The Empowerment of Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
The Gift Of Perpetual Peace Saturday, December 6th | 10 am – 5 pm Compassion is the best wealth. Greater than any gift we could give ourselves and others, it provides the inner peace we need to solve our own personal problems and ultimately create world peace. Gen Kelsang Choma, a senior American Kadampa Teacher and nun, will grant the empowerment of Thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara for the first time in 10 years. Receiving this ancient transmission of the embodiment of all Buddhas’ compassion, coupled with timeless teachings, will increase our good qualities and our abilities to help ourselves and our world. We can come to embody and then share this gift of joyful and effortless compassion with all. In the afternoon, Gen Choma teaches on how we can actually personify this peaceful compassion in daily life. To make our compassion practice effective, we can engage in the yoga of Thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara self generation. Included in this practice is the profound practice of unif