The three day annual Drametse festival locally known as Kangso Chhenmo is held in the 10th Bhutanese month coinciding with auspicious days. On the eve of the Kangso Chhenmo, a grand fire ritual ceremony is performed in the courtyard of Read More …
Month: April 2014
Phagla Chothpa
Tamshing Phagla Chothpa Festival is celebrated annually from the 10 to 12 day of the eighth Bhutanese month. It is one of the most sacred festivals in the country. The festival is directly linked to the construction of the Tamshing Read More …
Parinirvana of Pema Lingpa
The Parinirvana of Terton Pema Lingpa is celebrated on third day of the first Bhutanese month annually through tshok khor, which is primarily a practice of offering – a powerful method for purifying defilements and accumulation of merit. It is celebrated Read More …
Drametse Monastery
Drametse Lakhang is one of the principal spiritual centres of Peling Tradition. It is located in Dramitse, Mongar. Drametse literally means ‘peak without enemy’ which is a state of total freedom from the webs of conception attainable through Dzogchen teaching Read More …
Tamshing Monastery
In a land blessed with numerous temples and monasteries, Tamshing Lhundrup Choeling Monastery(popularly known as Tamshing monastery)in Bumthang is truly remarkable for its age, beauty, and direct connection to the Bhutanese saint, cultural hero, and spiritual treasure revealer (terton), Pema Read More …
Kenchosum Monastery
Kenchosum Lhakhang, Bumthang (referred to as Tselung Lhakhang in Pema Kathang and Choekhor Lakhang during the time of Pema Lingpa) was built in the 9th century (the initial construction was started at the end of 8th century and completed in Read More …
H.E Lhalung Sungtrul Rinmpoche
His Eminence Lhalung Sungtrul Rinmpoche, Jigdrel Kunzang Dorji is the 11th in a direct line of incarnations of the great Tertön (treasure revealer), Pema Lingpa. Rinmpoche was born in 1968 to Aum Rinchen and Dasho Thinley Namgyel (son of Terton Read More …
The Great Terton Pema Lingpa
Brief of Terton PemaLingpa’s past incarnations Terton Pema Lingpa was inseparable from Guru Padmasambhava throughout his rebirths and represented guru’s enlightened activity. In Nyingma tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism, Pema Lingpa is the most important figure next to/after Guru Rinpoche. He Read More …