May 31, 2018

H.E. Ling Rinpoche visited Italy and France in May and early June. Rinpoche commenced his European tour with an eight-day teaching on “Lam Rim Chenmo,” followed by a Manjushri initiation, at Instituto Lama Tzongkhapa in Pomaia, Italy. Rinpoche also visited and blessed a site in Pomaia for a new monastery, Lungtok Chokhor Ling, and gave the oral transmission of the “Praises to Manjushri” prayer and mantra. Rinpoche continued on to Milan, where he gave Buddhist introductory teachings and a Buddha Amitayus Long Life initiation at Ghe Pel Ling, as well as offering advice to the local Tibetan community. Rinpoche then gave teachings on the “Eight Verses for Thought Transformation” in Padua at the Tara Chittamani Center. Rinpoche visited the Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua, where the head monk received Rinpoche and invited him to view St. Anthony’s holy relics.

H.E. Ling Rinpoche then traveled to Veneux Les Sablong, France, where he was warmly welcomed by Venerable Dagpo Rinpoche and his students. Rinpoche gave teachings on the “Three Principal Aspects of the Path” at Ganden Ling Center, and bestowed the Manjushri, Chenresig, Vajrapani and White Tara initiations. On the auspicious day of Saka Dawa, the anniversary of Shakyamuni Buddha’s Birth, Enlightenment and Parinirvana, Rinpoche joined the Tibetan community in Paris and presided over a tsog offering puja. Rinpoche then gave the local Tibetans advice and oral transmissions of many mantras. Rinpoche concluded his tour by giving teachings on “The Foundation of All Good Qualities” and the Medicine Buddha initiation, at the Kalachakra Center in Paris.

April 30, 2018

In April, H.E. Ling Rinpoche visited Singapore to lead a three-day Grand Puja Ceremony hosted by the Gaden Shartse Dro Phen Ling (GSDPL) Buddhist Center. Rinpoche bestowed the Dorje Namjong, Yellow Dzambhala and Hayagriva initiations.

Later that month, Kyabjé Denma Locho Rinpoche’s 18-month old reincarnation Yangsi Rinpoche had an audience with H.E. Ling Rinpoche at Yongzin Lingtsang Labrang in Dharamsala.

March 31, 2018

H.E. Ling Rinpoche visited Perth, Australia in March, where he gave two days of teachings on the “Foundation of All Good Qualities” and the Je Rig Sum Chig (Manjushri, Chenrezig & Vajrapani) initiations at Hayagriva Buddhist Center (FPMT). Rinpoche gave a public talk on the “Buddhist Science of Happiness” at the University of Western Australia and he performed an animal liberation ceremony for crayfish at Cottesloe Beach.