Medicine Buddha, Teachings, Prayers, Mudras

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April 29, 2008. This was the practice and teaching portion of the Medicine Buddha Empowerment Event held in Orlando, April 28 and 29, 2008 at the home for the Drigung Theksum Chöling or the Orlando Tibetan Buddhist Meditation and Dharma Group. The Drigung Theksum Chöling is a Dharma and Meditation Group which practices both Basic forms of meditation as well as Tibetan (Vajrayana) Buddhist practices. Join us at meditation.meetup.com/558 Visit orlandodharma.org The group was officially consecrated on Febuary 11th, 2007 by our Spiritual Advisor, Drupon Thinley Nyingpo Rinpoche and is under the direction of Konchog Shenphen, the group's co-founder. The Drigung Kagyu Lineage is one of the Kagyu lineages which was founded 852 years ago, by the great spiritual master, Kyoba Jigten Sumgon.

This is part 1 of the Medicine Buddha teachings which shows the empowered students reciting refuge prayers, generating Bodhichitta, reciting offering prayers while the Rimpoche demonstrates the mudras (hand gestures) that flow along with the traditional prayer offerings of 7 bowls filled with water for drinking, water for bathing the feet, flowers, incense, light from a lamp, perfumed water, fresh food, and music in the air.

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[VinhHung]

April 29, 2008. This was the practice and teaching portion of the Medicine Buddha Empowerment Event held in Orlando, April 28 and 29, 2008 at the home for the Drigung Theksum Chöling or the Orlando Tibetan Buddhist Meditation and Dharma Group. The Drigung Theksum Chöling is a Dharma and Meditation Group which practices both Basic forms of meditation as well as Tibetan (Vajrayana) Buddhist practices. Join us at meditation.meetup.com/558 Visit orlandodharma.org The group was officially consecrated on Febuary 11th, 2007 by our Spiritual Advisor, Drupon Thinley Nyingpo Rinpoche and is under the direction of Konchog Shenphen, the group's co-founder. The Drigung Kagyu Lineage is one of the Kagyu lineages which was founded 852 years ago, by the great spiritual master, Kyoba Jigten Sumgon.

This is part 2 of the Medicine Buddha teachings which shows the Rimpoche giving detailed instructions on how to perform the mudras (hand gestures) that go with the chanted offerings of the 7 bowls (+ 1 for music) that represent water for drinking (ARGHAM), water for bathing the feet (PADYAM), flowers (PUPE), incense (DUPE), light from a lamp (ALOKE), perfumed water (GHANDE), fresh food (NAIWITE), and music (SHAPTA) in the air.

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