RYI STUDENT BLOG

Nagi Gompa is a small nunnery situated above the Kathmandu valley in the Shivapuri National Park. It was home to one of the greatest meditation masters of recent times, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. He lived, practiced and taught in Nagi Gompa for more than 20 years. These days around 100 nuns live in Nagi Gompa, and about half of them stay in long-term retreat, dedicating their life solely to practice and deepening their meditation experience. Furthermore it is also home to the young reincarnation of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, who currently is deeply involved in his studies, education and training. Every year Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, Chokling Rinpoche and Phakchok Rinopche travel to Nagi Gompa for the annual Ngakso Drupchen, two weeks before the Tibetan New Year (Losar). This year for the first time also the young incarnation of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche joined and participated in the drupchen fully. The Tibetan term Drupchen is usually translated as “great or vast accomplishment”. A Drupc...

During a short holiday from our studies in Ranjung Yeshe Insitute, I decided  to go to a sacred place of Guru Padmasambhava here in Nepal. I have heard  about this place from different masters, but never had the opportunity to go. Tibetans call this sacred spot Chumig Jangchub, ‘The spring of Bodhichitta. In the  “Prayer which removes all obstacles from the path”, a terma revealed by Orgyen  Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa, this place is described in the following way: “When binding under oath the protector who abides by his vows, In that immaculate, ravishing, supreme place of power, On the very border of India and Tibet, You bestowed your blessing as soon as you came. On that mountain, fragrant with sweet scented air, Even in winter lotus flowers blossom, And a spring with the nectar of Bodhichitta flows…” Bringing this prayer with me, I went to this place together with a spiritual  brother. Arriving there, I heard that there was a yogi that lived in t...