Situ Dharmakara's Commentary on the Mahamudra Aspiration Prayer
Saturday 14 December 10:30am - 12:30pm and 2:30 - 4:30pm
Sunday 15 December 10:30am - 12:30pm
Situ Dharmakara's celebrated work is a guide to the Aspiration Prayer composed by the 3rd Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje. In elucidating the prayer, the commentary provides an extraordinarily profound explanation of Mahamudra meditation and a defence of the special precepts preserved in the Kagyu tradition.
Initiation of White Tara*
Sunday 15 December 2:30 - 4:30pm
The goddess Tara is revered in all traditions of Vajrayana Buddhism as the embodiment of the liberating activity of all buddhas. White Tara is one of the three deities of longevity whose practice is renowned for bestowing the blessings of long life and thus increasing the opportunity for spiritual practice. This initiation is from the lineage of the great master Shakya Shribhadra.
Refuge and the bodhisattva vow will be given to everyone during the preliminary part of the initiation.