The Tergar Meditation Community, founded by the respected Dharma teacher and master of the Karma Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, will host a free online teaching by His Holiness Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoche on 8 April on the topic “The Heart of the Vajrayana.”
“This event is a special opportunity to receive teachings directly from His Holiness Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoche, the supreme head of the Palpung monastic seat and the living root guru of Mingyur Rinpoche. Tai Situ Rinpoche will teach us about the perfect, incorruptible true nature of all sentient beings and other essential points of tantra,” Tergar said in an announcement shared with BDG.
Guru Vajradhara Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa is the 12th Tai Situpa in an unbroken lineage that dates to the 11th century. He is the head of Palpung Monastery in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham, and a principal figure in the Karma Kagyu school of Vajrayana Buddhism. Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoche was trained by the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa and is supervising the education of the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje. Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoche was born in 1954 in eastern Tibet and was enthroned at an early age. He received transmissions from many prominent masters, notably Kyabje Dorje Chang Kalu Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
This free teaching is open to all and will be live-streamed via Zoom and YouTube at the following times:
Auckland: 2am, Sunday, 9 April
Canberra: 12am, Sunday, 9 April
Seoul, Tokyo: 11pm, Saturday, 8 April
Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei: 10pm, Saturday, 8 April
Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta: 9pm, Saturday, 8 April
India Standard Time: 7:30pm, Saturday, 8 April
Central European Summer Time: 4pm, Saturday, 8 April
Western European Summer Time/GMT: 3pm, Saturday, 8 April
Eastern Daylight Time: 10am, Saturday, 8 April
Pacific Daylight Time: 7am, Saturday, 8 April
The teaching program by Tai Situ Rinpoche is based on Creation and Completion by the terton Jamgon Kongtrul, revered as one of Tibet’s true spiritual and literary giants, and will explore: the ultimate potential of all sentient beings; the relationship between body, speech, and mind; absolute and relative reality; and the three kayas.
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“Many of us often find ourselves trapped in habitual patterns that limit us and negatively affect how we relate to ourselves, others, and our environment,” Tergar explained. “In this webinar, Vajradhara Tai Situ Rinpoche will give us practical advice on how, through cultivation, our body, speech, and mind can naturally come to be in accordance with our ultimate, primordial potential, the destiny of all sentient beings.”
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To all my Dharma friends, I wish to share this reflection with sincerity and responsibility.
After watching the final video of the great master Zamar Rinpoche, I feel deep concern about the circumstances surrounding his passing and the serious conflicts within the Karma Kagyu lineage. From my personal understanding of that video, Zamar Rinpoche himself expressed clear warnings regarding Situ Rinpoche, and this should not be taken lightly.
I am not asking anyone to blindly accept my view. I respectfully encourage you to watch the video yourself, especially the part where Zamar Rinpoche speaks about his concerns, and reflect carefully with your own wisdom.
All beings’ essence—soul or mind—is already Vajradhara, yet this truth is difficult to accept because the ordinary mind is filled with doubt. For this reason, the Buddha taught the Dharma gradually, using many skillful methods and scriptures suited to different levels of mind. Through these progressive teachings, beings can eventually reach full enlightenment.
Enlightenment may be realized in this very life, or within three months, six months, or even after death, depending on karma, devotion, and clarity of mind. In every case, freedom from doubt is the key. This teaching is considered very secret not because it is hidden, but because it is hard to accept, even though it is the ultimate truth.
An example helps clarify this:
If a kung fu master temporarily loses clarity due to mental illness or confusion, they may be unable to demonstrate their skills. This does not mean the skills are lost. The knowledge is still present, but without self-recognition, it cannot manifest. Once recognition returns, the skills naturally reappear.
In the same way, all beings already possess enlightened nature, but because we do not recognize our true mind, our wisdom remains hidden. Nothing new needs to be gained—only recognition is required.
However, on the Vajrayana path, choosing a master is extremely serious. When we choose a master, we are offering half of our mind—our trust, direction, and inner authority. Following a wrong master, even one who appears clever or influential, can lead us further into suffering rather than liberation.
The lives of great Tibetan yogis show that enlightenment can be achieved within one lifetime by choosing the right master. With perfect devotion, they required no extensive scriptures—only direct transmission, correct guidance, and unwavering trust.
I share this message not out of anger or division, but out of care for my Dharma friends. Please examine teachers carefully, avoid blind devotion, and rely on wisdom and discernment.
Without doubt is the key—but discernment is essential.