Shamar Rinpoche gave an Amitabha initiation to his followers in Nepal, in the field behind the Grand Hotel in Boudhanath. Roughly 120,000 people attended, many of whom were from the Helambu (Yolmo) region, whose ancestors were followers of past Sharmapas— in particular the 8th Shamarpa who was born in Yolmo. Many Newari Buddhists from Kathmandu ...

29 July, 2011 – The 14th Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche, Mepham Chokyi Lodro, who resides in New Delhi, India, is receiving an oral transmission and empowerment of Chhag Chhen Jazhung from His Holiness the 70th Je Khenpo, Trulku Jigme Chhoedra, at Tashichhodzong in Thimphu. The four-day oral transmission, which started on July 26, concludes today. Shamar Rinpoche said ...

Rinpoche does not want the title “His Holiness” OR “His Eminence” applied to him.

Trungpa Rinpoché sent me this eight-point prediction letter in 1973…

Why the Bodhi Path Centers I organized are not Vajrayana?