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Now is the time
Your mind is spinning around
About carrying out a lot of useless projects:
It’s a waste! Give it up!
Thinking about the hundred plans you want to accomplish,
With never enough time to finish them,
Just weighs down your mind.
You’re completely distracted
By all these projects, which never come to an end,
But keep spreading out more, like ripples in water.
Don’t be a fool: for once, just sit tight.
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.
Don’t miss out
There are planty of activities going on in 2025.
Patrul Rippoche’s acitivity is rich in events and vast in means
🎉Losar,
🙏 Drupchen,
📚new publications…
Don’t miss out!
The Year of the Wood Snake – Losar
The period starting from the first day
until fifteenth day of this lunar month
is known as Chotrul Duchen,
commemorating the event when Buddha Shakyamuni
performed a different miracle each day
to instill devotion and increase merit.
New publications
A new French translation is now available!
The Nine Gradual Vehicles
Two Complementary Presentations
by Kyabje Zenkar Rinpoche and Pema Lungtok Gyatso Rinpoche
& two other new translations:
“The True Words of the Great Rishi” –
An explanation of the Four Noble Truths
by Dzogchen Ranyak Patrul Rinpoche
and
A new translation into Polish:
“Daily practices”
Short Nyndro and Long Nyndro Longchen Nyingthik
Prayers
Recently, terrible natural disasters such as earthquakes and fires have occurred. Many beings have lost their lives and possessions, and many others have been injured.
Dharma City organized group prayers on Sunday, January 19. 🙏🙏🙏
The Tibetan community was also invited to join. Transportation was organized from Brussels-South.
Winter solstice 2024
Message from Patrul Rinpoche
Written by Patrul Rinpoche, December 21st, 2024
Good morning, Dharma brothers and sisters.
Today, December 21st, 2024, is almost the end of the year. Soon, the New Year will arrive.
But today is also a very special day, because it marks the beginning of longer days and shorter nights. This means that happiness will gradually increase.
For all sentient beings, may suffering gradually diminish. This is everybody’s wish.
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.
Lhabab Düchen
On the 22nd of November is Lhabab Düchen,
the day Buddha is said to have descended from Tushita into our world.
“Whatever virtue you do that day, it is very important to do it. We need virtue. Virtue is like our food. Generally, we eat and drink. Why? Because we know our body needs that. Otherwise, it’s so complicated to do things. In the same way, mind needs virtues to dispel the darkness of the mind. When the darkness of the mind, ignorance, disturbing emotions, obscurations, hindrances, are dispelled or eliminated, mind becomes clearer, mind is shining. Gradually you become enlightened, and when you are enlightened, you become the same as the Buddha. How much can you then be of benefit! It is unbelievable.”