Upcoming Events

	Visit of His Eminences Khentrul Gyangkhang and Mugsang Kuchen Rinpoches Their Eminences Khentrul Gyangkhangand Mugsang Kuchen Rinpoches will be visiting the Temple this August. Further details will be announced shortly.
His Eminence Khentrul Gyangkhang Rinpoche		His Eminence Mugsang Kuchen Rinpoche

 

 

 

Highlights of Past Events

We are pleased to announce that Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche will becoming to Orgyan Osal Cho Dzong from Friday, June 18th to Sunday, June 20th to teach the practice of Chod according to the Longchen Nyingthig of Jigme Lingpa, called 'The Laughter of the Dakinis."

Chod refers to cutting through the grasping at a self and its attendant emotional afflictions. Most famous for its teaching on transforming the aggregates into an offering of food for demons as a compassionate act of self-sacrifice, Chod aims to free the mind from all fear and to arouse realization of its true nature, primordially clear bliss and emptiness.

Celebration of the Birth, Enlightenment and Parinirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha

On Sunday, May 23, we celebrated the three pivotal events in the life of Shakyamuni Buddha that are normally celebrated on the full moon of the fifth lunar month. As this date falls on a weekday this year, we marked this occassion on the Sunday prior to this. On this day we practiced the ritual visualization and recitation of the mantra of Shakyamuni Buddha, recited a hymn of praise describing the various profound events that occurred during his life, and ritually offer incense, flowers and a bath of scented water to a statue of the Buddha. The celebration was followed by a vegetarian pot luck lunch and a refuge ceremony for a number of new sangha members.

Anniversary Ceremonies for the first Anniversary of the
Parinirvana of Ven. Peling Tulku Rinpoche
Friday, May 14 to Sunday, May 16

As the anniversary of Rinpoche's parinirvana fell on a Friday, commemorative ceremonies were held all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We practiced the rituals of Riwo Sang Cho (fire offering), Narak Kong Shak (confession and atonement ceremony with a ganachakra feast and butter lamp offerings), A Garland of Flowers (an extensive ritual of offerings to the Lama), The Nying Thig Guru Yoga written by Peling Rinpoche and the recitation of many prayers for his swift rebirth.

Shamatha Meditation Intensive: Sunday April 18

The aim of Shamatha or Tranquility Meditation, the basis of all Buddhist meditative practices, is to calm the 'monkey mind', our everyday mind of constant mental activity, emotionality and conceptualization, enabling us to gain insight into our real nature. You are welcome to join us for a day of Shamatha practice, which will give depth and perspective to one's regular daily meditation sessions. The day was intended to provide an introduction to more intensive practice and longer periods of meditation and retreat. While a daily meditation practice is very beneficial, making time in one's life for longer periods of practice enables one to settle and relax into the practice without the interference of deadlines or other activities.

If people are interested, we will hold another similar event in the near future.

Losar - Tibetan Lunar New Year, February 14, 2010

We celebrated the Tibetan Lunar New Year of the Metal Tiger at Orgyan Dzong Temple on Sunday, February 14th at 11:00 am. According to the Buddhist calendar, this marks the beginning of 15 very auspicious days that commemorate the Buddha displaying a different miracle on each of these days, and is therefore an excellent time to purify negative and accumulate positive karma. Tibetan Buddhists traditionally visit temples on this day to receive blessings and make offerings to the Three Jewels (the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha).

On this day we performed a ritual fire offering (Sang) to purify negativity, repay karmic debts and engender good karma, a special Guru Yoga of Padmasambhava written by Peling Rinpoche and an offering feast (Tsok). Ven. Lama Jigme distributed Mendrup (ritually prepared and blessed herbal medicine) and protection cords.

Annual Autumn Retreat

Orgyan Osal Cho Dzong held its annual fall retreat this year from October 24 to November 1. The retreat concluded with a Fire Puja for Hungry Ghosts on Saturday evening, and Guru Yoga, Riwo Sang Cho, Ser Khyem, Three Part Torma Offering and offerings to the local protectors, Shri Nirmata and Nagaraja Kala Amrita atop Ati Peak on Mt. Moriah to the north of the temple on Sunday morning.

His Holiness Karma Kuchen's Visit

The Palyul Foundation of Canada was honoured by the visit of His Holiness Karma Kuchen Rinpoche, 12th Throne Holder of the Palyul Lineage to Orgyan Osal Cho Dzong Buddhist Temple and Retreat from August 18 to 20.

On August 19, His Holiness gave the wang (empowerment) of Ratna Lingpa's Vajrakila, the Lung (textual transmission) for the sadhana and blessed the temple.

His Holiness also performed on August 20 a ground breaking ceremony for a 30 foot tower shrine for world peace which will enshrine a 13 foot statue of Guru Rinpoche, Padmasambhava. The event was covered in the local papers:

Belleville Intellegencer

EMC Community Paper

This statue is one of several that Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche, one of the senior Khenpos at Namdroling Monastery in India, is having cast and placed in various countries around the globe. Khenchen Namdrol is having these statues created and ritually installed with the intention of their being a powerful source of blessings, healing and peace for the whole world, and to avert and pacify virulent new diseases, famine, war and conflict which will continue to intensify while individual well-being and contentment diminish. These difficult conditions, according to the teachings of the Buddha, are symptomatic of the era we are living in, an 'age of degeneration'. Guru Rinpoche - Padmasambhava, the second Buddha, specifically promised to answer the prayers and shower his blessings upon those who call upon him during these difficult times. This shrine is being constructed in memory of the late Ven. Lama Jampa Rabjampa - Peling Tulku Rinpoche.

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