Drubpon Pema Rigdzin has trained in Tibetan Buddhism for thirty years and completed extensive Vajrayana retreats under Lama Tharchin Rinpoche. Drubpon is a lead ritual chanter (umdze) at the Vajrayna Foundation, and teacher for Drub Nyiy Döjö Gatsal, our Three-Year Retreat Center. He is also a Chaplain with Stanford Health Care and the Hospice of Santa Cruz County, an acupuncturist with a BA in Physical Therapy and a keen researcher of ancestral forms of healing.
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TRUCHU: A WATER CLEANSING CEREMONY
From the Düdjom Tersar Khandro Thugthig Cycle
with Pema Rigdzin
Sunday, May 18, 10 am -12 pm pacific
Location: Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz
In-person and online
The trapping of our own minds and thoughts is one main cause of human suffering. Trüchü is a water cleansing ritual performed to purify contaminations caused by emotional and elemental imbalances, physical and mental toxins, karmic impurities, and the five afflictive emotions. The saffron water with the eight qualities is imbued with the blessings of mantra and visualizations of the five wisdom Dākinīs families.
This ritual is performed over the head, in particular, to wash away outer and inner negativities of body, speech, and mind, eliminate hostile spiritual hindrances, pacify astrological inauspicious transits, nightmares, and their bad omens, purge gloom, nourish and empower healing.
This concise ritual belongs to the Khandro Thuktik treasure cycle composed by Düdjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje. The meaning, application, and benefits of the practice will be given.
You may wish to bring your own small towel.
Registration: $40 regular donation; $20 low income