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  The Benchen Monastery Community is under the spiritual guidance of both His Eminence Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche and Very Venerable Tenga Rinpoche. It provides information about the Dharma centers in the East and West which are connected to the Rinpoches. And it provides information about various social welfare projects especially targeted at poor and needed people living in the East.
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Accumulation of 10 Million Tara Mantras |
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Thursday, 25 December 2008 17:34 |
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 From December 27, 2008 until August 10, 2009 we will perform the recitation of 10,000,000 White Tara mantras for the long life of Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche and for the spreading of Rinpoche's activity for the benefit of all sentient beings.
As Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche states: "You should practice White Tara for yourself and for your Guru. Some centers organize accumulations of many thousands of mantras. Every practitioner marks the number of the mantras he recited on a piece of paper. After accumulating 100 000 mantras he gives his list back to the center and the mantras are counted together. You should do that!" (cit. from: Feast of Joy - Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche's Jorney to Tibet 2005, DVD, published 2008 by One Shot Production)
Every student of Rinpoche is invited to join this recitation. You can either recite the ten syllable root mantra or the longer White Tara mantra.
As soon as you have accomplished 10,000 or more White Tara Mantras, please, send your number of White Tara mantras.
We will frequently update the total amount of already accumulated White Tara mantras:
---> 15,590,940 on July 1, 2009
Tenga Rinpoche is in excellent health and his Dharma activity is shining. Because many people asked for we will continue the mantra recitation until August, 10 as planned.
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| Summer course: |
August 1 - August 16 |
| Tara retreat: |
July 28 - July 30 |
| Gönkar retreat: |
August 17 - August 19 |
The 10 year anniversary and the 10th summer course at Benchen Phuntsok Ling are a cause for great joy.
Therefore Tenga Rinpoche has decided to bestow an elaborate Khorlo Demchok (skt. Chakrasamvara) empowerment on August 8 and 9, 2009. The unbroken transmission of this particular Khorlo Demchok empowerment (Demchok Lha nga) goes back to the 8th Karmapa Mikyö Dorje.
On the last Saturday of the summer course, August 15, Benchen Phuntsok Ling will invite to a big anniversary celebration from 2.30 PM onwards. Unfortunately this year Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche is not able to come to Benchen Phuntsok Ling. However, he already assured to come for the summer course in 2010.
Tenga Rinpoche will be present at Benchen Phuntsok Ling throughout the Tara ritual, the summer course and the Gönkar retreat.
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10 Years Benchen Phuntsok Ling |
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 Benchen Phuntsok Ling was founded in 1999 by the Venerable Tenga Rinpoche. It is the European main seat of H.E. Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche and Tenga Rinpoche.
We are looking forward to welcome you on this special day during the summer course from 2.30 PM on in Benchen Phuntsok Ling.
In the afternoon we will serve coffee and cake, in the evening approx. 6.30 PM there will be a buffet. Conclusion of the programm approx. 11.00 PM.
In case you will need any further information please do not hesitate to give us a call or send an email.
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Shangpa Kagyu Empowerments |
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The empowerments of the "Five Golden Dharmas of the Shangpa Kagyu Lineage" - beginning 19th October 2009
  
H.E. Kalu Rinpoche Khedrub Khyungpo Naljor Ven. Tenga Rinpoche
The Shangpa Kagyu lineage was established in the 11th century by its founder, Khedrub Khyungpo Naljor. The special teachings of the Shangpa lineage are widely known as "The Five Golden Dharmas of the Shangpa Kagyu". These teachings and practices are likened to a tree with its roots, trunk, branches, flowers and fruits. The Five Golden Dharmas are:
The roots: the Six Doctrines of Niguma.
The trunk: the Mahamudra of the Amulet Box.
The branches: the Three Carry-Overs (of phenomena and appearances) onto the path.
The flowers: the White and Red Forms of the Dakini.
The fruits: the Deathlessness and Non-deviation of Mindnature.
The previous 2nd Tenga Rinpoche, Tenzin Chögyal, had been one of the close disciples of the Great Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye with whom he did the traditional three year retreat according to the Shangpa Kagyu lineage. At this time he forged a strong connection with this lineage. Tenzin Chögyal served as a personal attendant of Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye and represented Kongtrul during his absence. He also acted as the retreat master (Drubpon) for the three year retreats at Kongtrul's seat.
All in all Tenzin Chögyal spent nine years at Tsadra Rinchen Drak, the main seat of the Great Kongtrul, near Palpung monastery in Derge. Later in his life he returned to his own place, Benchen Monastery in Nangchen, where he introduced the Shangpa Kagyu practices and established a retreat centre for the Six Doctrines of Niguma in order to cause these practices to flourish. He also established the Naro Retreat centre for practice according to the Karma Kagyu lineage and also the Kunrik retreat centre.
The present Ven. Tenga Rinpoche, Tenzin Trinle Namgyal, continues to put effort into upholding the Golden Dharma lineage of the Shangpa Kagyu and causing it to flourish. For this reason he received all the Shangpa Kagyu empowerments in Rumtek Monastery in the early 1970's from His Eminence the former Kalu Rinpoche, the then main Shangpa lineage holder outside of Tibet.
At present Ven. Tenga Rinpoche is establishing a Niguma retreat centre at Pharping/Nepal, next to the existing Naropa retreat centre, known as the Benchen Clear Light Meditation Centre. It is hoped that this will provide for the monks of Benchen Monastery and other community members to learn and continue the Shangpa Kagyu Lineage practices.
As it is essential in the vajrayana tradition for all practitioners to have empowerment in order to gain the transmission lineage blessings and engage in practice, the Benchen community and Lama Tong from Malaysia, have one pointedly requested that Ven. Tenga Rinpoche bestow the entire series of Shangpa Kagyu lineage empowerments.
This will commence at Benchen Phuntsok Dargye Ling Monastery, Kathmandu Nepal, at the foot of the Swayambhunath stupa, from the 19th October 2009. It is estimated that the empowerments will take just under three weeks to complete.
If you require further information please contact
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