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Saturday 15th May

Venue: TBA

Facility fee: £15.00  (£10.00 half day)

The King of Aspirations

10.30am - 1.00pm
‘The King of Aspirations’ is one of the most important liturgies practised throughout Mahayana Buddhism. Derived from the Avatamsaka Sutra, it sets out the seven-branch preliminary practices and the essential aspirations of one training on the path to full awakening.

Lama Jampa will teach the ‘Aspiration’ through the commentarial explanation set out by the 19th century master Drakpa Gyaltsen, a close disciple of Jamyang Chentse Wangpo.

The Initiation of Amitabha

2:30 pm. - 4:30 pm.

One of the concluding aspirations of the ‘King of Aspirations’ is the resolve to achieve rebirth in the Buddha Land of Amitabha. As an auspicious connection to this Lama Jampa will bestow the initiation of Amitabha from the lineage of the great treasure-revealer, Minjur Dorje.

This initiation  is open to all Buddhists.

Refuge will be given at the beginning of the initiation for all who wish to make a formal commitment to practising the Buddhist path.
Please contact manchester@dechen.org for further details.

 
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