Visiting Teachers 2024

10th - 12th May 2024

Very Venerable
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche

Public Talk:
Opening Our Heart - Empathy, Compassion and Bodhicitta

Weekend Course:
Parting from the Four Attachments

Chenrezig Empowerment

  • PUBLIC TALK
    Friday 10th May 7-8pm

    WEEKEND COURSE
    10am - 11.30am (both days)
    2.30pm - 4pm (both days)

    CHENREZIG EMPOWERMENT
    Sunday afternoon

  • PUBLIC TALK:
    Opening Our Heart - Empathy, Compassion and Bodhicitta

    WEEKEND COURSE:
    Parting from the Four Attachments

    The teaching on the Four Attachments is universally regarded as one of the jewels of Tibetan Buddhism. It points out inevitable pitfalls in spiritual practice and shows how they can be avoided.

    CHENREZIG EMPOWERMENT

    Ringu Tulku Rinpoche will bestow a Chenrezig Empowerment during his teaching weekend. If you wish to receive the empowerment it is recommended that you have already taken refuge, in order to start practicing Chenrezig sadhana on a more regular basis. You can also attend the empowerment simply as a blessing and connection. 

  • Suggested donations:

    You can find three options for the suggested donations below for the public talk and the weekend teachings. In the REGISTRATION FORM (link below) you can choose the option according to your capacity.

    Friday talk:
    £20 standard
    £15 concession
    £10 concession

    Saturday & Sunday teachings
    (2 days WITH lunches):
    £120 standard
    £ 100 concession 1
    £80 concession 2

    Saturday & Sunday teachings
    (2 days, NO lunches):
    £100 standard
    £80 concession 1
    £60 concession 2

    If you cannot afford the donation, please contact the office. The Dharma teachings are always available to everyone regardless of the financial status.  

  • ACCOMMODATION & MEALS

    We don’t unfortunately have accommodation at the Centre for the participants this year. You can find a list of some accommodation places quite near the Centre HERE, but the list is not comprehensive.

    You can book lunches for the two course days. Please see the registration form.

A Visit to be confirmed

Her Eminence Mindrolling
Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche

Weekend Course: Kuntuzangpo Aspiration Prayer

  • TBC

  • KUNTUZANGPO ASPIRATION PRAYER

    The Aspiration Prayer of Kuntuzangpo is a Dzogchen aspiration prayer, which gives meditation instructions about the ground, path and fruition. It explains the ground for beings going astray from their pure nature, and it explains the methods of liberation; how the defilements (kleshas, five negative emotions) are liberated into wisdom.

    Her Eminence Khandro Rinpoche started this teaching in 2019, and we have requested her to continue teaching it in the coming years until it is completed. We will send the recording link of the teachings given in 2019 to all those who will participate this year, so that they can review or catch up on the teachings.

  • Suggested donations:

    You can find three options for the suggested donations below for the public talk and the weekend teachings. Kindly choose according to your capacity.

    Weekend course, Saturday & Sunday teachings (2 days):
    £80 standard
    £60 concession
    £50 concession

    Payment info will be sent to you after the registration. 

    If you cannot afford the donation, please contact the office. The Dharma teachings are always available to everyone regardless of the financial status. Due to a kind regular donor, who wishes to sponsor teachings to those who cannot afford themselves, you can also apply to be partially or wholly sponsored to the teachings.   

  • ACCOMMODATION & MEALS

    We don’t unfortunately have accommodation at the Centre for the participants this year. You can find a list of some accommodation places quite near the Centre HERE, but the list is not comprehensive.

    You can book lunches for the two course days. Further details will be sent after the registration. 

13th - 14th July 2024

Venerable
Chamtrul Rinpoche

Weekend Course:
Meditation on Selflessness of the Individual &

Meditation on Selflessness of Phenomena

  • WEEKEND COURSE

    Saturday 10am - 4pm

    Sunday 10am - 4pm

  • Weekend Course:

    Meditation on Selflessness of the Individual &

    Meditation on Selflessness of Phenomena

  • Suggested donations:

    You can find three options for the suggested donations below for the public talk and the weekend teachings. Kindly choose according to your capacity.

    Saturday & Sunday teachings (2 days):

    ATTENDING IN-PERSON
    £85 Standard WITH LUNCHES
    £70 Standard (no lunches)

    £65 Concession WITH LUNCHES
    £50 Concession (no lunches)

    ATTENDING ONLINE
    £30 Standard Attending Online
    £20 Concession Attending Online

    If you cannot afford the suggested donations, you can also request a bursary towards the teachings (please email the office)

    The Dharma teachings are always available to everyone regardless of the financial status.

    PAYMENT METHODS ARE FOUND IN THE REGISTRATION FORM

  • We have a limited amount of accommodation capacity (dormitory option only) for this weekend. Please enquire: palpungukaccommodation@gmail.com

12th -15th September 2024

Venerable Khenpo Phurba Wangchuk

Palpung Study & Practice Curriculum

Discovering the Buddha Within
Level 2: Awakened Heart (Year 2)

  • ANNUAL TEACHING DATES IN 2024
    (There are 4 teaching days per year, but the timing varies)

    Thursday 12th - Sunday 15th September

    Thursday

    Friday

    Saturday

    Sunday

  • The purpose of this curriculum is to explain the essence of the Buddha's teachings in a simple and detailed way. This three-year course follows the Buddha’s teachings on the three wheels of the Dharma, and continues with the sacred transmission of the four tantras that correspond to the three gradual levels of recognition of the ultimate nature of mind and phenomena.

    For each level, the teacher will explain the view (intellectual understanding), meditation (experiential understanding), and application (applying this understanding to change one's daily habits) of the topics according to Shravakayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. Through these three aspects: View, Meditation, and Action, one will discover the Buddha within oneself.

    Full info of the study programme, different levels and what they include is found HERE

  • Suggested donations

    Depending on your financial situation, there are three options for the suggested donation to cover the costs of organising the teaching:

    STANDARD:

    £35/day (£140 full course)

    CONCESSION 1:

    £25/day (£100 full course)

    CONCESSION 2:

    £20/day (£80 full course)

    (Meal cost will be added to this. More details about this to follow soon.)

    It is highly recommended that one attends the full 4 days of teachings and practice sessions, but if there is a situation where one needs to skip one or two days, there is a recording available afterwards.

  • We don’t unfortunately have accommodation at the Centre for the participants, but we can send you information of local accommodation places once you register.

    You can book lunches for the two course days. We will let you know more once you register.

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