Lama Jampa teaches in Manchester

11667453_460527800791157_5702636285793973728_nOn 4 to 5 July Lama Jampa began teaching Jamgon Kongtrul’s commentary (Clarifying the Thought of Rangjung) on the Nyingpo Tenpa. The weekend of teaching was hosted in Manchester by Kagyu Ling. This was the first session of this year’s Mikyo Dorje Shedra following the completion of the Namshe Yeshe in 2014.
The Nyingpo Tenpa, the ‘Shastra Showing the Essence of the Tathagata’, was composed by the third Karmapa,
Rangjung Dorje (1284–1339), and stands alongside the same author’s Namshe Yeshe as one of the most influential texts
in the Karma Kagyu intellectual tradition. It sets forth the existence of buddha nature within all sentient beings
as the abiding truth of ultimate reality.

Clarifying the Thought of Rangjung was composed by the great master Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye (1811–1899) and is the most eminent commentarial exposition of the Nyingpo Tenpa. This commentary may be considered to have played a very important part in reviving the Zhentong Madhyamaka view and once more disseminating this view amongst the Karma Kagyu Tradition of Buddhism.

Lama Jampa is currently in the United States where he is giving teachings in Chicago and Santa Barbara, at the request of Bodhipath. He is also giving teachings in Santa Monica, hosted by Sakya Samten Ling.