June – July
In late June, H.E. Ling Rinpoche visited Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India, where he gave a Dharma talk at the Sambhota Tibetan School, consecrated the Jangchup Stupa, and gave teachings and the Buddha Amitayus Long Life initiation to attendees from Chosum Tibetan Settlement, Shalu Monastery and other Tibetan Settlements around Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
In July, H.E. Ling Rinpoche gave audiences and talks to three groups of visiting students from the UK (Stonyhurst College, Barton Peveril College and Pates Grammar School) and also to a group of Tibetan students from the USA, UK and Europe, who came for a summer camp at the Buddhist Dialectic School in Dharamsala.
Rinpoche then traveled to Japan, where he was invited to celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s birthday with Japanese Parliament representatives, the Representative for the Office of Tibet in Japan and other dignitaries. The celebration included Rinpoche presiding over an Animal Liberation ceremony. Rinpoche taught at Gokukuji Temple on the “Eight Verses of Thought Transformation,” gave a talk on “Compassion in Modern Society,” and bestowed the Four-Arm Chenrezig initiation. Rinpoche also taught an “Introduction to Lam Rim,” at Potala College.