Fri, 16 Jul 2010
Lucky Thursday
THursday Lama Phurbu Tashi gave a group of us the Amitabha empowerment. He's planning to teach us how to do the Amitabha sadhana. Thursday was an auspicious day, because it was the anniversary of Buddha's first sermon (Chokur Duchen). This was by coincidence and not plan. Thursday was chosen as the night for the class so that Karen could make it. The Purbhu in Lama's name also means Thursday, chosen because that was the day of the week he was born. The empoweremnt went pretty much the same as these things normally go. You visualize the master as the yidam, repeat a few prayers, and get bonked on the head with a vase. (Yes, I am an old, jaded Vajrayana Buddhist who has seen it all.) I have a new techno-toy, a Zoom H2 digital recorder, and used it to record the empowerment. I was just playing around so that I can learn it. I bought it so that I can record the sadhana and learn the tunes right. Namse Bangdzo also has a transcript of Khenpo Karthar teaching the sadhana. I figure I'll get that too.
