakya Center May 27 Chakrasamvara in the Vajra Gantipa Tradition – Day 1 May 28 Chakrasamvara in the Vajra Gantipa Tradition – Day 2 May 29 Long-Life Initiation Holiday Inn Convention Center 242 Adams Place, Boxborough MA01719 +1 978 263 8701 www.sakya.net BERNE, NY May 31 Visit to the Centre Tenzin Gyatso Institute 165 Game Farm Rd Berne, NY 12023 +1 518 872 1250 [email protected] www.tenzingyatsoinstitute.org WALDEN, NY June1-30 LAMDRE Tsechen Kunchab Ling June 1 Soft Opening of the Centre Ushinisha Vijaya Initiation Lamdre begins June 11 Consecration of the Temple June 19 Grand Inauguration of the Temple Long-Life Initiation for the Public 12 Edmunds Lane Walden, New York 12586 +1 301 9063378 www.sakyatemple.org NEW YORK, NY June 25 Amitabha Initiation Sakya Chokor Ling Jambala Initiation Queens, New York CALL: +1 917 386 5572 NEW YORK, NY June 26 Program to be confirmed Tsechen Tsopa CALL: +1 646 724 0551 NEW YORK, NY July 2 White Tara Initiation Palden Sakya Center July 3 White Tara Teaching July 4 White Tara Teaching [email protected] www.vikramasila.org 2010 • NO. 4 • Melody of Dharma 3 HOST DATE EVENT MINNEAPOLIS, MN July 8 Public Talk: Advice on World Peace from a Buddhist Perspective Sakya Thupten Dhargye Ling July 9 Avalokiteshvara Initiation in the Gyalpo Lug Tradition July 10 Long-Life Initiation July 11 Vajrakilaya Torma Empowerment 619 8th St. SE, No 112 Minneapolis [email protected] www.mnsakyacenter.org LOS ANGELES, CA July 13 Dharma Talk Tsechen Chokhor Ling July 14 Manjushri Initiation 12037 Clark St Arcadia, CA 91006 [email protected] www.sakyacenterla.org MEXICO CITY, MEXICO July 16 Parting from the Four Attachments (to be confirmed) Sakya Dolma Ling Manjushri Initiation (to be confirmed) July 17 Vajrakilaya Initiation (to be confirmed) +52 55 55 23 82 67 [email protected] SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA July 19 Consecration of the Dharma Centre Bodhisattva Vows Teaching on ‘Parting from the Four Attachments’ Mantra Blessings of Sakyamuni Buddha & Guru Rinpoche [email protected] SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL July 22 Manjushri Empowerment and Teachings of Sakya Pandita Espaço Hakka (To be confirmed) CABREÚVA, BRAZIL July 23 Chenrezig Empowerment Sakya Tsarpa Thupten Teaching on ‘Practice of Compassion’ Dekyid Öedbar Ling July 24 Afternoon: Mahavairocana Initiation and Teaching on Practice of Sadhana H.E. Gyana Vajra Rinpoche will give an Empowerment and Teaching relating to Ngondro (Time to be confirmed) RECIFE, BRAZIL July 25 Lecture Universidade de Pernambuco H.E. Gyana Vajra Rinpoche will give an Empowerment and Teaching(Time, place and teaching to be confirmed) RECIFE, BRAZIL July 26 Consecration of the Land for New Sakya Gonpa Centro de Estudos Budistas Guru Rinpoche Initiation Bodisatva Rodovia Vereador José de Moraes, Km 6 - Sítio São Roque - Centro - Cabreúva - SP +55 11 4528 1737 www.sakyabrasil.org SANTA CRUZ, CA July 29 Visit to Centre Vajrapani Institute SAN FRANCISCO July 30 Hevajra Cause Empowerment – Day 1 Ewam Choden July 31 Hevajra Cause Empowerment – Day 2 Aug 1 Guru Rinpoche Long-Life Initiation Public Talk (in Tibetan) Aug 2 Public Talk (in English) 4 Melody of Dharma • 2010 • NO. 4 HOST DATE EVENT PALO ALTO, CA Aug 3 Public Talk Sakya SfBay Chenrezig Initiation in the Kadampa Tradition 254 Cambridge Avenue Kensington, CA 94708 +1 510 527-7363 info@ewamchodenorg www.ewamchoden.org CAZADERO, CA Aug 4-7 Empowerments and Transmission of the Treasure Cycles of Orgyen Padmasambhava Peace Institute Trinley Lingpa, Apong Terchen +1 707 632 5629 [email protected] www.padmapeace.org PORTLAND, OR Aug 9 Teaching: ‘Parting from the Four Attachments’ Portland Sakya Center Teaching: ‘The Nature of Mind’ Aug 10 Medicine Buddha Initiation Guru Rinpoche Initiation www.sakyausa.org OLYMPIA, WA Aug 12 Avalokiteshvara Initiation Olympia Sakya Centre Teaching: ‘The Nature of Mind’ www.nalandaolywa.org SEATTLE, WA Aug 14 Chenrezig Empowerment in the Gyalpo Lug Empowerment Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Aug 15 Two-Armed Mahakala Initiation Buddhism 108 NW 83rd Street Seattle, WA 98117 +1 206 789 2573 [email protected] www.sakya.org VICTORIA, BC Aug 17 Trikulanatha Initiation Sakya Thubten Kunga Choling www.island.net/~sakya VANCOUVER, BC Aug 18 Dharma Talk Aug 19 Vajrakilaya Empowerment Aug 20 Vajrakilaya Empowerment Aug 21 Vajrakilaya Teaching Sakya Tsechen Thubten Ling 5231 Maple Road Richmond, B.C. V7E 1G2 [email protected] www.sakyasechenthubtenling.org CALGARY, ALBERTA Aug 25 Long-Life Initiation CALL: +1 403 217 1667 TORONTO, ONTARIO Aug 27 Dharma Talk Aug 28 Long-Life Initiation Aug 29 Trikulanatha Initiation CALL: + 1 647 233 5159 WALDEN, NY Sept 1 Welcome Ceremony for His Holiness Tsechen Kunchab Ling Sept 2 Tenzhug Celebration Sept 3 Tenzhug Celebration – Main Event www.sakyatemple.org 2010 • NO. 4 • Melody of Dharma 5 H.E. Ratna Vajra Rinpoche’s 2011 European Teaching Schedule DATE VENUE CONTACT May 11-16 Sakya Kalden Ling Linkstr.66 [email protected] Frankfurt, Germany 65933 Frankfurt www.sakya-foundation.de Tel: +49 (0) 69 9563 7237 May 18-19 Sakya Dechen Ling Alexanderstr, 141A [email protected] Stuttgart, Germany 70180 Stuttgart www.dechen-sakya.de Tel:+49 (0) 711 780 3763 May 21-22 Ngakpa Rangshar Ling Schillerstrasse 3 [email protected] Lahr, Germany 77933 Lahr – Schwarzwald www.tibet-lahr.de May 25-26 Dzogsar Ngari Dharma Mati Institute Rustenhof 5 [email protected] Near Detmold, Germany 33034 Brakel [email protected] Tel: +49 (0) 172 214 3180 Tel: +49 (0) 172 691 6576 May 28-29 Sakya Kalden Ling Linkstr.66 [email protected] Frankfurt, Germany 65933 Frankfurt www.sakya-foundation.de Tel: +49 (0) 69 9563 7237 June 15-30 Sakya Kalden Ling Linkstr.66 [email protected] Frankfurt, Germany 65933 Frankfurt www.sakya-foundation.de (Pujas performed by monks- His Tel: +49 (0) 69 9563 7237 Eminence will be at Lamdre in New York) July 2-3 Rigpa-Zentrum Soorstraße 85 [email protected] Berlin, Germany 14050 Berlin www.rigpa-zentrum-berlin.de Tel: + 49 (0)30