Samye Institute is pleased to announce the overview of Phakchok Rinpoche’s global activities for 2023! This page will be periodically updated for your quick reference to Rinpoche’s teaching, empowerment, and puja activities. For more information on any given activity, click the event details to view further information shared in the general Samye Institute calendar.
Please give special attention to the upcoming activities during the first fifteen days of the Tibetan new year, from February 21st to March 7th. It is pertinent to focus on accumulating merit and wisdom during these days, as all merits are multiplied during this auspicious time which marks the anniversary of 15 days of miracles performed by Shakyamuni Buddha.
Phakchok Rinpoche will be present during the time of the 43rd Annual Fall Seminar at Ka-Nying Shedrub Monastery to offer teachings. The seminar is generally offered during the last week of November. Samye Institute will feature the program after the dates are confirmed by Rangjung Yeshe Institute. Additional activities of Phakchok Rinpoche will be shared here as they are confirmed.
Awakening Dignity for Wise Leadership and Genuine Compassion
Mount Holyoke College Blanchard Hall Campus Center Great Room, 50 College Street, South Hadley, MassachusettsPhakchok Rinpoche will visit Mount Holyoke College, where he will teach on "Awakening Dignity for Wise Leadership and Genuine Compassion."
Mindfulness Meditation With Phakchok Rinpoche
The Rubin Museum of Art 150 West 17th St., New York, NYPhakchok Rinpoche will lead a mindfulness meditation session at the Rubin Museum of Art.
The Four Transformative Thoughts
Dharma House NYC 60-06 39th Avenue, Woodside, New YorkPhakchok Rinpoche will visit Dharma House NYC, where he will teach on "The Four Transformative Thoughts." The Four Transformative Thoughts are also known as the…
Annual Ngakso Drubchen at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling
Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery Seto Gompa, Seto Gompa Marg 1, Boudha, KathmanduThe 9-day Ocean of Amṛita (Ngakso) Drubchen is an important tantric mending and purification practice from the Chokling Tersar. The main purpose is to purify tantric samayas.
Tukdrup Barché Künsel Tsokbum
Asura Cave Retreat Center PharpingNote: This event will be livestreamed. Tukdrup Barché Künsel Tsokbum from The Guru’s Heart Practice at the Asura Cave Retreat Center in Nepal on Treldha Tsechu, the 10th day of the monkey month. Alongside the monks we will accumulate a total of 100,000 repetitions of the offering prayer.
Phowa Retreat and Amitabha Teachings
Samye Hermitage New York 412 Glimmerglen Road, Cooperstown, NYRinpoche will generously bestow the special practice of phowa from the transference of consciousness at the time of death, from the Chokling Tersar.
Mahamudra and 8000-line Prajnaparamita Retreat: Phakchok Rinpoche at Samye Hermitage New York
Samye Hermitage New York 412 Glimmerglen Road, Cooperstown, NYRinpoche will lead students through selected verses from the profound Perfection of Wisdom sutra that teaches emptiness.
Phowa Retreat and Amitabha Teachings in Bali
Samye Hermitage Bali Munduk, Kabupaten Buleleng, BaliRinpoche will generously bestow the special practice of phowa from the transference of consciousness at the time of death, from the Chokling Tersar.
Medicine & Compassion Retreat in Nepal
Gokarna Forest Resort Nagpokhari Marg 390, GokarneshworPhakchok Rinpoche, Lama Oser, and Dr. David Shlim will lead a retreat focused on cultivating compassion, discussing how to integrate that skill into caring and caregiving.
4th Annual Ngakpa Training
Boudha Boudhanath, KathmanduNote: The dates for this gathering are tentative. Phakchok Rinpoche will bestow empowerments and teachings to ngakpas and lamas from over 35 districts throughout Nepal.
What is Dignity? Can It Be Trained?
What Does It Mean to Awaken Our Dignity?
Awakening Dignity for Wise Leadership and Genuine Compassion
Mindfulness Meditation With Phakchok Rinpoche
The Four Transformative Thoughts
Annual Ngakso Drubchen at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling
Tukdrup Barché Künsel Tsokbum
Phowa Retreat and Amitabha Teachings
Mahamudra and 8000-line Prajnaparamita Retreat: Phakchok Rinpoche at Samye Hermitage New York
Phowa Retreat and Amitabha Teachings in Bali
Medicine & Compassion Retreat in Nepal
