2022

Lama Kunga

05-06.02.22 Vajrakilaya
Teaching, Practice and Tsog Pūjā
Vajrakīlaya, a wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva, eradicates ignorance and emotional afflictions that cause obstacles in our daily life and our dharma practice. The symbol of the compassionate wrathful activity is the phurpa, a ritual dagger which stabs the obstacles, thereby subduing and transforming their destructive potential. Vajrakīlaya in essence represents our own pure inner nature, that was never stained by the turmoils of mental afflictions. The activity of Vajrakīlaya is especially effective in pacifying social conflicts and disturbances, and mending breaches of the tantric samaya, like the breaches of the bonds between Vajrayāna practitioners.

Lama Kunga
12-13.03.22 Medicine Buddha Practice
Teachings and Practice
While still training on the bodhisattva path, the medicine buddha took the vow that by hearing his name the sentient beings will be healed from their illnesses. Since every physical and mental disease is ultimately caused by the three mental poisons greed, hatred and ignorance, the practice of the medicine buddha can not only heal diseases, but also lead us on the path of liberation. Through his practice we pray for the healing activity of his deep blue light for ourselves as well as for other beings of the six realms.

Lama Kunga
09-10.04.22 Manjushri
Teaching and practice
The bodhisattva Manjushri (tib. Jampalyang) embodies the discerning wisdom (Skt. prajna, Tib. sherab) of all the buddhas. He holds a flaming sword up in his right hand, cutting through our ignorance and transforming it into wisdom. In his left hand he holds a lotus flower with the Prajnaparamita Sutra on top, the sutra of the perfection of wisdom.
The Manjushri practice is performed in order to purify obstacles of knowledge and wisdom. It is said, that practicing Manjushri helps to sharpen the intellect and the memory. Therefore, many great scholars of Tibetan Buddhism had a very close connection to this yidam.

Lama Kunga
14-15.05.22 White Tara
Teachings and Practice
White Tara, Tib. Drolkar, is known as the Mother of All Buddhas und embodies the purity of compassion. With her seven wisdom eyes she sees the suffering of beings within all samsaric realms and in the three times. Her enlightened activity pacifies obstacles of body, speech and mind, which block our spiritual progress. For instance, she harmonizes the five elements, which constitute the body, and dissolves blockages of the subtle body, leading to improved health and a prolongation of our life. With her practice we want pray on this day for long life, health, freedom from obstacles as well as world peace.

Lama Kunga
11-12.06.22 Shine/Lhakthong
In our modern world with its ever increasing speed of life and its manifold distractions, our mind never comes to rest. We permanently oscillate between exitation and laxity. The practice of shine aims at rediscovering the natural clarity and stillness of our mind. A mind which is stabilized in this way enables us to deepen our insights gained through the analytical lhaktong meditation in order to deeply suffuse and transform our daily life activities.

Lama Kunga
09-10.07.22 Ngondro
Practice, Q&A
Ngondro is a series of practices for deep purification of the practitioner in preparation for the general Vajrayāna practice, for Mahamudra and for Dzogchen practices. It entails the „Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind“ as common preliminaries, followed by the uncommon preliminaries with going for refuge, prostrations and developing bodhicitta, the Vajrasattva hundred-syllable mantra, mandala offering and guruyoga. Through this practice, karmic hindrances of body, speech and mind stemming from negative deeds are purified that would otherwise block the path to enlightenment.
During this weekend we will practice prostrations, Vajrasattva, mandala offering as well as guruyoga.

Lama Kunga
07-08.08.21 White Tara
Teachings, Practice and Tsog Puja
White Tara, Tib. Drolkar, is known as the Mother of All Buddhas und embodies the purity of compassion. With her seven wisdom eyes she sees the suffering of beings within all samsaric realms and in the three times. Her enlightened activity pacifies obstacles of body, speech and mind, which block our spiritual progress. For instance, she harmonizes the five elements, which constitute the body, and dissolves blockages of the subtle body, leading to improved health and a prolongation of our life. With her practice we want pray on this day for long life, health, freedom from obstacles as well as world peace.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:30 - 12:30 AM and
2:30 - 4:30 PM
Sunday afternoon tsog puja

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.


Lama Kunga
04-05.09.21 Vajrakilaya and Celebration of the 11th Center Birthday
Teaching, Practice and Tsog Pūjā
Due to the Corona pandemic we could not celebrate the 10th birthday of our center last year. Therefore, we will celebrate on this Sunday with Tsog puja and a party.

Vajrakīlaya, a wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva, eradicates ignorance and emotional afflictions that cause obstacles in our daily life and our dharma practice. The symbol of the compassionate wrathful activity is the phurpa, a ritual dagger which stabs the obstacles, thereby subduing and transforming their destructive potential. Vajrakīlaya in essence represents our own pure inner nature, that was never stained by the turmoils of mental afflictions. The activity of Vajrakīlaya is especially effective in pacifying social conflicts and disturbances, and mending breaches of the tantric samaya, like the breaches of the bonds between Vajrayāna practitioners.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:30 to 12:30 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Sunday morning tsog pūjā, afterwards birthday party

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.


Lama Kunga
30-31.10.21 White Tara
Teachings, Practice and Tsog Puja
White Tara, Tib. Drolkar, is known as the Mother of All Buddhas und embodies the purity of compassion. With her seven wisdom eyes she sees the suffering of beings within all samsaric realms and in the three times. Her enlightened activity pacifies obstacles of body, speech and mind, which block our spiritual progress. For instance, she harmonizes the five elements, which constitute the body, and dissolves blockages of the subtle body, leading to improved health and a prolongation of our life. With her practice we want pray on this day for long life, health, freedom from obstacles as well as world peace.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:30 - 12:30 AM and
2:30 - 4:30 PM
Sunday afternoon tsog puja

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.


Lama Kunga
27-28.11.21 Manjushri
Teaching and practice
The bodhisattva Manjushri (tib. Jampalyang) embodies the discerning wisdom (Skt. prajna, Tib. sherab) of all the buddhas. He holds a flaming sword up in his right hand, cutting through our ignorance and transforming it into wisdom. In his left hand he holds a lotus flower with the Prajnaparamita Sutra on top, the sutra of the perfection of wisdom.
The Manjushri practice is performed in order to purify obstacles of knowledge and wisdom. It is said, that practicing Manjushri helps to sharpen the intellect and the memory. Therefore, many great scholars of Tibetan Buddhism had a very close connection to this yidam.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:30 to 12:30 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.


Lama Kunga
18-19.12.21 4-armed Chenrezig - Love And Compassion For the Six Realms
Teaching, practice and white feast
Chenrezig is the embodiment of the compassion of all the buddhas. He manifests in the six realms of existence in manifold ways in order to liberate all beings from suffering. With his practice, we establish a connection to him, enabling him to unfold his activity in our own mind.
In this course we receive teachings about the six realms and we practice the development of love and compassion towards all beings who are locked in these different states of existence.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:30 to 12:30 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Sunday afternoon white feast

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.

 

Lama Kunga
25-26.01.20 Vajrakilaya
Teaching, Practice and Tsog Puja
Vajrakilaya, a wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva, eradicates ignorance and emotional afflictions that cause obstacles in our daily life and our dharma practice. The symbol of the compassionate wrathful activity is the phurpa, a ritual dagger which stabs the obstacles, thereby subduing and transforming their destructive potential. Vajrakilaya in essence represents our own pure inner nature, that was never stained by the turmoils of mental afflictions. The activity of Vajrakilaya is especially effective in pacifying social conflicts and disturbances, and mending breaches of the tantric samaya, like the breaches of the bonds between Vajrayana practitioners.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:30 to 12:30 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Sunday afternoon tsog puja

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.


Lama Kunga
29.02.-01.03.20 Milarepa Guruyoga
Teaching, Practice and Tsog Puja
Jetsün Milarepa (1052-1135) is one of the most important yogis of Tibet. His teacher Marpa took him as a student only after a long, tough period of testing and inner purification. This was necessary because Milarepa had caused the death of many people out of revenge. With his radical inner change, his persistence during the time of testing, the deep trust in his guru as well as the strong devotion with which he performed his practice, finally leading him to enlightenment, he becomes a great example for us showing the transformative power of meditation practice.
With this guruyoga we pray to receive his blessings for our own practice.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Chöling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:30 to 12:30 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Saturday teaching and practice;
Sunday morning practice, afternoon tsog puja

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.


Lama Kunga
18-19.07.20 Medicine Buddha Practice
Teachings and Practice
While still training on the bodhisattva path, the medicine buddha took the vow that by hearing his name the sentient beings will be healed from their illnesses. Since every physical and mental disease is ultimately caused by the three mental poisons greed, hatred and ignorance, the practice of the medicine buddha can not only heal diseases, but also lead us on the path of liberation. Through his practice we pray for the healing activity of his deep blue light for ourselves as well as for other beings of the six realms.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:30 to 12:30 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.


Lama Kunga
22-23.08.20 Medicine Buddha Practice
Teachings and Practice
While still training on the bodhisattva path, the medicine buddha took the vow that by hearing his name the sentient beings will be healed from their illnesses. Since every physical and mental disease is ultimately caused by the three mental poisons greed, hatred and ignorance, the practice of the medicine buddha can not only heal diseases, but also lead us on the path of liberation. Through his practice we pray for the healing activity of his deep blue light for ourselves as well as for other beings of the six realms.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:30 to 12:30 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.

Lama Kunga
26-27.09.20 Vajrakilaya for World Peace
Teaching, Practice and Tsog Puja
Vajrakilaya, a wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva, eradicates ignorance and emotional afflictions that cause obstacles in our daily life and our dharma practice. The symbol of the compassionate wrathful activity is the phurpa, a ritual dagger which stabs the obstacles, thereby subduing and transforming their destructive potential. Vajrakilaya in essence represents our own pure inner nature, that was never stained by the turmoils of mental afflictions. The activity of Vajrakilaya is especially effective in pacifying social conflicts and disturbances, and mending breaches of the tantric samaya, like the breaches of the bonds between Vajrayana practitioners. We want to dedicate our Vajrakilaya practice especially to support world peace in these difficult times.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:30 to 12:30 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Sunday afternoon tsog puja

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.

Lama Kunga
19-20.01.19 Milarepa Guruyoga
Teaching, Practice and Tsog Pūjā
Jetsün Milarepa (1052-1135) is one of the most important yogis of Tibet. His teacher Marpa took him as a student only after a long, tough period of testing and inner purification. This was necessary because Milarepa had caused the death of many people out of revenge. With his radical inner change, his persistence during the time of testing, the deep trust in his guru as well as the strong devotion with which he performed his practice, finally leading him to enlightenment, he becomes a great example for us showing the transformative power of meditation practice.
With this guruyoga we pray to receive his blessings for our own practice.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Chöling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Saturday teaching and practice;
Sunday morning practice, afternoon tsog pūjā

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.


Lama Kunga
09-10.02.19 Ngondro
Practice, Q&A
Ngondro is a series of practices for deep purification of the practitioner in preparation for the general Vajrayāna practice, for Mahamudra and for Dzogchen practices. It entails the „Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind“ as common preliminaries, followed by the uncommon preliminaries with going for refuge, prostrations and developing bodhicitta, the Vajrasattva hundred-syllable mantra, mandala offering and guruyoga. Through this practice, karmic hindrances of body, speech and mind stemming from negative deeds are purified that would otherwise block the path to enlightenment.
During this weekend we will practice prostrations, Vajrasattva, mandala offering as well as guruyoga.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.


Lama Kunga
23-24.03.19 Shine/Lhakthong and Mahakala Tsog Puja
In our modern world with its ever increasing speed of life and its manifold distractions, our mind never comes to rest. We permanently oscillate between exitation and laxity. The practice of shine aims at rediscovering the natural clarity and stillness of our mind. A mind which is stabilized in this way enables us to deepen our insights gained through the analytical lhaktong meditation in order to deeply suffuse and transform our daily life activities.
Mahakala, the „Great Black one“, is a wrathful manifestation of Chenrezig. Through his practice we purify hinderances that block our inner development.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.


Lama Kunga
04-05.05.19 Vajrakilaya
Teaching, Practice and Tsog Puja
Vajrakilaya, a wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva, eradicates ignorance and emotional afflictions that cause obstacles in our daily life and our dharma practice. The symbol of the compassionate wrathful activity is the phurpa, a ritual dagger which stabs the obstacles, thereby subduing and transforming their destructive potential. Vajrakilaya in essence represents our own pure inner nature, that was never stained by the turmoils of mental afflictions. The activity of Vajrakilaya is especially effective in pacifying social conflicts and disturbances, and mending breaches of the tantric samaya, like the breaches of the bonds between Vajrayana practitioners.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Sunday afternoon tsog puja

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.


Lama Kunga
08-09.06.19 4-armed Chenrezig - Love And Compassion For the Six Realms
Teaching, practice and white feast
Chenrezig is the embodiment of the compassion of all the buddhas. He manifests in the six realms of existence in manifold ways in order to liberate all beings from suffering. With his practice, we establish a connection to him, enabling him to unfold his activity in our own mind.
In this course we receive teachings about the six realms and we practice the development of love and compassion towards all beings who are locked in these different states of existence.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Sunday afternoon white feast

Costs:
Costs for participation on donation basis


23-25.08.19 Tulku Damcho Rinpoche
Manjushri - Teachings and Empowerment

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Schedule:
Teachings:
Friday 7 PM - 8:30 PM
Saturday 10:30 AM - 12:30 AM, 2:30 PM - 4 PM
Sunday 10:30 AM - 12:30 AM
Empowerment:
Sunday 2:30 PM - 4 PM

Course fee:
100 € for the whole course including empowerments
25 € for single teaching sessions
35 € for single empowerment

The practice text for the Manjushri practice, "Löwe der Rede"

Please register for the event at ttc@rinpoche.de
Please also register for interviews with Tulku Damcho Rinpoche before the event.


04-06.10.19 Tulku Damcho Rinpoche
Teachings on Mahasiddha Gelongma Palmo and Empowerment in 1000-armed Chenrezig

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Schedule:
Teachings:
Friday 7 PM - 8:30 PM
Saturday 10:30 AM - 12:30 AM, 2:30 PM - 4 PM
Sunday 10:30 AM - 12:30 AM
Empowerment:
Sunday 2:30 PM - 4 PM

Course fee:
100 € for the whole course including empowerments
25 € for single teaching sessions
35 € for single empowerment

Please register for the event at ttc@rinpoche.de
Please also register for interviews with Tulku Damcho Rinpoche before the event.


Lama Kunga
09-10.11.19 Manjushri
Teaching and practice
The bodhisattva Manjushri (tib. Jampalyang) embodies the discerning wisdom (Skt. prajna, Tib. sherab) of all the buddhas. He holds a flaming sword up in his right hand, cutting through our ignorance and transforming it into wisdom. In his left hand he holds a lotus flower with the Prajnaparamita Sutra on top, the sutra of the perfection of wisdom.
The Manjushri practice is performed in order to purify obstacles of knowledge and wisdom. It is said, that practicing Manjushri helps to sharpen the intellect and the memory. Therefore, many great scholars of Tibetan Buddhism had a very close connection to this yidam.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:30 to 12:30 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM

Costs for participation on donation basis

Lama Kunga
13-14.01.18 Milarepa Guruyoga
Teaching, Practice and Tsog Pūjā
Jetsün Milarepa (1052-1135) is one of the most important yogis of Tibet. His teacher Marpa took him as a student only after a long, tough period of testing and inner purification. This was necessary because Milarepa had caused the death of many people out of revenge. With his radical inner change, his persistence during the time of testing, the deep trust in his guru as well as the strong devotion with which he performed his practice, finally leading him to enlightenment, he becomes a great example for us showing the transformative power of meditation practice.
With this guruyoga we pray to receive his blessings for our own practice.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Chöling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Saturday teaching and practice;
Sunday morning practice, afternoon tsog pūjā

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.


Lama Kunga
03-04.02.18 Vajrakilaya
Teaching, Practice and Tsog Pūjā
Vajrakīlaya, a wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva, eradicates ignorance and emotional afflictions that cause obstacles in our daily life and our dharma practice. The symbol of the compassionate wrathful activity is the phurpa, a ritual dagger which stabs the obstacles, thereby subduing and transforming their destructive potential. Vajrakīlaya in essence represents our own pure inner nature, that was never stained by the turmoils of mental afflictions. The activity of Vajrakīlaya is especially effective in pacifying social conflicts and disturbances, and mending breaches of the tantric samaya, like the breaches of the bonds between Vajrayāna practitioners.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Sunday afternoon tsog pūjā

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.


Lama Kunga
03-04.03.18 Ngondro
Practice, Q&A
Ngondro is a series of practices for deep purification of the practitioner in preparation for the general Vajrayāna practice, for Mahamudra and for Dzogchen practices. It entails the „Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind“ as common preliminaries, followed by the uncommon preliminaries with going for refuge, prostrations and developing bodhicitta, the Vajrasattva hundred-syllable mantra, mandala offering and guruyoga. Through this practice, karmic hindrances of body, speech and mind stemming from negative deeds are purified that would otherwise block the path to enlightenment.
During this weekend we will practice prostrations, Vajrasattva, mandala offering as well as guruyoga.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.


Lama Kunga
07-08.04.18 Medicine Buddha Practice and Lojong Mind Training
Teachings and Practice
While still training on the bodhisattva path, the medicine buddha took the vow that by hearing his name the sentient beings will be healed from their illnesses. Since every physical and mental disease is ultimately caused by the three mental poisons greed, hatred and ignorance, the practice of the medicine buddha can not only heal diseases, but also lead us on the path of liberation. Through his practice we pray for the healing activity of his deep blue light for ourselves as well as for other beings of the six realms.
The practice of lojong mind training aiming at the development of bodhicitta is especially useful for our modern time with its active way of life. One does not have to practice in a remote and isolated retreat place, the practice can be integrated in our daily life and our interaction with other people.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Each morning Medicine Buddha practice, afternoon lojong mind training

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.


Lama Kunga
12-13.05.18 Shine/Lhakthong and Mahakala Tsog Puja
In our modern world with its ever increasing speed of life and its manifold distractions, our mind never comes to rest. We permanently oscillate between exitation and laxity. The practice of shine aims at rediscovering the natural clarity and stillness of our mind. A mind which is stabilized in this way enables us to deepen our insights gained through the analytical lhaktong meditation in order to deeply suffuse and transform our daily life activities.
Mahakala, the „Great Black one“, is a wrathful manifestation of Chenrezig. Through his practice we purify hinderances that block our inner development.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.


Lama Kunga
09-10.06.18 Ngondro
Practice, Q&A
Ngondro is a series of practices for deep purification of the practitioner in preparation for the general Vajrayana practice, for Mahamudra and for Dzogchen practices. It entails the „Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind“ as common preliminaries, followed by the uncommon preliminaries with going for refuge, prostrations and developing bodhicitta, the Vajrasattva hundred-syllable mantra, mandala offering and guruyoga. Through this practice, karmic hindrances of body, speech and mind stemming from negative deeds are purified that would otherwise block the path to enlightenment.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.


Lama Kunga
18-19.08.18 Vajrakilaya
Teaching, Practice and Tsog Puja
Vajrakilaya, a wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva, eradicates ignorance and emotional afflictions that cause obstacles in our daily life and our dharma practice. The symbol of the compassionate wrathful activity is the phurpa, a ritual dagger which stabs the obstacles, thereby subduing and transforming their destructive potential. Vajrakilaya in essence represents our own pure inner nature, that was never stained by the turmoils of mental afflictions. The activity of Vajrakilaya is especially effective in pacifying social conflicts and disturbances, and mending breaches of the tantric samaya, like the breaches of the bonds between Vajrayana practitioners.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Sunday afternoon tsog puja

Costs:
Free event. Voluntary contribution welcome.


31.08.-02.09.18 Tulku Damcho Rinpoche
Teachings on the Six Paramitas and Empowerment in Vajrasattva and Medicine Buddha

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Schedule:
Teachings on the Six Paramitas:
Friday 7 PM - 8:30 PM
Saturday 10 AM - 11:30 AM
Sunday 10 AM - 11:30 AM
Empowerments:
Medicine Buddha: Saturday 2:30 PM - 4 PM
Vajrasattva: Sunday 2:30 PM - 4 PM

Course fee:
100 € for the whole course including empowerments
25 € for single teaching sessions
35 € for single empowerment

Please register for the event at ttc@rinpoche.de
Please also register for interviews with Tulku Damcho Rinpoche before the event.

Teachings on the Six Pāramitās:
The six pāramitās (generosity, ethics, patience, zeal, meditation and wisdom) comprise the training of the bodhisattva on his way to enlightenment. The development of the first five pāramitās is necessary for the accumulation of merit, the development of the sixth pāramitā corresponds to the accumulation of wisdom. The pāramitās are like practical instructions guiding us in our development towards enlightenment.

Empowerments:
While still training on the bodhisattva path, the medicine buddha took the vow that by hearing his name the sentient beings will be healed from their illnesses. Since every physical and mental disease is ultimately caused by the three mental poisons greed, hatred and ignorance, the practice of the medicine buddha can not only heal diseases, but also lead us on the path to liberation.
The practice of Vajrasattva, the "vajra being" or "indestructable being", is an important and especially effective purification practice in vajrayāna buddhism. In connection with an ethical way of life the meditation on Vajrasattva becomes like a strong fire that consumes our negative karma, as is stated in a buddhist tantra. The practice is amongst others part of the ngondro, the preliminary practices that prepare us for the vajrayāna practice.

Lama Kunga
22-23.12.18 White Tara
Teachings, Practice and Tsog Puja
White Tara, Tib. Drolkar, is known as the Mother of All Buddhas und embodies the purity of compassion. With her seven wisdom eyes she sees the suffering of beings within all samsaric realms and in the three times. Her enlightened activity pacifies obstacles of body, speech and mind, which block our spiritual progress. For instance, she harmonizes the five elements, which constitute the body, and dissolves blockages of the subtle body, leading to improved health and a prolongation of our life. With her practice we want pray on this day for long life, health, freedom from obstacles as well as world peace.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 - 12:00 AM and
2:30 - 4:30 PM
Sunday afternoon tsog puja

Costs for participation on donation basis

Lama Kunga
14-15.01.17 Vajrakīlaya
Teaching, practice and tsog pūjā
Vajrakīlaya, a wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva, eradicates ignorance and emotional afflictions that cause obstacles in our daily life and our dharma practice. The symbol of the compassionate wrathful activity is the phurpa, a ritual dagger which stabs the obstacles, thereby subduing and transforming their destructive potential. Vajrakīlaya in essence represents our own pure inner nature, that was never stained by the turmoils of mental afflictions. The activity of Vajrakīlaya is especially effective in pacifying social conflicts and disturbances, and mending breaches of the tantric samaya, like the breaches of the bonds between Vajrayāna practitioners.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Sunday afternoon tsog pūjā

Costs:
Costs for participation on donation basis


Do Tulku Rinpoche
30-31.01.17 Heart Sūtra (Short Version)
Talk
The Heart Sūtra is propably one of the best known and most chanted of all sūtras. It is the essence of the perfection of wisdom, prajñāpāramitā. The sūtra describes the insight about the fundamental emptiness of all phenomena that is gained in deep meditation by the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara. It is this insight into the nature of reality that becomes the basis for the liberation from all suffering.

Do Tulku Rinpoche was born in Southern India in 1985. At the age of 17 he was identified by H.H. Sakya Trizin as the 6th Raktrul Rinpoche. Following eleven years of training in Buddhist philosophy, practice and debate he graduated as Āchārya in the Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro Institute. There and in different schools he was teaching for one year and guided retreats for monks. He received teachings, transmissions and empowerments from some of the greatest masters of our time. Do Tulku Rinpoche is appreciated for his erudite, interactive and often unconventional and humorous way of conveying the Buddhist teachings.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
7-9 PM
Part 1 on Monday, 30.01., part 2 on Tuesday, 31.01.

Costs:
Costs for participation: 30 € (15 € per evening)


Lama Kunga
11-12.02.17 Shine and Lhaktong - Meditation for Relaxation
Teaching and practice
In our modern world with its ever increasing speed of life and its manifold distractions, our mind never comes to rest. We permanently oscillate between exitation and laxity. The practice of shine aims at rediscovering the natural clarity and stillness of our mind. A mind which is stabilized in this way enables us to deepen our insights gained through the analytical lhaktong meditation in order to deeply suffuse and transform our daily life activities.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM

Costs:
Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
01-02.04.17 Vajrakīlaya
Teaching, practice and tsog pūjā
Vajrakīlaya, a wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva, eradicates ignorance and emotional afflictions that cause obstacles in our daily life and our dharma practice. The symbol of the compassionate wrathful activity is the phurpa, a ritual dagger which stabs the obstacles, thereby subduing and transforming their destructive potential. Vajrakīlaya in essence represents our own pure inner nature, that was never stained by the turmoils of mental afflictions. The activity of Vajrakīlaya is especially effective in pacifying social conflicts and disturbances, and mending breaches of the tantric samaya, like the breaches of the bonds between Vajrayāna practitioners.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Sunday afternoon tsog pūjā

Costs:
Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
06-07.05.17 4-armed Chenrezig - Love And Compassion For the Six Realms
Teaching, practice and white feast
Chenrezig is the embodiment of the compassion of all the buddhas. He manifests in the six realms of existence in manifold ways in order to liberate all beings from suffering. With his practice, we establish a connection to him, enabling him to unfold his activity in our own mind.
In this course we receive teachings about the six realms and we practice the development of love and compassion towards all beings who are locked in these different states of existence.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Sunday afternoon white feast

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
01-02.07.17 Ngondro
Practice
Ngondro is a series of practices for deep purification of the practitioner in preparation for the general Vajrayāna practice, for Mahamudra and for Dzogchen practices. It entails the „Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind“ as common preliminaries, followed by the uncommon preliminaries with going for refuge, prostrations and developing bodhicitta, the Vajrasattva hundred-syllable mantra, mandala offering and guruyoga. Through this practice, karmic hindrances of body, speech and mind stemming from negative deeds are purified that would otherwise block the path to enlightenment.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Morning sessions prostrations and Vajrasattva;
Afternoon sessions mandala offering and guruyoga

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
22-23.07.17 Vajrakīlaya
Practice and Tsog Pūjā
Vajrakīlaya, a wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva, eradicates ignorance and emotional afflictions that cause obstacles in our daily life and our dharma practice. The symbol of the compassionate wrathful activity is the phurpa, a ritual dagger which stabs the obstacles, thereby subduing and transforming their destructive potential. Vajrakīlaya in essence represents our own pure inner nature, that was never stained by the turmoils of mental afflictions. The activity of Vajrakīlaya is especially effective in pacifying social conflicts and disturbances, and mending breaches of the tantric samaya, like the breaches of the bonds between Vajrayāna practitioners.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Sunday afternoon tsog pūjā

Costs for participation on donation basis


01-03.09.17 Tulku Damcho Rinpoche
Teachings on the Aspirational Prayer for Mahāmudrā of the III. Karmapa and Medicinebuddha Empowerment

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Mahamudra teachings:
Friday from 7 to 8:30 PM
Saturday from 10 to 11:30 AM and 2:30 to 4 PM
Sunday from 10 to 11:30 AM

Medicinebuddha empowerment:
Sunday from 2:30 to 4 PM

Costs for participation:
95 € for the whole course including empowerment
25 € for single teaching session
35 € for empowerment

Please register for participation at ttc@rinpoche.de
Please also register for personal interviews with Tulku Damcho

The Aspirational Prayer for Mahāmudrā
The III. Karmapa Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339) was both a great scholar and a great practitioner. He studied the Kagyu as well as the Nyingma tradition and he has brought the traditions of Mahāmudrā and Dzogchen closer together. In his early twenties he had a vision of Vimalamitra and Guru Rinpoche dissolving into him, and in that moment he received all the transmissions of the Dzogchen tantras.
One of his most famous works is the Aspirational Prayer for Mahāmudrā. The text starts with the aspiration to realize mahāmudrā, and then it leads us with a step-by-step description along the Buddhist path to show us how to reach that goal.

Medicine Buddha
While still training on the bodhisattva path, the medicine buddha took the vow that by hearing his name the sentient beings will be healed from their illnesses. Since every physical and mental disease is ultimately caused by the three mental poisons greed, hatred and ignorance, the practice of the medicine buddha can not only heal diseases, but also lead us on the path of liberation. Through his practice we pray for the healing activity of his deep blue light for ourselves as well as for other beings of the six realms.


Lama Kunga
14-15.10.17 Vajrakīlaya
Teaching, practice and tsog pūjā
Vajrakīlaya, a wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva, eradicates ignorance and emotional afflictions that cause obstacles in our daily life and our dharma practice. The symbol of the compassionate wrathful activity is the phurpa, a ritual dagger which stabs the obstacles, thereby subduing and transforming their destructive potential. Vajrakīlaya in essence represents our own pure inner nature, that was never stained by the turmoils of mental afflictions. The activity of Vajrakīlaya is especially effective in pacifying social conflicts and disturbances, and mending breaches of the tantric samaya, like the breaches of the bonds between Vajrayāna practitioners.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Sunday afternoon tsog pūjā

Costs for participation on donation basis

Lama Kunga
16-17.01.16 Ngondro
Practice
Ngondro is a series of practices for deep purification of the practitioner in preparation for the general Vajrayāna practice, for Mahamudra and for Dzogchen practices. It entails the „Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind“ as common preliminaries, followed by the uncommon preliminaries with going for refuge, prostrations and developing bodhicitta, the Vajrasattva hundred-syllable mantra, mandala offering and guruyoga. Through this practice, karmic hindrances of body, speech and mind stemming from negative deeds are purified that would otherwise block the path to enlightenment.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Saturday prostrations and Vajrasattva;
Sunday mandala offering and guruyoga

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
02.04.16 Medicine Buddha
Practice
While still training on the bodhisattva path, the medicine buddha took the vow that by hearing his name the sentient beings will be healed from their illnesses. Since every physical and mental disease is ultimately caused by the three mental poisons greed, hatred and ignorance, the practice of the medicine buddha can not only heal diseases, but also lead us on the path of liberation. Through his practice we pray for the healing activity of his deep blue light for ourselves as well as for other beings of the six realms.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday from
10:00 to 12:00 Uhr AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
07-08.05.16 Milarepa Guruyoga
Teaching, practice and tsog pūjā
Jetsün Milarepa (1052-1135) is one of the most important yogis of Tibet. His teacher Marpa took him as a student only after a long, tough period of testing and inner purification. This was necessary because Milarepa had caused the death of many people out of revenge. With his radical inner change, his persistence during the time of testing, the deep trust in his guru as well as the strong devotion with which he performed his practice, finally leading him to enlightenment, he becomes a great example for us showing the transformative power of meditation practice.
With this guruyoga we pray to receive his blessings for our own practice.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 Uhr AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Saturday teaching and practice;
Sunday morning practice, afternoon tsog pūjā

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
18-19.06.16 Mahakala
Intensive practice with tsog pūjā
Mahakala, „The Great Black One“, is a wrathful emanation of Chenrezig, the buddha of compassion. His 2-armed form called Mahakala Bernakchen is the main protector of the Karmapas and of the Karma Kagyü lineage. With his razor-sharp chopper he cuts off the negative patterns of our mental afflictions, which can’t be dissolved by peaceful methods anymore. He is surrounded by a circle of fire, which consumes all negative conditions that cause obstacles for the practitioner or for the dharma in general.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 Uhr AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
30-31.07.16 Green Tara
Practice, Q&A
The Tibetan name for Tara, Drölma, literally means savior, protector. As Green Tara she protects us from outer dangers as well as from our mental afflictions that bind us to the circle of samsaric existence. She purifies negative karmic imprints that trigger the manifestation of these respective experiences. Tara is said to be the embodiment of the active compassion of all the buddhas. Like a loving mother, who can’t bear to hear her childs‘ cry for help, she swiftly comes to our aid within an instant, given that we are willing to open us to her enlightened activity. In that way she can dispel obstacles on our path and lead us to genuine happiness.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 - 12:00 AM and
2:30 - 4:30 PM

Costs for participation on donation basis


05-07.08.16 Tulku Damchö
Khenpo Gangshar's Instructions on Mahamudra and Vajrakilaya Empowerment

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Mahamudra teachings:
Friday from 7 to 8:30 PM
Saturday from 10 to 11:30 AM and 2:30 to 4 PM
Sunday from 10 to 11:30 AM
Vajrakilaya empowerment:
Sunday from 2:30 to 4 PM

Costs for participation:
95 € for the whole course including empowerment
25 € for single teaching session
35 € for empowerment

Please register for participation at
Please also register for personal interviews with Tulku Damcho

Khenpo Gangshar Wangpo (born 1925), a great scholar and mahasiddha known as a master of the „Crazy Wisdom“ tradition, was connected both to Shechen and Thrangu Monasteries in Kham. He was the guru of many great masters, including Thrangu Rinpoche, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Khenpo Karthar. It was thought that he died in a Chinese prison between 1958 and 1961, but there are also accounts that he survived 22 years of imprisonment and passed away in 1980 or 1981 before he was found by his former students.
In the summer of 1957, while staying at the Thrangu Monastery, Khenpo Gangshar foresaw the difficulties that Tibetans would soon have to face, and began teaching in a completely new way. These teachings represent the essence of both mahamudra and dzogchen, presented in a way that is easy to understand and to practice, even under the most difficult circumstances. According to Thrangu Rinpoche, the mind instructions of Khenpo Ghangshar were the most important teachings he had received in his life, helping him in the times of his greatest hardships.

Vajrakilaya, a wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva, eradicates ignorance and emotional afflictions that cause obstacles in our daily life and our dharma practice. The symbol of the compassionate wrathful activity is the phurpa, a ritual dagger which stabs the obstacles, thereby subduing and transforming their destructive potential. Vajrakilaya in essence represents our own pure inner nature, that was never stained by the turmoils of mental afflictions. The activity of Vajrakilaya is especially effective in pacifying social conflicts and disturbances, and mending breaches of the tantric samaya, like the breaches of the bonds between Vajrayāna practitioners.


Lama Kunga
10-11.09.16 Konchok Chidu
Teachings, Practice and Tsog Puja
Konchok Chidu, „Embodiment of All Precious Juwels“, is a Guru Rinpoche practice that was revealed as a treasury text by the great Terton Jatson Nyingpo (1585-1656). There are many ways to accomplish the mind state of Guru Rinpoche, the practice of Konchok Chidu is regarded as one of the highest. We practice the short version of this terma, which focuses on Guru Obar as peaceful manifestation of the guru.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 - 12:00 AM and
2:30 - 4:30 PM
Sunday afternoon tsog puja

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
15-16.10.16 White Tara
Teachings, Practice and Tsog Puja
White Tara, Tib. Drolkar, is known as the Mother of All Buddhas und embodies the purity of compassion. With her seven wisdom eyes she sees the suffering of beings within all samsaric realms and in the three times. Her enlightened activity pacifies obstacles of body, speech and mind, which block our spiritual progress. For instance, she harmonizes the five elements, which constitute the body, and dissolves blockages of the subtle body, leading to improved health and a prolongation of our life. With her practice we want pray on this day for long life, health, freedom from obstacles as well as world peace.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 - 12:00 AM and
2:30 - 4:30 PM
Sunday afternoon tsog puja

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
26-27.11.16 Medicine Buddha
Teachings, Practice and Tsog pūjā
While still training on the bodhisattva path, the medicine buddha took the vow that by hearing his name the sentient beings will be healed from their illnesses. Since every physical and mental disease is ultimately caused by the three mental poisons greed, hatred and ignorance, the practice of the medicine buddha can not only heal diseases, but also lead us on the path of liberation. Through his practice we pray for the healing activity of his deep blue light for ourselves as well as for other beings of the six realms.

Please bring your bell and damaru, if possible.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday from
10:00 to 12:00 Uhr AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Saturday morning teachings, afternoon and Sunday morning practice, Sunday afternoon tsog pūjā

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
17-18.12.16 Mahakala
Intensive practice with tsog pūjā
Mahakala, „The Great Black One“, is a wrathful emanation of Chenrezig, the buddha of compassion. His 2-armed form called Mahakala Bernakchen is the main protector of the Karmapas and of the Karma Kagyü lineage. With his razor-sharp chopper he cuts off the negative patterns of our mental afflictions, which can’t be dissolved by peaceful methods anymore. He is surrounded by a circle of fire, which consumes all negative conditions that cause obstacles for the practitioner or for the dharma in general.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from
10:00 to 12:00 Uhr AM and
2:30 to 4:30 PM
Tsog pūjā on Sunday afternoon

Costs for participation on donation basis

Lama Kunga
03-04.01.15 Ngondro
Practice, questions and answer
Ngondro is a series of practices for deep purification of the practitioner in preparation for the general Vajrayāna practice, for Mahamudra and for Dzogchen practices. It entails the „Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind“ as common preliminaries, followed by the uncommon preliminaries with going for refuge, prostrations and developing bodhicitta, the Vajrasattva hundred-syllable mantra, mandala offering and guruyoga. Through this practice, karmic hindrances of body, speech and mind stemming from negative deeds are purified that would otherwise block the path to enlightenment.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 12 AM and 2:30 to 4:30 PM
Saturday morning prostrations, afternoon Vajrasattva;
Sunday morning mandala offering, afternoon guruyoga

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
07-08.02.15 Medicine Buddha
Teachings, practice and tsog-pūjā
While still training on the bodhisattva path, the medicine buddha took the vow that by hearing his name the sentient beings will be healed from their illnesses. Since every physical and mental disease is ultimately caused by the three mental poisons greed, hatred and ignorance, the practice of the medicine buddha can not only heal diseases, but also lead us on the path of liberation. Through his practice we pray for the healing activity of his deep blue light for ourselves as well as for other beings of the six realms.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 12 AM and 2:30 to 4:30 PM
Saturday morning teachings and practice, afternoon practice with tonglen;
Sunday morning intensive practice with tonglen, afternoon tsog-pūjā

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
21-22.03.15 Milarepa Guruyoga
Teachings and practice
Jetsün Milarepa (1052-1135) is one of the most important yogis of Tibet. His teacher Marpa took him as a student only after a long, tough period of testing and inner purification. This was necessary because Milarepa had caused the death of many people out of revenge. With his radical inner change, his persistence during the time of testing, the deep trust in his guru as well as the strong devotion with which he performed his practice, finally leading him to enlightenment, he becomes a great example for us showing the transformative power of meditation practice.
With this guruyoga we pray to receive his blessings for our own practice.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 12 AM and 2:30 to 4:30 PM
Saturday teachings and practice;
Sunday morning practice, afternoon tsog puja

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
18-19.04.15 Ngondro
Practice, questions and answer
Ngondro is a series of practices for deep purification of the practitioner in preparation for the general Vajrayāna practice, for Mahamudra and for Dzogchen practices. It entails the „Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind“ as common preliminaries, followed by the uncommon preliminaries with going for refuge, prostrations and developing bodhicitta, the Vajrasattva hundred-syllable mantra, mandala offering and guruyoga. Through this practice, karmic hindrances of body, speech and mind stemming from negative deeds are purified that would otherwise block the path to enlightenment.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 12 AM and 2:30 to 4:30 PM
Saturday morning prostrations, afternoon Vajrasattva;
Sunday morning mandala offering, afternoon guruyoga

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
16-17.05.15 Green Tara (especially 21 Taras)
Teachings and practice
The Tibetan name for Tara, Drölma, literally means savior, protector. As Green Tara she protects us from outer dangers as well as from our mental afflictions that bind us to the circle of samsaric existence. She purifies negative karmic imprints that trigger the manifestation of these respective experiences. Tara is said to be the embodiment of the active compassion of all the buddhas. Like a loving mother, who can’t bear to hear her childs‘ cry for help, she swiftly comes to our aid within an instant, given that we are willing to open us to her enlightened activity. In that way she can dispel obstacles on our path and lead us to genuine happiness. Her 21 emanations represent aspects of her enlightened activity, whereby the color white symbolizes peaceful activity, yellow enriching, red powerful and black wrathful activity.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 12 AM and 2:30 to 4:30 PM
Saturday teachings and practice
Sunday practice

Costs for participation on donation basis


Tulku Damcho Rinpoche
12-14.06.15 Mahamudra Teachings and Konchok Chidu Empowerment
"Elevate your experience and remain wide open like the sky. Expand your mindfulness and remain pervasive like the earth. Steady your attention and remain unshakable like a mountain. Brighten your awareness and remain shining like a flame. Clear your thoughtfree wakefulness and remain lucid like a crystal."
Dakpo Tashi Namgyal

Konchok Chidu (Guru Rinpoche) Empowerment
Konchok Chidu is a terma text revealed by Jatson Nyingpo, a master of the Nyingma tradition. The practice is an introduction to Dzogchen.

Tulku Damcho Rinpoche was recognized as the reincarnation of the great master Lama Tsoknyi by His Eminence Tai Situ Rinpoche. From an early age on he had wished to receive the monks vows. After the Thrangu Tashi Choling monastery was established in Kathmandu/Nepal, he insisted to become a monk there. Then, after spending several years as a monk there, he was finally recognized and inthroned as Tulku Damcho. Tulku Damcho was outstanding in his studies and his conduct, and completed the shedra with excellence. A traditional 3-year retreat and a one year Kalachakra retreat followed, which ended in 2007. Asked by Thrangu Rinpoche, he now travels to different centers in Europe to give teachings and empowerments on a yearly basis.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Friday 7 to 8:30 PM
Saturday 10 to 11:30 AM and 2:30 to 4 PM
Sunday 10 to 11:30 AM teaching and 2:30 PM empowerment
On Saturday afternoon possibility for interviews with Rinpoche.

Costs:
85,- € for whole event
25,- € for single sessions
30,- € for empowerment only


Lama Kunga
25-26.07.15 Four-arm Chenrezig with Six-Realms Meditation
Teaching, practice and Mahakala tsog pūjā
Chenrezig is the embodiment of the compassion of all the buddhas. He manifests in the six realms of existence in manifold ways in order to liberate all beings from suffering. With his practice, we establish a connection to him, enabling him to unfold his activity in our own mind.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 12 AM and 2:30 to 4:30 PM
Saturday teaching and practice
Sunday practice and Mahakala tsog pūjā

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
12-13.09.15 Milarepa Guruyoga
Teaching, practice and tsog pūjā
Jetsün Milarepa (1052-1135) is one of the most important yogis of Tibet. His teacher Marpa took him as a student only after a long, tough period of testing and inner purification. This was necessary because Milarepa had caused the death of many people out of revenge. With his radical inner change, his persistence during the time of testing, the deep trust in his guru as well as the strong devotion with which he performed his practice, finally leading him to enlightenment, he becomes a great example for us showing the transformative power of meditation practice.
With this guruyoga we pray to receive his blessings for our own practice.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 12 AM and 2:30 to 4:30 PM
Saturday teaching and practice
Sunday morning practice, afternoon tsog pūjā

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
03-04.10.15 Ngondro
Practice
Ngondro is a series of practices for deep purification of the practitioner in preparation for the general Vajrayāna practice, for Mahamudra and for Dzogchen practices. It entails the „Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind“ as common preliminaries, followed by the uncommon preliminaries with going for refuge, prostrations and developing bodhicitta, the Vajrasattva hundred-syllable mantra, mandala offering and guruyoga. Through this practice, karmic hindrances of body, speech and mind stemming from negative deeds are purified that would otherwise block the path to enlightenment.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 12 AM and 2:30 to 4:30 PM
Each morning prostrations and Vajrasattva
Each afternoon mandala offering and guruyoga

Costs for participation on donation basis

Note
In November Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche will give teachings on the Four Thoughts and will grant a Vajrasattva empowerment at the retreat center in Halscheid. Further information at:
http://www.halscheid-retreat.de


Lama Kunga
31.10.15 Shine and Vipashyana, practice
01.11.15 Mahakala, practice with tsog
In our modern world with its ever increasing speed of life and its manifold distractions, our mind never comes to rest. We permanently oscillate between exitation and laxity. The practice of shine aims at rediscovering the natural clarity and stillness of our mind. A mind which is stabilized in this way enables us to deepen our insights gained through the analytical lhaktong meditation in order to deeply suffuse and transform our daily life activities.
Mahakala, the „Great Black one“, is a wrathful manifestation of Chenrezig. Through his practice we purify hinderances that block our inner development.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 12 AM and 2:30 to 4:30 PM
Sunday afternoon Mahakala tsog

Costs for participation on donation basis


08.11.15 Visit by Karma Lhabu Drupon Rinpoche
Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Talk
Shamatha, a meditation for the development of mindfulness, leads to clarity and stillness. An undistracted and clear mind is not only important for meditation, we need these qualities also in postmeditation, which means in our everyday life, within our families or at our work place How is it possible for us to integrate the experiences gained on the cushion in an effective way into our daily life?

Khenpo Karma Lhabu received his education in Eastern Tibet. He performed several retreats, also a traditional Three-Year Retreat, and was quickly recognized as Mahamudra teacher due to his extraordinary skills. In 2004 he was appointed as retreat master for the Three-Year retreats by Thrangu Rinpoche. Right now he stays as Khenpo and retreat master in Samye Ling, where he assists in the establishment of a shedra.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Sunday
6 to 8 PM

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
28-29.11.15 Green Tara
Practice
The Tibetan name for Tara, Drölma, literally means savior, protector. As Green Tara she protects us from outer dangers as well as from our mental afflictions that bind us to the circle of samsaric existence. She purifies negative karmic imprints that trigger the manifestation of these respective experiences. Tara is said to be the embodiment of the active compassion of all the buddhas. Like a loving mother, who can’t bear to hear her childs‘ cry for help, she swiftly comes to our aid within an instant, given that we are willing to open us to her enlightened activity. In that way she can dispel obstacles on our path and lead us to genuine happiness.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 12 AM and 2:30 to 4:30 PM

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
12-13.12.15 Ngondro - Preliminary Practices for Mahamudra
Practice
Ngondro is a series of practices for deep purification of the practitioner in preparation for the general Vajrayāna practice, for Mahamudra and for Dzogchen practices. It entails the „Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind“ as common preliminaries, followed by the uncommon preliminaries with going for refuge, prostrations and developing bodhicitta, the Vajrasattva hundred-syllable mantra, mandala offering and guruyoga. Through this practice, karmic hindrances of body, speech and mind stemming from negative deeds are purified that would otherwise block the path to enlightenment.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 12 AM and 2:30 to 4:30 PM
saturday prostrations and Vajrasattva
Sunday mandala offering and guruyoga

Costs for participation on donation basis

Lama Kunga
04-05.01.14 Ngondro
Teachings and practice
The four preliminary practices for mahamudra meditation

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM to 12 AM and 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Saturday refuge and Vajrasattva
Sunday mandala offering and guruyoga

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
08-09.02.14 Milarepa Guruyoga
Teachings, practice and tsok puja

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM to 12 AM and 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Sunday afternoon tsok puja

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
22-23.03.14 Sangye Menla (Medicine Buddha)
Teachings and practice
Medicine Buddha is practiced in order to help all those who are sick.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM to 12 AM and 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
12-13.04.14 Green Tara
Teachings and practice
Tara is a female buddha aspect. The practice removes obstacles.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM to 12 AM and 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
10-11.05.14 White Tara and Chenresig
Teachings and practice

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM to 12 AM and 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Saturday White Tara longlife practice
Sunday Chenresig practice

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Tashi Dondrup
08-10.08.14 What Happens With Me After Death? – Liberation in the Bardo
Public talk and teachings
In Tibetan Buddhism, when we talk about "bardo", what's usually meant is the phase between death and rebirth. In this phase, the conciousness lives through a series of experiences starting from the clear realization of reality at the moment of death to the fearful halluzinations caused by unwholesome actions within the past life. When one is properly prepared for these experiences, then the bardo provides for a great possibility for liberation. Without this proper preparation one experiences the bardo as a place of great danger, and halluzinations caused by negative karmic impulses can even lead to rebirths in lower realms of existence.

Born in 1953 in Tibet, Lama Tashi Dondrub grew up in Bhutan after the escape from his homeland. He started early to study the Buddhist teachings with his father, who was a Nyingma lama. Ordained by H.H. the 16th Karmapa, he received his education in Rumtek monastery in Sikkim. He lived there for 16 years and was responsible for the education of the young monks. He then went into retreat, performing first the traditional Three-Year-Retreat, followed by a one-year Kalachakra retreat. In 1988 he came to Germany, teaching for 10 years at the Kamalashila Institute. Since 1998 he leads a Buddhist center in Canada.

Location:
Bildungswerk für Friedensarbeit, Im Krausfeld 30a, 53111 Bonn

Time:
Public talk:
Friday 7-8 PM

Teachings:
Saturday 10 - 11:30 AM and 2 - 4 PM Sunday 10 - 11:30 AM and 2 - 3:30 PM

Please register at ttc@rinpoche.de

Costs:
Whole event: 85 € (red. 70 €)
Single sessions: 17 € (red. 14 €)


Lama Kunga
16-17.08.14 Ngondro
Practice
Ngondro is a series of practices for deep purification of the practitioner in preparation for the general Vajrayāna practice, for Mahamudra and for Dzogchen practices. It entails the „Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind“ as common preliminaries, followed by the uncommon preliminaries with going for refuge, prostrations and developing bodhicitta, the Vajrasattva hundred-syllable mantra, mandala offering and guruyoga. Through this practice, karmic hindrances of body, speech and mind stemming from negative deeds are purified that would otherwise block the path to enlightenment.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM to 12 AM and 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Costs for participation on donation basis


Tulku Damcho
12-14.09.2014 Lojong – Seven-Point Mindtraining
Public talk, Teachings and Practice
Empowerment into the 4-armed Chenrezig
The practice of mindtraining aiming at the development of bodhicitta is especially useful in our modern time. One does not have to practice in a cave or isolated from everyday life, we can connect this practice with all the things we do each day. The instructions are condensed in just a few key sentences, which can be easily remembered and therefore become important reference points for our daily life.

Tulku Damcho Rinpoche was recognized as the reincarnation of the great master Lama Tsoknyi by His Eminence Tai Situ Rinpoche. From an early age on he had wished to receive the monks vows. After the Thrangu Tashi Choling monastery was established in Kathmandu/Nepal, he insisted to become a monk there. Then, after spending several years as a monk there, he was finally recognized and inthroned as Tulku Damcho. Tulku Damcho was outstanding in his studies and his conduct, and completed the shedra with excellence. A traditional 3-year retreat and a one year Kalachakra retreat followed, which ended in 2007. Asked by Thrangu Rinpoche, he now travels to different centers in Europe to give teachings and empowerments on a yearly basis.

Location:
Bildungswerk für Friedensarbeit, Im Krausfeld 30a, 53111 Bonn

Time:
Public talk:
Friday 7 - 8 PM
Teachings:
Saturday 10 - 11:30 AM and 3 - 5 PM
Sunday 10 - 11:30 AM
Empowerment:
Sunday 3 - 5 PM
Personal interviews with Tulku Damcho sind are not possible during the weekend event. Instead, there will be possibilities for interviews on Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th in Cologne after registration with Lama Kunga (Address: Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg).

Registration for the event and for personal interviews with Tulku Damcho Rinpoche at ttc@rinpoche.de

Costs:
Whole event: 85 € (red. 70 €)
Single sessions: 17 € (red. 14 €)


Lama Kunga
18-19.10.14 Ngondro, 4-arm Chenrezig and Mahakala
Teachings and practice
Ngondro is a series of practices for deep purification of the practitioner in preparation for the general Vajrayāna practice, for Mahamudra and for Dzogchen practices. It entails the „Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind“ as common preliminaries, followed by the uncommon preliminaries with going for refuge, prostrations and developing bodhicitta, the Vajrasattva hundred-syllable mantra, mandala offering and guruyoga. Through this practice, karmic hindrances of body, speech and mind stemming from negative deeds are purified that would otherwise block the path to enlightenment.
Chenrezig is the embodiment of the compassion of all the buddhas. He manifests in the six realms of existence in manifold ways in order to liberate all beings from suffering. His wrathful manifestation is Mahakala. With his practice, we establish a connection to him, enabling him to unfold his activity in our own mind.
In this course we receive teachings about the six realms and we practice the development of love and compassion towards all beings who are locked in these different states of existence.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM to 12 AM and 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Saturday morning prostrations and Vajrasattva, afternoon mandala Offering and guruyoga
Sunday morning 4-arm Chenrezig, Mahakala

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
06-07.12.14 Milarepa Guruyoga
Teachings and practice
Jetsün Milarepa (1052-1135) is one of the most important yogis of Tibet. His teacher Marpa took him as a student only after a long, tough period of testing and inner purification. This was necessary because Milarepa had caused the death of many people out of revenge. With his radical inner change, his persistence during the time of testing, the deep trust in his guru as well as the strong devotion with which he performed his practice, finally leading him to enlightenment, he becomes a great example for us showing the transformative power of meditation practice.
With this guruyoga we pray to receive his blessings for our own practice.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM to 12 AM and 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Costs for participation on donation basis

13-15.09.13 Tulku Damcho Rinpoche
Talk on How To Deal With Everyday Problems From A Buddhist Perspective and Milarepa Guruyoga Empowerment

Time:
Talk: Friday 6 PM
Milarepa Teachings: Saturday 10 AM and 3 PM
Milarepa Empowerment: Sunday 10 AM
Individual interviews with Tulku Damcho Rinpoche starting Sunday at 2:30 PM. Please register for interviews through Lama Kunga.

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Costs:
60,- € (red. 48,- €) for the whole event
15,- € (red. 12,- €) for single sessions

Registration for the event via email


Tulku Damcho
08.10.13 Medicine Buddha
Practice

Time:
7 PM

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Costs for participation on donation basis

Personal interviews with Tulku Damcho are possible on 09.10.13 starting 10:30 AM.


Tulku Damcho
29.10.13 Mahakala
Practice with tsok pūjā

Time:
7 PM

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Costs for participation on donation basis


Lama Kunga
14-15.12.13 Lojong Mind Training
Teachings and Practice
Lojong is a mind training developed by the master Atisha designed to achive Bodhicitta.

Time:
Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM to 12 AM und 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Location:
Thrangu Tashi Choling, Herstattallee 2, 50769 Köln-Seeberg

Costs for participation on donation basis