About the Festival

From 3 March (Chokhur Düchen) — 12 April (Dakini Day) we invite you to participate in an international “Wang Dü festival” where we can get together with sangha friends in our centres, at our homes (Wang Dü dinner party anyone?), and online to accumulate this most powerful of prayers so that we may gather the circumstances to accomplish our own paths and the general accomplishment of dharma activities around the world! 

The full title of what we refer to as ‘Wang Dü’ by Mipham Rinpoche is The Great Cloud of Blessings: the Prayer which Magnetises All that Appears and Exists.

Wang Dü is the main prayer of magnetizing activities practised in the Rigpa Sangha. On many occasions, even since Rigpa’s earlier days, great masters including Chagdud Tulku, Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche and His Holiness Sakya Gongma Trichen Rinpoche have recommended that we accumulate this prayer. 

Now, based on the recent advice of Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche we are strongly advised to focus on and dedicate our energy and joy to reciting this powerful prayer.

How can we all get involved?

The easiest way is to set an accumulation goal — both for your personal practice and with any group practices you join. For example, in your personal practice, you might aim for 7, 21, 108 or more recitations of the prayer each day. In group practices, you could add 7, 21 or 108 recitations to every session, or get festive and gather with sangha friends weekly to accumulate together in a fun way.

Most important is that we bring meaning and focus to the practice, directing our practice towards the perfect interdependent circumstances for the fulfillment of all of our and our teachers’ aspirations and the smooth accomplishment of Rigpa's many projects - so we continue to raise high the victory banner of Buddha's teachings long into the future.

Wang Dü Resources for your practice

• Wang Dü Practice Text

• Wang Dü - How to Visualize the Deities (extract from Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche)

• Wang Dü Deities

• Wang Dü Card

• Versified Chants for Accumulation

• Tibetan and English Audio Practice Files

• Ngöndro and Vajrayana students can find teachings and more on Prajna here.

Sponsor Wang Dü Prayer Flags

You can sponsor some of the 3,000 Wang Dü Prayer flags that have been ordered so they can fly in Rigpa’s main retreat centres or at your home! You can SPONSOR FLAGS HERE! Please include the number of prayer flags you would like to sponsor. For reference, one string of organic prayer flags is EUR 18.

SAVE THE DATE! March 21-22 - Live 24-hour Accumulation Session

More details will be posted on Prajna. Come join us for as long or as little as you like to accumulate Wang Dü together, vibe to new music, connect with old and new friends, and share your energy, joy, and enthusiasm.

Register your interest here and let us know you’re coming!

Schedule HERE!

Teaching with Senior Teacher Seth Dye

As part of the 24-hour Livestream, Rigpa Senior Teacher Seth Dye will hold a teaching on Wang Dü at 10am CET!

Don’t like to Wang Dü Alone?

Join the UK Sangha for weekly livestreams of Wang Dü Accumulations from Tuesdays to Fridays 8.00 am to 8.30 am UK time / 9.00 am to 9.30 CET.

Practices run until Friday 17th April! Please not you will need to register the first time you join, but then you can join every time.

The link is https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/8oVpcsiFReeVmHc4VlLBGA

Meeting ID: 882 6241 4625

Passcode: Wangdu

Wang Dü Activities Around the World

Share your Wang Dü activities

You can share photos and a few words about the Wang Dü accumulation festivities in your centre and with sangha friends and we will have a photo gallery here for everyone to enjoy.