On Sept. 11–12 H.E.Garchen Rinpoche will bestow a rare Akshobhya empowerment from the "Vajra Essence" (Sept. 11, Sat., 10:30 am – 12 pm Arizona time or 19:30-21:00 CEST) and continue the Serkhangma Prayer Teachings (Sept.12, Sun., 9:00 am – 12 pm Arizona time or 18:00-21:00 CEST).

Live-stream on YouTube https://cutt.ly/gbi_youtube and Zoom (please email to [email protected] to receive Zoom details).

DETAILS ABOUT AKSHOBHYA

Sadhana composed by Khenpo Munsel: https://cutt.ly/AKSHOBHYA_SADHANA. Garchen Rinpoche received this empowerment from his root Guru Khenpo Munsel while in prison.

Akshobhya is practiced in the highest tantra, the anuttarayoga as one of the Five Wisdom (Dhyani) Buddhas. Akshobhya is usually depicted in blue (the colour of clear water). https://cutt.ly/AKSHOBHYA_IMAGE . He symbolises a clear mirror-like wisdom, which can transform any anger and clean stiff feelings. |

Akshobhya was originally a monk who was advised by Buddha Big-Eyes that the most indispensable quality for enlightenment was imperturbability (non-anger, non-hatred). The monk immediately vowed, “From today onwards, until I attain buddhahood, I will not have any anger towards any sentient being”. Since then he became known as Akshobhya (Sanskrit for "Imperturbable One"). More details: https://cutt.ly/Akshobhya

HOW TO RECEIVE THE EMPOWERMENT?

Garchen Rinpoche said that an empowerment for visualizing a deity begins (and one is permitted to embark the path of tantra) after one has practiced three stages of the path including the pratimoksha path of individual liberation (where we refrain from harming others and take the refuge vows) and bodhisattva path (where we care for all sentient beings and engage in bodhisattva conduct). “That is why bodhichitta is the most important” (since 42:40 of Medicine Buddha empowerment, July, 25, 2020 https://cutt.ly/Medicine_Buddha_emp).

Sakya Pandita, great master, often cited by Garchen Rinpoche, has said very clearly, “Without taking vows, there is no empowerment. And to take the vows, we need to know them and consciously accept them”.. Quoted from the first page of the publication: https://cutt.ly/Bodhichitta_actions .

USEFUL LINKS ON VOWS: (1) Garchen Rinpoche summarizing Bodhisattva and Refuge vows https://cutt.ly/Garchen_vows , (2) 18 root Bodhisattva Vows: https://cutt.ly/18_vows , (3) 46 secondary Bodhisattva Vows https://cutt.ly/46_vows , (4) 14 root tantric vows https://cutt.ly/14tantric-vows.

In the Akshobhya empowerment text it is said: “For the sake of all sentient beings I will fully uphold all vows without exception”.

AKSHOBHYA MANTRA (from Sadhana by Khenpo Munsel):

namo ratna-trayaya

om kamkani kamkani

rotsani rotsani

trotani trotani

trasani trasani

pratihana pratihana

sarva-karma-paramparani me sarva-sattvanantsa svaha

Text of Serkhangma Prayer (only English) https://garchen.net/?ddownload=10679 , (English-Tibetan) https://milareparetreat.org/images/PDF/Praxistexte/Serkhangma-V4-1.pdf

Events are hosted by the German Milarepa Retreat Center. Translations of the empowerment and teachings are announced to be made into English, German, Russian, Chinese, Vietnamese (Spanish in MRZ's Zoom): https://milareparetreat.org/index.php/en/akshobyia-2021-garchen .

Source of information: https://facebook.com/100655162222233/posts/160450586242690/