The following article is from the Winter, 1999 issue of the Snow Lion Newsletter and is for historical reference only. You can see this in context of the original newsletter here.

Empowerment & Teachings On Death, Dying, and the Intermediate States

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Terton Orgyen Kusum Lingpa was born in Eastern Tibet. He is a pre-eminent Dzogchen meditation master renowned for his ability to perform the transference of consciousness at the time of death, or P'howa. He is recognized as one of the 25 heart disciples of Padmasambhava, and was later reborn as Jang Murtu Nyonpa (self secret crazy one of Shang), one of the personal disciples of yogini Ma Chig Lab Dron. He is thus directly linked to their formal instructions like an unbroken bridge.

MARCH 12-18, 1999

-æTeachings will include:

-æŒæTransmission of Karma Lingpa's cycle of Shitro

-æŒæTeachings on the nature of the six bardos

-æŒæPractices for developing meditative stability ability

-æŒæCultivating intrinsic awareness in the dream state

-æŒæThe experiential stages of death & dying

-æŒæPractical instructions for the care of practitioners, family, and community, in the process of dying.

Other March San Francisco Bay Area Teachings Include: His Holiness' terma's of Shi-Chay Chod and RigDzin Acharya Pema Nying-Thig Guru Yoga

- æFor registration and information Call:

The Bay Area Vajrakilaya Centers

(510) 433-7935, E-Mail: [email protected], or visit our website: www.kilaya.org