Palpung Ireland Buddhist Centre

07/09/2025

𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞⁣
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When we take medicine, when we talk to others, when we go shopping, when we do business, when we are employed by someone, in every situation the backdrop – our purpose – should be bodhichitta. If you are an employee, for example, you can bring bodhichitta into your work by reminding yourself that you are working to earn a living so that you can make the best of your life and you want to make the best out of your life so you can progress towards enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings and eventually become a Buddha.⁣
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From the book 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 by Guru Vajradhara His Holiness Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa⁣.

23/08/2025

𝗪𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝⁣
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People make such a big deal about immortality, but if you look at karma closely we are all immortal; only our bodies are mortal. Our minds are immortal, they have never died, they were never born, they were never children, teenagers, grown-ups or elderly. They are beyond these limitations, they are immortal and so are we. We do not have to worry about living for ten more years, we are countless eons old and we will go on forever. The problem is that we want to be here forever in the same form as we appear in now. We will continue but as what we are, not how we appear. What we are are Buddhas, we have limitless potential, freedom and liberation. Wouldn’t it be better to forever manifest this full potential? We don’t really want to go around forever in this limited way – searching and struggling, having ups and downs – we don’t really want to continue this way.⁣
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From the book 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 by Guru Vajradhara, His Holiness the 12th Chamgon Tai Situpa. ⁣

19/08/2025

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17/08/2025

Wonderful news from Palpung Dharma Chakra! 🙏

Special Announcement

We are deeply honored to announce that Guru Vajradhara, His Holiness the 12th Kenting Tai Situpa, has graciously accepted to teach the three-year program Discovering the Buddha Within.

This will be the first time that Guru Vajradhara presents this program, which he has personally written. It is a rare and precious opportunity to receive the essence of the Three Turning of the Wheel of Dharma over six full days of transmission every year for 3 years.

Year 1 – Inner Peace is open to everyone—long-term practitioners, beginners, Buddhists or non-Buddhists—who wish to deepen their understanding of the Buddha Dharma and explore its true meaning.

Date: April 11–16, 2026

Empowerment : April 17, 2026

Venue: The Leela Ambience Convention Hotel, Delhi, India

Event page and registration (open on Oct 17, 2025):

https://palpungdharmachakra.org/event/india/

About the Program:

Discovering the Buddha Within

https://palpungdharmachakra.org/discovering-the-buddha.../

Introduction by Guru Vajradhara:

https://youtu.be/U8XW1dbPt1Y?feature=shared

Special Announcement
特別公告

We are deeply honored to announce that Guru Vajradhara, His Holiness the 12th Kenting Tai Situpa, has graciously accepted to teach the three-year program Discovering the Buddha Within.
我們非常榮幸的宣布，上師金剛持第十二世灌頂大司徒巴，已欣然應允傳授為期三年的「開啟內在之佛」教程。

This will be the first time that Guru Vajradhara presents this program, which he has personally written. It is a rare and precious opportunity to receive the essence of the Three Turning of the Wheel of Dharma over six full days of transmission every year for 3 years.
這將是上師金剛持首次傳授他親自編寫的教程，這是一個難得的寶貴機會，能夠在為期三年、每年六天的全程傳法中，領受三轉法輪的精髓。

Year 1 – Inner Peace is open to everyone—long-term practitioners, beginners, buddhists or non-Buddhists—who wish to deepen their understanding of the Buddha Dharma and explore its true meaning.
第一年——「內心寧靜」開放給所有希望加深對佛法理解並探索其真諦的人士——無論長期修行者、初學者、佛教徒或非佛教徒。
希望加深對佛法的理解並探索其真義的人

Date: April 11–16, 2026
Empowerment : April 17, 2026
Venue: The Leela Ambience Convention Hotel, Delhi, India

日期：2026年4月11日至16日
地點：印度德里Leela Ambience會議飯店

Event page and registration (open on Oct 17, 2025) 活動頁面
https://palpungdharmachakra.org/event/india/

About the Program: 課程簡介：
Discovering the Buddha Within 「開啟內在之佛」
https://palpungdharmachakra.org/discovering-the-buddha-within/

Introduction by Guru Vajradhara: 上師金剛持簡介：
▶️ https://youtu.be/U8XW1dbPt1Y?feature=shared

11/08/2025

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞⁣
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The purpose of life is to work out the causes and conditions that we have created in the past, because we are the production of our own doing in the past. We are not an accident. We are not somebody’s experiment. Each one of us is a unique masterpiece of all of our actions and intentions of countless lifetimes of the past.⁣
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From the book 𝘜𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 by Guru Vajradhara His Holiness the 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa.

23/07/2025

𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦⁣
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I have a good life, but I enjoyed my life the best when I was 22, 23, and 24 years old. These three years in Ladakh, in the Changtang northern plateau desert, were incredible. The people invited me from place to place. So, every summer I would spend about three or four months on horseback. My convoy was about 25 to 30 lamas, and from one village to another would take two days. Oh my goodness, that's so good!⁣
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Middle of nowhere, you know, we were just going from one place to another. I have a special hat, and I'd take this out and give it to my teacher. I'm very tidy, everything is very tidy—horseback riding monk's clothes are very tidy, not like this! Very tidy. Then I would race just by myself in the desert. In front, I'd see red sand and blue sky, like they were touching. And when I looked behind, I'd see a cloud of red dust. My horse's hooves and his breathing is in sync. My face was met with the cold wind of the plateau, and then the heat reflection off the sand. "Ah, I'm burning here [Rinpoche indicates his chin], but I'm freezing here! [Rinpoche indicates his forehead]" It was so nice, so nice. I felt like I was the only guy in the whole universe. That was freedom - physical and mental freedom for me. In my physical body, my physical world, my samsaric mind's experience, that was the best time.⁣
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So, this way, when I say to my disciples, "practice" it doesn't mean doing that. Practice means sitting down on your cushion and relaxing. Then, whatever particular teaching you are practicing right now, you fully complete it. First, complete it. Then after that, you don't have to go through 1, 2, 3, 4, because it is already there. Then you spontaneously flow through your practice. After some time, you and your practice become one.⁣
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Then, at that time, I think of my horse, the high desert plateau, the cold wind and hot wind together—everything is one. Yes, but I'm not a horse-riding mahasidda. I used to be very good at riding a horse, I tell you, but now I cannot, I would fall down. So, in that way, what I'm telling you is, you are free. But when you practice, you should be disciplined and not free about the method of the practice. You just don't put any of your ideas in there. You just follow the method of the teaching, but then after some time, that will free you from everything. So then it becomes freedom. Yes.⁣
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So, it is like a very good way for me to feel happy about telling you to practice. Practice diligently, practice accurately, and at the same time feel free.⁣
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From a short teaching entitled 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥-𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 given Guruvajradhara His Holiness the 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa in March 2025 at Sherabling.

Teaching can be viewed at the following link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i86sC691Am8&list=PLM93Hm5TNYIJLb48e1sywYa5DuszVAC4Y&index=321&ab_channel=Palpung

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘩𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘭 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟽. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 😊

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09/07/2025

⁣⁣𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞⁣
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Many people are confused about emptiness, but it is not such a difficult subject when seen from the point of view of figure and ground. Emptiness is the ground, and interdependent manifestation, samsara, is the figure imposed on the ground. In this way, emptiness becomes the reason why anything is possible. It is the ground or space on which anything might be created, and is created: it makes the existence of samsara possible, and the attainment of enlightenment possible. The improvement of sentient beings is possible because of emptiness, and so is the activity of buddhas and bodhisattvas. Because everything is interdependent, when all the conditions are correct, anything can happen. Emptiness makes it possible for a sentient being who is suffering in samsara to also be a Buddha by nature. When that being purifies the relative samsaric obscuration that binds it, then it is possible for it to become enlightened. None of this could be done without emptiness. If everything in existence were substantial and permanent, no one could grow old or learn anything; nothing could change, either for better or for worse; nothing could be improved, because there would be no room for it. This is common sense if you see emptiness simply. Emptiness provides the questions and the answers to all the questions, because it allows for movement and change. It allows for insight and realization.⁣⁣⁣
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Extract from 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘩𝘢 (1996) by Guru Vajradhara His Holiness the 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa.

06/07/2025

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝟗𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐦𝐚!⁣⁣⁣
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We wish His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama a very happy 90th birthday! In previous years, His Holiness has requested that the best gift that we can give him on his birthday is to live in accordance with the Dharma. In the video below, recorded on his 78th birthday, he explains how he would like us to celebrate. 😊

🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🙏🙏🙏

His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking from Sera Monastery in South India about the best gift he can receive for his birthday in a short clip from his live vid...

29/06/2025

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧⁣
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Out of all the aspects of practice then, the most important is meditation, because without meditating one cannot attain buddhahood. It is impossible without meditating. This is because what has to be enlightened is our mind, and our mind has the perfect essence in it, as the embodiment of it, and we have to let it manifest. And how can it manifest if we don’t let it manifest? So meditation is letting it manifest, and in this way, meditation is the most important aspect of practice.⁣
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From the book 𝘔𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘥𝘳𝘢 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 a compilation of teachings that were given over two days by His Holiness Guru Vajradhara the 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa at Sherabling in 2000.⁣
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https://justdharma.org/the-most-important-aspect-of-practice/

22/06/2025

𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬⁣
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Bodhicitta, the combination of the four thoughts, is the only cause and condition for the happiness and well-being of any sentient being. It has been so in the past and will be so in the future, and it is the most positive action we can perform right now, at whatever level we can perform it. ⁣
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May all sentient beings realize their potential is good, not bad; healthy, not unhealthy; perfect rather than imperfect. Nothing is missing. May everyone recognize that. If they do, and act on it, a big part of our job is done. That and follow-through is the biggest step. Once it is taken, everyone who takes that step will sense the promise, almost the guarantee, of the momentum that will naturally move them forward. Until our true potential is recognized, though, even if we try to be good, it is a disheartening kind of challenge, because we doubt our innate potential and more often think that we're bad, and it is necessary to create artificial goodness. Then we try to be good, thinking the goodness is not in us, but out there. It is a false image of ourselves that is a great obstacle. Knowledge that our potential is not something we must try to create which is not there, but that is something already within us which we work to liberate, makes all the difference. ⁣
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An extract from 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘩𝘢 by Guru Vajradhara His Holiness the 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa.

16/06/2025

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞, 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧⁣
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It is very, very, very important for us, no matter what we think of samsara, the world. Whatever we think of everything else - circumstances - everything else. Regardless of all of that, we should be honest as possible. Clear as possible. Sincere as possible. Kind as possible. Mindful as possible. Compassionate as possible. Have awareness - maximum awareness - as possible. At all times. At all times. Then I think we are born as a human being and a very, very privileged sentient being where within sentient beings, that is meaningful. We can do a lot for the sake of all fellow human beings, as well as all sentient beings. Not only on earth but throughout our solar system. And, not only our solar system but throughout our galaxy and, ultimately, we can plant seeds of knowledge and wisdom and compassion throughout infinite, infinite wide space. ⁣
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From the second part of a teaching on Karma, given by Guru Vajradhara, His Holiness Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa, on the 15th of June 2025, as requested by Karma Triyana Dharmachakra (KTD),

08/06/2025

𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞?⁣
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We are not an accident. We are not somebody’s experiment. Each one of us is a unique masterpiece of all of our actions and intentions of countless lifetimes of the past.⁣
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So what is the purpose of life? In that context, one way we can ask ourselves is, ‘What did I do to become like this?’ And if you look at it this way, the purpose of life is to undo all the bad things that we have done in countless previous lifetimes, and to enhance all the good ones.⁣
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From 𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 by Guru Vajradhara Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa. ⁣