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THE COMPAS S ION PROJECT PRESENTS

VENERABLE PHAGYAB RINPOCHE

(TRANSLATED BY MARINA ILLICH, PH.D.)

Saturday 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Sunday, Aug 9th - 10th 2:00 – 5:00PM

Lucid Dying:

Teachings and Meditation Instruction on

Death and Rebirth from a Tibetan Buddhist Perspective

An Instruction on Embracing the Dying Process with

Confidence, Clarity and the Heart of Compassion

Refuge Vows will be offered Sunday afternoon

In this two-day seminar, Phagyab Rinpoche will offer a detailed roadmap of the Tibetan perspective

on the death and rebirth process. He will draw from the precious teaching of Nang Chi Top Sum, the

Dissolution of the Four Elements at the Time of Death

. After familiarizing the participants with the map

of the death and rebirth process, Rinpoche will offer clear and hands-on instruction for recognizing

the onset of death, stabilizing the mind in the dissolution process and greeting the journey onwards

with confidence, clarity and a heart of compassion. Phagyab Rinpoche is an acclaimed lama from

Eastern Tibet widely renowned for his understanding of the bardo, the terrain between death and

rebirth, and his knowledge of powa, the process of actively transferring consciousness to assist beings

through the death and rebirth process.

$200 for full seminar. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

To register, please contact: Sally Lograsso at slograsso1960@aol.com or (925)788-6148.

“Phagyab Rinpoche is a fine person and an accomplished scholar-meditator whose gentle nature and clear insights make him

an excellent spiritual adviser and director of studies and self-discovery. A highly respected incarnate lama from Eastern Tibet,

Rinpoche was trained at leading Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and offers a wealth of wisdom and compassion that genuinely

point the way to transformational healing. I recommend him most highly as a person and a teacher

.”

—Prof. Robert Thurman, Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Columbia University

For more information, visit The Compassion Project: www.healingthroughcompassion.org

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VENERABLE PHAGYAB RINPOCHE

is an accomplished practitioner of “tsa-lung” meditation, a Tantric

technique for volitionally directing prana, or life energy, to open the chakras of the subtle body and

accelerate healing. In 1993 he was recognized by the Dalai Lama to be the reincarnation of a venerated

Buddhist teacher from Kham, eastern Tibet, and was requested to return there to assume traditional

teaching responsibilities. After several years in Tibet teaching to wide audiences, Rinpoche was

apprehended by Chinese authorities, imprisoned and tortured for his support of non-violence and

compassionate action. Fleeing back to India, Rinpoche arrived in the United States in 2003 where he

underwent a journey of radical self-healing through meditation. His story of self-healing and compassionate

forgiveness has inspired doctors, students, friends, and audiences across the country.

About the Translator:

Marina Illich, Ph.D. is a scholar of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. She completed her

doctorate in Religious Studies at Columbia University in 2006 under the guidance of Prof. Robert Thurman

and has traveled and researched extensively in Tibetan communities in Tibet, India and Nepal. Marina

currently serves as President of The Compassion Project (TCP), an initiative spearheaded by Ven. Phagyab

Rinpoche to bring the wisdom of Tibet’s Buddhist mind-sciences to a diversity of audiences in schools,

prisons, corporations, medical centers, healing centers and spiritual communities.

DIRECTIONS TO DEER RUN ZENDO

• FROM NORTH OR SOUTH ON 101, TAKE PARADISE DRIVE/TAMALPAIS DRIVE EXIT AND HEAD

WEST TOWARDS MT. TAMALPAIS.

• IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE LEFT LANE. TAKE THE FIRST LEFT (BANK OF AMERICA IS ON THE

LEFT, 76 GAS STATION IS ON THE RIGHT).

• DRIVE STRAIGHT AHEAD THROUGH INTERSECTION. ROAD T'S INTO MEADOWSWEET. TURN

LEFT.

• CONTINUE PAST THE LIBRARY. AT THE DEAD END, VEER RIGHT AND CONTINUE UPHILL.

• IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DRIVEWAY FOR 817 MEADOWSWEET, TURN RIGHT ONTO DEER

RUN. THE STREET SIGN IS SMALL AND LOCATED ON A TELEPHONE POLE.

• CONTINUE UP DEER RUN. FOLLOW THE BLACKTOP. DRIVE CAREFULLY. THERE ARE ANIMALS,

AND THERE MIGHT BE TRAFFIC FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

• CONTINUE ON DEER RUN PAST THE FIRST GATE ON THE LEFT (NO. 15). AT THE DRIVEWAY TO

THE SECOND HOUSE (NO. 35), BEAR LEFT UP THE HILL. FOLLOW THE BLACKTOP, MAKING A

SHARP RIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO A GRAVEL AREA. PARK FACING THE RAILROAD TIES ON

THE LEFT. PLEASE PULL AS CLOSE TO THE NEXT CAR AS POSSIBLE. THE ZENDO IS THE

BUILDING BELOW THE PARKING AREA LEVEL THRU A GATE. DO NOT ENTER THROUGH THE

DOOR BEHIND THE GATE (THERE IS A BOOGEY MAN BEHIND THAT ONE) ENTER THRU THE

(PARTIAL GLASS) DOOR ON YOUR LEFT.

* Please bring a packed lunch.

* Priority will be given to participants attending the full seminar.

* Parking is limited. Participants who register once parking capacity has been reached will be asked to

carpool or to park in a nearby mall. A shuttle from the mall to the Zendo will be arranged.

For more information, visit The Compassion Project:

www.healingthroughcompassion.org