Schedule 2018

In Nepal

Drupon Khen Rinpoche spends at least nine months a year at Thrangu Sekhar Retreat Center in Nepal. Since 2015 he has reduced the amount of time he spends abroad and now travels for no more than three months each year. Rinpoche feels he is better able to serve the buddhadharma and sentient beings by dedicating most of his time to the development of a single group of dedicated students, with the hope that they come to fully embody the teachings and maintain the lineage.

 

DateLocationDetails
Usual residenceThrangu Sekhar Retreat Centre, BhaktapurDaily Teachings
9th, 14th, 24th and 29th of the Tibetan calendarThrangu Shedra, NamobuddhaTeachings on Heart-Nectar Advice by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, to the Shedra students and Khenpos.
9-11 AugustThrangu Chopel Ling Temple, NarDrupon Khen Rinpoche has been requested to preside over the consecration and opening ceremony of the new Narsam Drubcho Ling Temple (སྣར་བསམ་གྲུབ་ཆོས་གླིང་དགོན་པ།).

The temple was originally established in 1604 by the Lama of Nar, Karma Wangchug, after receiving the sacred command to do so from Karma Lobzang, a student of The 10th Karmapa Choying Dorje and The 6th Shamarpa Chokyi Wangchug. The temple has been rebuilt with help from the people of Nar and the ceremony of consecration and reopening will take place on the 10th of the sixth month of the Tibetan calendar (10th August 2019.)

As part of the ceremonies to mark this auspicious event, Khen Rinpoche will give public teachings to Temple’s local community. Also during his visit to the Nar region, he will visit and teach at Thrangu Chopel Ling Temple.

The timetable for the three day visit, from 9th-11th August will be as follows:

9th August pm: Public Dharma teachings for the local community

10th August am: The consecration and opening ceremony of the new Temple

10th August pm: Public Dharma teachings for the general public

11th August: visit to Thrangu Chopel Ling Temple(སྣར་ས་སྟེག་ཁྲ་འགུ་ཆོས་འཕེལ་གླིང་དགོན་པ།) with public Dharma teachings t in the afternoon.


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20-26 NovemberThrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery, Namo Buddha, NepalAnnual One-Week Retreat for Thrangu Monastery Lamas with teachings on The Precious Ornament of Liberation by Gampopa

 

In Europe and Asia

DateLocationDetails
22 May - 29 MaySamye Ling Monastery, UKThe First UK Kagyu Monlam
(click here for more details from Samye Ling's website)
6 October - 7 OctoberSamye Ling Monastery, UKDharma teaching (topic to be confirmed)
8 October - 15 OctoberSamye Ling Monastery, UKMeditation Practice Retreat

(click here for more details from Samye Ling's website)
16 October - 24 OctoberSamye Ling Monastery, UKTeachings on 'The Precious Ornament of Liberation' by Gampopa

(click here for more details from Samye Ling's website)
24 OctoberHwayue Foundation, Taipei, TaiwanDharma Teaching
31 October - 7 NovemberThrangu Vajrayana Buddhist Center, Hong KongCalm Abiding Meditation Retreat with Teaching on 'The Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment' by Atisha
24 - 25 NovemberThrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery
Namo Buddha, Nepal
Annual One-Week Retreat for Thrangu Monastery Lamas:

Teaching on 'The Precious Ornament of Liberation' by Gampopa, and the Practice of Guru Yoga
26 NovemberThrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery
Namo Buddha, Nepal
One-Week Teaching on 'The Precious Garland of the Supreme Path' by Gampopa for the Khenpos and students of the Shedra (Buddhist college) of Thrangu Monastery
27 NovemberHwayue Foundation, Taichung, TaiwanDharma Teaching (afternoon)
27 NovemberThrangu Vajra Vidya Buddhist Center , Kaohsiung, TaiwanDharma Teaching (evening)
November 28 - December 4​Hwayue Foundation, Taipei, TaiwanOne-Week Retreat with Teachings
5 DecemberThrangu Damakara , Taipei, TaiwanDharma Teaching
6 DecemberThrangu Vajra Vidya Buddhist Center, Taipei, TaiwanDharma Teaching
7 - 9 DecemberThrangu Vajrayana Buddhist Center, Hong KongCalm Abiding Meditation Retreat with Teaching on 'The Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment' by Atisha
11 - 13 DecemberLubumbashi Kagyu Samye Dzong, Congo11th December afternoon : Welcome and introduction

12th December all day : Dharma Advice

13th December Morning : Refuge Ceremony and Mila Puja

13th December Afternoon : Social Gathering
15 - 17 DecemberChikukwa, Zimbabwe15th and 16th December : Cultural dialogue and exchange with the people of Chikukwa

17th December : Sang offering and Social Gathering
18 - 20 DecemberHarare Kagyu Samye Ling, Zimbabwe18th afternoon

Teaching on Calm Abiding Meditation and Mind Training

19th December

8.30 -16.00 Meditation and Teachings on Calm abiding meditation and Mind training.

17.30 - 18.30 Teachings on the Significance of the Guru Rinpoche Statue

20th December

8.30 - 12.00 Meditation and Teachings on Calm abiding meditation and Mind training.