Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara
Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Gablerstrasse 51, ZurichRecently FPMT's Spiritual Director Lama Zopa Rinpoche has recommended for Lhagsam to perform the Cittamani Tara Four-Mandala Offering Puja, everyone is welcome to join! This is to ensure a successful transition of Lhagsam to an FPMT center status, to find a great Center Director and for Lhagsam to be able to benefit numberless sentient beings. WHEN: Friday March 4, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm CET, Saturday March 5, 8.30 - 10.30 am CET Friday March 11, 4.00 pm - 6.00 pm CET, Saturday March 12, 8.30 - 10.30 am CET WHERE: Onsite & Online LEVEL: Intermediate. Some knowledge of Buddhism is of benefit but everyone is welcome! PDF: If you join us onsite, please bring your own device or printout to read the text. You can find it here: Cittamani Tara ZOOM LINK https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88296658110?pwd=djdQbGhLR2hPdnhVbGRXamcyRnRyZz09 Meeting ID: 882 9665 8110 Passcode: 940984 There are so many inner obstacles to the development of your mind, and these inner obstacles create many outer obstacles. Therefore, for the success of your Dharma practice, of your actualizing the graduated path to enlightenment, you must rely upon a special deity or Buddha, such as Tara. - Lama Zopa Rinpoche (Kopan Monastery, May 1987) It is important for Lhagsam's future that we do this practice together, therefore we invite all our friends and supporters to join us for one or more of the pujas. We have a great opportunity to collect great merit through this practice, as we will be doing it during the Days of Miracles, which this year will fall between the 3rd and 18th of March. Ven. Tsultrim will kinldy lead us through the practice. Cittamani Tara is the highest yoga tantra manifestation of the deity Tara. Tara, a female personification of the enlightened mind, is known as Tara the Liberator, an embodiment of...