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Featured Upcoming Event
Event ID: 2244
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The teachings recorded between 2017 and 2020 (some of which were previously available in the Gompa library) have been organised into a comprehensive set of introductory teachings. The teachings are given in English. The first part of the course on ‘Founding Principles’ will be available to view from Saturday, October 1st, 2022, with the second part of the course on ‘Preliminary Practices’ from October 15th, 2022, and the third part of the course on ‘Introductions to Further and Higher Practices’ from October 29th, 2022.
Event details: The course is presented in three parts:
Founding Principles: 1. The Four Noble Truths. 2. Twelve Links of Interdependent Origination. 3. Shamatha Meditation (Calm Abiding). 4. Parting from the Four Attachments. 5. Vipashyana Meditation (Penetrative Insight). 6. Heart Sutra. 7. The Six Bardos (Six Intermediate States).
Preliminary Practices: 1. Taking Refuge Vows. 2. Generating Bodhicitta. 3. Practice of Prostration. 4. Mandala Offering. 5. The Seven-Limb Prayer. 6. Meditation on Vajrasattva. 7. Guru Yoga.
Introductions to Further and Higher Practices: 1. Green Tara Meditation. 2. Avalokiteshvara Meditation. 3. Vajra Guru Mantra Practice. 4. Chod Practice. 5. Dzogchen.
The Venerable Khenpo Kunsang Choephel, a scholar and a former senior teacher at the International Buddhist Academy, Kathmandu, Nepal, is becoming widely appreciated for the clarity and approachability of his introductory teachings on key topics.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Donations made related to this event are strictly voluntary, and any donations that are made will go to the Tibetan International Digital Library, a project supported by H.H. the Dalai Lama. From the closing registration date of November 28th, 2022, onwards, the teaching will continue to be available to Gompa member-supporters from the Gompa Library.
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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Featured Upcoming Event
Event ID: 2246
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The teaching, recorded at Tsuglagkhang, Main Temple, Dharamsala, HP, India, is given in Tibetan, with English and Chinese translation.
Event details: The Pramanavarttika (Commentary on Valid Cognition) is one of the most important works on Buddhist logic and epistemology written by the great Indian logician Dharmakirti. It is an extensive commentary on Dignaga’s Pramanasamuccaya and is divided into four chapters dealing respectively with the topics of inference, validation, direct perception, and forms of argument such as syllogism and consequential reasoning. Like many works of its time, it is written in metered verse. It is now used as the primary text by most major monastic universities of Tibetan Buddhism in their study of logic and epistemology. His Holiness will teach on Chapter 2 of the text, in which Dharmakirti sets out a logical basis demonstrating the validity of the Buddhist path.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Donations made related to this event are strictly voluntary, and any donations that are made will go to the Tibetan International Digital Library, a project supported by His Holiness. From the closing registration date of November 7th, 2022, onwards, the teaching will continue to be available to Gompa member-supporters from the Gompa Library.
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: 2249
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The Akshobhya ritual is a very powerful purification practice both for oneself and all sentient beings and is especially beneficial for those who are recently deceased. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Buddha Akshobhya, the ‘Unshakeable One’, is the buddha of one of the five enlightened- families, corresponding to the perfected states of the five psycho-physical aggregates. Akshobhya is the perfected state of our aggregate of form – the mirror-like wisdom, which is free from aversion, fear, and anger.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 9th, 2022.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2246
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The teaching, recorded at Tsuglagkhang, Main Temple, Dharamsala, HP, India, is given in Tibetan, with English and Chinese translation.
Event details: The Pramanavarttika (Commentary on Valid Cognition) is one of the most important works on Buddhist logic and epistemology written by the great Indian logician Dharmakirti. It is an extensive commentary on Dignaga’s Pramanasamuccaya and is divided into four chapters dealing respectively with the topics of inference, validation, direct perception, and forms of argument such as syllogism and consequential reasoning. Like many works of its time, it is written in metered verse. It is now used as the primary text by most major monastic universities of Tibetan Buddhism in their study of logic and epistemology. His Holiness will teach on Chapter 2 of the text, in which Dharmakirti sets out a logical basis demonstrating the validity of the Buddhist path.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Donations made related to this event are strictly voluntary, and any donations that are made will go to the Tibetan International Digital Library, a project supported by His Holiness. From the closing registration date of November 7th, 2022, onwards, the teaching will continue to be available to Gompa member-supporters from the Gompa Library.
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.
Gompa’s webcast platform has been built specifically as an advertising-free service for the presentation of Dharma teachings and other Dharma activities and events. Gompa’s member-supporters enable us to keep the Gompa site free of advertising. (The privacy of your personal data is fully respected on Gompa – we do not market or sell your personal data as on commercial platforms.)
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2248
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This Drupchod is dedicated to the stable health and long life of H.H. the Dalai Lama and the other great masters of all traditions, to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, and to the wellbeing of all sentient beings. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The ‘Medicine Buddha Drupchod’ is a powerful method for healing and increasing the healing powers of both oneself and others and for overcoming the inner illnesses of attachment, aversion and the misapprehension of the nature of reality. The ‘Medicine Buddha Drupchod’ is said to be eminently beneficial for both the living and the deceased. During this seven day Drupchod, the assembly of monks will perform the Medicine Buddha prayer in touching melodies together with recitation of the Medicine Buddha mantra. On the last day of the Drupchod, the monastery will perform the ‘Medicine Buddha Fire Offering Puja’ and the ‘Medicine Buddha Purification Ritual’ for the deceased.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 12th, 2022.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2247
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: These practices are dedicated to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, to the well-being of all sentient beings, the pacification of malevolent forces, the removal of illnesses and obstacles, 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 are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 5th, 2022.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2250
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This puja is dedicated to the liberation from suffering of all humans and animals who have passed away and those that are passing through the intermediate states between death and rebirth, and, in particular, is dedicated to all those animals who are being killed by humans. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Zhitro here refers to the mandala of the hundred peaceful (Zhi) and wrathful (tro) tantric deities and to the genre of texts associated with this mandala of deities, which represent the pure, innermost elements of the body and mind. The hundred peaceful and wrathful deities are believed to manifest to a deceased person following the dissolution of the body and consciousness in the intermediate states, or bardos, between death and rebirth.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 6th, 2022.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2253
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This puja is dedicated to the liberation from suffering of all humans and animals who have passed away and those that are passing through the intermediate states between death and rebirth, and, in particular, is dedicated to all those animals who are being killed by humans. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The Tibetan word ‘Monlam’ can be translated as ‘Path of Aspiration’. Many aspiration prayers are recited on this day and the main prayers are those known as the ‘King of Aspiration Prayers’. The ‘King of Aspiration Prayers’ centre around the supremely altruistic wish to attain enlightenment in order to lead all beings to enlightenment. When everyone gathered at the Monlam recites the prayers, it is said that the power of the prayers is increased a hundred thousand or more times.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 3rd, 2022.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2252
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This practice is dedicated to the well-being of all sentient beings, and, in particular, dedicated to the liberation from suffering of all humans and animals who have passed away and especially those that are passing through the intermediate states between death and rebirth. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The ‘Medicine Buddha Sutra Ritual’ is a powerful method for healing and increasing the healing powers of both oneself and others and for overcoming the inner illnesses of attachment, aversion and the misapprehension of the nature of reality. The ‘Medicine Buddha Drupchod’ is said to be eminently beneficial for both the living and the deceased.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 3rd, 2022.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2251
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This practice is dedicated to the well-being of all sentient beings, and, in particular, dedicated to the liberation from suffering of all humans and animals who have passed away and especially those that are passing through the intermediate states between death and rebirth. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Nyungney is a powerful practice which is conjoined with fasting on every alternate day. The practice centres on the recitation of prayers and mantras and guided visualizations of Thousand-Armed Chenrezig, the embodiment of all the buddhas' loving-kindness and compassion. Translated as 'abiding in the fast', Nyungney is said to be especially effective in the healing of illness, the nurturing of compassion, and the purification of negative karma.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 5th, 2022.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2241
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This is considered a very important and beneficial tradition, which offers the opportunity for lay people to participate by making offerings. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Menri monastery upholds the tradition of a strict monastic discipline retreat for seven consecutive days from the first till the seventh day of the 8th lunar month each year. This year’s retreat will start on September 26th and finish on October 2nd. During this retreat period, the monks follow a very strict discipline which includes: waking early, intensive periods of learning and practice, safeguarding vows, fasting from noon, and remaining within the monastery compound.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 2nd, 2022.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2242
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This is considered a very important and beneficial tradition, which offers the opportunity for lay people to participate by making offerings. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Redna Menling Nunnery upholds the tradition of a strict monastic discipline retreat for seven consecutive days from the first till the seventh day of the 8th lunar month each year. This year’s retreat will start on September 26th and finish on October 2nd. During this retreat period, the nuns follow a very strict discipline which includes: waking early, intensive periods of learning and practice, safeguarding vows, fasting from noon, and remaining within the nunnery compound.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 2nd, 2022.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2243
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This is considered a very important and beneficial tradition, which offers the opportunity for lay people to participate by making offerings. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Triten Norbutse monastery upholds the tradition of a strict monastic discipline retreat for seven consecutive days from the first till the seventh day of the 8th lunar month each year. This year’s retreat will start on September 26th and finish on October 2nd. During this retreat period, the monks follow a very strict discipline which includes: waking early, intensive periods of learning and practice, safeguarding vows, fasting from noon, and remaining within the monastery compound.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 2nd, 2022.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2227
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The teaching, recorded at Tsuglagkhang, Main Temple, Dharamsala, HP, India, is given in Tibetan, with English and Chinese translation.
Event details: The Madhyamakavatara (Uma la Jukpa), by the great seventh century Indian master Chandrakirti, is one of the most celebrated Indian works on the study of emptiness – the ultimate nature of mind and phenomena. It is a classic commentary written in verse on the meaning of Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamaka-karika and is a primary text used for the study of Madhyamaka (Middle Way) philosophy in many Tibetan monasteries and nunneries. It is also a commentary on the Sutra of the Ten Bhumis (Dashabhumika-Sutra), in that each of the chapters corresponds to the sequence of the ten levels or grounds of a Bodhisattva.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Donations made related to this event are strictly voluntary, and any donations that are made will go to the Tibetan International Digital Library, a project supported by His Holiness. From the closing registration date of October 17th, 2022, onwards, the teaching will continue to be available to Gompa member-supporters from the Gompa Library.
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.
Gompa’s webcast platform has been built specifically as an advertising-free service for the presentation of Dharma teachings and other Dharma activities and events. Gompa’s member-supporters enable us to keep the Gompa site free of advertising. (The privacy of your personal data is fully respected on Gompa – we do not market or sell your personal data as on commercial platforms.)
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2226
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: In this teaching, the Venerable Thubten Chodron will teach on Chapter 7 (Joyous Effort) from the Bodhisattvacaryavatara, and all sixteen sessions will be available to view from September 11th, 2022. The teachings are given in English and are pre-recorded by Sravasti Abbey, Newport, Washington, USA.
Event details: The 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. The 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.
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. At the time you register, there will also be the opportunity to make a voluntary offering in support of Sravasti Abbey, Newport, Washington, USA. From the closing registration date of October 10th, 2022, onwards, the teaching will continue to be available to Gompa member-supporters from the Gompa Library.
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.
Gompa’s webcast platform has been built specifically as an advertising-free service for the presentation of Dharma teachings and other Dharma activities and events. Gompa’s member-supporters enable us to keep the Gompa site free of advertising. (The privacy of your personal data is fully respected on Gompa – we do not market or sell your personal data as on commercial platforms.)
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2225
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The ‘Rainy Season Summer Retreat’ (Yarney) is considered a very important and beneficial tradition, which offers the opportunity for lay people to participate by making offerings for the monks’ food and tea. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The summer retreat is a sacred tradition established by the Buddha. During this time, the monks remain within the monastery and concentrate exclusively on study and practice. Special vows are taken and strict discipline is followed by all of the monks.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 25th, 2022.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2224
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The ‘Rainy Season Summer Retreat’ (Yarney) is considered a very important and beneficial tradition, which offers the opportunity for lay people to participate by making offerings for the monks’ food and tea. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The summer retreat is a sacred tradition established by the Buddha. During this time, the monks remain within the monastery and concentrate exclusively on study and practice. Special vows are taken and strict discipline is followed by all of the monks.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 25th, 2022.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2212
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The teachings, recorded by the Office of H.H. the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa between August 1st to September 3rd, 2022, are given in Tibetan with English and Chinese translation. The first three sessions of the teaching will be available to view from Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 19th, 20th, and 21st, with consequent sessions on each following Friday, Saturday and Sunday until September 18th, 2022.
Event details: In order to help revive the Kagyu transmission of teachings on the tantras and, in particular, the advancement of the teaching of the Vajrayana in Kagyu monasteries, H.H. the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa has instituted this summer teaching program. In this year’s summer teaching, the Gyalwang Karmapa will continue last year’s discussion of the ‘Origins of the Vajrayana’, focusing on subjects including: the transmission of early Buddhism, the development of the eighteen schools, and the spread of Mahayana.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Donations made related to this event are strictly voluntary and any donations that are made will go to the Tibetan International Digital Library, a project supported by His Holiness. From the closing registration date of October 17th, 2022, onwards, the teaching will continue to be available to Gompa member-supporters from the Gompa Library.
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.
Gompa’s webcast platform has been built specifically as an advertising-free service for the presentation of Dharma teachings and other Dharma activities and events. Gompa’s member-supporters enable us to keep the Gompa site free of advertising. (The privacy of your personal data is fully respected on Gompa – we do not market or sell your personal data as on commercial platforms.)
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2194
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The first two sessions of the teaching will be available to view on Friday and Saturday, August 12th and 13th, 2022, with consequent sessions on each following Friday and Saturday until September 3rd, 2022. These teachings were organized by the Drikung Kagyu Om Centre, Singapore, and recorded at Drikung Kagyu Rinchen Ling monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal, between July 25th to August 2nd, 2022. The teachings are given in Tibetan with English translation.
Event details: Gampopa (1079–1153), the founder of the Dagpo Kagyu tradition and foremost student of the great yogi and poet Milarepa, wrote a number of revered expositions of the Buddha's teachings. The most notable are ‘The Jewel Ornament of Liberation’ and ‘A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path’. Gampopa’s celebrated text ‘A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path’ gives precise instructions on view, meditation and conduct and succinctly outlines in twenty-eight categories the key stages in the perfection of our spiritual practice.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. At the time you register there will also be the opportunity to make a voluntary offering in support of Drikung Kagyu Rinchen Ling, Kathmandu, Nepal. From the closing registration date of October 3rd, 2022, onwards, the teaching will continue to be available to Gompa member-supporters from the Gompa Library.
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.
Gompa’s webcast platform has been built specifically as an advertising-free service for the presentation of Dharma teachings and other Dharma activities and events. Gompa’s member-supporters enable us to keep the Gompa site free of advertising. (The privacy of your personal data is fully respected on Gompa – we do not market or sell your personal data as on commercial platforms.)
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1894
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: These suttas (discourses) stress the practice of sati (mindfulness) for the purification of beings, and the overcoming of suffering, and for walking on the path of truth toward the realization of Nirvana. English and Chinese translation available.
[This event was originally webcast in December 2021 as Event ID 1835.]
Event details: The Satipatthana Sutta (The Discourse on the Establishing of Mindfulness), and the subsequently created Mahasatipatthana Sutta (The Great Discourse on the Establishing of Mindfulness), are two of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism, acting as the foundation for contemporary vipassana meditational practice. The Pali texts of the Satipatthana Sutta and the Mahasatipatthana Sutta are largely similar in content; the main difference being a section about the Four Noble Truths (Catu Ariya Sacca) in the Observation of Phenomena (Dhammanupassana), which is greatly expanded in the Mahasatipatthana Sutta.
Teaching recorded at H.H. the Dalai Lama’s residence in Dharamsala, HP, India. Donations made related to this event are strictly voluntary and any donations that are made will go to the Tibetan International Digital Library, a project supported by His Holiness.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1602
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: The first formal discourse which the Buddha Shakyamuni gave following his attainment of buddhahood at Bodh Gaya was on the Four Noble Truths. The investigation and understanding of these four truths are regarded as an indispensable basis for a successful practice of the Buddhist path. [This event was originally webcast in March 2021 as Event ID 1578.]
Event details: The Four Noble Truths are: the truth of suffering (the unsatisfactory nature of cyclic existence), the truth of its origins (the causes of suffering), the truth of cessation (that there is a state free from suffering), and the truth of the path leading to such cessation.
Gaden Shartse Khensur Jangchup Choeden is a former abbot of Gaden Shartse monastery and former Executive Director of the Geluk International Foundation. He is a 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.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1599
Event type: Free Webcast
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 given in Tibetan with English and Chinese translation. [This event was originally webcast in December 2020 and January 2021 as Event ID 1469.]
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.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1600
Event type: Free Webcast
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. There were no webcasts on Days 7, 8, and 9.]
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1601
Event type: Free Webcast
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. [This event was originally webcast in July 2019 as Event ID 220.]
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: 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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