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The name of my village is Takster, or “Roaring Tiger.” When I
was a child, it was a poor little commune, built on a hill
overlooking a wide valley. The grazing land was used not by
farmers but by nomads, because of the unpredictable
weather in the region. When I was little, my family, along with
about twenty others, earned a meager living from this land.
Takster is situated in the extreme northeastern part of the
country, in the province of Amdo. The house where I was
born was typical of that part of Tibet—built of stone and earth,
with a flat roof. The gutters, made from juniper branches
hollowed out to channel rainwater, were the only unusual
element of its architecture. Right in front of the house,
between its two “arms” or wings, was a little courtyard with, in
the center, a tall pole to which a flag printed with many
prayers was attached. Animals were housed behind the
house, which had six rooms: the kitchen, where we spent
most of our time during the winter; the shrine room with a little
altar, where we all gathered for the morning offerings; my
parents’ bedroom; a guest room; a storage room for our
provisions; and finally, a stable for the animals.
Children didn’t have a room of their own. As a baby, I slept
with my mother, and then in the kitchen, near the stove. We
had neither chairs nor beds, properly speaking, but there
were raised wooden platforms to sleep on in my parents’
room and in the guest bedroom. We also had a few wooden
hutches, painted in bright colors.
To be continued.
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Event Calendar
July
Thu 7th
10.00am
Teaching Letter to a King
Thu 14th
10.00am
Teaching Letter to a King
Thu 14th
7:00pm
Tsog / Guru Puja
Sun 17th
10.00am
Meditation
Tue 19th
10.00am
Universal Prayer Day
Thu 21th
7:00pm
Teaching Letter to a King
Fri 29th
7:00pm
Tsog / Guru Puja
Sun 31st
10.00am
Meditation at Gidgegannup
August
Sat 6th
9:00am
Meditation HYT Initiates Only
Sat 6th
7.00pm
Medicine Buddha Puja
Thu 11th
7.00pm
Teaching Six Session Yoga
Sat 13th
7:00pm
Tsog / Guru Puja
Tue 16th
7:00pm
Meditation
Thu 18th
7.00pm
Teaching Six Session Yoga
Sun 21st
10.00am
Meditation
Thu 25th
7.00pm
Teaching Six Session Yoga
Tue 27th
7:00pm
Tsog / Guru Puja
Sun 28th
10.00am
Meditation at Gidgegannup
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General News, continued
3
Dharma Teachings
Tsog offering / Guru puja
New Members
New members are always welcome at the PhenDheLing
Tibetan Buddhist Centre. If you would like to become a
member or a friend of the centre please complete the
subscription form enclosed in the newsletter or email
[email protected] August your connection with the
PhenDheLing Tibetan Buddhist Centre be of benefit to you
and all sentient beings.
Twice a month, based on the lunar calendar, the practice of
tsog offering / Guru puja is done. It is a commitment for those
practicing tantra to restore and reaffirm their vows and
pledges. However, anyone and everyone is welcome to
attend this ritual of making extensive offerings to the Buddhas
and Bodhisattvas, thus accumulating the positive energy
needed to progress along the spiritual path. Everyone is
welcome to attend.
July: 14, 29
August: 13, 27
September: 11, 25
Time: Please arrive at 6.45pm for a 7.00pm start.
Cost: By donation
Offerings of food or flowers are welcome
Spiritual Consultation
Guided Meditation on Tuesdays
Genla Thupten Lodey is available for Spiritual consultations
and House Blessings (ritual cleansings), Baby Blessings,
Wedding Blessings, and Funerals. If you would like to
arrange a time to meet with Genla, please call Alison on
93375845 or email [email protected]
Visualisation meditation is a unique Tibetan Buddhist
technique to develop concentration, to purify your negative
energy and to enhance your positive energy.
Buddha and Green Tara meditations are held on alternate
sessions at the Centre. Everyone is welcome to attend.
August: 16
September: 6, 20
Time: 7.00pm.
Cost: By donation
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Dharma Teachings, continued
General Meditation on Sundays
Genla will be teaching meditations based on compassion,
respect and happiness. These meditations will include
techniques such as focusing on the breath and visualisations.
All welcome: Suitable for both beginner and more advanced
students.
July: 17
August: 21
Time: 10.00am.
Cost: By donation
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General News, continued
Favourable Days for Hanging Prayer Flags
July: 8, 10, 18
August: 7, 9,15, 17
September: 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16
Unfavourable Days for Hanging Prayer Flags
July: 14, 26
August: 10, 22
September: 5, 17, 28
Newsletter by Email
Sunday Meditation at Gidgegannup
Morgan has kindly opened her house to hold meditation
sessions at 54 Waterford Drive, Gidgegannup.
The meditation will be led by Ven. Thupten Lodey. Genla will
teach meditations based on compassion, respect and
happiness using techniques such as focusing on the breath
and visualisations. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Please join us for morning tea afterwards. Any queries please
call Morgan on 9574 6186 / 0439080586
July: 31
August: 28
September: 18
Time: 10.00am.
Cost: By donation
In order to save costs and the earth’s resources we
encourage you to receive PhenDheLing’s newsletter by
email. If you would like to receive a pdf copy of the newsletter
by email, please contact the Centre at:
[email protected].
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General News
5
Dharma Teachings, continued
Teaching Nagarjuna's “Letter to King Satvahana”
PhenDheLing Website
For general information on PhenDheLing Tibetan Buddhist
Centre, including the calendar of events, please visit:
www.phendheling.org.
Newsletter Contributions
If you would like to contribute to the newsletter or have any
suggestions, please forward your copy or message to
[email protected] with the subject "Newsletter".
Nagarjuna (1st - 2nd century A.D.) wrote his celebrated poem
Letter to a Friend as a letter of advice to his friend King
Gautamiputra/Satavahana.
This advice gives a concise and
comprehensive introduction to the entire
path and practice of Buddhism. It guides
both householders and the ordained onto
the path leading to liberation and
enlightenment. The instructions are of
special interest to those who wish to take
up spiritual activity while continuing to
live and work in society; they are meant
to convey the whole meaning of the Dharma to the ordinary
person in a language and style that are easy to understand.
Despite its short length (only 123 verses), it covers the whole
Mahayana path with unusual clarity and memorable imagery;
thus it is widely quoted by Tibet's great masters and scholars
in the many commentaries they have written on the Buddhist
path.
July: 7, 14, 21
Time: 10:00am
Cost: By donation
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Dharma Teachings, continued
Commentary On Six Session Yoga
(Highest Yoga Initiates Only)
The Six Session Guru Yoga prayer is a daily commitment for
Highest Yoga Tantra initiates (e.g., Guhyasamaja,
Chakrasamvara, Yamantaka, and others). It is a beautiful,
moving practice that helps us recollect our bodhisattva and
tantric vows including the pledges to the Five Buddha
Families and Fifty Verses of Guru Devotion.
Guru devotion — viewing the spiritual teacher as the Buddha
is a core Buddhist practice. By chanting the Six Session Guru
prayer, we make offerings of speech as well as visualised
offerings to the guru. We seek his blessings so we may
become Enlightened for the benefit of all sentient beings.
Through their boundless compassion, Buddhas intentionally
take birth in the Desire Realm in a way that we can see them.
As our teachers, they teach us the holy Dharma and offer us
knowledge, inspiration and blessings. They give us
opportunities to practice generosity, patience and morality in
the best possible way.
August: 11, 18, 25
September: 1, 8
Time: 7:00pm
Cost: By donation
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... To be continued
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Past Events
(Top) Rinpoche and Genla - Borobudur. (Below) Genla at Sherabling
Monastery India
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Membership
Firstly, a heartfelt thank you to all the kind members who offer
support to Phen Dhe Ling Centre in so many ways:
financially; organising Centre events and fundraisers;
cleaning; gardening; and especially through offering support
to Ven. Thupten Lodey our precious teacher and by their
devotion and spiritual practice.
What does membership mean? The definition of member is a
person who belongs to a group. Belonging is the most
important aspect of being a member of Phen Dhe Ling
Centre.
When you belong to a group you gain strength, inspiration,
friendship and comfort or refuge in that group. Belonging to
Phen Dhe Ling Centre will also give you a connection to the
world family of Buddhists and, because of Buddhismʼs
altruistic nature, you may then come to realise your
connection with all sentient beings.
Membership of Phen Dhe Ling Centre thus has many
benefits for individuals, but also for the Centre as the strength
and success of the Centre is dependent on the support and
devotion of its members.
You are invited to become a member of Phen Dhe Ling
Centre. If you are already a member, you are encouraged to
please continue to support the Centre by renewing your
membership.
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Membership. continued
All current memberships expire on 30th June. You can join as
an individual or family member. To join as a member or to
renew your membership you have three ways to pay your
membership:
1: Credit card payment online: go to www.phendheling.org/
support.htm and follow the instructions. You will be able to
print your receipt. Please note there is a charge with this
payment method to cover credit card transaction fees.
2: EFT payment: Please enter in the description your name
plus membership: eg Jane Doe membership, to appear on
the Centreʼs bank statement. Enter the date of the transaction
on your membership application form and email your
completed form to: [email protected]. (It is
important to do this so the Centre has your correct contact
details and the treasurer is aware of your payment and can
write timely receipts.) The Centre’s BSB is 016 307 and the
account number is 4984 28943
3: By cheque. please write the full name of the Centre:
PhenDheLing Tibetan Buddhist Centre as payee, or the bank
may refuse to honour the cheque. Please complete a
membership application form. Postal address for mailing
payments is:
Phen Dhe Ling Tibetan Buddhist Centre, P.O. Box 6963
Hamilton Hill WA 6963
The membership form is available as a download from
www.phendheling.org/support.htm
Thank you so much. I look forward to receiving your
membership applications.
Julie Richmond , Treasurer
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Special Events, continued
Calm Abiding Day retreat
Sunday 4th September
If one tries to meditate and doesn’t know how, then various
thoughts arise and one reacts to them delusively. When
thoughts arise, it’s important not to stop and not to follow after
them but to apply the two kinds of awareness, which are
being aware of thoughts that arise and returning to the
referential object of one’s practice. In short, calm abiding
meditation practice is placing one’s mind on an object,
noticing thoughts that arise, and returning to the referential
object one chose for one’s practice without suppressing or
chasing after thoughts. As one progresses, less and less
thoughts will arise. Eventually, an advanced practitioner can
naturally focus his or her attention on any object without
difficulties. The concentrative awareness one develops
through this practice becomes a part of one’s life and then
one is able to be attentive at all times. As it is, one is very
distracted, but by developing and cultivating both kinds of
awareness through engaging in calm abiding practice again
and again and regularly, one is more conscientious during all
activities. The result of practice is called “mental subtleness”
or “control.”
Time: 9.00am - 4.00pm
Cost: $35members / $45non-members, includes vegetarian
lunch. Bookings essential: Please contact Alison on
93375845 or email [email protected] to register for the
retreat
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Special Events, continued
His Holiness the Dalai Lama 81st Birthday Celebration
Dear members and friends,
Yamantaka self Initiation (Initiates only)
Solitary Hero Yamantaka is one of the Highest Tantric deities
and he is the wrathful manifestation of Manjushri, the Buddha
of wisdom. As a wrathful practice, Yamantaka presents the
means to quickly overcome obstacles that hinder one’s
Dharma practice and to achieve enlightenment. (Only people
who have received Yamantaka initiation and completed the
retreat and fire puja August attend this practice.) Bring your
ritual objects.
Date: Saturday 27th August
Time: 8.00am - 12.00pm
Cost: Donation
You are warmly invited to celebrate
His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday
at Phendheling Tibetan Buddhist Centre
with a high tea and short video
on Sunday 3rd July from 1:30pm to 4:00pm
• Cost - $20.00 Adults, $10.00 for Children aged between 5yrs and
16yrs
• Tickets can only be purchased by cash at the door for this event.
• Door Prizes
• The afternoon tea will include sweet and savoury homemade
foods including gluten free, vegan foods and traditional chai and
Tibetan teas.
We look forward to you joining us for this joyous celebration!
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Special Events, continued
Universal purification day (Zamling Chisang)
This falls on the 15th day of the 5th Tibetan month and
commemorates Padmasabhava’s subjugation of evil spirits.
Traditionally in Tibet, people would raise prayer flags, go to
monasteries and burn juniper branches for purification of all+,"
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picnic.
This is always a joyous event and helps to increase
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The First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma
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This special day commemorates the Buddha’s first teachings
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five ascetics who became his first disciples. The collective
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Date: Tuesday 19th July
Time: 10.00am
Place: Claire’s Farm
What to bring: Prayer flags and picnic food to share
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