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Summer 2014 : last year of the 6 years shedra course program in Samye Ling (open to all).
Drupon Rinpoche gave explanations on:
-The Lamp to the Path of Enlightenment, from Atisha
-The Precious Garland of the Sublime Path, from the peerless Gampopa. +
I engaged in an intensive study of the Madhyamakavatara (35 days of instruction from Drupon Rinpoche), last year. It was the first of a 6-year Shedra. We continued with these studies, less intensively for some months afterward. +
Mahamudra Ocean of Certainty with HE Tai Situ Ripoche at Palpung Sherab Ling
Mahamudra Yongey Mingur Rippoche Samye Ling
Medicine Buddha teachings Akong Rinpoche Ken Holmes
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche teachings Lostwithiel Uk, and Holy Island. +
Shedra Studies with Drupon Rinpoche at Samye LIng Monastery. +
Full transmission and practice of the text "Mahamudra, ocean of cetainty" from Kenting Tai situpa in Sherab Ling from 2008 to 2013
Study of the Three years Dhama correspondance course with Ken Holmes +
Over a period of three years on Holy Isle between 2004 and 2006 I studied the following texts with Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche:
- Distinguishing Phenomena and Pure Being
- The Sun of Wisdom
- The Moon of Wisdom +
Way of the Bodhisattva study programme at Tergar monastery with Mingyur Rinpoche (2 months) 2009
Samye Ling shedra studies course with Khenpo Lhabu Druppon Rinpoche (1 month per year for 6 years) 2007-13. Mahayana texts of middle way, "Entering the Middle Way", "Root Verses"
of Maitreya Asanga, "Clear Ornament", "Supreme Continuum"
"Profound Inner Meaning"
"Precious Garland of Liberation"
Then "Torch of Definitive Meaning" twice
Currently we are receiving "Jewel Ornament of Liberation" in retreat. +
2005-2006. I have completed 2 years at Rangjung Rigpe Institute,Pullahari Moanstery Nepal, mainly taught by Drupon Khenpo Lodrš Namgyal
2008-2009. Completed 2 years study program from the 6 years Shedra course at Samye Ling Monastery lead by Drupon Rinpoche Khenpo Lhabu
2010-2014. advance practices (e.g. Mahamudra) was taught by Drupon Rinpoche during the closed retreat. On average we received daily teachings for two months a year. +
I don't think so, but I'm not sure what might count. I studied colloquial Tibet and for 10 months in India and Nepal. I have studied at Pullahari for two of their winter courses. I do my own revision of texts for which I have received transmissions, but mostly just commentaries related to practice: chags med ri chos, dwags po thar rgyan, the shangpa commentaries related to practices that I put effort into, the mahamudra commentaries, etc. +
I have taken Tibetan Language Course Levels one and two from The Tibetan Language Institute under Lama David Curtis and continue to study with him via phone and online. I will attend the Level three course in August. I devote an average of two hours a day to study. +
I have been participating actively in Bokar Rinpoche's Mahamudra program since 1996, but think of this as a program of practice, but am listing it here in case you would think it belongs here. +
Bokar Rinpoche's Mahamudra Program 1996-2001
Bokar Rinpoche's Yidam Program 2001-present +
Bokar Rinpoche's Mahamudra Seminar at Ser Cho Osel Ling in October 2014 with Lama Michael Conklin and Lama Tara Goforth. +
The Mahamudra Retreat, years 1-5 and The Yidam Retreat, levels 1-3 and studies in Pullahari with Khenpo Tsultrim Rinpoche. The later was Tibetan language and dharma studies. +
I have not enrolled in any formal Buddhist studies programs other than attending retreats, classes offered to Sangha and the Mahamudra seminar in 2013 at Seabeck, WA. +
I have attended one Pandley Norbu Shedra with Khentrul Rinpoche at Chagdud Gompa in 2006 and every subsequent one here at Katog Rithrod since 2007. +
I participated in a three-week shedra at Rigdzin Ling with Khentrul Rinpoche in 2006 and then yearly attended his shedras at Katog Rit’hrod from 2010 to 2021. During those years I also attended weekend to weeklong teachings at Katog Rit’hrod, as well as private residential teaching with Khentrul Rinpoche and other visiting lamas. These teachings were on practices such as deity practice and mind training, and texts like “Sword of Wisdom” by Mipham Rinpoche and “Resting the Mind in Ease” by Longchenpa, as well as Tsa Lung and Trekchod teachings. I also will be completing a three-year retreat under Khentrul Rinpoche in late spring 2024. +
2008-2013: Bachelor of Arts in Buddhist Philosophy with Himalayan Languages at Rangjung Yeshe Institute, Kathmandu University, Nepal.
2014: Completed the second year of the traditional nine-year monastic university curriculum (shedra) in the Namdrolling nunnery, South India. +
I completed Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche’s three year Mahamudra course from 2003 – 2005 and have completed all the practice requirements. I finished my Karma Kagyu ngondro in 2018 and have completed the whole current formal foundational curriculum of study of the Buddha Dharma set out by Mingyur Rinpoche, including all 3 of Joy of Living levels, all 5 Path of Liberation level, including completing all the practice requirements, as well as the mantra requirements for Karmapakshi as my yidam practice.
I have practiced nature of mind practice for nearly 20 years. +
In 2008 I studied in the Center of Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarah College, near Dharamsala. There I completed a two-year language program.
After that I joined the Tsenyi Class which we began the first two years in Sarah College with Collected Topics (Duedra), Lorig (Mind and Mental Factors) and Tarig (Correct Reasoning). Then our class moved to the I.B.D. (Institute of Buddhist Dialectics) in Namgyal Monastery the seat of H.H. the Dalai Lama where we started with Pranjaparamita. I attended these classes for four years.
From November 2016 to October 2017 I was student of the Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translation Program in Dharamsala. +
