Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche

Khentrul Lodrö Thayé Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist Monk and esteemed scholar will be coming to Olympia, WA, as part of an International public talk/book signing tour. I have been a student of Rinpoche’s for twenty years, and he graciously accepted my invitation to come to Olympia. This free event will be held with Browsers Book Shop, an event partner.

Saturday, October 1, 2022, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM at the Olympia Community Center, Rm A. 

His new book, The Power of Mind: A Tibetan Monk’s Guide to Finding Freedom in Every Challenge, which will be released on September 6th by Shambhala Publications, is a modern guide to lojong—ancient Buddhist techniques for transforming all circumstances, including pain, anxiety, and stress, into mental well-being that benefits us and the people around us.

We’ve all heard platitudes about cultivating love and compassion, but how can we actually develop these qualities in ourselves and crucially share them in our world? The Power of Mind provides the proven path of lojong, or mind training, for changing our experience from the inside out.

Regardless of what’s happening in our lives, Khentrul Rinpoche teaches that our route to freedom lies in our minds. A thousand years ago, the Indian saint Atisha risked his life to seek out lojong teachings in Indonesia and then brought them to Tibet, where they flourished and spread to the rest of the world. This book introduces those teachings—the Seven Key Points of Mind Training—which have been passed down from teacher to student for centuries. Khentrul Rinpoche was inspired by his own teachers, who, like alchemists, were able to follow these techniques during the Cultural Revolution and transform their immense suffering into something positive.
The Power of Mind guides the reader through these transformative practices one by one—from recognizing the value of our human life to overcoming the sources of suffering—and offers meditation advice for incorporating these insights into our daily lives. This wisdom is accessible to everyone, whether Buddhist or not. As Khentrul Rinpoche states, “Peace and happiness can be attained, but not by searching for something in the outside world. They start within us then extend out to the entire globe.”

Khentrul Lodrö T’hayé Rinpoche is revered as a highly accomplished teacher of Buddhist philosophy and meditation and is one of the very few people in the world to hold three Khenpo degrees—the equivalent of three PhDs—in Buddhist philosophy. He is the director of Katog Choling, a nonprofit organization based in the United States. He oversees more than twenty practice groups across North America and in China, Australia, and South Africa, as well as a large retreat center in the mountains of northwest Arkansas. He is also the abbot of Katog Mardo Tashi Choling, in Tibet, where his family has overseen the monastery for several generations. There, he established a Buddhist university, a three-year retreat center, a primary school, and a number of community outreach programs. 

For further information, you can go to Rinpoche’s website, https://katog.org/, contact me at candacepalmo@gmail.com, or call 360-999-0859. Browsers Book Shop will be selling his book at their store after September 6 and at the event on October 1, where Rinpoche will do a book signing after the public talk.

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