Best wishes for Choekhor Duechen
Today (31 July) is Choekhor Duechen – The Anniversary of Shakyamuni Buddha’s First Teaching. The Jangchup Lamrim Teaching Organizing Committee sends our best wishes to all of you on this very auspicious and meritorious day.
Update on H.E. Ling Rinpoche’s Health (July 2014)
We are extremely pleased to announce excellent progress in H.E. the 7th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche’s recovery from a serious car accident in November 2012. On the advice of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Rinpoche has been receiving medical care in the United States since April 2014. Rinpoche’s doctors at the renowned Mayo Clinic in […]
Very important PAP info
Will you attend the 2014 Jangchup Lamrim Teachings? Please apply for your mandatory PAP (Protected Area Permit) as soon as possible! You MUST write exactly the following: “H.H. Dalai Lama’s Teachings JL3” on your PAP application form line 15 (purpose of visit) to ensure quicker processing. See here for PAP application form and essential advice. […]
This week’s Lamrim Quote (28 July 2014)
“With a firm, intense, and enduring faith in Manjushri, Best at banishing the darkness from the disciple’s mind, I prayed that all the teachings might dawn as training, And I applied myself to all the requisite conditions. When I think this over, how well my destiny was fulfilled! Thank you so very much, O Holy […]
Today’s Lamrim Quote (21 July 2014)
“Seeking samsaric pleasures is the door to all suffering; They are uncertain and cannot be relied upon. Recognizing these shortcomings, Please bless me to generate the strong wish for the bliss of liberation.” From Foundation of All Good Qualities by Je Tsong Khapa As included in: Essential Buddhist Prayers: An FPMT Prayer Book, volume 1. Translated […]
Today’s Lamrim Quote (14 July 2014)
“By cultivating in mind that this human life is so hard to find Yet has no time to spare, preoccupations with this life will cease; By contemplating repeatedly the truth of karma and samsaric suffering, Preoccupations with next life will come to cease.” From The Three Principal Aspects of the Path by Je Tsong Khapa As […]
This week’s Lamrim Quote (7 July 2014)
“Since gaining happiness depends on the dharma, you must practise it. As you have spiritual masters and freedom and fortune, you can practise it. If you do not do so now, it will be difficult to attain freedom and fortune in the future.” From Essence of Fine Speech – Stages of the Path to Enlightenment by […]
Happy 79th Birthday to H.H. Dalai Lama!
Today (6 July) is the 79th Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. We send our very best wishes to His Holiness on this day and always, and we fervently pray that His Holiness will remain until samsara ends, forever turning the Wheel of Dharma for all beings. May His Holiness always experience perfect […]
Jangchup Lamrim Documentary Film
We are happy to announce that a two-part documentary film about the Jangchup Lamrim Teachings entitled Lamrim, une voie vers l’Eveil, created by the Official Jangchup Lamrim Documentary Film Team, will be broadcast in French during Sagesses Bouddhistes on France 2 TV at 8.30 – 8.45am (Paris time) beginning this Sunday (6 July) and continuing the […]
This week’s Lamrim Quote (30 June 2014)
“At this time when I have encountered the precious teachings of the Buddha which are difficult to encounter, should I not obtain from now onwards [either] a state of utter and perfect Buddhahood [or] a supreme Liberation which has abandoned all of the suffering of cyclic existence, I will have to experience yet again the […]