Launching BIG BUDDHA DAY DUBLIN May 17 2011

Dear Friends,

Big Buddha Day will celebrate internationally Buddha's birth, enlightenment and passing away into parinirvana EVERY year on May Full Moon Day.

For lots of info and background please check out www.bigbuddhadaydublin.blogspot.com

and www.bigbuddhaday.blogspot.com


Hope you are free to come sit with us!
Or maybe start your own BIG BUDDHA DAY event where YOU are?
Either way, please help us promote awareness of this event by emailing others and printing off our poster-

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Chenrezig Book Signing in Dublin

The new book 'CHENREZIG, The Practice of  Compassion' by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche will be on sale at the Kagyu Samy Dzong and The Hilton Hotel teachings in Kilmainham, Dublin between 6th - 10th April.
Rinpoche will be signing copies of the book at both events. To have your copy signed at the weekend, please present it before the afternoon teachings at the Hilton Hotel.

All proceeds from sales of the book will be donated to  projects at Rigul, Kham, Tibet, where there is a school and medical clinic, and where over 60 monks and nuns are also training at the newly completed Shedra for Buddhist studies.  Money is urgently needed now for the education, health and wellbeing of these youngsters who rely entirely on our contributions to survive, so all donations are gratefully received and will be directed to these people.

Ringu Tulku's New Book on Chenrezig

BOOK LAUNCH: Chenrezig – Practice of Compassion

Chenrezig

The Practice of Compassion

Commentary by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche

This new book, available from 31st of March 2011, presents a wonderful introduction to both new comers and old timers – it’s so nourishing and warms the cockles of our hearts! An inspiring and beautiful book by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, it presents a complete approach for generating and working with loving kindness and compassion in our every day lives, making ourselves, and the world, a better place
Cover illustration by R D Salga. Book design by Paul O'Connor 

here's the link if you would like more information and to order a copy.....and we hope to have some for sale at the April Teachings.

Accommodation for Rinpoche's Dublin teachings.

For people who wish to attend the teachings and are looking for local accommodation,  the Hilton Hotel Kilmainham Dublin 8 is proving a small discount if you  book mentioning you are attending  Ringu Tulku Teachings
The Sheldon Park is 10 mins away by light rail or bus and they have a very good internet offer on twin rooms for those dates (25 euro per person sharing).  Another  inexpensive hotel a little further away is the Maldron Hotel at City West which would also be convenient for the visit of HHDL on 13th April, but with bus access only to Kilmainham.
If anyone living locally is in a position to offer accommodation for any part of the visit  please contact us on bodhichary.ireland@gmail.com as there have been some enquiries.

Thank you!!

Bodhicharya Summer Camp – France 2011

This years Bodhicharya Summercamp details are now available on the Bodhicharya France website.  It is a new venue, and more suitable for families :
  
http://www.bodhicharya-france.fr/en/summercamp2011

Update on Ringu Tulku Rinpoche's Dublin Teachings

The Bodhicharya Ireland Weekend Teachings on 9th and 10th April 2011 will be on 'Turning Suffering and Happiness into Enlightenment'.  The teaching is from a text by Dodrupchen Jigmé Tenpé Nyima (1865 - 1926), who was the third incarnation of the Dodrupchen Lineage and  takes place at the Hilton Hotel Kilmainham, Dublin 8, opposite the rear entrance to IMMA.  .
The talks will begin at 9.30 am and run through to 5.30 pm.  Suggested donation €50.00 per day. These teachings raise funds for Rinpoche's charity projects.  The text can found here - please download your own copy to bring with you.  If have a personal meditation cushion please feel free to use it, and chairs will also be provided.
Please arrive in time for a prompt 9.30am start.
Lunch 1 - 2.30 each day,  there are several cafes nearby as well as in the hotel.
Parking: 5€ per day in the Hilton Car park if you mention Ringu Tulku Teachings, or free in the IMMA car park 7 mins walk away.

Also, three evening talks will take place at Kagyu Samye Dzong, 56 Inchicore Road, Dublin 8. The topic will be  "The Works of the First Karmapa',  Düsom Khyenpa.   This year is the 900th anniversary of the  Karmapa lineage and to mark this, Rinpoche will be giving progressive teachings  from the same text at centres throughout Europe. The evening talks at KSDD run from Wednesday 6th - Friday 8th April 2011  from 7.30 - 9 pm.   Suggested donation 12 euro for each talk.

Bookings and further information for both events please contact  Kagyu Samye Dzong, Kilmainham, tel 00353 1 4537427 or email info@buddhism.ie and please don't forget to download your text here for the weekend talks!

Prayers for His Holiness 17th Karmapa

Lama Chodrak has asked that certain prayers be said for His Holiness Karmapa at this time:

Dear Dharma Friends,

You may already know, His Holiness Karmapa's office is encountering some obstacles and that many groundless news have been circulating. For a reliable source of news about the development, please visit http://www.kagyuoffice.org. Meantime, His Holiness requests all students to keep calm and continue our daily Dharma practice of and say the following prayers: The Seven-Line Guru Rinpoche Prayer, Barchey Lamsel, Sampa Lhundrub, the Twenty-One Praises of Tara and Mahakala Puja also if you know how to do. So let's try our best in doing so for removing obstacles and flourishing of His Holiness's Activities.

Please note that the schedule of the 29th Kagyu Monlam will be changed because His Holiness the Dalai Lama is going to give the Kalachakra empowerment, the exact date is not decided yet, it will be put on the website as soon as it is confirmed. Hope to see you in some of the International Kagyu Monlams!

Happy Losar (Tibetan New Year) ! 

With Many Best Wishes,
Lama Chodrak