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The Benchen Monastery Community is under the spiritual guidance of both His Eminence Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche and the late Kyabje 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 needy people living in the East.

 

 

Tempa Lama, January 8, 2020

Last year's wintertime at Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche Yangsi's village Rö there were unusually large amounts of snow as you can see in the pictures taken during the winter season a year ago. We, the Benchen Community, worry that now during this winter there might be similar heavy snowfalls. Such quantities of snow may be too much to bear by the structure of the houses such as the one of Yangsi Rinpoche and his family. Aside from the pending risk of collapsing roofs, last year Yangsi and his family have been snowbound. Their house was completely blocked from all sides. It was only possible to leave through the window once it had been shoveled clear. The family got by using the snow as water source and their food stock which lasted for about ten days.
 
Therefore, this year the Benchen Community strongly wishes to bring Rinpoche along with his parents and siblings to snow-free Kathmandu during the current winter time. His Holiness Karmapa XVII had given his authorization that Yangsi Rinpoche may join pujas, such as Mahakala or Guru Rinpoche Pujas, from time to time for short periods. We have discussed the matter with Drubwang Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche, who believes this to be a very good idea and accepted our wish that Yangsi Rinpoche may stay in Kathmandu for a short while during the winter and Mahakala Puja time.
 
For these reasons Yangi Rinpoche is in Kathmandu right now together with his parents and two siblings spending the winter time there. This time they walked from Rö to Kathmandu. Yangsi's parents think that using a helicopter is good for emergencies or when it is otherwise very necessary to move quickly. They also thought it good for health as much as to enjoy the sights and nature along the road. The hiking group enjoyed a five day walk from Rö to Macha Khola. While Yangsi Rinpoche mostly walked by himself, his little brother was carried by parents and friends. The Benchen Community picked them up at Macha Khola by jeep and brought them safely to Kathmandu. Once the winter is over they will return back to Rö, Yangsi's home village.
 
There are some pictures and video clips of Yangsi Rinpoche in Kathmandu which have been taken recently. To all our Dharma brothers and sisters, please enjoy.
 
To watch the movies click image below
 

Tempa Lama, December 12, 2019

On 6th December the Guru Rinpoche Drubchen at the Benchen Monastery in Swoyambhu has been completed with a wonderful performance of lama dance. Please all enjoy these pictures of the event.
 

Benchen Phuntsok Dargyeling Monastery, October 11, 2019

Benchen Library is an integration of our two libraries at Benchen Phuntsok Dargyeling monastery and the library of Benchen Nangten Thosam Ling Institute (Pharping). Our aim is to preserve and disseminate the precious treasures of ancient Buddhist wisdom for future generations.  We are therefore dedicated to input, edit and publish them in modern book format or release online as eBooks. We also archive the teachings of Kyabje Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche and Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche.

Dear Dharma friends! Please be informed that we have discovered dozens of unauthorized Facebook pages an groups created in the name of Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche and Benchen. Rinpoche neither endorses, nor in any way associated with those sites, nor does he solicit donation from anybody, for any reason whatsoever. Please share and pass on this message to alert as many people as possible.

Please click image to read the full wording of the letter

Benchen Buddha Maitreya Project, March 31, 2019

We invite you to kindly support and make donation to “Benchen Buddha Maitreya Project”

By being a part of the “Benchen Buddha Maitreya Project” through funding or contributing to it, in cash or in kind, one continuously generates and accumulates good merits as long as the temple remains for the benefits of all.

The Buddha taught that one of the supreme means of accumulating merit and wisdom through the body, speech, and mind is by building monasteries and teaching centers.

A Monastery is not just
a place that shelters sacred statues, scriptures, and sangha, but also
a place where the sacred teachings of the Buddha are being taught to benefit so many.

A place where actual healing of the mind begins.
It is not a place where only one person comes but thousands will gather.
It is not where only one person teaches but many great teachers will teach.

English version as pdf please click here                                  

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 These are some recent short videos from Benchen primery school. Please click the pictures to watch the videos

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BuddhaFollowing the advice of our venerable teacher Tenga Rinpoche, we will again celebrate the prayer festival Mönlam (tib.: "smon lam") this year for the Tibetan New Year (Losar).
Losar this year falls on February 24, 2020 and ushers in the year 2147, the Iron Mouse Year.
"Mönlam" means aspiration prayer. Tibetan Buddhists - monks, nuns and lay people - from around the world will gather at Losar to perform wishing prayers for the benefit of all living beings. Aspiration prayers have a very important meaning as they lay the foundation for our future. All Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have said countless wishful prayers.

Buddha himself said:
As far as to the ends of the blue sky,
As far as to the ends of sentient beings,
Until the end of karma and afflictions,
This far the ends are of my aspirations.

In Benchen Phunsok Ling, under the guidance of Lama Ngawang Tsultrim, we will recite the prayer "The King of Aspriations: The Noble Aspiration for Excellent Conduct" as often as possible.

Please arrive already Friday, February 21 at 19:00 CET.

Begin:  Saturday,  Feb. 22    at 10:00 CET 
End: 
Sunday, 
Feb. 23 
  
at 16:00 CET
 

Please consider the general information on courses and retreats. Here you will find information how to register and also an overview of all courses in Benchen Phuntsok Ling.

sc2014These are the dates for the Summer Seminar 2020 in Benchen Phuntsok Ling in Allmuthen, Belgium.

Like every year the week before the actual teaching period a three-days Drölkar (White Tara) retreat will happen and after the teaching period a three-days Gönkar (White Mahakala) retreat will take place.

White Tara
   Wed. 22.07.   to    Fri. 24.07.2020
Teaching   Sat. 25.07.   to    Wed. 05.08.2020
White Mahakala   Thu. 06.08.   to    Sat. 08.08.2020

 

A detailed program along with the registration information will follow.

From Sherab Wangchuk on December 29 , 2015

This is a short introduction on the meaning of Guru Yoga given by H.E. Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche at the Grabnik Benchen Karma Kamtsang Center, Poland.
This is the YouTube link: https://youtu.be/SDHGDgQjPfE

sm=> Until now 3,596,922 Mantras were recited (January 7, 2020). Three and a half millions are completed. 😄 Thank you and please carry on!

For the health and long life of all lineage lamas, especially for our highly esteemed teacher Drubwang Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche, we want to accumulate 10 million Medicine Buddha mantras from the bottom of our hearts:

TEYATHA OM BEKANDSE BEKANDSE MAHA BEKANDSE RADSA SAMUTGATE SOHA

You are invited to join this recitation.
An important prerequisite for participation in this practice is the presence of an empowerment in the practice of Medicine Buddha.

Please let us kindly know the amount of Mantras you accumulated each month and send the number to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thank you!