The goal of the Association Samten Tsé France is to support the activities and charitable projects of Her Eminence Mindrolling Jetsun Khandro Rinpoché.

Reminder of H.E. Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche's teaching schedule
in Europe - Fall 2010 -

• 1-3rd October:
  Rigpa Lerab Ling, France

• 5, 6th October:
  Institut d'Etudes du Dharma Aix-en-Provence, France
  

• 8-11th October:
  Samten Tse Athens, Greece
  

To attend those teachings, you can contact the responsible person looking at the teaching schedule page.

Mindrolling History Project
The XVth and newest installment features a
biographical account of Jetsün Trinley Chödrön.

Dharma Dhrishti Journal — View of Dharma
Currently translated into 10 languages, the Fall 2009 issue features teachings by His Holiness Sakya Trizin and His Eminence Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche.

Kyabje Tsetrul Rinpoche to Bestow the Künzang Gongpa Zangthal

It is an unparalleled source of joy and gratitude for the sangha of Mindrolling International that Kyabje Tsetrul Rinpoche has expressed the wish to bestow the entire Künzang Gongpa Zangthal at Lotus Garden from August 27th to 12th September 2010. Rinpoche, one of the greatest Nyingma teachers alive today, is the foremost and principal holder of these highest Dzogchen transmissions which were discovered by the tertön Rigzin Gödem (1337-1408) as part of the Northern Treasures Tradition.

Commemorating the Parinirvana of
Kyabje Mindrolling Trichen

On the 3rd day of the first month of the Iron Tiger year (17th February 2010), the entire Mindrolling sangha observed the 3rd anniversary of Kyabje Mindrolling Trichen Gyurme Künzang Wangyal. This is the third year since the wish-fulfilling jewel of the Mindrolling sangha, Kyabje Mindrolling Trichen, passed into parinirvana. We continue to remember our precious Guru with heartfelt longing devotion and yearning. The Mindrolling sangha worldwide commemorated this day with intensive practice and offerings. At the Mindrolling Monastery in India, the entire sangha came together to perform an intensive practice of the Minling Vajrasattva. Also in Lotus Garden, the sangha did a full day of the Vajrasattva practice.

Annual Great Tsechu Cham Performed at the Mindrolling Monastery

On the 25th of March, the Mindrolling sangha, representatives of various schools and monasteries as well as many other dignitaries joined a large public audience in the viewing of the sacred ritual dances on the auspicious occasion of this year's Tsechu Chenmo. These beautiful and very sacred dances have been performed at Mindrolling every year since the time of Terdag Lingpa. In Tibet, they were traditionally performed on the tenth day of the fifth lunar month in honor of Guru Padmasambhava. It is now observed on the tenth day of the second lunar month since the extreme heat of Indian summers does not allow the dancers to perform in full costume in the fifth month. Even though temperatures at Mindrolling Monastery around this time of the year are usually already very high, this year’s Tsechu was blessed with a cool breeze, which allowed for a particularly joyful celebration.  The entire sangha felt blessed by the profound ritual ceremony and dances and rejoiced that this sacred ceremony continues to be performed in an unbroken lineage up to the current generation.