Rinpoche will continue teachings on the
Essential Instructions of Finding Rest in the Nature of Mind
Thursday, September 14
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. (EDT)
Friday, September 15
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. (EDT)
Sunday, September 17 (Morning)
9:00 – 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
Dear Dharma Brothers and Sisters,
We are excited to announce that our teacher Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche, one of the three Great Khenpos of Palyul Namdroling Monastery, will be returning to NPDC Guru Lhakhang this month and graciously continuing teachings on Longchenpa’s Essential Instructions of Finding Rest in the Nature of Mind, picking up where we left off in June. All are welcome to attend. These teachings will take place at the temple (address below) and on Zoom (registration link below).
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In the Essential Instructions of Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind, Longchenpa illuminates the complete path to enlightenment from beginning to end in a direct, practice-oriented way. Spanning all Nine Yanas, Longchenpa gives pith instructions on each stage of the journey: how to turn one’s mind away from samsara towards Dharma, take refuge, generate Bodhicitta, follow a spiritual master, engage in the generation and completion stages of the Vajrayana, develop calm abiding (śamatha) and clear seeing (vipaśyanā), and finally realize the Great Perfection by recognizing one’s own true nature of mind.
Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche is a recognized Dzogchen Master in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He was born in 1954 in the Lhodrak Valley of south central Tibet bordering the Kingdom of Bhutan. In 1962 when he was eight years old, his family fled Tibet and resettled in Darjeeling, India. There he was educated and at the age of ten took the monastic ordination of a novice. In 1969 he entered the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan studies at Sarnath and graduated in 1978 with the degree of Acharya. Throughout his years of study, he had been at the head of his class and upon graduating he was honoured with a silver medal by His Holiness the Dalai Lama for placing first among all the students from the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism represented at the Institute. After graduation, he was invited to teach at Ngagyur Nyingma Institute, the monastic college of the Palyul Namdroling Monastery in South India.
Khen Rinpoche has also studied and practiced the profound teachings of Dzogchen (the Great Perfection) under the guidance of three great Dzogchen masters, His Holiness Pema Norbu Rinpoche, Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche, and Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok. In 1983 he was enthroned as a Khenpo (Professor of Buddhist studies both in theory and in practice) by HH Penor Rinpoche, and has now been given the status of khenchen (great khenpo).
Khenchen Tsewang received all the major lineage transmissions of the Nyingma tradition from HH Dudjom Rinpoche, HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and HH Penor Rinpoche, and was authorized by HH Penor Rinpoche to transmit the Palyul teachings and give personal instructions to his disciples. For some 20 years Khen Rinpoche has travelled the world establishing and nurturing a number of Palyul Centres and teaching the Dharma. His warmth, wisdom, and easy humour have made him a beloved teacher wherever he goes. Among his disciples, he is affectionately known as Khenpo Guru.