United Trungram Buddhist Fellowship

From my perspective, Buddhism is not a religion that demands blind faith in dogmatic beliefs. Neither is it a philosophy that traps us in an idealized world, nor a cultural phenomenon that stubbornly clings to old traditions. Buddhism in fact is a systematic methodology of practices through which we free others and ourselves from suffering and attain real happiness.

True happiness is achieved through the direct understanding of the way things are, through compassionately working for the ultimate happiness of others and through confidently developing our previously dormant capacity for enlightenment.

All of this is based on the understanding of selflessness, which is the foundation of Buddhism. - Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche


Lumbini Udyana Mahachaitya - a monastery under construction inside thg United Nation's World Heritage Site at Buddha's birthplace - Lumbini, Nepal. The monastery will represent friends and devotees of Buddhism whose communities or countries are not represented on the land. more... New mediation groups in Las Vegas and San Francisco, U.S.A. started near the end of 2007. Details coming soon. Ground breaking of the Lumbini Udyana Mahachaitya Project - led by H.E. Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche on July 7; preliminary construction work commenced in early September Mahamudra Hermitage Project This is a project to build comprehensive learning and retreat centers in New York State of the U.S., a place where the traditional Vajrayana practices would be taught and practiced, and the unique cultural heritage to be preserved.	Discovering the Dharma: a five-day retreat with H.E. Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche Cochecton, New York, U.S.A. 5/23 ~ 5/28, 2008 (5/23 evening and 5/24 whole day also open to non-retreatants) See also program's page All Day Meditation and Teaching with H.E. Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche Boston, U.S.A. 4/20/2008, Public Lecture by H.E. Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche: Taming the Drunken Elephant Boston, U.S.A. 4/19/2008 Losar Celebration with Rinpoche and Khenchen Rinpoche: UTBF Retreat Center, Cochecton, New York 2/9/2008 Rinpoche's Teaching Tour on the West Coast of the U.S.: Las Vegas, San Francisco, Seattle 11/2/2007 ~ 11/19/2007 (see event listings for 11/2007 on the event calendar) Other event information on the West Coast tour: Weekend Retreat with Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche - Karma: Understanding the Science of Cause and Effect & Vajrasattva Empowerment 11/8 - 11, 2007, hosted by BodhiPath Santa Barbara. See also event announcement (PDF file, opens in a new window). Taipei Dharma Series: led and taught by Lopen Rinpoche, Khenpo Shenpen 9/22/2007 ~ 9/29/2007 (see events on those dates in Taipei's event calendar) Hong Kong Dharma Series: led and taught by Lopen Rinpoche, Khenpo Shenpen 8/17/2007 ~ 8/28/2007 (see events on those dates in Hong Kong's event calendar) On-going programs at the UTBF Retreat Center, U.S.A.

Lumbini Udyana Mahachaitya

- a monastery under construction inside thg United Nation's World Heritage Site at Buddha's birthplace - Lumbini, Nepal. The monastery will represent friends and devotees of Buddhism whose communities or countries are not represented on the land. more...

New mediation groups in Las Vegas and San Francisco, U.S.A. started near the end of 2007. Details coming soon.

Ground breaking of the Lumbini
Udyana Mahachaitya Project
- led by H.E. Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche on July 7; preliminary construction work commenced in early September

Mahamudra Hermitage Project
This is a project to build comprehensive learning and retreat centers in New York State of the U.S., a place where the traditional Vajrayana practices would be taught and practiced, and the unique cultural heritage to be preserved.

Discovering the Dharma: a five-day retreat with H.E. Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche
Cochecton, New York, U.S.A.
5/23 ~ 5/28, 2008
(5/23 evening and 5/24 whole day also open to non-retreatants)
See also program's page

All Day Meditation and Teaching with H.E. Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche
Boston, U.S.A.
4/20/2008,

Public Lecture by H.E. Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche: Taming the Drunken Elephant
Boston, U.S.A.
4/19/2008

Losar Celebration with Rinpoche and Khenchen Rinpoche: UTBF Retreat Center, Cochecton, New York
2/9/2008

Rinpoche's Teaching Tour on the West Coast of the U.S.: Las Vegas, San Francisco, Seattle
11/2/2007 ~ 11/19/2007 (see event listings for 11/2007 on the event calendar)

Other event information on the West Coast tour:
Weekend Retreat with Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche - Karma: Understanding the Science of Cause and Effect & Vajrasattva Empowerment
11/8 - 11, 2007, hosted by BodhiPath Santa Barbara.
See also event announcement (PDF file, opens in a new window).

Taipei Dharma Series: led and taught by Lopen Rinpoche, Khenpo Shenpen
9/22/2007 ~ 9/29/2007 (see events on those dates in Taipei's event calendar)

Hong Kong Dharma Series: led and taught by Lopen Rinpoche, Khenpo Shenpen
8/17/2007 ~ 8/28/2007 (see events on those dates in Hong Kong's event calendar)

On-going programs at the UTBF Retreat Center, U.S.A.