Commemoration of Marpa Lotsawa and Jetsun Milarepa at Saigon Barom Kagyu Dharma Centre
On March 13, 2025, H.E. Sonam Tenzin Rinpoche and Vietnamese students commemorated the anniversaries of the Parinirvana of the Great Marpa Lotsawa, founder of the Kagyü tradition, and the great meditation master Jetsun Milarepa at Saigon Barom Kagyu Dharma Centre.
H.E. Sonam Tenzin Rinpoche Visits Hanoi Barom Kagyu Dharma Centre
From March 6 to March 10, 2025, after several months of Dharma activities in Sydney, H.E. Sonam Tenzin Rinpoche was invited by many students from the Hanoi Barom Kagyu Dharma Centre to provide teachings.
In response to their invitation, he traveled to the Hanoi Barom Kagyu Dharma Centre and offered Dharma teachings to the students. On the final day, they enjoyed a trip to Ha Long Bay with H.E. Sonam Tenzin Rinpoche, cherishing the precious opportunity to spend time with their Guru.
Barom Kagyu Dharma Centre of Australia Celebrates Tibetan New Year 2152 with Rituals and Teachings
The Barom Kagyu Dharma Centre of Australia successfully completed the Tibetan New Year 2152 celebrations.
The Australian Barom Kagyu Dharma Centre's New Year celebration for 2025 and Tibetan year 2152, was led by H.E. Sonam Tenzin Rinpoche, together with members of the Dharma centre, associated students, and the Tibetan community in Sydney .
The three-day event included a Guru Dragpo Thingnak (Wrathful Blue-Black Guru) repelling ritual on the day before New Year. On the first day of the New Year, Dzamkar Yangdrub and Yangtad (White Zhambhala wealth-summoning rituals) were performed. On the second day of the New Year, Namgyalma longevity practice and empowerment were given. On the third day of the New Year, a universal smoke offering ceremony was performed.
H.E. Sonam Tenzin Rinpoche gave teachings to the Tibetans in attendance about the importance of internal harmony in both religious and worldly aspects, and the crucial need to preserve and maintain Tibetan religion, culture, and language. This year's Tibetan New Year was completed with joy, faith, happiness, and richness
Losar Celebration Held at Chodrak Nunnery
Barom Kagyu Aspiration Prayer
“Gurus, Yadams, Viras, Dakinis and Dharmapalas:
I pray that you consider me and cause the fulfillment of my aspirations.
Through the virtues of samsara and nirvana
Accumulated by me and others in the three times,
And the virtue of this aspiration,
May I and all others achieve Buddhahood.”
Teachings & Practices
Mahamudra Ngondro
Ngondro is extremely important in dharma practice.
When we are learning dharma, the most importance is generating bodhicitta mind. All of you come here to learn Ngondro and the purpose should not be just for yourselves. We are here learning Ngondro to bring benefits to all the sentient beings. All sentient beings are like our mother. You can observe your mother in this life. How much she cares of us, how much she loves us, how much she concentrates on us. You should think this way: I wish to take the mother sentient beings to the enlightenment. That’s the reason I practise four ordinary foundations and four extraordinary foundations.
Why do we need to generate bodhicitta mind? Because generating bodhicitta mind and without generating bodhicitta mind when we practise Dharma bringsdifferent result. I can give you an example: with bodhicitta mind, it is like lighting a candle in a dark room, the brightness can spread to the whole area. Without generating bodhicitta mind, it is like when you light up a candle covered by a cup, it only benefits a small area. Generating bodhicitta mind and without generating bodhicitta mind can make such difference. That’s the reason why generating bodhicitta mind is extremely important to whatever thing we do. When we do Dharma practice, when we do charity, whatever we do, if we can have bodhicitta mind, then everything is pure, everything is beneficial to ourselves and all sentient beings. So, with bodhicitta mind, you will start receiving the teaching of the four ordinary foundations.
Request for blessing from Guru
“I supplicate you, Precious Guru!
I call to you with longing, Kind Dharma Lord!
Unworthy as I am, I’ve no hope but you!
Grant your blessing that your mind and mine be inseparably mixed!”
Weekly Practice Medicine Buddha
Saturday 09:00AM - 10:00AM
Rinpoche always advises to make strong prayers to Medicine Buddha for anyone who is dying, sick or injured.
The Latest Teaching
Latest teaching transcripts from H.E. Sonam Tenzin Rinpoche
Benefit of Medicine Buddha Practice
Gampopa Four Dharma
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Mahamudra Ngondro teaching
I am very happy to see many students here to receive Ngondro teaching because Ngondro is extremely important in dharma practice.
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37 Practices of Bodhisattvas
Rinpoche had a long teachings in 2 months about the 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas
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Sukhavati teaching
Rinpoche taught about four causes and two obscurations to Sukhavati
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The twelve vows of The Medicine Buddha
I vow that my body shall shine as beams of brilliant light on this infinite…
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Essential advice of Rinpoche
We just need to keep our genuine devotion to the Three Jewels…
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Meditation
Ven.Sonam Tenzin Rinpoche
San Jose
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Lama chenno
Namo Gurube. Prayers Calling the Lama from Afar are known to everyone. The key to invoking blessing is devotion motivated by repentance of old ways and renunciation of samsara. This devotion is not a mere repetition of empty words but it comes from the depth of our heart, from the marrow of our bones, and from the conviction that there is no Buddha apart from the Lama
Precious Teachings of H.E Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche's to the Barom Kagyu Disciples
“If you don’t apply the doctrines of the Buddha then even there are hundreds thousands of Teachers come around so no use. So therefore number of meeting Masters is not important - the number of applying what you have learned into the life is the most crucial and important.”
Precious Teachings of H.E Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche's to the Barom Kagyu Disciples
“If you don’t apply the doctrines of the Buddha then even there are hundreds thousands of Teachers come around so no use. So therefore number of meeting Masters is not important - the number of applying what you have learned into the life is the most crucial and important.”
Prayer Requests
Request for Blessing and Prayer at sacred Buddhist Centers of the 900-year-old Barom Kagyu lineage in California, Sydney, Vietnam, Malaysia and Nunnery in Kham (Tibet)
Blessing for Long Life with Good Health
H.E. Sonam Tenzin Rinpoche and Lama will perform blessings of people to promote their long life and excellent health
Prayer for the Recently Deceased
In Tibetan Buddhism, death is an extremely important event. For 49 days after the departing of a person, the monks will pray daily for the deceased to experience a smooth journey through the Bardo and to achieve a rebirth in the high realms. The Phowa prayers are extremely powerful as they purify the deceased of their negative Karma. Prayers are dedicated to Dorje Sempa Buddha, Medicine Buddha and to Amitabha Buddha.
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