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Above – a view of Awo Sera Monastery in Serta, Tibet
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. TOC has begun raising funds to support the monastery's efforts. To find out more about the boys and their lives at Bayan, visit Humanitarian Project >>
NEWS FROM TOC
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 >>
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.
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Bayan Mountain where Rinpoche's monastery in Golok is located.
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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 been living in the Bay Area since 1998. While the majority of his teachings are given there, he also visits destinations throughout North America and in Europe to explain Buddhist ideas and doctrine.
TOC sponsors teachings, animal release ceremonies and retreats, and invites other Buddhist masters to teach in the San Francisco area.
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