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With the Sakyong at the Kama Transmission
Rigon Tashi Choling monastery, Pharping, Nepal by Nick Trautz, writing from Pharping, Nepal As a stream of Tibetan villagers, monastics, and lamas files through the front gate of Rigon Tashi Choling monastery each chilly morning here at the edge of the Kathmandu valley, it is clear that something ... continuePosted November 11, 2011 by
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche to receive the Nyingma Kama Empowerments
Lama dances during Gutor, photo courtesy of Walker Blaine by Walker Blaine His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche will bestow the Nyingma Kama upon the Kongma Sakyong, Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche this October 27th through November 27th at Rigön Tashi Choeling Monastery in Pharpeng, Nepal. The Nyingma Kama is a ... continuePosted October 27, 2011 by
Announcing the Golden Mirror of Wisdom – HIGHLIGHT
By Walker Blaine Shambhala has a new book, The Golden Mirror of Wisdom: Images of the Rinchen Terdzö in Orissa, India. It was created at Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche’s suggestion. The Golden Mirror of Wisdom is a 92-page hardbound edition in coffee table format (12.75” x 14.75”) and ... continuePosted May 19, 2011 by Walker Blaine
The Rinchen Terdzo Returns! – HIGHLIGHT
Walker Blaine, author of the Rinchen Terdzo blog, describes the ways the transmission lives on through ongoing empowerments, commemorative books, and transmissions to each generation of Sakyongs. December 5th marked the two-year anniversary of the start of the three-month Rinchen Terdzo conferred by His Eminence Namkha Drimed ... continuePosted December 13, 2010 by Walker Blaine
The Great River of Blessings
The Great River of Blessings – An eBook Available Through The Sakyong Foundation The Sakyong Foundation is pleased to announce it is hosting The Great River Of Blessings a new downloadable book by Walker Blaine. This book is an account of the Rinchen Terdzo that was conferred ... continuePosted July 6, 2010 by
The Terton and the Chodak in the Shambhala Terma Tradition – HIGHLIGHT
By Walker Blaine This article is an edited extract from The Great River Of Blessings, a digital book about the Rinchen Terdzo, conferred by His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche on the Kongma Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche in the winter of 2008 – 2009. During the course of the ... continuePosted July 5, 2010 by Walker Blaine
Remarks by the Sakyong Wangmo – HIGHLIGHT
Remarks by the Sakyong Wangmo, Khandro Tseyang on the occasion of a Werma feast on April 13, 2009 at the Halifax Shambhala Meditation Centre. These days there is so much difficulty in this world, so much uncertainty in life. The only thing that we can rely on ... continuePosted May 7, 2009 by
Announcing H.E. Namkha Drimed Rinpoche’s 2009 Tour – HIGHLIGHT
After a successful completion of the Rinchen Terdzo in Orissa, India, at the beginning of March, His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche is now back in Nepal. The teachings were accomplished after a little more than three months of almost daily practice, during which His Eminence gave ... continuePosted April 23, 2009 by
Rinchen Terdzo Slideshow – HIGHLIGHT
Please enjoy a slideshow presenting the three-month long series of empowerments bestowed by His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche this winter at his monastery in Orissa, India. The principal recipient of the empowerments was Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. The Rinchen Terdzo was attended by nearly a thousand Tibetan ... continuePosted April 15, 2009 by Walker Blaine
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