Famed Buddhist master from Tibet coming to town - The Star, Monday May 20, 2013

A POPULAR Tibetan Buddhist master will be visiting Penang on Thursday until May 28 to give blessings to devotees.

Kyabje Choden Rinpoche (pic), who is the spiritual head of Ananda Dharma Centre at San Jose, California, United States, will be at Chokyi Gyaltsen Centre at 37-Y, Lorong Zoo 1, Air Itam, during this period.

At 2pm on Friday, Choden Rinpoche will conduct the Cha Sum Puja, which is a powerful ritual to eliminate obstacles in one’s life and spiritual practice.

Choden Rinpoche will also conduct a White Umbrella Deity Initiation at 2pm on Saturday and an oral transmission of the Medi-cine Buddha Sutra at 7.30pm on May 28.

Admission is free.

Choden Rinpoche is regarded as one of the great masters of today and is particularly famed for his pure moral conduct. He has taught worldwide and at the Foundation for Preservation of Mahayana Tradition centres at Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s request.

When Tibet was invaded in 1959, Choden Rinpoche went into solitary retreat for 19 years. He never left his tiny dark room in Lhasa.

In 1985, he was allowed to leave Tibet for India. Since then, he has taught thousands of students at Sera Jey Monastery in South India, and in Dharma centres around the world.

Source: http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2013/5/20/north/13126895&sec=North

Teachings by H.E. Kyabje Choden Rinpoche at CGC

Dharma Activities for the month of May 2013

04/05/2013 (Saturday)  

3.00 pm – 5.00 pm 

Guru Puja

10/05/2013 (Friday)

10.00 am – 12 noon

Lamrim Class       

17/05/2013 (Friday)

8.00 pm – 10.00 pm

Tara Puja  

Lord Buddha’s Conception

20/05/2013 (Monday)

8.00 pm – 10.00 pm

Guru Puja

23/05/2013 (Thursday)

8.30 pm – 10.00 pm

WESAK EVE

·      Lights offering

·      Bathing Buddha

·      Praise to Shakyamuni and the 12 Deeds of Buddha

24/05/2013 (Friday)

10.00 am – 12 noon

HAPPY WESAK

·         Bathing Buddha

·         12 Deeds of Buddha

·         Medicine Buddha Puja

(Lunch Provided)

6.30 pm  - 7.30 pm                          

21 Tara praises recitation

7.30 pm – 8.30 pm 

Kyabje Choden Rinpoche arrive

*** Welcome Kyabje Choden Rinpoche

25/05/2013 (Saturday)

10.00 am – 1.00 pm

Members’ Day

(Lunch Provided)

2.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Cham Sum Puja and Oral Transmission on Commentary of Cittamani Tara  

~ By Kyabje Choden Rinpoche

26/05/2013 (Sunday)

2.00 pm – 5.00 pm

White Umbrella Deity Initiation (Jenang)                     

~ By Kyabje Choden Rinpoche

28/05/2013 (Tuesday)

7.30 pm

Oral Transmission of Medicine Buddha Sutra

~ By Kyabje Choden Rinpoche

Dharma Activities for the month of April 2013

5/04/2013 (Friday)  

8.00 pm – 10.00 pm 

Guru Puja

       

06/04/2013 until 14/04/2013 (Saturday until Sunday) 

10.00 am – 9.00 pm

Jade Buddha Event at Penang Times Square 

       

18/04/2013 (Thursday)     

8.00 pm – 10.00 pm 

Tara Puja

20/04/2013 (Saturday)

3.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Guru Puja

25/04/2013 (Thursday)

8.00 pm – 10.00 pm

Medicine Buddha Puja

26/04/2013 (Friday)

10.00 am – noon

Lamrim Class       

26/04/2013 (Sunday)

11.00 am – 12.00 pm

Animal Liberation  

2.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Lamrim Class

Jade Buddha for Universal Peace

Dharma Activities for the month of March 2013

01/03/2013 (Friday)

10.00 am – 12 noon

Lamrim Class

03/03/2013 (Sunday)

3.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Lamrim Class

07/03/2013 (Thursday)

8.00 pm – 10.00 pm

Guru Puja

08/03/2013 (Friday)

10.00 am – 12 noon

Lamrim Class

10/03/2013 (Sunday) 

3.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Lamrim Class

19/03/2013 (Tuesday) 

8.00 pm – 10.00 pm

Tara Puja

20/03/2013 (Wednesday)

8.00 pm – 10.00 pm

Tara Puja

22/03/2013 (Friday)

10.00 am – 12 noon

Lamrim Class

8.00 pm – 10.00 pm

Guru Puja

24/03/2013 (Sunday)

3.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Lamrim Class

27/03/2013 (Wednesday)

8.00 pm – 10.00 pm

Medicine Buddha Puja

29/03/2013 (Friday)

10.00 am – 12 noon

Lamrim Class

31/03/2013 (Sunday)

11.00 am – 12.00 pm

Animal Liberation

2.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Lamrim Class

Jade Buddha on World Tour - The Star dated 10 January 2013

THE Malaysian Buddhist fraternity will have a golden opportunity to view the world’s largest Jade Buddha statue in Penang in April.

The statue — Jade Buddha for Universal Peace — which weighs four tonnes and stands at 2.7m will be displayed at Penang Times Square in Jalan Datuk Keramat for 10 days starting April 6.

The event is organised by Chokyi Gyaltsen Centre (CGC).

CGC president Dr Daniel Yeoh said the event was aimed at inspiring the visitors on the importance of peace in their mind and heart.

“We expect to draw a 100,000-strong crowd throughout the days,” said Dr Yeoh in a press conference at CGC in Air Itam, Penang, on Tuesday.

Among the programmes are chanting sessions, relic blessings, Tibetan sand mandala exhibition and Pindapata alms round.

Rare gem: The world's largest Jade Buddha statue will be displayed at Penang Times Square for 10 days starting April 6

Dr Yeoh said the Jade Buddha statue came from an 18-tonne gemstone which was discovered in Canada in 2003 by Australian Ian Green who raised funds to buy it at US$1.5mil (RM4.56mil).

Green, who was present at the press conference, said the gemstone was shipped to Thailand where six renowned jade carvers created the statue modelled after a famous Buddha image at the Mohabodhi Stupa in the holy city of Bodh Gaya, India.

“The carving and polishing of the statue was completed in 2008 and since then, the Jade Buddha has been on a world tour to 14 countries including Vietnam, Singapore, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Australia, the United States, Canada, Germany and Norway.

“The statue will be on display in Kuala Lumpur in March before arriving in Penang,” said Green.

He said the world tour would continue for the next three years before coming to a rest at a permanent home at The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo, Australia.

Admission to the event in Penang is free. For more information, call CGC at 04-4285528 or visit www.fpmt.org and www.jadebuddha.org.au.

Source: http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=%2F2013%2F1%2F10%2Fnorth%2F12549117&sec=North#.UO44AT4XJTw