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Published on 22nd of November 2025
On the afternoon of October 10th, 2025, Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche reached the Asura Cave in Nepal for yet another drupchen. Upon arrival at the cave, he spoke to the small group of monks who had accompanied him about the sacredness…
On 31 December 2019, on the eve of an extended pilgrimage to some of the most sacred sites associated with the Buddha, OT Rinpoche gave the following address to his…
In response to a message from Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi, Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche wished to make the following clarification about the circumstances that led up to Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö’s…
During the drupchen of Kurukulla at the Dharma Mati centre in Berlin, in October 2024, Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche was in an unusually reflective and talkative mood, pausing the practice almost…
Published on 19th of September 2021
In October 2020, at the end of the Nyaluk Phurba drupchen that he holds every year at Tsering Jong, his home in Bir, Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche thanked his monks and explained to them why he does so many drupchens. Anyone connected with this tradition would probably like to hear, or read, his explanations.
On the website, we collect checked translations of Rinpoche’s teachings, to bring out the clarity and precision that is sometimes lacking during live translations. Rinpoche always says that when we speak, our words should be useful to the people we are talking to. Otherwise, it is better to stay silent. For Rinpoche, useful means helping others to practice the sacred dharma—there is nothing more useful for him. In the talks that we have transcribed here, he presents simply the main points we ought to know to render our practice effective.
Rinpoche’s specialty is vajrayana practice, particularly in its highest form, drupchen. Rinpoche presents the basic principles of kyerim practice in this talk on Vajrakilaya and this one on the four keys that open the doors of vajrayana. Another teaching explains about how to connect with the ritual aspect of Tibetan Buddhism, while this teaching presents how to join a drupchen.
He loves to go on pilgrimage. It is essential to know the background of the sacred place we visit to receive its blessings, he explains. We are publishing the inspirational talks he gave in some of the most important sacred sites. In this teaching for example, he explains the attitude to adopt on pilgrimage.
His keen interest in history stems from its importance for practitioners to develop confidence in the teachings and the lineage masters who realized them and practiced them. You can read his essential presentation of the stories of the life of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.
You can explore an archive of all talks here.