Losar Tashi Delek and Best Wishes for the Tibetan Water Snake Year
We survived 2012, and the world didn’t end! What a relief! Finally we can relax, and I hope in this coming year we will all increasingly become healthy human beings. According to dharma, every day is a new day and each day can be used in a meaningful way. Just as every day can … READ MORE
2012 annual letter from tsoknyi rinpoche
Dear Friends, As 2012 draws to a close, I would like to let you know about some of the work that Pundarika Foundation and the new International Friends of the Tsoknyi Nepal Nuns have achieved over the past year. Someone recently asked me if any of my teachers ever thought about retirement … READ MORE
Losar Tashi Delek!
Losar Tashi Delek! From the foothills of the Himalayas, I send you all my best wishes for a happy and prosperous Tibetan Year of the Water Dragon. I am writing to you from my home in Nepal, where I have been staying for the past several months. My mother-in-law passed away recently, and … READ MORE
Losar Message from Rinpoche
Losar Tashi Delek and New Year’s Greetings from Tsoknyi Rinpoche: “All outer and inner conditions are dependently interconnected. We can see that outer circumstances have changed for the past year in the material world. The inner conditions of the physical elements and organs of our constitution have also changed due to interdependence. These are … READ MORE
New Year’s Greeting
“At this time of our new year, I have been praying for students all around the world and hoping that 2012 is filled with happiness, practice, and that we all touch that which is unconditional.” ~ Tsoknyi Rinpoche (January 1, 2012)
Journey to Nubri~by Tsoknyi Rinpoche
On November 28, 2010, accompanied by my entire family, I returned to my home village of Samagaun in Nubri, northern Nepal, for the first time in 26 years. I hadn’t been back since I was 18. Mingyur Rinpoche, Tashi Lama, Chime-la and others walked, while my grandfather Lama Tashi Dorje, my mother, Lhabu-la, and I … READ MORE
Tsoknyi Gargon Ling (Muktinath) Pre-Inauguration Trip 2010
Tsoknyi Gargon Ling is the name of Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s nunnery at the sacred site of Muktinath, northwest of Pokhara in central Nepal. Over the last three years, a new temple was built at the nunnery, and it will be inaugurated in November 2011 with a pilgrimage. Immediately after the inauguration, 12 nuns from Muktinath will … READ MORE
Historic First Teaching at Chobhar!
At the end of 2009, the Tsoknyi Gebchak nuns moved from their temporary home in Parphing to the newly renamed Tsoknyi Gebchak Ling in Chobhar. This is now the seat of the Tsoknyi Gebchak lineage outside of Tibet. Up until last year, Tsoknyi Rinpoche was responsible for the Ngesdon Osel Ling monastery in Swayambhu. During … READ MORE
ADEU YANGSI RINPOCHE
Announcing the Tulku of Adeu Rinpoche The Eighth Adeu Rinpoche was one of my (Tsoknyi Rinpoche) root gurus; he passed away at Tsechu, his monastery in Nangchen, Tibet, in July, 2007. Adeu Rinpoche was renowned as one of the great Tibetan Buddhist masters of the 20th century [Click here for full biography]. He was … READ MORE
Update from Tsoknyi Rinpoche
March 2010 From the foothills of the Himalayas, I send my best wishes to you for a happy and prosperous 2010. As usual, I’ve been quite busy–partly with projects I have initiated and partly with fulfilling the vision and obligations set in motion by the First and Second Tsoknyi Rinpoches. It is my intention in … READ MORE
