Date and Venue
Wednesday 28. 10 – Thursday 29. 10.
Sports Hall Folimanka
Na Folimance 2490/2
120 00 Praha 2
Program
Wednesday 28. 10.
13:00
What Is Diamond Way Buddhism?
lecture, common meditation
(panel with traveling teachers Peter Jevoš and Libor Vlček, students of Lama Ole Nydahl)
15:00
Video recording of teaching by Lama Ole Nydahl
18:00
Lecture: „Meditation“
(Jamgön Kongtrul Rinpoche)
Thursday 29. 10.
15:00
Black Coat Empowerment
(skt. Mahakala, tib. Bernagchen)
(Jamgön Kongtrul Rinpoche)
During the Thursday session, Rinpoche will offer Buddhist refuge, which is fundamental for practicing the Diamond Way. There may also be an opportunity to take refuge on Wednesday, subject to Rinpoche’s program)
Further Program
Prague
Friday 30. 10 – Saturday 31. 10.
The program continues on Friday and Saturday with meditations and lectures led by traveling teachers Peter Jevoš, Libor Vlček, and Petra Jarošová, students of Lama Ole Nydahl, at the Diamond Way Buddhist Center, Na Maninách 17a, 170 00 Holešovice, Prague.
Vyhlídky
Friday 30. 10 – Sunday 1. 11.
For those who have already completed the Preliminary Practices (Tib. Ngöndro), the program continues with a course on the 8th Karmapa with Michaela Fritzges at the South Bohemian Diamond Way Buddhism Center Vyhlídky, Jivno 19 (near České Budějovice).
Prices
Program: Wednesday 28. 10 – Thursday 29. 10.
| One-day admission | 20 € |
| Both days | 40 € |
Tickets will be available for purchase at the venue; payment can be made in cash or by card
Translation
The lecture by the traveling teachers will be in Czech with English translation available via headphones.
The lecture and empowerment given by Rinpoche will be in English with Czech translation available via headphones.
Translation will be provided via FM radio with headphones.
Radios and headphones will be available for rent on site.
Jamgön Kongtrul Rinpoche
The Fourth Jamgön Kongtrul Rinpoche is a master of Tibetan Buddhism and a lineage holder of the Karma Kagyu school. He was recognized and confirmed as a lineage holder by the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Trinle Thaye Dorje. Rinpoche was born in 1995 in Nepal, received a traditional Tibetan education, and completed the traditional three-year retreat. He now divides his time between meditation in retreat and teaching.
Rinpoche has received transmissions and empowerments from high lamas of the lineage, including the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, the head of the Karma Kagyu school.
What Is an Empowerment?
An empowerment is a guided meditation focused on a specific Buddha aspect. The teacher transmits the blessings of the Buddha’s body, speech, and mind, and often also of his qualities and activity. He sows seeds of liberation into the consciousness of those present, enabling them to develop the mind’s full potential.
During the empowerment, we repeat the heart vibrations of the Buddhas—their mantras—and rest in the inseparability of space and joy. Energy fields are awakened that strengthen inner development and remove obstacles and obscurations in body, speech, and mind.
Most importantly, the empowerment creates a connection between our own immediate insight and the wisdom of timeless space. Taking the Buddhist refuge is an integral part of every empowerment.
Rinpoche will share the empowerment of the protector Black Coat (Skt. Mahākāla, Tib. Bernagchen), a Buddha that represents the protective activity of the mind. Black Coat is the main protector in the Karma Kagyu lineage and is directly connected to the Karmapas. Like all Buddha aspects, he embodies the active love and compassion of space.
Contacts
The event is organized by the Religious Society of Diamond Way Buddhism
Organizers:
Jakub Šardický, [email protected], +420 608 976 105
Media contact:
Jan Matuška, [email protected], +420 777 063 121