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Teachings on the Four Noble Truths at Dak Shang Kagyu

Continuing from his teachings on Friday, August 13th, Rinpoche will comment on the Buddha's first teaching, the Four Noble Truths. To learn more about the event tomorrow, as well as how to watch Friday's teachings, please visit the event website.

Harmonizing the Fire Element

Rinpoche joins Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo from the Shang Shung School of Tibetan Medicine to discuss anger from the perspective of Tibetan Buddhism in this afternoon event.

Parinirvana of 16th Gyalwa Karmapa

Please join Kongtrul Rinpoche on October 30th, at 1 p.m. Mountain time, to commemorate the life and teachings of the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa in this multi-day event hosted by Karmapa Center 16.

Healing Science of Mental Wellness

Online: Hosted by Shang Shung Institute

Rinpoche joins Doctor of Tibetan Medicine Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo for their third dialogue on the topic of holistic wellness.
This program will be hosted by the Shang Shung Institute of Tibetan Medicine. It will be an online webinar held over parts of Saturday May 21st and Sunday May 22nd.

Wisdom and Compassion: Essentials of Mahayana Buddhism

If our compassion is weak, whatever wisdom we attain will be of little help to others. But if we cultivate compassion without wisdom, we will lack the vision, strength, and skill to benefit others in the most profound way: by guiding them toward their own enlightenment. This is why wisdom and compassion are traditionally compared to the wings of a bird. Both are necessary to fly.
Upcoming online event hosted by the Boulder Shambhala Center.

Wisdom and Compassion: The Essentials of Mahayana Buddhism

An upcoming virtual event hosted by Dak Shang Kagyu. In the Mahayana teachings, wisdom and compassion are traditionally compared to the wings of a bird in that both are necessary to fly. For registration and other information, visit this page on the Dak Shang Kagyu site.  

Weekend Retreat with Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

In person and online: Hosted by the Buddhist Center of Steamboat Springs Bud Werner Memorial Library, Steamboat Springs, CO, United States

On Saturday, Rinpoche will be teaching based on his book Training in Tenderness. On Sunday, Rinpoche will be teaching on Mahamudra, and will discuss the importance of the teacher/student relationship. Details are available at https://www.steamboatbuddhistcenter.org/dkr-info.

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Wisdom and Compassion – The Essence of Mahayana Buddhism

In this three evening program beginning on December 9th, and broadcast live from Europe (check event page for times), Rinpoche teaches that in order to cultivate compassion we must first recognize, open up to and understand our own suffering. This means looking more deeply and clearly at our fears, our guilt, the desire to be perfect and the habit of indulging our emotions. As we begin to have some objectivity towards our suffering, and recognize the causes of it, we can find a tremendous sense of compassion for ourselves and others, and wisdom begins to dawn.

Dependent Origination and Compassion

Kongtrul Rinpoche joins the 40th Buddhist Summer School hosted by Evam Institute in Australia for a talk on January 14th.