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Featured Current Event
Event ID: 1371
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Twice weekly teaching on Naljorpa Zhedang Dorjee’s ‘The Essence of the Mahayana Teachings’ from the commentary composed by Yongzin Ayang Thubtan Rinpoche. Each session of the course will be available to view every Saturday and Sunday, and will remain available for viewing for one month thereafter.
Event details: 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, this will be followed by a detailed exposition of the Four Classes of Tantra.
Venerable Khanpo Konchok Sherab is a graduate of Kagyu College, Center for Higher Buddhist Studies, Dehradun, India. He was born in Ladakh and entered Lamayuru monastery at the age of 12. He moved to Drikung Kagyu Jangchubling Monastic College 1995 and studied the major Buddhist sciences including Ten-nying and Gongchig and Tibetan/Bhoti literature under many eminent teachers. In 2009, H.H. Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche awarded him with the khenpo degree. Presently, he is serving as a research officer at Songtsen Library, Dehradun, India.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
Featured Current Event
Event ID: 1360
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The Bodhicharyavatara, 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 weekly teachings will be available to view every Thursday, and will remain available for viewing for one month thereafter.
Event details: Shantideva’s 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 mindfulness, wisdom, love, compassion, generosity and patience.
This course of teachings is being recorded by the International Buddhist Academy, Kathmandu, Nepal, organized by Sakya Tsechen Phuntsog Choling Centre, Hong Kong.
Note: The teachings have been extended three additional weeks until September 24th, 2020.
The Venerable Khenpo Dr Ngawang Jorden has received numerous teachings from H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama, H.H. the Sakya Trizin, the late Chogay Rinpoche, Khenchen Appey Rinpoche and many other great masters. Khenpo Dr Ngawang Jorden holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University and has taught at the University of Chicago and was a visiting professor at the University of Vienna. In 2009, Khenpo-la was appointed as principal of the International Buddhist Academy by H.H. the Sakya Trizin.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
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Event ID: 1380
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The ‘Extensive Medicine Buddha Ritual’ is a powerful method for healing and increasing healing powers both for oneself and others and for overcoming the inner illnesses of attachment, aversion and the misapprehension of the nature of reality. The ‘Extensive Medicine Buddha Ritual’ is said to be eminently beneficial for both the living and the deceased. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Please see the following Sera Mey monastery post for more detail:
https://www.facebook.com/277794075607087/posts/3420163924703404/.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown, there is no webcast for this event – however, Gompa member-supporters can register for the event and send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 2nd, 2020.
(These prayers are being performed strictly in accordance with the social distancing regulations and safety precautions as set down by government and the health ministry.)
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1384
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Gompa member-supporters can forward questions related to this teaching, with questions selected by Khenpo Kunsang Choephel to be answered at the end of the teaching scheduled for October 3rd. See more information in Event details below.
Event details: Prostration is a traditional practice in Tibetan Buddhism by which reverence is enacted to the Triple Gem and other objects of veneration. Prostration, when combined with the correct motivation and inner practices, is believed to be beneficial in a wide variety of ways, including: the development of generosity and compassion, the purification of negative karma and dissonant emotions, the accumulation of merit and also as a preparatory act prior to meditation.
Guru Yoga is an important preliminary meditation in which the practitioner visualizes the spiritual teacher as inseparable from the meditational deity, thus assisting the aspirant to cultivate a direct experience of the enlightened attributes of body, speech and mind. A correct relation to one’s main spiritual teacher (who must possess the qualifications of a teacher as set down in the authoritative literature) is considered vital in the Tibetan tradition, as this lays a successful foundation for progress on the spiritual path. An essential point to understand however is that ultimately the guru is one’s own Buddha-nature.
Gompa member supporters are requested to submit their questions related to this teaching by end of the day on September 30th by email to
liaison[at]gompaservices.com (please substitute [at] with @) with the subject heading ‘Practice of Prostration and Guru Yoga, Q&A’.
The Venerable Khenpo Kunsang Choephel, a senior teacher at the International Buddhist Academy, 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. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1383
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: As the Rainy Season Summer Retreat (Vassa in Sanskrit / Yarney in Tibetan) period concludes, the Venerable Choje Lama Wangchuk Topden will speak on the significance and history of Vassa.
Event details: The summer retreat is a sacred tradition established by the Buddha. During this special time the monks stay within the monastery and concentrate exclusively on study and practice. Special vows are taken and strict discipline is followed. This is considered a very important tradition, which offers the opportunity for lay people to participate in the virtuous retreat activities by making offerings.
The teaching was recorded at Thrangu Tashi Yangtse and organized by Thrangu Vajrayana Buddhist Centre, Hong Kong.
Lama Wangchuk Topden was born on 20th of November, 1983 to his late father, Kunga Dhundup and mother, Phurbu Dolma. In 1987, he started his education at Shree Mangal Dvip School for Himalayan Children (SMD) in Boudha, Kathmandu. In 6th grade, Lama Wangchuk became a monk and studied basic Buddhist education from the Late Khenpo Ngedhon. Later on he was appointed as the Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche’s secretary and attendant. Lama Wangchuk Topden completed his retreat in 2011 and 2015, he was appointed as the Chairman of Namo Buddha Buddhist Meditation and Educational Center which oversees all of the Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche’s projects in Nepal. On 26th June 2018, H.H. the 17th Karmapa bestowed Lama Wangchuk Topden the title “Choje Lama”.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1378
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Acharya Chokyi Lhamo presents a short introduction on the theme of ‘What is Buddhism Really About?’ and reviews more closely the Buddhist view of the distinction between virtuous and non-virtuous actions of body, speech and mind.
Event details: Acharya Chokyi Lhamo was born in 1992 at Khangsar, Manang, Nepal. She became nun in 2002 at Thrangu Tara Abbey Nunnery, under the guidance of The Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. She studied at Thrangu Thoisam Dargyeling Shedra for higher Buddhist studies and graduated in 2017. She is currently serving as a teacher at Thrangu Tara Abbey Nunnery.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1379
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The Venerable Khenpo Kunsang Choephel teaches on two topics that are, respectively, fundamental to all Buddhist practice, and a traditional prerequisite for engaging in Vajrayana practice.
Event details: Taking refuge is the formal act of entrusting one’s spiritual development to the Three Precious Jewels. The nature of the refuge sought from each of the Three Precious Jewels is: in the Buddha, the fully enlightened teacher, one seeks refuge in the perfect expression of the qualities of enlightenment; in the Dharma, one seeks refuge in the realization of the path; and in the Sangha, the spiritual community, one seeks refuge in perfect companionship on the path to Buddhahood. The Tibetan tradition considers the seeking of refuge in the Three Precious Jewels as the mark of becoming a practicing Buddhist and metaphorically it is said that one becomes a child of the heart of the Buddha.
Mandala Offering is a ritual of offering which involves visualisation of the entire universe and mentally offering this to an object of refuge such as one's guru, a meditational deity, or the Three Jewels. Together with Taking Refuge, Vajrasattva Meditation, and the practice of Guru Yoga, Mandala Offering is traditionally regarded as a prerequisite for a successful practice of Vajrayana (the path of the tantras).
The Venerable Khenpo Kunsang Choephel, a senior teacher at the International Buddhist Academy, 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. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1381
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Offerings can be made in remembrance of your guru, family members and for the peace and good health of all sentient beings. The recommendations as provided by the monastery are given below in Event details. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Recommended offerings:
1. Adornments (Namza) offering to Stupa: The requested total for a full set of adornments is GBP £144 for cotton and GBP £178 for silk. You can choose to sponsor a full set of adornments or choose to make a contribution of your choice.
2. Prayer Flags Offering: The requested donation is GBP £14 per prayer flag string; you can choose for the donor / dedication name to be added to the prayers flags
3. Butter Lamps Offering: The requested donation is GBP £7 per hundred butter lamps.
On the event registration page please enter the total amount of your donation and in the dedication section of the registration page please specify how your donation is to be allocated (ie to adornments, number of prayer flags or butter lamps). You are also invited to include a voluntary offering in support of the monks of Sangye Choeling monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Gompa member-supporters can register for the event and send donations, together with dedications, at any time up until October 9th, 2020.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1376
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: Acharya Chokyi Lhamo gives advice on ways of coping with the anxieties and sufferings related to the Covid-19 pandemic from a Buddhist point of view. The teaching was recorded by Thrangu Tara Abbey Nunnery.
Event details: Acharya Chokyi Lhamo was born in 1982 at Khangsar, Manang, Nepal. She became nun in 2002 at Thrangu Tara Abbey Nunnery, under the guidance of The Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. She studied at Thrangu Thoisam Dargyeling Shedra for higher Buddhist studies and graduated in 2017. She is currently serving as a teacher at Thrangu Tara Abbey Nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1375
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The Venerable Kunsang Choephel teaches on Chod (meaning ‘cutting through’), a set of unique meditational practices known as chodyul, or ‘object of cutting’.
Event details: Based on the Prajnaparamita tradition, the Chod practices seek to overcome the self-centred and egotistical perspectives which arise from our apprehension of an inherently existing self-identity and the misapprehension of the nature of reality. In the Chod practices, these obscurations, visualized in the form of the yogin’s own body, are symbolically turned into an ‘object of cutting’ and compassionately offered as a feast-offering. The texts of Chod are usually sung in melodious verses, accompanied by the rhythmic playing of large hand-drums and bells.
The Venerable Khenpo Kunsang Choephel, a senior teacher at the International Buddhist Academy, 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. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1371
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Twice weekly teaching on Naljorpa Zhedang Dorjee’s ‘The Essence of the Mahayana Teachings’ from the commentary composed by Yongzin Ayang Thubtan Rinpoche. Each session of the course will be available to view every Saturday and Sunday, and will remain available for viewing for one month thereafter.
Event details: 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, this will be followed by a detailed exposition of the Four Classes of Tantra.
Venerable Khanpo Konchok Sherab is a graduate of Kagyu College, Center for Higher Buddhist Studies, Dehradun, India. He was born in Ladakh and entered Lamayuru monastery at the age of 12. He moved to Drikung Kagyu Jangchubling Monastic College 1995 and studied the major Buddhist sciences including Ten-nying and Gongchig and Tibetan/Bhoti literature under many eminent teachers. In 2009, H.H. Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche awarded him with the khenpo degree. Presently, he is serving as a research officer at Songtsen Library, Dehradun, India.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1364
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The Venerable Kunsang Choephel teaches on the method and benefits of meditating on Vajrasattva.
Event details: In the context of the preliminary practices, in preparation for entering the Vajrayana (tantric) path, meditation on Vajrasattva and the recitation of Vajrasattva’s hundred-syllable mantra is said to be a powerful, requisite method for purifying one’s mind of the resonances of previous negative karma and accelerating one’s preparedness for fulfilling the aims of the Vajrayana path, that is, for developing all-encompassing compassion and realisation of the ultimate nature of mind for the benefit of others.
The Venerable Khenpo Kunsang Choephel, a senior teacher at the International Buddhist Academy, 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. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1366
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The summer retreat is a sacred tradition established by the Buddha, and is considered a very important tradition, which offers the opportunity for lay people to participate in the virtuous retreat activities by making offerings for food and tea. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: During this special time the monks stay within the monastery and concentrate exclusively on study and practice. Special vows are taken and strict discipline is followed.
Gompa member-supporters can send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 16th, 2020.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1367
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The summer retreat is a sacred tradition established by the Buddha, and is considered a very important tradition, which offers the opportunity for lay people to participate in the virtuous retreat activities by making offerings for food and tea. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: During this special time the monks stay within the monastery and concentrate exclusively on study and practice. Special vows are taken and strict discipline is followed.
Gompa member-supporters can send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 16th, 2020.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1365
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Ngondro, or the preliminary or foundation practices of Vajrayana Buddhism, are a powerful means for effecting a deep purification and transformation, at every level of our being, in preparation for entering the profound path of Vajrayana and beginning a journey toward the experience of full enlightenment.
Event details: These teachings were recorded by Sakya Dolma Phodrang, Dehradun, India and organized by Tibetan Buddhist Society of Canberra (Sakya Losal Choe Dzong).
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1363
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The Venerable Kunsang Choephel gives an introduction to the ‘Heart Sutra’, one of the most cited and widely known Buddhist texts. The central topic of the Heart Sutra is the Buddhist understanding of the ultimate nature of mind and phenomena.
Event details: The Heart Sutra, written in the form of a dialogue between the monk Shariputra (one of the two principal disciples of the Buddha Shakyamuni) and the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, explains how a bodhisattva should meditate in order to realize the ultimate nature of reality, often referred to as ‘emptiness’.
The Venerable Khenpo Kunsang Choephel, a senior teacher at the International Buddhist Academy, 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. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1360
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The Bodhicharyavatara, 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 weekly teachings will be available to view every Thursday, and will remain available for viewing for one month thereafter.
Event details: Shantideva’s 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 mindfulness, wisdom, love, compassion, generosity and patience.
This course of teachings is being recorded by the International Buddhist Academy, Kathmandu, Nepal, organized by Sakya Tsechen Phuntsog Choling Centre, Hong Kong.
Note: The teachings have been extended three additional weeks until September 24th, 2020.
The Venerable Khenpo Dr Ngawang Jorden has received numerous teachings from H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama, H.H. the Sakya Trizin, the late Chogay Rinpoche, Khenchen Appey Rinpoche and many other great masters. Khenpo Dr Ngawang Jorden holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University and has taught at the University of Chicago and was a visiting professor at the University of Vienna. In 2009, Khenpo-la was appointed as principal of the International Buddhist Academy by H.H. the Sakya Trizin.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1339
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The term bardo (intermediate state) refers to the key phases of life and death: the intermediate state of living, the intermediate state of meditative concentration, the intermediate state of dreams, the intermediate state of the time of death, the intermediate state of reality, and the intermediate state of rebirth.
Event details: During each of the six bardo phases, the consciousness of a person has particular experiential qualities, and corresponding to these qualities of experience there are specific meditative techniques conducive ideally to the realisation of the ultimate nature of mind and phenomena (enlightenment) or at least to a favourable rebirth.
The Venerable Khenpo Kunsang Choephel, a senior teacher at the International Buddhist Academy, 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. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1326
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This succinct text outlines the essential aspects of training one’s mind in the conduct of a bodhisattva, with emphasis on the altruistic practices of the bodhisattva’s way of life. Particularly highlighted are the skillful ways in which a true practitioner can transcend adverse circumstances and transform these into conditions which will enhance spiritual progress.
Event details: ‘Eight Verses of Training the Mind’ is one of the most celebrated works of the Tibetan Kadampa master and meditator Langri Thangpa and forms part of a tradition which evolved in ancient India and later developed, in Tibet, as a distinct category of practices known as ‘Lojong’, often translated as ‘Thought Transformation’ or ‘Mind Training’.
Gaden Shartse Khensur Rinpoche Jangchup Choeden is a former abbot of Gaden Shartse monastery and is now executive director of the Geluk International Foundation, deputy general secretary of the International Buddhist Confederation, and vice president of the Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace. Khensur Jangchup Choeden also teaches widely in India and abroad, where his teachings are much appreciated for their clarity and directness.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1324
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This letter of advice 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.
Event details: 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. 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. Teachings given daily except Sundays and occasional other days.
Khenpo Konchok Rangdol is a former President of Tserkarmo monastery and the former Principal of Kagyu College, at the main seat of His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang at Dehradun. Currently he serves as a special assistant in South East Asia for His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang. Khenpo Konchok Rangdol now teaches widely in India and abroad, where his teachings are much appreciated for their clarity and openness.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1297
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Daily teachings in English on two of the most fascinating chapters of Vasubandhu’s ‘Treasury of Abhidharma’, reviewed in detail according to the commentary by the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorjee. Written study materials available as noted below. Teachings recorded by Thrangu Monastery in Vancouver, Canada.
Event details:
These two chapters discuss topics such as how beings take rebirth, the twelve links of interdependence, Buddhist cosmology, how karma is accumulated, and how it ripens. One hour teachings daily, except on Mondays and other days as announced.
This online ‘Foundations in Abhidharma’ course is based on the book ‘Jewels from the Treasury’, available from booksellers and online through KTD Publications at
https://www.namsebangdzo.com/Jewels-from-the-Treasury-p/17840.htm. With permission from the publisher, the PDF of the root text (Tibetan and English) can be downloaded from
https://www.dropbox.com/s/im5w8tw2d6ekr8y/Treasury_Root_3-4.pdf?dl=0 and the commentary from
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x435oulm7uy5x1p/Treasury_Commentary_3-4.pdf?dl=0.
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 participate in this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1329
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: A rare opportunity to receive the empowerments and instructions of the ‘Zurkha Gyatsa Ngodup Jungne’ from H.E. Jadho Rinpoche, the former abbot of Namgyal Monastery and Gyuto Tantric College. In Tibetan with English translation of key sections. [This event was originally webcast in February 2020 as Event ID 248.]
Event details: The ‘Zurkha Gyatsa Ngodup Jungne’ is a revered collection of empowerments and sets of instruction for the one hundred and eight main meditational deities of the Gelug school composed by Lhatsun Yeshe Tenpai Gyaltsen. It is regarded as a very special blessing to receive these empowerments and instructions from a lineage holder.
Webcast dates: February 17th to 21st and February 25th to 27th, 2020. As notified from Shelkar monastery (see
News & Updates for details), there is no English translation starting from February 20th.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to participate in this special event. Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to participate using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1327
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This is a rare opportunity to receive authoritative guidance on key practices of the Vajrayana (tantric) path. Two sessions of teachings daily, with English translation. Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal is greatly admired for his skill in making even the most complex and subtle Dharma subjects inspiring and accessible to monks and his students. [This event was originally webcast in November 2019 as Event ID 228.]
Event details:
The ten day study and meditation course is the third part of a five part program titled ‘A Curriculum for Progressing towards Liberation’. For details see
www.jamgonkongtrul.org/section.php?s1=3&s2=3.
In this third ten day program, Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal gives a detailed guide to the very essence of Mind Training – the creation and completion stages of Vajrayana practice. According to the Vajrayana path, the main practices of meditation, which follow the successful conclusion of the preliminary practices, include the generation and the completion stages. The initial generation stage is characterised by the meditative processes of the practitioner’s gradual identification with the form and pristine cognition of the meditational deity and it is during this stage that, with the support of mantra recitation, the elaborate visualisation of the deity is gradually generated and stabilised. The completion stage then follows, which includes techniques for controlling the energy channels and vital energies within the visualised transmuted body, with the purpose of generating an ever deepening realisation of the ultimate nature of mind. The teaching is given based on the practices related to the meditational deity Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara), the embodiment of the enlightened compassion of all the buddhas.
Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal is the Principal of Rigpe Dorje Monastic Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies at Kagyu Thekchen Ling Monastery, Lava, India, and Rigpe Dorje Institute for Buddhist Studies at Pullahari Monastery, Nepal. Studying under the guidance of The Very Venerables Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche and Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, he was among the leading students in the first batch of graduates of the nine year Acharya Program at the Nalanda Institute at Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim, India, and was granted the position of Khenpo at his graduation in 1991. In 1997, upon completion of a three year Mahamudra retreat, he was bestowed the position of Drupon Khenpo by The Very Venerable Khenpo Tsultrim Rinpoche, who recognised in him a rare accomplishment and skill in both study and practice.
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Event ID: 1317
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This is a rare opportunity to receive step by step guidance from His Holiness on key elements of ‘Ngondro’, the inner preliminary practices, namely: taking refuge, developing bodhicitta (the altruistic intention to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all beings) and the practice of Mandala Offering. In English with simultaneous Chinese translation. [This event was originally webcast in August 2019 as Event ID 223.]
Event details: It is expected that His Holiness will teach for approximately eight days on the above-mentioned topics between August 19th and August 30th. (Please note that only for those physically present at the teaching, His Holiness will also be giving the Hevajra cause empowerment and guidance on Vajrasattva and Guru Yoga practices.)
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Event ID: 273
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
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: ‘The Beautiful Ornament of the Three Visions’ is a complete meditation manual for the path according to the Lamdré (Path Including Its Result) cycle of teachings. The teaching will cover all the graduated practices: taking refuge, the generation of bodhicitta, the cultivation of calm abiding and special insight and will culminate in an exposition of the qualities of enlightenment which manifest as a result of the perfection of these practices.
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Event ID: 173
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: H.E. Minling Khenchen Rinpoche teaching on the fundamental importance of the cultivation of Bodhicitta (the altruistic intention to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings) in our practice of Dharma (the process of spiritual transformation). English translation available.
[This event was originally webcast on 14 April 2018 as Event ID 152.]
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Event ID: 264
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche teaching on two selected songs (dohas) from the collection of Khenpo Gangshar Wangpo. English translation available. [This event was originally webcast in March-April 2018 as Event ID 150.]
Event details: These short texts are direct, easy-to-understand instructions on how to rest and remain in the nature of mind. They include practical and personal advice on how to conjoin view, meditation, and conduct on the path.
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Event ID: 1374
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: First day of the Drubchen of the Heart Sadhana of Padmasambhava according to Ratna Lingpa, led by Tsoknyi Rinpoche together with the nuns of Tsoknyi Gechak Ling. [This event was originally webcast in February 2018 as Event ID 143.]
Event details: Drubchen literally means ‘vast accomplishment’. It is a group practice which brings together the entire range of all the skilful methods of Vajrayana, including the complete sadhana practice (with visualization, mudra, chant, and music) with the aim of generating the transcendent environment of the pure realm of the deity and awakening, for all those taking part, the pure perception of this world as a sacred realm.
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