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- The Passing of Rigdzin Shikpo RinpocheWith 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…
- Cinema Shikpo, New HOB Video Available, Lineage Day, and Forthcoming POF ClassesDharma 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…
- Lion’s Roar Gate 2, Path of Freedom Teachings and Longchen OpenOngoing 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…
- LR Gate 2, Tenshuk Ceremony, Cinema Shikpo and Much MoreMonthly 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,…
- Cinema Shikpo! This Friday 3 February, 5:00 pm UK TimeThe 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…
- Forthcoming Lion’s Roar Foundation Weekend and Path of Freedom Classes ResumeDon’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…
- January Lion’s Roar Foundation Weekend With Kathy NairneWe 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…
- Heart of Buddha with Rigdzin Shikpo on December 3rdAfter having to cancel the Heart of Buddha Teachings earlier in October due to Covid infections we are very pleased to now announce the new date for the teachings to take place…
- Just Announced: Lion’s Roar Foundation Weekend Nov 26-27We are happy to announce a forthcoming Lion’s Roar Foundation Weekend this November 26-27 taught online via Zoom. During this weekend, Mary Mackay-James will give the complete transmission of the formless meditation…
- October Newsletter: Ongoing Autumn ClassesMonthly Dharma Quotation “Buddhist insight comes from appreciating what is significant in experience, but this can’t be handed to us on a plate; there is no Book of Significance. Buddhist texts can…
- Public Teaching with Rigdzin Shikpo and Path of Freedom Classes Starting Now!We are very happy to announce a public teaching with Rigdzin Shikpo on October 1st as part of the Longchen Foundation’s Heart of Buddha programme. For Heart of Buddha talks, Rigdzin Shikpo…
- Path of Freedom Retreat: Last Call for Online Tickets, In-person Tickets Sold OutWe have sold out of in-person tickets for the Path of Freedom retreat, but you still have a chance to attend online via Zoom! The retreat will consist of meditation, discussion, and…
- Path of Freedom Retreat and Lion’s Roar Gate 4 TicketsThe Path of Freedom retreat is a special opportunity for Longchen Foundation students to hear teachings directly from Rigdzin Shikpo, especially for those who recently have begun studying on a Longchen programme…
- Monthly Newsletter for JulyPath of Freedom Retreat Update We sold out all of our in-person tickets at the Priory but we’re very pleased to announce that the Priory has allocated us more rooms, and they…
- Cinema Shikpo Showing This Friday, 15 JulyThe experience of love and compassion means a love and compassion that reaches out to all beings equally. You will perceive that. And you will perceive that that embodiment of love and compassion…
- Monthly Newsletter for JuneThe Path of Freedom retreat is a unique time of year when all of the Longchen Foundation students are able to practice together as one Sangha, as well as being perfectly suitable…
- This Weekend: Lion’s Roar Retreat Starts June 4thIt’s not too late to sign up for this year’s Lion’s Roar Retreat! Beginning this Saturday June 4th, the retreat will cover teachings and practices of the first year of the Lion’s…
- Cinema Shikpo This Friday May 27thMark your calendars for a viewing of Rigdzin Shikpo’s Heart of Buddha teaching “What is Buddhism?”, this Friday! Cinema Shikpo is an opportunity to watch previous recorded teachings of Rigdzin Shikpo together…
- Monthly Newsletter for MayJoin Our New Open Meditation Group! Starting this Thursday, May 19, join us for the Longchen Open group, an hour’s session of teachings and meditation open to all. The hour starts with…
- Cinema Shikpo This Friday!From Heart of Buddha: Mandalas and Longchen, Longchen Rabjam’s Notions of Mandalas (Oxford 2015) Longchen Rabjam talks about the mandala of reality, the mandala of the deities themselves that are—and I love…
- Monthly Dharma Quotation: Vision of the MahayanaAs our view of the world changes, it becomes possible to love others in a way that we previously reserved for ourselves alone. This genuine love is self-existent, beyond all contrivance and…
- Monthly Dharma Quotation: The Importance of Longchen RabjamThe word Longchen refers to a person, Longchen Rabjam, the great 14th century Nyingma figure without whom there would be no current Nyingma tradition, there’s no doubt. Longchen also refers to the…
- Cinema Shikpo This Friday!From Heart of Buddha: Mandalas and Longchen Rabjam’s Notions of Mandalas (Oxford 2015) And it’s said in the Buddhadharma that this sense of the un-satisfactoriness of everything is much greater than we…
- Monthly Newsletter for JanuaryMonthly Dharma Quotation: The Ungraspable Self As you begin to allow thoughts and feelings to be there, the mind often seems to become more, rather than less, irritating. It is not really…
- Monthly Dharma Quotation: A Feeling for TruthHow can we know we are genuinely relating to direct experience rather than just fooling ourselves? The only way to tell is by feeling the general direction of your practice. If egocentricity…
- Monthly Dharma Quotation: On Letting Go of ConceptsYou have to notice whether you are clinging to particular ideas so that they become part of the way you think you are. You think, this idea is me somehow and I’m…
- Monthly Dharma Quotation: The Indestructible Heart EssenceTo be sensitive there has to be some degree of openness and awareness, so these three qualities are the basis of what it is to be a sentient being, whether animal or…
- Monthly Dharma Quotation: On Failure and The Path of TrainingOne of the dangers of expressing Dharma in the West is people have this idea that you’ve got to behave in a particular way. It’s prescriptive in other words. You have to…
- Monthly Dharma Quotation: On The Importance of TeachersNobody can tell you, “Reality is like this!” or “Read my book for a complete explanation of all the secrets of the universe.” The truth has to be perceived directly, which is…
- Just Announced: New Cinema Shikpo on Friday 13 AugustFrom Heart of Buddha: Openness Clarity Sensitivity (Oxford 2016) The mind becomes bored very easily, so it begins to create things to make life interesting for you. It starts creating its own…