Drepung Loseling Monks return to Dublin this week.

The Monks from Drepung Loseling are due in Dublin for the Festival of World Cultures in Dun Laoghaire. They will be chanting during the festival during the weekend, but as their arrival has been delayed, the planned Sand Mandala of Chenrezig for the Park in Dunlaoghaire

Photo : The monks in Dublin on their first visit to the West, 1986

has been moved to a different venue and will now happen next week, Monday to Wednesday, 11am-8pm & Thursday 11am - 4pm from 26th-29th July and take place in no. 11 North Great Georges St. Dublin 1.Led by Lama Nyendak Tulku, the Mandala of Chenrizig will be created in coloured sand. Chenrezig symbolises the universal world of compassion. The Mandala will be created starting on Monday 26th July and on display in 11 North Great Georges Street until 4pm on Thurday 29th, when the monks will release the sand as part of the Buddhist ritual, symbolising that nothing in this world is permanent.

The Latest Rigul Trust Newsletter now available to read

We've received the latest newsletter from Margaret Richardson.

Rigul Trust Newsletter no. 5 Summer 2010
100% of all donations received will go to fund activities in the field 100% of expenses met by volunteers The objectives written into the Charity Commission Governing Document are: "The relief of poverty and financial hardship, the advancement of education, the advancement of religion, the relief of sickness, the preservation and protection of good health, in particular but not exclusively in Rigul, Kham, Tibet as the trustees may decide"

Dear Friends,
Thank you so much for all the support that you are giving for Ringu Tulku's projects through Rigul Trust. The diversity of support includes donations, helping with advice, websites, blogs, translations, fund raising, graphic design, accountancy, hand crafted goods, DVD/CDs and photographic copies of art work for sale and so many other ways. So many people are contributing from so many countries - UK: Eire: New Mexico: USA: Finland: Germany: Holland: France: Spain: Portugal: Belgium: Australia: India and Nepal.
For a full update on what is happening for survivors of the Earthquake in Yushu, Tibet, China see the Rigul Trust Website :
www.rigultrust.org where you can also donate if you would like to help.
email: info@rigultrust.org

Dilgo Khentse Yangsi Rinpoche

This might be of great interest to all dharma students who know Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and who have access to the internet...
Rigpa at Lerab Ling is offering FREE video-streaming of Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche's public talk on July 18 - this means that anyone with internet can watch LIVE for free by clicking on this website http://videostreaming.rigpa.org/
if you think it helpful, you might like to announce this soon via the various email databases and blogs/sites
For more on Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche click here.

Rinpoche Speaks About Depression

While he was in Dublin in May this year, Rinpoche spoke to Michael Frost about working with depression . here's the interview :

Rinpoche will return to Europe this month

Rinpoche is once again preparing to return to Europe and will be teaching in Portugal and at Summercamp in La Petite Pierre during July.
We also have news that His Holiness 17th Karmapa is expected to teach in Switzerland during September at the invitation of the Nyingmapa Rigdzin Community.

An Invitation to submit articles for new magazine 'MANY ROADS'

Information on a new addition for the

Bodhicharya International website:

"We are intending to put together a blog style e-magazine on our new Bodhicharya site at www.bodhicharya.org The blog will include articles; interviews; poems; reviews of books and films and music and regular features about health and food. It will be called 'Many Roads'. But, we need your help and input if we are going to make this a success and a place of real interaction between friends from all over the world.

We are therefore asking for contributions for our blog from anyone who would like to share their thoughts and inspirations and concerns, as well as anything that may be of help and interest to others. If you know of anyone whom you or we could interview that would also be great.

As a starting point, it would be good if we could receive contributions about Living the Dharma in the West. Why are you on a spiritual path at all? Has it been a bumpy or smooth path? What and who has helped you? Tell us about your journey.

Contributions are welcome from anyone, there is no need to be a Bodhicharya sangha member or even a Buddhist as we also want to hear from others on a spiritual path from different traditions and religions.

We hope to go live with our blog e-magazine at the beginning of September but we will need contributions as soon as possible. We will be happy to receive contributions on an on-going basis and hope to post the interesting pieces, I'm sure we will receive, on a regular basis. We have an editorial team who can help with editing and advice on length of articles and interviews etc.

So there is no need to be shy, please just get in touch by emailing us at manyroads@bodhicharya.org if you have any questions or if you wish to submit your piece for inclusion in our blog".

ENJOY!

Rinpoche's Shedra Teachings on the Two Truths given at Lerab Ling last weekend are available to download at the following sites.

www.rigpawiki.org / www.rigpashedra.org