GYALSHEN INSTITUTE

for the Study of Zhang Zhung and

Tibetan Culture, Inc.

YUAN YUAN

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

In co-sponsorship present

A SPECIAL EVENT

September 21-22, 2013

མ་རྒྱུད་ནང་དབང་ཆེན་མོ། INNER MA GYU TANTRIC EMPOWERMENT

Gyalshen Institute and Yuan Yuan Educational Foundation are pleased to open public registration for the Inner Ma Gyu Empowerment with His Eminence Menri Lopon Trinley Nyima Rinpoche. The Ma Gyu, or Mother Tantra, is the highest tantra in the Yungdrung Bon tradition, and shares a view similar to that of Dzogchen or Nature Mind. The Ma Gyu is a path of transformation through the cultivation of compassion involving prayers for all sentient beings. It strives for the release of all beings from the bondage of suffering. The heart of the practice focuses on reflection upon three objects: lama, yidam and khandro. The practitioner visualizes uniting with and transforming into Shenla Okar, Sangchog Gyalpo, and Kyema Otso respectively. The goal of the practice is ultimately to transform ourselves so that we manifest all of the enlightened qualities symbolized by the lama, yidam, and khandro.

Lopon Trinley Nyima Rinpoche is the principal instructor at Menri Monastery in Dolanji, India. Holder of the profound Yangton lineage, which traces its ancestry back to Yangton Sherab Gyaltsen in the 11th century, Rinpoche has graciously agreed to give the teaching and empowerment of the Ma Gyu. A very essential teaching and invaluable for whoever is practicing Ma Gyu, this is the first time that the Inner Ma Gyu empowerment will be given in the United States. In 2011, Lopon Rinpoche gave the first Outer Ma Gyu empowerment in Berkeley.

Suggested donation: $125

To register or learn further details, please visit the Gyalshen Institute web site (www.gyalshen.org) or the

Yuan Yuan Educational Foundation web site (www.yuan-yuan.org) Email inquiries may be sent to magyu@gyalshen.org