Pharping, Nepal

The Sacred Cave of Yangleshö

On the afternoon of October 10th, 2025, Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche reached the Asura Cave in Nepal for yet another drupchen. Upon arrival at the cave, he spoke to the small group of monks who had…

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Published on 22nd of November 2025

India

Pilgrimage to the Sacred Sites of the Buddha

On 31 December 2019, on the eve of an extended pilgrimage to some of the most sacred sites associated with the Buddha, OT Rinpoche gave the following address to his monks.

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Published on 25th of July 2025

Cool Grove Charnel Ground, Bihar, India

The Cool Grove Charnel Ground

On 30 December 2019, Rinpoche took his monks on the one hour journey from Bodhgaya to the Cool Grove Charnel Ground. First Rinpoche explained to them why charnel grounds are so important for tantric practitioners.…

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Published on 3rd of December 2024

Cock’s Foot Peak, Bihar, India

Cock’s Foot Peak (Kukkuṭapāda)

On 29 December 2020, Rinpoche took his monks from Bodhgaya to nearby Cock’s Foot Peak. There, he explained its background for – as he says at the end of the teaching, when advising on the…

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Published on 10th of July 2024

Kushinagar, India

Kushinagar

The teaching that follows took place during a pilgrimage of the sacred Buddhist sites in India, at the point when the group had just reached Kushinagar, the place of Buddha’s parinirvana. Inspired by the immense…

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Published on 2nd of July 2022

Sri Pada, Sri Lanka

The Sacredness of Sri Lanka and Sri Pada

Despite the pandemic and all its restrictions, Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche and his monks were able to successfully hold a series of drupchens at the holy sites of India towards the end of 2021. Continuing this…

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Published on 13th of January 2022

Yangleshö, Nepal

Yangleshö

Late one night, Rinpoche paused as he walked past the upper cave at Yangleshö, sat down at the entrance of the cave to say some prayers and then, to inspire modern pilgrims, spontaneously began to…

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Published on 29th of May 2018

Shravasti, India

How to Walk in the Footsteps of the Buddha

In March 2015, Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche went yet again on pilgrimage around some of the most important sacred sites of India; only this time as a facilitator for Sogyal Rinpoche and a group of Rigpa…

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Published on 25th of May 2016