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Celebration of the Birth of Jetsun Yudra – HIGHLIGHT
article and photos by Terry Rudderham Shambhala Times Regional Correspondent On Saturday, July 6th leaders of Shambhala were invited to Kalapa Potrang, the Kalapa Court, for a garden party to celebrate the birth of Jetsun Yudra. This was scheduled so that His Eminence Jigme Rinpoche, who had ... continuePosted July 12, 2013 by
Principles of Enlightened Warriorship – HIGHLIGHT
Gesar of Ling: Principles of Enlightened Warriorship with Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche by Sean Raggett, London The London Shambhala Centre welcomed back Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche for the second annual cycle of teachings on Gesar of Ling. In an event attended by students from both the Shambhala and Ripa sanghas, ... continuePosted June 6, 2013 by
Ripa International Summer Retreat 2010
The Ripa Council, Padma Ling Germany and Ripa Ladrang Foundation are pleased to announce the Ripa International Summer Retreat 2010 in Germany. The Ripa International Summer Retreat 2010 will mark the celebration of the first decade of the Ripa Sangha together with the three Ripa Masters. ... continuePosted May 7, 2010 by
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
Medicine Buddha Aspirations – HIGHLIGHT
By Timothy Walker Just before and during the closing feast for Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche’s Medicine Buddha Retreat, I wrote the following poem of praise to the Medicine Buddha and read it aloud to the assembly. I share it here in this spirit of healing whatever needs ... continuePosted July 22, 2009 by
Healing in the Space Between Languages and Sanghas – HIGHLIGHT
By Timothy Walker A personal account of Jigme Rinpoche’s Medicine Buddha Retreat at Dechen Choling Some time in the middle of our Haligonian Winter, I received an email sent to all international desung reporting that Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche – our Sakyong Wangmo’s brother — would be teaching ... continuePosted July 21, 2009 by
Part 2: Healing in the Space Between Languages and Sanghas
[caption id=”attachment_10679″ align=”alignright” width=”225″ >continued from Part 1 by Timothy Walker. Then there is the wonderfully quirky way that Tibetans pronounce what we think we know as Sanskrit. The most famous of these quirky pronunciations is of course Benza for what we know as Vajra. There are ... continuePosted July 21, 2009 by