Rinpoche's activity, which springs from the indissoluble union of wisdom and altruism, is expressed through teaching the Buddhadharma, giving aid and publishing the treasury of wisdom.

TEACHING has three levels:

• How to become a Buddhist and follow the basic principals and practices,
  
• A six-year university programme of listening and reflection,
  
• When listening and reflection have been perfected, introduction to the natural state and the perfection of meditation to make it manifest.

AID has six branches:

• Dharma advice for chronic sufferers of mental and physical illness,
• Activities to diminish the occurrence of disturbing emotions,
• Altruism to conquer the suffering caused to self and others as a result of suicide,
• Mediation to combat conflict within families and groups of friends and associates,
• Development of loving kindness.
• Educational, medical and socio-economic programmes to combat illiteracy, ill-health and poor living conditions within communities at risk,

PUBLISHING

• The translation and dissemination of important texts, especially those of the Longchen Nyingthik and of Patrul Rinpoche.

The lines above were written in 1997, soon after Rinpoche's arrival in Europe. Many of these aspects of help have already taken form through the Zangdok Palri Institute, Zangdok Palri Lotus and Wisdom Treasury Publication House.

The Zangdok Palri Institute

Objective

The Zangdok Palri Insitute has been founded as a support for the study and practice of Buddhist philosophy.

Courses at the institute explore Buddhist wisdom and, especially, the very precious tradition of the Longchen Nyingthik.

Courses

- The General Buddhist Studies which is open to everyone who wishes to discover or deepen their study of Buddhism. 

- The Six-Year Dzogchen Practitioners' Course, which has been designed as a more suitable framework for those students who wish to deepen and broaden the scope of their study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism, and who wish to commit themselves to a 6-year programme of intensive study and practice.

Both courses are taught at the Annual ZPI, which will be held in Europe during the summer months. 

These courses will provide a rare and important opportunity to study and practice the authentic path of self-liberation under the compassionate gaze and wise counsel of authentic teachers.

http://www.zangdokpalriinstitute.org/

Wisdom Treasury

Publishing House

Mission

Wisdom Treasury is Rinpoche's publishing house.

The aim of the Wisdom Treasury is to provide access to the texts of the Longchen Nyingthig tradition to the widest possible audience: to advanced practitioners as well as to beginners.

Publications will include the writings and teachings of Dzogchen Ranyak Patrul Rinpoche, many texts by Dza Patrul Rinpoche, and texts and teachings of other lamas of the lineage, both traditional and contemporary. 

www.WisdomTreasury.com 

Zangdok Palri Lotus

Development Aid

Mission

"Through the Zangdok Palri Project we hope to construct an environment which will support the local people's aspirations and enable them to develop to their greatest potential".
      Dzogchen Ranyak Patrul Rinpoche

The purpose of the Zangdok Palri programme is to allow the people of Dzogchen in Tibet to improve their living conditions by developing skills which allow them to promote the development of their own region. To achieve this goal, the Zangdok Palri association offers assistance and guidance, material and financial support to local initiatives in the areas of education, socio-economic development and maintain of the Tibetan culture.

On the other hand, the ancestral wisdom of Tibet is part of our world's human heritage. Creating an opportunity for authentic exchange, sharing our best in return for a deeper contact with the best in Tibetan culture is an exciting and truly worthwhile project.

Projects

School in Dzogchen 

The Sambotha Primary School for girls and orphans  

The school is expanding and a teacher’s building has been constructed. A good team of teachers, a cook, a care-taker and his wife are permanently onsite. The premises are now very suitable to welcome orphans and give them not only a formal education but also the human care they need to grow up harmoniously.

Presentation of the Project : English flyer French flyer German flyer 
News Sept 2008: English - French

http://www.ZangdokPalri.net

Zangdok Palri Cultural Centre in Dzogchen

The Zangdok Palri Institute is envisioned as a cultural and education center serving a poor rural community of some 10 000 people spread over an area of 5 000 km2 in Kham, Eastern Tibet. It will provide full education for the lay people of the Dzogchen area, who have until now had no access even to basic literacy.

 

The aim of the Institute is to: 

• offer good studying conditions and easy access to knowledge

• preserve one of the treasures of human kind, the ancient wisdom tradition which is Tibet's cultural heritage  

• provide a platform for dialog and exchange between eastern and western students, scholars and researchers

http://www.zangdokpalri.net/zangdokpalriinstitute.htm