20Event Calendar continued.

September

New Contact Details for Phendheling

We now have new email addresses at Phendheling to make it easier for our members and friends to direct their enquires to the relevant people.Spiritual consultations : secretary@phendheling.orgMembership and accounts: treasurer@phendheling.orgNewsletter and General enquires: info@phendheling.orgEvent bookings and registrations: bookings@phendheling.org

Thu 1st 7.00pm Teaching Six Session Yoga

Sun 4th 9.00am Calm Abiding Day Retreat

Thu 8th 7.00pm Teaching Six Session Yoga

Tue 11th 7:00pm Tsog / Guru Puja (Not at Centre)

Sun 18th 10.00am Meditation at Gidgegannup

Tue 20th 7:00pm Meditation

Tue 25th 7:00pm Tsog / Guru PujaNewsletter of PhenDheLing

Tibetan Buddhist CentreVol 49 July / August / September 2016

Continuing extracts from ‘My Spiritual Autobiography’ by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, 2009. Personal Reflections, Teachings and Talks collected by Sofia Stril-Rever, Translated by Charlotte Mandell.

I was born on the fifth day of the fifth month . . .

I WAS BORN on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Wood Pig year according to the Tibetan calendar, or July 6, 1935, in the Western calendar. I was given the name Lhamo Thondup, which means, literally, “Goddess who accomplishes all wishes.” Tibetan names for people, places, and things often sound picturesque when they’re translated. Tsangpo, for instance, the name of one of the largest rivers in Tibet—which in India becomes the powerful Brahmaputra—means “the Purifier.”

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The name of my village is Takster, or “Roaring Tiger.” When I was a child, it was a poor little commune, built on a hill overlooking a wide valley. The grazing land was used not by farmers but by nomads, because of the unpredictable weather in the region. When I was little, my family, along with about twenty others, earned a meager living from this land. Takster is situated in the extreme northeastern part of the country, in the province of Amdo. The house where I was born was typical of that part of Tibet—built of stone and earth, with a flat roof. The gutters, made from juniper branches hollowed out to channel rainwater, were the only unusual element of its architecture. Right in front of the house, between its two “arms” or wings, was a little courtyard with, in the center, a tall pole to which a flag printed with many prayers was attached. Animals were housed behind the house, which had six rooms: the kitchen, where we spent most of our time during the winter; the shrine room with a little altar, where we all gathered for the morning offerings; my parents’ bedroom; a guest room; a storage room for our provisions; and finally, a stable for the animals.

Children didn’t have a room of their own. As a baby, I slept with my mother, and then in the kitchen, near the stove. We had neither chairs nor beds, properly speaking, but there were raised wooden platforms to sleep on in my parents’ room and in the guest bedroom. We also had a few wooden hutches, painted in bright colors.

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19Event Calendar

July

August

Thu 7th 10.00am Teaching Letter to a King

Thu 14th 10.00am Teaching Letter to a King

Thu 14th 7:00pm Tsog / Guru Puja

Sun 17th 10.00am Meditation

Tue 19th 10.00am Universal Prayer Day

Thu 21th 7:00pm Teaching Letter to a King

Fri 29th 7:00pm Tsog / Guru Puja

Sun 31st 10.00am Meditation at Gidgegannup

Sat 6th 9:00am Meditation HYT Initiates Only

Sat 6th 7.00pm Medicine Buddha Puja

Thu 11th 7.00pm Teaching Six Session Yoga

Sat 13th 7:00pm Tsog / Guru Puja

Tue 16th 7:00pm Meditation

Thu 18th 7.00pm Teaching Six Session Yoga

Sun 21st 10.00am Meditation

Thu 25th 7.00pm Teaching Six Session Yoga

Tue 27th 7:00pm Tsog / Guru Puja

Sun 28th 10.00am Meditation at Gidgegannup

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General News, continued

New Members

New members are always welcome at the PhenDheLing Tibetan Buddhist Centre. If you would like to become a member or a friend of the centre please complete the subscription form enclosed in the newsletter or email treasurer@phendheling.org August your connection with the PhenDheLing Tibetan Buddhist Centre be of benefit to you and all sentient beings.

Spiritual Consultation

Genla Thupten Lodey is available for Spiritual consultations and House Blessings (ritual cleansings), Baby Blessings, Wedding Blessings, and Funerals. If you would like to arrange a time to meet with Genla, please call Alison on 93375845 or email secretary@phendheling.org

3Dharma Teachings

Tsog offering / Guru puja

Twice a month, based on the lunar calendar, the practice of tsog offering / Guru puja is done. It is a commitment for those practicing tantra to restore and reaffirm their vows and pledges. However, anyone and everyone is welcome to attend this ritual of making extensive offerings to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, thus accumulating the positive energy needed to progress along the spiritual path. Everyone is welcome to attend.

July: 14, 29August: 13, 27September: 11, 25

Time: Please arrive at 6.45pm for a 7.00pm start. Cost: By donation Offerings of food or flowers are welcome

Guided Meditation on Tuesdays

Visualisation meditation is a unique Tibetan Buddhist technique to develop concentration, to purify your negative energy and to enhance your positive energy.Buddha and Green Tara meditations are held on alternate sessions at the Centre. Everyone is welcome to attend.

August: 16September: 6, 20

Time: 7.00pm. Cost: By donation

4Dharma Teachings, continued

General Meditation on Sundays

Genla will be teaching meditations based on compassion, respect and happiness. These meditations will include techniques such as focusing on the breath and visualisations.All welcome: Suitable for both beginner and more advanced students.

July: 17August: 21

Time: 10.00am. Cost: By donation

Sunday Meditation at Gidgegannup

Morgan has kindly opened her house to hold meditation sessions at 54 Waterford Drive, Gidgegannup.

The meditation will be led by Ven. Thupten Lodey. Genla will teach meditations based on compassion, respect and happiness using techniques such as focusing on the breath and visualisations. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Please join us for morning tea afterwards. Any queries please call Morgan on 9574 6186 / 0439080586

July: 31August: 28September: 18

Time: 10.00am. Cost: By donation

17General News, continued

Favourable Days for Hanging Prayer FlagsJuly: 8, 10, 18August: 7, 9,15, 17September: 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16Unfavourable Days for Hanging Prayer FlagsJuly: 14, 26August: 10, 22September: 5, 17, 28

Newsletter by Email

In order to save costs and the earth’s resources we encourage you to receive PhenDheLing’s newsletter by email. If you would like to receive a pdf copy of the newsletter b y e m a i l , p l e a s e c o n t a c t t h e C e n t r e a t : info@phendheling.org.

16General News

PhenDheLing WebsiteFor general information on PhenDheLing Tibetan Buddhist Centre, including the calendar of events, please visit: www.phendheling.org.

Newsletter ContributionsIf you would like to contribute to the newsletter or have any suggestions, please forward your copy or message to info@phendheling.org with the subject "Newsletter".

5Dharma Teachings, continued

Teaching Nagarjuna's “Letter to King Satvahana”

Nagarjuna (1st - 2nd century A.D.) wrote his celebrated poem Letter to a Friend as a letter of advice to his friend King Gautamiputra/Satavahana.

This advice gives a concise and comprehensive introduction to the entire path and practice of Buddhism. It guides both householders and the ordained onto the path leading to liberation and enlightenment. The instructions are of special interest to those who wish to take up spiritual activity while continuing to live and work in society; they are meant

to convey the whole meaning of the Dharma to the ordinary person in a language and style that are easy to understand.

Despite its short length (only 123 verses), it covers the whole Mahayana path with unusual clarity and memorable imagery; thus it is widely quoted by Tibet's great masters and scholars in the many commentaries they have written on the Buddhist path.

July: 7, 14, 21 Time: 10:00am

Cost: By donation

6 Dharma Teachings, continued

Commentary On Six Session Yoga(Highest Yoga Initiates Only)

The Six Session Guru Yoga prayer is a daily commitment for Highest Yoga Tantra initiates (e.g., Guhyasamaja, Chakrasamvara, Yamantaka, and others). It is a beautiful, moving practice that helps us recollect our bodhisattva and tantric vows including the pledges to the Five Buddha Families and Fifty Verses of Guru Devotion.

Guru devotion — viewing the spiritual teacher as the Buddha is a core Buddhist practice. By chanting the Six Session Guru prayer, we make offerings of speech as well as visualised offerings to the guru. We seek his blessings so we may become Enlightened for the benefit of all sentient beings. Through their boundless compassion, Buddhas intentionally take birth in the Desire Realm in a way that we can see them. As our teachers, they teach us the holy Dharma and offer us knowledge, inspiration and blessings. They give us opportunities to practice generosity, patience and morality in the best possible way.

August: 11, 18, 25 September: 1, 8 Time: 7:00pm

Cost: By donation

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The King of Prayers... Continued from last newsletter

Merely by giving voice to these aspirationsOf the sublime goals of a bodhisattva

The effects can only be known by an omniscient Buddha

Therefore doubt not that it leads to enlightenment.

In order to follow the excellent examples setBy the wisdom of the bodhisattva Manjushri

And the always-sublime Samantabhadra All virtues I dedicate to their peerless ideals

All conquerors passed into the three timesHave praised as supreme this peerless dedication Therefore I also surrender all roots of my activities

To the sublime goals of a bodhisattva.

... To be continued

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7Membership

Firstly, a heartfelt thank you to all the kind members who offer support to Phen Dhe Ling Centre in so many ways: financially; organising Centre events and fundraisers; cleaning; gardening; and especially through offering support to Ven. Thupten Lodey our precious teacher and by their devotion and spiritual practice.

What does membership mean? The definition of member is a person who belongs to a group. Belonging is the most important aspect of being a member of Phen Dhe Ling Centre.

When you belong to a group you gain strength, inspiration, friendship and comfort or refuge in that group. Belonging to Phen Dhe Ling Centre will also give you a connection to the world family of Buddhists and, because of Buddhismʼs altruistic nature, you may then come to realise your connection with all sentient beings.

Membership of Phen Dhe Ling Centre thus has many benefits for individuals, but also for the Centre as the strength and success of the Centre is dependent on the support and devotion of its members.

You are invited to become a member of Phen Dhe Ling Centre. If you are already a member, you are encouraged to please continue to support the Centre by renewing your membership.

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Past Events (Top) Rinpoche and Genla - Borobudur. (Below) Genla at Sherabling

Monastery India

8Membership. continued

All current memberships expire on 30th June. You can join as an individual or family member. To join as a member or to renew your membership you have three ways to pay your membership:

1: Credit card payment online: go to www.phendheling.org/support.htm and follow the instructions. You will be able to print your receipt. Please note there is a charge with this payment method to cover credit card transaction fees.

2: EFT payment: Please enter in the description your name plus membership: eg Jane Doe membership, to appear on the Centreʼs bank statement. Enter the date of the transaction on your membership application form and email your completed form to: treasurer@phendheling.org. (It is important to do this so the Centre has your correct contact details and the treasurer is aware of your payment and can write timely receipts.) The Centre’s BSB is 016 307 and the account number is 4984 28943

3: By cheque. please write the full name of the Centre: PhenDheLing Tibetan Buddhist Centre as payee, or the bank may refuse to honour the cheque. Please complete a membership application form. Postal address for mailing payments is: Phen Dhe Ling Tibetan Buddhist Centre, P.O. Box 6963 Hamilton Hill WA 6963

The membership form is available as a download from www.phendheling.org/support.htm Thank you so much. I look forward to receiving your membership applications.

Julie Richmond , Treasurer

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Calm Abiding Day retreat

Sunday 4th September

If one tries to meditate and doesn’t know how, then various thoughts arise and one reacts to them delusively. When thoughts arise, it’s important not to stop and not to follow after them but to apply the two kinds of awareness, which are being aware of thoughts that arise and returning to the referential object of one’s practice. In short, calm abiding meditation practice is placing one’s mind on an object, noticing thoughts that arise, and returning to the referential object one chose for one’s practice without suppressing or chasing after thoughts. As one progresses, less and less thoughts will arise. Eventually, an advanced practitioner can naturally focus his or her attention on any object without difficulties. The concentrative awareness one develops through this practice becomes a part of one’s life and then one is able to be attentive at all times. As it is, one is very distracted, but by developing and cultivating both kinds of awareness through engaging in calm abiding practice again and again and regularly, one is more conscientious during all activities. The result of practice is called “mental subtleness” or “control.”

Time: 9.00am - 4.00pmCost: $35members / $45non-members, includes vegetarian lunch. Bookings essential: Please contact Alison on 93375845 or email info@phendheling.org to register for the retreat

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Yamantaka self Initiation (Initiates only)

Solitary Hero Yamantaka is one of the Highest Tantric deities and he is the wrathful manifestation of Manjushri, the Buddha of wisdom. As a wrathful practice, Yamantaka presents the means to quickly overcome obstacles that hinder one’s Dharma practice and to achieve enlightenment. (Only people who have received Yamantaka initiation and completed the retreat and fire puja August attend this practice.) Bring your ritual objects.

Date: Saturday 27th AugustTime: 8.00am - 12.00pmCost: Donation

9His Holiness the Dalai Lama 81st Birthday Celebration

Dear members and friends,

You are warmly invited to celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday at Phendheling Tibetan Buddhist Centre

with a high tea and short video

on Sunday 3rd July from 1:30pm to 4:00pm

•Cost - $20.00 Adults, $10.00 for Children aged between 5yrs and 16yrs

•Tickets can only be purchased by cash at the door for this event.

•Door Prizes •The afternoon tea will include sweet and savoury homemade

foods including gluten free, vegan foods and traditional chai and Tibetan teas.

We look forward to you joining us for this joyous celebration!

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Universal purification day (Zamling Chisang)

This falls on the 15th day of the 5th Tibetan month and commemorates Padmasabhava’s subjugation of evil spirits.Traditionally in Tibet, people would raise prayer flags, go tomonasteries and burn juniper branches for purification of allnegativities and obscurations.PhenDheLing Centre traditionally celebrates this day at Claire’s farm in North Dandalup. There’s climbing, stretching, arms held high and great joy in raising prayer flags among the trees! Then a smoke offering ceremony followed by a picnic. This is always a joyous event and helps to increase positive energy in the universe for the coming year. Hope to see you there!You may bring any dharma materials that are no longer required to burn.

Date: Tuesday 19th JulyTime: 10.00amPlace: Claire’s FarmWhat to bring: Prayer flags and picnic food to share

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The First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma Droogpa-Tseshi

This special day commemorates the Buddha’s first teachings which occurred in Deer Park at Sarnath where he taught the five ascetics who became his first disciples. The collective teachings of the Buddha are classified into three phases or three turnings of the wheel of dharma. In the first turning Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths, in the second turning he taught on emptiness and compassion and in the third turning he taught on Buddha nature. The eight spoked dharma wheel is one of the eight auspicious symbols of Tibetan Buddhism.

The symbolism of the wheel

• The circular shape represents the perfection of the Dharma teachings.

• The hub symbolises moral discipline, which is the essential core of meditation practice.

• The eight spokes of the wheel represent the Noble Eightfold Path and have sharp edges to cut through ignorance.

• The rim represents mindfulness, which holds everything together.

Morning Meditation Practice on death and dissolution process.(Only for those who have received Higher Tantra Initiation)Date: 6th AugustTime : 9-11.30am

Medicine Buddha Practice - All WelcomeDate: 6th AugustTime: 7.00pmCost: By donation, please bring flowers or foods for offering.

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