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Teachings & Practice
Lama Tsedrup Tharchin Rinpoche:
From 1988 to 2002, Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo, Director of Vajrayana Foundation Hawai’i, sponsored 46 programs with Lama Tharchin Rinpoche throughout the Islands. Beginning in 2002, Jnana-Sukha Foundation sponsored the programs with Rinpoche.
2002: Dakini Heart Essence Foundational Practices, Orgyen Dechen Cho Dzong, Hawai’i Island.
2005: Dudjom Lingpa’s Vajrakilaya, Orgyen Dechen Cho Dzong, Hawai’i Island.
2006: Dakini Heart Essence Amendment-Confession and Self-Empowerment, Pema Osel Ling.
2008: Dakini Heart Essence Foundational Practices, Boise. Download transcripts.
2009: Dakini Heart Essence Foundational Practices and Vajra Bridge, Austin. Download transcript. Watch Vajra Bridge
2009: Dakini Heart Essence Yeshe Tsogyal and Vajra Bridge, Orgyen Dechen Cho Dzong, Hawai’i Island.
2009: Dakini Heart Essence Singhamukha, Maui, Hawai’i.
2009: The Qualities of the Paths to Enlightenment, Orgyen Dechen Cho Dzong, Hawai’i Island. Download transcript.
2010: Dakini Heart Essence Kurukulle, The Four Nails, Life of a Repkong Yogi, Portland. Download transcript. Watch Four Nails
2010: Advice to Western Practitioners, Portland. Watch video.
2011: Compassion on All Levels, transcript, watch; Calling the Lama, watch; Dzogchen View and Meditation, Honolulu, Hawai’i.
2011: Dorje Drollod, Orgyen Dechen Cho Dzong, Hawai’i Island.
2012: Dakini Heart Essence Throma, Los Angeles. Watch videos.
Lama Tsering Gyaltsen:
2015: Dudjom Rinpoche’s Brief Account of the Origins of Buddhism in Tibet. Watch videos.
Lama Pema Dorje:
2007: Dakini Heart Essence Anuyoga, Orgyen Dechen Cho Dzong, Hawai’i Island.
2008: Dakini Heart Essence Anuyoga, Orgyen Dechen Cho Dzong, Hawai’i Island.
Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo:
2002-2014: In-person programs in Hawai’i, California, Washington, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida, New York.
2012–2013: Rolmo Interviews on YouTube: Sangye Khandro; Jampa Stewart on Longchenpa; Michael Burroughs on the Northern Treasures; Holly Gayley on Tare Lhamo; Dhyani Ywahoo; Sarah Rinchen Caldwell, Part 1; Part 2; Chonyi Drolma Holland on Dudjom Lingpa: Part 1; Part 2; Orgyen Zangpo on Tare Lhamo.
2015 to 2019: Online Moodle classes. No longer available.
Sacred Art
2008: Dakini Heart Essence Refuge Thangka commissioned to artist Kumar Lama under the guidance of Lama Tharchin Rinpoche. Download image TIF.
2010: In the Minds of All Beings: Tsogyal Latso of Tibet is a twenty-minute documentary filmed in 2010 at the eighth-century birthplace of Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal. At its heart is the timeless insight that Yeshe Tsogyal’s wisdom abides in the minds of all beings and in the world around us. Watch film.
2015: Yeshe Tsogyal Nirmanakaya Applique Thangka commissioned to Leslie Nguyen. Watch video.
2017: Interview with thangka artist Cynthia Moku on the importance of murals. Watch video.
2017-2018: Commissioned Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal’s Life-Story Murals in Tibet. Watch videos
Publications & Translations
2002–2003: The Dakini Heart Essence Translation Project. Working with Lama Tsering Gyaltsen, Lama Pema Dorje, and Heidi Nevin, Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo translated the entire volume of Dudjom Rinpoche’s Khandro Thuk Thik (The Dakini Heart Essence).
2016-2017: Commissioned Chonyi Drolma to translate Drime Kunga’s secret biograpjy of Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal, published by Shambhala in 2017 as The Life & Vision of Yeshe Tsogyal: The Autobiography of the Great Wisdom Queen. Translated into German in 2018. Buy.
For selected translations by Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo, visit Downloads .
Digital & Biographical Preservation
2023–2025: The Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center (TBRC): sponsored the Nyingma Resource Interface and cloud storage.
2023–2025: The Treasury of Lives: sponsored nine biographies documenting the lives of Tibetan Buddhist figures, including Dudjom Rinpoche (Jigdral Yeshe Dorje); Dudjom Rinpoche's biography was the most-read in 2024.
Sangha Journeys
Since 2009, Sangha Journeys, a satellite of Jnana-Sukha Foundation, has offered more than twenty curated pilgrimages across Central, Western, and Eastern Tibet, focusing on the Nyingma tradition and Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal. Visit Sangha Journeys.
Watch:
2018 Eastern Tibet Kham & Golok Pilgrimage Slideshow
2017 Mount Kailash
During the COVID years, Sangha Journeys partnered with Road To Tibet to offer livestream pilgrimages. Watch video recordings:
Central Tibet: Lhasa Butterlamp Offering, Samye, Chimphu, Terdrom Shoto Tidro, Dudjom Lamaling, Dudjom Tso Dzong Island, Kangri Tokar and Shugseb Nunnery.
Eastern Tibet: Dzogchen, Larung Gar, and Sanglung.
Visit photo albums for these sacred places: Dudjom Tso Dzong; Butterlamp Offerings in Lhasa; Sanglung Smoke Offering; Yarlung Sheldrak; Mindrolling Monastery; Mount Kailash.
Compassionate Action
Preservation: Jnana-Sukha supports organizations that preserve and make available teachings and histories of the Nyingma tradition, such as the Lama Tharchin Rinpoche Heritage Foundation, Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC), and Treasury of Lives.
Dakini Heart Essence Rituals for the Longevity of the Masters (Ten Shuk): Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, 2006; Anam Thubten Lodro Rinpoche, 2025.
Green Tara Prayer Accumulation: Annual sponsorship at Yeshe Tsogyal’s birthplace in Tibet. The next accumulation is scheduled for 2027.
Protecting Life: Our principal activities include an annual yak life-release in Amdo, Tibet, and support for Indraloka Animal Sanctuary and other animal sanctuaries in the USA.
Other Charitable Support: These have included Feeding America, Idaho Food Bank, and Maui Disaster Relief. As needs arise, we have also supported Dharma organizations in Tibet such as Nyenlung and Zabbulung, and in the USA, Dharmata Foundation, Vajrayana Foundation, and Yeshe Nyingpo New York.
Scholarship Program 2015–2021: Awarded 35 scholarships for individual study and practice. The program has concluded.