Benchen News Letter

PDF Pages 33-34

This year, again, the spring course was held at Benchen Monastery
in Kathmandu, and there was a good number of participants. It is so
nice to have the Benchen guest house, built by the kind patronage
of Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche’s student, How Yok Bee. Not only does
it accommodate many of the participants, but it also serves a nice
vegetarian lunch for those who sign up for it so that they do not have
to leave the monastery compound during the lunch break.

Spring Course 2007

Benchen Vihar (The guest house)

The course concluded, as has been a tradition, with a short
pilgrimage to Pharping. Rinpoche said that it would be auspicious
to give a short teaching at the Benchen shedra, and this took place
in the shedra’s courtyard. Nearby, within the compound of the retreat
center, some of the participants have sponsored the building
of retreat huts, and their construction will be completed quite soon.
Rinpoche made the condition that these places would be made
available to other disciples of our Rinpoches when they are not
occupied by the actual sponsors. Rinpoche indicated that these
places are only for dharma practice.
After the course Rinpoche left for Dharmasala as His Holiness
Karmapa wanted Rinpoche to offer his service to His Holiness’s
education.

Tenga Rinpoche with spring course participants

Benchen retreat huts under construction in Pharping

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