Ngakso Drubchen
Mar 24, 2016
Ngakso Drubchen This is an important annual event on the monastery calendar. Please enjoy these photos from the 2016 Drubchen–and rejoice in this auspicious activity! You are very welcome to join at...
Read MoreTsekar Drubchen
Feb 17, 2016
Tsekar Drubchen Dates for Tsekar Drubchen: March 2-March 10, 2020 The Tsekar (White Amitāyus ) Drubchen is an extensive group practice from the Chokling Tersar tradition. Drub chen means “great accomplishment”. Participants...
Read MoreSang Pūjā – A Cleansing Smoke Offering Practice
Feb 3, 2016
Sang pūjā aids practitioners as a purification practice. As we perform this ritual, we focus on removing the impurities in the mindstream of the practitioners and all sentient beings. At the same time, we practice generosity by offering to all...
Read MoreShrine Offerings: Accumulation of Merit and Mindfulness
Jan 4, 2016
Mindfulness is a popular buzz-word these days. Yet we may be under the impression that mindfulness applies either to silent meditation on our cushions, or more "popular" versions such as mindful eating. But offering practice is an important form of...
Read MoreThe Benefits of Sadhana Practice
Sep 22, 2015
In this audio clip from February 2015 in Nepal, a student asks Phakchok Rinpoche about the benefits of practicing according to this type of ritual...
Read MoreSampa Lhundrup Feast Offering and The Swift Accumulation of Merit
Sep 15, 2015
When we recite this text while making feast offerings it brings great benefit for ourselves and for others. This condensed text helps achieve good fortune. Additionally, it offers protection from all types of calamities, temporary and ultimate. Sampa...
Read MoreInterview with Phakchok Rinpoche: Sādhana Ritual and the Vajrayana Path
Sep 8, 2015
In this interview, given in September 2015 in America, Phakchok Rinpoche shares the importance of Sādhana Ritual as the key method to bring about wisdom on the path of Vajrayana. Sādhana Ritual...
Read MoreThe Importance of Accumulating Merit
Jun 25, 2015
Phakchok Rinpoche shares a reminder on the two accumulations. Here he reviews methods relating to the first of the two accumulations: accumulating...
Read MoreCandlelit Vigil for Saga Dawa Duchen – 2nd June 2015
May 22, 2015
In the wake of the devastating earthquakes that have rocked the city of Kathmandu and north-eastern Nepal, celebrating the Buddhist holy month of Saga Dawa may not seem like a great concern....
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