A Buddhist Education

Every year, retreats with Sogyal Rinpoche and other masters take place in France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, North America and Australia. They are complemented by a year-round program of courses in Rigpa's centers and groups around the world. These courses offer a graduated path of teachings and practice covering the three 'vehicles' of Buddhism: the fundamental vehicle, the bodhisattva training in compassion and the vajrayana teachings. Currently followed by over three thousand people worldwide, they feature teachings by Sogyal Rinpoche and other masters, and emphasize personal practice and integration in daily life. A distance learning program is currently being introducted. 

To further Sogyal Rinpoche's vision of a modern but authentic Buddhist education, Rigpa is developing, with the advice of Tibetan masters of all schools, as well as western scholars, an increasingly complete foundation in the Buddhist Teachings. For those with an interest in more scholastic studies, a Study College (Shedra) is being created, where students can follow a training in the classical works of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon, and study subjects like philosophy, logic, and debate, and Tibetan language. Rigpa's courses offer a graduated path of teachings and practice covering the three 'vehicles' of Buddhism: the fundamental vehicle, the bodhisattva training in compassion and the vajrayana teachings. Currently followed by over three thousand people worldwide, they feature teachings by Sogyal Rinpoche and other masters, and emphasize personal practice and integration in daily life.

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