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General information for courses and retreats in Benchen Phuntsok Ling:
Please bring your own sleeping bag, a blanket and warm clothing.
It is always advisable to bring warm clothes and rainproof gear.
Accomodation is limited!

Fees:
The course fees are listed in the respective course.
A stay with self-catering outside of courses is possible, the daily rate is € 25.
Nice course fees are only possibe when everybody joins a small assistance job. Please help to clean the tables after meals, vacuum clean, ...
Day guests (saying hello, meeting friends, greeting Lamas, ...) are welcome. However, we also ask day guests to make a contribution towards expenses of 25 €. Regular course participants have first dibs on meals.
 
Registration:
It is absolutely necessary to register in advance!
If nothing specific is mentioned in the course program, please register per mail to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
You can cancel your registration free of charge up to two weeks before the start of the course. In case of later cancellation, a processing fee of € 25 will be charged.
 
Retreats:
For a longer retreat it requires absolutely prior consultation with Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche or Lama Ngawang Tsultrim.
During your retreat Lama Ngawang will assist you in your practice.

Daily Programm:
7:30 AM: Green Tara practice
5:00 PM: Daily Mahakala practice
 

Benchen Phuntsok Ling Summer Course 2025 -- Allmuthen

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These are the dates for Benchen Phuntsok Ling's 2025 Summer Seminar in Allmuthen, Belgium.
We are very happy to continue the series of summer seminars in Allmuthen!

Drubwang Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche will not be able to attend the Summer Seminar 2025 at Benchen Phuntsok Ling in person.

However, he will be represented during the course by Khenpo Lhakpa Yeshe. He will be accompanied by Umdze Karma Losal Tenzin and Chöpön Karma Bimal.

As every year, there will be a three-day Drölkar (White Tara) ritual in the week before the actual teaching period and a three-day Gönkar (White Protector) retreat after the teaching period.

Mahamudra Retreat, 17.5.-1.6.2025 -- Allmuthen

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Lama Ngawang Tsultrim will be leading a Mahāmudrā retreat on the basis of the writings of the 9th Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje and Dagpo Tashi Namgyal. The focus of this retreat is meditation. This retreat is a very rare opportunity to become familiar with the Mahāmudrā practice. 

Please read the important information: Advice by Lama Ngawang Tsultrim

Begin  Saturday,  May 17   at 6 PM
End
Sunday, 
June 1   
at noon
 

Lojong Practice, 6.-9.6.2025 -- Allmuthen

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Lojong Practice - Seven Points of Mind Training by Chekawa Yeshe Dorje

As Tenga Rinpoche has taught many times, this text is very important and profound. In general, we need bodhicitta to attain enlightenment. The best training for bodhicitta is Lojong (mind training) and especially this text.
The practice was transmitted from India to Tibet by Atisha and brought to the Kagyu lineage by Gampopa as part of the Kadampa teachings.

This text trains both absolute bodhicitta - Mahamudra - and relative bodhicitta, which is very important for our daily lifes. It is a very short text by the great master Chekawa Yeshe Dorje, which covers everything. Especially in these difficult times, this text is exactly what we need.

Nyung Neh Retreat, 18.-23.6.2025 -- Allmuthen

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For many years it has been a common practice in Benchen Phuntsok Ling to practice Nyung Neh, which is very effective in purifying negative karma, accumulating merit, and opening the heart to compassion.
This practice was brought to Tibet by the Indian nun Gelongma Palmo. Gelongma Palmo herself was seriously ill, and in this state she had a vision of Chenrezig, who gave her the long mantra of Thousand-armed Chenrezig as a source of healing. Thus Gelongma Palmo was restored to health and became a yogini who later attained enlightenment.
The Nyung Neh retreat is a special two-day meditation of the Thousand-armed Chenrezig, which is part of Kriya Tantra. It is said that through the practice of Nyung Neh, the gate to rebirth in the lower realms is closed forever. The completion of eight Nyung Neh is said to lead to rebirth in Dewachen.

Two Nyung Neh will be practiced in sequence. Lama Ngawang Tsultrim will first give instructions on the practice, including visualization. We will then take the eight vows to be taken during Nyung Neh and go step by step through the meditation practice. The retreat includes days of silence as well as days of fasting without food or drink.

Before participating in the Nyung Neh retreat, it is the responsibility of the participant to have a medical examination to ensure that he or she meets the health requirements for participation. In addition, the empowerment of the Thousand-armed Chenrezig is a prerequisite for participation.

General Information about the Retreats in Allmuthen by Lama Ngawang Tsultrim

Advice by Lama Ngawang Tsultrim as given in his letter from 2022.

"Dear Sangha,

 
mila2In the very beginning, on November 8, 1998, when Tenga Rinpoche decided to establish Benchen Phuntsok Ling, he wrote to his students:  The intention or goal of buying a center is that everyone who has time can do retreat there for a few weeks or months, and that it will be a permanent place for summer courses in the summer. In the further future, courses on general Buddhist teachings and personal practice are planned, which will include the gradual path of the four preliminary practices, the practice of the creation and completion stages of the yidam (Kyerim/Dzogrim), the six yogas of Naropa, and the path of Mahamudra.
By practicing Dharma there, it will be a place of extraordinary benefit to oneself and others.

 

25 years Benchen Phuntsok Ling - 25 new sponsors are needed

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The 25th anniversary of Benchen Phuntsok Ling is approaching. We would therefore like to address you on our own behalf:

Benchen Phuntsok Ling is supported financially by many people.
This is not possible with the course fees alone.
But like everything else, this group of supporters is getting older every day...
So this year we are looking for 25 new people who would like to support the Dharma place Benchen Phuntsok Ling with a regular contribution of €10, €20 or €50. Even a small regular contribution helps!
The more shoulders on which this responsibility is shared, the more stable the continued existence of the meditation centre in Allmuthen will be.

If you would like to participate, please transfer your contribution to the following account:

Benchen Phuntsok Ling e.V.
Commerzbank Köln
IBAN: DE 46 3704 0044 0558 8884 00
BIC: COBADEFFXXX
Purpose: Donation
 
Please sign and return the Your Support form to our office so that we can register you as a sponsor of Benchen Phuntsok Ling. You will receive an annual donation receipt.
 

Update: 28 new sponsors have already been found (27.08.2024) - wonderful! Thank you very much!

 

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