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  • Buddhist view on suffering and its remedy

    In Buddhism, Nirvana is often talked about, but we often perceive this term with various connotations, abstract or predominantly mystical. However, if we research the root of the word we discover that it simply means „beyond suffering” or „the absence of suffering”. At this meeting, Venerable Gonsar Rinpoche shared his knowledge, helping us to discover the remedy that will lead us beyond suffering, to live a happy life in harmony with ourselves and others.

  • A Tibetan Lama View of the Mind - Venerable Gonsar Rinpoche (USH - Matei Georgescu)

    During the time of the 7th Dalai Lama, a young man from Amdo requested acceptance at the house of his countrymen in the Sera monastery near Lhasa. His appearance was so poor and shabby, that he was refused. Turning away from the house he met an old woman on the grounds of the monastery who suggested that he request admittance to Chadrel House and assured him that it is there, where he belonged. He did as he was told, and then being accepted in the monastery he showed great enthusiasm in his studies. Soon the extraordinary qualities of a great master became apparent. He became famous as Master Ngawang Thöndrup and extensively served the teachings of the Buddha as Abbot of the Sera Je monastery and as one of the tutors of His Holiness the 8th Dalai Lama. When the people of Lhasa observed the new monastery they started to call him ‘Gonsar Rinpoche’ which in Tibetan means ‘the lama of the new monastery'. This name has remained with the lineage of the Gonsar Rinpoche until [...] [...]

  • Logic in Education - a Buddhist Perspective - Venerable Gelong Jampa Lungtog (USH - Matei Georgescu)

    Venerable Gelong Jampa Jampa Lungtog is one of the most senior Western Buddhist monks and holds a degree in computer engineering. Venerable Gelong Jampa Lungtog (Helmut Gassner) was born in Bregenz, Austria, in 1954. In 1976 he graduated as an engineer from ETH Zürich, Switzerland, and in 1977 he began studying Tibetan at the Buddhist monastery on the shores of Lake Geneva under the guidance of Geshe Rabten Rinpoche. Between 1979 and 1995 he worked as an interpreter for important lamas, including H.H. the Dalai Lama. Since the opening of the Buddhist monastery „Letzehof” in 1981, Venerable Jampa Lungtog has continued his Buddhist studies and his work as an interpreter.

  • Karma - the law of cause and effect

    Reduta Cultural Centre in Brasov 8 Apollonia Hirscher Street, Brasov, Romania

    The Friends of Rabten Publishing House and the Reduta Cultural Centre in Brasov invited us on Monday evening, 20 May, starting at 18:30 to the public conference „Karma - the law of cause and effect”, how we can relate this understanding directly to our experiences of happiness and suffering in everyday life. The conference was given by the Venerable Gonsar Rinpoche, spiritual director of the Centre of Higher Tibetan Studies „Rabten Choeling” in Switzerland, invited to Brasov for the second time by a group of students. In Buddhism, the most important Dharma practice is the understanding of the natural law of karma - cause and effect. Realising that the root of all our sufferings as well as our happiness lies in our own mind, practising the mind according to the law of karma is the key to all practice and the path to Awakening. Although the word „karma” may have mystical or magical connotations, it simply means „action” or „act”. Karma does not exist outside ourselves, but is simply the name given to the various actions of body, speech and mind that we perform day and night. During the public lecture, Venerable Gonsar Rinpoche shared with us his vast and profound knowledge, helping us to understand what the law of karma is [...]

  • Western science and Buddhist philosophy

    Transylvania University Multicultural Centre

    The conference given by the Venerable Gonsar Rinpoche, spiritual director of the Centre of Higher Tibetan Studies „Rabten Choeling” in Switzerland, was organised by the Multicultural Centre of Transilvania University and the Faculty of Sociology and Communication with the support of the Rabten Compassionate Wisdom Association. Both Western science and Buddhist philosophy aim to understand the nature of the mind, on which the way we see and experience reality depends. In this lecture, Venerable Gonsar Rinpoche, one of the first masters to teach Buddhist teachings in the West, introduced the audience to the intersection between Western science and Buddhist philosophy, and to some ways in which we can integrate this knowledge into our daily lives. The mind and its functions are a common theme in religion and philosophy, as it is the source of all our experiences, the very characteristic that distinguishes beings from all other phenomena. Precisely because they possess mind, beings, regardless of their shape and size, occupy first place in the Buddha's teaching. (Venerable Gonsar Rinpoce)