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Archive for the ‘Nepal Monastics’ Category
Friday, June 18th, 2010
Yushu Earthquake
Rinpoche regrettfully reports that one of the Tsoknyi Lineage Nuns in Yushu died in the recent earthquake, and 14 members of the Nuns’ families were seriously affected by the earthquake, resulting in death, injury, and homelessness. To learn more about the earthquake and how to help, please visit www.tibetanvillageproject.org
The Tsoknyi Lineage Nuns of Gebchak Gonpa
The Tsoknyi Lineage Nuns of Gebchak Gonpa welcome Rinpoche to Tsechu Gonpa
“While I was in Tsechu Gonpa for the announcment of the Adeu Rinpoche Yangsi, a group of 16 senior Tsoknyi nuns from Gebchak Gonpa in Nangchen came to see me (Tsoknyi Rinpoche) to ask for my help. Their gonpa’s main shrine hall is falling down (click here for rest of entry)
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Monday, March 29th, 2010
March 2010
 From the foothills of the Himalayas, I send my best wishes to you for a happy and prosperous 2010.
As usual, I’ve been quite busy–partly with projects I have initiated and partly with fulfilling the vision and obligations set in motion by the First and Second Tsoknyi Rinpoches. It is my intention in this letter to (more…)
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Monday, January 4th, 2010
ANNOUNCING the inauguration of the new monastic college at Osel Ling Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal!
Tsoknyi Rinpoche and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche recently announced that Mingyur Rinpoche will be taking responsibility for Osel Ling Monastery beginning in early 2010. Osel Ling was originally given to both brothers by their late father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. In recent years, Tsoknyi Rinpoche has overseen the activities of the monastery and guided its community of monks, in addition to creating space for his non-Tibetan students to stay and practice. Under Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s guidance, the monastic community has thrived and grown into a mature sangha of dedicated practitioners.
In planning for the future development of the monastery, both Tsoknyi Rinpoche and Mingyur Rinoche agreed that it would be beneficial to the monastery’s monastic population to have a fully ordained monk as abbot. Therefore, they agreed that it would be appropriate for Mingyur Rinpoche to take responsibility for the monastery’s operations. While Mingyur Rinpoche will oversee the activities of the monastery from this point on, Tsoknyi Rinpoche will remain intimately involved and retain his spiritual link to the community.
Mingyur Rinpoche plans to establish a monastic college at Osel Ling and make its programs the focal point of the monastery’s activities. In addition, he also plans to have courses available for Westerners to study Tibetan language and Buddhist philosophy. The monastic college will be inaugurated on February 17th, 2010. All are invited to attend. To celebrate the opening of the college, Tsoknyi Rinpoche and Mingyur Rinpoche will also offer a two-day seminar entitled Cultivating Joyful Wisdom & Compassion on February 18th-20th.
On behalf of the Pundarika and Tergar communities, we would like to express our support for the community of Osel Ling Monastery and the vision of Tsoknyi Rinpoche and Mingyur Rinpoche. May the monastery continue to grow and thrive, bringing benefit to countless beings!
Tashi Delek!
Esteban Hollander (Director/Pundarika Foundation)
Cortland Dahl & Edwin Kelley (Directors/Tergar International)
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
 Kungo Kalsang Choten On the mahasamadhi of beloved Kungo* Kalsang Choten, who passed away at 7:00 a.m. on September 16, 2009, at Osel Ling Monastery, Nepal, at the age of 84:
Kungo Kalsang Choten was the half-brother of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and enjoyed a father-son relationship with Tsoknyi Rinpoche and his three brothers. He tutored Tsoknyi Rinpoche in grammar and Tibetan calligraphy (for which Kungo-la was well known), and in later years he became an important advisor and consultant to Tsoknyi Rinpoche during his early days of teaching. Kungo-la was renowned for his kindness, humility, and generosity, and he is dearly loved and treasured by all the lamas at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling. He was a supreme example of a great spiritual dharma practitioner for all, and he considered himself very lucky and fortunate to live in these celestial circumstances. (more…)
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