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Current Event
Event ID: 244
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: The four thoughts or four considerations are regarded as key subjects of contemplation in a practitioner’s quest to overcome attachment to the attractions of worldly life. Taught in Tibetan with English translation on January 11th, 12th, 17th and 18th.
Event details:
When successfully undertaken the four thoughts lay a firm foundation for spiritual growth. These four are: 1) cultivation of an appreciation for the potentials and the opportunities of human existence; 2) reflection on death and the impermanence of all things; 3) reflection on karma and the law of cause and effect; and 4) reflection on the unsatisfactory nature of life in the cycle of existence and the nature and causes of suffering.
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.
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: The four thoughts or four considerations are regarded as key subjects of contemplation in a practitioner’s quest to overcome attachment to the attractions of worldly life. Taught in Tibetan with English translation on January 11th, 12th, 17th and 18th.
Event details:
When successfully undertaken the four thoughts lay a firm foundation for spiritual growth. These four are: 1) cultivation of an appreciation for the potentials and the opportunities of human existence; 2) reflection on death and the impermanence of all things; 3) reflection on karma and the law of cause and effect; and 4) reflection on the unsatisfactory nature of life in the cycle of existence and the nature and causes of suffering.
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.
Current Event
Event ID: 243
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: This is a rare opportunity to receive an authoritative exposition on the practices related to each of the main stages of both the preliminary practices and the Five-fold Profound Path of Mahamudra according to the Drikung Kagyu tradition. English translation available.
Event details: H.E Kyabje Nubpa Rinpoche teaches on Jigten Sumgon’s ‘The Essence of the Mahayana Teachings’ from the commentary composed by Yongzin Ayang. Beginning with an exposition of the main preliminary topics: the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind, How to Follow a Spiritual Teacher, Refuge, Bodhicitta and the Bodhicitta vows, H.E Kyabje Nubpa Rinpoche gives a detailed exposition of the stages of the Five-fold Profound Path of Mahamudra. One session of teaching each day, with English translation.
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: This is a rare opportunity to receive an authoritative exposition on the practices related to each of the main stages of both the preliminary practices and the Five-fold Profound Path of Mahamudra according to the Drikung Kagyu tradition. English translation available.
Event details: H.E Kyabje Nubpa Rinpoche teaches on Jigten Sumgon’s ‘The Essence of the Mahayana Teachings’ from the commentary composed by Yongzin Ayang. Beginning with an exposition of the main preliminary topics: the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind, How to Follow a Spiritual Teacher, Refuge, Bodhicitta and the Bodhicitta vows, H.E Kyabje Nubpa Rinpoche gives a detailed exposition of the stages of the Five-fold Profound Path of Mahamudra. One session of teaching each day, with English translation.
All Events
Event ID: 246
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: Two days of special events with H.E. Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details:
January 27th: Tenshug (mandala and long life puja offering) for H.E. Yongdzin Rinpoche.
January 28th: Du Tri Su Empowerment by H.E. Yongdzin Rinpoche. Du Tri Su is a heart practice of Bon, taught by the founding buddha of Bon, Tonpa Shenrab, which is renowned for its power to liberate simply by hearing or reciting the practice, and for its power to clear negative karma and obstacles from our lives – including illness, disease, misfortune, and depression – and to liberate beings from the lower realms of existence. Receiving this special initiation and empowerment is said to bring great benefits to this and future lives.
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: Two days of special events with H.E. Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details:
January 27th: Tenshug (mandala and long life puja offering) for H.E. Yongdzin Rinpoche.
January 28th: Du Tri Su Empowerment by H.E. Yongdzin Rinpoche. Du Tri Su is a heart practice of Bon, taught by the founding buddha of Bon, Tonpa Shenrab, which is renowned for its power to liberate simply by hearing or reciting the practice, and for its power to clear negative karma and obstacles from our lives – including illness, disease, misfortune, and depression – and to liberate beings from the lower realms of existence. Receiving this special initiation and empowerment is said to bring great benefits to this and future lives.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 245
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: It is said that to view this very auspicious and wondrous mandala and to see and hear this sacred dance conveys a powerful blessing that can purify many aeons of negative karma, remove obstacles, and endow profound confidence, wisdom and merit. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: It is said that to view this very auspicious and wondrous mandala and to see and hear this sacred dance conveys a powerful blessing that can purify many aeons of negative karma, remove obstacles, and endow profound confidence, wisdom and merit. You are cordially invited to participate.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 244
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: The four thoughts or four considerations are regarded as key subjects of contemplation in a practitioner’s quest to overcome attachment to the attractions of worldly life. Taught in Tibetan with English translation on January 11th, 12th, 17th and 18th.
Event details:
When successfully undertaken the four thoughts lay a firm foundation for spiritual growth. These four are: 1) cultivation of an appreciation for the potentials and the opportunities of human existence; 2) reflection on death and the impermanence of all things; 3) reflection on karma and the law of cause and effect; and 4) reflection on the unsatisfactory nature of life in the cycle of existence and the nature and causes of suffering.
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.
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: The four thoughts or four considerations are regarded as key subjects of contemplation in a practitioner’s quest to overcome attachment to the attractions of worldly life. Taught in Tibetan with English translation on January 11th, 12th, 17th and 18th.
Event details:
When successfully undertaken the four thoughts lay a firm foundation for spiritual growth. These four are: 1) cultivation of an appreciation for the potentials and the opportunities of human existence; 2) reflection on death and the impermanence of all things; 3) reflection on karma and the law of cause and effect; and 4) reflection on the unsatisfactory nature of life in the cycle of existence and the nature and causes of suffering.
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.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 243
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: This is a rare opportunity to receive an authoritative exposition on the practices related to each of the main stages of both the preliminary practices and the Five-fold Profound Path of Mahamudra according to the Drikung Kagyu tradition. English translation available.
Event details: H.E Kyabje Nubpa Rinpoche teaches on Jigten Sumgon’s ‘The Essence of the Mahayana Teachings’ from the commentary composed by Yongzin Ayang. Beginning with an exposition of the main preliminary topics: the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind, How to Follow a Spiritual Teacher, Refuge, Bodhicitta and the Bodhicitta vows, H.E Kyabje Nubpa Rinpoche gives a detailed exposition of the stages of the Five-fold Profound Path of Mahamudra. One session of teaching each day, with English translation.
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: This is a rare opportunity to receive an authoritative exposition on the practices related to each of the main stages of both the preliminary practices and the Five-fold Profound Path of Mahamudra according to the Drikung Kagyu tradition. English translation available.
Event details: H.E Kyabje Nubpa Rinpoche teaches on Jigten Sumgon’s ‘The Essence of the Mahayana Teachings’ from the commentary composed by Yongzin Ayang. Beginning with an exposition of the main preliminary topics: the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind, How to Follow a Spiritual Teacher, Refuge, Bodhicitta and the Bodhicitta vows, H.E Kyabje Nubpa Rinpoche gives a detailed exposition of the stages of the Five-fold Profound Path of Mahamudra. One session of teaching each day, with English translation.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 241
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo takes as her central theme the highly influential Lojong or Mind Transformation teachings which were brought to Tibet in the 11th century by the great Indian master Atisha.
Event details:
The Lojong teachings emphasise the cultivation of a deeply felt compassion for all beings and a dedication to serve their welfare. Importantly too, these teachings set out powerful ways of skilfully transforming our perspective as we encounter times and events in our lives that we might otherwise consider as adverse or harmful, into circumstances that enhance our practice and spiritual growth.
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo is the Founding Director of Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery, in Himachal Pradesh, India. Born in England 1943, she was one of the first Westerners to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monastic. She met her teacher, His Eminence the 8th Khamtrul Rinpoche in 1964 and remained mostly in solitary retreat for over 12 years. In February 2008 Tenzin Palmo was given the title of Jetsunma, which means Venerable Master, by His Holiness the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, Head of the Drukpa Kagyu lineage, in recognition of her spiritual achievements as a nun and her efforts in promoting the status of female practitioners in Tibetan Buddhism.
These teachings were recorded by the Meridian Trust (UK) in May, 2016. An optional donation may be offered to the Meridian Trust at the time of registration. For more than 30 years the Meridian Trust has been dedicated to documenting and preserving Buddhist culture and heritage and bringing this wisdom to the world. A donation will make an important contribution toward maintaining and developing this work.
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo takes as her central theme the highly influential Lojong or Mind Transformation teachings which were brought to Tibet in the 11th century by the great Indian master Atisha.
Event details:
The Lojong teachings emphasise the cultivation of a deeply felt compassion for all beings and a dedication to serve their welfare. Importantly too, these teachings set out powerful ways of skilfully transforming our perspective as we encounter times and events in our lives that we might otherwise consider as adverse or harmful, into circumstances that enhance our practice and spiritual growth.
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo is the Founding Director of Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery, in Himachal Pradesh, India. Born in England 1943, she was one of the first Westerners to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monastic. She met her teacher, His Eminence the 8th Khamtrul Rinpoche in 1964 and remained mostly in solitary retreat for over 12 years. In February 2008 Tenzin Palmo was given the title of Jetsunma, which means Venerable Master, by His Holiness the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, Head of the Drukpa Kagyu lineage, in recognition of her spiritual achievements as a nun and her efforts in promoting the status of female practitioners in Tibetan Buddhism.
These teachings were recorded by the Meridian Trust (UK) in May, 2016. An optional donation may be offered to the Meridian Trust at the time of registration. For more than 30 years the Meridian Trust has been dedicated to documenting and preserving Buddhist culture and heritage and bringing this wisdom to the world. A donation will make an important contribution toward maintaining and developing this work.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 238
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: A talk on the life and accomplishments of the great scholar and practitioner Lama Tsong Khapa, the founder of the Gelug school and Gaden monastic university. (This is Gompa’s first webcast hosted at a teaching centre or cultural organisation outside India and Nepal.)
Event details:
Phara Khenchen Tenzin Rinpoche is the reincarnation of Khensur Pema Gyaltsen, the former abbot of Drepung Loseling monastery and one of the great Buddhist scholars of his time. Phara Khenchen Tenzin Rinpoche was born in Lhasa in 1986. His birth was accompanied by auspicious signs, which brought him to the notice of the attendants of Khensur Pema Gyaltsen, who were searching for his reincarnation. With the approval of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the attendants travelled to Lhasa and with great secrecy brought Rinpoche to India in 1990. Rinpoche became a fully ordained monk in 2006 and from 2000 to 2017 he studied the Buddhist philosophical curriculum at Drepung Loseling monastery, graduating with a Geshe degree, the equivalent of a Ph.D. in Philosophy, in 2017, after which Rinpoche completed his higher studies at the Gyumed Tantric College in South India. At the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Rinpoche is currently studying English at the Leeds Language School in order to be better able to teach Western students in the future.
This talk is being recorded by Jamyang Buddhist Centre Leeds (www.jamyangleeds.co.uk) on December 21st and is expected to be available for viewing starting from December 22nd. Optional donations can be offered to Jamyang Buddhist Centre Leeds at the time of registration.
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: A talk on the life and accomplishments of the great scholar and practitioner Lama Tsong Khapa, the founder of the Gelug school and Gaden monastic university. (This is Gompa’s first webcast hosted at a teaching centre or cultural organisation outside India and Nepal.)
Event details:
Phara Khenchen Tenzin Rinpoche is the reincarnation of Khensur Pema Gyaltsen, the former abbot of Drepung Loseling monastery and one of the great Buddhist scholars of his time. Phara Khenchen Tenzin Rinpoche was born in Lhasa in 1986. His birth was accompanied by auspicious signs, which brought him to the notice of the attendants of Khensur Pema Gyaltsen, who were searching for his reincarnation. With the approval of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the attendants travelled to Lhasa and with great secrecy brought Rinpoche to India in 1990. Rinpoche became a fully ordained monk in 2006 and from 2000 to 2017 he studied the Buddhist philosophical curriculum at Drepung Loseling monastery, graduating with a Geshe degree, the equivalent of a Ph.D. in Philosophy, in 2017, after which Rinpoche completed his higher studies at the Gyumed Tantric College in South India. At the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Rinpoche is currently studying English at the Leeds Language School in order to be better able to teach Western students in the future.
This talk is being recorded by Jamyang Buddhist Centre Leeds (www.jamyangleeds.co.uk) on December 21st and is expected to be available for viewing starting from December 22nd. Optional donations can be offered to Jamyang Buddhist Centre Leeds at the time of registration.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 240
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: A day of meritorious activities celebrating the 600th anniversary of Lama Tsong Khapa’s parinirvana. This occasion is especially auspicious with celebrations taking place all over the Tibetan Buddhist world. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The monks of Gaden Shartse performing the Lama Choepa puja, with Tsog offering. Tsog means “gathering” and Lama Choepa means “offering to the Spiritual Guide.” This is a profound practice of purification of negative karma and accumulation of positive energy or merit. During the puja / offering, extensive prayers are performed in order to affirm our commitment to the spiritual path and to seek inspiration from our teachers.
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: A day of meritorious activities celebrating the 600th anniversary of Lama Tsong Khapa’s parinirvana. This occasion is especially auspicious with celebrations taking place all over the Tibetan Buddhist world. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The monks of Gaden Shartse performing the Lama Choepa puja, with Tsog offering. Tsog means “gathering” and Lama Choepa means “offering to the Spiritual Guide.” This is a profound practice of purification of negative karma and accumulation of positive energy or merit. During the puja / offering, extensive prayers are performed in order to affirm our commitment to the spiritual path and to seek inspiration from our teachers.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 228
Event type: Webcast Event
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.
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.
Event type: Webcast Event
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.
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.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 223
Event type: Webcast Event
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.
Event details:
中文版線上直播註冊指南 (PDF, 1.6MB).
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.)
Event type: Webcast Event
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.
Event details:
中文版線上直播註冊指南 (PDF, 1.6MB).
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.)
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 220
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: Karma is a Sanskrit word which means ‘action’. Karma refers to the doctrine of actions and their causal consequences. These three talks by senior teacher Karma Wangchuk Lhamo are given in Tibetan with English translation.
Event details:
The concept of karma includes, in its causal aspect, both the actual actions (physical, verbal and mental) and the psychological imprints and tendencies created within the mind by such actions. After the commitment of an action a causal chain is maintained within the mental continuum which continues through successive events and rebirths. Such a karmic potential is later activated when it interacts with appropriate circumstances and conditions thus leading to the fruition of its effects. In general, if we act motivated by greed, anger, or delusion, we are planting the seed of suffering; when our acts are motivated by generosity, love, or wisdom, then we are creating the karmic conditions for openness and happiness.
Karma Wangchuk Lhamo was ordained at Thrangu Tara Abbey at the age of sixteen. In 1999 she entered solitary retreat for three years in Manang, Nepal. Between 2005 and 2014 she completed the nine year shedra studies course at Namdroling monastery in South India. Since 2014 she has been a senior teacher at Thrangu Tara Abbey.
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: Karma is a Sanskrit word which means ‘action’. Karma refers to the doctrine of actions and their causal consequences. These three talks by senior teacher Karma Wangchuk Lhamo are given in Tibetan with English translation.
Event details:
The concept of karma includes, in its causal aspect, both the actual actions (physical, verbal and mental) and the psychological imprints and tendencies created within the mind by such actions. After the commitment of an action a causal chain is maintained within the mental continuum which continues through successive events and rebirths. Such a karmic potential is later activated when it interacts with appropriate circumstances and conditions thus leading to the fruition of its effects. In general, if we act motivated by greed, anger, or delusion, we are planting the seed of suffering; when our acts are motivated by generosity, love, or wisdom, then we are creating the karmic conditions for openness and happiness.
Karma Wangchuk Lhamo was ordained at Thrangu Tara Abbey at the age of sixteen. In 1999 she entered solitary retreat for three years in Manang, Nepal. Between 2005 and 2014 she completed the nine year shedra studies course at Namdroling monastery in South India. Since 2014 she has been a senior teacher at Thrangu Tara Abbey.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 210
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: This ten day study and meditation course is the second part of a five part program titled ‘A Curriculum for Progressing towards Liberation’ which comprises a preparation for and guide to key practices of the Vajrayana (tantric) path. There are two sessions of teachings daily, with English translation.
[This event was originally webcast in November 2018 as Event ID 179.]
Event details:
In this second ten day program, Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal teaches on the perspectives and practices related to the cultivation of Bodhicitta. Bodhicitta is the altruistic aspiration to attain full enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. Literally, Bodhi means ‘enlightenment’, and citta, ‘mind’. Bodhicitta is cultivated on the basis of specific mental attitudes, principal among them being the development of love and great compassion towards all beings equally. Mahayana literature speaks of two types of Bodhicitta: conventional Bodhicitta and ultimate Bodhicitta. Conventional Bodhicitta relates to the altruistic aspiration to attain full enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. Ultimate Bodhicitta relates to the wisdom directly realising emptiness, which is induced by the altruistic intention of Bodhicitta. Fundamentally, the cultivation of Bodhicitta, in its relative form, overturns our self-cherishing and, in its ultimate form, overturns our habitual tendency to regard appearances as existing independently, i.e. as independently ‘real’.
For details of the five part program titled ‘A Curriculum for Progressing towards Liberation’, see: http://www.jamgonkongtrul.org/section.php?s1=3&s2=3.
Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal is the Principal of Rigpe Dorje Monastic Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies at Kagyu Thekchen Ling Monastery, Lava, India. He was also the Drupon (retreat master) for the traditional 3-year Mahamudra retreat at Pullahari Monastery from 1998 to 2001. Drupon Khenpo-la completed his three-year retreat in 1997 at Pullahari under the guidance of the Very Ven. Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. In 1991, prior to undertaking the retreat, he completed the nine year Acharya program at the Nalanda Institute, Rumtek Monastery, studying under the guidance of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche and Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. Drupon Khenpo-la is greatly admired for his skill in making even the most complex and subtle Dharma subjects inspiring and accessible to his students.
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: This ten day study and meditation course is the second part of a five part program titled ‘A Curriculum for Progressing towards Liberation’ which comprises a preparation for and guide to key practices of the Vajrayana (tantric) path. There are two sessions of teachings daily, with English translation.
[This event was originally webcast in November 2018 as Event ID 179.]
Event details:
In this second ten day program, Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal teaches on the perspectives and practices related to the cultivation of Bodhicitta. Bodhicitta is the altruistic aspiration to attain full enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. Literally, Bodhi means ‘enlightenment’, and citta, ‘mind’. Bodhicitta is cultivated on the basis of specific mental attitudes, principal among them being the development of love and great compassion towards all beings equally. Mahayana literature speaks of two types of Bodhicitta: conventional Bodhicitta and ultimate Bodhicitta. Conventional Bodhicitta relates to the altruistic aspiration to attain full enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. Ultimate Bodhicitta relates to the wisdom directly realising emptiness, which is induced by the altruistic intention of Bodhicitta. Fundamentally, the cultivation of Bodhicitta, in its relative form, overturns our self-cherishing and, in its ultimate form, overturns our habitual tendency to regard appearances as existing independently, i.e. as independently ‘real’.
For details of the five part program titled ‘A Curriculum for Progressing towards Liberation’, see: http://www.jamgonkongtrul.org/section.php?s1=3&s2=3.
Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal is the Principal of Rigpe Dorje Monastic Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies at Kagyu Thekchen Ling Monastery, Lava, India. He was also the Drupon (retreat master) for the traditional 3-year Mahamudra retreat at Pullahari Monastery from 1998 to 2001. Drupon Khenpo-la completed his three-year retreat in 1997 at Pullahari under the guidance of the Very Ven. Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. In 1991, prior to undertaking the retreat, he completed the nine year Acharya program at the Nalanda Institute, Rumtek Monastery, studying under the guidance of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche and Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. Drupon Khenpo-la is greatly admired for his skill in making even the most complex and subtle Dharma subjects inspiring and accessible to his students.
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Event ID: 203
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: This is a rare opportunity to receive a comprehensive teaching from His Holiness on one of the most revered works in the Sakya tradition. This seminal text, by the great 16th century master Ngorchen Khönchog Lhundrup, is widely taught as a preparation for entering the Vajrayana path. Teaching in English with simultaneous Chinese translation.
[This event was originally webcast in September 2018 as Event ID 172.]
Event details:
中文版線上直播註冊指南 (PDF, 1.6MB).
‘The Beautiful Ornament of the Three Visions’ is a complete meditation manual for the path according to the Lamdré (Path Including Its Result) cycle of teachings. The teaching will cover all the graduated practices: taking refuge, the generation of bodhicitta, the cultivation of calm abiding and special insight and will culminate in an exposition of the qualities of enlightenment which manifest as a result of the perfection of these practices.
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: This is a rare opportunity to receive a comprehensive teaching from His Holiness on one of the most revered works in the Sakya tradition. This seminal text, by the great 16th century master Ngorchen Khönchog Lhundrup, is widely taught as a preparation for entering the Vajrayana path. Teaching in English with simultaneous Chinese translation.
[This event was originally webcast in September 2018 as Event ID 172.]
Event details:
中文版線上直播註冊指南 (PDF, 1.6MB).
‘The Beautiful Ornament of the Three Visions’ is a complete meditation manual for the path according to the Lamdré (Path Including Its Result) cycle of teachings. The teaching will cover all the graduated practices: taking refuge, the generation of bodhicitta, the cultivation of calm abiding and special insight and will culminate in an exposition of the qualities of enlightenment which manifest as a result of the perfection of these practices.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 237
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: In this initial ten day program, Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal teaches on the preparatory practices for entering the Vajrayana path known as the ‘The Four Preliminary Foundations’. Successfully undertaken, these preliminary practices lay a firm foundation for spiritual development. English translation available. There are two sessions of teachings daily.
[This event was originally webcast in November-December 2017 as Event ID 129.]
Event details: This ten day meditation and study course is the first 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.]
‘The Four Preliminary Foundations’ are: the cultivation of an appreciation for the preciousness, potentials and opportunities of human existence; reflection on death and impermanence; reflection on karma (the doctrine of actions and their consequences); and reflection on the unsatisfactory nature of life in cyclic existence. These four considerations are regarded as key subjects of contemplation in the quest to overcome attachment to the attractions of worldly life.
Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal is the Principal of Rigpe Dorje Monastic Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies at Kagyu Thekchen Ling Monastery, Lava, India, and was Drupon (retreat master) for the traditional 3-year Mahamudra retreat at Pullahari Monastery. Drupon Khenpo-la completed his three-year retreat at Pullahari under the guidance of the Very Venenrable Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. In 1991, prior to undertaking the retreat, he completed the nine year Acharya program at the Nalanda Institute, Rumtek Monastery, studying under the guidance of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche and Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. Drupon Khenpo-la is greatly admired for his skill in making even the most complex and subtle Dharma subjects inspiring and accessible to his students.
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: In this initial ten day program, Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal teaches on the preparatory practices for entering the Vajrayana path known as the ‘The Four Preliminary Foundations’. Successfully undertaken, these preliminary practices lay a firm foundation for spiritual development. English translation available. There are two sessions of teachings daily.
[This event was originally webcast in November-December 2017 as Event ID 129.]
Event details: This ten day meditation and study course is the first 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.]
‘The Four Preliminary Foundations’ are: the cultivation of an appreciation for the preciousness, potentials and opportunities of human existence; reflection on death and impermanence; reflection on karma (the doctrine of actions and their consequences); and reflection on the unsatisfactory nature of life in cyclic existence. These four considerations are regarded as key subjects of contemplation in the quest to overcome attachment to the attractions of worldly life.
Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal is the Principal of Rigpe Dorje Monastic Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies at Kagyu Thekchen Ling Monastery, Lava, India, and was Drupon (retreat master) for the traditional 3-year Mahamudra retreat at Pullahari Monastery. Drupon Khenpo-la completed his three-year retreat at Pullahari under the guidance of the Very Venenrable Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. In 1991, prior to undertaking the retreat, he completed the nine year Acharya program at the Nalanda Institute, Rumtek Monastery, studying under the guidance of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche and Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. Drupon Khenpo-la is greatly admired for his skill in making even the most complex and subtle Dharma subjects inspiring and accessible to his students.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 199
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: Shartse Khensur Jangchup Choeden teaching in four sessions on the ‘Wheel of Sharp Weapons’ , a revered text in the Lojong (Thought Transformation) tradition, containing practical advice for everyday life.
[This event was originally webcast over four Saturdays in October 2017 as Event ID 118.]
Event type: Webcast Event
Brief description: Shartse Khensur Jangchup Choeden teaching in four sessions on the ‘Wheel of Sharp Weapons’ , a revered text in the Lojong (Thought Transformation) tradition, containing practical advice for everyday life.
[This event was originally webcast over four Saturdays in October 2017 as Event ID 118.]
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
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