Day 1: Morig 10 am: Itroductio Goals, Chöd Defied, Scope *Gaté Practice Obstacles Maras, Body, Place, etc. Backgroud MaChik, Padampa, Origis, Lieages *PaGyu Lieage Prayer The Chöd Ritual Basic structure ad variatios 11:15 am: Tea Break 11:30 am Trasmissios Chöd Empowermet (Sky Door) Oral text trasmissios (Lug). 12:45 pm: Luch Day 1: Afteroo 2:15 pm: Guests ad Offerigs Higher Guests, Guests of Quality; details of each. Guests of Compassio, Debtor Guests offerigs. 3:30 pm: Tea Break 3:45 pm. Feast Preparatios Powa: itroductio ad short visualizatio. Phat: meaig, fuctios. 5:00 pm: Tea Break 5:15 pm: *PeGyal Ligpa Chöd Overview of structure: parts, melodies, drums. Practice i Tibeta, chat i Eglish. 6:00 pm: Fiish
Day 2: Morig 9:00 am: Ritual Istrumets Kaglig, Damaru, Bell; meaig, sources, fabricatio, Symbolism, playig styles. *Music Blessig Practice. 10:30 am: Tea Break 11:45 am *Kusali Tsok Structure, melodies, visualizatio, drums. 12:45 pm: Luch Practice i Tibeta, recite i Eglish. Day 2:Afteroo 2:00 pm: *De Tok ChikMa Shrie Setup with skull (bowl), mirror, etc. Explaatio of visualizatio ad matra recitatio. Practice i Tibeta (with isturmets) ad Eglish. 3:15 am: Tea Break 3:30 am *MaChik Sol Deb Structure, explaatio. Tibeta, Eglish Practice. Pith mahamudra teachigs 5:00 pm: Tea Break 5:15 pm: Orgaizig Daily Practice. Homework ad ext step 6:00 pm: Fiish
i the Day 3 This oe-day field trip is the culmiatio of our brief, but itese traiig. This is the time to put what was leared ito practical applicatio i a power spot or Nyesa. Here we have the rare opportuity to practice, i real time, with a great elighteed Chöd master. May meaigful thigs occur whe we practice i such ufamiliar areas: The eviromet is beefited ad healig of egative eergies Local deities, spirits ad ature-dwellig beigs are befrieded Our spiritual practice is eriched ad deepeed. Various challeges arise ad purificatio is ehaced. Need isights, awareess ad ier experieces arise aturally. Visitig various locatios, icludig graveyards, parks, bodies of water ad so o, we will practice the rituals ad meditatios we have leared durig the weeked. Ad we will also receive ad practice three ew meditatios, icludig the very importat Cofessio Prayer of MaChik ad prayers to 4 gates of MaChik s Reliquary from the Precious Rosary, all ewly traslated. We will also share i the loger sadhaa of the Laughter of the Dakiis, the hautig ad powerful sadhaa which is the most widely practiced Chöd of Nyigma lieage. Our goal is healig of ourselves, purifyig the lad, ad beefitig beigs o throughout samsara. I previous field trips i Sa Fracisco, Los Ageles, Austria, Nepal, Bhuta ad so so, there have bee umerous umistakable sigs of accomplishmet ad realizatio that occurred, assurig that the blessigs of the lieage of Chöd, the Dakiis, Yidams ad Protectors were preset. There will be guidace i the practices throughout the day, as this is a trasitio time to begi to itegrate what we have leared ito our daily life.
Sample Itierary i the Sa Fracisco Morig 10 am: Meet at Days I Parkig Area Area 1: Area 2: Chöd at the Williams Kox Shorelie Park with Naga Pod. Pacific Ocea Chöd o Keller Beach. Tilde Park, Aza Lake forest Chöd. 1:00 pm: Luch at Tara Restaurat Afteroo Area 3 Chapel of the Chimes, Oaklad: meditatio & Practice. Moutai View Cemetery: Chöd ad meditatios. I these various Nyesa settigs, we will egage i the full spectrum of practices that we have leared, also usig our Eglish traslatio Chöd Cards, Receivig ad Sedig ad Mahamudra meditatio.
Sample Itierary i the Sata Moica Morig 10:30 am: Meet i Sata Moica Area 1: Area 2: Chöd at the Los Ageles Military Cemetery.. Pacific Ocea Chöd at Topaga Beach. cotiue at the famous Malibu Pier. 1 pm: Luch i Malibu Afteroo Area 3: Chöd by the Naga pod i Topaga Cayo Forest Chöd i Topaga park. I these various Nyesa settigs, we will egage i the full spectrum of practices that we have leared, also usig our Eglish traslatio Chöd Cards, Receivig ad Sedig ad Mahamudra meditatio.
Sample Itierary i the Hollywood Morig Area 1: Forever Hollywood We will perform a umber of the Chöd practices we have leared at 4 special places withi this famous cemetery, which is over a hudred years old. Here you will fid Rudolph Valetio, Bugsy Seigel, Jaye Masfield, Johy Ramoe, Douglas Fairbaks ad may more, through our profoud purpose here will be quite differet tha star-gazig. May of these people also have ghostly maifestatios that are still reported (Valetio, Seigel, etc.). Area 2: Hollywood Sig Widig several miles up through the Hollywood Hills, we will practice Chöd i the oly park that is directly uder the sig which has iflueced billios worldwide. Our fuctio is to purify the karma ad cofusio of ourselves ad all beigs captivated by the illusios of this world ad the illusio-makers of Hollywood. Numerous suicides ad murders have also occurred here. Oce of the most successful studios today, Disey craks out hudreds of movies ad TV series aually. After luch at their buffet cafeteria, where everyoe from Walt Disey to Johy Depp has eate over the last 50 years, we will perform silet prayers i the courtyard overlookig the mega deal-makers ad super-agets that cotrol the idustry that shapes so may lives, worldwide. (Security badges with your ame required for etry to ay studio We eed time to arrage this, so make sure you have registered with us!). Afteroo Area 3: Forest Law & Mout Siai Cemeteries Two more homes to may famous past stars, we will perform practices i some power locatios here, deepeig our compassio ad uder stadig of impermaece ad the utter fruitlessess of the eight worldly dharmas (profit ad loss, fame ad ifamy, success ad failure, etc.).