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Above – a view of Awo Sera Monastery in Serta, Tibet
April, 2012: Sogan Rinpoche conducts fish release in Varanasi, India
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To see more photos from India and read Rinpoche's account of the April 15, 2012 release into the Ganges River, click here >>
TOC's humanitarian project in Golok, Tibet
Sogan Rinpoche's Bayan Monastery in Golok, Tibet is currently housing and educating fourteen young boys from poor, nomadic families. The monks provide the only training in reading and writing that is available to these destitute children.To find out more about the boys and their lives at Bayan, visit Humanitarian Project >>
NEWS FROM TOC
Currently, Ven. Sogan Rinpoche is traveling and isn't yet sure when he will be in the Bay Area, although he suggests sometime in fall, 2013.
When more info is available, we will post it here, so please check back! To read about the 2012 teachings in California, click here >>
When more info is available, we will post it here, so please check back! To read about the 2012 teachings in California, click here >>
PHOTOS/VIDEO
Animal Release in India
Animal Release in India
On the day of the new moon in April, 2013, Ven. Sogan Rinpoche led a release of fish into the Ganges River at the site of the ancient pilgrimage city of Haridwar. Find out more about this activity of great compassion and see video of the fish taken at the moment they were released into the river. Click here >>
SLIDESHOW
Ven. Sogan Rinpoche in Tibet
Ven. Sogan Rinpoche in Tibet
To see a slideshow with inspiring photos from Rinpoche's visit to his homeland in Golok in the Fall of 2012, click here >>
While in Tibet, he visited with family and friends and inspected two completed projects which were sponsored by his humanitarian non-profit, The Sogan Foundation. We've posted more photos from the trip and a video at sogan.org.
FEATURED PAGES
Bayan Mountain where Rinpoche's monastery in Golok is located.
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TUPTEN OSEL CHOLING
A Dharma group in Northern California
Tupten Osel Choling (TOC) is a Tibetan Buddhist, non-profit organization based in the San Francisco Bay area. It was founded to the support the work of Ven. Sogan Rinpoche who has generously offered to share his knowledge of the Buddha Dharma with anyone wishing to receive it. Rinpoche has taught extensively in the Bay Area for over a decade, and he also visits destinations throughout North America and in Europe to explain Buddhist ideas and doctrine.
In 2012, a group of Sogan Rinpoche's students in northern Italy requested that he become their spiritual guide. Rinpoche agreed, and in October, 2012, Tupten Osel Ling, a sister organization to the Bay Area's TOC, was formally recognized.
TOC sponsors teachings, animal release ceremonies and retreats, and has invited other Buddhist masters to teach in the San Francisco area.
For more information about Sogan Rinpoche's teaching go here >>
Poetry of realization
Sogan Rinpoche is completing work on an autobiography with the assistance of Robert W. Clark who is translating the Tibetan text into English. This book presents a vivid account of Rinpoche's childhood in Golok (eastern Tibet); his education and enthronement as a tulku; his spiritual development, pilgrimage and solitary retreats; and his departure from Tibet.
Included is a poetic journal he kept during retreat. Rinpoche is offering a preview of a few of these verses online – posting a different one each month. Click here to read this month's poem.
Included is a poetic journal he kept during retreat. Rinpoche is offering a preview of a few of these verses online – posting a different one each month. Click here to read this month's poem.
OUR NAME
The meaning of Tupten Osel Choling
Tupten Osel Choling is actually a shortened form of the Tibetan phrase: Tupten Osel Chokhor Ling.
Tupten means the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha
Osel means the clear light of ultimate reality
Chokhor means Dharmacakra – or – the wheel of the Dharma
Ling means the abode
Osel means the clear light of ultimate reality
Chokhor means Dharmacakra – or – the wheel of the Dharma
Ling means the abode
So the name can be translated as:
The Abode of the Dharma Wheel of the Buddha's Teachings on the Clear Light of Ultimate Reality
The Abode of the Dharma Wheel of the Buddha's Teachings on the Clear Light of Ultimate Reality