A Khrid Part V: Phowa Teaching & Transmission

Offered In-Person & over Zoom (Online)

Prerequisite Notice

This teaching builds on the A Khrid Parts I-IV teachings offered at Olmo Ling this spring and in previous years. Having previously attended Parts I-IV is a prerequisite for attending Part V.

About the Teaching

Tempa Lama will offer the teaching and transmission of Phowa practice, comprising session XV of the A Khrid Bon Dzogchen transmission. Phowa is the practice of transference of consciousness when an individual approaches death or has passed. It is a path of liberation traditionally used by great masters to liberate the consciousness of self and others at the moment of death.

At the moment of death, our body and consciousness separate. Through Phowa practice we help the consciousness of the deceased or dying person liberate. Phowa is also used to clear the causes of the six realms of existence, the karmic traces that bind us to the cyclic continuum of suffering, and to unify our mind with the primordial purity. Tempa Lama will give the teaching and instruction on how to practice Phowa and how to use it to clear karmic conditioning. He will then offer the transmission of this practice.

Participants will receive:

• Instructions for A Khrid Phowa Handout