Teaching: King of Aspiration Prayers w/ Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche

Dear Dharma Friends,

We are very pleased and excited to announce that Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche will be giving a teaching series during the coming weeks on the King of Aspiration Prayers: Samantabhadra’s Aspiration to Good Actions (Zangchö Mönlam). All are welcome to join these teachings, either on Zoom or in person at the temple.

Teachings on the King of Aspiration Prayers
Every Tuesday & Friday
Beginning Tuesday, October 11
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM (EDT)
Translations:
English | 普通話 | Español

Tuesday, October 11
Friday, October 15
Tuesday, October 18
Friday, October 21
Tuesday, October 25
Friday, October 28

Register For Zoom Here

Upon registering, you will receive an email with the Zoom link.
Registrants will also receive an email with links to download the prayer text.
These text download links will also be posted in chat during the teaching

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Extracted from the final chapter of the Flower Garland Sutra (Avataṃsaka Sūtra), The King of Aspirations Prayers is a profound aspiration prayer made by Samantabhadra, one of the Eight Bodhisattvas, and is one of the main aspiration prayers chanted by all schools of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. It condenses all prayers to remain steadfast on the Mahayana path and be free of obstacles, ensuring that the merit and wisdom one has accumulated ripens in the most beneficial ways for oneself and all sentient beings. By reciting this prayer with devotion, it is said that one will be able to purify all negativeness, even the five heinous actions, and at the moment of death be reborn in Sukhavati where one will have the perfect conditions to continue one’s path and bring happiness and benefit to all beings.

Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche was born in Bhutan. After completing secondary school in 1986, he joined the Ngagyur Nyingma Institute, the prestigious Buddhist studies and research center at Namdroling Monastery in Mysore, South India. At the Institute he studied under Khenchen Pema Sherab, Khenpo Namdrol Tsering, Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso, and other visiting professors, including Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok and Khenpo Pema Tsewang from Tibet. He completed the Shedra program in 1995 and joined the Institute staff, teaching there for three years. He was formally enthroned as Khenpo by His Holiness Penor Rinpoche in 1998 and was assigned by His Holiness to teach at the Buddhist college at Palyul monastery in Tibet. Khenpo-la received all the major empowerments of the Rinchen Terzod, Nam Cho, Nyingthik Yabshi and Nyingma Kama from His Holiness Penor Rinpoche and the Mipham Kabum from His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Because of his knowledge and experience, and fluent command of the English language, His Holiness Penor Rinpoche assigned him to teach students in North America in conjunction with Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche.