Medicine Buddha Monlam

The  1st annual Medicine Buddha Prayer Gathering will happen in Denver from Friday June 12-Monday June 15 (tentative).

Over the past several months, Anyen Rinpoche has been giving a special transmission of Ju Mipham's Medicine Buddha practice, "The Condensed Sadhana of the Medicine Buddha: An Excellent Vase of Nector." The practice will serve as the basis of an annual prayer gathering where practitioners all over the country will gather together for focused practice on Medicine Buddha practice for three days.

It has long been Anyen Rinpoche's goal to start a "monlam" (Tibetan for "Prayer Gathering") in the West. Currently, a monlam for the practitioners of each of the four lineages of Tibetan Buddhism occurs in either India, Nepal or Tibet each year. Anyen Rinpoche feels it is time to bring this tradition to the West. And, what better practice for an American Monlam than Medicine Buddha--which brings healing and peace of mind to beings all over the world in this age of great suffering.

Also, by starting a three-day Medicine Buddha Monlam in the West based on the text of Ju Mipham, Anyen Rinpoche continues a tradition begun by his Root Lama, Tsara Dharmakirti Rinpoche in Tibet decades ago. Tsara Dharmakirti Rinpoche, a realized master of the Medicine Buddha practice who healed himself from cancer and countless others from fatal illness and also extreme mental imbalances such as bipolarism, gathered hundreds of practitioners together each year to do this practice for the benefit of benigs everywhere. Anyen Rinpoche remembers these Monlams as having the warmest, most compassionate energy of any practice done during the year because the sole focus was the alleviation of the myriad sufferings of others.

In this day and age, plagued by illness, strife, terrorism, famine, environmental disasters and natural catastrophies, we rejoice in the possibility of gathering together spiritual practitioners to pray for the health, safety, and welfare of all on the planet.

For those wishing to join the 2009 Monlam, read the following note carefully! Even if you have had the Medicine Buddha empowerment, you do not have the transmission and sadhana instructions for this practice. This sadhana has never been taught in the West before now.

Rinpoche will give empowerment, transmission and sadhana instructions in Denver this winter. Additionally, he will give the empowerment and transmission the evening before the Monlam for students coming from out of town. Out-of-town students will be responsible for uploading and watching the sadhana instructions, which will be available via password on the website. Even if you have received this empowerment before, Rinpoche asks that you definitely plan to receive the empowerment again from him so that eventually, we practitioners of the Medicine Buddha Monlam will all hold the lineage of the realized master Tsara Dharmakirti Rinpoche. What a blessing for us all!

Everyone is welcome to attend this event, but we ask you to preregister once the registration page is uploaded. If you are coming from out of the area, we can help you arrange your stay if you let us know what help you require. To that effect, some support and general information will be posted on the website.

Would you like to host the Medicine Buddha empowerment or Monlam in your city? Contact us at the address listed below and tell us about your ideas!

Feel free to email us with any questions at info@anyenrinpoche.com

May all beings benefit!

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