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Event ID: 221
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: Nagarjuna, the great 2nd century Indian master and founder of the Madhyamaka philosophical school, wrote this celebrated poem as a letter of advice to his disciple King Gautamiputra. Khenpo Dr Ngawang Jorden is Principal of the International Buddhist Academy in Kathmandu. Course taught in English with simultaneous Chinese translation available.
Event details: 中文版線上直播註冊指南 (PDF, 1.6MB).
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.
Upcoming Event
Event ID: 222
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: His Holiness presides during nine days of teaching, transmission, empowerment, and other celebrations at Phyang Tashi Chozong, Ladakh. Teachings given in Tibetan with simultaneous English and Chinese translation.
Event details: 中文版線上直播註冊指南 (PDF, 1.6MB).
Aug 1st: Teaching on ‘The Great Generation of Bodhicitta Mind’
Aug 2nd: Teaching on ‘The Great Generation of Bodhicitta Mind’ continued
Aug 3rd: The Transmission of ‘The Great Drikung Phowa Chenmo’ (Consciousness Transference) and ‘Machik Dubgyal Longevity Empowerment’ (Tsewang)
Aug 4th: Celebration of His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Thinle Lhundup’s Birthday
Aug 5th: The Preparatory Empowerment of Shri Hevajra
Aug 6th: The actual Empowerment of Shri Hevajra
Aug 7th: Long Life Mandala Offering
Aug 8th and 9th: The display of precious sacred objects to the public
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Event ID: 222
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: His Holiness presides during nine days of teaching, transmission, empowerment, and other celebrations at Phyang Tashi Chozong, Ladakh. Teachings given in Tibetan with simultaneous English and Chinese translation.
Event details: 中文版線上直播註冊指南 (PDF, 1.6MB).
Aug 1st: Teaching on ‘The Great Generation of Bodhicitta Mind’
Aug 2nd: Teaching on ‘The Great Generation of Bodhicitta Mind’ continued
Aug 3rd: The Transmission of ‘The Great Drikung Phowa Chenmo’ (Consciousness Transference) and ‘Machik Dubgyal Longevity Empowerment’ (Tsewang)
Aug 4th: Celebration of His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Thinle Lhundup’s Birthday
Aug 5th: The Preparatory Empowerment of Shri Hevajra
Aug 6th: The actual Empowerment of Shri Hevajra
Aug 7th: Long Life Mandala Offering
Aug 8th and 9th: The display of precious sacred objects to the public
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Event ID: 221
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: Nagarjuna, the great 2nd century Indian master and founder of the Madhyamaka philosophical school, wrote this celebrated poem as a letter of advice to his disciple King Gautamiputra. Khenpo Dr Ngawang Jorden is Principal of the International Buddhist Academy in Kathmandu. Course taught in English with simultaneous Chinese translation available.
Event details: 中文版線上直播註冊指南 (PDF, 1.6MB).
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.
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Event ID: 220
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: Karma is a Sanskrit word which means ‘action’. Karma refers to the doctrine of actions and their causal consequences. These three talks by senior teacher Karma Wangchuk Lhamo are given in Tibetan with English translation.
Event details:
The concept of karma includes, in its causal aspect, both the actual actions (physical, verbal and mental) and the psychological imprints and tendencies created within the mind by such actions. After the commitment of an action a causal chain is maintained within the mental continuum which continues through successive events and rebirths. Such a karmic potential is later activated when it interacts with appropriate circumstances and conditions thus leading to the fruition of its effects. In general, if we act motivated by greed, anger, or delusion, we are planting the seed of suffering; when our acts are motivated by generosity, love, or wisdom, then we are creating the karmic conditions for openness and happiness.
Karma Wangchuk Lhamo was ordained at Thrangu Tara Abbey at the age of sixteen. In 1999 she entered solitary retreat for three years in Manang, Nepal. Between 2005 and 2014 she completed the nine year shedra studies course at Namdroling monastery in South India. Since 2014 she has been a senior teacher at Thrangu Tara Abbey.
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Event ID: 219
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: Thrangu Tara Nunnery performing the ‘Vajrayogini Mandala Puja’ on the thirtieth day of the sacred month of Saka Dawa. The merit of any good deeds performed during this special month is considered to be multiplied many times.
Event details: The meditational deity Vajrayogini is considered to be one of the supreme manifestations of female enlightened energy. To view the mandala and to make a connection with Vajrayogini is said to be highly beneficial in clearing away negative energy and negative interferences.
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Event ID: 218
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: The ‘Ngor Annual Grand Hevajra Mandala Puja’ presided over by H.E. Thartse Khen Rinpoche on the twenty-third and twenty-fourth days of the sacred month of Saka Dawa. The merit of any good deeds performed during this special month is considered to be multiplied many times.
Event details: It is said that to view this very auspicious and wondrous mandala and to participate in the Inner and Outer Generation carries a blessing that can purify many aeons of negative karma, remove all one’s obstacles, and endow profound confidence, wisdom and merit.
June 25th: The construction of the Hevajra sand mandala.
June 26th: On the anniversary of the parinirvana of Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo, founder of the Ngor tradition, the performance of the Glorious Hevajra Mandala Puja, the Inner and Outer Generation, known as ‘A Beautiful Ornament’.
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Event ID: 214
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: Chopa Tenzin Lhadron teaching on the life of Buddha Sakyamuni, "The Four Noble Truths" together with an introduction to Buddhist practice, and the benefits of relying on a spiritual teacher.
Event details:
June 13th: A brief introduction to the life of Buddha Sakyamuni, followed by a teaching on "The Four Noble Truths" together with an introduction to Buddhist practice. The Four Noble Truths are the subject on which Buddha Sakyamuni taught in his first formal discourse given at Sarnath, following his attainment of Buddhahood in Bodh Gaya. The four noble truths are: the truth of suffering (the unsatisfactory nature of life in cyclic existence), the truth of its origins (the causes of suffering), the truth of cessation (that there is a state free from the suffering), and the truth of the path leading to such cessation. The investigation and understanding of these four truths are regarded as an indispensable basis for a successful practice of the Buddhist path.
June 14th: The benefits of relying on a spiritual teacher. In order to eliminate darkness we need light, likewise in order to know how to follow the right path of inner development we need guidance. Therefore, finding the right spiritual teacher or mentor and following his or her advice is immensely important.
Chopa Tenzin Lhadron is from Zanskar valley, Ladakh, India. She became a nun at the age of thirteen and was among the first batch to receive the Geshema degree, conferred by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Drepung Monastery, South India, in 2016. Currently she is serving as Executive Director of the Jamyang Choling Institute, Dharamsala, India, and is coordinator for the Emory Tibet Science Initiative program at the Jamyang Choling Institute.
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Event ID: 201
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: The Venerable Khenpo Konchok Rangdol, former Principal of Kagyu College, teaching three sessions in English.
Event details:
The revised schedule is as follows:
May 21st: The importance and role of a root lama in Tibetan Buddhism and how to find and choose a root lama.
May 22nd: How to deal with negative emotions and find fulfilment in life.
May 23rd: The four thoughts that turn the mind to the Dharma, namely contemplation on: the precious opportunity of human rebirth; death and impermanence; the law of cause and effect (karma); the nature and causes of suffering.
Khenpo Konchok Rangdol is President of Tserkarmo monastery and the former Principal of Kagyu College, at the main seat of His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang at Dehradun. Khenpo Konchok Rangdol now teaches widely in India and abroad, where his teachings are much appreciated for their clarity and openness.
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Event ID: 210
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: This ten day study and meditation course is the second part of a five part program titled ‘A Curriculum for Progressing towards Liberation’ which comprises a preparation for and guide to key practices of the Vajrayana (tantric) path. There are two sessions of teachings daily, with English translation.
[This event was originally webcast in November 2018 as Event ID 179.]
Event details:
In this second ten day program, Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal teaches on the perspectives and practices related to the cultivation of Bodhicitta. Bodhicitta is the altruistic aspiration to attain full enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. Literally,
Bodhi means ‘enlightenment’, and
citta, ‘mind’. Bodhicitta is cultivated on the basis of specific mental attitudes, principal among them being the development of love and great compassion towards all beings equally. Mahayana literature speaks of two types of Bodhicitta: conventional Bodhicitta and ultimate Bodhicitta. Conventional Bodhicitta relates to the altruistic aspiration to attain full enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. Ultimate Bodhicitta relates to the wisdom directly realising emptiness, which is induced by the altruistic intention of Bodhicitta. Fundamentally, the cultivation of Bodhicitta, in its relative form, overturns our self-cherishing and, in its ultimate form, overturns our habitual tendency to regard appearances as existing independently, i.e. as independently ‘real’.
For details of the five part program titled ‘A Curriculum for Progressing towards Liberation’, see:
http://www.jamgonkongtrul.org/section.php?s1=3&s2=3.
Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal is the Principal of Rigpe Dorje Monastic Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies at Kagyu Thekchen Ling Monastery, Lava, India. He was also the Drupon (retreat master) for the traditional 3-year Mahamudra retreat at Pullahari Monastery from 1998 to 2001. Drupon Khenpo-la completed his three-year retreat in 1997 at Pullahari under the guidance of the Very Ven. Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. In 1991, prior to undertaking the retreat, he completed the nine year Acharya program at the Nalanda Institute, Rumtek Monastery, studying under the guidance of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche and Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. Drupon Khenpo-la is greatly admired for his skill in making even the most complex and subtle Dharma subjects inspiring and accessible to his students.
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Event ID: 203
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: This is a rare opportunity to receive a comprehensive teaching from His Holiness on one of the most revered works in the Sakya tradition. This seminal text, by the great 16th century master Ngorchen Khönchog Lhundrup, is widely taught as a preparation for entering the Vajrayana path. Teaching in English with simultaneous Chinese translation.
[This event was originally webcast in September 2018 as Event ID 172.]
Event details: 中文版線上直播註冊指南 (PDF, 1.6MB).
‘The Beautiful Ornament of the Three Visions’ is a complete meditation manual for the path according to the Lamdré (Path Including Its Result) cycle of teachings. The teaching will cover all the graduated practices: taking refuge, the generation of bodhicitta, the cultivation of calm abiding and special insight and will culminate in an exposition of the qualities of enlightenment which manifest as a result of the perfection of these practices.
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Event ID: 193
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: The Abhidharma teachings are a detailed and systematic analysis of phenomena, comprising both the outer world of our surroundings and the inner world of our experience, and their relationship. These teachings examine the phenomenal world on the relative level of experience from the point of view of enlightened beings, thus establishing the foundation for authentic Buddhist practice.
[This event was originally webcast on 13-31 August 2018 as Event ID 169.]
Event details: Khenpo Dr Ngawang Jorden, Principal of IBA, teaching for one and a half hours in the mornings and again in the afternoons Monday to Friday (five days each week).
Khenpo Dr Ngawang Jorden’s teaching will be based on the celebrated Abhidharma text ‘Opening the Door to All Objects of Knowledge: A Presentation of the Skandhas, Dhātus and Āyatanas (Aggregates, Elements of Perception and Senses of Perception)’ which was composed by the revered Sakya master Gorampa Sönam Senge (1429-1489).
For more details, please refer to:
http://internationalbuddhistacademy.org/2018-3/
註冊指南(pdf 1.6MB)
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Event ID: 199
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: Shartse Khensur Jangchup Choeden teaching in four sessions on the ‘Wheel of Sharp Weapons’ , a revered text in the Lojong (Thought Transformation) tradition, containing practical advice for everyday life.
[This event was originally webcast over four Saturdays in October 2017 as Event ID 118.]
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Event ID: 198
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: The Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche teaching on ‘A Song from the Collection of Khenpo Gangshar’, specifically ‘Advice to his Disciple Wangchuk on the Nature of Mind’. English translation available.
[This event was originally webcast on 8-12 April 2017 as Event ID 101.]
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