Namo Guru. Glorious lama who has shown me such unequalled kindness, mighty Vajradhara, embodying the awareness of all buddhas; now that you have merged for a while with the dharmadhātu, my humble heart is pained from longing in your absence.

On 3 April, at 3:15 p.m., Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche chose to end the state of Tukdam, which is the deep meditative composure that some realized masters enter into after the demise of their physical bodies, after three and a half days. The event was accompanied by rather out-of-the-ordinary weather occurrences. Here in Kathmandu, a very strong and totally unseasonal thunderstorm was observed. Around 3:00 p.m. it began to get very dark, followed by strong gusts of wind and squalls of torrential rain. Multi-coloured lightning flashes crisscrossed the sky and several thunderclaps shook the monastery. After the weather cleared rainbows were observed by some. Similar such weather occurences were reported from other places as well. Most significantly from Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, the seat of the Karmapas in exile, where Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche served for so many years as the 16th Karmapa's vajra master. It was reported from Rumtek, that a similar thunderstorm occurred there, exactly at the same time as here. Rain, thunder and lightning, growing ever more distant, persisted throughout the night.

A brief account of the passing of Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche

[The Precious Kudung - Photo taken by Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche's personal attendant Karma Sherab Wangchuk, Kathmandu, 2012]

As you know, Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche had been admitted to hospital on the evening of 26 March. On the 28th, at 5:30 p.m. Rinpoche expressly stated his wish to return to the monastery. The doctors advised him strongly not to do so, owing to the lack of facilities there, and telling Rinpoche quite frankly that they could not guarantee for anything should he choose to leave anyway. However, Rinpoche stood by his decision, which was also confirmed by H.H. the Karmapa's advice shortly thereafter. An ambulance was readied and Rinpoche arrived in the monastery at around 7:00 p.m.

This year’s summer course will be dedicated to the swift rebirth of Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche and thus meditation practice will be stressed. 
Drubwang Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche has limited his travel activities for 2012 and cannot come therefore for the summer course. However he has confirmed that he will come for the summer course in 2013.

Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche has emphasized that it is now of utmost importance to carry on Tenga Rinpoche’s projects. Concerning this year’s summer course he said: “You have got two wonderful qualified resident lamas, who were chosen personally by Tenga Rinpoche for a good reason. They are highly capable to conduct this year’s summer course.” Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche gave the following precise instructions concerning the structure and the techings of this year’s summer course.

Alongside of individual practice Lama Yönten Palsang and Lama Ngawang Tsültrim will give teachings based on a Shine and Lhagtong practice text by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal called "Clarifying the Natural State".
Furthermore we will do the daily recitation of "Calling the Lama from afar". There will be also the possibility to enhance certain meditation practices in smaller groups under the guidance of the lamas.

The teachings will be translated into German and English. Again there will be various workshops.

Important dates and times:

To make the organization of the summer course more easy please register as soon as possible!

Nowadays there are a lot of fears of dangers caused by the four elements as well as all different kind of obstacles. To free beings from these fears and alleviate all obstacles for the ongoing year of 2011 and the coming year of 2012 Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche asks his disciples to participate in the accumulation of 100.000.000 Tara Mantras.

Everybody is invited to join the recitation of Tara Mantras.

You can send your amount of recited Tara Mantras directly to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

We will regularly publish the number of already accumulated Mantras.

25,061,391 Mantras are already collected until April 3.

Thank you for joining!