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Benchen Phuntsok Ling is the European seat of His Eminence Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche and Very Venerable Tenga Rinpoche.
It was Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche who chose the name "Benchen Phuntsok Ling" for this place to indicate the close connection to the Benchen Phuntsok Dargyeling monastery in Kathmandu.
In a letter to his disciples from 1998 Tenga Rinpoche describes his vision of Benchen Phuntsok Ling:
"… this shall be a place for all of you where you can practice the Dharma, for some weeks, some months or any length of time. It has the goal of creating a permanent location for summer courses …"
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 We are overjoyed that we can receive Drubwang Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche for the summer course 2013.
Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche will stay at Benchen Phuntsok Ling throughout the whole summer course from July 27 until August 10.
For all of us it is a very special event. Not only is Drubwang Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche one of our precious and important teachers but he is also the spiritual leader of all the monasteries and Dharma centres of Benchen Community.
Drubwang Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche will give teachings based on the "Holy Scriptures of the Kadampas".
Furthermore both of our resident lamas Lama Yönten Palsang and Lama Ngawang Tsültrim will give instructions for various meditation practices.
The teachings will be translated into German and where necessary into English.
Again there will be various workshops.
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 In July of 2011 the Lord of refuge Dorje Chang Tenga Rinpoche asked his disciples to participate in the accumulation of 100,000,000 Tara Mantras to free beings from all fear and obstacles for the years of 2011 and 2012. By now there are 50,000,000 Mantras accumulated.
Even though 2012 has ended to fulfill Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche's wishes we invite everybody to join in the recitation of 100,000,000 Mantras with the aspiration to protect all beings from fear and suffering and also for the quick return of Dorje Chang Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche and the fulfillment of all his vast aspirations for beings and the Dharma.
You can send your amount of recited Tara Mantras directly to:
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We will regularly publish the number of already accumulated Mantras.
57,070,968 Mantras are already collected until April 24, 2013. Thank you for joining! |
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To enshrine Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche's relics we will be building a stupa at Benchen Phuntsok Ling, Allmuthen. It will have the form and the structure of the "Enlightenment Stupa".
H.H. Karmapa sent a personally signed construction drawing to Benchen Monastery in Nepal indicating that this type of stupa should be constructed for Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche's relics. This particular drawing of the Enlightenment Stupa is based on instructions by the 15th Karmapa, Khakyab Dorje, contained in his collected works, the 'Khakyab Dorje Khabum'.
The location for the stupa in Benchen Phuntsok Ling has been decided and Drubwang Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche will perform all the necessary rituals preceding the actual building process during this year's summer course. (Dimensions of the stupa will follow).
The costs are estimated to be some 35.000 Euro. We aim to begin with the construction this year and ask all of you to support this project financially.
For any contribution please use the bank account here.
Please mention the purpose: Stupa
Thank you!
See also: The Buddhist Stupa |
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The origin of the stupa (tib. Chörten mChod rten) can be traced to ancient Vedic India. It was customary to put the ashes of cremated bodies into tumuli.
The Buddhist stupas, however, are not mere elaborations of the burial mounds. They function as a symbolic representation containing relics, not as a container of relics that has symbolism. The relics sanctify the structure endowing it with the consecrated quality that the living being (of whose these are the relics) possessed. Some Buddhist texts refer to stupas built containing the relics of past Buddhas. So one can assume that stupas existed already during Shakyamuni Buddha's life, although in much more simple forms than we know today.
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Chöd practice 18.-19. May 2013 |
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Begin: Saturday, May 18 at 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, May 19 at 4:00 PM (Whitsunday / Pfingsten)
Lama Yönten Palsang and Lama Ngawang Tsultrim will give explanations on the Chöd practice and will lead the meditation.
Please consider the general information on courses and retreats. |
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Clarifying negative Karma 30.5.-2.6.2013 |
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In order to clarify negative karma and obstacles the practice of Dorje Sempa (Sang Thik Dorsem) will be performed.
Together with Lama Yönten and Lama Ngawang the
- 100 syllable mantra will be recited
- 100 butter lamps will be offered
- 100 prostrations will be performed.
Begin: Thursday, May 30 at 2:30 PM (Fronleichnam holiday)
End: Sunday, June 2 at noon
Please consider the general information on courses and retreats. |
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