Rigpa Shedra

Losar Tashi Delek! Warmest wishes for the new year from the Rigpa Shedra Family in Nepal and around the world! 🌈🙏

Losar Tashi Delek!
Warmest wishes for the new year from the Rigpa Shedra Family in Nepal and around the world 😊✨

Last Friday we had the wonderful opportunity to visit Phakchok Rinpoche in Kathmandu, where he shared some beautiful advice with us in response to some personal questions by the Shedra participants ☺️

We are so grateful for this very special evening 🙏



#2023

Greetings from Namobuddha - the first stop of our pilgrimage today 🌞

Happy new year of the water rabbit from the Shedra family 2023! 🐰🫶

Sending our love and good wishes from Nepal and around the world 😊✨

Happy Madhyamakavatara students during their review session, sharing with each other what they remember from the class 🙌

Also: a little intro to Buddhist debate by the wonderful Verena Pfeiffer

Shedra in Nepal is back! And an ONLINE option is still available ✨

7 February to 31 March

Gateway to Knowledge with Lopön Heather Moody
This text by Mipham Rinpoche is often the first text to be taught at a shedra. It contains “all you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask” on Buddhist cosmology, ethics, philosophy and psychology.

7 February to 14 April

Madhyamakavatara (Introduction to the Middle Way) with Khenpo Tashi Tseten
An adventure into the heart of Buddhist wisdom through the Madhyamaka—or Middle Way—teachings, Chandrakirti’s classic commentary on the meaning of Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamaka-karika has been accepted throughout Tibetan Buddhism as the highest expression of the Buddhist view on the sutra level.

All information: https://tmp.rigpashedra.org/?page_id=1783

This research suggests debate can be an effective method for internalizing knowledge:

"... So, what is the best catalyst for generating your own understanding of what you read? The answer is to question what you read as you’re reading it. By responding to your own questions, you are forcing yourself to think about how to explain the subject matter in your own words and with reference to your previous knowledge and experience.

You can use an approach called elaborative interrogation to systematically incorporate the process of questioning into your reading. This technique involves annotating your sources with questions that require an explanatory response from you. You can provide this response verbally, initially using your sources for assistance. Do this iteratively with the aim of eventually not needing to consult your sources at all during the process of responding to your questions."

How to study effectively | Psyche Guides Forget cramming, ditch the highlighter, and stop passively rereading. The psychology of learning offers better tactics

Many people think of Dharma practice as sitting in silent meditation or going off alone to retreat from the world in a distant cave; but these activities do not tell the whole story. Actually, to constantly listen to and contemplate teachings and to familiarize ourselves with their meaning are all Dharma practices. In due time, experiences will naturally arise and realizations will take root and thrive in our mind, even if we do not notice an obvious change when we look within.

Wise words to encourage our study.....

One has to recognize that true practice is not achieved merely through the blessing of a guru. Instead, requires diligent study.
If you seek to fully understand the lamrim, the step-by-step approach to the teachings, focus your study on "Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind". If you want to develop unshakeable faith in Shakyamuni Buddha, study diligently the "Great Biography of Buddha Shakyamuni-the White Lotus".