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Details and Travel Dates for Ripa Monastery Opening with Dalai Lama and Namkha Drime – HIGHLIGHT
The Shambhala community is warmly invited to attend the official opening of the Ripa monastery in Orissa with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche and Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche. Ripa Ladrang recommends attendees review the information and book their travel to India as soon ... continuePosted August 21, 2009 by Editor
Invitation to India – HIGHLIGHT
The Shambhala community has been warmly invited by Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche and the Ripa Ladrang to attend the inauguration of Rigon Thupten Mindrolling Monastery Inauguration in Orissa, India this January. Planning is already underway, and registration will open in September. The inauguration is scheduled for January ... continuePosted August 6, 2009 by Editor
India Kaleidoscope – HIGHLIGHT
Photo Gallery by Corey Kohn This winter took us to India (and Nepal), both north and south. First came the pilgrimage to the major sites marking the life of the Buddha: Bodhgaya, Sarnath, Kushinghar and Lumbini. Then, after stops in Kathmandu and Dharamsala, we dug our heels ... continuePosted June 23, 2009 by Editor
Shambhalian Leads Others to Kagyu Monlam – HIGHLIGHT
“What was your most profound moment of the trip?” I ask Laura over margaritas in Los Angeles a few days after she gets back from India. She pauses a moment, looks down at the table, a flash of emotion crossing her face. Laura Durand describes to me how she ... continuePosted May 14, 2009 by
Recapping the Rinchen Terdzo in Orissa, India – HIGHLIGHT
The Rinchen Terdzo concluded on March 4th after three months of empowerments. This article is a digest of what happened during the Rinchen Terdzo, bestowed by His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche upon Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche in Orissa, India. continuePosted March 23, 2009 by Walker Blaine
Sakyong’s Enthronement at Rinchen Terdzo – HIGHLIGHT
The Rinchen Terdzo concluded this week with the enthronement of the Sakyong as a lineage holder of the transmission of this “precious treasury of terma,” the literal meaning of the Richen Terdzo. During the final event, the Sakyong and Sakyong Wangmo made formal offerings to His ... continuePosted March 13, 2009 by Editor
Journey to the Kagyu Monlam – HIGHLIGHT
By Corey Kohn Bodhgaya is a dusty little one-horse town, replete with limbless beggars and tattered-looking street children, just as we had been told. And in the middle of this unlikely place is the Mahabodhi temple, commemorating the site where the Buddha attained enlightenment 2,500 years ago. ... continuePosted March 3, 2009 by Editor









