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- 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…
- Monthly Dharma Quotation: On Feeling GuiltyOpinions, emotions, prejudices and ideas change, but even so they are still what we identify with. We think all this is ‘me,’ but actually it is just something that arises within that…
- Monthly Dharma Quotation: On the Power of SuperstitionThis month’s quotation is from a teaching Rigdzin Shikpo gave on Refuge and Bodhisattva vows. The entire teaching is made available to students who prepare to go for refuge with Rigdzin Shikpo.…
- New Path of Freedom Courses Starting This WeekBoth the Oxford and Bristol Path of Freedom groups are starting new courses this week as we ease into the summer months. Both courses are part of our Path of Freedom programme,…
- Monthly Dharma Quotation: On The Importance of The ViewMeditation is most powerful and effective when we start with the right kind of view. View, in this sense, is a way of seeing that leads to a deeper understanding of the…
- CINEMA SHIKPO – Talk 2 Mandala Principles – May 28From Mandala Principles in the Dzogchen Tradition (Heidelberg 2016) If the buddhas are able infinitely to help sentient beings, why is the world in such a mess? Well, you must never forget…
- Reminder: Mandala Principles Teaching This Friday on ZoomFrom Rigdzin Shikpo’s talk on Mandala Principles in the Dzogchen Tradition The most important thing perhaps in a dharma mandala is that the central principle should be what is called bodhicitta, the awakened…
- Monthly Dharma Quotation: On Empathy and Caring for OthersAs a group we recently watched the recordings of Rigdzin Shikpo’s teachings on “Death and Dying” over Zoom together. One of the students from that event felt that this quotation from those…
- Forthcoming and Ongoing Longchen Foundation ClassesWe have one final Lion’s Roar Foundation weekend coming up next month, 8-9 May. For those unfamiliar with the Lion’s Roar, this is our foundational and introductory programme in Buddhist practice and…
- Monthly Dharma Quotation: On relating to experienceEvery month on Guru Day (10th day of the Lunar Month) we will publish an excerpt from one of Rigdzin Shikpo’s teaching. This teaching is from the book Never Turn Away. What…
- Reminder: Lion’s Roar Foundation Weekend and Rigdzin Shikpo Teachings on ZoomWe have two exciting events coming up this weekend. First, on Friday evening, join the Longchen Foundation for a public viewing on Zoom of Rigdzin Shikpo’s second Heart of Buddha teaching on Death…
- Monthly Dharma Quotation: On Feeling BadEvery month on Guru Day (10th day of the Lunar Month) we will publish an excerpt from a teaching Rigdzin Shikpo has given recently. This teaching is from the Lion’s Roar retreat…
- Forthcoming Rigdzin Shikpo Video Teachings on Zoom – Death and DyingFrom Rigdzin Shikpo’s talk on Death and Dying Then there’s what seems to be the external world – which is also totally mysterious and, in a sense, unfathomable. And that also you…
- Upcoming Lion’s Roar Foundation WeekendsFor the first time, we are starting to teach the Lion’s Roar online. A few weeks ago we had our first online Foundation Weekends taught in English by Stephen Hinde and in…
- New POF course: The Life of Longchen RabjamThe Bristol Path of Freedom local group is starting a new course next week covering the life and teachings of Longchen Rabjam. The link to the event page is here: https://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/community-gathering-life-of-longchen-rabjam/all/. A…
- Monthly Dharma Quotation: On Staying With a PracticeEvery month on Guru Day (10th day of the Lunar Month) we will publish an excerpt of a teaching from Rigdzin Shikpo from recent teachings he has given. This teaching is from…
- All aboard! Premiere of Rigdzin Shikpo video teachings on Zoom tomorrowDear friends,For a while now I’ve known that some of Rigdzin Shikpo’s incredible Heart of Buddha teachings were available on Vimeo. But I never watched them. Why? Because I was there in person for…
- Longchen Christmas Gift Idea + Fundraising UpdateCHRISTMAS IS COMING Fed up with receiving yet another pair of socks for Christmas? Not sure you need another Christmas jumper that you’ll never wear? Don’t want another Experience Day voucher that…
- The Three Spheres – Online Public Teaching with Rigdzin Shikpo this WeekendDear All, We are pleased to announced that Rigdzin Shikpo’s online teachings this weekend will be about The Three Spheres. The regulars amongst you know that Rigdzin Shikpo does talk about this…
- A New Heart of Buddha Teaching Available Online Now!Just released – Heart of Buddha ‘Mandalas and Longchen Rabjam’s Notions of Mandala’ on our Vimeo channel. In this talk Rigdzin Shikpo leads us into a deeper understanding of mandalas with an…
- Longchen Together: Ongoing Weekly Practice Group Every SundayDuring these strange and challenging times, many of us have been wondering how we can find alternative ways of connecting and practising with each other. We’d like to invite the Longchen Sangha…
- Rigdzin Shikpo teaching “Never Turn Away”: a video from our archives available to everyone nowWe found an old Heart of Buddha talk of Rigdzin Shikpo’s from 2008 last night, titled ‘Never Turn Away’ after the book. It was on a DVD so the quality is not…
- Covid-19 update: Lewisham local group cancelling remaining Spring classes [Updated March 23]The Lewisham Path of Freedom local group in South London regretfully is cancelling the remaining two classes of the spring term. In London, the government advised that we should start to adopt…
- Covid-19 update: Bristol Local Group Wednesday night classes have been cancelledUnfortunately we’re no longer able to hold local group meetings in Bristol due to closure of our local meditation space due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Please stay safe and practice social distancing…
- Covid-19 update: A message from the Oxford local group, cancelling Tuesday classesDear All We are not going to meet at the FMH this Tuesday or for the rest of the Spring Term due to the Corona Virus. With older members and new guidelines…
- Covid-19 update: A message from Rigdzin Shikpo, event cancellations and reschedulingThe events team recently met with Rigdzin Shikpo and the Mandala Mother to discuss the forthcoming Longchen schedule and Rigdzin Shikpo decided that given the current situation it wouldn’t be safe for…
- Covid-19 update: Lion’s Roar Gate 1 on April 4-5 will be cancelledTo safeguard the health and safety of our students and teachers we are cancelling the Lion’s Roar Gate 1 with Francesca Fremantle of April 4-5. We will be processing refunds very soon…
- Covid-19 update: Path of Freedom weekends in May and June will be cancelledWe are also cancelling the Path of Freedom teaching weekend with Rigdzin Shikpo on May 9-10 in Oxford and June 12-13 in Germany for the safety of the teacher and the Longchen…