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Featured Current Event
Event ID: 1530
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Essential to all Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike is how to transform the turbulence and confusion in our minds into something meaningful and useful. Pre-recorded by Thrangu Monastery, Canada, Rinpoche’s teaching will be available to view from February 20th, 2021.
Event details: Rinpoche’s teaching on this theme draws directly from his own experience and in particular from an extensive, solitary ‘wandering’ retreat, traveling throughout the Himalayas with no money and no possessions, which he undertook between 2011-2015.
H.E. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Rinpoche was born in 1975 and is a master of the Karma Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. He has authored two best-selling books and oversees the Tergar Meditation Community, an international network of Buddhist meditation centers.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
Featured Current Event
Event ID: 1540
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: These extensive teachings, recorded by the Office of H.H. the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, are given in Tibetan with simultaneous translation in English and Chinese.
Event details: H.H. the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa gives very special in-depth teachings on two praises of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyo Dorje: the praise ‘Good Deeds’ and the praise ‘He Searched Thoroughly’. ‘Good Deeds’ recounts his life and teaching, especially as these relate to thirty-three of his good deeds. At that time he was one of the greatest lamas of the Dakpo Kagyu, and this is one of the longer of his autobiographical works written in verse. There is a commentary on this text by Sangye Paldrup. The praise ’He Searched Thoroughly’ recounts nine of the key points in his life. This text is included in the prayer book compiled by Situ Panchen Chokyi Jungne, and there is a complete explanation of the text in Pawo Tsuglak Trengwa’s ‘Dharma History: A Feast for the Learned’.
The first day of the teaching will be available to view from February 18th, 2021, with consequent sessions becoming available to view each following day until March 18th, 2021 – except there will be no new webcasts on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
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Event ID: 1563
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This practice is dedicated to the well-being of all sentient beings, the removal of illness and negative obstacles throughout the world, the overcoming of adverse factors, and the fulfilment of all positive wishes. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters can register for the event and send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until March 11th, 2021.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1556
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This retreat practice enhances communication skills, memory, and mental clarity, deepens insight into one’s own moment by moment experience, and deepens understanding as we study the dharma texts. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Sherab Mawe Senge is associated with ‘Wisdom’ or more precisely the discriminative awareness of the essential nature, distinctions, particular and general characteristics, and advantages and disadvantages of any object within one’s perceptual range.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters can register for the event and send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until March 13th, 2021.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1560
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This Drubchen is dedicated to the wellbeing of all sentient beings and for the wellbeing and long life of all teachers and practitioners of the Buddha dharma. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: This important Drubchen, together with its related sacred dances (Cham), is performed every year at the end of first lunar month for ten days. This ten-day drubchen marks the passing of Terdag Lingpa, the great treasure master and founder of Mindrolling, and is one of the most profound practices performed annually at Mindrolling Monstery. The Kagyed Drubchen, or Kagyed Mahasadhana, is derived from one of the most profound terma practices – the Kagyed Desheg Dupa, revealed by Nyang Rel Nyima Ozer in the 12th century.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters can register for the event and send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until March 15th, 2021.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1561
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: These retreat practices enhance communication skills, memory, and mental clarity, deepen insight into one’s own moment by moment experience, and deepen understanding as we study the dharma texts. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: These practices are associated with the cultivation of ‘Wisdom’ or more precisely the discriminative awareness of the essential nature, distinctions, particular and general characteristics, and advantages and disadvantages of any object within one’s perceptual range.
The practice of Drenpa Namkha is widespread in the Yungdrung Bon tradition. On this day, monks pay homage and make offerings to Drenpa Namkha as well as recite the mantras associated with the respective practice.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters can register for the event and send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until March 13th, 2021.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1562
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This retreat practice enhances communication skills, memory, and mental clarity, deepens insight into one’s own moment by moment experience, and deepens understanding as we study the dharma texts. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Sherab Mawe Senge is associated with ‘Wisdom’ or more precisely the discriminative awareness of the essential nature, distinctions, particular and general characteristics, and advantages and disadvantages of any object within one’s perceptual range.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters can register for the event and send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until March 13th, 2021.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1558
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: It is said that this Drubcho carries a blessing that can purify many aeons of negative karma, remove all of one’s obstacles, and endow profound confidence, wisdom and merit. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The ‘Taktse Drubcho’ is known as one of the Four Great Deeds of Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelug school and of Gaden monastery. Since the fifteenth century, this practice has been maintained by both the Jangtse and Shartse colleges of Gaden monastery. The Taktse Drubcho is an extensive group practice (Drubcho), which this year will include the preparation of the sand mandala of Yamantaka, the inner and outer generation of the deity, and an empowerment. The Drubcho will conclude with a fire offering puja on the last day.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters can register for the event and send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until March 8th, 2021.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1559
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This special ritual, performed each year at Menri Monastery, is considered to be very effective in removing obstacles and hindrances to our lives and practice. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters can register for the event and send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until March 5th, 2021.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1557
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This special ritual, performed each year at Redna Menling Nunnery, is considered to be very effective in removing obstacles and hindrances to our lives and practice. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters can register for the event and send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until March 5th, 2021.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1555
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This Drubchen is considered to be one of the most important sacred rituals performed at Rigon Thupten Mindrolling for the peace and wellbeing of all sentient beings. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The monastery performs the ‘Lama Norbu Gyatso Drubchen’ (The Great Accomplishment Practice of the Lama Jewel Ocean), revealed by Pema Lingpa, accompanied by the Zhitro Ritual (Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Ritual) and Guru Tshengye Garcham (Sacred Dance of the Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche).
This important Drubchen, together with its related sacred dances (Cham), is performed every year in the first Tibetan lunar month, in accordance with the Lama Norbu Gyatso terma discovered by the visionary treasure revealer Pema Lingpa (1450–1521). The sacred dances are performed in order to dispel all obstacles for the coming year.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters can register for the event and send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until March 7th, 2021.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1546
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The nunnery performs the ‘Recitation of the Rain of Wisdom: Vajra Songs of the Kagyu Gurus’ (Kagyu Gur-tso) to commemorate the Parinirvana of Jetsun Milarepa. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The ‘Rain of Wisdom: Vajra Songs of the Kagyu Gurus’ (Kagyu Gur-tso) is a collection of inspiring Tibetan songs, or Dohas, on the theme of fully recognizing and actualizing one’s Buddha nature. Over one hundred of these profound songs are found in this collection of the works of the great teachers of the Kagyu lineage. The full-day puja is led by a senior lama who reads the narrative and the assembly of monks or nuns sing the songs in touching melodies.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1530
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Essential to all Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike is how to transform the turbulence and confusion in our minds into something meaningful and useful. Pre-recorded by Thrangu Monastery, Canada, Rinpoche’s teaching will be available to view from February 20th, 2021.
Event details: Rinpoche’s teaching on this theme draws directly from his own experience and in particular from an extensive, solitary ‘wandering’ retreat, traveling throughout the Himalayas with no money and no possessions, which he undertook between 2011-2015.
H.E. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Rinpoche was born in 1975 and is a master of the Karma Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. He has authored two best-selling books and oversees the Tergar Meditation Community, an international network of Buddhist meditation centers.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1537
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This five-day Drubchen is dedicated to the long lives of the masters of all lineages, and, in particular, is especially dedicated to the long lives of H.H. the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa and V.V. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The Tsedrub Sangwa Dupa terma (treasure text) was revealed by Ratna Lingpa (1403-1478) and is one of the most esteemed long life practices in the Kagyu tradition. This special long life puja is a tradition passed forward from Thrangu monastery in Tibet. As this long life puja carries great blessings, for the past several years Thrangu Tara Abbey Nunnery has performed this puja each year in order to preserve and uphold this precious tradition, and for the long lives of the H.H. the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa and V.V. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1540
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: These extensive teachings, recorded by the Office of H.H. the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, are given in Tibetan with simultaneous translation in English and Chinese.
Event details: H.H. the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa gives very special in-depth teachings on two praises of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyo Dorje: the praise ‘Good Deeds’ and the praise ‘He Searched Thoroughly’. ‘Good Deeds’ recounts his life and teaching, especially as these relate to thirty-three of his good deeds. At that time he was one of the greatest lamas of the Dakpo Kagyu, and this is one of the longer of his autobiographical works written in verse. There is a commentary on this text by Sangye Paldrup. The praise ’He Searched Thoroughly’ recounts nine of the key points in his life. This text is included in the prayer book compiled by Situ Panchen Chokyi Jungne, and there is a complete explanation of the text in Pawo Tsuglak Trengwa’s ‘Dharma History: A Feast for the Learned’.
The first day of the teaching will be available to view from February 18th, 2021, with consequent sessions becoming available to view each following day until March 18th, 2021 – except there will be no new webcasts on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1529
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Voluntarily taking the bodhisattva vow, and living in the spirit of that vow, directs one’s motivation entirely toward the benefit of others. Teachings recorded by Sravasti Abbey, Newport, Washington, USA.
Event details: In Tibetan Buddhism, vows are sets of precepts voluntarily adopted in the course of Buddhist practice, which enable practitioners to transform their entire way of life into a spiritual pursuit. Taking the bodhisattva vow directs one’s motivation entirely toward the benefit of others by practicing the 18 root and 46 auxiliary precepts of the bodhisattva’s ethical code. A bodhisattva is a person who lives in the spirit of that vow, perfecting the qualities known as the six paramitas (perfections) – generosity, ethical discipline, patience, perseverance or joyous effort, meditative concentration, and wisdom or discriminative awareness – in his or her effort to liberate beings.
Pre-recorded by Sravasti Abbey, all seven sessions of the teaching will be available to view from Friday, February 5th, 2021.
Born in California, Ven. Sangye Khadro was ordained as a Buddhist nun at Kopan Monastery in 1974. She took the full (bhikshuni) ordination in 1988. While studying at Nalanda Monastery in France in the 1980s, she helped to start the Dorje Pamo Nunnery, along with Ven. Thubten Chodron. Ven. Sangye Khadro has studied Buddhism with many great masters including Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Yeshe, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, and Khensur Jampa Tegchok. She began teaching in 1979 and was a resident teacher at the Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore for 11 years. She has been resident teacher at the FPMT centre in Denmark since 2016, and from 2008-2015, she followed the Masters Program at the Lama Tsong Khapa Institute in Italy. Ven. Sangye Khadro has authored several books, including the best-selling ‘How to Meditate’, now in its 17th printing, which has been translated into eight languages.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1491
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Engaging in the Bodhisattva’s Deeds (Bodhisattvacaryavatara), composed by the great 8th century Indian master and poet Shantideva, is one of the most celebrated expositions in classical Indian literature of the bodhisattva path of Mahayana Buddhism. Teachings recorded by Sravasti Abbey, Newport, Washington, USA.
Event details: This acclaimed text is written in verse and has ten chapters. It deals extensively with the stages of training one’s mind in the generation of bodhicitta, the altruistic aspiration to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all beings, and with the essential practices of a bodhisattva’s conduct and way of life, pervaded by the qualities of love, compassion, generosity and patience.
The first two sessions of the teaching on Chapter 3 will be available to view on Friday and Saturday, January 22nd and 23rd, 2021, respectively, and consequent sessions on each following Friday and Saturday until February 6th, 2021. The concluding day of the webcast will also include a review of the teaching on Chapter 3 by the Venerable Sangye Khadro. The teaching on all ten chapters will then continue throughout 2021, with the dates for the webcast of the teaching on each chapter to be announced as they become available to view.
Venerable Thubten Chodron is an American Buddhist nun and the founder and abbess of Sravasti Abbey, a Buddhist monastery in Newport, Washington, USA. Ordained since 1977, she is a student of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tsenzhap Serkong Rinpoche, and several other Tibetan lamas. She is currently assisting His Holiness the Dalai Lama with the writing and publication of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion, a multi-volume series on the Buddhist Path. Visit thubtenchodron.org for a media library of her teachings, and sravasti.org to learn more about the Abbey.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1472
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Pre-recorded by Drepung Loseling Meditation and Science Center, and arranged in collaboration with Goa University, all eight sessions are available to view from January 8th, 2021.
Event details: H.E. Dhardo Rinpoche and Geshe Rinchen Wangyal giving teachings on the following eight topics:
1) Introduction to Meditation - Shamatha and Vipassana by H.E. Dhardo Rinpoche
2) Breathing - Nine Round Breathing Meditation Practice by H.E. Dhardo Rinpoche
3) Mindfulness - Mindfulness and Introspective Awareness by Geshe Rinchen Wangyal
4) Nine Mental States by H.E. Dhardo Rinpoche
5) Compassion - A Sense of Concern for Others / Universal Ethics by Geshe Rinchen Wangyal
6) Self-Compassion - Ability to Turn Understanding, Acceptance and Love Inward by H.E. Dhardo Rinpoche
7) Analytical Meditation - Impermanence / Living and Dying by Geshe Rinchen Wangyal
8) Analytical Meditation - Dealing with Emotions by Geshe Rinchen Wangyal
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1469
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Nagarjuna, the great 2nd century Indian master and leading proponent of the Madhyamaka philosophical school, wrote this celebrated poem as a letter of advice to his disciple King Gautamiputra. This course of teachings, recorded in August 2017 by Thrangu Monastery, Canada, is available in five weekly Saturday sessions. The teachings are given in Tibetan with English and Chinese translation.
Event details: Nagarjuna’s ‘Letter to a Friend’ gives a concise and comprehensive introduction to the entire path and practice of Mahayana Buddhism, guiding both householders and the ordained onto the path leading to liberation and enlightenment. The instructions are of special interest to those who wish to follow a spiritual path while continuing to live and work in society, styled in a language and imagery that are easy to understand.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1430
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: ‘The Jewel Ornament of Liberation’ is considered a masterwork of Tibetan Buddhism. This highly esteemed text sets out a complete foundation for study and practice.
These twice-weekly teachings (on Saturdays & Sundays) are recorded by Thrangu Tara Abbey Nunnery and organized by Thrangu Dharma Society, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
Event details: ‘The Jewel Ornament of Liberation’ includes teachings on Buddha-nature, finding the spiritual master, impermanence, karma, the cultivation of bodhicitta, the development of the six perfections, the ten bodhisattva bhumis, Buddhahood, and the activities of a Buddha.
Khenpo Chonyi Rangdrol became a monk at Thrangu Monastery, Nepal, at the age of six. In 1998 he became the youngest khenpo in the monastery’s history. Khenpo-la was appointed as teacher of the Monastic College for two years and from 2003 to 2010 served as the principal of Shree Mangal Dvip School. Since 2011, Khenpo-la has served as abbot of Thrangu Tara Abbey Nunnery.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1405
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Teaching recorded by Sera Mey monastery and organized by Partners for Tibetan Education (DC, USA).
Event details: The Medicine Buddha is the buddha of healing and medicine in Mahayana Buddhism. The Medicine Buddha is thought of as a ‘doctor’ whose related meditational practices and teachings specifically address illness and suffering. The practices of the Medicine Buddha, the Supreme Healer, are not only very powerful methods for healing and increasing healing powers both for oneself and others, but also for overcoming the inner sicknesses of attachment, hatred, and a misapprehension of the nature of reality. Thus meditation on the Medicine Buddha can help to decrease both physical and mental illness and suffering.
H.E. Geshe Tashi Tsering was appointed abbot of Sera Mey Monastic University, India, by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 2018. Born in Purang, Tibet in 1958, he escaped to exile in India with his parents. In 1970 he enrolled as a monk at Sera Mey monastery in south India and in 1990 completed his Geshe Lharampa degree. He has written six books on Buddhist philosophy and practice and authored a two year online Buddhist course ‘The Foundation of Buddhist Thought’ (see:
www.geshetashi.org). In 2019, he was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for his services to Buddhism in the UK.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1326
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This succinct text outlines the essential aspects of training one’s mind in the conduct of a bodhisattva, with emphasis on the altruistic practices of the bodhisattva’s way of life. Particularly highlighted are the skillful ways in which a true practitioner can transcend adverse circumstances and transform these into conditions which will enhance spiritual progress.
Event details: ‘Eight Verses of Training the Mind’ is one of the most celebrated works of the Tibetan Kadampa master and meditator Langri Thangpa and forms part of a tradition which evolved in ancient India and later developed, in Tibet, as a distinct category of practices known as ‘Lojong’, often translated as ‘Thought Transformation’ or ‘Mind Training’.
Gaden Shartse Khensur Rinpoche Jangchup Choeden is a former abbot of Gaden Shartse monastery and is now executive director of the Geluk International Foundation, deputy general secretary of the International Buddhist Confederation, and vice president of the Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace. Khensur Jangchup Choeden also teaches widely in India and abroad, where his teachings are much appreciated for their clarity and directness.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1433
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Recorded at Thrangu Tara Abbey Nunnery and organized by Thrangu Dharma Society, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. [Originally webcast on May 3rd to 15th, 2020, as Day 3 to Day 15 of Event ID 1291.] With a daily prayer session led by the Venerable Lama Lodro Thaye.
Event details: Venerable Khenpo Chonyi Rangdrol teaches on the first five chapters of ‘The Jewel Ornament of Liberation’, which is considered a masterwork of Tibetan Buddhism. This highly esteemed text sets out a complete foundation for study and practice and includes teachings on Buddha-nature, finding the spiritual master, impermanence, karma, the cultivation of bodhicitta, the development of the six perfections, the ten bodhisattva bhumis, Buddhahood, and the activities of a Buddha.
Khenpo Chonyi Rangdrol became a monk at Thrangu Monastery, Nepal, at the age of six. In 1998 he became the youngest khenpo in the monastery’s history. Khenpo-la was appointed as teacher of the Monastic College for two years and from 2003 to 2010 served as the principal of Shree Mangal Dvip School. Since 2011, Khenpo-la has served as abbot of Thrangu Tara Abbey Nunnery.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1327
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This is a rare opportunity to receive authoritative guidance on key practices of the Vajrayana (tantric) path. Two sessions of teachings daily, with English translation. Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal is greatly admired for his skill in making even the most complex and subtle Dharma subjects inspiring and accessible to monks and his students. [This event was originally webcast in November 2019 as Event ID 228.]
Event details:
The ten day study and meditation course is the third part of a five part program titled ‘A Curriculum for Progressing towards Liberation’. For details see
www.jamgonkongtrul.org/section.php?s1=3&s2=3.
In this third ten day program, Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal gives a detailed guide to the very essence of Mind Training – the creation and completion stages of Vajrayana practice. According to the Vajrayana path, the main practices of meditation, which follow the successful conclusion of the preliminary practices, include the generation and the completion stages. The initial generation stage is characterised by the meditative processes of the practitioner’s gradual identification with the form and pristine cognition of the meditational deity and it is during this stage that, with the support of mantra recitation, the elaborate visualisation of the deity is gradually generated and stabilised. The completion stage then follows, which includes techniques for controlling the energy channels and vital energies within the visualised transmuted body, with the purpose of generating an ever deepening realisation of the ultimate nature of mind. The teaching is given based on the practices related to the meditational deity Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara), the embodiment of the enlightened compassion of all the buddhas.
Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal is the Principal of Rigpe Dorje Monastic Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies at Kagyu Thekchen Ling Monastery, Lava, India, and Rigpe Dorje Institute for Buddhist Studies at Pullahari Monastery, Nepal. Studying under the guidance of The Very Venerables Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche and Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, he was among the leading students in the first batch of graduates of the nine year Acharya Program at the Nalanda Institute at Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim, India, and was granted the position of Khenpo at his graduation in 1991. In 1997, upon completion of a three year Mahamudra retreat, he was bestowed the position of Drupon Khenpo by The Very Venerable Khenpo Tsultrim Rinpoche, who recognised in him a rare accomplishment and skill in both study and practice.
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Event ID: 173
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: H.E. Minling Khenchen Rinpoche teaching on the fundamental importance of the cultivation of Bodhicitta (the altruistic intention to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings) in our practice of Dharma (the process of spiritual transformation). English translation available.
[This event was originally webcast on 14 April 2018 as Event ID 152.]
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Event ID: 264
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche teaching on two selected songs (dohas) from the collection of Khenpo Gangshar Wangpo. English translation available. [This event was originally webcast in March-April 2018 as Event ID 150.]
Event details: These short texts are direct, easy-to-understand instructions on how to rest and remain in the nature of mind. They include practical and personal advice on how to conjoin view, meditation, and conduct on the path.
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Event ID: 1390
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: H.H. the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, teaching in English on
Clarifying the Sages Intent.
[This event was originally webcast in August 2017 as Event ID 116.]
Event details: This renowned text by Sakya Pandita, one of the founders of the Sakya tradition, is a complete presentation of the theory and practice of the Mahayana (Great Vehicle), covering the topics of Buddha-nature, refuge, bodhicitta (the altruistic aspiration to achieve full enlightenment for the benefit of others), the six paramitas (perfections), the stages of the path, and the qualities of the resultant state of buddhahood.
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