Shower of Blessings Feast Offering (Tsok) Practice with H.E. Chhoje Tulku Rinpoche

21may6:00 pmShower of Blessings Feast Offering (Tsok) Practice with H.E. Chhoje Tulku Rinpoche

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H.E. Chhoje Tulku Rinpoche will lead us in tsok practice, in person, at PMC. Join us as we re-open the center!

We will practice the Shower of Blessings feast offering (Tib. tsok) for the tenth day of the fourth lunar month which falls this year on Friday, May 21. The tsok (feast offering) practice is offered to celebrate each tenth day, Guru Rinpoche Day, in every lunar month. Each Guru Rinpoche day commemorates a particular episode from Padmasambhava's life as support to practitioners who wish to deepen their relationship with him, the buddha of our troubled age.

The fourth month: "The deluded ministers and people of Orgyen (Oddiyana) attempt to burn Guru Rinpoche and his consort Mandarava alive. The guru transforms the flames into a lake, from which he emerges with his consort seated on a lotus. The king, his ministers, and the people are filled with devotion. He is known as Pema Dorje Tsel, 'the Guru with Vajra and Lotus.'"

Excerpt extracted from Tibetan Astrology, in which Phillipe Cornu summarizes Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche's explanation of each month's tenth day. Read more here.

If you intend to join us in person at PMC, please RSVP by clicking "RSVP" below and provide your email and name. We will limit the number of attendees to ensure that our protocols can be maintained to keep the community, and Chhoje Rinpoche, safe. 

If you cannot join us in person, join us via PMC's YouTube channel. Click here to access the teaching.

In your home, you can arrange a plate of fresh food offerings--newly purchased items that have not been used before--and place it on your altar while you participate in the practice. You can offer anything that looks and tastes pleasing to you, then partake in the feast at the appropriate time in the ritual with the rest of the community.

We will send out digital versions of the Shower of Blessings liturgy and the various introductory and dedication prayers to the email address you submit with your RSVP no later than one hour before the event. We will turn off the RSVP function at this point so we are able to get the information to those who responded.

If you would like to make a donation to support this practice at PMC, please donate online by clicking here, or send checks to "PMC" at PO Box 3734, Boulder, CO 80307 and email treasurer@pmctr.org with your pledged donation amount no later than Tuesday, May 18.

Health Guidelines and Protocols for In-Person Events at PMC

If you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19--or if you have had close contact with a person who has symptoms like dry cough, chest tightness, and/or fever--please refrain from participating in in-person gatherings.

We strongly recommend that those who are at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19 (e.g. 65 years and older, living with chronic lung disease, serious heart conditions, immunocompromised, severe obesity, diabetes, liver disease, chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis, etc.) continue using online options. You can find the link to watch this event via PMC's YouTube channel below.

  1. 1. Participants acknowledge they have been fully vaccinated*;

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Time

(Friday) 6:00 pm(GMT-06:00)

Location

Padmasambhava Meditation Center

1900 South Cook Street

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