Vajrayana Master and Nyingma Scholar Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche will teach on Pith Instructions on How to Practice Dzogchen, the Great Perfection of the Ultimate Nature by the great Mahasiddha and Scholar Patrul Rinpoche.
We received official permission to use the temple at Pema Ling at the end of December. We will be livestreaming our Dzogchen Winter Retreat from there and plan to develop new practices and programs during the coming year.
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As an offering to the Florida and Tennessee sanghas, Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche has requested that Lama Laia & Lama Dragpa begin webcasting their Saturday Ngondro sessions.
These sessions will be offered from 3:30 – 5:30 pm EDT on Saturdays. Please click here to see the current schedule & other important information.
For those who wish to join, instructions will be given on the essential points of the Dudjom Tersar Ngondro foundational practices, their vital importance within Tibetan Buddhism, as well as instructions for each section, including Refuge, Bodhichitta, Mandala, Vajrasattva practice, and Guru Yoga.
The essential meaning of this practice is that the Tibetan Buddhist foundational practices of Ngondro embody all the teachings of the Buddha. They are a perfect and complete framework for cultivating a balanced, effective, and rewarding spiritual practice.
We’ll also get to practice the entire Ngondro every session!
Explorando La Atención Plena
Sábados a las 11:15 a.m.
Las cualidades que conforman las circunstancias presentes dependen enteramente de las causas y condiciones generadas en el pasado. El futuro estará en parte marcado por las circunstancias y las condiciones de hoy. El presente contiene las causas del futuro, así que ahora es el momento de plantar semillas beneficiosas del mañana.
Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
A partir del sábado, 12 de junio a las 11:15 a.m., el Palm Beach Dharma Center continuará explorando Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal enseñanzas sobre cómo fomentar un estilo de vida consciente a través de una práctica de meditación en calma. Únete a las prácticas de español este verano y recibirás las pepitas de oro de las enseñanzas de Rinpoche para una forma de vida más suave y amable. Te invitamos a compartir esta charla con tus amigos y vecinos hispanohablantes. Es una hermosa oportunidad para asistir a una charla meditativa en el lenguaje del corazón.
La práctica de español se ofrecerá a las 11:15 a.m. los siguientes sábados:
- 12 de junio
- 26 de junio Para verlo, aga clic aquí
- 10 de Julio Para verlo, aga clic aquí
- 31 de Julio Para verlo, aga clic aquí
- 14 de agosto Para verlo, aga clic aquí
- 28 de agosto Para verlo, aga clic aquí
En ese momento, presione la ventana de visualización a continuación y actualice su navegador para unirse a nosotros en vivo.
Exploring Mindfulness
Saturdays at 11:15 a.m.
The qualities which make up the present circumstances depend entirely on causes and conditions generated in the past. The future will be shaped in part by the causes and conditions today. The present contains the causes for the future, so now is the time to plant beneficial seeds of tomorrow.
Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
Starting on Saturday, June 12th at 11:15 a.m. the Palm Beach Dharma Center will continue to explore Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche’s teachings on fostering a mindful way of life through a Calm Abiding Practice. Join the Spanish practices this summer and take with you the golden nuggets of Rinpoche’s teachings for a gentler and kinder way of life. We invite you to share this talk with your Spanish-speaking friends and neighbors. It is a beautiful opportunity to attend a meditative talk in the language of the heart.
The Spanish Practice will be offered at 11:15 a.m. on the following Saturdays:
- June 12th
- June 26th To watch this video, please click here
- July 10th To watch this video, please click here
- July 31st To watch this video, please click here
- August 14th To watch this video, please click here
- August 28th To watch this video, please click here
At that time, please click on the viewing window below and refresh your browser to join us live.
Ven. Rinpoche has given profound and inspirational teachings on His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche’s text in seventy-six sessions over fifteen months. The entire series is available for viewing on our YouTube channel.
These Dzogchen teachings by His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche encapsulate the essential instructions and advice for daily practice on all of the Buddha’s teachings in general, and the three Inner Tantras in particular. These sacred lineage instructions usher us to discover the enlightened nature of Kuntuzangpo, the all-perfect present.
Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche brings these teachings vividly to life with practical, pithy advice that goes straight to the heart and inspires us all to use this precious opportunity for the great and lasting benefit of all beings.
His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje
His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje was born in the early 20th century, and was a renowned body emanation of Drokben Khyechung Lotsawa, speech emanation of Yeshe Tsogyal, and mind emanation of Guru Padmasambhava. In particular, Khyechung Lotsawa emanated as many great tertons and scholar-masters throughout the centuries in Tibet. Guru Padmasambhava predicted the coming of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, including his exact birthplace, family, and personality.
H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche became one of the great masters of Tibetan Buddhism, as well as the supreme head of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. He worked closely with H.H. the Dalai Lama to reactivate Tibetan culture and religion. Yet at the same time, Dudjom Rinpoche was very humble and simple. He was the spiritual father to numerous distinguished practitioners, many of whom later became great lineage holders. He was very available to all devotees, and at their request, gave numerous pith instructions of nugget Dzogchen teachings that open the heart and mind. Through his teachings, we discover the original, innate nature of mind so we can live in the world happily and leave with tremendous confidence and signs of realization.
Click here for a complimentary download of Heart Advice for the Fortunate Ones.
Practicing the Seven Chapter Prayer of Guru Padmasambhavaby Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche
and Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
The Seven Chapter Prayer unites devotion, bodhichitta, and Dzogchen meditation in the form of a Guru Yoga practice on Guru Rinpoche. As the great master Karma Chagme said, absolute Guru Padmasambhava is the innate nature of mind, and the innate nature of the mind is the innate nature of everything. In order to fully realize this, we need to increase our devotion, joy, and bodhichitta. Then we visualize and supplicate Guru Padmasambhava with practices like the Seven Chapter Prayer, and we complete everything by resting in Dzogchen meditation and then dedicating the merit for our families, friends, and all living beings. This is the way to achieve enlightenment. It is how we can increase our inner beauty and let it shine to the world.
While we are not able to practice together physically for a few months, we are able to help and support each other virtually. One of the ways that we can do this is through videos that are available online.
We have a wealth of videos available, including
Complete Videos of Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche’s 2020 Livestream Teachings
Charlas Sobre la Mente Amplia y la Práctica de la Meditación en Calma
History of Buddhism 2020 Series
Practice of the All-Good Buddha & Remembrance
We hope that these videos bring you joy and help you feel your connection to the sangha, and we dedicate the merit to all sentient beings.
YUMKA DECHEN GYALMO – The Queen of Great Bliss
Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche will lead our monthly Dakini practices via live webcast from our beautiful new temple at Palden Sherab Pema Ling Retreat Center.
No registration is required for this event.
Please click on the lotus to join us on January 27 at 4:00 – Be sure to refresh your browser window when you arrive, to activate the livestream!
The main sadhana practice will be Yumka Dechen Gyalmo (Queen of Great Bliss) revealed by the great master Jigme Lingpa. To obtain a copy of this sadhana from our Chiso store, please click on the photo.
Other sadhanas to have on hand are:
Please click on each of the names on this list for more information.
If you would like to contribute to the feast offering, please click on this button.
The Resident Learning Dharma Skills Program at PSL is offering a special opportunity for PBC members and friends to participate in a year-long service retreat that combines study, practice, and activities to uplift and glorify Venerable Khenpo Rinpoches’ mandala at PSL and internationally.
We’re inviting two Sangha members from each of the PBC Sanghas in Tennessee, PBC Puerto Rico, and the Palm Beach Dharma Center to live at PSL with free accommodations and food for one year in exchange for daily service Monday-Saturday, 9-noon and 2-5pm.
At this time we’re offering weekly Ngondro teachings and group practices, evening Vajrakilaya and Dharmapala meditation, and study groups. Participants will be able to attend on site retreats lead by Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche at no cost, as well as have personal practice and study time every morning and evening.
Areas of Service include:
- Grounds
- Temple caretaking
- Skilled craftsmanship & maintenance skills & experience strongly recommended
- Exterior & interior painting
- Knowledge of machinery
- Should be thorough & patient
- Kitchen management
- Culinary training is helpful
- Knowledge of vegetarian cooking
- Supplies & upkeep
- Creative with whole foods
- Administration
- Friendly people-person
- Reliable technical skills like computer programming
- Accounting & bookkeeping
- Website design
- Outdoor Facilities
- Landscaping
- Organic gardening – experience required
Shared dormitory-style living included. Possibility of low-budget private room.
Orientation provided.
Internet only available from 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Due to Covid-19, everyone will be required to take a local Covid-19 test upon arrival, and will have to follow Covid-19 protocols while on-site and for those needing to make off-site errands.
During this challenging time when so many of our usual routines have been disrupted, consider applying to our “Growing the PBC Mandala” Learning Dharma Skills Program. All applicants will have to provide three references (one of which has to be a local PBC Sangha member) and have a phone interview with Lama Laia.
Experience the full immersion in Venerable Khenpo Rinpoches’ mandala throughout the four seasons!