Rigul Trust Newsletter

Rigul Trust Autumn 2009 Newsletter

Dear Friends

We are happy to bring you good news about some of Ringu Tulku’s activities in the field through Rigul Trust. To read our latest Rigul Trust Autumn 2009 Newsletter visit www.rigultrust.org scroll down on the home page for Newsletter or click on Projects in the drop down menu – click on Newsletters

Ringu Tulku Rinpoche is very appreciative of all the kindnesses and generosity that abounds amongst so many

Wishing you all good things and please let us know if you have any tips, suggestions, advice or can offer help in any way.

Please feel free to forward this information to anyone you may think would be interested

Best Wishes

Margaret Richardson

350.org

Poetry book for H.H. Karmapa

Dear friends,
I hope you are all well.

In celebration of HH Karmapa’s proposed visit to Europe in 2010, Bodhicharya Publications is planning to publish a book of poetry, inspirational prayers and songs, that will be offered to His Holiness by Ringu Tulku next year. We are now looking for contributions from Bodhicharya students and friends to include in this book.

Contributions will be appreciated in English, French and German but we would also be grateful for English translations from the original French and German. If you are unable to translate from French and German please let me know and I will put you in contact with one of our translators. You can send up to five contributions and the Bodhicharya editing group will decide which poems etc to include in this publication. However, if your poem is not chosen for this publication this time we may still use it for future volumes of poetry published by Bodhicharya in the coming years.

Please send me any contributions by the end of September 2009. We are also looking for drawings, illustrations or original photographs to include. Don’t hesitate to contact me if you want to know more.

with love and best wishes,

Margaret Ford
Bodhicharya Publications

Summer course in Kamalashila

At the Kamalashila Institute, Rinpoche gave teachings on Atisha’s Lamp of the Path to Enlightenment.

On Saturday July 25th, Rinpoche presided an international meeting organized to prepare His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa’s first visit to Europe in (hopefully) 2010.

Self and no-self at Mind and Life

Visit the Mind and Life website.

Bodhicharya Mitra network………….for everyone

Dear friends,

As many of you will be aware, there are a number of our Dharma friends who do not have the support and friendship of a group where they can meet up, discuss Dharma, or just have the social interaction of being in contact with like minded people. The idea behind this Sangha email list is mainly to keep people informed about Ringu Tulku’s activities, but it also serves the purpose of bringing people together from all over the world. We would like to take this a step further and offer the ‘ Bodhicharya Mitra Network’ where Dharma friends can express an interest in meeting up with others who need support and friendship, or become email or ‘phone friends and/or mentors.  Or if people just want to get to know each other, no matter where they might live.  The idea is to offer help where help and support are needed. Please note that you are very welcome to join the Bodhicharya Mitra network although your main involvement may be with another Sangha. Everyone is welcome!

I will be working in conjunction with Bodhicharya London where there is already a support network in place for the London area. We will put together an international database of friends who would like to support each other. and I will help co-ordinate the setting up of local support groups. I know that many of you will be interested in becoming involved and helping this worthwhile project.

Ringu Tulku wrote about this project:

” There is absolutely no better Dharma practice  than to help and support people in need. “

I look forward to hearing from interested people. Please email me with any questions. Please pass on to whoever you think may be interested.
Love and best wishes,
Margaret Ford
Bodhicharya International

Mgtfrd(at)aol.com

Rigul Trust Newsletter, Spring 2009

To read the latest Rigul Trust Newsletter visit www.rigultrust.org then click on ”Projects”.

It includes an account of Francois Henrard’s trip to Rigul, Tibet in October 2008, Ringu Tulku’s birthplace and Ringu Tulku’s Meditation Centre in Sikkim, written by Pat Murphy

Rinpoche in Berlin

On march 29th 2009, Ringu Tulku lay the first stone for the building of the new temple for the Bodhicharya center in Berlin.

You can see more photos here.

Updated with pictures taken on March 30th.

Rinpoche is at the 26th Kagyu Monlam, Bodhgaya, India.

Visit the Kagyu Monlam website for all the details.

New Year greetings from Ringu Tulku

Months passed,
in solving problems
in hope and fear,
did I do one act of kindness?

I worried about everything,
economics, politics,
global and regional crisis.
Did I do one helpful act?

May we be kinder to each other
and learn to live delightfully
in spite of all the problems
and do some useful things.

Wish you all a very happy year in 2009

Ringu Tulku
Gangtok
25th December, 2008