Two prominent Buddhist teachers — one a monk and the other a lama — will be in Salt Lake City for separate events Sept. 18 and 19.

His Holiness Katog Getse Rinpoche, one of five reincarnate masters at Katag Gonpa monastery in Tibet, will teach and provide an empowerment during his visit to the city.

Hosted by the sangha (spiritual community) Katog Jnana Ling, Getse Rinpoche is considered the fourth incarnation of a great scholar. An ascetic, he has no permanent home but travels to Nepal, Bhutan, India and elsewhere in the world. He is close to the Dalai Lama.

He will provide a "Medicine Buddha Empowerment" on Sept. 18 from 9 a.m. to noon. It's a healing ceremony and helps practitioners remove general worldly obstacles, according to a news release.

Getse Rinpoche also will teach three sessions on the text "The Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva." Those sessions will be Sept. 18 from 2 to 5 p.m. and Sept. 19 from 9 a.m. to noon and again from 2 to 5 p.m. The text contains all the key points of practice for a spiritual path culminating in ultimate enlightenment, the news release said.

The sessions with Getse Rinpoche will be at the Episcopal Church Center of Utah, 75 S. 200 East, Salt Lake City. More information is available from Cynthia Shumway at 801-532-1410 (cynthiashumway@gmail.com) or Blake Spalding at 435-335-7380 or blaker108@color-country.net.

In a separate appearance, Venerable Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche, a Tibetan meditation master, scholar and author, will provide three empowerment sessions. All will be in Room 4-D of the Ambassador Plaza, 150 S. 600 East, Salt Lake City.

Empowerments are ceremonies with several layers of meanings.

The first, the Avalokiteshvara, or Bodhisattva of Compassion, will be Sept. 18 at 1:30 p.m. This empowerment helps one deepen love and compassion for all living beings, according to a news release. It's a central practice for Tibetan culture.

The second, Orange Manjushri, Bodhisattva of Wisdom, will be Sept. 18 at 3:30 p.m. "Manjushri helps our speech to become very clear and our minds to become very sharp," the news release said.

The third empowerment, Vajrapani, will be Sept. 19 at 1:30 p.m. "With Vajrapani empowerment, we gain the ability to swiftly overcome our delusions — the negative minds that are the source of all our problems."

Lama Kunga was born into a noble family in Lhasa in 1935 and, at age 7, was recognized as a reincarnation of Sevan Repa, a disciple of Milarepa, Tibet's great 11th century poet-saint. He was ordained a monk at age 16 and came to America in 1972, establishing the Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center in Kensington, Calif.

Lama Kunga also will be available for those who want to take refuge (make verbal commitments to the spiritual path) before the empowerments.

A donation of $30 per empowerment to the Ewan Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center is requested, and offerings may be made separately to Lama Kunga.

Reservations are requested through Marilee Latta at 801-521-0962 or Beverley Cooper, beverleyrcooper@gmail.com.

Kristen Moulton