- Tong Chö
May 19 - Monlam Choga, followed by Short Shitro Practice
May 19 - Nyungne Retreat - The Fasting Ritual and Meditation of Thousand-Armed Chenrezig
May 21 - June 06 - Introduction to Buddhist Meditation
May 21 - Tong Chö
May 26
Own A Treasure Vase - Support the Maitreya Center

Tibetan Wealth Treasure Vases are a powerful ancient tradition for magnetizing blessings, prosperity, health and wisdom. The great master Guru Rinpoche gave precise instructions for creating and blessing these vases to instill them with the power to re-balance the elements, attract wealth, pacify disharmony, and rejuvenate health. Lama Norlha Rinpoche, assisted by the monks and nuns of Kagyu Thubten Chöling Monastery, has recently filled, blessed and empowered a limited number of extraordinary Wealth Treasure Vases that are available to individuals to place in their home, business or other important site to bring auspicious conditions, especially harmony in the family, good health, and financial stability.
Each vase is filled with sacred substances prescribed by Guru Rinpoche, including blessed medicine balls known as yang dze kun du rilbu (essential wealth collecting pills) and jung chu rilbu (pills that possess the vitality of the four elements, and thus can balance disturbance in the elements). These sacred blessed substances come from the three great adepts, Jamgon Kongtrul the Great, Jamyang Kyentse Wangpo and Chokgyur Lingpa, as well as sacred substances and relics blessed by the Buddha Shakyamuni, Guru Rinpoche, Yeshe Tsogyal, the hundred great tertons [treasure-finders] and one thousand minor tertons, great lineage masters including Marpa, Milarepa, Gampopa, the Gyalwang Karmapa incarnations, Karma Chagme Rinpoche, Chabje Dudjom Rinpoche, Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche, Chatral Rinpoche, the Tai Situpa incarnations, Tenga Rinpoche, Thrangu Rinpoche, Dorje Chang Kalu Rinpoche, Dezhung Rinpoche and many other great masters. Rinpoche has also added the power mantras and printed mandalas of White Dzambhala, White Mahakala, and all the deities of the Guru Rinpoche practice Kunchok Chindu; images of the wealth dakini Khandro Norlha, and a collection of relics from previous Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Also inside the vases are a rich collection of jewels and metals, and pills made from the holy earth, stone and water from sacred sites all over the world.
After carefully preparing the treasure vases, Lama Norlha Rinpoche consecrated and empowered them in a seven-day ceremony involving several Vajrayana deity practices. Kunchok Chindu is chanted to invoke the blessings of all the manifestations of Guru Rinpoche. A special White Dzambhala practice that comes from a Chogyal Dorje terma (hidden treasure) is performed to balance the elements during these challenging times of agitation, war and economic uncertainty. The practice of Lhamo Palchemo (Glorious Goddess) is chanted to bring power and auspiciousness by invoking the vitality of the elements and blessings of the Buddhas. The Shangpa practice of White Mahakala, which was brought from India to Tibet by the siddha-scholar Kyungpo Naljor, and with which Dorje Chang Kalu Rinpoche has a special transmission and connection, is practiced to bring wealth, merit and success. Prayers are made to the Buddha Amitayus to bring long life, and the entire ceremony is dedicated to the liberation of all beings.
By possessing one of these sacred vases, you not only bring blessings to yourself, your family and your home or business, but you also accumulate immeasurable merit by contributing to the Maitreya Center which honors the next Buddha, the Buddha Maitreya, and creates a vital space for the practice of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism. For a contribution of $1008 towards the construction of the Maitreya Center, we will gratefully acknowledge your gift by providing you with a blessed Treasure Vase.
If you would like to support this virtuous project,
please download the Treasure Vase Donation Form.
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