Bodhicharya UK opens its first Dharma Centre in England

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Ringu Tulku Rinpoche during his visit in May 2024, with Medway Council Deputy Leader Teressa Murray, Medway Mayor Nina Gurung and Sangha. From bodhicharya.org

The non-profit Bodhicharya Educational and Cultural Association, founded by the revered master of the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, has announced the opening of Bodhicharya UK's first dharma centre in the English borough of Medway, Kent.

“In May 2024, during Ringu Tulku Rinpoche’s visit to Bodhicharya Kent in Rochester, it was announced that the charity had worked with Medway Council to open a Bodhicharya UK Buddhist Community Centre, to help further the charity’s aims and provide a home for Buddhists ...

Bodhicharya UK was founded as a registered charity in 2021, inspired by Buddhist teachings and guided by the charity’s patron, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche. Bodhicharya UK’s aims, informed by Bodhicharya’s principles of healing, helping and harmony, are to “advance the understanding and practice of Buddhist faith and philosophy.” (Bodhicharya)

The organization “provides meetings, teachings, courses and retreats (healing), encouraging and participating in intercultural, interfaith and interdisciplinary dialogues (harmony), promoting and supporting well-being in body, mind and spirit (healing) and the relief of relief to those in need (help).” (Bodhicharya)

Bodhicharya UK Chairman Cesare Saguato, left, and Trustee Stuart McLeod with the signed tenancy agreement between Bodhicharya UK and Medway Council. From bodhicharya.org

In a message to acknowledge the historic development, Bodhicharya UK President Cesare Saguato, who has been studying and practicing Buddhism since 2007, said:

I want to extend my gratitude and thanks to all members of the Bodhicharya UK team, old and new, for your service to Bodhicharya UK and the Buddha Dharma this year. Through the guidance and inspiration of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, the lineage masters, our teachers, especially Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, and our own skillful practice and actions, we have cultivated the ground to the point that we have now planted the seed for the very First Bodhicharya UK Dharma Center to grow. Such a thing, like everything, does not just appear randomly, but is the result of innumerable causes and conditions – the karma of beings, and in this case, very positive! This is an effort in itself, it is the practice of dharma and offers us all the opportunity to practice the six paramitas of generosity, ethical conduct, patience, joyful diligence, meditative concentration and wisdom, so it is good for us and is good for others. I am very much looking forward to watering this seed with all of you, watching it grow organically and seeing the fruits it bears, filled with the sweet juice of Bodhichitta, the union of compassion and wisdom. (Bodhicharya)

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Ringu Tulku Rinpoche is a master of the Kagyu school of Vajrayana Buddhism. Born in 1952 in the traditional region of Kham in eastern Tibet, Rinpoche was recognized by His Holiness the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa as the embodiment of a Living Buddha of Ringu Monastery. During his formal education, he studied with some of the most revered and distinguished masters of the Nyingma and Kagyu traditions, among them: Thrangue Rinpoche; Dodrupchen Rinpoche; Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche; and the Gyalwang Karmapa.

In 1997 he founded the Bodhicharya Dharma International Organization to preserve, transcribe, translate and transmit Buddhist teachings and to promote intercultural dialogues as well as educational and social projects.

Rinpoche is the author of a number of books in Tibetan and European languages, including: Path to Buddhahood: Teachings on Gampopa's Jewelry Adornment (Shambhala Publications, 2003); Jamgön Kongtrul the Great's Philosophy of Ri-Me (Shambhala Publications, 2006); And Bold Steps Toward Fearlessness: The Three Vehicles of Buddhism (Snow Lion Publications, 2005).

The highest type of person, not only wants to escape from his own samsaric cycle of problems and confusion, but also wants to help all other beings to escape as well. Their intentions, their goals, are so enormous and limitless that they are called the great beings. Gampopa invites us to try to be this last type. We must not simply enjoy the present comforts of the world. We must not aim simply to withdraw from Samsara, but we must also try to bring all other living beings to freedom from suffering. – Ringu Tulku Rinpoche

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Henry Oudin is a Buddhist scholar, spiritual adventurer and journalist. He is a passionate seeker of the depths of Buddhist wisdom, and travels regularly to learn more about Buddhism and spiritual cultures. By sharing his knowledge and life experiences on Buddhist News, Henry hopes to inspire others to embrace more spiritual and mindful ways of living.

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