WISDOM CENTER
OF SANTA CRUZ
Drubpon Pema Rigdzin has trained in Tibetan Buddhism for thirty years and completed extensive Vajrayana retreats under Lama Tharchin Rinpoche. Drubpon is a lead ritual chanter (umdze) at the Vajrayna Foundation, and teacher for Drub Nyiy Döjö Gatsal, our Three-Year Retreat Center. He is also a Chaplain with Stanford Health Care and the Hospice of Santa Cruz County, an acupuncturist with a BA in Physical Therapy and a keen researcher of ancestral forms of healing.
Changbu Gyatsa
THE HUNDRED HANDPRINT HEALING PRACTICE
Thursday, April 10 at 6:00 pm Pacific
In-person at the Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz and Online (Real time only; no recording)
with Pema Rigdzin
The One Hundred Handprints Healing Practice, Changbu Gyatsa is a Chö healing ceremony from the Troma Nagmo cycle revealed by Terton Dudjom Lingpa.
One hundred handprints bearing the imprints of our karmic obscurations are arranged as the five desirable things. Through these offerings made to the wisdom Dakini Troma Nagmo, all accumulated karmic debts are purified, and health and balance are restored naturally allowing us to reconnect to our inner source of happiness and joy.
“If you visualize through these key points, the recipient of your offering, the Mamo Dakini, will be pleased. The recipients of your charities, the demons, will all be appeased as well. You will free yourself from inner and outer obstacles and hindrances, and produce the ultimate great merit.” —Dudjom Lingpa
Chö means to ‘cut’ or to ‘sever.’ It is a profound practice for cutting the root of suffering. In this ceremony, we will use melodies, visualizations, and offerings as participants lie down and are guided through meditation as methods for healing the disorders of the body and mind within the space of the sole mother Troma Nagmo.
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Guide to Riwo Sangchö | Part 4
Hands on Practice with Pema Rigdzin
April 26 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Standard donation: $40; Low income: $20
Join us to celebrate Earth Day in April, as part of the smoke offering series in an
in-person* and online streaming guided practice of Riwo Sangchö.
A step-by-step explanation on how to prepare the various substances, the ritual instruments, and melodies will be given. We will perform the practice together and there will be time for Q&A.
The topic of smoke offering is incredibly vast. It encompasses many profound aspects in our practice and activities. As a result, this series which began as a two-part introduction has been extended into the spring.
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It is not a prerequisite to have attended previous sessions but it is recommended. Contact us for more details.
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The practice of Riwo Sangchö, Mountain Smoke Offering from the 17th Century Treasure Revealer Lhatsun Namkha Jigme is especially potent in purifying illnesses for beings and the environment, removing obstacles, and accumulating the two kinds of merit through the offering of fragrant smoke, visualization, and mudrā to the four categories of guests (the triple gem, protectors, the six classes of beings, and our karmic debtors.
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Upcoming in the series: Naga and Magnetizing smoke offerings.
Dates TBA.
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"Through this diamond-like practice of Riwo Sangchö, one can ‘ransom’ death, purify the misuse of offerings, and avert various obstacles." Terton Lhatsun Namkha Jigme
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*In person private location hosted by Wisdom Center will be shared upon registration.