Empowerment of Rigsum Gonpo (Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri, Vajrapani) – H.H. the 41st Sakya Trichen.

On April 27, 2023 H.H. the 41st Sakya Trichen gave the empowerment of Rigsum Gonpo (triad of Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri, Vajrapani) in Vietnam. Event was translated by Sakya Friends on Zoom in 10 languags. Sakya Tsechen Shiday Choeling (Sakya Vietnam) is the organizer of the events in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Empowerment was also translated in Sakya Friends YouTubes channels:

Spanish YouTube:    / @amigossakyahispanoparlantes   ,
Chinese (Mandarin) YouTube:    / @sakyafriendschinese  

Global accumulation of Avalokiteshvara mantra “OM MANI PADME HUM” which will be offered for Long Life of H.H. the 41st Sakya Trichen continues with the form (which includes detailed explanations of the mantra by H.H. and video to practice explanation): https://cutt.ly/mani23EN

NEXT EVENTS:
On eight Tuesdays, starting from May 2 till June 20 Lama Choedak Rinpoche will be giving a rare teaching and transmission of NGONDRO – the Preliminary practices of Vajrayana Buddhism. Time: every Tuesday 11:45-13:30 CEST, 5:45-7:30 am New York, 17:45-19:30 Taiwan. Sakya Friends will stream in English on Zoom and translate in Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Hungarian and Italian.

SCHEDULE OF MAY-JUNE LIVE-STREAMS AND TRANSLATIONS BY SAKYA FRIENDS:

Lama Choedak Rinpoche (the Spiritual Director of Sakya Losal Choe Dzong, Tibetan Buddhist Society of Canberra, https://www.sakya.com.au/) will give the following teachings hosted/translated by Sakya Friends:
Start each day: 8 am New York, 14:00 CEST, 5:45 pm Nepal, 19:00 Vietnam, 20:00 Taiwan/HK, 10 pm Canberra. List of languages is/will be published at Sakya Friends Fb pages. Start each day: 8 am New York, 14:00 CEST, 5:45 pm Nepal, 19:00 Vietnam, 20:00 Taiwan/HK, 10 pm Canberra.
May 13 (Sat.), 14 (Sun.), May 27 (Sat.), 28 (Sun.): detailed teaching on each of 18 root and 46 secondary Bodhisattva vows (2 hours each day).

May 20 (Saturday, start of the Saga Dawa month which marks the time of the enlightenment of Buddha Shakyamuni): the Buddha Shakyamuni empowerment and practice explanation.
June 17 (Saturday): Yellow Vasudhara empowerment and sadhana explanation.