Resources

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Lineage

His Holiness the 17th Karmapa

The Kagyu Office website presents extensive information on His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa.

Khenpo Tsultim Gyamtso Rinpoche

Khenpo Rinpoche's official site provides an up-to-date schedule of Rinpoche's teaching programs, along with songs, poems and biographical information.

The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Ponlop Rinpoche's official website with his latest teaching schedule, book releases and Twitter feeds.

 

Dharma Centers and Organizations

Nalanda West

Nalanda West is a center for contemplative studies and meditation. Established in 2003 in Seattle, Washington, it is the headquarters for Nalandabodhi, an international network of study and meditation centers in North America, Mexico, Europe and Asia and Nitartha international, an educational center dedicated to non-sectarian studies of the science of mind.

Nitartha Institute

The goal of Nitartha Institute is to bring the full depth of the Kagyu and Nyingma Tibetan Buddhist teachings to students in the West.

Nitartha International

A source of technological and educational resources to bring the living wisdom of the East to the world community.

Rime Foundation

The Rimé Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the wisdom of Tibet and to making this unique tradition accessible to the Western world.

Dzogchen Monastary

For centuries, Dzogchen Monastery has been a home for many eminent Buddhist teachers.

Traditionally, three Abbots have shared responsibility of Dzogchen Monastery. The positions of Abbots have been filled by members of the following three reincarnate teacher lineages:

  • the Dzogchen Rinpoche line
  • the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche line
  • the Kushok Geymong Rinpoche line

Kamalashila Institute

The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche is the spiritual director of Kamalashila Institute, the European seat of His Holiness the 17th Karmapa.


Media

Bodhi

The voice of Vajrayana Buddhism. A quarterly magazine offering teachings and current news of the Kagyu and Nyingma sanghas published by the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. 

Snow Lion Publications

Academic as well as popular titles from all the schools of Tibetan Buddhism plus a great online newsletter.

Shambhala Publications

Hundreds of publications from a wide variety of spiritual traditions, and more...

Vajra Echos

High quality recordings of excellent dharma teachings by great lineage masters and other highly qualified teachers at prices that are affordable to dharma practitioners.

Shenpen Osel

Shenpen Ösel is a tri-annual publication of Kagyu Shenpen Ösel Chöling (KSOC), a center for the study and practice of Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism located in Seattle, Washington... published with the aspiration to present and make available the clear light of the Buddha's teachings. May it bring benefit and may all be auspicious. Though no longer being published, these magazines are available on the web. A real treasure trove of Kagyu teachings...

Bodhidharma Bookstore

Books, Audio/Video, Dharma Art, Dharma Practice Supplies, Nalandabodhi Study Path Texts, and more...

 

Projects

Bodhi Heart

Bodhi Heart was founded by The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche to help with the many needs of Tibetan monastics and lay communities in South Asia.

Prayer4Peace

"I would like to ask all to participate in the practice of Vajrasattva mantra we are dedicating for world peace at this very difficult time. 

"My aspiration is that sanghas around the world can launch a project to accumulate one billion recitations of the six-syllable Vajrasattva mantra, from all practitioners in order to purify negative karmic forces, create peace and harmony in the world and to bring the experience of enlightenment to all sentient beings." 

- The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, December 11, 2001.