The Four Things

If you have not gained control of the relative vital essence,
I know it will be hard to realize the nature of the four joys as
your own state.

My biography

My parents were the kindest folks you could ever meet and devout German Lutherans who struggled all of their years just “to make ends meet.” I was born in Manhattan and lived there for the first ten years of my life. I remember that I loved to play stickball and curbball. Due to changes in my father’s employment, we moved to New Jersey, Ohio, and then, in 1969, to Germany. It was in 1970 that, as an American kid living in Germany, I had an encounter with The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali which first sparked my interest in meditation.

Tsoknyi Rinpoche

Tsoknyi Rinpoche completed his formal studies and returned from India to Nepal in 1990. He established his seat in Kathmandu at Ngesdon Osel Ling Monastery which he planned and built in consultation with his father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

The Four Dharma Traditions

Nyingma followers of Secret Mantra emphasize the actual tantra.[1]
They pursue the highest view and delight in conduct that is stable.
Many reach the vidyādhara levels and attain accomplishment,
And many are mantrins, whose power is greater than others.

Four Schools

Through the enlightened activity of the victorious buddhas,
And the skilful means of their bodhisattva heirs,
May the four schools of buddhist teachings, old and new,
Successfully transmit their perfect methods of awakening!

Jigme Tenpe Nyima

Advice to the Dodrup Incarnation – Jigme Tenpe Nyima by Mipham Rinpoche With your sword you cut through the four māras hearts, And your youthfulness is that of the freshest flower, The thought of you brings bliss, O deity of wisdom speech, Be a protector now to this one who has good fortune! Without knowing one’s…

Advice

Kyeho! All activities within saṃsāra are pointless and hollow—
Unreliable and fleeting, like lightning’s streaking dance,
And there is no certainty as to when death will strike.
Still, since death is certain, limit idle plans and speculations,
Allow the teacher’s instructions to hit home and strike a chord

Tara

Tara Dedication Prayer from the terma of Ratna Lingpa

༈ ཨོཾ༔ འགྲུབ་པར་གྱུར་ཅིག་རྗེ་བཙུན་ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཅན༔

Drodul Pawo Dorje

Adzom Drukpa Drondul Pawo Dorje (b.1842 – d.1924 ཨ་འཛོམ་འབྲུག་པ ༠༡ འགྲོ་འདུལ་དཔའ་བོ་རྡོ་རྗེ། a ‘dzom ‘brug pa ‘gro ‘dul dpa’ bo rdo rje) was born in 1842 in Tashi Dungkargang (bkra shis dung dkar sgang) in the Tromtar / Tromkok (khrom tar / khrom khog) region of Kham.

Adzom Drukpa

Known as ‘The Wanderers Tamer’ Adzom Drukpa (1842-1924 a ཨ་འཛོམ་འབྲུག་པ། ‘dzom ‘brug pa) — Drodul Pawo Dorje (‘gro ‘dul dpa’ bo rdo rje); Was the incarnation of Ma Rinchen Chok (rma rin chen mchog) and one of the greatest Dzogchen masters of the early twentieth Century.

Mipham

Ju Mipham Gyatso (b.1846 – d.1912 མི་ཕམ་རྒྱ་མཚོ། ‘ju mi pham rgya mtsho) was born in 1846 in the Derge (sde dge) region. His father, Gonpo Dargye (mgon po dar rgyas), was a descendent of the Ju (‘ju) clan, which is said to have a divine ancestry. Ju gets its name from “holding” (ju), which is interpreted to mean “holding on to the rope of the luminous deities who descend from the sky.” His mother, named Singchung (sring chung), was also of high status; she was a daughter of a minister in the kingdom of Dege, where Mipam was born.

Retreat in The Himalayan Valley

Retreat – Himalayan Valley of Dakinis, Lahoul

19th July – 9th August 2016 (22 days)

Khandro Rinpoche, authentic Master and Practitioner of the yogic meditation lineage of Togden Shakya Shri, will teach and practice with students in her birthplace, Kardang Gompa, Lahoul. This most holy of valleys is blessed with the energy of previous great meditators. Kardang gompa sits at the base of the most holy mountain Drilburu. For circumambulation fame it is second only to Mt Kailash.