Rigul Shedra

Ringu Tulku: Rigul Trust funding

Dear friends world wide,

A letter from Ringu Tulku Rinpoche about Rigul, his birthplace, and where he has his monastery:

“I am very pleased to report that the school, clinic and shedra are going very well in Rigul. I would like to thank you all for your very generous contributions.

To secure the well being for the people of Rigul in the longer term, a plan has been created with the help of a professionally managed investment fund. This investment fund has enabled us to better utilise the accumulated reserves whilst still maintaining our current day to day funding of Rigul. The aim of this fund is to grow it sufficiently over the next ten years so that it will provide a legacy which will support the people of Rigul into the future. We would also like to remind you that 100% of all donations received from you go towards benefiting the people of Rigul since the Trust is operated on a volunteer basis.

Our task has not yet been completed. With your help, the people of Rigul will be able to continue to have health care services and free education and food for children as well indefinitely into the future.

I send you my heart felt gratitude for all the help and support that you are giving to the people of the village of my monastery”

Ringu Tulku

Wishing you all the very best,

Margaret Richardson
Founder of Rigul Trust

www.rigultrust.org

Seasons Greetings and Gratitude from Rinpoche

I would like to take this auspicious occasion of Christmas and New Year 2019 to thank all the generous people who helped Rigul Trust for so many years to build and sponsor the school, clinic and shedra in Rigul area of Tibet and other beneficial activities.


My grateful thanks to the founder and the trustees of the past and present and all those who helped in many different ways to make the works of the trust functional. 

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I pray that you all have a healthy, happy and harmonious year ahead and all your positive wishes be fulfilled.

Happy New Year 2019

Ringu Tulku

Monks of Rigul Shedra

Francois is currently visiting Rigul and the different projects Rinpoche has there. Today he visited the brand new shedra that was built thanks to the generosity of Chinese sponsors.
Khenpo Zopa from Kirti monastry in Amdo is teaching 49 monks coming from Rigul monastery but also other monasteries from the area.

News from Rigul, Kham, Tibet

I received a phone call today from Khenpo Wangpel of Rigul Monastery. The Shedra of Rigul has now started. There was a big inauguration with Dulmo Choje Rinpoche as the Chief Guest. Over 800 monks and nuns attended the opening ceremony including high Rinpoches, Khenpos and Lamas. Thousands of people came for the teachings and blessings. The shedra buildings are complete with a hall which can accommodate around 1500 people. The old Temple is also fully renovated and both were inaugurated and blessed.

Khenpo Zopa will be the main Khenpo who is a learned Geshe from Kirti Monastery. The Shedra started with 54 students. They have constituted a Shedra Committee with 15 monks. There will be a common kitchen and all students will be offered free food, lodging and education. They have started a shop to help finance the Shedra. This is fulfilling one of my dreams for a long time. We will soon receive some photos from Karsing and Lama Desing. Lama Desing is an old monk of Rigul Monastery who lives is Dehradun and Karsing is my uncle who were visiting Rigul at that time. Hope they can come back safely. The school and Clinic are both running very well. 14 students from the school joined the Shedra. Of 54 students, 32 are from Rigul Monastery and the rest are from nearby monasteries including the Sakya Monastery across from Rigul.”