Coming Up: Lama Lodu Rinpoche visits in July 2010Dear Sangha, Thank you for all of your support during our recent Protector Retreat. Only through your help was it a success. We are as always full of humble gratitude to Lama Tempa for your unlimited energy, diligence and power in leading and directing the retreat. Thank you also to Lama Gyaltshen for your presence and especially for assisting in preparation of all of those tormas! Nyungne Lama and Lama Zangpo were impressive on the ritual instruments. We couldn't have pulled it off without the coordination of Kim Takazawa, our president. You helped coordinate transportation, meals, offerings, clean up etc. while cooking all of the breakfasts and other meals. All with a calm, pleasant demeanor appreciated by all. Our gratitude goes to Barbara for sponsoring the retreat and opening her home up to all for this special event, and for coming all the way from New Jersey to be here. Our thanks also to Barb, Pearl, John/Miyo, Ellen, Nonna, and Maile for preparing meals for the lamas and doing cleanup and shopping, and to our various monetary donors who helped in purchasing more texts for the shrine and in purchasing Lama Lodu Rinpoche's ticket for his visit this July! Kudos to John for being our unflagging and reliable chopon during this retreat, running errands, transporting the lamas, doing dishes,even jumpstarting cars...yikes! Thanks Cameron for running errands and helping with cleaning and battery installation :) It was fun having our Oahu visitors, Carole and Joe, to add some great chanting to our mix and helping with tsok preparations. All signs show that the retreat is already helping clear away obstacles. Sarwa Mangalam! Rangjung Kunchyab Rime Ling |
Lama Lodu Rinpoche
Rangjung Kunchyab Rime Ling is a small dharma community centered in Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii. It was created by student demand as a place to be able to more easily access, learn and practice Vajrayana/Mahayana/Tantric meditation with close supervision by a resident lama.
The goal of our center is for all who visit to feel welcome and part of our dharma "family", while equally encouraged to find their own unique paths through the maze of dharma teachings, empowering them to reduce suffering for themselves and others.
A sense of humor is mandatory.
Also known as Lama Craig, our resident teacher is a licensed marriage minister-officiant in the State of Hawaii. If you are planning your wedding on the Big Island, please contact our secretary to help arrange a ceremony to fit your particular needs.
Nyungne Lama's goal is for students to meditate more often, analyze their own views and behaviors, and gradually cultivate more compassion in their lives, with the result that other beings suffer less. All of the practices that we do have that end in mind. "These teachings are consistent with my views on psychology, society, and internality/externality." A nice side effect is that our own mental health benefits as well.
We find that our meditation is even more powerful, and results come more quickly, when we do it in a group in addition to our individual practice sessions.
Thanks to Michael Ash for the original website design and layout.
Rangjung Kunchyab Rime Ling
PO Box 684, Hilo, Hawaii 96721
Contact Phone: 808-895-1563 and email drshell@hawaii.rr.com (for directions, info, etc.)
Nyungne Lama: 808-895-6455, nyungne@hotmail.com
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Lama Zangpo and Nyungne Lama
Nyungne Lama is uniquely suited to leading this endeavor. He is a long time Hawaii resident with graduate schooling in psychology and religious sciences and plenty of life experience. He was given his title in 2003 by Lama Lodu Rinpoche after over two decades of intensive Tibetan Buddhist meditation. He holds teachings from all the major lineages of Tibetan Buddhism (Kagyu, Nyingma, Sakya, Gelug) and from most of the highest lamas to teach in the west (including Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche).
Nyungne Lama is particularly adept in the teaching and practice of Chod, Nyung Ne (a 1000-armed Chenrezig purification ritual), and phowa (transference of consciousness).
