Teachings on Loving-Kindness for Challenging Times with Garchen Rinpoche

With Garchen Rinpoche and translated by Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo

We are delighted and honored to welcome His Eminence, Garchen Rinpoche to the Shang Shung School of Tibetan Medicine webinar series! Over the last several months, in addition to celebrating his 84th birthday, Rinpoche has been offering teachings and blessings continuously. This week he will share with us some inspiring teachings on the cultivation of Loving-Kindness, and the Tibetan Buddhist concept of Bodhicitta. These are valuable tools and insights, for rising above the challenges of our current COVID-19 crisis, and beyond. Rinpoche will lead us in a short, live meditation practice. Join us to share some precious moments with the beloved, celebrated Tibetan Lama, H.E. Garchen Rinpoche!

Moderated by Adam Okerblom: Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM), Tibetan Medicine Practitioner

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Garchen Rinpoche

His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche is one of the foremost Buddhist masters and accomplished Tibetan Lamas alive in this world today. His compassion, love, wisdom, and spiritual accomplishments are legendary. He is one of the highest Lamas of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism and is revered and respected by all the different lineages of Buddhism, and beloved in numerous countries across various continents all over the world. Garchen Rinpoche offers a great wealth of content online, including videos, live-streamed teachings, and more. His organization, the Garchen Buddhist Institute, offers many programs and events, for thousands of students, all around the world.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/garcheninstitute
Website: https://garchen.net/

Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo

Khewang (Tibetan for Honored Scholar) Phuntsog Wangmo (Ping Cuowangmu) received her advanced degree from the Lhasa University School of Traditional Medicine in 1988 after completing her five-year training program and two-year residency. During that time she studied with the Khenpos Troru Tsenam and Gyaltsen, two of Tibet’s foremost Tibetan Medicine doctors.

Menpa Phuntsog Wangmo had the exceptional opportunity of extensive clinical training under Khenpo Troru Tsenam for four years. Thereafter, she dedicated many years of work as a doctor of Tibetan Medicine in Eastern Tibet where she collaborated with and directed the implementation of A.S.I.A. the non-profit organization founded by Professor Namkhai Norbu. After that, she worked on behalf of A.S.I.A. setting up hospitals and training centers in the remote regions of Sichuan Province and Chamdo Prefecture.

From 1997-2000, she has been the A.S.I.A. project coordinator in Tibet for the development of Gamthog Hospital in collaboration with expatriate personnel as well as the overall health coordinator and practitioner of traditional Tibetan medicine supervising health activities throughout the surrounding region of Chamdo Prefecture.
In 2007 she co-founded the American Tibetan Medical Association (ATMA), a national organization representing the Tibetan medical profession within the United States. Its mission is to preserve, protect, improve, and promote the philosophy, knowledge, science and practice of Tibetan medicine for the benefit of humanity.

In 2012 Menpa Phuntsog Wagmo was appointed the International Director of the School of Tibetan Medicine
She is currently in residence at the Shang Shung Institute of America, the international seat of the School of Tibetan Medicine, where she continues in her leadership as Director and International Director of the Institute’s national and international programs in U.S.A., Russia and Tenerife Spain.

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