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Featured Current Event
Event ID: 1478
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Pre-recorded by Sakya Dolma Phodrang, and organized by Sakya Drophen Ling Taiwan, Vajrayana Sakya Manjushri Center, Taipei, and Sakya Foundation, Spain, the first four sessions will be available to view from January 16th, 2021, and remaining four sessions will be available to view from January 30th, 2021.
Event details: H.H. the 42nd Sakya Trizin Ratna Vajra Rinpoche teaches on the thought transformation (lojong) text ‘Parting from the Four Attachments’, a teaching spoken by Manjushri to the great Sakya patriarch Sachen Kunga Nyingpo. This highly influential text beautifully and succinctly highlights the changes in our perspective that give us the opportunity to dissolve the attachments which obstruct our spiritual development.
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: 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.
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Event ID: 1488
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The Gutor Chenmo puja is traditionally performed each year, towards the end of the last Tibetan lunar month, for the purpose of clearing away all the sickness, suffering, bad luck and obstacles of the past year and requesting the blessing of an auspicious fresh start for the year to come. 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 February 10th, 2021.
(These prayers are being performed strictly in accordance with the social distancing regulations and safety precautions as set down by government and the health ministry.)
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1484
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This puja is dedicated to the longevity of spiritual masters, the removal of illness and conflict throughout the world, the overcoming of adverse factors, and to the fulfilment of all positive wishes. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The ‘Invoking the Activities of the Protectors by Way of Pleasing and Confessing’, includes making offerings and propitiating the Dharma protectors Mahakala, Dharmaraja, Palden Lhamo, Vaisravana, and Setrap.
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 February 1st, 2021.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1489
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This ‘Great Offering’ puja is performed annually and is dedicated to the well-being of all sentient beings and to creating the causal connection for rebirth in a pure realm. The merits of these prayers will also be dedicated to the fulfilment of the wishes of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Traditionally ‘The Great Offering and Prayers to the Buddha Maitreya’ (Jam-Mon Drupchod Chenmo) is performed each year at Sera Mey monastery for seven consecutive days, but this year due to COVID-19 pandemic, this puja will be performed for four days with three puja sessions each day. Also recited as part of this ‘Great Offering’ are various liturgies such as the praises to Tara, excerpts from the White Umbrella Sutra, the Heart Sutra, and praise to the Lion-Faced Dakini and the Eight Prayers. In the evenings, an extensive ritual ablution and prayers for auspiciousness together with praises to the lineage lamas are recited. On the last day, at dawn, the extensive Medicine Buddha Sutra ritual is performed, with supplication to the lineage lamas, and various tormas are offered to the protectors, together with a long dedication and prayers for auspiciousness.
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 February 1st, 2021.
(These prayers are being performed strictly in accordance with the social distancing regulations and safety precautions as set down by government and the health ministry.)
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1487
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This ritual known as ‘Yangdup’ in Tibetan is an elaborate prosperity and abundance summoning ritual and ceremony traditionally performed at Rato Dratsang. The merits accumulated from participating in the Yangdup ritual are regarded as tremendous, not only in terms of generating material prosperity but also with regard to enhancing health, longevity, and spiritual development. 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 January 30th, 2021.
(These prayers are being performed strictly in accordance with the social distancing regulations and safety precautions as set down by government and the health ministry.)
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1486
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This puja is dedicated to the well-being of all sentient beings, the removal of illness and conflict 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 January 31st, 2021.
(These prayers are being performed strictly in accordance with the social distancing regulations and safety precautions as set down by government and the health ministry.)
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1481
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Tara is the female embodiment of the enlightened activity of all the Buddhas and the recitation of the praises to the twenty-one forms of Tara is said to pacify and bring protection from all the myriad causes of danger and suffering for ourselves and others and bring the fulfillment of positive good 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 January 29th, 2021.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1483
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Ritual performed to commemorate the birth anniversary of Tonpa Shenrab Miwo, the founder of Yungdrung Bon. 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 January 28th, 2021.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1482
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This Drupchod is a propitiation to the meditational deity Cakrasamvara, with extensive offerings, which is held annually in the twelfth lunar month for seven consecutive days. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: As with many Drubchod, an elaborate sand mandala and offerings are prepared by the sangha. This Drubchod is said to bestow great benefit and blessing to all participants – including the clearing away of obstacles to our lives and practice, the overcoming of illness, and the alleviation of negative mental states and depression.
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 January 29th, 2021.
(These prayers are being performed strictly in accordance with the social distancing regulations and safety precautions as set down by government and the health ministry.)
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1490
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Tritsab Rinpoche teaches on the perspectives and practices related to the cultivation of Bodhicitta, the altruistic aspiration to attain full enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. Bodhicitta, which is regarded as fundamental to one’s spiritual development on the Mahayana path, is cultivated on the basis of specific mental attitudes, principal among them being the development of love and great compassion towards all beings equally.
Event details: Tritsab Rinpoche was born in 1981 and was identified by His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche in 1986 as the reincarnation of the previous Gyabra Thubten Rinpoche. In 2001, His Eminence took the full vows of a bhikshu in the presence of His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche and other khenpos and masters. At that time, His Holiness also formally announced that His Eminence Tritsab Gyabra Rinpoche would be representing His Holiness in all matters of the Drikung Kagyu lineage in the future, thus re-affirming the role of the line of Tritsab Gyabra Rinpoches as regents of the Drikung Kyabgons during their interregnums.
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: 1493
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Many aspiration prayers are recited, for eight days, during the annual Kagyu Monlam. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The Tibetan word ‘Monlam’ can be translated as ‘Path of Aspiration’. Among the many aspiration prayers to be recited, the main prayers are those known as the ‘King of Aspiration Prayers’. The ‘King of Aspiration Prayers’ center around the supremely altruistic wish that we attain enlightenment in order to lead all beings to enlightenment. When everyone gathered at the Kagyu Monlam recites the prayers, it is said that the power of the prayers is increased a hundred thousand or more times. This contributes to the well-being and spiritual development of all the participants and all sentient beings.
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 January 27th, 2021.
(These prayers are being performed strictly in accordance with the social distancing regulations and safety precautions as set down by government and the health ministry.)
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1494
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Many aspiration prayers are recited, for eight days, during the annual Kagyu Monlam, with a webcast on the last day. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The Tibetan word ‘Monlam’ can be translated as ‘Path of Aspiration’. Among the many aspiration prayers to be recited, the main prayers are those known as the ‘King of Aspiration Prayers’. The ‘King of Aspiration Prayers’ center around the supremely altruistic wish that we attain enlightenment in order to lead all beings to enlightenment. When everyone gathered at the Kagyu Monlam recites the prayers, it is said that the power of the prayers is increased a hundred thousand or more times. This contributes to the well-being and spiritual development of all the participants and all sentient beings.
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: 1495
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Many aspiration prayers are recited, for eight days, during the annual Kagyu Monlam. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The Tibetan word ‘Monlam’ can be translated as ‘Path of Aspiration’. Among the many aspiration prayers to be recited, the main prayers are those known as the ‘King of Aspiration Prayers’. The ‘King of Aspiration Prayers’ center around the supremely altruistic wish that we attain enlightenment in order to lead all beings to enlightenment. When everyone gathered at the Kagyu Monlam recites the prayers, it is said that the power of the prayers is increased a hundred thousand or more times. This contributes to the well-being and spiritual development of all the participants and all sentient beings.
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 January 27th, 2021.
(These prayers are being performed strictly in accordance with the social distancing regulations and safety precautions as set down by government and the health ministry.)
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1485
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The Trochu Tordrup is a special puja performed at Gaden Shartse monastery dedicated to enhancing the long life of H.H. the Dalai Lama and the other great masters, the flourishing of dharma and world peace, and the pacification of malevolent forces. Tormas (butter sculptures) are burned in a large bonfire at the conclusion of the puja. 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 January 22nd, 2021.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1478
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Pre-recorded by Sakya Dolma Phodrang, and organized by Sakya Drophen Ling Taiwan, Vajrayana Sakya Manjushri Center, Taipei, and Sakya Foundation, Spain, the first four sessions will be available to view from January 16th, 2021, and remaining four sessions will be available to view from January 30th, 2021.
Event details: H.H. the 42nd Sakya Trizin Ratna Vajra Rinpoche teaches on the thought transformation (lojong) text ‘Parting from the Four Attachments’, a teaching spoken by Manjushri to the great Sakya patriarch Sachen Kunga Nyingpo. This highly influential text beautifully and succinctly highlights the changes in our perspective that give us the opportunity to dissolve the attachments which obstruct our spiritual development.
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: 1471
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 2 will be available to view on Friday and Saturday, December 25th and 26th, 2020, respectively, and consequent sessions on each following Friday and Saturday until January 16th, 2021. The concluding day of the webcast will also include a review of the teaching on Chapter 2 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: 1444
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 1 will be available to view on Friday and Saturday, December 4th and 5th, 2020, respectively, and consequent sessions on each following Friday and Saturday until December 19th. The webcast will also include a review of the teaching on Chapter 1 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: 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.
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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: 1317
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This is a rare opportunity to receive step by step guidance from His Holiness on key elements of ‘Ngondro’, the inner preliminary practices, namely: taking refuge, developing bodhicitta (the altruistic intention to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all beings) and the practice of Mandala Offering. In English with simultaneous Chinese translation. [This event was originally webcast in August 2019 as Event ID 223.]
Event details: It is expected that His Holiness will teach for approximately eight days on the above-mentioned topics between August 19th and August 30th. (Please note that only for those physically present at the teaching, His Holiness will also be giving the Hevajra cause empowerment and guidance on Vajrasattva and Guru Yoga practices.)
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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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