Projects & Events
Our major projects and events are listed below. Further details on courses, initiatives and activities can be found by visiting the centers, which you can link to here. The continuation of these activities relies on your donations. Click on which ever project or activity you would like to support below to make a donation. Thank you.
Buddhist Summer School
Healesville, Australia in January
Auckland, New Zealand in February
In disseminating Buddhist teachings in the West, Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche actively engaged in integrative dialogue with scientists, psychologists, artists and philosophers. Rinpoche was known for his remarkable ability to preserve the heart and profundity of Buddhist teachings, while opening minds to the ways Dharma can bring illumination and wisdom to the nuances of modern knowledge, dispositions and lifestyles.
Begun in 1984 in Australia, we continue Rinpoche’s commitment to vibrant teachings for our times. The Annual Buddhist Summer School brings together distinguished Buddhist scholars, teachers and philosophers from the traditions of Theravada, Zen and Tibetan Buddhism as well as presenters and teachers from Western academic fields such as psychology and philosophy.
Click here information on the Australian Buddhist Summer School at the Maitripa Centre in Healesville, Victoria. Click here for information on the New Zealand Buddhist Summer School at Nyima Tashi Buddhist Centre, Ponsonby, Auckland
All Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche’s Centres Hold Annual Retreats
Please contact E-Vam Institute in Australia, Nyima Tashi Buddhist Centre in New Zealand, and E-Vam Buddhist Institute in the U.S. for details.
E-Vam Institute’s Easter Retreat is held at Traleg Rinpoche’s Retreat Centre, Maitripa Centre in Healesville, Victoria, Australia. Email: info@evaminstitute.org
Nyima Tashi Buddhist Centre holds Retreat at their Auckland Centre. Email: nyimatashi.nz@gmail.com
E-Vam Buddhist Institute USA hold their annual Retreat generally in May each year, in West Virginia and / or Crestone Colorado. Email: office@evam.org
Beyond Two Worlds: Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche IX
Produced by Shogam Publications, this stunning movie length documentary gives an intimate portrait of this great Kagyu Nyingma master Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche.
Much of the footage was taken by professional film makers who filmed Rinpoche in many parts of the world – Tibet, America, Australia, Europe – as a public figure, and includes intimate behind the scenes moments – traveling, shopping and leading a seemingly normal life, as he carried out his remarkable and diverse Dharma activity. Also included are interviews by his wife Traleg Khandro, Buddhist teachers and students from different parts of the world.
If you would like to show Beyond Two Worlds: Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche IX as a fundraiser for your Buddhist Centre or community group please contact info@shogam.com.
Shogam Hermitage Building Project
Crestone, Colorado USA
Rinpoche planned to develop a comprehensive Buddhist, multi-faith, and multi-disciplinary library in Crestone, Colorado as a key component of Shogam Hermitage.
Rinpoche envisioned this library as an opportunity for Buddhists, scholars, and practitioners to do serious study and meditation retreats on E-Vam’s property: 7 acres on a high plateau surrounded by the picturesque Rocky Mountains. His vision was to build a Bhutanese-inspired hermitage on the E-Vam’s land to provides a peaceful environment conducive to study, meditation, and contemplation; to develop an extensive library coupled with access to online databases and other resources to support in-depth study and research; and to provide private meditation areas and a meditation hall (gompa) for individual and group retreat, as well as simple, elegant accommodations for short-term and long-term stay.
Another important part of his plan was to ensure the centre built and sustained in an environmentally responsible manner. Donations are welcomed and essential to progress and complete the Shogam Hermitage building project.