Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies
His Holiness the Sakya Gongma Trizin Rinpoche, the 42nd Head of Sakya Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism - Boston 2019 Program
Schedule
One can receive the following empowerments and transmissions as blessing (there is no commitment).
Please purchase the tickets in advance to guarantee your seats. No ticket will be available for purchase once we reach the maximum hall capacity.
Lamas, monks, and nuns are free to attend but need to register by sending their contact information to sakyainstitute8@gmail.com.
Mandala Offering to His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin: we offer sponsorship opportunity for those who would like to make mandala offering to His Holiness during the event. Please email sakyainstitute8@gmail.com for more detail.
Thursday, June 27th, 2019
4 pm: Doors open
5.30 - 10 pm: Guhyasamaja preliminary empowerment གསང་འདུས་དབང་ཆེན་གྱི་སྟ་གོན་ | 密集金刚前行灌顶
Friday, June 28th, 2019
4 pm: Doors open
5.30 - 10 pm: Guhyasamaja main empowerment གསང་འདུས་དབང་ཆེན་གྱི་དངོས་གཞི་ | 密集金刚正行灌顶
Saturday, June 29th, 2019
9 am: Doors open
9.30 am - 12 pm: Medicine Buddha Empowerment for healing སངས་རྒྱས་སྨན་ལྷའི་རྗེས་གནང་ | 药师佛灌顶
1 pm: Doors open
1.30 pm - 6 pm:
- Avalokiteshvara Empowerment for compassion སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས་ཀྱི་རྗེས་གནང་ | 观世音灌顶
- Sitatapatra Empowerment for protection གདུགས་དཀར་གྱི་རྗེས་གནང་ | 白伞盖佛母灌顶
Sunday, June 30th, 2019
9 am: Doors open
9.30 am - 12 pm: Long Life Empowerment ཚེ་དབང་ | 长寿灌顶
1 pm: Doors open
1.30 pm - 6 pm:
- Vajrayogini Changchog Ceremony རྣལ་འབྱོར་མའི་བྱང་ཆོག་ | 金刚瑜伽母超度法会 to purify the negativities of the deceased to achieve higher rebirth and liberation
- Vajrayogini Healing Chöd transmissions རྣལ་འབྱོར་མའི་གཅོད་
ཀྱི་ལུང་ | 金刚瑜伽母的施身治愈法教学和口传
For Changchog, please fill out this Changchog Dedication Form, and make the donation online using PayPal or credit card by clicking the button below. Please bring the form to the event (there is no online submission). Empty forms are also available at the event. If you are not coming to the event, you may also participate by sending the form to sakyainstitute8@gmail.com and make the donation online.
Tickets
Discounted Price (Until Dec 10th)
- Guhyasamaja Empowerment: $120
- Medicine Buddha Empowerment: $35
- Avalokiteshvara & Sitatapatra Empowerment: $45
- Long Life Empowerment: $35
- Vajrayogini Changchog & Healing Chöd: $35
Full Price (From Dec 11th)
- Guhyasamaja Empowerment: $175
- Medicine Buddha Empowerment: $45
- Avalokiteshvara & Sitatapatra Empowerment: $55
- Long Life Empowerment: $45
- Vajrayogini Changchog & Healing Chöd: $45
Tickets will be sent only to your email - there will be no hard copy provided. Please either print out the ticket or show the ticket on your mobile device when you check in at the event.
Venue
Boxborough Regency Hotel & Conference Center
242 Adams Place, Boxborough, MA 01719
For room reservation, please visit the hotel website or call the hotel.
Direction
Please use the following map to find the direction from your place to the venue.
Public Transportation
From Boston & Cambridge to South Acton: 1) take the subway to Porter Sq station, 2) take the commuter rail – Fitchburg/South Acton line towards Fitchburg and stop at South Acton station.
From South Acton to the venue: you may call for a taxi or app ride, or call the Boxborough Regency front desk at +1-978-263-8701 and ask if there is any available transportation service at particular time.
Parking
Over 800 complimentary parking spaces are available at the hotel.
Acknowledgement & Sponsors
Sponsors
Harvard Buddhist Chaplaincy
Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies
Mangalam
Legal Representation
Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston
Venue
Boxborough Regency Hotel & Conference Center
Reserved VIP sittings are provided for sponsors. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please email sakyainstitute8@gmail.com.
Due to our contract with the hotel, we can only sell merchandise from our organizers and cannot sell merchandise from outside.
CLASSES
Please check the following calendar for updated class schedules. If you are planning to attend the classes, please register by email to sakyainstitute8@gmail.com. Meditation and Tara Puja on Sundays are open to the public and registration is not required.
