"Some people think that blessings are some sort of of strange power - something that makes you shake all over or that makes you levitate to that gives you some extraordinary feeling like being high or drunk. But that's not blessing at all! What blessings are, is at first you even don't know anything - you don't know that the dharma is good - but then you think, 'Maybe the dharma is OK.' You think, 'I should give dharma practice a try. If I meditate, it will probably help me." The dharma has this sort of power: when you know the reasons, you develop some faith and devotion. This is what we mean by blessings.' Thrangu Rinpoche.

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Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche is a renowned Tibetan Buddhist master known for his deep compassion and the clarity of his teachings. He was selected by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to serve as the principal tutor to His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Oryen Trinley Dorje. Thrangu Rinpoche is a full holder and teacher of the Kagyu Vajrayana lineages. He founded the Namo Buddha retreat center in Nepal, has established two shedras (monastic universities) in Nepal and India, and serves as Abbot of Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia. He also built Tara Abbey, where nuns receive a full dharma education qualifying them to become khenpos or teachers. Thrangu Rinpoche teaches extensively throughout Asia, Europe and the United States. He has centers in Maine and California, and is building the Vajra Vidya Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado.