

Sat 24 Jan
|Online
Dongsung Shabdrung Rinpoche - 12 Links of Dependent Origination
Time & Location
24 Jan 2026, 12:00 – 13:30
Online
About the event
This is an event organised by Buddhism in Berlin e.V. We are very happy and honoured that Dongsung Shabdrung Rinpoche has agreed to give an online teaching this upcoming Saturday, 24th January, 12 pm CET (noon, in e.g. Berlin)
Rinpoche will teach on the important topic of The 12 Links of Dependent Origination. The twelve links of dependent origination explain how suffering and pain arises through a chain of causes and conditions, beginning with ignorance and ending in aging and death. By understanding these links, we can see that suffering is not fixed or permanent, but produced through processes that can be interrupted. In this session, we will explore how recognizing and reversing these links becomes a practical path to freedom.
The 4th Dongtsang Shabdrung Rinpoche, known for his extensive knowledge, was recognized as an emanation of Sangye Yeshe (832 – 902), one of the 25 heart disciples of Guru Padmasambhava. He is also a Tulku in the Sakya lineage, and the previous Dongtsang Shabdrung Rinpoche was the elder brother of the 16th Karmapa. When still being a young child, the present 4th Dongtsang Shabdrung Rinpoche was recognized as a tulku by His Holiness Sakya Trichen. He entered Ngor Monastery in Dheradun/India, where he trained intensively in ritual practices. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche personally accepted him as a teenager to join the Dzongsar Institute near Bir/India, where he began his studies toward a Khenpo degree, which he received in 2005 handed by H.H. Dalai Lama. Thereafter, he helped in the reconstruction of his monastery in Yushu, Tibet, and is caring for the monks at Sa Ngor Chotsok Monastery located just outside of Gangtok, Sikkim. In 2013, under the patronage of Khyentse Foundation, Rinpoche went to the UC Berkeley as an exchange scholar to advise PhD students on their thesis.
This event will be in english only. Registration necessary
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