Author: Tenzin Gaphel

Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche dies aged 90

His Eminence Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, the head of Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, has left the world on December 23, 2015 in Bodhgaya, where Buddha attained enlightenment over 2550 years ago.
Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche (born 1926) was a Tibetan lama and the Supreme Head of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism since 2012. He received the highest Dzogchen teachings from Polu Khenpo Dorje, a direct disciple of Khenpo Ngakchung

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China co-opts a Buddhist sect in global effort to smear Dalai Lama

ALDERSHOT, England – Thousands of Buddhists from all over Britain packed into the Aldershot football stadium southwest of London on June 29, quietly waiting under a hot sun to see the Dalai Lama.

Just outside the turnstiles, another group of Buddhists awaited the Tibetan spiritual leader.

“False Dalai Lama, stop lying, false Dalai Lama, stop lying!” they chanted over and over through megaphones, drummers pounding out a rhythmic tempo. When he spoke, only snippets of his remarks could be heard above the cacopho

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