New Year Purification Retreat & Gongchig on Bodhicitta Part 2 with Khenpo Tamphel at Ratnashri Meditation Center
Dates: Dec.31–Jan. 4, 2026 (Wed.-Sun.)
All are welcome to this auspicious event! Part 1 Gongchig teaching can be found at
Schedule:
31/12 kl.9-17
Supplication prayers, Lama Chöpa, Vajrasattva Practice, and Dharmapala
1/1 kl.9-17
Supplication prayers, Ushnishavijaya Practice, and Dharmapala
2/1 kl.9-17
Supplication prayers, Amitabha & Jangchok Practice, and Dharmapala
3/1 kl.9-17
Gongchig (Chapter 4 Bodhicitta from statement 16)
4/1 kl.9-13 Gongchig (continuation)
Khenpo Tamphel will lead this auspicious retreat for purification and to bring good health, longevity, peace, and harmony to the world and to repay the kindness of our gurus.
Wed. 31/12 Lama Chöpa: in relation to Lord Jigten Sumgön; Vajrasattva: purification of negative karma and obscuration; Dharmapala: Dharma protectors practice to dispel obstacles.
Thur. 1/1 Ushnishavijaya: longevity, purification, protection, and rebirth in the higher realms.
Fri. 2/1 Amitabha practice: reborn in blissful pureland Sukhavati, a conducive place to attain buddhahood.
Sat.-Sun. 3-4/1 Gongchig taught by Lord Jigten Sumgön (1143-1217), the founder of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage, compiled by his student Chenga Sherab Jungne, is one of the most important philosophical and doctrinal texts in the Drikung Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. It encompasses all the Buddha’s teachings and unites all various Buddhist concepts in seven chapters, 196 vajra (indestructible) statements. Its sole purpose is to lead every practitioner to the realization of the actual nature of reality or the equality of the nature of all phenomena. Chapter 4 of Gongchig on bodhicitta* consists of 24 vajra statements. Each vajra statement points out an important aspect of bodhicitta in order to consolidate our understanding and dispel our confusion regarding those aspects. Khenpo-la will explain from statement 16.
*Bodhicitta: The desire to attain Buddhahood in order to be able to liberate all sentient beings from suffering.
Venue: Ratnashri Meditation Center (Friggavägen 11, Lidingö, telephone 08-765 5878)
Fee: 1 000 kr entire retreat (vegetarian lunches are included) OR 250 kr for any participation on each of 31/12, 1/1, 2/1; 500 kr on 3/1; 250 kr on 4/1.
Registration: To reserve a place, email to
aW5mbyB8IHJhdG5hc2hyaSAhIHNl by Dec. 29 and deposit fee to Plusgiro: 1287806-2 or pay on site.
Practical Information:
• Those who have not received the Vajrasattva, Ushnishavijaya/Namgyalma or Amitabha empowerment, H.E. Garchen Rinpoche said that when one practice Lama Chöpa (which we will do in the beginning of the first day), one receives empowerments at the end, and this will enable one to practice any other deities afterward. However, you can still receive them from H.E. Garchen Rinpoche before the retreat via recordings:
http://y2u.be/qwfTIWJz-m0,
http://y2u.be/VYxI4LuUP34,
http://y2u.be/aSVVyzOxZZM
• If you have, bring your Ratnashri Prayer Book and Drikung Prayer Book.
Venerable Khenpo Konchog Tamphel was born in 1975 in Ladakh, India. At age nine, he became a monk at Drikung Kagyu Lamayuru Monastery in Ladakh. After completing his basic monastic education, he joined the Drikung Kagyu Institute in Dehra Dun in 1987 where he studied various branches of buddhist philosophy for nine years and received the degree of Acharya in 1997. Then he has served as a translator for H.H. Drikung Kyabgon Thinley Lhundup and H.E. Garchen Rinpoche, taught and worked as a research officer at the Songtsen Library (an important institution and resource for Buddhist Studies), taught at various Drikung Kagyu Dharma Centers worldwide, translated and published rare Drikung Kagyu texts from Tibetan to English. His translated works includes Water Crystal (based on a commentary of the Ganges Mahamudra by H.H. Drikung Kyabgon), Introduction to Mahamudra the Co-emergent Unification by Lord Jigten Sumgön and Shamatha to Mahamudra by Yongzin Ngedon Gyatso. He earned his Khenpo degree in 2004. Since 2012, he has headed the Ratnashri Translation Group for 84000 Dharma Translation. Since 2013, he has been teaching and assisting on research projects at the University of Vienna including the project “Neue Erwägungen zur Buddha-Natur” (new considerations on Buddha nature).
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- This Friday, 3rd October, 06:00 pm, Gampopa’s Instructions on the Completion Stages in Vajrayana Practices in Lidingö
- This Sunday, 5th October, 01:30 pm, Sundays Study Group: The Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Gampopa Starts on Oct. 5 in Lidingö
- Next Saturday, 11th October, 09:00 am, Tsa Lung Class: Tibetan Breathing & Yoga Exercises (Part 1 of 2), Oct. 11, 25; Nov. 1, 15, 29; Dec.6 in Lidingö
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