 |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Archive for February, 2009
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
(Please click Rinpoche’s Travels category to see photos and descriptions of Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s travels listed below during Year 2008)
In March 2008, Tsoknyi Rinpoche began a full worldwide teaching season comprised of 9 week-long retreats, 3 short retreats, 2 public talks, 1 month-long retreat, the enthronement of Urgyen Jigme Rabsel, and the year culminating with 3 months of wangs (empowerments) beginning in December 2008 through March 6, 2009. This list does not include additional teachings and activities Rinpoche was involved with in Malaysia, India, and Nepal. (more…)
Posted in Rinpoche's Travels | No Comments »
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Mindrolling Monastery
December 2008 through March 6, 2009
Photo credit: H.H. Khamtrul Rinpoche, H.E. Chögön Rinpoche, H.E. Tsoknyi Rinpoche and other Rinpoches bestowing blessings of the empowerment to the gathered assembly ©2009 Mindrolling International
After the enthronement of Tulku Urgyen’s Yangsi in November 2008 in Kathmandu, Tsoknyi Rinpoche traveled on to Dehradun in Northern India where he began three months of retreat and empowerments with over 60 other Rinpoches in attendance and many hundreds of monastics and individuals. Rinpoche spoke with Esteban Hollander, the Executive Administrative Director of Pundarika Foundation, via telephone, and said (paraphrased): (more…)
Posted in Rinpoche's Travels | No Comments »
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Tulku Urgyen Yangsi Jigme Rabsel Dawa
November 19 – 21, 2008
After completing his 2008 teaching schedule, Tsoknyi Rinpoche flew to Kathmandu for the enthronement of Tulku Urgyen’s Yangsi (reincarnation), Jigme Rabsel Dawa.
(more…)
Posted in Rinpoche's Travels | No Comments »
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Dzogchen: The Great Perfection
October 22, 24 – 30, 2008
Tsoknyi Rinpoche gave a public talk entitled The Great Perfection: Tibetan Dzogchen Teachings to approximately 350 people at a large Unitarian Church, hosted by Insight Meditation Center and Tara Brach, in Washington, D.C. on October 22nd. Prior to beginning the retreat, Dzogchen: The Great Perfection (October 24 – 30, which was held in Falls Church, Virginia), Rinpoche toured the nation’s capitol for the first time. It was pre-election, and the city was full of the Washington “buzz.” (more…)
Posted in Retreats, Rinpoche's Travels | No Comments »
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Dzogchen: The Great Perfection Retreat
With great warmth and characteristic regional hospitality, Owsley Brown, Robin Burke, and Gray Henry introduced Tsoknyi Rinpoche to both new and old dharma students in the Louisville, Kentucky, area. Rinpoche gave a public talk to approximately 300 individuals at a public talk, followed by a reception. Rinpoche began teaching students at The Nature of Mind retreat the next day. This was Rinpoche’s first retreat in this part of the country. (more…)
Posted in Retreats, Rinpoche's Travels | No Comments »
Monday, February 2nd, 2009
The Tsoknyi Lineage Nangchen Nuns Mini-Newsletter ~
Issue No. 2: January 31, 2009
Mary Ann Chubb, Home Fundraiser Coordinator
Dear Nangchen Nun Supporters,
Since 2006, Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns support groups have been organizing and holding home fundraisers across the U.S., Canada, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Besides money being raised, the awareness generated has been invaluable! Here are some examples of that generosity: (more…)
Posted in Nangchen Nuns | No Comments »
Sunday, February 1st, 2009
a documentary about the Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns
In the summer of 2005, Tsoknyi Rinpoche III, accompanied by a handful of western students, traveled to the Nangchen region in Eastern Tibet. The purpose of the trip was to document the lives and assess the needs of the Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns—over 2,000 remarkable women who live and practice an ancient yogic tradition in nunneries and hermitages scattered across this remote, mountainous region.
In 2006, the Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns Preservation Project released Journey to Nangchen, a 28-minute video record of this extraordinary journey. (more…)
Posted in Nangchen Nuns, Video and Audio | No Comments »
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
