Memorial

With sadness we announce the passing of our beloved Teacher, the Venerable Namgyal Rinpoche, founder and principal patron of the Dharma Centre of Canada. The Rinpoche passed away on October 22nd, at one of his favorite places, a small private cottage on a lake in Switzerland, where he has stayed and taught many times over the last 20 years. He had recently completed a teaching tour in Europe, and was soon to return to Canada to teach at the Dharma Centre, when long standing heart problems finally took their course.

"He was the greatest of teachers to the very end and continues to be so!"



  LETTER from TERRY   CREMATION   PRAYERS   YOUR LETTERS
We received a letter from Terry Hagan, who kindly described for us the last moments of Rinpoche's life.

TERRY's LETTER >> 		A personal account of the cremation of Venerable Namgyal Rinpoche.

See CREMATION >> 		Prayers for Venerable Namgyal Rinpoche.

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PRAYERS>> 		We will be posting some of your letters, poems, thoughts about Rinpoche and his passing.

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    Guru Yoga Meditation:

His Holiness Sakya Trizin, head of the Sakya Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, who knew Namgyal Rinpoche well, recommended that students and friends of Namgyal Rinpoche do Guru Yoga Practice during the 49 day period. The essence of Guru Yoga practice is to unite your body, speech and mind with the Guru. The formal practice is included here, in PDF form, for you to download:
GuruYoga.pdf
Here is an alternate Guru Yoga, written by Sakya Shasanadhara (Wesley Knapp):
GuruYoga_KarmaTensingDorjeNamgyalRinpoche.pdf
  OTHER CENTRES   PHOTOS   MEMORIAL   TERRY's SPEECH
We have received news from other centres and groups from around the world with news of their prayers and celebrations of the life of Namgyal Rinpoche.

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  		Sorry for the delay, but we finally have the photographs of Rinpoche that were displayed on the walls of the tent at the Memorial Service available for download here.

SLIDESHOW >> 		The ceremony celebrating the life of Namgyal Rinpoche was held on Sunday November 2nd at the Dharma Centre. For a detailed description of the ceremony, click here. At the Memorial ceremony, Terry described the circumstances around Rinpoche’s passing. For Terry's speech, click here.