Dear friends,

Zangdok Palri Institute is delighted to announce the dates of 2020 Drupchen retreats, Shedras, and Words of My Perfect Teacher study cycles.

This year there will be a special intensive umze and chopön training course before the Rigdzin Dupa Drupchen, 15 to 23 February. The annual celebration of Losar will take place right after the Drupchen.

Rinpoche’s schedule is always up-to-date here. It is safe to have a look at it before booking your plane tickets.

We hope to see you soon, wherever Rinpoche’s activities take place.

Have a wonderful year filled with happiness and meaningful activities!

New publications

Wisdom Treasury is delighted to announce the release of two new French translations and one Polish:

In French:
“The True Words of the Great Rishi” –
An explanation of the Four Noble Truths
by Dzogchen Ranyak Patrul Rinpoche
and
“The Nine Gradual Vehicles”
Two Complementary Presentations by
Kyabje Zenkar Rinpoche and Pema Lungtok Gyatso Rinpoche
In Polish:
“Daily practices”
Short Nyndro and Long Nyndro Longchen Nyingthik

A Little Inner Smile

Once you have the view, although the delusory perceptions of samsara may arise in your mind, you will be like the sky; when a rainbow appears in front of it, it’s not particularly flattered, and when the clouds appear, it’s not particularly disappointed either. There is a deep sense of contentment. You chuckle from inside as you see the facade of samsara and nirvana; the view will keep you constantly amused, with a little inner smile bubbling away all the time.

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

A Visit from Tulku Migmed Dorje Rinpoche

We were honoured to host Tulku Migmed Dorje Rinpoche, together with his wife, at Dharma City during the summer shedra. As the eldest son of Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche (Khordong Terchen Tulku Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche), the lineage holder of the Khordong and the Northern Treasures (Jangter, byang gter) traditions in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, Rinpoche’s visit strengthened even more the connection between Patrul Rinpoche’s lineage and the Jangter lineage.

The Power of Vajrasattva Practice

Moving Beyond Negativity

“The hundred syllable mantra is the quintessence of the mind of all the Sugatas. It purifies all violations, all breaches, all conceptual obscurations.
It is the supreme confession, and to recite it one hundred and eight times without interruption repairs all violations and breaches and will save one from tumbling into the three lower realms.
The Buddhas of past, present and future will look on the yogi who recites it as a daily practice as their most excellent child, even in this very lifetime, and will watch over and protect him.
At his death he will undoubtedly become the finest of all the Buddhas’ heirs.”

(The Words of my Perfect Teacher, Patrul Rinpoche)