Schedule 2019 – Drupon Rinpoche

In 2015 Drupon Khen Rinpoche decided to travel for no more than three months each year and to spend most of his time in Thrangu Sekhar Retreat Center, Nepal. Drupon Rinpoche feels he is better able to serve the buddhadharma and sentient beings by dedicating most of his time to the development of a single group of full-time students, with the hope that they come to fully embody the teachings and maintain the lineage.

Nepal

Date	Location	Details
Usual residence	Thrangu Sekhar Retreat Centre, Bhaktapur	Daily Teachings
9th, 14th, 24th and 29th of the Tibetan calendar	Thrangu Shedra, Namobuddha	Teachings on Heart-Nectar Advice by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, to the Shedra students and Khenpos.
9-11 August	Thrangu Chopel Ling Temple, Nar	Drupon Khen Rinpoche has been requested to preside over the consecration and opening ceremony of the new Narsam Drubcho Ling Temple (སྣར་བསམ་གྲུབ་ཆོས་གླིང་དགོན་པ།). The temple was originally established in 1604 by the Lama of Nar, Karma Wangchug, after receiving the sacred command to do so from Karma Lobzang, a student of The 10th Karmapa Choying Dorje and The 6th Shamarpa Chokyi Wangchug. The temple has been rebuilt with help from the people of Nar and the ceremony of consecration and reopening will take place on the 10th of the sixth month of the Tibetan calendar (10th August 2019.) As part of the ceremonies to mark this auspicious event, Khen Rinpoche will give public teachings to Temple’s local community. Also during his visit to the Nar region, he will visit and teach at Thrangu Chopel Ling Temple. The timetable for the three day visit, from 9th-11th August will be as follows: 9th August pm: Public Dharma teachings for the local community 10th August am: The consecration and opening ceremony of the new Temple 10th August pm: Public Dharma teachings for the general public 11th August: visit to Thrangu Chopel Ling Temple(སྣར་ས་སྟེག་ཁྲ་འགུ་ཆོས་འཕེལ་གླིང་དགོན་པ།) with public Dharma teachings t in the afternoon. More
20-26 November	Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery, Namo Buddha, Nepal	Annual One-Week Retreat for Thrangu Monastery Lamas with teachings on The Precious Ornament of Liberation by Gampopa

Outside of Nepal

Date	Location	Details
18 February - 1 March	Vajra Vidya Institute, Sarnath, Varanasi, India	Drupon Khen Rinpoche will be teaching a course at the 19th Vajra Vidya International Seminar at the request and on behalf of Kenchen Thrangu Rinpoche due to a recent health issue. Teaching: Chapter 6 on Patience from The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva Interpreters: English – Khenpo Choephel Chinese (FM radio) – Khenpo Nyima Dondrup For course details from Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche's website, please visit this link More
10-17 June	Kagyu Samye Ling, Scotland	Second UK Kagyu Monlam. Teaching on A Song on Seizing the Royal Seat of the Kagyu, by Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thaye. Details on Samye Ling's website
22-28 June	Thrangu Vajrayana Buddhist Center, Hong Kong	Calm Abiding Meditation Retreat with teaching on The Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment by Atisha
29-30 June	Ewam Yeshe Dharma Centre, Tokyo, Japan	Calm abiding Meditation and Fundamental Buddhist Principles
3-7 July	Thrangu Dharmakara, Toronto, Canada	Calm Abiding Meditation
8 July	Karma Tekchen Zabsal Ling, Toronto Thrangu Centre, Ontario, Canada	Introduction to the Fundamental Aspects of Buddhism Karma Tekchen Zabsal Ling's website
21-22 September	Kagyu Samye Dzong London, UK	Teaching on A Song on Seizing the Royal Seat of the Kagyu, by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye Course details on Kagyu Samye Dzong London website
23 September	Kagyu Samye Dzong Edinburgh, Scotland	Teachings on Mind Training Monday Sep 23rd 2019 7.00pm – 9.00pm Course details on Kagyu Samye Dzong Edinburgh's website
24 September	Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland	An Introduction to the Main Principles of Buddhism. Time: Tuesday 24th September 2019, 1-2pm This event is hosted by the Edinburgh Buddhist Studies network https://www.ed.ac.uk/buddhist-studies Download event's poster (PDF)
24 September - 4 October	Kagyu Samye Ling, Scotland	Teachings on Precious Ornament of Liberation by Gampopa Course details on Samye Ling's website
5 October	Kagyu Samye Ling, Scotland	Public Teaching Course details on Samye Ling's website
6-13 October	Kagyu Samye Ling, Scotland	Annual One-Week Meditation Retreat conjoined with the commemoration of the 6th Anniversary of the passing of Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche. In this meditation retreat, there will also be a change in the format of the meditation sessions – Drupon Rinpoche will guide the retreatants in an exploration of mind and thoughts by posing questions and highlighting possible issues with some of the answers people often assume to be correct. This year, for the first time, Rinpoche will provide a rare opportunity to experience the unique, traditional means of teaching authentic Buddhist meditation – by the master asking the disciples questions and thus letting them come to find the truth of real meditation for themselves. The emphasis will be on developing an understanding of what meditation really is, rather than on learning different methods. This revised format will be especially insightful for those who are slightly more experienced in meditation, and helpful for anyone who is genuinely interested in developing an authentic and effective meditation practice. Course details on Samye Ling's website More
13 October	Kagyu Samye Dzong Glasgow, Scotland	The Fundamental Principles of Buddhism Course details on Kagyu Samye Dzong Glasgow's website
15 October	Thrangu Vajra Vidya Buddhist Center, Taipei, Taiwan	Teaching on "How to practise in busy lives"
16-22 October	Hwayue Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan	One-Week Meditation Retreat with teaching on Mind Training
22 October	Thrangu Dharmakara, Taipei, Taiwan	Dharma Teaching
25 October	Kagyu Samye Dzong Cape Town, South Africa	Teaching on "What the Buddha Taught"
26-27 October	Kagyu Samye Dzong Cape Town, South Africa	Teaching on A Song on Seizing the Royal Seat of the Kagyu, by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye
28-29 October	Kagyu Samye Dzong Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa	Teachings on "Calm Abiding Meditation and Mind Training"
30 October	Kagyu Samye Dzong Johannesburg, Kensington, Johannesburg, South Africa	Public Talk on "The Essence of Buddhism"
30-31 October	Kagyu Samye Dzong Johannesburg, Kensington, Johannesburg, South Africa	Teachings on "The Four Dharmas of Gampopa"
1-3 November	Kagyu Samye Dzong, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo	Dharma Teaching