Course on the Bodhicharyavatara by Shantideva, Winter 2024-2025
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Seat of the Yelpa Kagyu Lineage since the 12th century
Tana Monastery in Nangchen, Tibet
Tana Dungsey Rinpoche
Rinpoche in Colorado, USA
Passing on the teachings and traditions of the lineage
Monks of Tana Monastery, India
Seat of the Tana Yelpa Lineage since 1960
Tana Monastery in Kollegal, India
A revered teacher who speaks to the modern mind
Tana Dungsey Rinpoche
Monastery buildings are many centuries old
Tana Monastery in Tibet
Lineage Holder of the Yelpa Kagyu Tradition
Tana Dungsey Rinpoche
“Winning and losing is not a new or occasional thing for us. Unfortunately, the truth is we have never been apart from that for a single moment in our life. The most helpful thing to do is to remain equanimous, not let our mind overreact and get caught in this age-old game over and over again. Let this equanimous experience be our small contribution to world peace.”
Tana Dungsey Rinpoche, Nov 6, 2024
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In this degenerate age of great chaos, war, aggression, disease and displacement, it is easy to feel powerless to enact change. It
Rinpoche teaches monthly via Zoom to the Tana Yelpa sangha, usually on the the second Saturday of the month.
Rinpoche is supervising the construction of a 13-room one-story building for 3-year retreatants. There are private bedrooms with attached bathrooms, all with
Tana Dungsey Rinpoche is the head of two convergent lineages, the Yelpa and Hungkara. The Yelpa lineage was established in the 12th century by a student of Phakmo Drupa (who was a student of Gampopa). The Hungkara lineage was established probably in the 8th century, by a student of Guru Rinpoche.
Rinpoche travels and teaches in-person and via Zoom throughout the world. Recent topics have included instructions and commentaries on Green Tara, Saga Dawa, and Ngondro practices. Rinpoche was first invited to teach in the west by Tsoknyi Rinpoche.
Sponsor a monk’s on-going expenses for medical, food, robes, shoes, clothing, personal effects, texts, practice equipment, etc.. Your aid helps tremendously to defray the monthly costs for 80 monks! It makes a huge difference!
Tana Yelpa Foundation Tana Yelpa Foundation offers religious services (pujas, teachings, meditation instruction, holiday gatherings) and study groups to dharma students in the United States and around the world that follow the Tana Yelpa Lineage Buddhist Mahamudra texts. Tana Yelpa hosts teachings by Tana Rinpoche and other visiting Rinpoches and lamas.
Your donations will help support Rinpoche’s activities in the United States including formal teachings, dharma talks, pujas and other dharma events. Funds are also used to benefit Tana Monastery, Kollegal, India.
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