Schedule of Events
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Featured Upcoming Event
Event ID: 2088
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: All four sessions of the teaching will be available to view from Friday, July 1st, 2022. The teachings are given in English and are recorded by Thrangu Monastery, Vancouver, Canada.
Event details: The ‘Heart Sutra’ (Prajnaparamitahrdaya) is one of the most important Mahayana sutras belonging to the collection of the Prajnaparamita sutras. Written in the form of a dialogue between Shariputra (one of the principal disciples of the Buddha Shakyamuni) and the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, the subject of the sutra is the doctrine of ‘emptiness’ – the ultimate nature of mind and phenomena. The sutra is extremely popular among all traditions of Tibetan Buddhism; so much so that many people recite it by heart, and, because of its brevity, use it as a basis for meditation on ‘emptiness’.
Khenpo David Karma Choephel studied Buddhist philosophy at the Vajra Vidya Institute in Namo Buddha, Nepal, and Sarnath, India. He currently serves as Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche’s main English-language translator, and he also translates for the H.H. the Gyalwang Karmapa and the Kagyu Monlam. His published translations include ‘Ngondro for Our Current Day’ by the Gyalwang Karmapa, ‘Heart of the Dharma’ by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, ‘Jewels from the Treasury, Vasubandhu’s Verses on the Treasury of Abhidharma, with Commentary by the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje’, and ‘Vivid Awareness: The Mind Instructions of Khenpo Gangshar’ by Thrangu Rinpoche.
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 the Thrangu Monastery, Vancouver, Canada. . From the closing registration date of August 1st, 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.)
Featured Current Event
Event ID: 2086
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The first two sessions of the teaching will be available to view on Saturday and Sunday, June 18th and 19th, 2022, with consequent sessions on each following Saturday and Sunday until July 10th, 2022. The teachings, recorded by Thrangu Tara Abbey Nunnery, Kathmandu, Nepal, and organized by Thrangu Dharma Society, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, are given in English.
Event details: ‘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 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. Venerable Khenpo Chonyi Rangdrol will continue this special course from Chapter 17 (The Perfection of Wisdom Awareness).
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 at the monastic college for two years, and from 2003 to 2010 he served as the principal of Shree Mangal Dvip School. Since 2011, Khenpo-la has served as the abbot of Thrangu Tara Abbey Nunnery.
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 Thrangu Tara Abbey Nunnery, Kathmandu, Nepal. From the closing registration date of August 8th, 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.)
All Events
Event ID: 2097
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 wellbeing of all sentient beings, the pacification of malevolent forces, the removal of illnesses and obstacles, the fulfilment of all positive wishes. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Zamling Chisang (Universal Prayer and Purification Day) is an auspicious occasion which commemorates the completion of Samye Monastery, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery built in Tibet, by Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava). It is a day celebrating and strengthening the pacification of obstructive forces and the purification of past 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 July 13th, 2022.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2098
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: These special practices are dedicated to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, to the wellbeing 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: Zamling Chisang (Universal Prayer and Purification Day) is an auspicious occasion which commemorates the completion of Samye Monastery, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery built in Tibet, by Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava). It is a day celebrating and strengthening the pacification of obstructive forces and the purification of past 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 July 13th, 2022.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2099
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: These special practices are dedicated to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, to the wellbeing 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: Zamling Chisang (Universal Prayer and Purification Day) is an auspicious occasion which commemorates the completion of Samye Monastery, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery built in Tibet, by Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava). It is a day celebrating and strengthening the pacification of obstructive forces and the purification of past 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 July 13th, 2022.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2100
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: These special practices are dedicated to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, to the wellbeing 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: Zamling Chisang (Universal Prayer and Purification Day) is an auspicious occasion which commemorates the completion of Samye Monastery, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery built in Tibet, by Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava). It is a day celebrating and strengthening the pacification of obstructive forces and the purification of past 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 July 13th, 2022.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2093
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This special ritual is said to be highly effective in pacifying and bringing protection from myriad causes of danger and suffering for ourselves and others, in the fulfilment of all positive wishes, and in the enhancement of prosperity and good fortune. This special practice is dedicated to the continuing welfare and stability of the Yungdrung Bon tradition and to the wellbeing of all sentient beings. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: ‘The Great Annual Thread Cross Ritual’ is a powerful practice which involves the making of complex thread cross structures (namkha), highly symbolic forms which collectively represent the ultimate purity of the elements and our environment.
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 July 14th, 2022.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2091
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This special ritual is said to be highly effective in pacifying and bringing protection from myriad causes of danger and suffering for ourselves and others, in the fulfilment of all positive wishes, and in the enhancement of prosperity and good fortune. This special practice is dedicated to the continuing welfare and stability of the Yungdrung Bon tradition and to the wellbeing of all sentient beings. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: ‘The Great Annual Thread Cross Ritual’ is a powerful practice which involves the making of complex thread cross structures (namkha), highly symbolic forms which collectively represent the ultimate purity of the elements and our environment.
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 July 14th, 2022.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2090
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This practice is dedicated to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, to the wellbeing 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: The meditational deity Vajrayogini is considered to be one of the supreme manifestations of female enlightened energy. It is said to be highly beneficial to make a connection with Vajrayogini, whose blessings are extremely powerful in clearing away negative energy and negative interferences.
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 July 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: 2094
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This practice is dedicated to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, to the wellbeing 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: The meditational deity Vajrayogini is considered to be one of the supreme manifestations of female enlightened energy. It is said to be highly beneficial to make a connection with Vajrayogini, whose blessings are extremely powerful in clearing away negative energy and negative interferences.
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 July 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: 2092
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This auspicious ceremony marks the birth of the great Mahaguru Padmasambhava. This Drupchen is performed for three days in accordance with the Lama Sangdu text from the eighth to the tenth day of the fifth Tibetan lunar month. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: During this Drupchen, the monks make prayers and offerings to Guru Padmasambhava, special ceremonial feast offering practices are performed and the tsog (the blessed physical feast offerings) are distributed to the general community.
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 July 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: 2095
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: These special practices are especially dedicated to the stable health and long life of H.H. the Dalai Lama; to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, to the wellbeing 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 July 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: 2089
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: These special practices are especially dedicated to the stable health and long life of H.H. the Dalai Lama; to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, to the wellbeing 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 July 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: 2096
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: These special practices are especially dedicated to the stable health and long life of H.H. the Dalai Lama; to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, to the wellbeing 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 July 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: 2088
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: All four sessions of the teaching will be available to view from Friday, July 1st, 2022. The teachings are given in English and are recorded by Thrangu Monastery, Vancouver, Canada.
Event details: The ‘Heart Sutra’ (Prajnaparamitahrdaya) is one of the most important Mahayana sutras belonging to the collection of the Prajnaparamita sutras. Written in the form of a dialogue between Shariputra (one of the principal disciples of the Buddha Shakyamuni) and the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, the subject of the sutra is the doctrine of ‘emptiness’ – the ultimate nature of mind and phenomena. The sutra is extremely popular among all traditions of Tibetan Buddhism; so much so that many people recite it by heart, and, because of its brevity, use it as a basis for meditation on ‘emptiness’.
Khenpo David Karma Choephel studied Buddhist philosophy at the Vajra Vidya Institute in Namo Buddha, Nepal, and Sarnath, India. He currently serves as Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche’s main English-language translator, and he also translates for the H.H. the Gyalwang Karmapa and the Kagyu Monlam. His published translations include ‘Ngondro for Our Current Day’ by the Gyalwang Karmapa, ‘Heart of the Dharma’ by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, ‘Jewels from the Treasury, Vasubandhu’s Verses on the Treasury of Abhidharma, with Commentary by the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje’, and ‘Vivid Awareness: The Mind Instructions of Khenpo Gangshar’ by Thrangu Rinpoche.
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 the Thrangu Monastery, Vancouver, Canada. . From the closing registration date of August 1st, 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: 2044
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This practice 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. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: This special event is held annually for five consecutive days, and includes the preparation of an elaborate sand mandala, together with extensive offerings.
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 July 4th, 2022.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2086
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The first two sessions of the teaching will be available to view on Saturday and Sunday, June 18th and 19th, 2022, with consequent sessions on each following Saturday and Sunday until July 10th, 2022. The teachings, recorded by Thrangu Tara Abbey Nunnery, Kathmandu, Nepal, and organized by Thrangu Dharma Society, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, are given in English.
Event details: ‘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 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. Venerable Khenpo Chonyi Rangdrol will continue this special course from Chapter 17 (The Perfection of Wisdom Awareness).
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 at the monastic college for two years, and from 2003 to 2010 he served as the principal of Shree Mangal Dvip School. Since 2011, Khenpo-la has served as the abbot of Thrangu Tara Abbey Nunnery.
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 Thrangu Tara Abbey Nunnery, Kathmandu, Nepal. From the closing registration date of August 8th, 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: 2084
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Recorded at Tsuglagkhang, Main Temple, Dharamsala, HP, India, the teachings are given in Tibetan, with English and Chinese translation.
Event details: The lamrim ‘graduated path’ is a textual tradition that organizes Shakyamuni Buddha’s teachings into a complete step-by-step path to enlightenment. ‘The Concise Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment’ (Lamrim Dhuedhon) also known as ‘Song of Spiritual Experience’ (Lamrim Nyam-gur) is counted amongst the eighteen great lamrim texts studied by scholars and practitioners of the Geluk tradition. Composed by Je Tsongkhapa, the text presents the complete path to perfect enlightenment in forty-five verses.
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 July 18th, 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: 2070
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: All Five sessions of the teaching will be available to view from Tuesday, June 14th, 2022, which falls on the auspicious 15th day of the Saka Dawa. The teachings, recorded by the Ringu Tulku Archive, are given in English.
Event details: In this special series of teachings, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche teaches on how, from the Tibetan Buddhist perspective, we can approach the different stages of this life, death and beyond and utilize our life and death as opportunities for transformation and spiritual growth. The teaching series includes guidance on the six ‘bardos’ (the six intermediate states of life and death) and ‘powa’ (consciousness transference at the point of death).
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist master of the Kagyu lineage tradition. He was trained in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism under many great masters including H.H. the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa and H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. He took his formal education at Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Sikkim, and Sampurnananda Sanskrit University, Varanasi, India. Rinpoche is the founder of Bodhicharya International, a worldwide network of people, projects, centres, and organisations. Rinpoche is also the founder of the Rigul Trust, which supports welfare projects and poverty relief in Tibetan communities in Rigul, Tibet, and other Himalayan regions. Since 1990, Rinpoche has been travelling and teaching Buddhism and meditation in Europe, America, Canada, Australia, and Asia. He participates in various interfaith and ‘Science and Buddhism’ dialogues and is the author of a number of books on Buddhist topics.
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 the Rigul Trust, UK. From the closing registration date of July 18th, 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: 2069
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Recorded at Tsuglagkhang, Main Temple, Dharamsala, HP, India, the teachings are given in Tibetan, with English and Chinese translation.
Event details: This profound and beautiful praise to the Buddha is said to have been composed by Lama Tsongkhapa immediately after attaining realization of emptiness, the ultimate nature of mind and phenomena. ‘Dependent origination’, also translated as ‘dependent arising’, can be said to be the most fundamental metaphysical view of Buddhist thought, and it is intimately linked with the Buddhist notion of causation. The principle of ‘dependent origination’ asserts that nothing exists independently of other factors, the reason being that things and events come into existence only by dependence on the aggregation of multiple causes and conditions. This poetic text conveys Tsongkhapa’s exuberant feelings of joy, wonder, gratitude, and deep reverence for the Buddha for having taught the wisdom of emptiness and dependent origination to liberate sentient beings from the cycle of samsara.
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 July 4th, 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: 2032
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: These special practices are dedicated to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, to the wellbeing of all sentient beings, the pacification of malevolent forces, the removal of illnesses and obstacles, and the fulfilment of all positive wishes. This event is held during the auspicious month of Saka Dawa, commemorating the anniversary of Shakyamuni Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and mahaparinirvana. You are cordially invited to participate. The merit of any good deeds performed during the special month of Saka Dawa is considered to be multiplied many times.
Event details: During the month of Saka Dawa, the entire monk assembly gather together each day to perform Avalokiteshvara rituals and also recite the six-syllable heart mantra of Avalokiteshvara (the embodiment of the compassion of all the buddhas).
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 June 29th, 2022
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 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.
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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.
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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.]
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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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