News
02/08/08 - Seattle, WA
DPR Joins Losar Celebration at Nalanda West
for the Lunar New Year of the Earth Mouse, 2008-2009
On the morning of February 8th, from the imposing edifice of Nalanda West at the eastern borderlands of Fremont came a strange harbinger of auspicious good cheer, as Nalandabodhi students began to gather and sample freshly brewed Tibetan chang in preparation for the ascent to the shrine room.
Listen to audio recording of DPR's New Year address and
remarks by Mark Power, Nalandabodhi Executive Council Chairman
2007
12/14/07 - Seattle, WA
DPR Gives Teachings on Compositions by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche: "Fifty Verses on Dependent Arising" and "The Sadhana of Mahamudra"
Students of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche and of the Dzochen Ponlop Rinpoche gathered in Seattle weeks before the turn of a new year to listen to the teachings on dependent arising and on the profound path of bliss-emptiness Mahamudra, as taught by Khenpo Rinpoche to Ponlop Rinpoche.
12/01/07 - Deer Park, Bir, India 
DPR to Chair Landmark Translators' Conference,
"Translating the Words of the Buddha"
The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche will chair a landmark translators' conference, "Translating the Words of the Buddha," at Deer Park, Bir, India, March 16 through 20, 2009. The event will be hosted by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Khyentse Foundation, and Deer Park Institute. His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, His Holiness Sakya Trizin, His Holiness Mindroling Trichen, His Holiness the XVII Gyalwa Karmapa, Sogyal Rinpoche, Pema Wangyal Rinpoche, and Khyentse Jintgme Rinpoche have all given their blessings to the gathering as honorary patrons.
11/30/07 - Seattle, WA
Under The Needle: Bringing Buddhism to a wired Seattle
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche interviewed by Mike Lewis for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer daily newspaper. Under the Needle is a feature showcasing Seattle and the people who live here.
09/23/07 - New York, NY
"Mind Beyond Death" Weekend Program in New York City
Rinpoche's book is as much about how to live than how to die or go beyond death. Rinpoche emphasized that we should be more concerned with how we live our lives in the NOW. By the time we are dying or dead it will be too late to compensate for lost time during our lives by relying on esoteric bardo practices.
08/04/07 - Tacoma, WA
DPR Teaches at 2007 Nitartha Institute Summer Program
Often called a "buddhist intellectual boot camp" by Rinpoche, Nitartha is one of the most rigorous and delightful intensive trainings in the teachings available in the West.
Watch video about Nitartha Institute for
Higher Buddhist Studies shot at the 2007 Summer Program
07/21/07 - Ukiah, CA
DPR Interviewed by Michael Toms on New Dimensions Radio
From the Buddhist perspective understanding our mind is key to understanding life and death. Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche explains the nature of mind and how to use this understanding to rid ourselves of needless suffering and fear.
Streaming Audio
07/02/07 - Seattle, WA
DPR Completes Teachings on the Khandro Nyingtik
at 2007 Nalandabodhi Sangha Retreat
For the second year in a row, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche guided over 220 students from around the world in the intensive study and practice of the rare and precious Khandro Nyingtik, or Heart Essense of the Dakinis, teachings.
04/28/07 - San Francisco, CA
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Offers Plenary Address
at Annual Meeting of the Association of Professional Chaplains
The audience included nearly 800 chaplains, a diverse group of professional spiritual caregivers, from around the United States. Rinpoche spoke on the topic of 'Facing Death - the Sacred Horizon,' which for many of the participants was their first introduction to a Buddhist perspective of death and dying.
03/31/07 - Seattle, WA
DPR Attends 'Mind Beyond Death'
Book Signing, Lecture and Art Show
More than 250 people attended a celebration of the publication of DPR's new book, 'Mind Beyond Death.' Open to the public, this event attracted a broad audience of newcomers, curiosity seekers, old Buddhists, new Buddhists, neighbors, health care professionals, artists, scientists, and scholars.
03/27/07 - Seattle, WA
DPR Interviewed by Ron Reagan on 710 KIRO News Radio
The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche talks with Ron Reagan about Tibetan Buddhism and his new book, Mind Beyond Death.
Audio recording
03/01/07 - Ithaca, NY
'Mind Beyond Death'
released by Snow Lion Publications
With warm informality and profound understanding of the Western mind, The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche makes the mysterious Tibetan teachings on the bardos--the intervals of life, death, and beyond--completely available to the modern reader.
Read the introduction to this book
2006
10/26/06 - Ithaca, NY
'PENETRATING WISDOM: The Aspiration of Samantabhadra'
released by Snow Lion Publications
Rinpoche's recently released book, Penetrating Wisdom, provides a penetrating insight into the Buddhist paths of Dzogchen and Tantra.
Read excerpts from this book
09/01/06 - Seattle, WA
DPR Gives Keynote Address at Nalanda West's First Ecumenical Conference: 'Spiritual Perspectives on Dying Well, Caregiving and Healing Grief'
In his address, DPR set a theme echoed throughout the event: in order to die well we must learn how to live well.
Watch video of DPR's Keynote Address
06/25/06 - Seattle, WA
DPR Begins Cycle of Teachings on the Khandro Nyingtik
DPR and over 200 students from around the world began a multi-year cycle of teachings on the Khandro Nyingtik at the 2006 Nalandabodhi Sangha Retreat.
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