After repeated requests Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche has agreed to teach a group of committed students the complete spiritual path based on the spiritual treasures (termas) of his guru and grandfather, Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. We will follow the same practice program used for the graduates of Shechen Monastic College. It will now be offered via English medium to students who are interested in the practice.

This seminar will be different than the previous ones, as it will require advance registration and a firm commitment from the participants.

The first three years of the program will focus on the preliminary practices (ngondro) according to The Spontaneously Arisen Heart Essence of Padmasambhava (Rangjung Pema Nyingtik) a mind treasure of Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.

2010 The First Year:

The first year will cover teachings on calm abiding meditation, the four thoughts that turn the mind toward spiritual practice, refuge, bodhicitta, and the meditation and recitation of Vajrasattva’s hundred-syllable mantra.

Students should be committed to practice these instructions throughout the year and complete them prior to the following year’s teachings.

The commitment for the first year is:

For two months, to focus primarily on calm abiding meditation. The next stage is to begin the preliminary practices in earnest: contemplating the four thoughts that turn the mind toward spiritual practice, offering a hundred prostrations along with the recitation of the refuge prayer, and thereafter reciting a hundred bodhisattvas’ commitment/prayer per day for the entire three years. (This comes to a total of a hundred thousand of each of these practices over the three years.) After the bodhisattva recitation, the commitment is to recite three hundred Vajrasattva’s one-hundred-syllable mantra per day for the year. This is a total of a hundred thousand repetitions of this mantra over the year. ,

The Second Year:

The second year teaching will include further meditation advice, mind training instruction (based upon the spiritual advice and prayers of Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche), as well as detailed teachings on the mandala-offering practice.

Throughout the second year students should continue with the above practices, and also perform three hundred mandala offerings daily

The third year will focus primarily on meditation and guru yoga.

During the third year, the students will offer three hundred recitations of the guru-supplication and twelve hundred guru-yoga mantras per day

By bringing the preliminary practices into our daily-life in this way the entire ngondro can be completed easily within the three-year period. Thereafter the empowerments for the various sadhana practices will be given and taught in great detail. There will also be opportunities to practice with and participate in retreats on the practices with the teachers.

** If you are already engaged in the Nyingma preliminary practices, or have completed them at least once, you will be asked to commit to at least a tenth of the above commitments of the Rangjung Pema Nyingtik Ngondro.

Teaching Schedule for The First year (Jan 3^rd -9^th 2011)

Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche and Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche will offer the empowerments of Rangjung Pema Nyingtik, Manjushri, Vajrasattva, and a longevity empowerment.

Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche will give advice, teachings on mind training and the oral transmissions of the practice materials.

Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche will teach Calm Abiding Meditation (based upon Mipam Rinpoche’s Sadhana of the Buddha, The Treasury of Blessings, and its commentary) and on the Rangjung Pema Nyingtik preliminary practices up to and including Vajrasattva.

Ven. Changling Rinpoche will teach the Thirty Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva.

Ven. Khenpo Gyurme Tsultrim will teach the Twelve Deeds of Shakyamuni Buddha and the Four Noble Truths.

All teachings will either be given in, or translated into English.

English translations of all the practice materials and commentaries will be available.

To register for the seminar and for any further inquiries please contact: Shechenseminar@gmail.com

For help with accommodation please contact:seminaraccommodation@gmail.com

The year 2010 is the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910–1991), one of the most remarkable spiritual teachers of our time. To mark this special occasion, there will be ongoing activities celebrating his life and paying tribute to the benefits and activities he accomplished. Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche, his tulku or reincarnation, will be giving teachings and empowerments and presiding over ceremonies and offerings in Asia and abroad. (SEE BELOW FOR NORTH AMERICA REGISTRATION)

At every location Yangsi Rinpoche visits there will be screenings of a new film on the life of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and a display of sacred relics, as well as ceremonies and empowerments. A boxed set of the collected works of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche in English will be published as well as translations of sadhanas from Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s termas . Prints of thangkas based on the terma cycles of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, painted by graduates of the Tsering Art School, will also be available.

Nepal: February and March

Feb 20 – 22            Opening celebration in Kathmandu
Feb 23 – Mar 4      Vajrasattva Drupchen
Mar 5 – 17               Tsokchen Dupa Drupchen
Mar 23 – 26            Tsechu Sacred Dances
smbv@mail.com.np

Bhutan: May and June

May 1 – 10                Nyakphur Drupchen at Satsam Chorten
May 11 – 13               Main Celebration at Satsam Chorten
May 23 – June 2     Pema Tsenyi Drupchen at Sissinang Nunnery
shechen@druknet.bt
ongchu@druknet.bt

Europe: July

July 13 – 14              Dordogne, France
chanteloube@wanadoo.fr
www.chanteloube.asso.fr

July 19 – 20              Lerab Ling, France
lerab.ling@rigpa.org
www.lerabling.org

July 23 – 24              Nyima Dzong, France
nd@okc.net.org
http://www.okc-net.org

July 27 – 28              Lisbon, Portugal
krfportugal1@gmail.com
http://www.krfportugal.org

July 31 – Aug 1         Zagreb, Croatia
info@shechen.hr
http://www.shechen.hr

North America: August

Aug 5                          New York City
Aug 6 – 8                   Vermont
Aug 13 – 15                Phüntsok Chöling, Colorado
info@khyentsevisit2010.org
www.khyentsevisit2010.org

Aug 21 – 23               Vancouver, Canada
info@DilgoKhyentseVancouver.ca
www.dilgokhyentsevancouver.ca

Aug 27 – 29               Mexico City, Mexico
info@mac.com
www.shechen.org.mx

Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia: October

Oct 10                         Hong Kong
info@dilgokhyentse.hk
http://info@dilgokhyentse.hk/

Oct 16 -17                   Taipei, Taiwan
Oct 23 – 24                Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
shechen.ks@msa.hinet.net / ugyen124@gmail.com /
joefan@gmail.com
www.shechen.org.tw

Oct 27 – 28                 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
enquiry@ka-nyingling.com
www.ka-nyingling.com

India: November-December

Nov 26 – Dec 5           Rangjung Pema Nyingthik Drupchen at Shechen Monastery in Bodhgaya, India
Dec 28 – 30                Closing celebrations in Bodhgaya.
samtshe@gmail.com

We hope the tour of Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche and the various events planned for this year will contribute to the continuation of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s enlightened activities and will inspire his students and many others.

For further information: shechen@sprynet.com

******Register Now for Centennial Events in North America*********

The 2010 centennial celebrations with Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche and Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche in North America will take place in:

New York City
Vermont
Colorado
Vancouver, Canada
Mexico City, Mexico

Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche will give an empowerment and teaching in each venue. There will also be a screening of a new film, and other events happening in conjunction with the tour.

Space is limited. Register as soon as possible to reserve your seat. Please contact the websites set up especially for this tour.

For NYC, Vermont, and Colorado:

http://khyentsevisit2010.org/

For Canada:

http://www.dilgokhyentsevancouver.ca/

For Mexico:

http://www.shechen.org.mx

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you on this joyous occasion.
We hope the tour of Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche and the various events planned for this year will contribute to the continuation of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s enlightened activities and will inspire his students and many others.

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]]> http://shechen.org/wp/2010/07/dilgo-khyentse-rinpoche%e2%80%99s-collected-works-in-english-now-available/feed/ 0 http://shechen.org/wp/2010/05/dkr/ http://shechen.org/wp/2010/05/dkr/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 15:20:09 +0000 http://shechen.org/wp/?p=135 Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991) was one of the great luminaries of Tibetan Buddhism in the twentieth century. He was a highly realized and accomplished master dedicated to the transmission and preservation of Tibet’s spiritual legacy and a principle teacher of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.