Events in January 2023
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January 1, 2023(1 event)
2:00 pm: GURU TSOK INHOUSE - on the 10th of the Lunar month & YANGSI BIRTHDAYGURU TSOK INHOUSE - on the 10th of the Lunar month & YANGSI BIRTHDAYJanuary 1, 2023 - 2:00 pm Happy Guru Rinpoche Day! Please feel free to join us at the Centre (Co-vid protocols still in place) we will follow NYC Centre with Khenpo Norgay & Lama Pasang - here is the Zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82715263353?pwd=UmZoM1ZIalJsWnR3TWZKMWg5RFcyQT09 Meeting ID: 827 1526 3353 Passcode: Guru Rigdzin Dupa with Tsok feast offering - focusing on the inner practice of Padmasambhava to purify our obstacles and to receive blessings & accomplishment from Guru Rinpoche. Tsok means “gathering together” for a spiritual feast. The practitioners come together, the food and drink to be offered to everyone is assembled, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas gather together, and finally as a result of this practice, merit and wisdom are accumulated or “gathered together” by the participants. Text is available at this link: |
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January 6, 2023(1 event)
AMITABHA/PHOWA PRACTICE – on the 15th of the Lunar monthAMITABHA/PHOWA PRACTICE – on the 15th of the Lunar monthJanuary 6, 2023 - Today is Amitabha/Phowa Day Buddha Amitabha, whose name means ‘Boundless Light’ is particularly associated with the clear light of liberation that dawns when one recognizes the true nature of one’s own mind. This subtlest manifestation of mind arises also at death and is known as the clear light of death. Phowa – Namchö Practice - The practice of conscious dying and the transfer of Consciousness to the Pure Land; a profound way in which Dharma is realized spontaneously. Text is available at this link: For ritual practice days, we encourage our sangha to join those Palyul Centres whose practices are led on Zoom by a resident Lama.
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January 7, 2023
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January 8, 2023(1 event)
4:00 pm: OTTAWA PALYUL ANNUAL SANGHA REPORT MEETING on ZoomOTTAWA PALYUL ANNUAL SANGHA REPORT MEETING on ZoomJanuary 8, 2023 - 4:00 pm Everyone is welcome! Please join us to find out what is going on at the Centre
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January 14, 2023(1 event)
9:00 am: SPECIAL PRACTICE on Zoom-Kuntuzangpo Accumulation with Lama PasangSPECIAL PRACTICE on Zoom-Kuntuzangpo Accumulation with Lama PasangJanuary 14, 2023 - 9:00 am Kuntuzangpo Accumulations Practice with Lama Pasang on Zoom Dates - Jan 14, 21 and 28th - 9am- 11am
The Ottawa Palyul Centre invites you to join Lama Pasang who will lead us in accumulating the Great Powerful Aspiration Prayer of Kuntuzangpo, which contains the essence of the entire Dzogchen path to liberation - Ground, Path, and Fruition. Many of you may have received teaching on this precious prayer, whether by Khenchen Guru whom we hosted last September, or by another. It is a prayer to be recited until it penetrates our mindstreams. Lama Pasang now offers us a chance to fulfil our samaya and experience the power of this prayer. Please take advantage of such an opportunity!
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January 15, 2023
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January 17, 2023(1 event)
7:00 pm: YUMKA/DAKINI TSOK INHOUSE – on the 25th of the Lunar monthYUMKA/DAKINI TSOK INHOUSE – on the 25th of the Lunar monthJanuary 17, 2023 - 7:00 pm Happy Dakini Day! Please feel free to join us at the Centre (Co-vid protocols still in place) we will follow NYC Centre with Khenpo Norgay & Lama Pasang - here is the Zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82715263353?pwd=UmZoM1ZIalJsWnR3TWZKMWg5RFcyQT09 Meeting ID: 827 1526 3353 Passcode: Guru Yumka (The Queen of Great Bliss) with Tsok feast offering on the 25th of the lunar month is dedicated to Padmasambhava's consort, the enlightened wisdom Dakini, Yeshe Tsogyal. Tsok means “gathering together” for a spiritual feast. The practitioners come together, the food and drink to be offered to everyone is assembled, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas gather together, and finally as a result of this practice, merit and wisdom are accumulated or “gathered together” by the participants. Text is available at this link: |
January 18, 2023
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January 20, 2023(1 event)
VAJRAKILAYA (DHARMA PROTECTOR) – on the 29th of the Lunar monthVAJRAKILAYA (DHARMA PROTECTOR) – on the 29th of the Lunar monthJanuary 20, 2023 - Today is Dharma Protector Day Vajrakilaya is the main Nyingma protector deity whose practice dispels harmful beings, harmful emotions, and negative circumstances, creating beneficial conditions for Dharma practice and the path to enlightenment. Text is available at this link: NamchoDailyPractice & Vajrakilaya For ritual practice days, we encourage our sangha to join those Palyul Centres whose practices are led on Zoom by a resident Lama.
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January 21, 2023(1 event)
9:00 am: SPECIAL PRACTICE on Zoom-Kuntuzangpo Accumulation with Lama PasangSPECIAL PRACTICE on Zoom-Kuntuzangpo Accumulation with Lama PasangJanuary 21, 2023 - 9:00 am Kuntuzangpo Accumulations Practice with Lama Pasang on Zoom Dates - Jan 14, 21 and 28th - 9am- 11am
The Ottawa Palyul Centre invites you to join Lama Pasang who will lead us in accumulating the Great Powerful Aspiration Prayer of Kuntuzangpo, which contains the essence of the entire Dzogchen path to liberation - Ground, Path, and Fruition. Many of you may have received teaching on this precious prayer, whether by Khenchen Guru whom we hosted last September, or by another. It is a prayer to be recited until it penetrates our mindstreams. Lama Pasang now offers us a chance to fulfil our samaya and experience the power of this prayer. Please take advantage of such an opportunity!
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January 28, 2023(1 event)
9:00 am: SPECIAL PRACTICE on Zoom-Kuntuzangpo Accumulation with Lama PasangSPECIAL PRACTICE on Zoom-Kuntuzangpo Accumulation with Lama PasangJanuary 28, 2023 - 9:00 am Kuntuzangpo Accumulations Practice with Lama Pasang on Zoom Dates - Jan 14, 21 and 28th - 9am- 11am
The Ottawa Palyul Centre invites you to join Lama Pasang who will lead us in accumulating the Great Powerful Aspiration Prayer of Kuntuzangpo, which contains the essence of the entire Dzogchen path to liberation - Ground, Path, and Fruition. Many of you may have received teaching on this precious prayer, whether by Khenchen Guru whom we hosted last September, or by another. It is a prayer to be recited until it penetrates our mindstreams. Lama Pasang now offers us a chance to fulfil our samaya and experience the power of this prayer. Please take advantage of such an opportunity!
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January 29, 2023(1 event)
MEDICINE BUDDHA – on the 8th of the Lunar monthMEDICINE BUDDHA – on the 8th of the Lunar monthJanuary 29, 2023 - Today is Medicine Buddha Day Meditational deity practice on the Medicine Buddha is carried out to pacify all physical and mental illnesses, diseases and suffering caused by all disturbing emotions such as anger, desire, pride, ignorance & jealousy. Text is available at this link: For ritual practice days, we encourage our sangha to join those Palyul Centres whose practices are led on Zoom by a resident Lama.
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January 30, 2023
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January 31, 2023(1 event)
7:00 pm: GURU TSOK INHOUSE - on the 10th of the Lunar monthGURU TSOK INHOUSE - on the 10th of the Lunar monthJanuary 31, 2023 - 7:00 pm Happy Guru Rinpoche Day! Please feel free to join us at the Centre (Co-vid protocols still in place) we will follow NYC Centre with Khenpo Norgay & Lama Pasang - here is the Zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82715263353?pwd=UmZoM1ZIalJsWnR3TWZKMWg5RFcyQT09 Meeting ID: 827 1526 3353 Passcode: Guru Rigdzin Dupa with Tsok feast offering - focusing on the inner practice of Padmasambhava to purify our obstacles and to receive blessings & accomplishment from Guru Rinpoche. Tsok means “gathering together” for a spiritual feast. The practitioners come together, the food and drink to be offered to everyone is assembled, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas gather together, and finally as a result of this practice, merit and wisdom are accumulated or “gathered together” by the participants. Text is available at this link: |
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February 5, 2023(1 event)
AMITABHA/PHOWA PRACTICE – on the 15th of the Lunar monthAMITABHA/PHOWA PRACTICE – on the 15th of the Lunar monthFebruary 5, 2023 - Today is Amitabha/Phowa Day Buddha Amitabha, whose name means ‘Boundless Light’ is particularly associated with the clear light of liberation that dawns when one recognizes the true nature of one’s own mind. This subtlest manifestation of mind arises also at death and is known as the clear light of death. Phowa – Namchö Practice - The practice of conscious dying and the transfer of Consciousness to the Pure Land; a profound way in which Dharma is realized spontaneously. Text is available at this link: For ritual practice days, we encourage our sangha to join those Palyul Centres whose practices are led on Zoom by a resident Lama.
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