"Firmly plant the victory banner of the dharma!" - Karma Thinley Rinpoche's injunction to Lama Jampa Thaye
As everybody now knows a great disaster has befallen Nepal, the holy land that is the birthplace of Lord Buddha. Thousands of people died in the earthquake of Saturday, April 25th; many more are injured and many made homeless. Great damage has been done to the holy places.
At this time I would like to take the opportunity to share the advice of my masters regarding beneficial prayers to be done.
Read MoreLama Jampa has just returned to the UK following his teaching tour of the West Coast of America. This visit saw him give teachings at both Dechen Los Angeles and several Bodhi Path centers. This was Lama Jampa's first tour of Bodhi Path centers following Shamar Rinpoche's request that he visit and give teachings.
On April 4 and 5 Lama Jampa bestowed the initiation of Manjushri Arapatsana and gave an extensive presentation of the Precepts of Atisha to sangha and friends of Dechen LA.
The following weekend he travelled to Bodhi Path San Luis Obispo where he gave a two day introduction to the Madhyamaka. Lama Jampa then visited the Bodhi Path centers in Santa Barbara and Pasadena where he taught the fifth Sharmapa, Konchok Yenlak's commentary on the Seven Points of Mind Training. This was the text which Shamar Rinpoche had taught during his visit to Kagyu Ling, Manchester last year.
Lama Jampa will be returning to America during the summer when he will give teachings at Bodhi Path Chicago in addition to Ewam Choden in San Francisco and Dechen Los Angeles.
From March 16th through March 21st over four hundred people from many different countries, including students from Dechen, attended teachings given by His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa, Lama Jampa Thaye, Professor Sempa Dorje and Khenpo Mriti in KIBI in Delhi.
Read MoreLama Jampa and Dechen Dolma have just returned to KIBI in New Delhi after spending two days at Dolma Phodrang in Rajpur with HH Sakya Trizin and family.
Read MoreOn Saturday, 14 February Lama Jampa gave the initiation of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) from the Longchen Nyingthig tradition in Manchester, hosted by Kagyu Ling.
Read MoreOn 31 January, hosted by Sakya Dechen Ling, Stuttgart, Lama Jampa taught the first two of the “Seven Points of Mind training” by Thokme Zangpo.
Read MoreLama Jampa Thaye visited Bristol to teach Sakya Pandita’s ‘Reply to Nyimo Gomchen’ and the initiation of White Tara from the lineage of Shakya Shri.
Read MoreLama Jampa taught Sakya Pandita’s Reply to Nyimo Gomchen and bestowed the Initiation of Green Tara from the lineage of Atisha.
Read MoreLama Jampa completed the transmission of the Namshe Yeshe by the third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje, one of the core texts of the Kagyu Tradition.
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