Nityananda Institute | Archives: Press Releases/Lama Wangdu Rinpoche Visit


	ARCHIVES \| PRESS RELEASES: INSTITUTE SPONSORS VISIT NITYANANDA INSTITUTE SPONSORS VISIT BY LAMA WANGDU November 16, 2003 Nityananda Institute is sponsoring Lama Tsering Wangdu Rinpoche, a member of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, for another visit to the United States. Lama Wangdu will be giving instruction, assisting in translation projects, and performing many rituals during his stay. Nityananda Institute, based in Portland, Oregon, is sponsoring Lama Tsering Wangdu Rinpoche's most recent visit to the United States. Lama Wangdu will be spending the next few months in Portland giving instruction to and practicing with students at Nityananda Institute. He has been visiting the United States regularly since 1999. Lama Wangdu has trained and initiated Nityananda Institute students in the practice of Phowa and Chöd, including the accompanying ritual dance (chum), as well as the practice of the Queen of Great Bliss tsok and sadhana. During his visits to Portland, he has also assisted in the translation of a number of important texts from Padampa Sangye and Machig Labdron. Nityananda Institute students are at work on a documentary about his life and Chöd practice and a book of his teachings on Chöd. Lama Wangdu was born in the Dingri region of Tibet, an area associated with the mahasiddha Padampa Sangye, and the birthplace of the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje. He completed the traditional training in Tibet with his guru, Nadrag Rinpoche. He was sent on pilgrimage to Nepal in 1957. He eventually settled in Kathmandu, where he has lived in the Tibetan refugee camp in Jawalakehl for many years. Lama Wangdu practices in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, particularly the Longchen Nyingthig cycle of teachings, and is an accomplished practitioner of Chöd. He has studied, practiced and received initiations from teachers in all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism, and many of the most respected members of the Nyingma school: Chatral Rinpoche, Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Dudjom Rinpoche, Penor Rinpoche, and the late Urgyen Tulku Rinpoche. HOME \| CONTACT \| SITE MAP \| LINKS \| ARCHIVES \| © 2005-2008 THE MOVEMENT CENTER, INC.			n e w s THIS SITE WILL NO LONGER BE UPDATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 15, 2008. VISIT THE NEW MOVEMENT CENTER SITE Four Elements of Meditation Course Begins Wednesday, September 17 E-mail Archive c a l e n d a r Monthly Program Schedule Weekly Program Schedule Programs with Lama Wangdu Rinpoche Next Queen Of Great Bliss Puja: 9/21/08 Next Service Day: 9/06/08 Winter Retreat: December 27 through January 31, 2008 a r t i c l e s NEW! The Heart of the Matter by Swami Chetanananda (from a talk given January 22, 2008, Portland) NEW! Living in Our Real Life by Swami Chetanananda (from a talk given November 19, 2007, Portland) Updated September 5, 2008