Dear All,
Kyabje Choden Rinpoche's Visit to CGC
Kyabje Choden Rinpoche will be visiting Chokyi Gyaltsen Centre (CGC) on 13th - 18th December 2010 (Monday - Saturday).
This is the 2nd year the highly-realised lama will be visiting CGC. Last year, Choden Rinpoche had mentioned that Cittamani Tara grants realisation faster than other deities, and that is why she is called Supreme.
It seems our good karma has ripened because Kyabje Choden Rinpoche has accepted our request and agreed to give us the Cittamani Tara Initiation plus commentary this year. This is a very rare opportunity to receive such a special initiation from the Great Master. So don't miss out this opportunity because we may not know when our karma will get this chance again.
Cittamani Tara is a highest yoga tantra (HYT), so to receive the full initiation, one must have already received a HYT before. The commitment for taking the full initiation is to do the Cittamani Tara Guru Yoga sadhana/meditation prayer daily.
However, those who have not taken hyt, can still attend the initiation, only that they will receive blessings from Cittamani Tara.
For those who want to attend the Cittamani Tara Initiation, please register by contacting CGC's Spiritual Co-ordinator, Ms. Stephanie Teoh before Thursday, 09/12/2010.
Kyabje Choden Rinpoche will also give commentaries on Cittamani Tara Initiation over two days, which is fundamental in doing the practice properly. The 2 days commentary is only restricted to those who have taken Cittamani Tara Initiation, and made the commitment to do the daily practice of Cittamani Guru Yoga.
Thank you.
Stephanie
Spiritual Program Co-ordinator

Dear members,
benefactors and friends of CGC,
New Year Eve Dharma Activities in CGC

I take this opportunity to wish all of you a very blessed and happy holiday. A lot of us have had an unbelievable time with a great lama, Kyabje Choden Rinpoche, and received so much blessings from Him. We were so happy to see so many dharma brothers and sisters from Thailand, Singapore, and particularly from our sister center in KL, Losang Dragpa Center.

On 31 Dec 2010, 9:00pm, on the eve of New Year, CGC will be holding:

Extensive Merit Accumulation Activities (including reciting a very powerful auspicious sutra to create auspiciousness all year round for 2011) & Powerful Purification Practices (to get rid of our unwanted negative karma before they are ripened).

We will be making lots of light offerings and mandala offerings (Kyabje Choden Rinpoche mentioned that the merits we create by making mandala offering are beyond our conceptual thoughts!!).

And, we are very pleased to announce that Wesi Rinpoche has kindly accepted our request to grace this event, and Ven Dechen, also has kindly accepted our request to lead the prayers.

The programs will start at 9pm and are expected to last till next year! If you cannot attend the full session, you can leave any time.

These programs are sure to end your 2010 in the most meaningful way. And with all the negativities purified and merits extensively created, that should be the way to celebrate our new year!
To all the members, benefactors and friends who wish to create extensive merits for the Great Enlightenment, for great success, for auspiciousness, for good health, for excellent luck, and, to all the members, benefactors and friends who wish to purify unwanted negative karma to avoid misfortune, to get rid of bad luck, to remove obstacles, we look forward to the joyous occasion of celebrating
this new year with you.
Best wishes,
Daniel