December 1, 2019

In early December, H.E. Ling Rinpoche was the Chief Guest at the “Bhumi Pujan” of Donyi Polo Khumko and Indigenous Faith Day celebration & foundation laying ceremony in Arunachal Pradesh, India. The event was attended by the Honorable Pema Khandu, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh and other Indian and international dignitaries.

From 7th – 25th December, H.E. Ling Rinpoche returned to his residence at Ling Labrang, Drepung Monastery in South India, for the 600th anniversary of the great master Je Tsongkhapa’s nirvana (1419-2019). Each day Rinpoche met with high Lamas and granted audiences to many visiting international guests and the public. Rinpoche gave a special audience and advice to Drepung Loseling’s newly graduated Geshes, visited Ling Khangtsen where the monks offered a short long-life puja, and attended the Long-Life Initiation of Je Lama Tsongkhapa given by H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet at Drepung Loseling Debate Courtyard.

On 7th December, H.H. the Dalai Lama granted a special audience and gave advice to H.E. Ling Rinpoche and the Loseling Tulku Association, and on 17th December H.H. the Dalai Lama presided over the ‘Conference on Aryadeva’s Four Hundred Stanzas Treatise in Commemoration of Je Tsongkhapa’s 600th Pairinirvana Anniversary,’ which was chaired by H.E. Ling Rinpoche at Drepung Loseling.

On the last day of the year, His Eminence Ling Rinpoche arrived in Taipei, where he was very warmly welcomed by Drepung Loseling Association of Taiwan and representatives from many other Gelugpa Dharma centers.

November 30, 2019

On 2nd November, H.E. Ling Rinpoche attended the “Conference on the Great Commentarial Text on Guhyasamaja Tantra” at Gyuto Monastery in Dharamsala, presided over by H.H. the Dalai Lama and attended by H.E. Gaden Tri Rinpoche, H.E. Shartse Choje Rinpoche, H.E. Jangtse Choje Rinpoche and other dignitaries.

Rinpoche gave an audience to a group of nuns from Korea at his residence in Dharamsala and gave them advice about how to practice and study, how to keep vows and ethics, and how to help people by giving Dharma teachings. The nuns chanted the Heart Sutra as an offering to Rinpoche. Rinpoche also gave audiences and talks to groups of visitors from Vietnam and Korea. In late November, Rinpoche traveled to Arunachal Pradesh in India.

October 31, 2019

In early October H.E. Ling Rinpoche was in residence at his home in Dharamsala where he gave audiences to the Drepung Loseling Abbot and Administrators, and representatives of the International Campaign for Tibet. Rinpoche visited the Tibetan Children’s Village in Suja, Bir, where he gave a White Tara Long Initiation and a talk about the importance of debate to sharpen the mind and correctly understand the Buddhist teachings.

On 18th October H.E. Ling Rinpoche was warmly welcomed to Nepal, where he presided over the opening ceremony at Lama Guan Tashi Rabten Monastery in Pharping. Rinpoche bestowed a White Tara Long Life Initiation in Pharping and met with the international students of ‘Awakening Vajra’. Rinpoche also visited Drubthob Rinpoche’s Manjushri Di-Chen Buddhist Learning Center Monastery and School in Pharping and paid respects at the Vajrayogini Temple and the self-emanating Tara.

On his return to Kathmandu, H.E. Ling Rinpoche visited Kopan Monastery where he gave teachings on Lama Tsongkhapa’s “Three Principle Aspects of the Path” and a talk on “Compassion and How to Train the Mind.” Rinpoche paid respects at the Boudhanath Stupa and the Swayambunath Stupa, gave a talk and the Manjushri oral transmission at Shekar Choede, and visited and blessed Samten Ling Monastery and Porong Monastery. At Kopan Nunnery, Rinpoche gave the oral transmission for “The Heart Sutra” and the Tara mantra. On the occasion of the Winter Debate gathering, Rinpoche gave the oral transmission of the “8 Verses of Thought Transformation,” the “7 Point Mind Training,” and the “100 Deities Commentary,” organized by the Gelug International Foundation in Nepal. Rinpoche also visited and blessed Thukje Choeling Nunnery in Nepal, where he was offered a short Long-Life Puja.

H.E. Ling Rinpoche concluded his Nepal visit with a White Tara Long Life Initiation and general advice to the Tibetan people about how to preserve their unique culture and language, organized by the Tehor Community in Nepal.

On arrival back to India, H.E. Ling Rinpoche gave a talk to Tibetan and Himalayan Students of Delhi College, organized by TCV Youth Hostel and Tibetan Settlement Office in Delhi, before returning to his residence in Dharamsala.