Cittamani Tara Initiation and Detailed Instruction
November 17-18, 2001

Empowerment by Ven. 13th Zasep Tulku Rinpoche of Tibet

• Subject: Cittamani Tara initiation & instruction.
• Capacity: Undetermined number of persons, registered in advance.
• When: 7:30 pm on Saturday, Nov 17 with follow-up instruction at 10:00 am on Sunday, Nov 18. (Must participate both days). Initiation to Cittamani Tara will include taking the Refuge, Bodhisattva and Tantric vows.
  
  
  Commitments: Every Buddhist practice entails some level of commitment.
  
  
  • The Refuge Vow commitment entails that you choose to regard the three jewels [Buddha, Dharma (the ultimate truth), Sangha (the Buddhist community)] as safe havens where your spiritual well-being will be fully preserved and nurtured.
  • The Bodhisattva Vow commitment entails a private pledge to never abandon fellow beings. Please take note! A common (but grave) mis-understanding is to mistake it for a procrastination of one’s own Enlightenment. This is not so! On the contrary, one must attain Enlightenment in order to rescue sentient beings all the more fully. So the vow is a promise, that after attaining Enlightenment, one will choose not to retire completely away into a private enjoyment of Nirvana.
  • The Tantric Vow commitment will be to recite Tara’s mantra 21 times daily for life. That’s a 10-syllable phrase, repeated 21 times, at a time of your choosing, once each day.
  
  
• Location: We have rented a large rooom at the YWCA in downtown Kalamazoo for Saturday and Sunday both. Bring your own meditation cushions if you prefer to sit in the traditional Eastern posture. Folding chairs will be available to any who prefer to sit Western style.
• This & That: The day of the initiation your diet should be vegetarian and you are advised to abstain from alcohol, and all stimulants (caffeine, cigarettes, etc.) Lite meals will be provided curtesy of one of our members (thank you Sharon!).
• Donation: To defray costs (Rinpoche’s air fair, rent on room, etc.): Members $30.00. Non-members $60.00 There is no official status for membership. Please consider yourself an active LTC member if you have sat with us for regular practice either (A) six times during the past twelve months, or (B) twelve times total.
• Registration: Make out checks to the Lama Tsongkhapa Center. Mail to LTC, Box 163, Galesburg MI 49053. Should you have any special questions, please feel free to call or write. But please know that just as soon as details are firm, they will be posted here soonest.
  
  
  

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  Lama Tsongkhapa Center
  Cittamani Tara Initiation

  
  November 17 & 18, 2001
  With
  Zasep Tulku Rinpoche
  Registration Information

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  Mail to:
  
  Lama Tsongkhapa Center
  P. O. Box 163
  Galeseburg MI 49053
  
  (be sure to include where we can reach you, in case registration is full)
  
  Donation: Indicate amount enclosed
  
  Member’s Donation $30.___________
  Non-Member’s Donation $60.___________
  Please make checks payable to Lama Tsongkhapa Center