Rinpoche Accompanies Karmapa's European visit 2016

Pierfranco Alloa with Ringu Tulku Rinpoche in Paris.
Updating His Holiness Karmapa on KFE work.        
photo: Francois Henrard/KFE

Since the 21st May 2016 Ringu Tulku has for three weeks accompanied His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, on visits to Geneva and Zurich in Switzerland, and to Paris, France, on the Karmapa's 3rd visit to Europe. As with previous visits, the schedule was tightly packed with public teachings on each of the three weekends,   interspersed with visits to various dharma centres and sightseeing locations in the days between. He was invited to  tour  a Tibetan medicine laboratory, Padma Company Wetzikon, just outside Zurich and to the headquarters of Rokpa in Zurich. Rokpa is the charity founded in 1980 by Akong Rinpoche with Lea Wyler, originally to feed and care for local communities  struggling to survive in poverty stricken  Kathmandu, Nepal, but the work was later extended to Tibet and Africa, as well as on a smaller scale to local European countries.  

At all places he visited this time His Holiness Karmapa took pains to ensure that everyone belonging to the extensive Tibetan communities in Switzerland and France were given special attention and it was clear that he was very happy to connect with them, as well as  old and new western dharma students and friends.  Despite describing  himself as a little under the weather after such a rigorous fortnight preceding the final weekend in Paris, His Holiness' teachings shone in their simplicity and profundity, and can all be accessed as webcasts and written reports here.
Also in Paris a number of Karmapa Foundation Europe members were able to enjoy a brief audience with His Holiness when the General Secretary Pierfranco Alloa appraised him of recent KFE activities. The Karmapa was asked if he has any current projects that KFE can be involved with, and he re-emphasised  that the full ordination of nuns  is currently his priority, and that he sincerely hopes it will happen early in 2017.  His Holiness also heard that 34,000,000 mantra recitations have been pledged by students from around the globe,  as an offering for his long life and continuing activities.
The Karmapa's last words to the Paris audience were that he prays and hopes to see everyone again in the future.

Ringu Tulku Rinpoche now continues his own travel schedule in the UK, to arrive in Ireland on Monday 20th June, when he will be at Dublin Kagyu Samye Dzong for four nights, and will continue to teach on the final chapters of The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones by Patrul Rinpoche, with commentary by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.  He then travels to Dzogchen Beara for the weekend 24th -26th June. The topic there is Dealing with the Emotions, by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche - in his own words!
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A new publication from the Heart Wisdom Series

Ringu Tulku's new book in the Heart Wisdom series, From Milk to Yoghurt, a Recipe for Living and Dying, is due out at the beginning of August. The introductory price will be £7 UK or 8 euros, plus postage/shipping.
Dharma centres and groups will receive a 35% discount for orders of of ten or more books.

This new book includes three edited and adapted talks given by Rinpoche that have never been published before; Rebirth, Working with a Spiritual Teacher and Death and Dying.

If you would like to pre-order please contact Margaret Ford for a detailed quote.

Margaret Ford
Bodhicharya Publications
28 Carrick Drive, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, ML5 1JZ, Scotland
E-Mail: mgtfrd@aol.com

Book design by Paul O'Connor.

Here's an update of Rinpoche's visit to Galway, Ireland.

On his arrival day in Galway, Ringu Tulku unveiled a Peace Pole, which had "May Peace Prevail on Earth" written in six languages, at the Educate Together National School. The children had prepared some stories, songs and art-work for him and he responded with a wonderful story on change and spent some time chatting to children, parents, and teachers, all of whom were very appreciative of his visit.

Prajna Community was honoured to host Ringu Tulku for a 2-day seminar in Spiddal again this year. We had the rare opportunity of receiving a transmission and explanation of the benefits of Guru Rinpoche's Vajra Armour practice on the first day. On the second day of the seminar Rinpoche gave a beautiful Medicine Buddha Empowerment, along with teachings. It was inspiring to sing the Medicine Buddha mantra as a group with Rinpoche 100 times. There was a lively question/answer session on both days. Several students expressed interest in doing the 3-day Varja Armour retreat.

Other news from the Prajna Community:
The new book is now out by Wisdom Publications --"A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency". Ringu Tulku has written a wonderful essay. HH Dalai Lama, HH Karmapa, Ven Thrangu Rinpoche and many other Buddhist teachers have also contributed.
"Never before have so many teachers from all Buddhist traditions -- Zen, Vajrayana, Theravada, Vipassana; from the West and the East -- come together to offer a collective response to a matter of utmost urgency...."
You can order the book online by going to the updated website www.ecobuddhism.org and clicking 'THE BOOK'

The Declaration is also on the same website. It now has over 4,500 signatures from 50 countries including 70 Buddhist leaders. HH Dalai Lama was the first to sign, soon joined by HH Karmapa and Ringu Tulku. If you have not already done so, and would like to add your signature, click DECLARATION on the ecobuddhism website.

New book, written by His Holiness The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, out now.

Translated by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
Designed by Paul O'Connor
Published by Hay House Inc, New York & The Academy of Everything Is Possible, Ireland
256 pages

This first mainstream publication by His Holiness Karmapa shows how the wisdom of an ancient tradition can resonate with our fast-paced, globally connected lives. His advice, insights and reflections on topics ranging from the environment and social responsibility to relationships and freedom are juxtaposed with bold and often unexpected contemporary images, which illuminate the timeless teachings of Tibetan Buddhism. Open to any page and find guidance on how to live more consciously and caringly, and learn how to create a better world for yourself and future generations.

“I would like to express my appreciation and delight that the Seventeenth Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the supreme head of the practice lineage, has composed 108 sayings of advice... I pray to the Three Jewels that this book of sayings, composed for people everywhere, and particularly for the young, will bring great benefit..”
– His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso

“This book is an actual meeting with this great spiritual being. It is a feast for the eyes, a spur to the intellect, and a balm for the heart. As I moved from spread to spread of always significant and beautiful photography, I savored the aphorisms and found them moving, thought-provoking, and delightful. It is historic in a unique way. I totally recommend it.”
– Robert Thurman, Professor of Buddhist Studies, Columbia University

“In our times of conflict and imbalance, the presence of great beings of wisdom and compassion, such as the 17th Karmapa, is a powerful source of hope and inspiration, and a reminder that we must be the change that we want to see in the world. His words of wisdom provide deep insights into our modern world, symbolized here by the striking images gathered in this wonderful book.”
– Matthieu Ricard

Front cover image: James Gritz / © Karmapa Foundation

INDIA, INDIA - A new book from Pat Little,

Pat Little, from Co Wicklow, has made several visits to India and also Sikkim, where she spent time at Ringu Tulku's meditation centre.
This book is an account of her visits in 2005 & 2007

Available to order from:

Patricia Little
Om Productions Unlimited
An Tinteán Eile Plattinstown
Arklow Co. Wicklow
Republic of Ireland
Email: jplittle@eircom.net
Paperback: ISBN 978-0-9561920-0-4
price €20, GB £20, US $27; India 400 Rs(including p. & p.)
p. & p. Ireland €4.35; rest of world €5.35

All proceeds to Sadhana Village, Pune, and Udayan, Jaipur.

When Patricia said she intended, well into retirement, to realise an old dream and go to India as a volunteer, the family were sceptical. ‘You’re too old. You’ll get sick’, they said. ‘You’ll get lost.’ But she went anyway, and thrived. And then, two years later, she went again. Patricia’s diaries bring to life the intimate daily involvement in two volunteer projects in rural India, via some of the notable tourist sites. Encounters with some of the more stressful modes of Indian transport bring her up into the Himalayas, and to Sikkim, land of lamas, gompas and sacred lakes. This vivid personal account of an encounter with the vastness of India in all its diversity transports the reader into a world that is at once alien and deeply welcoming. Patricia Little has taught, usually French, at Colleges and Universities in Ghana, Sierra Leone, France, England and Ireland, and has published books on Simone Weil, Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet, Georges Hardy and Cheikh Hamidou Kane. She and her husband divide their year between Ireland, where their son lives, and a village in France half-way between the Cévennes and the Camargue.

Om Productions Unlimited

These cards will be available for sale at Rinpoche's Irish teachings.

All proceeds from sales will go to Rigul projects in India and Tibet.

1. Shrine room decoration, Sherab Ling Monastery
Himachal Pradesh.

2. Blue doorway. Sarnath. India



3. Nizam-ud-din's Shrine. Old Delhi, India

4. Green doorway. Sarnath, India.

Cards are standard greeting cards, blank inside. Generously sponsored by the O'Brien Family and printed by Wood Printcraft. Dublin.

Enquiries : contact Annie at bodhicharya.ireland@gmail.com