Bodhicharya Britain Centre Update

Karma Rinchen has been discussing the potential for a Bodhicharya Britain  Centre (BBC) in the UK, the plan is to find central location  to create a base for Rinpoche when he comes to these Islands as well  as a residential centre and 'meet and retreat place'  for UK & Irish Sangha.  Rinchen plans to travel with Ringu Tulku and proposes meetings with interested parties along the way. Please see Rinchen's  mail below, and if you are interested to support  the project in any way, and would available to attend a meeting with Rinchen  between 21st - 24th June while he is in Dublin, please email Bodhicharya Ireland  and we'll do our best to choose a time that can include you. If that is not possible this time, more details on the project and a contact address can be found here

Invitation from Karma Rinchen

I am currently in Sikkim but hoping to attend all of Rinpoche's June meetings in UK and Ireland (excepting Dzogchen Beara) and so looking forward to meeting those interested in this venture to establish a Bodhicharya Centre in the UK.
So I should be in London, Oxford, Southampton,Edinburgh and Glasgow as well as Dublin, Minehead and Samye Ling.  
I'm planning on giving a brief talk at each of these meetings outlining our current proposals and seeing what interest and support there is in the Bodhicharya sangha at this time. 
At the end of Rinpoche's 2012 visit, in Samy Ling, I will ask if he thinks we have enough interest and support to make a start on this.  If he thinks so, the first thing we would do would be to register a Bodhicharya charity with the UK charity commissioners.  After that we would be in a position to start fund raising and perhaps even looking for property.
So I look forward to meeting with you soon.
With best wishes
Rinchen

Kalu Yoga weekend

Lama Tsultrim with some of the Kalu Yoga study group




Lama Tsultrim and his attendant Ani Palmo presented some simple yet deeply profound teachings during the two days last weekend near Greystones in Co Wicklow. There were twelve participants, including Ani Sherab Tso, from Glasgow. Unfortunately the low temperatures kept us indoors, but thanks to Lama Tsultrim's enthusiasm and relaxed attitude, we were given a wonderfully clear introduction to the Nangpé yogas as taught by Kalu Rinpoche. His experience and erudite transmission of the teachings were very much appreciated by us all, and the instructions went way beyond those of the physical movements. The yogas can be done regularly as an aid to meditation as needed, or on their own as a complete practice. The weekend participants plan to continue to meet and practice together and look forward very much to Lama Tsultrim's next visit.

More updates coming soon on the visit of Ringu Tulku from 20th - 24th June.

Lama Tsultrim is founder of  Bodhicharya France which has its base at the retreat centre in Lusse, in the Vosges dept. of Lorraine  under the spiritual direction of Ringu Tulku. The centre welcomes all those wishing to make short or long term retreats. Please see the link above for details.

Ringu Tulku, Dublin Visit. June 2012

'Compassion and love are not mere luxuries. 

As the source both of inner and external peace, they are fundamental to the continued  survival of our species.'          His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama

We are honoured once again to be able to welcome Ringu Tulku Rinpoche to Dublin for 5 days,  from June 20th - 24th 2012, accompanied by  our dear friend Lama Shenga.  For two days of the visit Rinpoche will be teaching on The Four Immeasurables,  at the Hilton Hotel Kilmainham. The 'Four Immeasurables' are also known as 'sublime attitudes':  Loving Kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy, and Equanimity.  To develop these attitudes of mind is considered fundamental to all the mainstream religions, and in Buddhism they are understood to be essential to the awakening mind.  We cannot be Awake if we are imprisoned in a sense of limited selfhood: our Mind can only Awaken when when our hearts are able to fully embrace others with love and joy, without exception, when we no longer see friends or foes but when we see all beings as companions on the path who are each seeking the same thing as us, a life without suffering.  Rinpoche will teach on these meditation practises that are especially powerful antidotes to our habitual tendency of judging others according to our own prejudice.

Venue: The Hilton Hotel, Kilmainham, Dublin 8.
Time:  Sat 23rd - Sun 24th from 10am  - 5 pm both days.
Cost:  All of the proceeds -after costs- from these teachings will be donated to Ringu Tulku's  personal charities.  We suggest a donation of 50 euro for each day [100€ for the weekend]. However if you are in the happy position to be able to give more, that will be greatly appreciated.
The Hilton Hotel is partly sponsoring the event, and will provide reduced fee parking in  their underground car park if you bring your parking ticket to reception. There is also free parking at IMMA, as well as a small amount of free parking on Inchicore Road.  Please be mindful of residents' car spaces.

Rinpoche will also be teaching at Kagyu Samye Dzong on 20th/ 21st/ 22nd June  details here.
Please see Ringu Tulku's projects in Tibet  and Berlin

May all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness

May all be free from the suffering and the causes of suffering

May they all live in that great impartiality that knows know suffering

May they all rest in equanimity, free from attachment and aversion 

Big Buddha Day 2012

Bruno Breathnach of Bodhicharya Ireland is inviting groups of meditators around the world come together in their own locality for 1 hour any time on May 5 2012, and simply sit... he says 'no speeches or prayers or anything extra, just sit together somewhere open and inspiring -  BODY STILL, SPEECH SILENT, MIND AT REST'


please see www.bigbuddhaday.blogspot.com for the full story!

Visit to Dublin of Lama Tsultrim to teach Nangpé Yoga in Ireland, May 2012

The Nangpé Yoga Instructions of  Yoga of the Venerable Kalu Rinpoche [1905-1989].
These are a specific teaching to accompany meditation practice, and the course will integrate both theory and movement.

‘This yoga is directed to the inside and leads to the understanding of the nature of the mind. It offers a harmonious set of dynamic exercises for the body speech and mind that are accessible to all, Buddhists and non Buddhists, young or old, beginners or advanced practitioners of other forms of yoga. These exercises include positions and symbolic guestures, the experience of space and motion, techniques of relaxation and massage, breathing practises, working on the subtle energies and the chakras, mantra recitation, and the experience of voidness and the clarity of mind’.          
Passage taken from Kalu Rinpocheʼs introduction to the instruction manual.

Lama Tsultrim Gelek

Lama Tsultrim took ordination in 1985 with Kalu Rinpoche, and was fully ordained by Bokar Rinpoche in 1988, after completing a three year, three month retreat in France. Ten years later he established the Dashang Buddhist Centre in Strasburg, under the guidance of Bokar Rinpoche. After the death of Bokar Rinpoche, Ladannma Tsultrim extended an invitation to Ringu Tulku, to take on the role of spiritual director of the centre which then became known as Bodhicharya France/Strasburg.
Whilst the previous Kalu Rinpoche was alive he devised and taught a set of practices that became known as the ‘Kalu Yogas’.  These he taught in Scotland, France and Belgium.  Lama Tsultrim is one of those who received the teachings, and has been asked by Ringu Tulku to teach them to Bodhicharya Students. Lama Tsultrim and his students have organised the last six Bodhicharya France summercamps for Rinpoche. He runs the Bodhicharya retreat centre at Lusse, in eastern France, and teaches at centres across Europe.  

This course will run on the 12th &13th May 2012 at a venue near Greystones, in north Co. Wicklow.  There are a small number of places remaining, and will be given on a first come basis.  Cost for the weekend €50. 
Please indicate your interest by emailing  bodhicharya.ireland@gmail.com  if you would like to attend.

Rinpoche's Travel Schedule for 2012 is now available on line

please see the 

Bodhicharya In Touch Webpage 

for information on Rinpoche's schedule for spring/summer 2012

Great News for Losar - Ringu Tulku to Visit Dublin in June 2012 -

We are very happy to welcome Ringu Tulku  to Dublin   21st - 24th  June 2012.  Rinpoche's first visit to Ireland was in January 1990, when he stayed for three weeks and taught both at Dublin Samye Dzong and in Dzogchen Beara in West Cork, at the invitation of both Akong Rinpoche and Sogyal Rinpoche.   At the time both were 'fledgeling' centres and we have been indebted for the  continuing support of Rinpoche's wonderful visits.   Bodhicharya Ireland was formed by a group of Rinpoche's long term students in 2008 and each year hosts a weekend teaching in Dublin.

Best wishes to everyone for the Tibetan New Year of the Male Water Dragon - and we'll have more details on Rinpoche's upcoming visit soon.