Ringu Tulku Rinpoche’s new book, entitled ‘Confusion Arises as Wisdom - Gampopa’s Heart Advice on the Path of Mahamudra’, is now available to pre-order via the publisher Shambhala Publications. It is also available through Wisdom Books or Amazon. The book is planned for release in September 2012.
“The Tibetan Buddhist teachings on the freedom that comes from perceiving the emptiness of all phenomena—teachings known collectively by the name Mahamudra—are presented here with remarkable clarity through commentary on a twelfth-century text. The text is “Gampopa’s Great Teachings to the Assembly,” by Gampopa, the foremost disciple of the legendary figure Milarepa and founder of Tibetan Buddhism’s Kagyu school. The commentary is by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, a contemporary teacher of deep learning and profound practice with a remarkable gift for presenting these traditional teachings in a way that is accessible to Western hearts and minds.” (via Shambhala.com)
Today I am asking you all to try and do the best you can to help Berlin Bodhicharya install heating and insulation systems to the already completed main shrine room in Berlin.
Over the past 9 years Berlin Bodhicharya have devised successful strategies to raise over €2.2 million in donations from the German state, charitable institutions, generous private donors and sangha members. Due a combination of situations which were compounded by the global financial crisis unless Berlin Bodhicharya is able to raise at least €100K by October 2012 they will not be able to use the main shrine room for quite sometime.
I do understand that everyone else is also living in difficult financial times, but I appeal to you to consider doing what you can do to help this project now, for three main reasons. Firstly, the completed shrine room in the Berlin centre would help us fulfill our three main objectives; healing, helping and harmony. There is a well established outreach facility already in the Berlin centre and a completed shrine room would strengthen the resolve of those helping the terminally ill. Secondly, the completed shrine room would be the spiritual heart of the Berlin centre where the existing harmony amongst the sangha would be consolidated. Finally, when HH the 17th Karmapa is able to visit us in Europe, as his official personal representative in Europe, I would very much like to invite him to a completed shrine room in Berlin.
We are all part of the wider Bodhicharya family and in these financially difficult times any donation from you would be especially welcome. To help this project please click on the link below which shows how you can help both as an individual or as a group acting together.
Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche entered into Samadhi We have lost another great master Who lived amongst us and only for us. We will always miss him, His immeasurable kindness, And his tireless work to help us.
At his 80th birthday he declared, “I never had an obstacle in my life” All were totally shocked As he had lost one of his eyes, One leg and some fingers, And his other leg was about to go.
Now we do realize That he was telling the truth. He had overcome all the obstacles Even his death was not a problem It was an act to teach and inspire. All his life was a teaching and an example.
How fortunate we were! What a great opportunity it was To receive his teachings and blessings. Many people ask me, “Did you really see an enlightened being.” Yes, I have and we all have without any doubt.
The planning for the first half of Ringu Tulku’s Summer Travels have just been completed and the organisers are busy working on the details for their centres. As you can see on the Bodhicharya Travel Schedule, Rinpoche will visit Huttenreid in Germany, Ireland, England and Scotland between 25th May and 1st July ’12. His tour will continue until mid-August (including the Summer Camp in Portugal). Details to be announced soon.
Best Wishes
Bernie
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The 29th Kagyu Monlam Chenmo is soon starting in Bodhgaya, India. Before the actual Monlam His Holiness the Karmapa will give a three days teaching on Vajradhara Lineage Prayer and there will be live webcasts starting from February 26. In Europe that’ll be early Sunday morning. You’ll find the local times on the webcast site.
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche will again translate for the Karmapa.
I have to inform you that Lama Riga who was in-charge of Rigul School passed away around 5 pm local time on 9th January 2012. He had a stroke and died suddenly.
Lama Riga was the main drive for the establishment and running of the Rigul School. He requested me to build a school when I went there in 2005 and promised me that he will do whatever needs to be done for it as long as he has life in his body. Since then he literally single handedly (he had only one arm as he lost his right arm in an accident) built the school and ran it till now. He took all kinds of responsibilities to rebuild and run the Rigul Monastery since the monastery was allowed to be re-established. Rigul Monastery have lost a very good monk and a very responsible and dedicated person in Lama Riga. The monastery is doing the usual practices for him and all are requested to dedicate some good thoughts and prayers for this simple and dedicated monk.
Khenpo Karma Senge assured me that the monastery is committed to continue to run the school as best as they could and make it even better. Since the school was his dream project I think it would be the best tribute to him to try to make the school continue and to develop it even further. Many children have already been benefitted by the school and all the people in and around Rigul appreciate and thank all who helped to build and run the school. I take this opportunity to thank all those who helped Rigul Trust in UK, Rigul Foundation in Belgium and the team led by Margaret Ford who helped to establish the school and the clinic at Rigul.
The year Two Thousand and Twelve has arrived.
Some say this is the end of the world.
Others predict it will be the beginning of a new awareness.
We have just lived through a challenging and eventful year
And it certainly will be another year with lots happening.
But what is the use worrying about the future?
We need to live today the best we can
And create causes for a better tomorrow.
Let us celebrate the freedom of choice that we have.
Who says I cannot make a difference?
I can make a difference to myself and around me.
Isn’t that making enough difference to my world?
My mind goes to those brave men and women
Who offered their lives as lamps for the freedom of others.
My heart is moved by those who came forward to help
People in distress through natural or man-made calamities.
Human spirit of compassion, courage and longing for freedom,
Neither can be crushed by power nor bought with gold.
Thank you so much for all your donations, service, advice and help throughout 2011.
With all of us working together internationally through Rigul Trust, this year has brought funding for:
40,000 hot meals for sixty children at Rigul school for one year funded by Rigul Trust.
10,000 patients, approximately, have received health care, with Rigul Trust funding the advanced running costs of the health clinic, the salaries [...]
We are happy to announce that our 1000th member just joined the Bodhicharya website!
Lots has happened since we launched the website just over two years ago. It has become a central hub where everyone can find out all about the Bodhicharya organisation, its projects, activities and latest news. A place where you can read about [...]
Bodhicharya Summer Camp 2012 in Portugal
Start: 14 / 07 / 2012 at 18:00
End: 20 / 07 / 2012 at 14:00
Location:
Casa da Torre – Centro de Retiros
Soutelo – Vila Verde – Braga | PORTUGAL
The Bodhicharya Summer Camp 2012 with Ringu Tulku Rinpoche will be organised by Bodhicharya Portugal in Braga, near Porto, in next July. The [...]
On the occasion of the 900 anniversary celebration year of the First Karmapa Düsum Khyenpa (1110-1193) Rinpoche taught from the two remaining volumes of teachings by Düsum Khyenpa. Among those is a collection of dohas. Doha is a song of realization, a poem of experience of the ultimate: the Mahamudra, the Dzogchen; the emptiness.
In the [...]
Dear Friends,
Sikkim Earthquake
We would like to thank everyone for their generosity in giving to the Sikkim Earthquake Relief Fund. The finer details of the distribution of this fund is work in progress with Ringu Tulku Rinpoche working on this in Sikkim at the moment. The roads in Northern Sikkim are not yet [...]
Emptiness & Interdependence
Mahamudra & Dzogchen
The Fourth book in the Heart Wisdom series, by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, will be available from early December. It is a beautiful and concise exploration of core topics of dharma practice which should interest new students and experienced practitioners alike.
Emptiness or Interdependence describes the key philosophical view of Buddhism. An experiential [...]
For those of you following Rinpoche’s commentary on the Bodhicharyavatara, we have now made these teachings available as a podcast. This means that you will be able to download all the past audio files and also keep up to date with new ones.
Click HERE to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes.
Users of other tools can connect via [...]
Ani Karma Tsultrim invites the Bodhicharya Community and connected Sangha members to join a practice for Rinpoche’s health and long life:
Our beloved Root-Guru and Teacher Ringu Tulku Rinpoche is now in his 60th year of this life. He offered all his strength and effort for the Dharma, for the benefit of sentient beings, for the [...]
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche has now started teaching on the fourth chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, Carefulness, for the Online Shedra. Everybody is invited to follow these excellent teachings which are published weekly on the Bodhicharya website. All the video teachings from the previous chapters have been archived, so you can start from the beginning and catch [...]
Dear Friends,
We are pleased to share with you the news about Rigul, Tibet and the ways that your very generous donations are giving on going support to some of the survivors of the 2010 earthquake in Yushu. This money is from the special appeal that we had for the earthquake last year – a designated [...]
When Ringu Tulku Rinpoche came to visit Lerab Ling for a few days this summer, I had a chance to show him this website (whatmeditationreallyis.com). He really liked it. I asked him if he would share a few thoughts on meditation practice that we could share. He agreed and fortunately, I quickly found someone who [...]
“The Shower of Blessings”
Full Pilmgrimage Depart ZA Friday 23 December. Return ZA Sunday 15 January 2012.
At beautiful Bodhicharya retreat centre, Sikkim, near Rumtek
(Pilgrimage dates slightly flexible; retreats dates are fixed)
Retreat: 16 people only each in single meditation room with med box!
“The Shower of Blessings” is the theme of this Vajrayana retreat.
This is a guru yoga developed from [...]
A devastating EARTHQUAKE of 6.9 in Sikkim and parts of northern India last week has been followed by 50 further after-shocks of up to 3.9 and has caused terrible destruction to buildings, loss of life and injuries, and closed roads challenge rescue efforts. The death toll is now 130 people but many more bodies are [...]
I am still in Kathmandu. Earthquake in Sikkim was very devastating. So far around 80 people found dead and 300 wounded. Around 2000 buildings damaged some unliveable including the main secretariat building and some monastery buildings also. I heard that Shedra building of Rumtek is also badly damaged. People have [...]
There was a 6.8 earthquake in Sikkim, Nepal and North India which lasted for over 40 seconds the epicentre of which was in Sikkim. The roads to Sikkim are badly damaged. 18 people are so far reported dead and many with injuries. Gangtok is relatively safe and none of my family and friends are affected [...]
Rinpoche arrived safely in Delhi from South Africa and gave a talk at Delhi University on 14 September. He and Lama Yeten travelled to Dharamsala on 15 September where they spent a couple of days with HH Karmapa. All going well, they hope to travel back to Delhi today (18th) and onwards home to Sikkim [...]
Rinpoche arrived in Cape Town South Africa at 4.30pm on 31st August after a 24 hour journey from Germany. It’s his first trip to Africa. Today he wrote:
‘We had nice sight- seeing yesterday. We saw seals eating fish from hand and were photographed together. We saw Owls nesting and Sun birds. Today we might see [...]
We would like to invite all Bodhicharya students and friends to join our new Bodhicharya community website.
This project has been developed over the past weeks with the support, and sponsorship, of the Dutch IT company InTouch. It was then put to the test at this years Summer Camp in France. As a result of that experiment, [...]
Your loving messages on my birthday
Moved me and encouraged me.
Although a host of great masters taught me
And showered their blessings on me
I remained an idiot just because of my laziness.
If I can bring a slight smell of genuine dharma
In the mind stream of a single individual
I will feel that the efforts of those great teachers
Have [...]
Dear Friends,
Thank you so very much for the good wishes I have received from all of you. I am impressed and feel grateful for the good wishes that you all have sent me. I spent the day with my family listening to the rhythmic music of the rain on my roof [...]
Tomorrow, Saturday 16 July, will be Rinpoche’s 59th birthday. We know that all his students and friends will want to join us in sending him our love and wishing him:
A VERY HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY and many happy returns.
Feel free to add your birthday wishes to the comments below.
Just click on the Happy Birthday Rinpoche title to [...]
The title of the book that Rinpoche will use to teach during the Bodhicharya summer camp, 30 July until 5 August, is:
Mahamudra: The Moonlight — Quintessence of Mind and Meditation.
It can be bought at the following address:
http://www.amazon.com/Mahamudra-Moonlight-Quintessence-Mind-Meditation/dp/0861712994
All information about the summer camp is available at:
http://www.bodhicharya-france.fr/en/summercamp2011
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche has just sent a new video teaching on the first four stanzas of the Third Chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, which you will find here.
The Bodhicharya Online Shedra was started in October 2010 and, since then, Rinpoche has recorded new video teachings on the Bodhicharyavatara and answered the students’ questions on weekly basis.
Bodhicharyavatara, [...]
Rinpoche finishes his Spring teaching tour in Moscow today, 13 June, and travels home to India. From Moscow, Rinpoche wrote: ‘About 100 people took refuge and they are all very excited’.
In Russia they have also published Rinpoche’s Mind Training book and plan to publish Daring Steps towards Fearlessness by the end of this year. They [...]
Offerings on Buddhist Festivals.
We are joyfully celebrating three years of Rigul Trust with suggestions for beautiful offerings that will accumulate merit in order to bring great benefit to the welfare of all beings.
By way of expressing heart felt gratitude to Ringu Tulku, Ani Sherab is dedicating her practice to Rigul Trust on each of the [...]
I would like to personally invite all my students all over the world to the Bodhicharya Summer Camp in France (July 30 to August 5). I encourage all to come and join us if possible. I will try to present the essentials of Dharma that I understand and also make a support system through deeper [...]
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche’s new book, entitled ‘Confusion Arises as Wisdom - Gampopa’s Heart Advice on the Path of Mahamudra’, is now available to pre-order via the publisher Shambhala Publications. It is also available through Wisdom Books or Amazon. The book is planned for release in September 2012.
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