Samye Translations and Samye Institute would like to invite you to participate in the first of our monthly Nekhor webcasts.
Nekhor, meaning “pilgrimage” in Tibetan (or literally, “circling the sacred”), was first envisioned nearly a decade ago, in 2014 by Phakchok Rinpoche. Since then, our dedicated team has devoted themselves to researching and studying the precious life and sacred sites of Guru Rinpoche. In celebration of our ten-year anniversary, Nekhor will be hosting a monthly webcast series, starting this upcoming Guru Rinpoche Day, the second Treldha Tsechu (August 14th).
Closely following the Pema Kathang, The Chronicles of Padma, a biography of Guru Rinpoche revealed by Orgyen Lingpa from Yarlung Sheldrak, the upcoming webcast will guide the viewers through Guru Rinpoche’s entire life story. Join us every month on Guru Rinpoche day, as we journey from Dhanakosha in Uddiyana, across the vast plains of India, through the valleys, mountains, and rivers of Nepal, up the Himalayas into the Tibetan Plateau, culminating in the sacred Gunthang Pass in Mangyul.
As Guru Padmasambhava was leaving Tibet, he consoled his grieving heart disciple, Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal with the following pith instruction:
When you recount my life-story, you will be filled with inspiration.༔
When you see my qualities and my understanding, deep faith will be born within you. ༔
When that faith becomes unshakeable conviction, then my blessing will enter and transform you. ༔
When your mind is free of all doubts, whatever you wish can be achieved. ༔
— Revealed by Tulku Zangpo Drakpa
Taking these precious words to heart, we sincerely invite you to join us this upcoming Guru Rinpoche Day via Samye Institute. For those unable to join the live event, recordings will be made available via our Nekhor YouTube channel. It is our deepest wish that recounting Guru Padmasambhava’s life and liberation through the principal places of their unfolding will allow Guru Rinpoche’s blessings to sink deep into the hearts of all who consider him their refuge and all who seek to grow closer to his sacred body, enlightened speech, and profound wisdom.
About Nekhor
An initiative of Samye Translations, and guided by Phakchok Rinpoche, Nekhor is driven by a single mission: to connect you with the sacred sites where awakened masters have lived, practiced, and benefited our world. Over the past decade, we developed the Nekhor website and app and published the three-part series “Following in Your Footsteps: The Lotus-Born Guru in Nepal, India, and Tibet,” tracing the full arc of Guru Rinpoche’s enlightened journey through this world. Our goal is for Nekhor to become an ever-growing treasury of sacred sites, encompassing those of all buddhas, bodhisattvas, yidams, dakinis, and awakened masters who have blessed our world.
All the webcasts will stay in Nekhor’s YouTube channel.
