Author: gavinerickson

Dear Drukpa UK Friends Drukpa UK is organising an Open Meeting in London on Sunday February 8th, around the topic ‘Strengthening The Drukpa Lineage In The UK’. Please contact us on london@drukpa.org.uk, or use the contact form if you would like to participate.

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo was raised in London and became a Buddhist in her teens. In 1964, at the age of 20, she decided to go to India to pursue her spiritual path. There she met her guru, His Eminence the Eighth Khamtrul Rinpoche Dongyu Nyima, a great Drukpa master, and she became one of the first Westerners to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun. She will be making a teaching tour of Europe in May/June 2009. This will be her last tour of Europe before she retires.

There will be four events in the UK:

London:  6th May: ‘Opening the Heart’ Evening Public Talk – starts at 19:00 St James’s Church, Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL Tickets £15 available on the door (no advance booking) For information please email: jetsunma2009@drukpa.org.uk

Worcester: 7th May: ‘The Boddhisattva Way of Life’  Evening public talk – starts at 19:00 St Swithun’s, Church Street, Worcester, WR1 2RH Tickets at the door: £12 concessions £10 Advanced tickets: Tel: 01905 611427 which is: Worcester Live Box Office, Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate, Worcester WR1 3LD

London: 9th May: ‘Death and Dying‘ Full day teaching – 10:00 – 16:00 Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1 Tickets (at the door): £30, concessions available Tickets in advance: Drukpa UK, 114 Harvist Road, London NW6 6HJ For information please email: jetsunma2009@drukpa.org.uk

London: 10th May: ‘Transforming the Mind’’ Full day teaching – 10:00 – 16:00 Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1 Tickets (at the door): £30, concessions available Tickets in advance: Drukpa UK, 114 Harvist Road, London NW6 6HJ For information please email: jetsunma2009@drukpa.org.uk Monastics can attend any event free.

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There will be a live webcast from His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa’s Live to Love public talk – “Wisdom, Love and Action” in London tonight. It is due to start at 19:00 GMT 5 Jan 2009. You can view the stream at ustream.tv – click here to be taken to the page.