We are excited to announce a new Path of Freedom course for the autumn/winter term, starting 19th September and carrying on every Tuesday until 12th December. We know it has been a long break since the parinirvāṇa of Rigdzin Shikpo and we are looking forward to meeting again regularly. This term we…
Beyond Birth and Death – A Heart of the Buddha Public Talk at St. Margaret’s Institute and online stream with Francesca Fremantle. Francesca Fremantle, author of Luminous Emptiness and co-author with Trungpa Rinpoche of The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a senior student of Rigdzin Shikpo Rinpoche. Rigdzin Shikpo,…
You are invited to join us for Lion’s Roar Gate 3 taught by Kathy Nairne this forthcoming 8-9 July. This gate concludes the first year of the teachings of the Lion’s Roar and is open to anyone who has attended Gate 2 at any time in the past. The teachings…
With the greatest sorrow we share the news that Rigdzin Shikpo Rinpoche, the lineage holder of the Longchen Foundation, demonstrated the truth of impermanence and passed away on the evening of 28 April. Throughout his life, Rigdzin Shikpo worked tirelessly for the good of others and, with enormous care, painstakingly…
Dharma Quotation: Appearance and Emptiness What you see that appears before you can be said to emerge from ungraspable emptiness. As Trungpa Rinpoche says, “Nothing whatever but everything arises from it.” Everything arises from that state which cannot be said to be anything at all in any conceptual or identifiable…
Ongoing Path of Freedom Oxford Teachings This forthcoming Tuesday at 7:30pm UK time, The Oxford Path of Freedom group will be teaching online on “How Projections Arise.” This teaching is part of the Oxford group’s series of talks on assorted topics fundamental to Buddhist practice and philosophy. In the following…
Monthly Dharma Quotation: The Great Sky An important part of celebrating the solstices and equinoxes is the idea of a cycle. The cycle of the seasons if you like, of Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. But also the cycle of the breath, the in and out-breath and also the cycle of…
The most important thing in a Dharma mandala is that the central principle should be what is called Bodhicitta, the awakened heart, which is wisdom and compassion in union. And what you want to send out, as it were, through the gates of the mandala is what is associated with…
Don’t Delay: Only a Week Left to Reserve Your Spot! We’re very happy to start the new year with a Lion’s Roar Foundation Weekend. The Lion’s Roar is a three year training in meditation practice, which aims to introduce students to the view of the highest Buddhist teachings, known as…
We now have the opportunity to start the forthcoming year 2023 with the profound teachings of the Lion’s Roar Foundation Weekend. We’re happy to announce that registration is currently open for this event which will be taught by Kathy Nairne, one of Rigdzin Shikpo’s earliest students. The Lion’s Roar is…
