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Clarifying the Natural State \u2013 1 Year Training Course in Mahamudra Meditation with Lama Tsultrim Guelek<\/h1>\n

Bodhicharya UK Buddhist Meditation Centre in Rochester, Kent, UK and Online: September 2026 \u2013 September 2027 <\/strong><\/p>\n

We are overjoyed to be offering this one year training programme in Mahamudra meditation by Lama Tsultrim Gelek from Bodhicharya France.<\/p>\n

Book your place now:<\/h3>\n

All bookings will include in-person access, as well as the live Zoom broadcast link and access to the recordings for attendance flexibility. However, wherever possible, we highly recommend making the effort to come and receive these precious teachings live and in-person at the Centre with Lama Tsultrim and sangha.<\/p>\n

If you can only attend online, then please book here<\/a> (the Zoom link for online attendance will be emailed to you, but if circumstances change you are welcome in-person)<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you can attend in-person, then please book here<\/a> (the Zoom link will still be emailed to you for the online elements and can be used to attend online if your circumstances change)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This one year training course will follow the meditation instructions in Dakpo Tashi Namgyal<\/strong>\u2018s Mahamudra<\/strong> meditation manual, Clarifying the Natural State. <\/strong>It will use the commentary Crystal Clear<\/strong>, by the learned and realized Tibetan Master Thrangu Rinpoche<\/strong>, which is a companion volume to the classic meditation manual by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal. Clarifying the Natural State is a practical manual for both teacher and student alike, covering the path from mindfulness to complete enlightenment, simply and methodically. Presenting the profound and ultimate instructions of Mahamudra, it embodies the realization of India and Tibet\u2019s greatest masters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe words of Dakpo Tashi Namgyal are unique. Adorned with plenty of pithy advice out of his personal experience, practitioners are greatly benefited by his instructions on how to remove hindrances and progress further. His methods for practicing Mahamudra are preeminent. This book is indispensable as it focuses exclusively on practice.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nOn the companion volume, Crystal Clear<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

In his straightforward and lucid style Thrangu Rinpoche gives us an indispensable guidebook for insight practice (vipashyana). For people who want more than just theory, this is a handbook that begins with watching the breath and leads practitioners through stages of realization, all the way to complete enlightenment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Mahamudra, as one takes the path of direct perception, a person can obtain true and complete enlightenment within the same body and lifetime. Whatever the situation, Mahamudra provides appropriate methods and techniques. So, whether one is able to undertake a lot of hardship or not, whether one is very diligent or not, whichever type of person you might be there is always great benefit in practicing Mahamudra. The practice can be done in the solitude of retreat or while involved in the daily complexities of modern life. Mahamudra training is always applicable in any situation, at any moment of life.<\/em>\u201d ~ Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche<\/p>\n

If you would like to purchase the key texts for this course, Crystal Clear, then in the UK you can do so here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lama Tsultrim Guelek was born in 1955 in Grenoble, France and began began studying the Dharma in 1983 as a disciple of Venerable Kalu Rinpoche and Bokar Rinpoche.<\/p>\n

In 1987 he was ordained by Kalu Rinpoche and became a novice monk (getsul). After a traditional 3-year, 3-month, 3-day retreat between 1988 and 1992, he became a fully ordained monk (gelong).<\/p>\n

With Bokar Rinpoche\u2019s blessing and permission he has been leading meditation groups since 1995. He is the Spiritual Director of the Bodhicharya France Centre in Lusse where lives and teaches with a group of monks and nuns. He also teaches in several other places and Centres in France and around the world, namely at Bodhicharya Berlin, Bodhicharya Algarve and Bodhicharya UK.<\/p>\n

Lama Tsultrim\u2019s many years of teaching have allowed him to become well acquainted with the practice of the Dharma in the West. He supports many practitioners on their path and is well aware of the obstacles that Western practitioners may face, the means to overcome them and the pitfalls to avoid. Finally, Lama Tsultrim transmits the Dharma directly in English and often illustrates his teachings with everyday situations, which makes his teachings lively and accessible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Course Details<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

The course will include:<\/strong><\/p>\n