Buddha Green Tara
Empowerment & Retreat
An empowerment bestows upon us special blessings that heal our mental continuum and awaken our Buddha nature.
- Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Everyone is welcome to attend this very special event at Bodhisattva Kadampa Buddhist Centre.
Saturday 2 May: Blessing Empowerment & Teaching
Sunday 3 May: Guided Meditation Sessions with Liberation from Sorrow Prayers – for those who have received the empowerment of Green Tara this weekend or before
Feel a real connection with Buddha Green Tara, and receive her pure blissful blessings at the depths of your mind.
Who is Tara?
Tara is a female Buddha, a manifestation of the ultimate wisdom of all the Buddhas. She is also known as the ‘Mother of the Conquerors’.
Tara is our common mother, our Holy Mother. When we are young we turn to our worldly mother for help. She protects us from immediate dangers, provides us with all our temporal needs, and guides and encourages us in our learning and personal development.
In the same way, during our spiritual growth we need to turn to our Holy Mother, Tara, for refuge. She protects us from all internal and external dangers, she provides us with all the necessary conditions for our spiritual training, and she guides us and inspires us with her blessings as we progress along the spiritual path.
At this special event, Kelsang Dana will grant the Empowerment of Buddha Green Tara and give commentary to the Liberation from Sorrow practice.
Everyone is welcome – from beginners to experienced meditators.
What is an empowerment?
An empowerment is a blissful guided meditation where we receive Buddha’s inspiring blessings. The teacher who is granting the empowerment prepares by doing a focused retreat to make a strong connection with a particular Buddha, then uses that connection to form a bridge between Buddha and everyone receiving the empowerment.
The enlightened mind is like a boundless deep ocean, every drop of which has the power to bring inner peace to living beings. Receiving an empowerment is a means of connecting with this expansive potential inside our own mind, giving us the energy and wisdom to begin to realise our own Buddha nature.
This event is suitable for anyone wanting to draw closer to Buddha and their spiritual potential. The ceremony itself lasts about 2 hours, with some prayers and rituals, and the teacher explains what is happening so everyone can follow.
Sat 2 May
10am: Empowerment
12pm: Lunch is served
1.30pm: Teaching
3.30pm: Q&A over afternoon tea
Cost: $80 including lunch
Members: free + $10 for lunch
Sun 3 May
10am: Guided Meditation & Prayers
11am: Morning tea
11.30am: Guided Meditation & Prayers
12.30pm: Lunch is served $10
1.30pm: Guided Meditation & Prayers
Cost: non Members $12 per session
How to Book
At Bodhisattva Kadampa Buddhist Centre at 56 Endeavour St, Red Hill
Seating is on chairs
Cost includes morning tea & lunch
Rescuer
Tara means Rescuer. She is so called because she rescues us from the eight outer fears (the fears of lions, elephants, fire, snakes, thieves, water, bondage, and evil spirits), and from the eight corresponding inner fears (the fears of pride, ignorance, anger, jealousy, wrong views, attachment, miserliness, and deluded doubts).
Temporarily Tara saves us from the dangers of rebirth in the three lower realms, and ultimately she saves us from the dangers of samsara and solitary peace.
If we rely upon Mother Tara sincerely and with strong faith she will protect us from all obstacles and fulfill all our wishes. Since she is a wisdom Buddha, and since she is a manifestation of the completely purified wind element, Tara is able to help us very quickly.
If we recite the twenty-one verses of praise to Tara in Liberation from Sorrow sadhana, we shall receive inconceivable benefits. These praises are very powerful because they are Sutra, the actual words of Buddha. It is good to recite them as often as we can.
The Teacher
Buddhist nun Kelsang Dana will grant the empowerment and guide the retreat. Dana is the Resident Teacher of Bodhisattva Kadampa Buddhist Centre and has been teaching Buddhist meditation for over 12 years. Through her joyful and loving aspect, she is able to communicate the essential points of meditation and Buddhism in a practical way that makes people feel confident, uplifted and encouraged.
Contact Us
Telephone 0477 044 607
Email info@meditateincanberra.org