Watch a New Video Celebrating the Dharma Activities of the Venerable Khenpo Rinpoches and PBC:
www.padmasambhava.org/dharma-projects/

Venerable Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche (1938-2010) and Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche established the Padmasambhava Buddhist Center (PBC) in 1989 to preserve the authentic message of Buddha Shakyamuni and Guru Padmasambhava in its entirety, and in particular to teach the traditions of the Nyingma school and Vajrayana Buddhism. PBC includes over 20 centers in the U.S.A., India, Puerto Rico, Latvia, and Russia, as well as monastic institutions in India, the U.S.A., and Russia.

Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Rinpoche was born in eastern Tibet and enthroned as a Nyingmapa abbot by His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche. He traveled and studied with H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche, as well as with his late brother, Vajrayana master and scholar Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche, and his father, the hidden yogi Lama Chimed Namgyal. As a holder of the complete Nyingmapa lineage, Khenpo Tsewang Rinpoche is fully versed in the Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana schools, and is a master of Dzogchen. He has co-authored over 28 Dharma books in English with Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche, and travels throughout the world giving teachings, empowerments, and personal guidance in fluent English at numerous retreats.

Padma Samye Ling Monastery and Retreat Center is located in Delaware County in upstate New York. Located in the western region of the Catskill mountains, the outstanding facilities are contained within 500 acres of forests, meadows, and natural springs. PSL hosts group and personal retreats throughout the year, as well as an annual philosophical Shedra, weekly Dharma Study, and a long-term residency volunteer program.

For more information about Khenpo Tsewang Rinpoche’s activities, the Padmasambhava Buddhist Center, to support the new Stupa Garden at PSL, or to schedule coming to PSL for retreat or a visit, please contact:

Padma Samye Ling
618 Buddha Highway
Sidney Center, NY 13839
(607) 865-8068
www.padmasambhava.org

To learn more about Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche:
www.padmasambhava.org/teach/longkhenpo.html

PBC Schedule of Events: www.padmasambhava.org/events/
PSL Resident Volunteer Program: www.padmasambhava.org/psl-dharma-skills-program/

Photo of the Refuge Ceremony of the Yangsi Reincarnation of Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche in Nepal in March 2017.

Authentic Heart Advice of the Venerable Khenpo Rinpoches!
www.padmasambhava.org/audio-teachings

1. Pointing Out the Buddha-Nature

2. Loving-kindness and Compassion

3. Introduction to Vajrayana

4. Shamatha and Vipashyana

5. Virtue and Nonvirtue

Join us tonight at Unity Church in Nashville where Lama Laia will be presenting Heart of Jewels: Buddhist Methods for Discovering Our Inner Treasures.

Talk starts at 7:00pm.

Suggested Donation of $15.00

Ngondro: Exploring the Essentials of Tibetan Buddhist Meditation & Practice with Lama Laia in Tennessee

From Tashi Choling:

CANCELLED:

We are sad to have to inform you all that this year’s teachings with Venerable Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche at Tashi Choling have had to be cancelled due to the ongoing smokey conditions and poor air quality in this area.

This year, there are many wildfires surrounding Tashi Choling. None of them are anywhere near threatening the center at this point, but the smoke pollution has been very bad for the past 4 weeks–and the National Weather Service has issued air quality alerts daily and projects “patchy smoke” in the forecast for an indefinite period of time until the fires are all contained. Many of these days, the air quality has been considered “hazardous.” People have been wearing masks outside and spending as much time inside as possible, and children and the elderly are supposed to stay indoors. Everyone can physically feel the stress of this of these smokey conditions in the air.

So, we after much soul-searching and fretting, we finally decided that it might be better if Venerable Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche and Lama Lorraine were offered the option of going ahead with the planned visit or instead splitting their time between Portland and ODD. After much consideration of Khenpo’s health, they decided it would probably be best to put off their visit to Tashi Choling for a future date and split their time this year between Portland and ODD.

In the meantime, please pray for all the many, many beings who have suffered in these horrible fires in the Pacific Northwest this year. Although Tashi Choling has not been directly threatened by these wildfires, we have nevertheless felt their presence. Moreover, many beings, including countless animals and insects, have lost their lives or suffered greatly as a result of these fires. Please pray for them: OM MANI PADME HUNG.

September 21-24, 2017

Tashi Choling is excited to announce that Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, a renowned holder of the Dudjom lineage and a close student of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, will be visiting Tashi Choling and offering teachings on the practice of Chimed Sok Tig as well as a special teaching on His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche!

Keep reading for complete schedule and other details!

The Noble Stainless Beams of Light Sutra states:

Noble sons and daughters! Whoever circumambulates or make offerings to a stupa will be blessed by Tathagatas, move to the supreme enlightened state through a non-returning path, and purify all of their karmic obscurations. Even if the shadow of a stupa touches birds, animals, deer, or whomever, they will not be reborn in the lower realms.

Thus, in the sutras and tantras the Buddha taught extensively about the benefits of building stupas, as well as the benefits to those who support and make contact with stupas.

If you would like to support this glorious, meritorious project in honor of our lineage masters, or a loved one, please go to the PBC website ( www.padmasambhava.org/psl-temple-stupa-garden/ ) or mail a check payable to “PBC” to Padma Samye Ling monastery, and note in the memo who the donation is being made on behalf of.

Watch this video to learn how you can participate.

Thanks so very much!