Infinite Life | Amitayus Empowerment

The blessing empowerment of Buddha Amitayus

Increase your lifespan, wisdom and good fortune.  Be inspired to reach your potential – a special weekend event.

Our human life is our most precious possession because it gives us the opportunity to improve ourselves and attain the supreme happiness of enlightenment.  We therefore need a long and healthy life.

To engage successfully in spiritual practice we also need wisdom, as well as the merit or good fortune that gives our mind the strength to support the growth of inner realisations.

Buddha Amitayus is the Buddha of long life, merit, and wisdom and his blessings have the power to energise these aspects within us.  Through receiving the empowerment of Buddha Amitayus and engaging in this practice we can develop these qualities and eventually attain the supreme permanent peace of mind, enlightenment.

On this Special weekend course, Gen Jampel will grant the blessing empowerment of Buddha Amitayus and explain this practice.

Everyone is welcome to join us for this special event.

Get a reduced price on the AMITAYUS RETREAT (14 – 16 December)

if you’ve attended the Special Empowerment Weekend course.

About the Teacher

As the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Centre Durban, Gen Jampel takes joy in helping us discover the innate potential for freedom and peace we carry in our hearts – even in difficult times. An ordained Buddhist monk, he has been practicing Kadampa Buddhism for over 14 years and elucidates the life-changing wisdom of meditation through the lens of everyday life. Loved for his uplifting example and playful humour, he is a relatable teacher and reliable friend to the community.

Timetable:

Saturday, 7 December

11:00 – 1:00pm | Empowerment of Buddha Amitayus

1:00 – 2:30pm | Lunch

3:00 – 4:30pm | Teaching 1

5:45 – 7:00pm | Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja with meditation

Sunday, 8 December

9:00 – 10:00am | Meditation

11:00 – 12:30pm | Teaching 2

The event ends with Teaching 2.

However if you wish to attend Tara – Liberation from Sorrow puja,

you’re welcome to stay for a bring and share vegetarian lunch

2.00 – 3pm | Tara Puja

Course Fees – EARLY BOOKING (before 1 December)

Whole Course including Saturday lunch | R550

Whole Course excluding Saturday lunch | R400

Regular Course Fees

Whole Course including Saturday lunch | R600

Whole Course excluding Saturday lunch | R450

Saturday only including lunch | R450

Saturday only excluding lunch | R300

What is an empowerment

An empowerment is a beautiful Buddhist blessing ceremony and guided meditation through which we make a deep connection with a Buddha’s enlightened mind, bringing peace, hope, and happiness to ourselves and others. Through this we can receive the special blessings that enable us to solve our inner problems and change for the better all the way to enlightenment.

Why Receive An Empowerment?

The message of Buddhism is extraordinary. Buddha is telling us that we can become free from every kind of suffering there is. The question is: do we believe it?

To really grasp the meaning of this, we need to let ourselves imagine what it would be like to never feel angry or anxious or upset again. We need to let ourselves picture a life characterized by authentic happiness, inner freedom, and real harmony.

Since we have the extremely rare good fortune to be able to access pure Dharma teachings in this life, we have a path right out of suffering if we wish to take it. All we need to do is train our mind. By nurturing our connection to the Buddhas, we will learn to open ourselves to their help every step of the way.

Empowerments create the opportunity for us to receive extraordinary wisdom blessings to enable us to build our connection to enlightened beings who provide us with tremendous assistance on the spiritual path.