Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal will lead this very special practice commemorating his beloved brother, and our beloved teacher, Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche.
Join us in honoring the life and legacy of our precious Root Teacher, Venerable Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche. Special ceremonies and practices will webcast from Glorious Padma Samye Ling, beginning at 3:30 pm EDT and continuing until 5:30 pm.
You turned the golden wheel of the stainless doctrine of Khenpo Shantarakshita, Lopon Padmasambhava, and Dharma King Trisong Deutsen all over the world.
You established centers that uphold the study and practice of the great secret Vajrayana, which continuously follow the cycles of the sun and moon.
You made glorious gifts of empowerments, pith instructions, and the three wisdoms to students everywhere.
Great Khenpo, Glorious Wisdom, you are the protector of beings, the Lord of Dharma, and the Supreme Lama,
Certainly you are a son of the Buddha.
-Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
Please click here for more information, including the sadhanas we will be using.
Just announced
Our Dzogchen Summer Retreat will be webcast live from Padma Samye Ling July 17 – 24.
The webcast will include all four daily sessions:
- Morning Buddha Shakyamuni Practice
- Late Morning Teachings
- Late Afternoon Dharmapala Practice
- Evening Heart Sutra Practice
Topic and further details will be announced soon – watch this space!
After a spring series that was rich in insight and dialog, our Sunday Morning book discussion group is taking its annual summer break. We will return in the fall to continue our exploration of the Venerable Rinpoches’ profound teachings. We look forward to seeing you then – perhaps in person!
During this summer, we will enjoy a wealth of teachings and other activities!
- Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche will teach online on June 12 and June 26, continuing his wonderful exposition of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche’s Heart Advice to the Fortunate Ones.
- Ven. Rinpoche will also lead our summer retreat at our beautiful monastery and retreat center in the Catskills, Padma Samye Ling. The full four sessions each day will be webcast so that all of us can participate!
- Lama Laia and Lama Dragpa will continue their commentary and practice of the Dudjom Tersar Ngondro on Saturday afternoons, while our new Spanish language series will be offered on Sunday mornings.
- Other online offerings will include the All Good Buddha and Remembrance Practice on the full moon and a new series of talks on Buddhist History. Please see our other posts and our schedule for details on this lively summer.
See you in the fall!
On the night of the full moon, June 24, at 7:00 pm EST, we will resume our practice of the All Good Buddha, Kuntuzangpo, and our remembrance practice for those who have passed into the bardo or otherwise need our prayers.
Please check back here later for information on text availability. To purchase a copy of the text, please click here or contact Karin at the PBDC Bookstore.
If you would like someone to be remembered in this practice, please email info@pbdc.net by June 23 so that we have time to prepare the list. It is customary to make a donation when asking for prayers; if you would like to do so, please on the link below.
The Prayer of Kuntuzangpo is the enlightened view of the Primordial Buddha. It’s also an aspiration prayer on the path of discovering the true nature of reality. It expresses the different ways that primordial awareness appears, and helps us understand that it’s only our clouded understanding that makes things appear other than they really are.
Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche
Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
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:
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- May 29
- June 5
- June 12
- June 26
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!
Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche has kindly decided to offer two additional teachings on Heart Advice for the Fortunate Ones this month!
Please join us for this wealth of Dharma!
Teaching dates, on which Ven. Rinpoche will continue his in-depth commentary on His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche’s Heart Advice for the Fortunate Ones, are:
Sunday June 13 ♦ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon EDT
Sunday June 27 ♦ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon EDT
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.
For more information and to register (required), please click here
Our next practice dates are:
Saturday June 19 ♦ 3:30 – 5:30 pm
Anniversary of the Mahaparinirvana of Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche
Sunday June 20 ♦ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
10th Day Ganachakra of Guru Padmasambhava and Summer Solstice
For more information on these teachings and practices, please click here
Hundreds of people were able to receive Ven. Rinpoche’s teachings on His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche’s Heart Advice for the Fortunate Ones through our livestream program on April 11 and 18.
For those who were not able to participate, or who would like to hear Rinpoche’s words again, the video recordings of these two teachings are now available as part of the large video collection of Ven. Rinpoche’s teachings on this topic.
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
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.
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!