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About Rinpoche
From an early age Rinpoche underwent long and rigorous training under the direction of supremely accomplished masters of mahamudra and dzogchen.
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Thrangu Sekhar Retreat Center
Thrangu Sekhar Retreat Center is situated in the hills forming the eastern rim of the Kathmandu Valley, just below a cave used by the revered Tibetan yogi, Milarepa
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Marpa Translation Society
The MTS was founded with the intention of making the classics of Tibetan Buddhism available to non Tibetan speaking practitioners, to aid their study and practice of Dharma.
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Lineage
Teaching Excerpts
A reply to a student’s request for advanced meditation instruction. I sincerely wish for you to know Mahamudra. Perhaps I feel a greater sense of urgency about it than even you do yourself. You may wonder why I teach meditation when I travel abroad, but not to you here in the retreat centre. Well, truth […]
Today a Chinese nun came to see for advice about where to go for the dharma. She said since it seems like she doesn’t have the opportunity to stay here in the retreat centre, where could she go to get good opportunities for the dharma. I was stumped, I didn’t know what to say. The […]
If you are going to approach a lama with a request for teachings, it is best to approach them with humility and conduct yourself humbly. That is if you think that the lama has the mentality of a real practitioner and you truly wish to be taken on as a student. I wouldn’t advise approaching […]
What do we need in order to attain the realisation of mahamudra? First, we should know how it is NOT attained. There is a quote by Master Shang in the Ocean of Definitive meaning, which reads: “This [i.e., mahamudra] is not realised through extensive study. It is not realised through great knowledge. It is not […]
Latest News
- March 16, 2022
The Kindness of the LamaFor almost one year now, from the holy site of Namo Buddha Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery, Kyabje Yongzin Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, despite the burden of his advanced 90 years of age, has been consistently bestowing transmissions upon our community of lamas, tulkus, khenpos and sangha members. These transmissions have included profound teachings of both learned and realised Indian and Tibetan masters, such as the Indian Mahamudra texts. And now, exceptionally, Rinpoche is currently transmitting his own collected works.
December 11, 2021
Thrangu Gompa Lama’s Annual One-Week RetreatOn 27th Nov 2021 the Thrangu Gompa lamas who have completed long retreat – with Tulku Damcho, Choje Lama Wangchuk Tobden and senior Khenpo ...
December 6, 2021
RFA interview about Buddhism in AfricaRFA interviewed Drupon Khen Rinpoche Karma Lhabu about his role in bringing Buddhism to Africa, and especially to the indigenous people of the Congo.
September 23, 2021
My Hope and InspirationMany people have asked me how we came to have children in the retreat centre. It started in 2017 when I accepted an invitation to teach in Zimbabwe, at Kagyu Samye Ling Zimbabwe