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Vajrasattva Drupchen 17 – 25 August 2026
As for the coming drupchen, it has a tremendous effect and potency, so whoever attends and enjoys this Vajrasattva drupchen gets a lot of benefit. People participating in it accumulate the same amount of virtue they would accumulate in a 3-year retreat. For example, let’s say 30-40 people are coming for this Vajrasattva drupchen; practicing in groups and taking turns, we are continually, without interruption, reciting the Vajrasattva 100-syllable mantra, and maybe each practitioner will recite 3,000 or 4,000 mantras during the whole drupchen; then altogether it can make 100,000 Vajrasattva 100-syllable mantras and the total amount becomes the achievement of each participant. If you practice the Vajrasattva 100-syllable mantra individually, by yourself, sometimes it takes many years.
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The Words of My Perfect Teacher
A Complete Translation of a Classic Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. Patrul Rinpoche makes the technicalities of his subject accessible through a wealth of stories, quotations, and references to everyday life.
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HOW TO FOLLOW A SPIRITUAL FRIEND
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ACTIONS: CAUSE AND EFFECT
Part 1 – Chapter 4
Taking Refuge
Part 2 – Chapter 1
AROUSING BODHICITTA
Part 2 – Chapter 2
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Vajrasattva Drupchen 17 – 25 August 2026
As for the coming drupchen, it has a tremendous effect and potency, so whoever attends and enjoys this Vajrasattva drupchen gets a lot of benefit. People participating in it accumulate the same amount of virtue they would accumulate in a 3-year retreat. For example, let’s say 30-40 people are coming for this Vajrasattva drupchen; practicing in groups and taking turns, we are continually, without interruption, reciting the Vajrasattva 100-syllable mantra, and maybe each practitioner will recite 3,000 or 4,000 mantras during the whole drupchen; then altogether it can make 100,000 Vajrasattva 100-syllable mantras and the total amount becomes the achievement of each participant. If you practice the Vajrasattva 100-syllable mantra individually, by yourself, sometimes it takes many years.
“We can free ourselves from any kind of suffering
if we understand the true nature of mind.”
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Sunday talks with Patrul Rinpoche coming back soon
Dzogchen Ranyak Patrul Rinpoche will continue teaching on Sunday mornings.
It will take place from the first Sunday of November until Christmas 2025.
Truthful Speech
Message from Patrul Rinpoche
Written by Patrul Rinpoche, 28 October 2012 – Letter About the Winter Retreat 2012
If you ask me what I am currently concerned about, I would say that I am deeply concerned about the teachings of the Buddha. The Buddha’s teachings are very, very important for everybody. They are useful not only for us, but beneficial and very important for all sentient beings.
The Black Guru Rinpoche Statues Project
The black diamond-carved Guru Rinpoche statues, which contain iron beads, relics and scriptures, can last for hundreds of years in outdoor environment. According to Guru Rinpoche’s prediction, they can be placed on mountains, rivers or caves, in lakes or in the ocean around the world to suppress and resolve various disasters and wars, liberating all sentient beings in the six realms into Buddhahood.