| Event Begins: |
Monday, 11 August 2025 |
| Event Ends: |
Wednesday, 27 August 2025 |
| Teacher: |
Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche |
| Location: |
Teachings will be held during the pilgrimage. [Travel route: Kathmandu (Nepal) – Paro – Thimphu – Punakha – Paro – Kathmandu (Nepal)] |
| Contact: |
Nangten Menlang International
registration@tulkulobsang.org |
| Organized by: |
The Heart Sutra & Emptiness Teachings are organized by Nangten Menlang International (The Pilgrimage is organized by Bhutan Lhayi Zeydhan Tours & Travels) |
| Further details: |
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
This is a precious Buddhist Pilgrimage and not a touristic journey. For this reason, participation is only open to people who feel a strong connection to the Buddhist path and who have a strong connection with Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche. Therefore, participants must fulfill the following requirements to attend:
REQUIREMENTS TO ATTEND THIS PILGRIMAGE:
- Participants must have taken refuge with Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche.
- Requirement of in-person Retreat-attendance. There are two possibilities for participants to fulfill this requirement: in-person attendance of either one long Retreat (at least 6 days) OR two short Retreats (at least 3 days each, e.g. a Weekend Retreat) with Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche. Participation in Online Retreats cannot be applied for this requirement. Exempt from this Retreat-attendance requirement are all certified teachers in the lineage of Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche with a valid certification.
- Participants must be a supporting member of Nangten Menlang International at the moment of booking the Pilgrimage-Teachings.
TRANSLATION:
Rinpoche teaches in English. No translation into any other languages will be provided.
BOOKING PROCEDURE:
- Continue this online booking for the Heart Sutra and Emptiness Teachings. Price 1,400 Euro. (Payment in two installments possible. The first installment of 50% of the total price is due upon registration. The remaining amount is due by 30 April 2025.)
- Receive a confirmation email with a booking code for booking the travel with the organizing travel agency Bhutan Lhayi Zeydhan Tours & Travels after Nangten Menlang International has checked if all of the above mentioned participation requirements are fulfilled.
- Book the travel with the travel agency.
- Arrange your flight from your home destination to Kathmandu, Nepal, as well as the return flight.
PLEASE NOTE:
- Nangten Menlang International is not the organizer of the Pilgrimage. The Pilgrimage must be booked separately with the organizing travel agency Bhutan Lhayi Zeydhan Tours & Travels which is also the contracting party for the Pilgrimage booking.
- Detailed information about the Pilgrimage (travel route, accommodation, etc) can be found through this link: https://blzbhutantours.com/pilgrimage-to-bhutan-with-tulku-lobsang-rinpoche/.
- The pilgrimage starts and ends in Kathmandu, Nepal. Please make your own travel arrangements from your home location to Kathmandu and back, making sure that you arrive in Kathmandu in time for the start of the Pilgrimage.
- This pilgrimage will be documented on film by a professional director who is accompanying Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche to various teaching events in order to film a documentary about Rinpoche's life. Upon arrival in Kathmandu, you will need to sign an appearance release, confirming and agreeing that you might appear in this documentary.
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| Special cancellation conditions: |
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For these teachings, Special Cancellation Conditions apply which are different from the General Cancellation Conditions contained in Nangten Menlang International's General Event Terms and Conditions. These Special Cancellation Conditions apply to every booking – independent of whether any payments have been made.
In case of a cancellation of your booking, a cancellation fee will be charged as specified below. In case any payments have already been made before the cancellation, the paid amount will be reimbursed less the applying cancellation fee. In case no payments have been made before the cancellation, you will be sent an invoice for the applying cancellation fee:
Cancellation by 11 December 2024: 45 Euro
Cancellation between 12 December 2024 and 11 April 2025: 350 Euro
Cancellation between 12 April 2025 and 11 July 2025: 900 Euro
Cancellation after 11 July 2025: 100% of the total event price (equals 1,400 Euro)
Please note:
These cancellation conditions do not apply to the travel booking but only to the booking with Nangten Menlang International. |
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One of the most meaningful journeys a Buddhist can make is a pilgrimage. It is a means for accumulating merit and for opening one‘s heart and mind to accept whatever may come. This pilgrimage is especially auspicious because we make it together with our precious teacher, Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche. It is a truly rare gift for any student to be able to make a pilgrimage with their teacher.
During this pilgrimage, Rinpoche will be giving teachings on the Heart Sutra and on emptiness. The Heart Sutra is one of the most famous and powerful Buddhist teachings. It describes how to plant the seed for enlightenment through the perfection of wisdom.
By learning the Heart Sutra we have the chance to develop deep wisdom about the fundamental nature of ourselves and of reality. The Heart Sutra is literally called “The Heart of the Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom.” It explains how to achieve liberation through meditations by awakening wisdom. The Heart Sutra contains main concepts of Buddhist philosophy. We learn from the Heart Sutra that our conditioned way of thinking – our habits of judging, separating and labeling – prevents us from recognizing the true nature of phenomena as empty of inherent or independent existence.
Once we recognize this through deep meditation, it becomes possible to eliminate our suffering and to move beyond all deluded states of mind, thereby achieving the perfection of wisdom, the state of the complete enlightenment.
This pilgrimage leads us to the perfect place for learning and practicing together: Bhutan, or the Land of the Thunder Dragon. Shielded by the majestic Himalayas, Bhutan has been able to preserve its Buddhist traditions and culture that have remained relatively untouched for centuries. The kingdom has defied globalization and chosen to remain a hidden paradise with pristine environment, unique traditions and rich cultural heritage. It is the last remaining Vajrayana Buddhist kingdom and is dotted with sacred monasteries, temples and stupas, many of which hold significant religious and historical importance.
