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As requested by Ngagyur Kama Tradition Preservation Association (NKTPA), Kyabjé Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche has kindly accepted to bestow an empowerment and the lung (Reading Transmission) of the entire works of one of the greatest scholars of the Nyingma School, Jamgon Mipham Namgyal Gyatso, commencing on 24 January 2013 (postponed from the earlier date of 23 January).
On 26 January, 2013, at 9:20 AM, the inauguration ceremony of the First International Seminar of Ngaygur Nyingma Tradition will be carried out. The subject of the seminar will be on the distinct view and philosophy of the celebrated master Mipham Rinpoche. Kyabjé Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche and Khenchen Pema Sherab Rinpoche will preside over the function.
The first session of the seminar will start at 7:00 PM on the same day during which eminent Nyingma scholar Khenpo Tsewang Sonam and Lopon Tenzin Wangchuk will present their papers. Other participating scholars including Tulkus, Khenpos, and Lopons will ask questions upon their presentations. The seminar will go on for a few days.
All those who are willing to receive the lung are requested to register their names to their respective monastic gekö (disciplinarians). Others who do not belong to any monastery are requested to register their names at the Nyingma Monlam Temple from 14 January 2013 (6 PM) onward.
Ceremony Proceedings
1. On the auspicious full moon day of the twelfth Tibetan Month (26th January) at 9:20 AM, Illuminator of the Ngagyur Nyingma Tradition, Kyabjé Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche and Khenchen Pema Sherab Rinpoche, as well as all the Nyingma scholars and recipients of the Reading Transmission of Mipham Rinpoche’s works, will gather at Monlam Temple.
2. Kyabjé Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche will light the lamp to mark the occasion
3. Prayer to the Eight Auspicious Ones will be recite while serving tea and sweet rice
4. Khenpo Ngawang Lobsang, Head of Ngagyur Kama Tradition Preservation Associate will give the Introductory Speech
5. Kyabjé Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche’s speech
6. Khenchen Pema Sherab Rinpoche’s speech
7. NKTPA will thank both the Rinpoches and brief the gathering of the upcoming sessions of the seminar.
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