DON’T MISS THIS WORKSHOP
RITUAL WORKSHOP – LAMA CHOPA TSOH — 7 PM
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 9, 10 AND 11
WITH CONCLUDING TSOH – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 6 PM.
Suggested donation $40 for all sessions if registered by November 7.
$15/ session suggested donation for individual sessions at the door.
As Rimpoche teaches us, offering Tsoh is offering a feast, a feast for all enlightened beings, and all sentient beings including ourselves. It is also one of the most important practices of generosity and is also extremely effective for accumulation of merit.
The workshop will include instruction on altar set-up, mudras, mandala offering, and chants. This workshop is opened to all. Please bring bell, vajra and damaru if you have them. Everyone is welcome to the Tsoh on Saturday. If you are coming just for the Tsoh, please arrive early and bring an offering of good quality food or flowers or make a donation to help pay for the offerings already purchased.
We encourage you to pre-register by Monday, November 7 at [email protected] or
212 966 2807. When pre-registering, please clearly provide your name and contact information. Pre-registration allows our all-volunteer organization to plan more efficiently for setting up the meeting space. Walk-ins the day of the workshop are, of course, certainly still very welcome.
Sonam will be making Tormas for sale to Vajrayana Sangha on special order. Please contact Christine Wright, [email protected] for details and to order.
Lama Chopa Tsoh Offering Workshop with Sonam Dhargye
NOTE NEW DATES!!!
Special Workshop – Lama Chopa Tsoh Offering
SONAM DHARGYE
LAMA CHOPA TSOH WORKSHOP
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday; November 9, 10, 11; 7-9PM each evening
Actual Tsoh Offering: Saturday, November 12 at 6PM (following the “Songs of Spiritual Experience” teachings that day by Gelek Rimpoche)
The Tsoh offering is a great feast offered to all enlightened and non-enlightened beings. It is one of the most important practices of generosity and is extremely important for the accumulation of merit. Ritual and chant master Sonam Dhargye will be conducting a thorough, detailed 3-evening workshop based on the Lama Chopa Tsoh. It will culminate on Saturday with an actual Tsoh. The workshop will include set-up, mudras, mandala offering, and chants. This workshop is opened to all. Please bring bell, vajra and damaru if you have them. All, including those not participating in the workshop, are welcome to the Tsoh on Saturday. If you are coming just for the Tsoh please arrive early and bring an offering of good quality food or flowers or make a donation to help pay for the offerings already purchased.
Suggested Donation: $40
We encourage you to pre-register by Monday, November 7 at [email protected] or 212 966 2807. When pre-registering, please clearly provide your name and contact information. Pre-registration allows our all-volunteer organization to plan more efficiently for setting up the meeting space. Walk-ins the day of the workshop are, of course, certainly still very welcome.
In 1959, at the age of four, Sonam Dhargye escaped from Tibet in the company of Gelek Rimpoche. At the age of 14 he entered the Gyuto Tantric Monastery and as a young monk he was recognized for his extraordinary talents in the ritual arts. In 1966 Dhargye was honored to be selected by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the youngest chant master in the history of the Gyuto Monastery, which was founded in the 15th century. Later he mastered the other tantric rituals of sand painting and butter sculpture
In the 1980’s and 90’s he was part of a religious arts tour titled Sacred Music, Sacred Dance sharing the stage with Philip Glass, Paul Simon, Patti Smith and many others.
As religious assistant to his mentor, Gelek Rimpoche, Sonam Dhargye continues to offer his talents and skills in preparing and conducting ceremonies and ritual workshops in Gelek Rimpoche’s Jewel Heart Centers around the world. He currently lives in Chicago.