Teachings
This is essentially a 3 week long retreat. However, to enable people to attend, it is also possible to attend for 1 or 2 weeks. Please find a registration link below.‘Namo. In the lord guru the sovereign of all buddha families,
In the yidam deity, the source of accomplishment,
And in the dakinis, who dispel all obstacles,
I take refuge in the Three Roots’.
The outer Three Jewels are the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. The Three jewels have an inner aspect, known as the Three Roots: the Guru, who is the root of blessings; the Yidam, who is the root of accomplishment; and the Dakini, who is the root of enlightened activity.
Within the Chokling Tersar tradition the three roots are:Guru: Padmasambhava as practiced in Trinley Nyingpo 21–28 Sept, Week 1The Guru who embodies all aspects of refuge. This is one of the core practices of our Chokling Tersar tradition bestowing blessings and clearing away obstacles to enable us to progress on our spiritual path.
Yidam: Vajrakilaya Sadhana 29 Sept — 5 Oct, Week 2The practice of Vajrakilaya is at the heart of the ancient Vajrayana traditions of Tibet. The wrathful heruka Vajrakilaya is the yidam deity who embodies the enlightened activity of all the buddhas manifesting in an intensely wrathful yet compassionate form in order to subjugate the delusion and negativity within us that can arise as obstacles to the practice of Dharma.
Dakini: Kurukulla Sadhana 6 Oct — 13 Oct, Week 3Kurukulla is a powerful semi-wrathful female deity, an embodiment of enlightened wisdom; a dakini skilled in magnetizing. Her enriching power attracts wisdom, happiness, health, wealth, and long life. Kurukulla is red in color, in dancing posture, and holding a flowery bow and arrow in one pair of hands and a hook and noose of flowers in the other pair.