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The Benchen Monastery Community is under the spiritual guidance of both His Eminence Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche and the late Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche.

It provides information about the Dharma centers in the East and West which are connected to the Rinpoches. And it provides information about various social welfare projects especially targeted at poor and needy people living in the East.

 

 

Tempa Lama, April 10, 2019

Dear Dharma Brothers and Sisters,

Our beloved master late Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche passed away on 30. March 2012. According to the Tibetan lunar calendar it was the 8th day of the 2nd month of the year 2139.

All of the Tibetan monasteries are following the lunar calendar. Therefore this year the anniversary falls on the 13th April. On that day our monastery will perform White Tara Puja and offer many lamps. All of us can use this opportunity to remember the love, kindness and teachings Tenga Rinpoche had given us in order for us to become better human beings.

Here are some pictures of the puja on April 13, 2019

Benchen Buddha Maitreya Project, March 31, 2019

We invite you to kindly support and make donation to “Benchen Buddha Maitreya Project”

By being a part of the “Benchen Buddha Maitreya Project” through funding or contributing to it, in cash or in kind, one continuously generates and accumulates good merits as long as the temple remains for the benefits of all.

The Buddha taught that one of the supreme means of accumulating merit and wisdom through the body, speech, and mind is by building monasteries and teaching centers.

A Monastery is not just
a place that shelters sacred statues, scriptures, and sangha, but also
a place where the sacred teachings of the Buddha are being taught to benefit so many.

A place where actual healing of the mind begins.
It is not a place where only one person comes but thousands will gather.
It is not where only one person teaches but many great teachers will teach.

English version as pdf please click here                                  

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 These are some recent short videos from Benchen primery school. Please click the pictures to watch the videos

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Benchen Sangha Committee, March 25, 2019

On request of Benchen Sangha Committee HE Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche will teach Jamgön Kongtrül's "Treasury of Knowledge" from October 13th for one mounth at Benchen Monastery, Kathmandu. There will be simultaneous translations in English, Chinese and Nepali.
The focus of all sessions is the 100-Million Recitation of Medicine Buddha Mantra. There will be a Medicine Buddha Empowerment on the first day and a Long-Life-Empowerment on the last.

Tea and meal will be served for everyone.

Please notice the official announcement as pdf and the Tibetan announcement  

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"Tara" (tibet. Dölma) means "liberator". There are many different emanations of Tara. The best known manifestations are the White and the Green Tara. The different emanations indicate that the Tara shows herself in various forms depending on the situation and requirements and carries out various healing activities accordingly.
Since she leads countless beings to enlightenment in this way, she is also called "Mother of all Buddhas". The White Tara practice that we are going to perform here aims to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. Until we have attained enlightenment, it also helps against fear and serves to prolong life and remove obstacles for oneself and others.

The prerequisite for participation in this course is an initiation into the practice of White Tara.

Lama Ngawang Tsultrim will give explanations on the practice of White Tara (Drölkar) and will guide the meditation.

Begin:  Friday,  April 19    at 14:30 CEST 
End: 
Monday, 
April 22 
(Easter Monday) 
at noon (no lunch included)
 
The course will end with the Riwo Sangchö ritual (Mountain Smoke Offering).
 

Please consider the general information on courses and retreats. Here you will also find an overview of all courses in Benchen Phuntsok Ling.

SertokThese are the dates for the Summer Seminar 2019 in Benchen Phuntsok Ling in Allmuthen, Belgium.
We are very happy to continue the series of summer courses in Allmuthen!

Like every year the week before the actual teaching period a three-days Drölkar (White Tara) retreat will happen and after the teaching period a three-days Gönkar (White Protector) retreat will take place.

White Tara Retreat   Wed. 24.07.   to    Fri. 26.07.2019
Teaching   Sat. 27.07.   to    Wed. 07.08.2019
White Mahakala Retreat   Thu. 08.08.   to    Sat. 10.08.2019

 

Due to many responsibilities Drubwang Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche will not be able to be present at the summer course.

However Rinpoche decided to send Khenpo Damchö Dawa to teach in Benchen Phuntsok Ling during the summer course.

This is the first visit of Khenpo Damchö Dawa to Europe.

Khenpo Damchoe DawaKhenpo Damchö Dawa was ordinated as monk by Drubwang Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche. He completed higher Buddhist studies in the Shedra of Sherab Ling, the monastery of H.E. Tai Situ Rinpoche in India. Since five years he now is teaching in the Benchen Nangten Thösam Ling Shedra in Pharping, Nepal.

Khenpo Damchö Dawa will give teachings about Lojong and the Heart Sutra. Lojong, the Buddhist mind training will be explained according to the commentary of Jamgon Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye to the "Seven Points od Mind Training" which root verses were composed by Chekawa Yeshe Dorje, a Tibetan disciple of Atisha in the 11. century. 

The Heart Sutra is one of the most popular Mahayana Sutras and considered as the essence of Prajñāpāramitā, the "Perfection of Wisdom".

from Benchen Library, March 31, 2018

A teaching on the Seven Points of Mind Training by His Drubwang Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche during 19th Nepal Kagyu Monlam held at Benchen Monastery from March 29—31, 2018.

Please enjoy the teaching on YouTube.com

Seven Points of Mind Training English

Seven Points of Mind Training Tibetan

 

From Sherab Wangchuk on December 29 , 2015

This is a short introduction on the meaning of Guru Yoga given by H.E. Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche at the Grabnik Benchen Karma Kamtsang Center, Poland.
This is the YouTube link: https://youtu.be/SDHGDgQjPfE

==> Until now 1,941,524 Dharanis were recited (April 10, 2019). Thank you and please carry on!

Dear Dharmafriends,

as you might know it was adviced by the great Nyingma master Kyabje Dodrubchen Rinpoche to accumulate recitations of the Dharani of the Essence of Dependent Arising for the activities and long life of the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Orgyen Trinley Dorje.
Therefore His Holiness' sister, Jetsun Ngodup Palzom has invited all students, individuals, groups and centres to join in, and to accumulate recitations that will be said by them or their group over the next year (2016, the Tibetan year of the Fire Monkey) as an offering for the benefit of everyone. She is asking for a commitment from each individual or group who wishes to join in, meaning an accumulated number of recitations will be offered during the year by each individual or group.
 
The Sangha of Benchen Phuntsok Ling together with Dharmahaus Benchen Tashi Ling will accumulate 2,000,000 of the Dharanis for His Holiness activities and Long life. The accumulation will start on Losar February 8, 2016 and go on for one year.