BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Planet Dharma - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Planet Dharma X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.planetdharma.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Planet Dharma REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Tokyo BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0900 TZOFFSETTO:+0900 TZNAME:JST DTSTART:20220101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Edmonton BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20180311T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20181104T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20190310T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20191103T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20200308T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20201101T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20230722T083000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20230722T100000 DTSTAMP:20260518T112952Z CREATED:20230709T022500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260518T112952Z UID:10000648-1690014600-1690020000@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Chenrezig (Avalokitesvara) Empowerment DESCRIPTION:Meditation on Compassion: Chenrezig Empowerment\n July 22nd\, 2023\, 8:30am\n How can one practice the qualities of compassion? Join us for a Chenrezig or Avalokiteshvara Empowerment ceremony given by Catherine Pawasarat Sensei in Kyoto Japan. \n OverviewRegister\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meditation on Compassion\nJoin a rare empowerment ceremony for the practice of Chenrezig or Avalokiteshvara in Kyoto\, Japan.\nThis empowerment in gives you an energetic blessing\, and access to practice mantra and visualisation of Chenrezig – a meditative practice on Compassion.  One of the foundational transcendental archetypes from the Himalayan schools of Buddhism\, Chenrezig (Tibetan) is also known as Avalokiteshvara (Sanskrit) and associated with Kannon in Japan and Guanyin in China.  \nYou may have heard of the ‘om mani padme hum’ mantra\, associated with Chenrezi in Tibet.   \nThis joyful empowerment will be given by Catherine Pawasarat Sensei in Kyoto Japan on July 22nd\, at 8:30am.  If this is your first initiation\, no problem\, we invite you to come to enjoy the experience with an open heart and mind. You can intend to continue the practice afterward\, or simply come for the blessing. \nCatherine Sensei speaks both English and Japanese. \n  \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Teacher\n \n \n \n \n \n Catherine Pawasarat Sensei \nCatherine Pawasarat Sensei is a contemporary Dharma teacher\, attendant\, consort\, co-teacher via Planet Dharma and co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center.  \nShe has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. \nMore About Sensei | About the Lineage \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meditation on Compassion\nChenrezig (Avalokiteshvara) Empowerment\nSaturday\, July 22nd\, 2023\, 8:30am \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration & Details\n\nThis empowerment is offered by  Catherine Sensei through the ancient principle of generosity\, or Dāna. It is customary to offer Dana in the form of cash\, offered in an envelope to the Teacher during the empowerment ceremony. \nPre-Registration is Required to Attend: \n \n Click to Register\n \n \n \n \n \n Questions?\nPlease contact Sarah Brayer: Email: sarahbrayer@gmail.com. Phone: 075-711-7882. (Sarah speaks English and Japanese). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Location in Kyoto\, Japan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nThis ceremony is hosted by Sarah Brayer\, a long time meditation student in this lineage and member of the early Dharma Japan sangha. Email: sarahbrayer@gmail.com. Phone: 075-711-7882. (Sarah speaks English and Japanese).\nOpportunities to practice in community. Please connect with Sarah if you are interested in deepening your meditation practice with others.\nHow to get there: Download map with instructions:\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What are Vajrayana Empowerments (aka Wongkur)?\n \n \n \n \n \n Namgyal Rinpoche\, our lineage root guru\, put it best: \nIn the depth of the psyche lie all possibilities in a state of unrealized potential. In every being there exists the possibility of experiencing transcendental consciousness\, which when the student is ready\, the Teacher(s) can make accessible to him or her via empowerment\, initiation\, or wongkur. \nOne should regard Wongkur as an event in which the Lama sows the seed of transcendental consciousness in the depth of the student. The seed will lie in the unconscious until the student brings it to realization in the practice of meditation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Other Reading: What is Wongkur? (Vajrayana Empowerments)\nInitiations\, empowerments\, or wongkur (Tib. དབང་\, wang) are considered the spring from which all blessings flow. More literally\, these are ritual celebrations in which a specific teaching is transmitted from Teacher to student that enables the student to practice a new form of “Arising Yoga” or “Deity Practice”. \nFor more information about wongkur\, we recommend reading ‘What is Wongkur’\, which includes ‘A Western Psychological Orientation to Deity Yoga’ by the Venerable Namgyal Rinpoche and ‘A Traditional Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist View’ by His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trizin. It is extensive article\, published by Wesley Knapp. Visit and support his archival work at the Sakya Namgyal Archive.  \n \n \n Download PDF - What is Wongkur\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What Do Previous Retreatants Say?\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dearest Cata Sensei\,\nTHANK YOU – for holding and shining the outstanding love\, care\, compassion and wisdom that you do. We are so grateful to have you in our lives and for your presence in this world of ours.\nMuch love\, gratitude and appreciation to you for the incredible woman\, teacher and human being your are. Thank you for being a true light and inspiration in this world. \nRuth LevinMFA\, Small Business Owner\, Movement Teacher & Performing ArtistCatherine Sensei is an excellent teacher with a gentle manner and a keen intellect and breadth of knowledge. \nDean Nicholson Executive DirectorIt is simply hard to put the ineffable to words. I don’t find meditation easy\, but I do find it worth it. I would not have dreamed that a 3 day online retreat could resolve complicated matters that I have wrestled with for years. Yet it did. Thank you\, Sensei. Thank you each one of you at Clear Sky. \nCheryl Bate Clinical Counsellor\, Private Practise\, Whistler\, BCCatherine Sensei is an inspiring model and teacher of Women in Buddhism. She deftly weaves context\, questions and her own experiences with wisdom\, curiosity and a stunning clarity. \nMichelle Heinz Integral CoachDear Catherine Sensei\, we are so blessed to have you as one of the dedicated teachers at Clear Sky. I admire your continued commitment to helping us and others on the planet and I am awed by your abilities.  \nDan O'BrianAuthor\, Japan SeriesDear Catherine Sensei\,\nThank you for your unwavering compassion and commitment to support and accelerate The unfoldment of all beings around you.\nIt is a blessing and a privilege to be one of the lucky few who can bask in the glow of this radiance. \nDave Basu RoyChef\, food business strategist and socialpreneur URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/chenrezig-avalokitesvara-kyoto-2023/ CATEGORIES:Public Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/f_chenregiz_5-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190810 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190811 DTSTAMP:20260720T070103Z CREATED:20190718T234145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260720T070103Z UID:10000418-1565395200-1565481599@www.planetdharma.com SUMMARY:Green Tara Empowerment DESCRIPTION:Green Tara Empowerment\n Initiation into the Feminine Archetype of Compassion | By Dāna\n This empowerment and blessing is open to the public.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We invite you to participate in this Vajrayana initiation where Dharma Teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat will share and water the seed of wholistic healing\, so that you can call on and embody this archetype in your life. \nIf this is your first experience\, just let us know and we’ll guide you. This empowerment is offered by Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat on the basis of dāna\, or generosity practice. \nWhat are the benefits of the practice of Tara?\nIn contemporary parlance\, Tara is a feminine archetype of compassion that supports us in healing and interconnection. There are many Tara practices\, of which Green Tara is one. \nThe practice of Tara is traditionally said to: \n-Guard us from both mental and physical dis-ease \n-Have the power to dispel poisons such as toxic unwholesome states of being \n-Dispel conflict\, including unpleasant dreams\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP\nPlease RSVP by August 7th\, 2019.  Start time and details will be conveyed when you RSVP. Please contact Cara at Clear Sky Center by phoning 250-429-3929.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n  Why Green Tara?\nThere are many forms of Tara\, and this empowerment conveys the essence of Green Tara specifically. \nGreen Tara demonstrates the enlightened compassion of nature. Her archetype is particularly helpful for connecting with wholistic healing and the immersive and unitive qualities of mother nature. \nShe is a manifestation of the divine feminine and all that is supportive and nurturing.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You can learn more about the practice of Tara below:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Teachers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Catherine Pawasarat\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. \nAchariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. \nCatherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies. URL:https://www.planetdharma.com/event/green-tara-empowerment-2019/ LOCATION:Clear Sky Meditation & Study Centre\, 3567 Cockell Rd\, Bull River\, British Columbia\, V0B1N0\, Canada CATEGORIES:Public Classes,Retreats ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.planetdharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/green-tara-aka-Tman.jpg GEO:49.615543;-115.6300709 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Clear Sky Meditation & Study Centre 3567 Cockell Rd Bull River British Columbia V0B1N0 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3567 Cockell Rd:geo:-115.6300709,49.615543 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR