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:
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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
This is an overview of the courses and retreats planned for 2025 at Benchen Phuntsok Ling, Allmuthen, Belgium.
More information will follow. The registration will be activated soon.
Summer Course 2025 |
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White Tara Ritual |
Wed 23.07. |
at 9 am |
Fri 25.07. |
afternoon |
Teaching Periode |
Sat 26.07. |
at 2:30 pm |
Wed 06.08. |
noon |
Gönkar Ritual |
Thu 07.08. |
at 9 am |
Sat 09.08. |
noon |
Courses and Retreats
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Start |
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End |
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Guru Rinpoche "Shower of Blessings" |
Fri 31.01. |
at 7 pm |
Sun 02.02. |
before noon |
Long Mahakala Ritual |
Mon 24.02. |
at 4 pm |
Fri 28.02. |
before noon |
Losar Celebration (Lunch) |
Fri 28.02. |
noon |
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afternoon |
Losar Mönlam |
Fri 28.02. |
at 7 pm |
Mon 03.03. |
before noon |
Green Tara Retreat * |
Sat 08.03. |
at 6 pm |
Sun 23.03. |
before noon |
Medicine Buddha Practice |
Fri 04.04. |
at 7 pm |
Sun 06.04. |
before noon |
White Tara Practice |
Fri 18.04. |
at 2:30 pm |
Mon 21.04. |
before noon |
Gönkar Retreat * |
Sat 26.04. |
at 6 pm |
Sun 11.05. |
before noon |
Mahamudra Retreat * |
Sat 17.05. |
at 6 pm |
Sun 01.06. |
before noon |
Lojong Practice |
Fri 06.06. |
at 7 pm |
Mon 09.06. |
before noon |
2 Nyung Neh Retreat ** |
Wed 18.06. |
at 7:30 pm |
Mon 23.06. |
after breakfast |
(*) Please see: General Information about the Retreats in Allmuthen by Lama Ngawang Tsultrim
(**) You can attend also one Nyung Neh only.
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!
Advice by Lama Ngawang Tsultrim as given in his letter from 2022.
"Dear Sangha,
In 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.