Padma Samye Ling retreat center in upstate New York now has several brand new modern retreat cabins built specifically for longer Buddhist meditation retreats! Each cabin has a private bathroom, kitchenette, living room, and bedroom, all with radiant floor heating, brand new appliances, beautiful views of the PSL meadow, hundreds of acres of forests to walk and meditate in, and daily access to the main temple and Sangha activities if you want to join in. Reach out to us at PS

Celebrating buddhas and bodhisattvas is always good! Within seconds of Ven. Khenpo Rinpoche returning to PSL last night it began sprinkling and then pouring rain, breaking over a week of very high temperatures and no rain in the area. Great beings are among us who are wholly positive. Making connections with them and putting their advice into practice is a 100% reliable way to achieve enlightenment for all beings in a very short period of time. May the birthday wishes--and al

May all of your wishes instantly come true! May you enjoy an exceptionally long and perfectly healthy life! May all of your students perfectly follow in your footsteps and quickly become buddhas for the benefit of all beings! June 10, 2026 Video by Berenice Carmona

Sunday, May 31 2 Practice Sessions, both In Person and Live Webcast Padma Samye Ling, NY - 10:00am - 12:00pm noon EDT - 4:00pm - 6:30pm EDT Free Webcast live streamed from the PSL! www.padmasambhava.org/live-teachings-and-meditations-with-ven-khenpo-tsewang-dongyal-rinpoche Learn more and join in: www.padmasambhava.org/event-details-registration/celebrating-the-buddha-on-saga-dawa-duchen-sunday-may-31 The full moon of Sunday, May 31 is the auspicious day of Saga Dawa Duchen,

2026 PSL One Month Dzogchen Retreat Chetsun Nyingtik with Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche Padma Samye Ling retreat center April 11 - May 9, 2026 Enjoy many more on PBC Facebook here: www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=padmasambhavabuddhistcenter&set=a.1416238830530688 Enjoy many more on PBC Facebook here: www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=padmasambhavabuddhistcenter&set=a.1416238830530688

Come Paint stupas at Padma Samye Ling from May 25-30! Free lodging and food during our Kriya week of glorifying the stupas at PSL! Share sweet times with old and new friends, meditate in the PSL temple, enjoy wholesome food, refreshing walks in the PSL woods, and make a bunch of merit for the happiness and enlightenment of all beings! Learn More and Sign Up! www.padmasambhava.org/event-details-registration/2026-spring-kriya-yoga-volunteer-retreat-may-25-30-2026

"Key Point for Dzogchen Practitioners: Everything is Mind and Mind is Pure" Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Rinpoche www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nSICdFipPU

"How to Become a Lineage Holder" Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaURhwesWBM&list=PLFhTzZsWmnllYbXpHS-7AeGtxsDnlAn0_&index=1

"When we do phowa for the last time at the moment of our death, it's very important to have given up all clinging and attachments. We must let go of our belongings, our property, our family members, and even our own selfhood, what we think of as "me." We need to be ready for the new situation coming to us without holding back. This is mentioned in The Tibetan Book of the Dead, in the Root Verses of the Six Bardos. This is part of the cycle of Dzogchen teachings known as the Z

A generous, warm welcome to join us at PSL for future retreats! www.padmasambhava.org/events

Yangsi Rinpoche and the PBC monks in Sarnath, India are actively learning philosophical debate and torma making right now. Give them a boost by supporting their education! They are a big part of our bright future together! www.padmasambhava.org/monk-sponsorship

"Heart Advice for Practicing Dharma in Daily Life" www.padmasambhava.org/pema-mandala-back-issues/spring2014 Ven. Khenpo Rinpoche answers questions about his favorite Dharma book, how to practice Dzogchen in daily life, 15 minute meditations, how to not give up, raising kids according to Dharma, dealing with depression, essential Dharma points, and many others! Such as this: Question: If you were stranded on a deserted island and could have only one Dharma book, what would i

Installing a solid granite sang smoke offering stupa was an auspicious beginning to the One Month Silent Dzogchen Retreat led by Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche at Padma Samye Ling from April 11-May 9, 2026! By this merit may everything happen exactly according to the wisdom and compassion of the Dharma!

Please keep adding your Dusum Sangye and Buddha Amitayus mantra accumulations! www.padmasambhava.org/post/2026-pbc-mantra-accumulation-of-the-dusum-sangye-prayer-and-buddha-amitayus By this merit, may all beings have happiness and the cause of happiness!

Consecrating a Hand-carved Chenrezig Statue at Pema Ling Retreat Center in Jupiter, Florida by Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM10asXRX_g March 14, 2026 Palden Sherab Pema Ling Jupiter, Florida www.pbdc.net/pema-ling

Add Your Mantra Accumulations : Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche is urgently requesting the International PBC Sangha to accumulate the Dusum Sangye Prayer of Guru Rinpoche and the mantra of Buddha Amitayus to remove everyone's obstacles, actualize more peace and harmony in the world, fulfill our highest bodhichitta aspirations, and swiftly bring all beings to enlightenment. All the great masters of Tibetan Buddhism have said that Guru Padmasambhava is the Buddha

"Grasping can be divided in two types: grasping oneself and grasping objects. Grasping oneself is when we hold on to our own sense of self, which is also referred to as ego-clinging. Grasping objects is when we hold on to any objects or belongings related to the self. Grasping objects is more general, while grasping oneself is more specific or personal. Whether we cling to ourself or to others—to the subject or the object—it’s still grasping. Grasping is grasping. According t

Heart Sutra Teaching by Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche Saturday, March 14 10:00-11:00am EST •Live In Person from the Palden Sherab Pema Ling Retreat Center, FL Webcast only to PBC Temples: •Padma Samye Ling, NY •Yeshe Tsogyal Temple, Nashville TN •Pema Tsokye Dorje Ling, Puerto Rico •Padma Gochen Ling (Monterey, Tennessee) •Turtle Hill Sangha (Tennessee) • PBC Kalmykia Gather together with your local PBC Sangha to receive live Heart Sutra Teachings by Ven. Khenpo Tse

Tonglen Practice with Dzogchen Meditation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7naM3RDTjk8 Tonglen - Giving Happiness to Others & Taking Away Their Suffering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwiSa_Pv0yk Don't Be Too Attached to Worldly Things: Understand Suffering and Its Cause https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz9HG2mJ3wc&t=85s Photo of Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche in 1985.

Homage to the Three Jewels, Three Roots, and all the Noble Ones of the past, present, and future! Among all great enlightened beings, Guru Padmasambhava and Wisdom Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal are considered to be buddhas and protectors of degeneration times who swiftly purify all obstacles and imbalances while fulfilling all wishes. Praying to Guru Rinpoche and Yeshe Tsogyal is always the perfect medicine. Dusum Sangye Prayer of Guru Rinpoche (1 of 2) www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4ZcOpb