Yangsi Rinpoche: Introduction To Mahamudra: Looking Deep, Looking Beyond

We are honored to announce the rare and precious visit of Yangsi Rinpoche for an introduction to Mahamudra. Initiated by Institute Lama Tzong Khapa, this extraordinary event unites FPMT Centres across Europe to share Rinpoche’s teachings online on Zoom. Yangsi Rinpoche will guide us through the profound teachings and meditative techniques of Mahamudra. Don’t miss this exceptional opportunity online from 10-12 January 2025.

WHEN: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, January 10-12 – see below for time schedule
WHERE: Teacher online on Zoom and onsite in Pomaia, Italy
LANGUAGE: Teaching Original in English, simultaneously translated in: Italian by ILTK, Spanish by Nagarjuna Madrid, German by Tara Mandala and Panchen Losang Chogyen
LEVEL: Some basic understanding of Buddhism is recommended, but everyone is welcome!
REGISTRATION: Institute Lama Tzong Khapa

This course, led by Geshe Lharampa Yangsi Rinpoche, explores Mahamudra teachings based on the Gelug text A Root Text for the Precious Gelug-Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra by the First Panchen Lama (1570–1662). These teachings, rooted in the instructions of Mahasiddha Maitripa, examine the nature of mind and reality through meditation and self-reflection.

The practices aim to transform the mind in two ways: understanding its conventional nature to reduce destructive emotions and foster peace and realizing its ultimate emptiness to unlock full human potential. Rinpoche offers practical guidance to make meditation on emptiness approachable, helping us overcome negative emotions and karmic habits while cultivating an “emotional immune system” for deeper freedom and healing.

Day One: January 10
18:00-19:30 – Introduction to the course
19:30-20:30 – Dinner
20:30-21:30 – Teachings

Day two: January 11
09:00-10:30 – Teachings
10:30-11:00 – Break
11:00-12:30 – Teachings
12:30-16:00 – Break
16:00-17:30 – Teachings
17:30-18:00 – Break
18:00-19:30 – Teachings

Day three: January 12
09:00-10:30 – Teachings
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 – Teachings

ABOUT THE TEACHER

Yangsi Rinpoche was recognized as the reincarnation of Geshe Ngawang Gendun, a renowned scholar and practitioner from Western Tibet, at the age of six. Rinpoche trained in the traditional monastic system for over 25 years and practiced as a monk until the age of 35. In 1995, Yangsi Rinpoche graduated with the highest degree of Geshe Lharampa from Sera Je Monastery in South India. He then completed his studies at Gyume Tantric College, and, in 1998, having the particular wish to benefit Western students of the Buddhadharma, Rinpoche came to the West to teach and travel extensively throughout America and Europe.

Rinpoche served as a resident teacher at Deer Park Buddhist Center in Madison, Wisconsin for five years, and is currently the Spiritual Director of Ganden Shedrup Ling Buddhist Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and of Dharma Friendship Foundation in Seattle, Washington. Yangsi Rinpoche founded Maitripa College in 2005 in Portland, Oregon, where he currently serves as President and member of the faculty. Rinpoche is the author of Practicing the Path: A Commentary on the Lamrim Chenmo (2003 Wisdom Publications). Rinpoche teaches in English and is admired wherever he travels for his unique presentation of the Dharma, his interest in and enthusiasm for Western culture, and his evident embodiment of the wisdom and compassion of the Buddhist path.

EVENT PARTNERS

Nagarjuna Madrid – Spain
Tara Mandala – Germany
White Mahakala – Romania
Panchen Losang Chogyen Vienna – Austria

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Language:  Teaching Original in English, simultaneously translated in: Italian by ILTK, Spanish by Nagarjuna Madrid, German by Tara Mandala and Panchen Losang Chogyen
Level: Some basic understanding of Buddhism is recommended, but everyone is welcome!
Registration: Institute Lama Tzong Khapa