Sa Tsa Creation & Consecration with Lama Sonam Tsering Rinpoche

TLC Transitional Life Care is presenting another rare opportunity to prepare for the end of life. 

Sa Tsa Creation & Consecration with Lama Sonam Tsering Rinpoche, translated by Christina Monson.

Please join us on Sun. Dec. 16, 2018
From 10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. & 2:30 - 5:00 p.m.
At Orgyen Dorje Den Temple
2244 Santa Clara Ave., Alameda, CA

Requested sliding scale donation $50 - $75

Registration at the door begins at 9:15 a.m. All donations are tax-deductible. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. All participants will need to provide their own texts – see below.

PRE-REGISTER at tlc.transitionallifecare@gmail.com BY DEC. 10TH TO RECEIVE A LINK FOR A 40% DISCOUNT ON THE DIGITAL TEXT AVAILABLE FROM DHARMA TREASURES: Vajrasattva Meditation Ritual, Ritual to Guide the Dead and Additional Prayers by His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche.

TLC’s end of life manual "Instructions for the Transitional State" can be purchased onsite ($12) or from www.vimalatreasures.org

To support TLC in providing annual Sa Tsa workshops, Lama Sonam Tsering Rinpoche of the Vajrayana Foundation will teach a concise ritual to consecrate Sa Tsas, offer a reading transmission (lung: Tib.), and advice about transitional state rituals in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. An aspect of Buddhist art utilized during the final practices carried out after death; these clay forms are often made in the iconographic forms of small stupas. Traditionally, the cremation ashes of the deceased are inserted, accompanied by ritual and prayer. After being dried, they are then deposited into bodies of water to dissolve with the elements. There will be time for questions & answers.

Lama Sonam Rinpoche is a Nyingmapa master of Tibetan Buddhism and is trained in the Dudjom Tersar lineage. He served as a Ritual Master for many years under the guidance of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, Chagdud Rinpoche, His Holiness Dungse Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, and Lama Tharchin Rinpoche. He now oversees and is resident lama at Pema Osel Ling in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Translator Christina Monson is esteemed for her skills and knowledge as a Tibetan/English translator and interpreter. She is now associated with the Light of Berotsana Translation Group.

Please do not park in Orgyen Dorje Den’s parking lot - it's reserved for tenants. Parking is available on Oak St. in the Civic Center Parking Lot, located between Central and Santa Clara Avenues, only .75 per hour and free after 5 p.m. There are many restaurants on Park St. near Orgyen Dorje Den, or you can bring a bag lunch.