Dudjom Rinpoche

In Memory of Dudjom Rinpoche

~ DudjomTersarNgondro
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Today, January 16, 2025,  we commemorate the anniversary of the parinirvana of Kyabje Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje Rinpoche*, one of the most prominent Nyingma lineage masters. Rinpoche first came to America in 1972. His arrival marked a pivotal moment in the transmission of Tibetan Buddhism to the West. Dudjom Rinpoche was received with great reverence and curiosity by Westerners who were beginning to explore Tibetan Buddhism. Many of his first students were spiritual seekers drawn to his profound wisdom, humility, and the clarity of his teachings.

Listen to Dudjom Rinpoche interview with Lex Hixon during Rinpoche’s first visit to America. 

 

During Rinpoche’s time in the United States, Dudjom Rinpoche established several Dharma centers to provide authentic teachings and create spaces for Buddhist practice. These include significant center, the Seat of Dudjom Rinpcohe, Yeshe Nyingpo in New York.

The Pema Osel Ling Retreat Center was established in 1989 by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche at the request of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche. It is the primary retreat center for the Vajrayana Foundation, dedicated to preserving and transmitting the teachings of the Dudjom Tersar lineage in the West.

Explore books by Dudjom Rinpoche at Shambhala Publications: A Guide to Dudjom Rinpoche 

*Rinpoche’s  biography made possible through support of Jnanasukha Foundation.

 

Dudjom Ngondro Study ~ Discussion Group

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

We are excited to present a new opportunity for the Dudjom Ngondro Program Participants. On January 12, 2025, we will begin our first  monthly Dudjom Ngondro Study ~ Discussion Group. The group will be led by Stefan Graves. The focus of the group will be to explore, investigate and refine our understanding of basic dharma in daily life and how building community can support our practice. Although the Lama Tharchin Rinpoche’s commentary focuses on the Dudjom Tersar Ngondro, the group’s discussion is intended to be relevant for anyone practicing any Ngondro.

Regina DeCosse
Dudjom Ngondro Coordinator

A Commentary on the Dudjom Tersar Ngondro
by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche
https://www.dharmatreasures.com/products/a-commentary-on-the-dudjom-tersar-ngondro-by-lama-tharchin-rinpoche

DIGI-Text A Commentary on the Dudjom Tersar Ngondro
by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche
https://www.dharmatreasures.com/products/digi-text-ngondro-commentary-by-lama-tharchin-rinpoche

 

 

The Supreme View

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

“To cultivate ultimate bodhichitta, you must realize that the ultimate, abiding nature of reality is not something born from causes and circumstances. It is perfectly pure and free from mental fabrications such as the divisions into samsara and nirvana, virtuous and non-virtuous, good and bad, and so forth.

When you have ascertained the meaning of the perfection of wisdom (prajnaparamita), which is the void-ness of both the conventional “I” and all phenomena, there is no longer the two extremes of samsara and nirvana. Such divisions are the deceptive appearances of the relative level of truth. From the point of view of the ultimate level, then, there is only voidness. The unity of these two levels is the supreme view.”

Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje New York 1976