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- 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…
- Covid-19 update: Path of Freedom Retreat in May will be rescheduledFor the safety of the Longchen Mandala, we are cancelling the Path of Freedom retreat this May 25-31. We will reschedule the retreat for October 9-16 instead of the Lion’s Roar retreat.…
- Important changes due to Covid-19 coming soonDue to the ongoing threat of the Covid-19 pandemic, we will be making a number of changes to our events and schedule. These changes will be finalized this weekend and we will…
- Public talk “What is Enlightenment?” is still online here and on Youtube for a short time.Rigdzin Shikpo’s Heart of Buddha public talk “What is Enlightenment?” is still available for a short time here on our website and on youtube. Please see http://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/heart-of-buddha-feb-29-2020/ or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfGJv0EG-DQ&t=2h13m24s. Please make a…
- The Path of Freedom retreat will be happening May 25-31!We have just announced the dates for this year’s Path of Freedom retreat, so mark your calendars if you are interested! The Path of Freedom retreat is a great opportunity for newcomers…
- New lower prices on online media and teachingsWe have just repriced all our online media. All titles are now £6.93 ($9USD) to watch and £11.54 ($15USD) to download and keep. You can find all the teachings here: https://vimeo.com/user9922028/vod_pages. These…
- New Path of Freedom course in Lewisham starting Feb 24The Lewisham London Path of Freedom group will be teaching a special course on the Four Noble Truths starting this coming Monday Feb 24. This course follows up on their teachings on…
- The Lion’s Roar Gate 1 in London this JuneThe Lion’s Roar Gate 1 will be taught in London at the Helios Centre this coming June 27-28. The weekend will be taught by Caroline Cupitt and David Hutchens, two of Rigdzin…
- Rigdzin Shikpo and Francesca Fremantle at the Chogyam Trungpa Conference 2020 in MayRigdzin Shikpo and Francesca Fremantle will be featured speakers at the 2020 Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche conference in Vienna. This conference is an international annual conference to bring together the lineages of Trungpa…
- No class this Monday, Feb 17 for Lewisham London local group.The Lewisham London local Path of Freedom Group is taking one week off on Feb 17. The regular meeting will return on Feb 24 with a new series of teachings on The…
- “What is Enlightenment?” public talk on Feb 29 will be live streamed!Rigdzin Shikpo has agreed to live stream his upcoming Heart of Buddha talk “What is Enlightenment?” This is an unprecedented opportunity to hear the teachings of Rigdzin Shikpo, the lineage holder of…
- Francesca Fremantle: Blake and Buddhism on February 13Francesca Fremantle, one of the senior teachers of the Longchen Foundation, will be giving a talk at the Shang Shung Institute UK exploring the affinities between the visionary poet and artist William…
- New Introduction to Meditation CourseA new course covering an introduction to formless meditation is starting now at the Oxford Path of Freedom local group. Come and learn the foundational practice of formless meditation. Each week will…
- The Nine Yanas in BristolA new series of Path of Freedom teachings has just begun in Bristol covering the nine yana classification system of Buddhist teachings. This overview covers the entire Buddhist path according to the…
- Francesca Fremantle teaches the Lion’s RoarA new cycle of the Lion’s Roar begins this coming April 4-5, 2020 and Gate 1 will be taught by Francesca Fremantle. Francesca Fremantle is the co-translator of The Tibetan Book of…
- Teachings from the Life of the BuddhaThe topic for the upcoming winter Path of Freedom course in Lewisham has been announced and will be on the life of the buddha Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism. The teachings start…
- New Heart of Buddha Teachings Available NowTwo complete Heart of Buddha teachings by Rigdzin Shikpo are now available in their entirety on Youtube. They are teachings on Karma and on the importance of Longchen Rabjam. To view, see…
- Winter Period BeginsWe have concluded our teachings for this year and are beginning our winter period, a time for reflection and meditation on the teachings of the previous year. We are currently planning our…
- New Path of Freedom Courses in JanuaryThe Lewisham Path of Freedom local group is planning a new term that will begin in January. Stay tuned for more details soon!
- Bristol Gate 1 RescheduledThe Bristol Gate 1 weekend previously scheduled for November 16-17 has been rescheduled for April 4-5, 2020. For more information see http://www.longchenfoundation.org/event/gate-one-bristol-apr-2020/
- Three New Path of Freedom talks to be taught by Rigdzin Shikpo in 2019This year Rigdzin Shikpo will be continuing to teach the Longchen Symbol teachings. Over the course of three weekends he will give teachings on ‘Certainty’ ‘Heart Wish’ and ‘Ground Path Fruit’ This…
- Two new Heart of Buddha talks released on DVD/blu-ray and VimeoWhat is Buddhism? A Religion, A Philosophy Or Something Else? Rigdzin Shikpo on his belief that the essence of Buddhism, buddha-dharma, is a way of approaching a universal truth. How it’s…