Sakyong Wangmo and Feminine Principle

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We are pleased to announce that the Sakyong Wangmo Empowerment will take place August 15-17, 2008 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This event is open to everyone.
 
This empowerment, which will be performed for Khandro Tseyang August 15-17, 2008, was first given to Lady Diana Mukpo by the Dorje Dradül in 1977 and later in an abhisheka performed in 1982 by his Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche for the Druk Sakyong and Sakyong Wangmo.

The Sakyong and Khandro Tseyang recently met with His Holiness Penor Rinpoche at the Palyul Retreat Center in New York State. His Holiness reiterated his plans to preside over the Empowerment. His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche will also be attending.

In a separate Shambhala ceremony on Sunday, Sakyong Wangmo Lady Diana will receive the investiture as the Druk Sakyong Wangmo and Khandro Tseyang will receive the investiture as Sakyong Wangmo.

Schedule of Events

Friday, August 15, 2008

4:00 - 8:00
Check-in (Check-in badge required for events)
Halifax Shambhala Centre, 1084 Tower Road

Marketplace (Nalanda Translation Committee, Shambhala Shop)
Halifax Shambhala Centre, Snow Lion Room

7:30 - 9:00
Videos of the Druk Sakyong and Sakyong Wangmo Empowerment & the Sakyong Empowerment, introduced by Acharya Cashman
Halifax Shambhala Centre, Main Shrine Room

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Morning (TBA)
Spiritual Empowerment and Lineage Blessing by His Holiness Penor Rinpoche Baronet Ballroom, 8th floor, Delta Halifax Hotel

8:00 - 11:00
Celebration Evening (Semi-Formal)
Baronet Ballroom, 8th floor, Delta Halifax Hotel

Sunday, August 17, 2008

10:00 - 11:30
Practice
Baronet Ballroom, 8th floor, Delta Halifax Hotel

1:30 - 3:30
Shambhala Investitures of the Druk Sakyong Wangmo and the Sakyong Wangmo, Baronet Ballroom, 8th floor, Delta Halifax Hotel

5:00 - 6:30
Garden Party
The Kalapa Court, Namgyal Potrang, 916 Purcell’s Cove Road, Halifax

The Empowerment, Investiture and celebratory events will be held at the Delta Halifax Hotel in downtown Halifax. A block of rooms is being held for out-of-town participants. To reserve a room, please call the Delta Halifax Hotel, 1-888-890-3222 and inform them you are with the "Shambhala conference".

The cost of this weekend program is $190, which includes the Saturday night celebration.
Teenagers aged 13 to 19 are invited to attend at half price. Children aged 12 and under will be warmly welcomed at the Sakyong Wangmo Empowerment and can attend free. Children 12 and under will need to be accompanied by an adult.

For further information or questions, please contact the Event Coordinator, Richard Peisinger, at swe@shambhala.org or at 902 477 9526

There are scholarship funds available for anyone requiring financial assistance for event fees. You may submit a request for a specific fee reduction amount by

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Invoking the Mother Lineage: Sakyong Wangmo and feminine principle

The Sakyong Wangmo, or Earth Protector Lady, is the manifestation of feminine energy – gentleness and peace – that we all possess. Representing the accommodating quality of space, which is the wisdom of basic goodness, the Sakyong Wangmo is an example of how to be a warrior. In the words of the Druk Sakyong, “space is the mother principle, which safeguards against the development of ego’s impulse.”

The many-faceted role of the Sakyong Wangmo in Shambhala society includes cultivating peace and harmony through communication and through encouraging true sophistication and elegance. By radiating gentleness and warmth, the Sakyong Wangmo promotes enlightened leadership and uplifts our world by joining all of us in a celebration of basic goodness.

The Shambhala cultural ceremony to empower the Sakyong Wangmo Khandro Tseyang and mark the investiture of the Druk Sakyong Wangmo Lady Diana Mukpo will be scheduled to take place with the Empowerment.

Last summer, in celebration of the feminine principle, His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche bestowed the Yeshe Tsogyal Abhisheka for the assembly.

After being supplicated by the Commission on the Status of Women and Feminine Principle, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche worked with the artist, Cynthia Moku, in consultation with his father-in-law, His Eminence Tertön Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche, on the design and symbolism for a new Yeshe Tsogyal banner for Shambhala Centre shrine rooms. The banner depicts Yeshe Tsogyal, the mother of Tibetan Buddhism, and renowned symbol of the feminine principle.

New Yeshe Tsogyal Banner

A talk given by Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown on July 29, 2007

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Resources for Reading and Listening

A rich resource acknowledging the important role of the Mother Lineage and the feminine principle in the Shambhala world, The Sakyong Wangmo Empowerment: Celebrating the Feminine Principle is available from Vajradhatu Publications. A talk on feminine principle by Alice Haspray is available here.

  • The Sakyong Wangmo Empowerment: Celebrating the Feminine Principle
  • Glimpses of Space: a Talk by Alice Haspray

Audio teachings on Feminine Principle by Agness Au

(Shambhala Mountain Center, June 18, 2007)

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The Shambhla Office of Practice and Education would like to thank the Shambhala Commission on the Status of Women and Feminine Principle for their assistance in providing the contemplation practice based on The Supplication to the Mother Lineage.