Saturday January 11

Emaho is welcoming 2014 with a day of mantra recitation. Our annual mantrathon will be held with wishes for a peaceful year, a year of benefical resolution to world problems, a year of healing and happiness.

The mantrathon will be a worldwide community event, with practitioners from Tashi Gaden Chopeling monastery in Tibet, the people in Rinpoche’s region in Tibet, residents of Drepung Loseling in India, Rinpoche’s students in New Zealand, friends from Japan, the sangha from Yakima, friends in New Mexico, and of course, our own Emaho sangha.

We will send out a stream of Avalokiteshvara’s mantra, Om Mani Padme Hum, to surround ourselves and the world in loving kindness. Avalokiteshvara, or Chenrezig, is the embodiment of the compassion of all Buddhas.

SCHEDULE

You are welcome to stay all day, drop in when your schedule permits, or join us from home.

7:00am bagels, juice, coffee and tea

1. session
7:30am-9:30am

Break
9:30am -10:00am

2. session
10:00am -noon

Lunch: soup and bread
Noon - 1:30pm

3. session
1:30pm -3:30pm

Break
3:30 pm -4:30

4. session
4:30pm -5:40 pm

GOAL AND MANTRA COLLECTION

Download a pledge form and collect contributions from your friends:

Download pledge form (pdf).

The marathon is a global fundraiser in which we raise money to continue the work of ZaChoeje Rinpoche and to support Emaho’s three-fold mission. Most importantly Emaho’s Mantrathon welcomes the new year with wishes for a peaceful year, a year of beneficial resolution to world problems, a year of healing and happiness.

The mantra will begin at sunrise and end at sunset. In Phoenix sunrise is 7:33 am, sunset 5:40. Around the world people adjust following Phoenix time.

Please determine how many mantras you will recite per dollar pledged. For example, you could recite 100, 500, or 1,000 mantras per dollar. Gather friends and family to help your effort. We are suggesting a donation of at least $108. Please know that, with or without donation, you are welcome.

Please keep track of your mantra collection. We will tally and announce the number of Om Mani Pade Hums chanted globally.