Venerable Zasep Tulku Rinpoche will offer the Five Dakini Chöd Empowerment on June 27th and lead a two-day retreat on June 28th and 29th at Gaden Tashi Choling Temple in Nelson, B.C., Canada.
Chod means to cut through the truly-existent “I”. Chod practice is an advanced skillful method that enables practitioners to become free of this clinging to the belief and false notion in a truly existent individual self.
Attachment and clinging to self, or “I “, are sources of all kinds of mental defilements and suffering. Chod is a profound practice that enables practitioners to understand the union of Bodhicitta and Shunyata.
Chod is not just a practice designed for wandering yoginis or yogis experimenting with their spiritual strength, while being in romantic wilderness sites and scary places.
The teachings and practice of Chod are an advanced and effective means to help us cut our ego, tame our mental defilements and develop pure unconditional Bodhicitta for all sentient beings.
According to the Gelug tradition, Chod practice is aimed at enhancing our meditation on the three principal paths of Lam Rim: Renunciation, Bodhicitta and Shunyata wisdom. Chod practice is a higher Tantric practice and a Dakini Yogic sublime way of transferring our consciousness into the spacious and eternal bliss of Prajnaparamita.
Machig Labdron said Chod is 100 times more effective than Powa practice for transferring consciousness to the Buddha pure lands.
Chod is a powerful healing practice for overcoming our fear, attachments, anxiety, anger, trauma and grief in this time of degeneration, with more people suffering due to the current direction of our society and world.
About His Eminence Zasep Rinpoche Tulku Rinpoche
His Eminence Zasep Tulku Rinpoche, a highly realized and internationally respected teacher of Gelugpa Buddhism, was born in Tibet in the province of Kham in 1948. Zasep Tulku Rinpoche was recognized as the 13th incarnation of Lama Konchog Tenzin of Zuru Monastery. In 1959, he left Tibet and continued his education for sixteen years in India under the tutelage of many of the greatest teachers of Mahayana Buddhism. Since 1976 he has taught western Dharma students in Australia, Canada, and the United States and has developed Dharma centres in each of these countries. Rinpoche regularly visits these centres and offers extensive teachings, initiations and retreats which his many students enthusiastically attend. Zasep Rinpoche now resides in Nelson, BC, close to the Gaden for the West retreat centre (Gaden Tashi Choling Retreat).
We hope you’ll join us for this precious opportunity. Additional details on how to connect via Zoom will be provided upon registration. (Please be sure to read your entire registration receipt carefully, as it contains all the important information you’ll need to join the event.)
The suggested donation to Gaden for the West for the Five Dakini Chöd Empowerment and Teachings during the Two-Day Retreat Weekend is $135–165 CAD (sliding scale).
If you are only attending the Five Dakini Chöd Empowerment, the suggested donation is $45–55 CAD (sliding scale).
For questions or more information about paying by e-transfer or cheque (within Canada), please email: gadenwest@gmail.com.
