Bodhicharyavatara Teaching session five, Ch 6.

Ringu Tulku Rinpoche in teaching mudra, with his Uncle,
Thondup Dorje.Wall painting in Rigul Monastery, Kham
Eastern Tibet. Photo Francois Henrard. jpg

Here Rinpoche discusses the 72 objects of our patience and asks that we extend our awareness to the immediate causes and conditions behind situations that test our patience, to try to understand the suffering of a person when we feel tested and to try to see what is causing them to behave in a particular way. 

Prayers for the Cessation a Pandemic

The Karmapa will begin a week-long series of daily prayer sessions "Prayers for a Time of Pandemic".  Beginning  Saturday 18th April, at 3 - 4.30 pm BST.
The prayers  can be downloaded in English as a pdf. at Dharma-ebooks and have been especially chosen by The Karmapa for people to recite together with him at this time.

Bodhicharyavatara Teaching session four, Ch 6.

Ringu Tulku Rinpoche in teaching mudra, with his Uncle,
Thondup Dorje.Wall painting in Rigul Monastery,
Kham Eastern Tibet. Photo Francois Henrard. jpg

In this session this session  Rinpoche advises that when we see injustice and express our anger, it is because often our expression of compassion is frustrated by not knowing how to respond correctly, so he says we need to recognise when that is true for us. It is very important to deeply understand how the partisan attitude created through misguided anger is dangerous. To understand the wider circumstances that have caused hatred and seeing everyone’s point of view helps in the arising of compassion within ourselves. This broader perspective, he says, sows the seeds of patience.



News Update:

Ringu Tulku will be holding a live webinar Question and Answer session via zoom on Sunday 19th April at 1.30 pm BST.

He welcomes questions online, or they can be submitted beforehand, please go to the Bodhicharya.org page for details, or see latest post from Bodhicharya Ireland.

HH Karmapa to give a special live webcast on the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.

by WANGDU on 13 April, 2020

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje will give a special talk on the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic tomorrow.

Date: April 14th, 2020
Time: 14:00 hrs GMT
Link: https://www.facebook.com/karmapa/

Bodhicharyavatara Teaching session 3

 Ringu Tulku Rinpoche in teaching mudra, with his Uncle,
 Thondup Dorje. Wall painting in Rigul Monastery,
 Kham Eastern Tibet. Photo Francois Henrard. jpg

The purpose of the text, Bodhicharyavatara is to provide a pathway to liberation from suffering through inner transformation. When we practise these instructions, it can bring a freedom that is informed by wisdom. In turn we see how generating awareness of our actions and responses to lived experience will help us develop a compassionate attitude towards others and help them to arrive at this understanding. In this session Rinpoche summarises the first 5 chapters, developing Bodhichitta, Generosity and Vigilant Introspection. 

Bodhicharyavatara Teachings Synopsis 2.

Ringu Tulku in teaching mudras with his Uncle, Thondup Dorje
in a wall painting at Rigul Monastery, Kham, Eastern Tibet. 

In this video Rinpoche discusses the awakening of fearlessness and resulting stability that arises when we act out of love with a common purpose, for the greater good of all and with no expectation.  

When we awaken compassionate fearless attitude it is empowering: it has always been there and it is imperative now that the future is so uncertain. 

Watch synopsis 2 here.

The Bodhicharyavatara Teachings Begin

A wall painting of Ringu Tulku in teaching mudra with his Uncle,
Thondup Dorje.   Rigul Monastery. Kham, Eastern Tibet.

Rinpoche has given a brief introduction to the start of weekly teachings on Bodhicharyavatara, The Way of the Bodhisattva. Please click here to listen.

He asks us all to join him in dedicating these teachings and our  practice to all who are affected by the corona virus, keeping in mind especially those carers, doctors and nurses who are tireless in their work on our behalf.