How are PAP’s issued?
Some of you have been enquiring about why it takes such a long time to obtain a PAP, so we would like to take this opportunity to explain the rather complicated process required to issue a PAP: After you submit your PAP application and supporting documents to the Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama […]
Today’s Lamrim Quote (18 December 2013)
“It is an important point that the intelligent should analyze the beginning, middle and end of all practice, great and small, without contamination by the stains of one’s own fabrications.” From The Sacred Words of Manjushri – Stages of the Path to Enlightenment by His Holiness the Fifth Dalai Lama, Lobsang Gyatso As translated in: The […]
Attendee Tip #8 – Meals during the Teachings
During teaching days, morning bread/tea, a simple lunch, and afternoon tea will be distributed to all attendees inside the teaching venue. If you wish to have this food and tea, please bring your own bowl, spoon and tea cup to the teachings. In order to avoid waste and environmental pollution, disposable cups/plates/utensils will not be […]
Schedule update for 25 December
25 December: His Holiness will teach 9am – 11.30am and 1pm – 3pm. NOTE: These timings are confirmed only for the 25th! 26 December – 3 January: Additional information about the daily schedule will be posted on the Schedule page when it is confirmed. Please note that the daily schedule is unlikely to be confirmed until shortly before […]
Today’s Lamrim Quote (17 December 2013)
“The thought, “Me, me” that your mind tightly apprehends from the depths of your heart, even when sunk in a deep sleep, is the innate apprehension of self. When someone accuses you falsely of making a mistake that you have not made, you think, “I didn’t make that mistake yet I am being accused of […]
H.E. Ling Rinpoche arrives in Sera
We are very happy to announce that H.E. the 7th Yongzin Ling Rinpoche arrived safely at Sera Monastery on 15 December. Rinpoche was welcomed in Bangalore by the Central Tibetan Administration (the Tibetan Government-In-Exile) Bangalore Representative and by Members of the Jangchup Lamrim Teaching Organizing Committee. Upon arrival at Tehor Khangtsen in Sera Monastery, Rinpoche […]
Schedule Update
The Jangchup Lamrim Teaching Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that His Holiness the Dalai Lama will arrive in Sera Monastery on 24 December. The 2013 Jangchup Lamrim Teachings will begin, as scheduled, on 25 December – which is both Christmas Day and the 30th Anniversary of the Death of His Holiness the 6th Kyabje […]
Today’s Lamrim Quote (16 December 2013)
“During meditation sessions, place the mind evenly in concentration and special insight, and focus single-pointedly upon emptiness, which is as free of extremes as the sky is of tangible hindrances. Between sessions, watch how things, while not inherently existent, manifest like a magician’s creations. In this way take up the practices of wisdom and method […]
PAP Update #4 (15 December 2013)
The Jangchup Lamrin Teaching Organizing Committee is very happy to announce that 95% of the PAP’s for the 2013 Jangchup Lamrim Teachings have now been issued. If you applied for your PAP before 1st October 2013 and have not yet received it, we encourage you to look again for your name on all 10 of […]
Today’s Lamrim Quote (15 December 2013)
“In a mere one-pointed concentration I fail to see The potency to cut the root of cyclic existence; Yet with wisdom devoid of the path of tranquil abiding, No matter how much one may probe, the afflictions will not be overcome. So this wisdom decisively penetrating the true mode of being, The learned ones saddle […]