Traditional studies
Teachings at Chanteloube with
Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche
Buddhism includes a vast wealth of philosophical and metaphysical teaching, the aim of which is to foster a more effective understanding of the mind and the phenomenal world. Chanteloube organises advanced courses based on the principal Buddhist texts. The courses focus on the essential aspects of Buddhist philosophy, expounded according to the teachings of different traditions and the Nyingma tradition in particular.
In recent years, for example, in-depth teachings have been given by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche on Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara and Asanga’s Uttaratantra Shastra; by Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche and Khenchen Pema Sherab on Jigme Lingpa's Treasury of Precious Qualities; by Khenchen Pema Sherab on Shantarakshita’s Ornament to the Middle Way and Nagarjuna’s Letter to a Friend, and by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on Mipham Rinpoche's Sword of Wisdom.
Seminars
Summer seminar with
Pema Wangyal Rinpoche
Throughout the year, and in particular during the summer, programmes are organized which cover basic Buddhist teachings, meditation and their application in everyday life. The courses are taught by Pema Wangyal Rinpoche and Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche, as well as by other lamas regularly invited to teach at Chanteloube (see visits by teachers).
Find out more about upcoming programmes or view our programmes archive of past seminars.
For photos of Chanteloube's programmes & activities, visit Songtsen's photo gallery.
Resources: Songtsen's Tibetan library
Thanks to the foresight of Kyabje Kangyur Rinpoche, who left Tibet before the communist invasion bringing with him hundreds of precious texts, and thanks to the continued efforts of Pema Wangyal Rinpoche, Songtsen now possesses a collection of Tibetan texts which is without parallel in Europe. Some manuscripts are more than ten centuries old.
Currently, due to the constraints of the library's storage space, access to the library is limited and mainly reserved for the lamas and the Padmakara Translation Group. However, Songtsen's library project aims to make these rare and precious texts available to all scholars and translators for their research and study.
(For more information, please see Padmakara activities: Rescuing and preserving texts.)
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