I write this from Tres Coroas, 'Three Crowns," thes mall town nearest the land where the main center of Chagdud Gonpa Brazil is now under construction. Obtaining building permits and meeting codes do not hinder progress here as they often do in California, but because the sangha in this area is still forming, it has only begun the strong, coordinated effort so essential for accomplishment. Meanwhile, I hear news of the tremendous progress at Rigdzin Ling in the creation of eight stupas between the Guru Rinpoche statue and the row of prayer flags to the north.
The first stupa built will contain a relic from the cremation fire of one of my own precious teachers, His Holiness Dilgo Khyemse Rinpoche. Just as our body serves as the seat of our mind, so after the death of an omniscient being such as Khyentse Rinpoche, a stupa serves as the receptacle of his awareness. I look forward to meeting my beloved lama in that sacred place when I return to Rigdzin Ling to give the Nyingt'hig Yab Zhi empowerments in November. Until then, I listen to the wild winds that hurl up from the south and wonder where, high above the continents of South and North America, they merge with the mantra laden north winds that sweep down from Rigdzin Ling.
I am delighted that so many people on both continents have committed themselves to ngondro. In January, I will teach the first–and second–year Dzogchen retreats here in Brazil while Lama Drimed leads the second- and fourth year retreats in Oregon. In June, I will teach the first-and third-year retreats in the United States. As you undertake ngondro–or any strenuous practice for that matter–you may sometimes be frustrated by the demands of other activities. My advice to you remains to check your motivation, to know why you are undertaking these preliminary practices. With ngondro, the goal cannot be only to attend the Dzogchen retreats. Each moment of your practice should hold the satisfaction of training the mind, of cutting through destructive patterns of past lifetimes, of stripping the mind of layers of delusion and bringing forth its pure qualities. of increasing the capacity to benefit beings. My prayers are with you. Even though we are sitting on opposite sides of the Equator, that illusory divider of the earth, we are never separate.
Chagdud Tulku
I write this from Tres Coroas, 'Three Crowns," thes mall town nearest the land where the main center of Chagdud Gonpa Brazil is now under construction. Obtaining building permits and meeting codes do not hinder progress here as they often do in California, but because the sangha in this area is still forming, it has only begun the strong, coordinated effort so essential for accomplishment. Meanwhile, I hear news of the tremendous progress at Rigdzin Ling in the creation of eight stupas between the Guru Rinpoche statue and the row of prayer flags to the north.
The first stupa built will contain a relic from the cremation fire of one of my own precious teachers, His Holiness Dilgo Khyemse Rinpoche. Just as our body serves as the seat of our mind, so after the death of an omniscient being such as Khyentse Rinpoche, a stupa serves as the receptacle of his awareness. I look forward to meeting my beloved lama in that sacred place when I return to Rigdzin Ling to give the Nyingt'hig Yab Zhi empowerments in November. Until then, I listen to the wild winds that hurl up from the south and wonder where, high above the continents of South and North America, they merge with the mantra laden north winds that sweep down from Rigdzin Ling.
I am delighted that so many people on both continents have committed themselves to ngondro. In January, I will teach the first–and second–year Dzogchen retreats here in Brazil while Lama Drimed leads the second- and fourth year retreats in Oregon. In June, I will teach the first-and third-year retreats in the United States. As you undertake ngondro–or any strenuous practice for that matter–you may sometimes be frustrated by the demands of other activities. My advice to you remains to check your motivation, to know why you are undertaking these preliminary practices. With ngondro, the goal cannot be only to attend the Dzogchen retreats. Each moment of your practice should hold the satisfaction of training the mind, of cutting through destructive patterns of past lifetimes, of stripping the mind of layers of delusion and bringing forth its pure qualities. of increasing the capacity to benefit beings. My prayers are with you. Even though we are sitting on opposite sides of the Equator, that illusory divider of the earth, we are never separate.
Chagdud Tulku
I write this from Tres Coroas, 'Three Crowns," thes mall town nearest the land where the main center of Chagdud Gonpa Brazil is now under construction. Obtaining building permits and meeting codes do not hinder progress here as they often do in California, but because the sangha in this area is still forming, it has only begun the strong, coordinated effort so essential for accomplishment. Meanwhile, I hear news of the tremendous progress at Rigdzin Ling in the creation of eight stupas between the Guru Rinpoche statue and the row of prayer flags to the north.
The first stupa built will contain a relic from the cremation fire of one of my own precious teachers, His Holiness Dilgo Khyemse Rinpoche. Just as our body serves as the seat of our mind, so after the death of an omniscient being such as Khyentse Rinpoche, a stupa serves as the receptacle of his awareness. I look forward to meeting my beloved lama in that sacred place when I return to Rigdzin Ling to give the Nyingt'hig Yab Zhi empowerments in November. Until then, I listen to the wild winds that hurl up from the south and wonder where, high above the continents of South and North America, they merge with the mantra laden north winds that sweep down from Rigdzin Ling.
I am delighted that so many people on both continents have committed themselves to ngondro. In January, I will teach the first–and second–year Dzogchen retreats here in Brazil while Lama Drimed leads the second- and fourth year retreats in Oregon. In June, I will teach the first-and third-year retreats in the United States. As you undertake ngondro–or any strenuous practice for that matter–you may sometimes be frustrated by the demands of other activities. My advice to you remains to check your motivation, to know why you are undertaking these preliminary practices. With ngondro, the goal cannot be only to attend the Dzogchen retreats. Each moment of your practice should hold the satisfaction of training the mind, of cutting through destructive patterns of past lifetimes, of stripping the mind of layers of delusion and bringing forth its pure qualities. of increasing the capacity to benefit beings. My prayers are with you. Even though we are sitting on opposite sides of the Equator, that illusory divider of the earth, we are never separate.
Chagdud Tulku
I write this from Tres Coroas, 'Three Crowns," thes mall town nearest the land where the main center of Chagdud Gonpa Brazil is now under construction. Obtaining building permits and meeting codes do not hinder progress here as they often do in California, but because the sangha in this area is still forming, it has only begun the strong, coordinated effort so essential for accomplishment. Meanwhile, I hear news of the tremendous progress at Rigdzin Ling in the creation of eight stupas between the Guru Rinpoche statue and the row of prayer flags to the north.
The first stupa built will contain a relic from the cremation fire of one of my own precious teachers, His Holiness Dilgo Khyemse Rinpoche. Just as our body serves as the seat of our mind, so after the death of an omniscient being such as Khyentse Rinpoche, a stupa serves as the receptacle of his awareness. I look forward to meeting my beloved lama in that sacred place when I return to Rigdzin Ling to give the Nyingt'hig Yab Zhi empowerments in November. Until then, I listen to the wild winds that hurl up from the south and wonder where, high above the continents of South and North America, they merge with the mantra laden north winds that sweep down from Rigdzin Ling.
I am delighted that so many people on both continents have committed themselves to ngondro. In January, I will teach the first–and second–year Dzogchen retreats here in Brazil while Lama Drimed leads the second- and fourth year retreats in Oregon. In June, I will teach the first-and third-year retreats in the United States. As you undertake ngondro–or any strenuous practice for that matter–you may sometimes be frustrated by the demands of other activities. My advice to you remains to check your motivation, to know why you are undertaking these preliminary practices. With ngondro, the goal cannot be only to attend the Dzogchen retreats. Each moment of your practice should hold the satisfaction of training the mind, of cutting through destructive patterns of past lifetimes, of stripping the mind of layers of delusion and bringing forth its pure qualities. of increasing the capacity to benefit beings. My prayers are with you. Even though we are sitting on opposite sides of the Equator, that illusory divider of the earth, we are never separate.
Chagdud Tulku
I write this from Tres Coroas, 'Three Crowns," thes mall town nearest the land where the main center of Chagdud Gonpa Brazil is now under construction. Obtaining building permits and meeting codes do not hinder progress here as they often do in California, but because the sangha in this area is still forming, it has only begun the strong, coordinated effort so essential for accomplishment. Meanwhile, I hear news of the tremendous progress at Rigdzin Ling in the creation of eight stupas between the Guru Rinpoche statue and the row of prayer flags to the north.
The first stupa built will contain a relic from the cremation fire of one of my own precious teachers, His Holiness Dilgo Khyemse Rinpoche. Just as our body serves as the seat of our mind, so after the death of an omniscient being such as Khyentse Rinpoche, a stupa serves as the receptacle of his awareness. I look forward to meeting my beloved lama in that sacred place when I return to Rigdzin Ling to give the Nyingt'hig Yab Zhi empowerments in November. Until then, I listen to the wild winds that hurl up from the south and wonder where, high above the continents of South and North America, they merge with the mantra laden north winds that sweep down from Rigdzin Ling.
I am delighted that so many people on both continents have committed themselves to ngondro. In January, I will teach the first–and second–year Dzogchen retreats here in Brazil while Lama Drimed leads the second- and fourth year retreats in Oregon. In June, I will teach the first-and third-year retreats in the United States. As you undertake ngondro–or any strenuous practice for that matter–you may sometimes be frustrated by the demands of other activities. My advice to you remains to check your motivation, to know why you are undertaking these preliminary practices. With ngondro, the goal cannot be only to attend the Dzogchen retreats. Each moment of your practice should hold the satisfaction of training the mind, of cutting through destructive patterns of past lifetimes, of stripping the mind of layers of delusion and bringing forth its pure qualities. of increasing the capacity to benefit beings. My prayers are with you. Even though we are sitting on opposite sides of the Equator, that illusory divider of the earth, we are never separate.
Chagdud Tulku
