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Featured Current Event
Event ID: 2767
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The teaching, to be recorded at Tsuglagkhang, Main Temple, Dharamsala, HP, India, is given in Tibetan, with English and Chinese translations.
Event details: The Madhyamakavatara (Uma la Jukpa), by the great seventh century Indian master Chandrakirti, is one of the most celebrated Indian works on the study of emptiness – the ultimate nature of mind and phenomena. It is a classic commentary written in verse on the meaning of Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamaka-karika and is a primary text used for the study of Madhyamaka (Middle Way) philosophy in many Tibetan monasteries and nunneries. It is also a commentary on the Sutra of the Ten Bhumis (Dashabhumika-Sutra), in that each of the chapters corresponds to the sequence of the ten levels or grounds of a Bodhisattva.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Donations made related to this event are strictly voluntary, and any donations that are made will go to the Tibetan International Digital Library, a project supported by His Holiness. From the closing registration date of October 9th, 2023, onwards, the teaching will continue to be available to Gompa member-supporters from the Gompa Library.
Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
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Featured Current Event
Event ID: 2770
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This special event, organized by Vajra Dakini Nunnery, under the guidance of H.H. the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang, is held and recorded at the Great Shravasti International Buddhist Temple, Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Event details:
Day 1:
A talk by His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang on the 'Significance of Varsa' and a Mandala Offering to His Holiness.
Day 2:
The program will commence with a welcome speech by Khenmo Konchog Drolma, Chair of the International Planning Committee and Abbess of Vajra Dakini Nunnery, USA. Following that, there will be remarks by Ven. Guo Goang, Presiding Abbess of Varsa in the Dharma Drum Lineage, Taiwan, Khenchen Nyima Gyaltsen, Chief Abbot of the main seat of Drikung Kagyu in India, Ven. Dieu Hai from Vietnam, Geshema Dechen Choedon from India's Dolmaling Nunnery, Ven. Jigme Yunten from Ladakh's Amitabha Monastery, and Ven. Sonam Choden, Trainer from the Bhutan Nuns Association.
The event will also feature the 'Awarding of Certificates of Completion', concluding remarks by His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang, a dedication, and a world peace prayer.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. At the time you register, there will also be the opportunity to make a voluntary offering in support of Drikung Kagyu Jangchubling monastery, Dehradun, India.
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: 2772
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The ‘Medicine Buddha Drupchod’ is a powerful method for healing and increasing the healing powers of both oneself and others and for overcoming the inner illnesses of attachment, aversion and the misapprehension of the nature of reality. The ‘Medicine Buddha Drupchod’ is said to be eminently beneficial for both the living and the deceased. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: During this seven day Drupchod, the assembly of monks will perform the Medicine Buddha prayer, in touching melodies, together with recitation of the Medicine Buddha mantra. On the last day of the Drupchod, the monastery will perform the ‘Medicine Buddha Fire Offering Puja’ and the ‘Medicine Buddha Purification Ritual’ for the deceased.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 1st, 2023.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2771
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This ‘Extensive Series of Special Practices’ is especially dedicated to the stable health and long life of H.H. the Dalai Lama and the other great masters of all traditions, to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, and to the well-being of all sentient beings and all sangha members, supporters and benefactors. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The monastery will perform the following prayers and pujas between September 23rd and 29th:
September 23rd: Extensive Tara Ritual (Dol-chog Geypa).
September 24th: Guru Puja with Ceremonial Feast Offering (Lama Choepa Tsog) and ‘One Hundred Torma Offerings to the Dharma Protectors’ (Torma Gya-tsa).
September 25th: Torma Offering of the Four Elements (Jung-shi Torma).
September 26th: Monthly Satisfying and Restoring Protector Ritual (Dha-kang).
September 27th: Propitiation Ritual of the Dharma Protectors (Kangso).
September 28th: Ushnishavijaya Long Life Ritual (Namgyal Tse-chog).
September 29th: Extensive Series of the Monastery’s Regular Prayers and Pujas, on the auspicious occasion of Cho-chod Dusang.
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 September 29th, 2023.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2770
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This special event, organized by Vajra Dakini Nunnery, under the guidance of H.H. the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang, is held and recorded at the Great Shravasti International Buddhist Temple, Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Event details:
Day 1:
A talk by His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang on the 'Significance of Varsa' and a Mandala Offering to His Holiness.
Day 2:
The program will commence with a welcome speech by Khenmo Konchog Drolma, Chair of the International Planning Committee and Abbess of Vajra Dakini Nunnery, USA. Following that, there will be remarks by Ven. Guo Goang, Presiding Abbess of Varsa in the Dharma Drum Lineage, Taiwan, Khenchen Nyima Gyaltsen, Chief Abbot of the main seat of Drikung Kagyu in India, Ven. Dieu Hai from Vietnam, Geshema Dechen Choedon from India's Dolmaling Nunnery, Ven. Jigme Yunten from Ladakh's Amitabha Monastery, and Ven. Sonam Choden, Trainer from the Bhutan Nuns Association.
The event will also feature the 'Awarding of Certificates of Completion', concluding remarks by His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang, a dedication, and a world peace prayer.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. At the time you register, there will also be the opportunity to make a voluntary offering in support of Drikung Kagyu Jangchubling monastery, Dehradun, India.
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: 2767
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The teaching, to be recorded at Tsuglagkhang, Main Temple, Dharamsala, HP, India, is given in Tibetan, with English and Chinese translations.
Event details: The Madhyamakavatara (Uma la Jukpa), by the great seventh century Indian master Chandrakirti, is one of the most celebrated Indian works on the study of emptiness – the ultimate nature of mind and phenomena. It is a classic commentary written in verse on the meaning of Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamaka-karika and is a primary text used for the study of Madhyamaka (Middle Way) philosophy in many Tibetan monasteries and nunneries. It is also a commentary on the Sutra of the Ten Bhumis (Dashabhumika-Sutra), in that each of the chapters corresponds to the sequence of the ten levels or grounds of a Bodhisattva.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Donations made related to this event are strictly voluntary, and any donations that are made will go to the Tibetan International Digital Library, a project supported by His Holiness. From the closing registration date of October 9th, 2023, 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: 2755
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The webcast will be available to view by the end of the day (India time) on September 2nd, 2023.
Event details: The Grand Vajrakilaya Drupchod is held annually in the seventh lunar month for thirteen consecutive days, which this year is from August 25th to September 6th, 2023. This musically rich and beautiful puja begins with the creation of the Vajrakilaya sand mandala, together with a sacred dance and associated ritual practices, followed by the puja, which continues until September 6th. This Drupchod 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 endowment of profound confidence, wisdom, and merit.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special webcast event. At the time you register, there will also be the opportunity to make a voluntary offering in support of Sakya Centre, Dehradun, India.
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: 2752
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: ‘Rainy Season Summer Retreat’ is considered a very important and beneficial tradition, which offers the opportunity for lay people to participate by making offerings for the monks’ food and tea. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The summer retreat is a sacred tradition established by the Buddha. During this time, the monks remain within the monastery and concentrate exclusively on study and practice. Special vows are taken and strict discipline is followed by all of the monks.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 14th, 2023.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2753
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: ‘Rainy Season Summer Retreat’ is considered a very important and beneficial tradition, which offers the opportunity for lay people to participate by making offerings for the monks’ food and tea. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The summer retreat is a sacred tradition established by the Buddha. During this time, the monks remain within the monastery and concentrate exclusively on study and practice. Special vows are taken and strict discipline is followed by all of the monks.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 14th, 2023.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2754
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: ‘Rainy Season Summer Retreat’ is considered a very important and beneficial tradition, which offers the opportunity for lay people to participate by making offerings for the monks’ food and tea. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The summer retreat is a sacred tradition established by the Buddha. During this time, the monks remain within the monastery and concentrate exclusively on study and practice. Special vows are taken and strict discipline is followed by all of the monks.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 14th, 2023.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 2746
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The first session of the course will be available to view on Saturday, August 26th, 2023, and consequent sessions on each of the following days until September 7th, 2023. The teachings, recorded at the International Buddhist Academy, Kathmandu, Nepal, are given in English.
Event details:
Week 1 (August 26th - September 3rd): Mindfulness in Daily Life and on the Cushion
Just as a bird depends on two wings to fly, the path to awakening comprises two essential components: method and wisdom. In the first week of this course, devoted to method, Khenpo Jorden will give teachings on mindfulness and introspection. Without these two qualities, it is impossible to make significant progress on the path. It is therefore important to learn how to cultivate these skillfully, not only in meditation, but also in daily life, in order to establish continuity in one’s practice. The teaching will be based on two chapters of Shantideva’s ‘The Way of the Bodhisattva’ (Bodhicaryavatara) and will include essential meditation instructions.
Week 2 (September 4th - 7th): The Heart of Wisdom – Dependent Arising and Emptiness
In the second week, Khenpo Jorden will explore two core areas for the development of wisdom: dependent arising and emptiness. The Buddha’s teachings on dependent arising are the foundation for attaining liberating insight into the nature of ultimate reality. These teachings explain how things come to appear in the world and, most significantly, how we are caught in a net of suffering and dissatisfaction and how we might liberate ourselves from this net of suffering and dissatisfaction. The correct understanding of dependent arising builds the foundation for the profound teachings on emptiness. To explore this subject, Khenpo Jorden will base his explanation on Rongton Sheja Kunrig’s commentary on the ‘Heart Sutra’, one of the most widely recited Mahayana scriptures. In just a few paragraphs, this text conveys the essence of the highest Buddhist wisdom, which is insight into the nature of ultimate reality.
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 teaching event. At the time you register, there will also be the opportunity to make a voluntary offering in support of the International Buddhist Academy, Kathmandu, Nepal. From the closing registration date of October 10th, 2023, onwards, the teaching will continue to be available to Gompa member-supporters from the Gompa Library.
Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are also cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
Gompa’s webcast platform has been built specifically as an advertising-free service for the presentation of Dharma teachings and other Dharma activities and events. Gompa’s member-supporters enable us to keep the Gompa site free of advertising. (The privacy of your personal data is fully respected on Gompa – we do not market or sell your personal data as on commercial platforms.)
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1894
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: These suttas (discourses) stress the practice of sati (mindfulness) for the purification of beings, and the overcoming of suffering, and for walking on the path of truth toward the realization of Nirvana. English and Chinese translation available.
[This event was originally webcast in December 2021 as Event ID 1835.]
Event details: The Satipatthana Sutta (The Discourse on the Establishing of Mindfulness), and the subsequently created Mahasatipatthana Sutta (The Great Discourse on the Establishing of Mindfulness), are two of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism, acting as the foundation for contemporary vipassana meditational practice. The Pali texts of the Satipatthana Sutta and the Mahasatipatthana Sutta are largely similar in content; the main difference being a section about the Four Noble Truths (Catu Ariya Sacca) in the Observation of Phenomena (Dhammanupassana), which is greatly expanded in the Mahasatipatthana Sutta.
Teaching recorded at H.H. the Dalai Lama’s residence in Dharamsala, HP, India. Donations made related to this event are strictly voluntary and any donations that are made will go to the Tibetan International Digital Library, a project supported by His Holiness.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1602
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: The first formal discourse which the Buddha Shakyamuni gave following his attainment of buddhahood at Bodh Gaya was on the Four Noble Truths. The investigation and understanding of these four truths are regarded as an indispensable basis for a successful practice of the Buddhist path. [This event was originally webcast in March 2021 as Event ID 1578.]
Event details: The Four Noble Truths are: the truth of suffering (the unsatisfactory nature of cyclic existence), the truth of its origins (the causes of suffering), the truth of cessation (that there is a state free from suffering), and the truth of the path leading to such cessation.
Gaden Shartse Khensur Jangchup Choeden is a former abbot of Gaden Shartse monastery and former Executive Director of the Geluk International Foundation. He is a Deputy General Secretary of the International Buddhist Confederation and Vice President of the Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace. Khensur Jangchup Choeden also teaches widely in India and abroad, where his teachings are much appreciated for their clarity and directness.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1599
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: Nagarjuna, the great 2nd century Indian master and leading proponent of the Madhyamaka philosophical school, wrote this celebrated poem as a letter of advice to his disciple King Gautamiputra. This course of teachings, recorded in August 2017 by Thrangu Monastery, Canada, is given in Tibetan with English and Chinese translation. [This event was originally webcast in December 2020 and January 2021 as Event ID 1469.]
Event details: Nagarjuna’s ‘Letter to a Friend’ gives a concise and comprehensive introduction to the entire path and practice of Mahayana Buddhism, guiding both householders and the ordained onto the path leading to liberation and enlightenment. The instructions are of special interest to those who wish to follow a spiritual path while continuing to live and work in society, styled in a language and imagery that are easy to understand.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1600
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: This is a rare opportunity to receive step by step guidance from His Holiness on key elements of ‘Ngondro’, the inner preliminary practices, namely: taking refuge, developing bodhicitta (the altruistic intention to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all beings) and the practice of Mandala Offering. In English with simultaneous Chinese translation. [This event was originally webcast in August 2019 as Event ID 223. There were no webcasts on Days 7, 8, and 9.]
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 1601
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: Karma is a Sanskrit word which means ‘action’. Karma refers to the doctrine of actions and their causal consequences. These three talks by senior teacher Karma Wangchuk Lhamo are given in Tibetan with English translation. [This event was originally webcast in July 2019 as Event ID 220.]
Event details: The concept of karma includes, in its causal aspect, both the actual actions (physical, verbal and mental) and the psychological imprints and tendencies created within the mind by such actions. After the commitment of an action a causal chain is maintained within the mental continuum which continues through successive events and rebirths. Such a karmic potential is later activated when it interacts with appropriate circumstances and conditions thus leading to the fruition of its effects. In general, if we act motivated by greed, anger, or delusion, we are planting the seed of suffering; when our acts are motivated by generosity, love, or wisdom, then we are creating the karmic conditions for openness and happiness.
Karma Wangchuk Lhamo was ordained at Thrangu Tara Abbey at the age of sixteen. In 1999 she entered solitary retreat for three years in Manang, Nepal. Between 2005 and 2014 she completed the nine year shedra studies course at Namdroling monastery in South India. Since 2014 she has been a senior teacher at Thrangu Tara Abbey.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
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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