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SUMMARY:Lewisham Path of Freedom
DESCRIPTION:We are a Buddhist practice and study group of the Longchen Foundation based in Lewisham in south London. \n\n\n\nOur everyday world is so familiar and seemingly mundane that we easily take it all for granted. By learning to relate to experience in a simple and direct way we can begin the great journey to discover something about what we truly are and develop the confidence to face anything we might experience. \n\n\n\nWe meet from 7:00-8:30pm at the Lewisham Unitarian Meeting House\, 41 Bromley Road\, Catford\, London SE6 2TS with our Spring term beginning 8th January\, 2024 until 18th March\, 2024 with a half-term break on 12th February\, 2024. \n\n\n\nThere is no fee\, but we ask for a donation towards costs. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, please contact southlondon@longchenfoundation.org. \n\n\n\nAbout Us\n\n\n\nThe Lewisham group has been meeting since the year 2000. The classes are taught by Caroline Cupitt\, David Hutchens and Kathy Nairne\, all of whom live locally and were close students of Rigdzin Shikpo\, who was the director and first teacher of the Longchen Foundation. \n\n\n\nThose attending are a mixture of experienced students and complete beginners who meet weekly to practice meditation together and to deepen their understanding of the Buddhist teaching. \n\n\n\nThe core teaching of our group is the view of complete openness towards your experience and the development of that attitude through the practice of formless meditation. Once or twice a year we run short courses (4-5 weeks duration) focusing on the main elements of formless meditation. At other times topics from the Path of Freedom course are presented. \n\n\n\nIf you are interested in attending the group or for more information please contact David or Caroline on 020 8690 8778 or email us via southlondon@longchenfoundation.org.
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/lewisham-pof-spring-2024/
CATEGORIES:Path of Freedom
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SUMMARY:For the Welfare of Beings
DESCRIPTION:An introduction to the bodhisattva śīlasaṃvara \n\n\n\nTaught by David Hutchens \n\n\n\nIn this series of talks we will look at the 18 root and 46 subsidiary vows that make up the bodhisattva śīlasaṃvara\, based on the commentary given by Rigdzin Shikpo in 1994. These teachings will happen on Zoom\, at the request of the current ECV group. People from the LHE and VOW groups are also warmly invited\, as indeed is anyone who has taken the bodhisattva vow from Rigdzin Shikpo. \n\n\n\nAll teachings begin at 6pm and last one hour. Please join us at 5:30pm for a brief session of meditation beforehand\, if you can. Or feel free to join five minutes before 6pm if you prefer.Tuesday\, 9 January\, 2024Tuesday\, 23 JanuaryTuesday\, 6 FebruaryTuesday\, 20 FebruaryTuesday\, 5 MarchTuesday\, 19 MarchTuesday\, 2 AprilTuesday\, 16 AprilTuesday\, 30 AprilTuesday\, 14 May \n\n\n\nPlease note these teachings are restricted to students who received the Bodhisattva Vow or Bodhicitta Abhiṣeka from Rigdzin Shikpo and we cannot allow any exceptions.
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/for-the-welfare-of-beings/
CATEGORIES:Endless Compassionate Vision
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240206T193000
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SUMMARY:Oxford Path of Freedom
DESCRIPTION:This term\, Spring 2024\, will start on 6th February carry on every Tuesday until 9th April. We will be considering the Longchen Symbol. \n\n\n\nElements of the symbol can be used to illustrate key elements of dharma that Rigdzin Shikpo thought were very important to our practice and the path. \n\n\n\nDateTeacherTopic – The Longchen Symbol6th FebWendyMandala Principle13th FebDanOpenness\, Clarity\, Sensitivity 20th FebWendyIndra Heart Essence27th FebDan and WendyMeditation and Discussion5th MarDanConfidence12th MarWendyHeart Wish19th MarDanMeditation26th MarWendy and DanMeditation and Discussion2nd AprWendyEveryday Life Practice9th AprDanGaṇacakra\n\n\n\nWe will have a week’s break as the Vernal Equinox Ceremony will be on a Tuesday this year. Sessions start at 7.30pm as usual for ~ 45mins meditation\, followed by a talk and discussion\, ending @ 9.00pm. \n\n\n\nThe zoom link has not changed but if you don’t have it please email us at oxford@longchenfoundation.org. \n\n\n\nDharma wishes\,Wendy and DanThe Oxford Path of Freedom
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/oxford-pof-spring-2024/
CATEGORIES:Path of Freedom
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SUMMARY:Guru Rinpoche Day Practice
DESCRIPTION:A monthly practice in honour of Guru Rigdzin Shikpo Rinpoche. For more information\, please contact events@longchenfoundation.org.
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/guru-rinpoche-day-practice-5/
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SUMMARY:The Sādhana of the Embodiment of All the Siddhas
DESCRIPTION:On the full Moon\, the Longchen Foundation practises the Sādhana of the Embodiment of All the Siddhas (The Sādhana of Mahāmudrā).
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/the-sadhana-of-the-embodiment-of-all-the-siddhas-3/
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SUMMARY:Lewisham Path of Freedom
DESCRIPTION:We are a Buddhist practice and study group of the Longchen Foundation based in Lewisham in south London. \n\n\n\nOur everyday world is so familiar and seemingly mundane that we  easily take it all for granted. By learning to relate to experience in a  simple and direct way we can begin the great journey to discover something about what we truly are and develop the confidence to face  anything we might experience. \n\n\n\nWe meet from 7:00-8:30pm at the Lewisham Unitarian Meeting House\, 41  Bromley Road\, Catford\, London SE6 2TS with our Summer term beginning 8th April\, 2024 until 15th July\, 2024 with a half-term break on 3rd June\, 2024. We also will not meet on bank holidays\, 6th and 27th May. \n\n\n\nThere is no fee\, but we ask for a donation towards costs. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, please contact southlondon@longchenfoundation.org. \n\n\n\nAbout Us\n\n\n\nThe Lewisham group has been meeting since the year 2000. The classes  are taught by Caroline Cupitt\, David Hutchens and Kathy Nairne\, all of  whom live locally and were close students of Rigdzin Shikpo\, who was the director and first teacher of the Longchen Foundation. \n\n\n\nThose attending are a mixture of experienced students and complete  beginners who meet weekly to practice meditation together and to deepen  their understanding of the Buddhist teaching. \n\n\n\nThe core teaching of our group is the view of complete openness  towards your experience and the development of that attitude through the  practice of formless meditation. Once or twice a year we run short  courses (4-5 weeks duration) focusing on the main elements of formless  meditation. At other times topics from the Path of Freedom course are presented. \n\n\n\nIf you are interested in attending the group or for more information  please contact David or Caroline on 020 8690 8778 or email us via southlondon@longchenfoundation.org.
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/lewisham-path-of-freedom-2/
CATEGORIES:Path of Freedom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240427T120000
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SUMMARY:Rigdzin Shikpo Day
DESCRIPTION:If you are planning to attend in person or via Zoom please book your tickets as soon as you can so we can plan for food – early bird tickets are available till Sunday evening: \n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rigdzin-shikpo-day-2024-hybrid-in-person-online-event-tickets-871500139377 \n\n\n\nThe celebration will take place at St Margaret’s Institute\, Polstead Road\, Oxford. \n\n\n\nWe gather to set up the hall at 12noon – please come early to help. \n\n\n\nWe will start around 1pm and practising together on the ground and online. We will then have contributions from senior students commemorating Rinpoche’s live and lineage and providing an outlook into the future of the Longchen Training. \n\n\n\nThis will be followed by a gaṇacakra during which we will enjoy a feast together. Please book early so we can plan for the feast. If you are partaking via Zoom please prepare some food and drink so you can join the feast remotely. There will be a short break before the gaṇacakra to prepare everything. \n\n\n\nAs part of the gaṇacakra we invite everyone to make offerings of enjoyment in form of memories\, stories\, poems\, songs\, performances\, dance to celebrate Rigdzin Shikpo and the lineage – on the ground or via Zoom. Sarah and Jonathan will be our MCs for the day and would appreciate if you could write to them with suggestions so they can co-ordinate these: beautifulcosmos@gmail.com \n\n\n\nWe are looking forward to see many of you there. \n\n\n\nThe Longchen Events Team
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/rigdzin-shikpo-day/
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SUMMARY:Lion's Roar Gate 8
DESCRIPTION:More information coming soon…
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/lions-roar-gate-8/
CATEGORIES:Lion's Roar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240521T193000
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SUMMARY:Oxford Path of Freedom: Key Lineage Masters
DESCRIPTION:We are back for a short term before the retreat season starting on 21st May with six talks based on Key Longchen lineage figures. \n\n\n\nUsual Tuesday evenings 7.30-9.00PM BST.   \n\n\n\n40 minutes formless meditation to start. \n\n\n\nPlease note the new zoom link! \n\n\n\n21/5 Garab Dorje and the Early History of Dzogchen I \n\n\n\n28/5 Garab Dorje and the Early History of Dzogchen II \n\n\n\n4/6   Garab Dorje and the Early History of Dzogchen III \n\n\n\n11/6  Guru Rinpoche \n\n\n\n18/6  Longchen Rabjam \n\n\n\n25/6  Jigme Lingpa \n\n\n\n Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.Weekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZUqcemhqjooHNyTu8aIfb5fKfeDHH3aIpqI/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGpqT0qE9CUsh-PRpwcB4_oc_PwiH5Bgo1EqAq9AglVYFbwHeRHFppXQ9n5 \n\n\n\nJoin Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81760941268?pwd=QTlwUXJpcmtZREtiZ2xNNmRTNDFCdz09 \n\n\n\nMeeting ID: 817 6094 1268Passcode: 552565
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/oxford-path-of-freedom-lineage-figures/
CATEGORIES:Path of Freedom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240629T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240630T170000
DTSTAMP:20240620T020544Z
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SUMMARY:Lion's Roar Gate 5
DESCRIPTION:This weekend is suitable for people who have attended a previous Lion’s Roar Gate 4\, as well as refreshers who’ve attended a previous Gate 4. Registration is now available on Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-lions-roar-gate-5-weekend-2930-june-in-person-and-online-tickets-920956334187
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/lions-roar-gate-5-2/
CATEGORIES:Lion's Roar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240909T190000
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SUMMARY:Lewisham Path of Freedom: Introduction to Formless Meditation
DESCRIPTION:We are a Buddhist practice and study group of the Longchen Foundation based in Lewisham in south London. \n\n\n\nOur everyday world is so familiar and seemingly mundane that we easily take it all for granted. By learning to relate to experience in a simple and direct way we can begin the great journey to discover something about what we truly are and develop the confidence to face anything we might experience. \n\n\n\nWe meet from 7:00-8:30pm at the Lewisham Unitarian Meeting House\, 41 Bromley Road\, Catford\, London SE6 2TS with our autumn term beginning 9th September\, 2024 until 9th December\, 2024 with a half-term break on 28th October\, 2024. \n\n\n\nThe first four weeks of this term will be a self-contained course introducing students to the practice of formless meditation. This practice helps us develop a greater sense of openness and sensitivity towards all that we experience and is the central practice of the Longchen Foundation. Following from that we will present other topics from the Path of Freedom curriculum starting 7th October. \n\n\n\nThere is no fee\, but we ask for a donation towards costs. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, please contact southlondon@longchenfoundation.org. \n\n\n\nAbout Us\n\n\n\nThe Lewisham group has been meeting since the year 2000. The classes are taught by Caroline Cupitt\, David Hutchens and Kathy Nairne\, all of whom live locally and were close students of Rigdzin Shikpo\, who was the director and first teacher of the Longchen Foundation. \n\n\n\nThose attending are a mixture of experienced students and complete beginners who meet weekly to practice meditation together and to deepen their understanding of the Buddhist teaching. \n\n\n\nThe core teaching of our group is the view of complete openness towards your experience and the development of that attitude through the practice of formless meditation. Once or twice a year we run short courses (4-5 weeks duration) focusing on the main elements of formless meditation. At other times topics from the Path of Freedom course are presented. \n\n\n\nIf you are interested in attending the group or for more information please contact David or Caroline on 020 8690 8778 or email us via southlondon@longchenfoundation.org.
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/lewisham-path-of-freedom-introduction-to-formless-meditation/
CATEGORIES:Path of Freedom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240911T000000
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SUMMARY:Rigdzin Shikpo Stupa Consecration at Tyn y Gors
DESCRIPTION:With the Mandala Mother’s blessing Lama Shenpen extends this invitation to students of Rigdzin Shikpo Rinpoche: \n\n\n\nI am inviting all students of Rigdzin Shikpo Rinpoche to participate in the consecration rituals for his ashes and their enshrining in stupas\, to take place 11th-13th September 2024 at ‘Shikling’\, as Khenpo Rinpoche named Tyn y Gors. \n\n\n\nThe rituals will be conducted by Choje Lama Puntsok who consecrated the Stupa at the Hermitage of the Awakened Heart in 2011. In consultation with Longchen’s Mandala Mother\, I have asked a number of eminent Lamas about the proper way to consecrate the ashes of a Dzogchen master such as Rigdzin Shikpo Rinpoche. All my informants suggested the best person to ask was Lama Phuntsok since he is very experienced in performing the time-honoured rituals of our lineage. We are most fortunate in that he has very kindly agreed to make a special trip from Nepal in September to perform the rituals for us. \n\n\n\nRinpoche’s ashes will be prepared and then placed inside two stupas. One copper 3ft tall copper stupa will abide at Shikling (Tyn y Gors)\, and a smaller portable stupa will be taken to Rigdzin Shikpo’s residence at Beechey Avenue in Oxford. \n\n\n\nThe ceremonies will happen from 11th  – 13th September and will include prayers and celebrations by Rigdzin Shikpo’s students in the Longchen Foundation and the Awakened Heart Sangha. \n\n\n\nThe power of a Dharma occasion like this is augmented by the faith and participation of many people. Your contribution in spirit and in kind serves to further empower the mandala of Awakening centred on the relics and the stupas containing them. They become the vehicles of Rinpoche’s ongoing presence. \n\n\n\nFor greatest effect an extensive team of helpers is needed for 2 weeks from the 2nd-16th September. There will be all kinds of tasks – hosting Lamas\, driving\, cooking\, building\, cleaning\, rituals\, welcoming guests\, you name it. If you’re able to come and help\, especially for a week or more\, please email Jonathan at jonathanjfshaw@gmail.com.  \n\n\n\nA sum somewhere in the region of £25\,000 will be needed to cover all the various expenses including a generous donation to Lama Phuntsok in gratitude for his coming all this way to perform these rituals for us. A further email with details of how you can contribute will come soon. \n\n\n\nAt the funeral last year we raised about £4\,500 for small stupas for people to put on their shrines. Subsequently I discovered this is advised against since it could create obstacles to Rigdzin Shikpo Rinpoche’s further activity. It is best to keep the ashes in one or two special places where they can be a powerful focus for the devotion of his students and followers. I apologise for this confusion and I hope that everyone who donated is happy for the fund’s raised to be used to consecrate the two stupas now planned.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLama Shenpen offers the following explanation of the importance of Rigdzin Shikpo Rinpoche’s relics: \n\n\n\nRigdzin Shikpo Rinpoche was regarded as a realised Dzogchen master by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche even before he did a three year retreat in the back bedroom of his Oxford semi in 1989. The Vidyadara Trungpa Rinpoche and HH Khyentse Rinpoche had already asked him to establish a Dzogchen practice group called Longchen Foundation. Ringu Tulku Rinpoche often refers to him as a Dzogchen Master and as a good friend of his with whom he loved to converse about Dharma and mathematics. \n\n\n\nWhen Rigdzin Shikpo explained the meditation experiences he was having to the Vidyadara Trungpa Rinpoche at the end of his visit to Seminary in Canada (1981)\, Rinpoche said that they showed that he was 200% connected to himself.  \n\n\n\nKhenpo Rinpoche said that he had given Rigdzin Shikpo Rinpoche the whole of his Dharma teaching\, omitting nothing. In other words it was one full vessel pouring its contents into another. Various other Lamas including Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche admired the strength of Rigdzin Shikpo’s samaya with Trungpa Rinpoche and his student’s faith in him. This is traditionally regarded as a sign of the greatness of a teacher. \n\n\n\nWe have been so fortunate to have been able to meet and learn from such a master and to be in possession of his legacy in terms of writings and recorded materials and his relics. His students now have the opportunity to continue to teach from what they have received through his adishtana and their own devotion\, connection\, study and practice. May all his students work together harmoniously to preserve and pass on these teachings and the connection to the adishtana of his lineage for generations to come. \n\n\n\nAny mandala manifests on the basis of mysterious connections that cannot be accessed through analysis and conceptual thought. Yet the connections form our world and it’s our misperception and failure to relate to these connections that lead to the endless experience of samsara. Awakening is to recognise the significance of all our connections. In Tibetan this is called tendrel and is often translated as auspicious connections. Stupas\, rituals\, relics\, pilgrimage and our faith and connections with the Guru and each other create auspicious connections that hasten our Enlightenment and that of all beings. \n\n\n\nThe world of manifestation is not separate from mind. That’s not to say everything is mind as opposed to material. It’s saying what is material and what is mind are not different – they are reality and cannot be separated. \n\n\n\nTo think of relics as merely ashes\, as just material isn’t true. When Rigdzin Shikpo Rinpoche was alive they were him and they still are him. What could that possibly mean? \n\n\n\nEvery point in space interpenetrates every other – none is separate. If everything were indeed impermanent then nothing would carry over to the present. What we imagine we are seeing is what’s impermanent and unreal – gone like a dream. They are a mistaken perception that we have laid over the real\, ungraspable\, mysterious connections that are Reality. In other words Totality is without separation – it’s not in time. Take a rock which has millions\, if not billions of years of history. If all that had gone there would be no record and in fact no stone at all. The stone is like a visible manifestation of billions of connections that have never gone anywhere. \n\n\n\nThe relics of a person are the same\, they are their whole mandala through countless lives in the past and those to come. If we respect these relics as the centre of their mandala then we are engaging and empowering that mandala and it is empowering us.  \n\n\n\nWe empower the relics through time honoured ritual actions and place them in a stupa (or stupas). This creates a mandala structure that we can empower by focusing on it with faith and ritual activities. The more people that focus on it with faith the more its adishtana is activated\, its reality is accessed and can enter us and our own reality. Ritual is magic. Even just to prostrate to a stupa or shrine has magical power; it’s not just that it has a psychological effect. It is far more than that. \n\n\n\nThe universe is not separate from mind or beings – it’s nothing more or less than beings and their worlds. When people look out into the vastness of the universe and say it makes them feel small\, it’s because they are trying to look at it as separate from themselves. It’s neither all “out there” nor all “in here” – it’s without inside and outside. It’s really hard to sustain such a view. Momentarily we can intuit it\, but it takes a great deal of training (purification\, faith\, prayer etc.) to realise it ( to really make it real for ourselves)\, rather than simply leaving it as a mere flash experience. \n\n\n\nSo enshrining Rigdzin Shikpo’s relics in a stupa is in fact a cosmic act – a ritual act \, in other words it is magic. It creates a mandala that we can enter and empower. We can open to its power and influence\, which is to open to the whole interpenetrating universe of all Buddhas and their realms. Rigdzin Shikpo understood this when he said he wanted his relics in a stupa. His presence will be there. His wishes\, his adishtana and pranidanas for the Awakening of all beings will be there. \n\n\n\nHere is a recording of a teaching Rigdzin Shikpo gave on the significance of stupas at the occasion of the consecration of the stupa at the Hermitage:
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/rigdzin-shikpo-stupa-consecration-at-tyn-y-gors/
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SUMMARY:BGL 30th Year Anniversary
DESCRIPTION:Teachings with Birthe Backendorf. More information coming soon…
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/bgl-30th-year-anniversary/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241007T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241007T203000
DTSTAMP:20240713T163013Z
CREATED:20240713T162053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240713T163013Z
UID:5155-1728327600-1728333000@www.longchenfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Lewisham Path of Freedom
DESCRIPTION:We are a Buddhist practice and study group of the Longchen Foundation based in Lewisham in south London. \n\n\n\nOur everyday world is so familiar and seemingly mundane that we easily take it all for granted. By learning to relate to experience in a simple and direct way we can begin the great journey to discover something about what we truly are and develop the confidence to face anything we might experience. \n\n\n\nWe meet from 7:00-8:30pm at the Lewisham Unitarian Meeting House\, 41 Bromley Road\, Catford\, London SE6 2TS with our autumn term beginning 9th September\, 2024 until 9th December\, 2024 with a half-term break on 28th October\, 2024. \n\n\n\nThe first four weeks of this term will be a self-contained course introducing students to the practice of formless meditation. This practice helps us develop a greater sense of openness and sensitivity towards all that we experience and is the central practice of the Longchen Foundation. Following from that we will present other topics from the Path of Freedom curriculum starting 7th October. \n\n\n\nThere is no fee\, but we ask for a donation towards costs. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, please contact southlondon@longchenfoundation.org. \n\n\n\nAbout Us\n\n\n\nThe Lewisham group has been meeting since the year 2000. The classes are taught by Caroline Cupitt\, David Hutchens and Kathy Nairne\, all of whom live locally and were close students of Rigdzin Shikpo\, who was the director and first teacher of the Longchen Foundation. \n\n\n\nThose attending are a mixture of experienced students and complete beginners who meet weekly to practice meditation together and to deepen their understanding of the Buddhist teaching. \n\n\n\nThe core teaching of our group is the view of complete openness towards your experience and the development of that attitude through the practice of formless meditation. Once or twice a year we run short courses (4-5 weeks duration) focusing on the main elements of formless meditation. At other times topics from the Path of Freedom course are presented. \n\n\n\nIf you are interested in attending the group or for more information please contact David or Caroline on 020 8690 8778 or email us via southlondon@longchenfoundation.org.
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/lewisham-path-of-freedom-3/
CATEGORIES:Path of Freedom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241008T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241008T210000
DTSTAMP:20241208T201517Z
CREATED:20241019T191146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241208T201517Z
UID:5178-1728415800-1728421200@www.longchenfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Oxford Path of Freedom: Never Turn Away
DESCRIPTION:We are back for the winter term starting on 8th Oct doing a series of talks on Rigdzin Shikpo’s book ‘Never Turn Away’ \n\n\n\nUsual Tuesday evenings 7.30-9.00PM BST.   \n\n\n\n40 minutes formless meditation to start. \n\n\n\nWe are going to be working through a chapter a week with the idea that we can all read along as we go.  So please find/source your book so that it is close to hand in time! \n\n\n\nIt is really very wonderful reading and worth revisiting over and over.  Really does go straight to the heart of Rinpoche’s teachings. \n\n\n\nTrungpa Rinpoche’s great saying was\, ‘Turn toward everything.’ \n\n\n\nThere’s something very wholesome about turning toward things completely and openly. \n\n\n\nIt is sharp and uncontrived and feels genuine in a way that our \n\n\n\nordinary projections and ways of handling things never do. \n\n\n\nRigdzin Shikpo – Never Turn Away \n\n\n\nPlease email us for the zoom link! \n\n\n\noxford@longchenfoundation.org
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/oxford-path-of-freedom-never-turn-away/
CATEGORIES:Path of Freedom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241019T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241020T170000
DTSTAMP:20240917T151009Z
CREATED:20240917T150449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240917T151009Z
UID:5163-1729332000-1729443600@www.longchenfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Lion's Roar Gate 9
DESCRIPTION:Teachings with Mary Mackay-James. More information coming soon…
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/lions-roar-gate-9/
CATEGORIES:Lion's Roar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241109T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241110T170000
DTSTAMP:20241019T204314Z
CREATED:20240917T150730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241019T204314Z
UID:5165-1731146400-1731258000@www.longchenfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Lion's Roar Gate 6
DESCRIPTION:The moment of the Buddha’s enlightenment has been likened to a ‘Lion’s Roar’. The Lion’s Roar course introduces the Dzogchen tradition of Buddhist meditation. \n\n\n\nThis Gate 6 hybrid (in person and online) weekend is suitable for people who have attended a previous Lion’s Roar Gate 5 weekend\, and for everyone who would like to revisit the wonderful teachings of Gate 6. Special refresher rates are available. \n\n\n\nTeachers: Caroline Seymour and Kathy Nairne \n\n\n\nFor those attending in person\, the event will take place at the St Margarets Institute\, Polstead Road\, Oxford OX2 6TN. If you are planning to attend in person and would like an information packet with details about Oxford accomodations\, parking etc. please contact the organisers Sunny and Shaun. \n\n\n\nOnline attendance is by Zoom as usual and the Zoom link will be included in the booking confirmation email so please do keep this accessible. NOTE The Zoom information will appear at the very bottom of that email (easy to overlook:) \n\n\n\nEach day the session will open at 10.30am UK time\, with people variously gathering at St Margret’s Hall or on Zoom. \n\n\n\nThe Saturday session will start 11.00am UK time with an introduction by the event organiser\, a group formless meditation practice and then teachings by Caroline Seymour/Kathy Nairne. \n\n\n\nThe Sunday will start 11 am UK time with a Gate 6 meditation practice\, followed by teaching sessions with Caroline or Kathy. On both days there will be an opportunity to ask questions and to talk online with your fellow practitioners. \n\n\n\nThe weekend will finish on Sunday at 5.30pm UK time. \n\n\n\nRegistration is open on Eventbrite now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-lions-roar-gate-6-weekend-9th10th-nov-2024-in-person-and-online-tickets-1018764180087 \n\n\n\nAny questions – please contact the event organisers: \n\n\n\nSunny Howard – sunnyhoward2@gmail.com \n\n\n\nShaun Dodds – shaun.dodds@icloud.com
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/lions-roar-gate-6/
CATEGORIES:Lion's Roar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241208T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241208T170000
DTSTAMP:20241019T200325Z
CREATED:20241018T175743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241019T200325Z
UID:5174-1733661000-1733677200@www.longchenfoundation.org
SUMMARY:HEART OF BUDDHA
DESCRIPTION:HEART OF BUDDHA  \n\n\n\nLiving in a Sacred World \n\n\n\nWe are very pleased to announce that Francesca Fremantle has agreed to teach a Heart of Buddha this year. The title will be Living in a Sacred World. \n\n\n\nEveryday we seem to be faced with overwhelming amounts of suffering in the world; war\, famine and disease and it can be easy to get disillusioned. \n\n\n\nHowever the Buddha showed us how to relate to the world as it actually is rather than how we think it is. \n\n\n\nThe Buddhist path of training reveals a deeper reality beyond our confusion –  a truly sacred world that exists despite all the chaos that seems to overlay it. \n\n\n\n‘You know you can never escape your own being\, the being of reality\, or the sacred\, if you like. It is forever with you.’   \n\n\n\n – Rigdzin Shikpo Rinpoche Oct 2018 \n\n\n\nFrancesca is the author The Tibetan Book of the Dead (1975) which she translated in collaboration with Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. She later published detailed guide to it\, Luminous Emptiness (2004) which has been successful for over two decades. \n\n\n\nRegistration open now on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-in-a-sacred-world-a-heart-of-buddha-talk-by-francesca-fremantle-tickets-1047100434587?aff=oddtdtcreator
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/heart-of-buddha-3/
LOCATION:St. Margaret’s Hall\, 30 Polstead Road\, Oxford\, OX2 6TN\, United Kingdom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250111T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250112T170000
DTSTAMP:20241110T193010Z
CREATED:20241110T193007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241110T193010Z
UID:5197-1736589600-1736701200@www.longchenfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Endless Compassionate Vision: Level 7
DESCRIPTION:More information coming soon!
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/endless-compassionate-vision-level-7/
CATEGORIES:Endless Compassionate Vision
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250113T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250113T203000
DTSTAMP:20250204T192528Z
CREATED:20241230T111147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T192528Z
UID:5222-1736794800-1736800200@www.longchenfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Lewisham Path of Freedom
DESCRIPTION:We are a Buddhist practice and study group of the Longchen Foundation based in Lewisham in south London. \n\n\n\nOur everyday world is so familiar and seemingly mundane that we easily take it all for granted. By learning to relate to experience in a simple and direct way we can begin the great journey to discover something about what we truly are and develop the confidence to face anything we might experience. \n\n\n\nWe meet from 7:00-8:30pm at the Lewisham Unitarian Meeting House\, 41 Bromley Road\, Catford\, London SE6 2TS with our with our spring term beginning 13th January\, 2025 until 7th April\, 2025 with a half-term break on 24th February\, 2025. \n\n\n\nThere is no fee\, but we ask for a donation towards costs. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, please contact southlondon@longchenfoundation.org. \n\n\n\nAbout Us\n\n\n\nThe Lewisham group has been meeting since the year 2000. The classes are taught by Caroline Cupitt\, David Hutchens and Kathy Nairne\, all of whom live locally and were close students of Rigdzin Shikpo\, who was the director and first teacher of the Longchen Foundation. \n\n\n\nThose attending are a mixture of experienced students and complete beginners who meet weekly to practice meditation together and to deepen their understanding of the Buddhist teaching. \n\n\n\nThe core teaching of our group is the view of complete openness towards your experience and the development of that attitude through the practice of formless meditation. Once or twice a year we run short courses (4-5 weeks duration) focusing on the main elements of formless meditation. At other times topics from the Path of Freedom course are presented. \n\n\n\nIf you are interested in attending the group or for more information please contact David or Caroline on 020 8690 8778 or email us via southlondon@longchenfoundation.org.
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/lewisham-path-of-freedom-4/
CATEGORIES:Path of Freedom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250116T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250116T200000
DTSTAMP:20241219T172209Z
CREATED:20220516T165132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241219T172209Z
UID:4030-1737054000-1737057600@www.longchenfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Path of Freedom: Longchen Open
DESCRIPTION:Longchen Open Meditation Group\n\n\n\nAnyone looking to make or deepen a connection to the Longchen Foundation and the teachings of Rigdzin Shikpo can now attend an hour’s on-line open meditation group.  The Longchen Open group will take place on Zoom each Thursday evening from 7pm to 8pm UK time\, beginning Thursday 16th  January  \n\n\n\nThe hour starts with a Longchen instructor giving simple instruction on formless meditation\, followed by roughly 20 to 30 minutes of formless meditation practice.  The final 15 or 20 minutes are an opportunity for open discussion about meditation or other practice topics. \n\n\n\nIf you would like to attend\, or have any questions\, please email pof@longchenfoundation.org and you will receive the Zoom link. We will use the same Zoom link for each session\, so once you have it you won’t need to ask again.   We are excited by this opportunity to practise together with old and new friends inspired by the vision of Rigdzin Shikpo.
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/pof-longchen-open-summer-2022/
CATEGORIES:Path of Freedom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250121T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250121T210000
DTSTAMP:20250125T112417Z
CREATED:20250125T112302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250125T112417Z
UID:5248-1737487800-1737493200@www.longchenfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Oxford Path of Freedom
DESCRIPTION:We are back for the Spring term starting on 14th Jan doing a series of talks on Rigdzin Shikpo’s book ‘Never Turn Away’ \n\n\n\nThis term will run from 14th Jan – 11th Feb then we are going to have 3 week half-term break as Dan will be on retreat. \n\n\n\nBack on 11th March – 15th April. \n\n\n\nUsual Tuesday evenings 7.30-9.00PM BST.   \n\n\n\n40 minutes formless meditation to start. \n\n\n\nWe are going to be working through a chapter a week with the idea that we can all read along as we go.  So please find/source your book so that it is close to hand in time! \n\n\n\nIt is really very wonderful reading and worth revisiting over and over.  Really does go straight to the heart of Rinpoche’s teachings. \n\n\n\nTrungpa Rinpoche’s great saying was\, ‘Turn toward everything.’ \n\n\n\nThere’s something very wholesome about turning toward things completely and openly. \n\n\n\nIt is sharp and uncontrived and feels genuine in a way that our \n\n\n\nordinary projections and ways of handling things never do. \n\n\n\nRigdzin Shikpo – Never Turn Away \n\n\n\nPlease email us for the zoom link!
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/oxford-path-of-freedom/
CATEGORIES:Path of Freedom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250201T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250201T190000
DTSTAMP:20241230T111413Z
CREATED:20240127T170739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241230T111413Z
UID:5112-1738414800-1738436400@www.longchenfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Longchenpa Day
DESCRIPTION:On Longchenpa Day we celebrate the life and legacy of the incomparable 14th century Tibetan Buddhist teacher Longchen Rabjam\, for whom the Longchen Foundation is named. This day will include a showing of a video recording of a previous teaching Rigdzin Shikpo gave on Longchenpa Day as well as a gaṇacakra celebration. This event is only open to members of the Longchen Foundation and will take place online and in-person.
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/longchenpa-day-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250215T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250222T235959
DTSTAMP:20241007T024540Z
CREATED:20241007T024537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T024540Z
UID:5169-1739577600-1740268799@www.longchenfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Lion's Roar Year 2 Retreat
DESCRIPTION:The Lion’s Roar Year 2 retreat is an opportunity to deepen your experience and understanding of the view and practice of Gates 1 through 6. This retreat will take place at the beautiful Glasfryn Estate near Pwllheli in Wales\, the ideal location to settle the mind and engage in the profound exploration of the foundational Lion’s Roar teachings in the supportive company of fellow practitioners. \n\n\n\nThis retreat will review the teachings and practices of years 1 and 2 of the Lion’s Roar\, so all participants must complete Gate 6 before attending. For more information and any questions please contact Sunny at sunnyhoward2@gmail.com.
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/lions-roar-year-2-retreat-2/
CATEGORIES:Lion's Roar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250215T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250219T170000
DTSTAMP:20241007T015735Z
CREATED:20240917T150837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T015735Z
UID:5166-1739613600-1739984400@www.longchenfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Lion's Roar Year 3 Retreat and Graduation Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Teachings with Mary Mackay-James. More information coming soon…
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/lions-roar-year-3-retreat-and-graduation-celebration/
CATEGORIES:Lion's Roar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250217T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250217T203000
DTSTAMP:20250207T131417Z
CREATED:20250207T131415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250207T131417Z
UID:5255-1739818800-1739824200@www.longchenfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Lewisham Path of Freedom
DESCRIPTION:We are a Buddhist practice and study group of the Longchen Foundation based in Lewisham in south London. \n\n\n\nOur everyday world is so familiar and seemingly mundane that we easily take it all for granted. By learning to relate to experience in a simple and direct way we can begin the great journey to discover something about what we truly are and develop the confidence to face anything we might experience. \n\n\n\nWe meet from 7:00-8:30pm at the Lewisham Unitarian Meeting House\, 41 Bromley Road\, Catford\, London SE6 2TS with our with our spring term beginning 13th January\, 2025 until 7th April\, 2025 with a half-term break on 24th February\, 2025. \n\n\n\nThere is no fee\, but we ask for a donation towards costs. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, please contact southlondon@longchenfoundation.org. \n\n\n\nAbout Us\n\n\n\nThe Lewisham group has been meeting since the year 2000. The classes are taught by Caroline Cupitt\, David Hutchens and Kathy Nairne\, all of whom live locally and were close students of Rigdzin Shikpo\, who was the director and first teacher of the Longchen Foundation. \n\n\n\nThose attending are a mixture of experienced students and complete beginners who meet weekly to practice meditation together and to deepen their understanding of the Buddhist teaching. \n\n\n\nThe core teaching of our group is the view of complete openness towards your experience and the development of that attitude through the practice of formless meditation. Once or twice a year we run short courses (4-5 weeks duration) focusing on the main elements of formless meditation. At other times topics from the Path of Freedom course are presented. \n\n\n\nIf you are interested in attending the group or for more information please contact David or Caroline on 020 8690 8778 or email us via southlondon@longchenfoundation.org.
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/lewisham-path-of-freedom-5/
CATEGORIES:Path of Freedom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250303T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250303T203000
DTSTAMP:20250404T095421Z
CREATED:20250310T190053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250404T095421Z
UID:5256-1741028400-1741033800@www.longchenfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Lewisham Path of Freedom
DESCRIPTION:We are a Buddhist practice and study group of the Longchen Foundation based in Lewisham in south London. \n\n\n\nOur everyday world is so familiar and seemingly mundane that we easily take it all for granted. By learning to relate to experience in a simple and direct way we can begin the great journey to discover something about what we truly are and develop the confidence to face anything we might experience. \n\n\n\nWe meet from 7:00-8:30pm at the Lewisham Unitarian Meeting House\, 41 Bromley Road\, Catford\, London SE6 2TS with our with our spring term beginning 13th January\, 2025 until 7th April\, 2025 with a half-term break on 24th February\, 2025. \n\n\n\nThere is no fee\, but we ask for a donation towards costs. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, please contact southlondon@longchenfoundation.org. \n\n\n\nAbout Us\n\n\n\nThe Lewisham group has been meeting since the year 2000. The classes are taught by Caroline Cupitt\, David Hutchens and Kathy Nairne\, all of whom live locally and were close students of Rigdzin Shikpo\, who was the director and first teacher of the Longchen Foundation. \n\n\n\nThose attending are a mixture of experienced students and complete beginners who meet weekly to practice meditation together and to deepen their understanding of the Buddhist teaching. \n\n\n\nThe core teaching of our group is the view of complete openness towards your experience and the development of that attitude through the practice of formless meditation. Once or twice a year we run short courses (4-5 weeks duration) focusing on the main elements of formless meditation. At other times topics from the Path of Freedom course are presented. \n\n\n\nIf you are interested in attending the group or for more information please contact David or Caroline on 020 8690 8778 or email us via southlondon@longchenfoundation.org.
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/lewisham-path-of-freedom-6/
CATEGORIES:Path of Freedom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250315T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250315T170000
DTSTAMP:20250211T000659Z
CREATED:20250210T235407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T000659Z
UID:5273-1742047200-1742058000@www.longchenfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Pre-ECV (German)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/pre-ecv-german/
CATEGORIES:Endless Compassionate Vision
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250322T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250323T170000
DTSTAMP:20250318T214039Z
CREATED:20241110T193146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250318T214039Z
UID:5198-1742637600-1742749200@www.longchenfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Lion's Roar Foundation Weekend
DESCRIPTION:The Lion’s Roar: Foundation Weekend (in person and online)\n\n\n\nThe Longchen Foundation invites you to participate in the Lion’s Roar programme\, which is an introduction to Buddhist meditation in the Mahayana Maha Ati tradition of Rigdzin Shikpo. \n\n\n\nThe Lion’s Roar is suitable for both total beginners and experienced meditators\, for those of any tradition or none. The training is centred on the practice of formless meditation and working with the simplicity of our experience. \n\n\n\nOur everyday world is so familiar and seemingly mundane that we easily take it all for granted. By learning to relate to experience in a simple and direct way we can begin to discover something about what we truly are and develop the confidence to face whatever arises. \n\n\n\nThis Foundation weekend can be taken on its own as an introduction to meditation\, but also forms the basis of a three year programme of training that offers a journey into the heart of awareness itself. The only requirement is an open mind and a willingness to look directly at oneʼs own experience in a search for truth. \n\n\n\nRegistration is open now on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-lions-roar-foundation-weekend-22-23-march-2025-tickets-1094329351549 \n\n\n\nTeachers: Caroline Cupitt and Moira Brown \n\n\n\nTime: 10:30 to 4:00pm each day \n\n\n\nFormat: In-person at Rural Urban Synthesis Society (RUSS) – The Hub\, 12 Church Grove\, LadywellLondon\, SE13 7UU (NEW VENUE) and online (on Zoom) \n\n\n\nDuring the course the transmission of the formless meditation instruction is given. \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions\, please contact Dimitri at kyriazis.ch.dimitri@gmail.com
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/lions-roar-gate-1/
CATEGORIES:Lion's Roar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250329T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250330T170000
DTSTAMP:20250213T153239Z
CREATED:20241110T193318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250213T153239Z
UID:5199-1743242400-1743354000@www.longchenfoundation.org
SUMMARY:Lion's Roar Gate 7
DESCRIPTION:The moment of the Buddha’s enlightenment has been likened to a ‘Lion’s Roar’. The Lion’s Roar course introduces the Dzogchen tradition of Buddhist meditation. \n\n\n\nThis Gate 7 online weekend is suitable for people who have attended a previous Lion’s Roar Gate 6 weekend\, and for everyone who would like to revisit the teachings of Gate 7. Refresher rates are available. \n\n\n\nTeachers: Kathy Nairne & Caroline SeymourLocation: St Margaret Institute\, Oxford & online \n\n\n\nThe link and details for the Zoom meeting will be included in the booking confirmation email so please do keep this accessible. \n\n\n\nThe Saturday session will start with an introduction by the event organisers\, a short period of formless meditation practice and then teachings by Kathy Nairne & Caroline Seymour. \n\n\n\nThe Sunday will start with the Gate 7 meditation practice\, followed by teaching sessions with Kathy & Caroline. On both days there will be an opportunity to ask questions and to talk with your fellow practitioners. \n\n\n\nPlease see the Eventbrite listing for schedule times. \n\n\n\nAny questions\, please contact the Event organizers: \n\n\n\nShaun Dodds – doddsshaun1@gmail.comSunny Howard – sunnyhoward2@gmail.com
URL:https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/lions-roar-gate-7/
CATEGORIES:Lion's Roar
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