Watch Pain as a Path to Freedom With Teachers from Six Spiritual Traditions of Tibet On Facebook Live

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Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche has been organizing interesting panel discussions online, including the June 7, 2020 event I shared earlier, "Teachings and Prayers for the Pandemic from Six Spiritual Traditions of Tibet." This upcoming panel discussion looks great too.

Pain as a Path to Freedom With Teachers from Six Spiritual Traditions of Tibet

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche's July 11, 2020 Facebook post says, "In an August 16 Facebook Live conversation hosted by Geshe Tenzin Wangyal, esteemed teachers from six spiritual traditions of Tibet discuss how any experience of life — even the most challenging moment of physical illness or mental distress — can become a path toward personal growth and spiritual enlightenment. The discussion is in Tibetan with simultaneous translation into English and many other languages, 90 minutes."

The Event

The event poster says, "Pain as a Path to Freedom With Teachers from Six Spiritual Traditions of Tibet" and gives the names of the panelists: Yangten Rinpoche (Gelug), Gyaltsab Rinpoche Choekyi Nangpa (Jonang), Khenpo Gyurmey Dorjee (Sakya), Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (Kagyu), Sogan Rinpoche (Nyingma), and Pönlop Trinley Nyima Rinpoche (Bön). Hosted by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche.

Pain as a Path to Freedom, www.cybersangha.net.

Speakers

Pönlop Trinley Nyima Rinpoche

"At the age of 13 and on the advice of his uncle, Pönlop Rinpoche went into a series of 3 months retreats during 1975, 1976 and 1977. In 1979, Pönlop Rinpoche’s brother, Lama Tashi, brought Rinpoche to Menri Monastery in India. His studies there focused on Sutra, Tanta and Dzogchen as well as ritual, grammar, poetry, astrology, divination, medicine, Thanka painting, Mandalas and stupas. Ponlob obtained his Geshe Degree (Doctorate) from the Bön Dialectic School in 1989. Soon after, Rinpoche was appointed Principle Instructor of the Bön Dialectic School by H.H. the 33rd Mentri Trizin and H.E. Yongzin Rinpoche. In 1992 he was further honored by being given the title of Pönlop, the second most revered position in Menri Monastery."

Continue reading Pönlop Trinley Nyima Rinpoche's biography on www.olmoling.org.

Sogan Rinpoche

"Ven. Sogan Rinpoche (Tulku Pema Lodoe) was born in 1964 in the Golok region of Amdo, Tibet. As a child, he was recognized by H.H. the XlVth Dalai Lama as the Sixth Sogan Rinpoche and was enthroned at Abo Sera Monastery (in Tibet's Serta region) which he founded in his First Sogan Rinpoche incarnation. He is also the head of Bayan (Wayan) Monastery, located in Golok.

"Rinpoche has studied with many great masters of all four traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. His principal teacher was Khenpo Munsel, who was one of the great Dzogchen masters of the 20th century and a chief disciple of Khenpo Ngag Chung. After many years of study, pilgrimage and solitary retreat, Rinpoche left Tibet to continue his studies in Nepal. He studied extensively with many prominent teachers and spent several years there in retreat."

Continue reading Sogan Rinpoche's biography on www.sogan.org.

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

"Born in 1975 in the Himalayan border regions between Tibet and Nepal, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is a much-loved and accomplished meditation master. From a young age, Rinpoche was drawn to a life of contemplation. He spent many years of his childhood in strict retreat. At the age of seventeen, he was invited to be a teacher at his monastery’s three-year retreat center, a position rarely held by such a young lama. He also completed the traditional Buddhist training in philosophy and psychology, before founding a monastic college at his home monastery in north India.

"In addition to extensive training in the meditative and philosophical traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, Mingyur Rinpoche has also had a lifelong interest in Western science and psychology. At an early age, he began a series of informal discussions with the famed neuroscientist Francisco Varela, who came to Nepal to learn meditation from his father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche."

Continue reading Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche's biography on www.tergar.org.

Khenpo Gyurmey Dorjee

"Khenpo Choying Dorjee was born a student of the Khyentse lineage. He was also a devoted student of the late Khen Rinpoche Kunga Wangchuk. He joined Dzongsar Institute in 1992, when it was still located in Bir. In 1998 he was granted his Shastra Degree in Buddhism, which is the equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree. He received his Archaya title, which is the equivalent to an MA, in 2001. He received his Khenpo title in 2002 and received his Khenpo Degree, which is the equivalent to a PhD in Buddhism, in 2004.

"He worked as a revision teacher (kyorpon) at the shedra from 1999 to 2000 and continued as a head teacher until 2013. In 2010, he was appointed as a teacher of Sakya Dungsay Avikrita Rinpoche. Khenpo served as assistant principal of the shedra from 2008 to 2012 and Rinpoche appointed him to be DKCLI’s head principal for the 2013 to 2016 term."

Continue reading Khenpo Gyurmey Dorjee's biography on www.khyentsefoundation.org.

Gyaltsab Rinpoche Choekyi Nangpa

"Since 1993, H.E. Choekyi Nangwa Rinpoche has been in exile in India. Subsequently he studied the five major Buddhist texts in Gaden Monastic University in South India. On many occasions, he received teachings and empowerments from His holiness the Dalai Lama, especially including the Kalachakra and Jonang Kunga Drolchok's (1507-1566) Hundred instructions.

"In 1998, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama offered the Sangye Choeling monastery to H.H. KhalKha Jetsun Dhampa for the revival and promotion of the Jonang tradition and also renamed the monastery, Jonang Takten Phuntsok Chosling Monastery. At that time His Holiness installed Choekyi Nangwa Rinpoche as the Abbot of the monastery. He is currently Abbot of Jonang Takten Phuntsok Chosling Tibetan Buddhist monastery Sanjauli, Shimla, H.P., India. He is looking after all the monastic monks and teaching them in the Jonang tradition. He also teaches Kalachakra six-limb Yoga to students in the Kalachakra meditation Centre."
Continue reading Gyaltsab Rinpoche Choekyi Nangpa's biography on www.jonangmonasteryshimla.com.

Yangten Rinpoche

"Yangten Rinpoche was born in Kham, Tibet in 1978. He was recognised as a tulku aged 10, and enthroned at Kandze Monstery. In 1990, at the unusually young age of 12, he entered the Geshe program at Sera Mey Monastery and graduated with a Geshe Lharampa degree (with distinction) in 2007, aged only 29.

"After graduation, Rinpoche joined Gyuto Monastery for 2 years and completed the traditional tantric studies there. During his time at Gyuto Monastery, Rinpoche helped His Holiness the Karmapa as a debate assistant.

"In 2008 Rinpoche was called up by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to work in His Holiness’ Private Office and has assisted His Holiness on many projects, including being selected to to compile a book on Buddhist Science, from the Kangyur and Tengyur."

Continue reading Yangten Rinpoche's biography on www.tushita.info.

Read more about the panelist on www.cybersangha.net.

Schedule

August 16, 2020

10:00 AM ET - 11:30 AM ET

(7:00 AM PT - 8:30 AM PT)

Watch the Livestream

Watch the livestream on the Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Facebook page.

Based on my viewing of the June 7 event Facebook livestream with the same panelists, this event  may be conducted entirely, or almost entirely in Tibetan. For English translation, open the Facebook page to watch the livestreaming video, and then open this Ligmincha webpage to listen to a livestream of the English translation.

If you miss the event and would like to listen to the audio recording of the English translation later then look for it on this Ligmincha webpage.

The live event will be translated into a number of other languages through Ligmincha as well.