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December 23, 2024

New membership system 2025

As we welcome the new year, we would like to introduce some changes to our membership structure. Inspired by the membership model of Phuntsok Chö Ling, we are adopting a new scheme that offers more flexibility and simplicity for our members. Starting from 2025, we will be offering four membership options to cater to different needs and preferences. A. One Year Membership (Monthly fee: €45) B. 6 Month Membership (Monthly fee: €52.5) C. 3 Month Membership (Monthly fee: €59.5) Advantages of Membership […]

December 23, 2024

Courses Winter 2025

We are pleased to announce that the registration for the upcoming courses starting in January 2025 are open. Please check the new membership system here: https://tibetculture.lu/v3/le-centre/applying-for-membership-2025/ Winter term 2025 Course Teacher When Meditation for beginners Lama Jigmé Sundays: 6.00 pm – 7.30 pmstarting 5 January Always Remembering: Heartfelt Advice for Your Entire Life Lama Jigmé Mondays: 7.30 pm – 8.30 pmstarting 13 January The Words of My Perfect Teacher. Part II – Internal Preliminaries Lama Jigmé Wednesdays: 7.30 pm – […]

December 23, 2024

Vajrasattva Study Weekend – Rotterdam – 24,25 & 26 January 2025

Vajrasattva Study Weekend Teaching and Practice with Lama Jigme Meditation is nowadays an important tool for many who are looking for peace and balance. Scientific research substantiates the benefits, such as a calmer mind and an increased sense of well-being. Many meditation techniques focus on calming the mind by focusing attention on, for example, the breath, a sound or a visual object. While this can have positive effects, the deeper meaning of meditation often remains unattainable without a more powerful […]

December 11, 2024

Refuge Weekend – Rotterdam

14, 15 & 16 February Refuge weekend In the Buddhist tradition, the purpose of taking refuge is to awaken from confusion and associate oneself with wakefulness. 4 – 16 February 2025 – Importance of Refuge, Requesting Dharma names from students to Lama Rinpoche, Insight Meditation and Tibetan Prostration weekend. In person at PCL, online and recording possibilities of 1 month duration to those who cannot attend on those days. In the Buddhist tradition, the purpose of taking refuge is to awaken […]

November 24, 2024

Medicine Buddha practice – 25 November 19:00 – 21:00 – Phuntsok Chö Ling Temple Rotterdam & Online

Lama Jigme will give a teaching on Medicine Buddha and guide participants through this practice, which includes both teachings and meditation for deep healing and compassion. For more information see here https://www.phuntsokcholing.org/?post_type=event&p=1744

November 17, 2024

Cancelled 17/11 – Meditation: basic techniques (with Carolina)

We are sorry to announce that the class this afternoon is cancelled as the facilitator is ill. We hope to see you next week.

October 26, 2024

Meditation Course – Meditation Techniques – in Phuntsok Chö Ling, Rotterdam

Basic course on meditation and Buddhism In this meditation course, the experienced teacher Lama Jigmé Namgyal shares the core principles of Buddhism and meditation in a warm and understandable way. This way you can grow step by step, at your own pace. In our authentic Tibetan Buddhist temple, located in the heart of Delfshaven, we welcome everyone with an interest in meditation, both beginners and advanced. This course is specially designed for beginning and new students with an interest in […]

October 25, 2024

Bardo weekend – Rotterdam – 22, 23 and 24 November

Teachings with Lama Jigme The truth is that everyone has a life and everyone will die one day, here no distinction is made between religious, cultural or social background. According to the wisdom of Buddha, we can actually use our lives to prepare for death. In the Buddhist approach, life and death are seen as a whole, with death being the beginning of a new chapter in life. Death is a mirror in which the full meaning of life is […]

October 24, 2024

Meditation: basic techniques

with Carolina Embracing regular group practice For beginners, participating in group meditation can be especially beneficial compared to practicing alone. Being part of a group provides a supportive environment to practice meditation. This course is led by facilitators who will guide participants in posture and other basic techniques. This course allows beginners to practice together. It covers basic meditation techniques and includes brief group meditation sessions. This course in not online. Dates: Sundays from 5.00 pm to 5.45 pm on the following dates: […]

October 23, 2024

Igor Berkhin – Public Talk on Dzogchen and Workshop on presence and awareness – 29 and 30 November 2024

We are pleased to announce that the Centre Culturel Tibétain will be hosting Igor Berkhin, a long-term meditation practitioner, Buddhist translator and teacher authorized by the prominent Dzogchen master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, for a public talk and a workshop on Friday 29 and Saturday 30 November. Public Talk – What is so special about the Dzogchen teaching?Workshop – Presence and awareness Biography:Igor Berkhin was born in the former Soviet Union and he began his spiritual path in the 1980s, behind the […]