Annual
Report
2024
In 2024, the Tertön Sogyal Foundations supported two types of grants
Types of Grants 2024
Number of grants
116
Total amount awarded
€143,492
Study and Practice
107 grants awarded | €81,342 | 57%
Light of Dharma
9 grants awarded | €62,150 | 43%
Study and Practice Grants
Nyenpa/ Long-Term retreat at Dzogchen Beara
€
0
Details
These are grants for students who want to do a Nyenpa or a long-term retreat in Dzogchen Beara (Drupdra). Grants provide financial support for the registration, food and accommodation.
In 2024 a total of five grants were awarded for the Long-Term retreat, representing 47% of the total budget.
Shedra / Milinda / Translation
€
0
Details
These grants are for students that want to follow Shedra studies under the Rigpa Shedra program or outside such as the Milinda teachers training and translation.
Seventeen grants were awarded for students to attend Rigpa’s Shedra program like Rinchen Terdzo empowerments in Bhutan, Classic Tibetan in Rangjung Yeshe, and Initiations with Dzongsar Khyentse in Chagdud Gompa – Brasil
These grants represent 14% of the total budget.
Retreat at a main Rigpa Retreat Centre
€
0
Details
These grants are primarily offered to students that want to attend one of the international retreats held at one of Rigpa’s main retreat centres: Lerab Ling Dzogchen Beara, Dharma Mati and Blueys Beach. Retreat duration may be from a single week to a few months.
In 2024, fifty one grants were awarded for these retreats, representing 31% of the total budget:
Yang Nying Pudri, Personal Retreats, Dzogchen Retreat, Ngondro Retreat, Dzogchen Background,
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo, Drupchens.
Chetsun Nyingtik
€
0
Details
The Chetsün Nyingtik or “The Heart Essence of Chetsün, the Perfect Secret Bindu” is a one month practice retreat to follow the teachings that were composed by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and outlines the complete Dzogchen path from the preliminaries up to the main practices of Trekchö and Tögal.
In 2024, nine applications were awarded for retreats in Blueys Beach and Lerab Ling, representing 9% of the total budget.
Shyonnu Retreat
€
0
Details
A retreat in Lerab Ling for an international group of young people interested in meditation, compassion and Buddhist philosophy.
Twenty four applications were awarded in 2024 for this retreat, representing 6% of the total budget.
Training Practice Holders
€
0
Details
These grants are for practitioners who made a commitment to be trained by the main holders of Rigpa’s practice lineage in the Vajrayana Practice roles of Chöpön and Umdze with the aim that they will give trainings themselves in the future. These initial grants were awarded for training in Lerab Ling and Dzogchen Beara.
One grant was awarded for Training the Practice Holders in Ati Ling, representing 1% of the total budget.
Shedra 2024
From the top left: Alessandra Pizzardello, Jigmé, Aoife Coleman-Clarke, Alexandre, Ane Samten, Tsultrim and Lucas Heijdeman
Damien Brohon
Personal Retreat in La Sauveté
Cet ermitage, situé dans les Hautes Pyrénées, au milieu des champs et des forêts, est tout entier dédié à la préservation et à la pratique de la tradition du Dzogchèn. J’y ai passé une retraite d’un mois dans un chalet isolé avec pour seule compagnie les lézards, les milans et les chauve-souris, avec pour seule distraction les variations lumineuses du ciel et pour seule tâche la méditation. Les conditions étaient idéalement remplies pour que je mette en œuvre les instructions reçues de mes maitres durant toutes ces années d’enseignement. Quel bonheur ! Durant ce temps de retraite, la conscience de l’impermanence ne m’a jamais quitté tout comme la perspective de l’immuable nature qui transcende vie et mort.
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This hermitage, located in the Hautes Pyrénées, in the middle of fields and forests, is entirely dedicated to the preservation and practice of the Dzogchèn tradition. I spent a month’s retreat there in an isolated chalet with only lizards, kites and bats for company, the only distraction being the light variations in the sky and the only task being meditation. The conditions were ideally met for me to implement the instructions received from my teachers during all these years of teaching. What joy! During this time of retreat, the awareness of impermanence never left me, just like the perspective of the immutable nature which transcends life and death.
Adele Hersey and Allison Challinor
Long-Term Retreat in Dzogchen Beara
Margot Lynch and Sandy Taylor
Chetsun Nyingtik in Blueys Beach
Patricia Klein
Dzogchen Retreat
Orgyen Dorje Boinvilliers
Rinchen Terdzo cycle of empowerments in Bhutan
Tina Rae
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo Retreat
Aruna Sutra
Shyonnu Retreat in Lerab Ling
Geographical Locations 2024
- Australia 4 %
- Canada 1 %
- Dzogchen Beara 17 %
- France 6 %
- Germany 22 %
- Ireland 12 %
- Spain 4 %
- Lerab Ling 18 %
- Netherlands 5 %
- UK 7 %
- US 3 %
- Other 1 %
Nyenpa/ Long-Term retreat at Dzogchen Beara
€
0
Details
These are grants for students who want to do a Nyenpa or a long-term retreat in Dzogchen Beara (Drupdra). Grants provide financial support for the registration, food and accommodation.
In 2024 a total of five grants were awarded for the Long-Term retreat, representing 47% of the total budget.
Shedra / Milinda / Translation
€
0
Details
These grants are for students that want to follow Shedra studies under the Rigpa Shedra program or outside such as the Milinda teachers training and translation.
Seventeen grants were awarded for students to attend Rigpa’s Shedra program like Rinchen Terdzo empowerments in Bhutan, Classic Tibetan in Rangjung Yeshe, and Initiations with Dzongsar Khyentse in Chagdud Gompa – Brasil
These grants represent 14% of the total budget.
Retreat at a main Rigpa Retreat Centre
€
0
Details
These grants are primarily offered to students that want to attend one of the international retreats held at one of Rigpa’s main retreat centres: Lerab Ling Dzogchen Beara, Dharma Mati and Blueys Beach. Retreat duration may be from a single week to a few months.
In 2024, fifty one grants were awarded for these retreats, representing 31% of the total budget:
Yang Nying Pudri, Personal Retreats, Dzogchen Retreat, Ngondro Retreat, Dzogchen Background,
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo, Drupchens.
Chetsun Nyingtik
€
0
Details
The Chetsün Nyingtik or “The Heart Essence of Chetsün, the Perfect Secret Bindu” is a one month practice retreat to follow the teachings that were composed by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and outlines the complete Dzogchen path from the preliminaries up to the main practices of Trekchö and Tögal.
In 2024, nine applications were awarded for retreats in Blueys Beach and Lerab Ling, representing 9% of the total budget.
Shyonnu Retreat
€
0
Details
A retreat in Lerab Ling for an international group of young people interested in meditation, compassion and Buddhist philosophy.
Twenty four applications were awarded in 2024 for this retreat, representing 6% of the total budget.
Training Practice Holders
€
0
Details
These grants are for practitioners who made a commitment to be trained by the main holders of Rigpa’s practice lineage in the Vajrayana Practice roles of Chöpön and Umdze with the aim that they will give trainings themselves in the future. These initial grants were awarded for training in Lerab Ling and Dzogchen Beara.
One grant was awarded for Training the Practice Holders in Ati Ling, representing 1% of the total budget.
Shedra 2024
From the top left: Alessandra Pizzardello, Jigmé, Aoife Coleman-Clarke, Alexandre, Ane Samten, Tsultrim and Lucas Heijdeman
Damien Brohon
Personal Retreat in La Sauveté
Cet ermitage, situé dans les Hautes Pyrénées, au milieu des champs et des forêts, est tout entier dédié à la préservation et à la pratique de la tradition du Dzogchèn. J’y ai passé une retraite d’un mois dans un chalet isolé avec pour seule compagnie les lézards, les milans et les chauve-souris, avec pour seule distraction les variations lumineuses du ciel et pour seule tâche la méditation. Les conditions étaient idéalement remplies pour que je mette en œuvre les instructions reçues de mes maitres durant toutes ces années d’enseignement. Quel bonheur ! Durant ce temps de retraite, la conscience de l’impermanence ne m’a jamais quitté tout comme la perspective de l’immuable nature qui transcende vie et mort.
—
This hermitage, located in the Hautes Pyrénées, in the middle of fields and forests, is entirely dedicated to the preservation and practice of the Dzogchèn tradition. I spent a month’s retreat there in an isolated chalet with only lizards, kites and bats for company, the only distraction being the light variations in the sky and the only task being meditation. The conditions were ideally met for me to implement the instructions received from my teachers during all these years of teaching. What joy! During this time of retreat, the awareness of impermanence never left me, just like the perspective of the immutable nature which transcends life and death.
Adele Hersey and Allison Challinor
Long-Term Retreat in Dzogchen Beara
Margot Lynch and Sandy Taylor
Chetsun Nyingtik in Blueys Beach
Play
Play
https://youtu.be/dWhkOJ9c18o
Patricia Klein
Dzogchen Retreat
https://youtu.be/IKGk7k9-aPo
Orgyen Dorje Boinvilliers
Rinchen Terdzo cycle of empowerments in Bhutan
https://youtu.be/4qmPGtiLewk
Tina Rae
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo Retreat
https://youtu.be/MNwe_brw5pk
Aruna Sutra
Shyonnu Retreat in Lerab Ling
- Australia 4 %
- Canada 1 %
- Dzogchen Beara 17 %
- France 6 %
- Germany 22 %
- Ireland 12 %
- Spain 4 %
- Lerab Ling 18 %
- Netherlands 5 %
- UK 7 %
- US 3 %
- Other 1 %
Light of Dharma Grants
Communicate Dharma in Ways that are Relevant and Accessible to all
€
0
Details
These grants are offered to bring Dharma to new audiences in order to help alleviate suffering on all levels.
- Launch of Bodhi program – €25,000
- Bring Dominique Side to the Youth Summer Retreat (Shyonnu) – €500
Support Practitioners Accomplish their Paths
€
0
Details
These grants are offered to adopt student-centred approaches for programmes at all levels and to foster sangha unity through coordinated national and international programmes.
- Development of a retreat format on “The Background” – €4,050
- Definitive compilation of Dzogchen Mengak – €3,050
- Treasury of Wisdom – Archive Software upgrade – €10,000
- Safeguarding Sogyal Rinpoche’s Collection of Dzogchen Teachings – €3,000
Support and Encourage Rigpa Teachers and Holders to Manifest
€
0
Details
These grants are offered to enable Senior Teachers to teach and to be available for students, create opportunities for Senior Holders to serve the sangha, and pass on their knowledge.
- Support Jeremy Tattersal in his study of Longchen Nyingtik so he can teach it – €3,000
- Rigpa Yeshe international Coordinator to relaunch Rigpa Yeshe – €10,000
- Teacher Training on Meditation based on Khandro Rinpoche’s teachings – €3,000
Canice O’Brien & Isabella Schlenz
Treasury of Wisdom – Archive Software Upgrade
Rita Ives-Truscott
Rigpé Yeshé International Coordinator
The vision of Rigpé Yeshé is to help children and teenagers, through the Buddha’s teachings, to grow into wise, compassionate and happy young people who take charge of their minds, have confidence in their goodness and live a meaningful life contributing to the well-being of others and the world.
Their aim is to develop and deliver dharma programmes for children and teenagers which:
- Train in meditation, awareness, compassion and wisdom and enable young people to cultivate inner values such as contentment, kindness and altruism.
- Give opportunities for children and teenagers to explore and understand the realities of karma – cause and effect, interconnectedness and change.
- Create the conditions in which young people develop genuine self – confidence based on understanding their true nature and connect with each other to form lasting and meaningful friendships.
Thanks to the Light of Dharma grant, the goal of continuing the vision and work of Rigpé Yeshé has been accomplished in 2024!
Communicate Dharma in Ways that are Relevant and Accessible to all
€
0
Details
These grants are offered to bring Dharma to new audiences in order to help alleviate suffering on all levels.
- Launch of Bodhi program – €25,000
- Bring Dominique Side to the Youth Summer Retreat (Shyonnu) – €500
Support Practitioners Accomplish their Paths
€
0
Details
These grants are offered to adopt student-centred approaches for programmes at all levels and to foster sangha unity through coordinated national and international programmes.
- Development of a retreat format on “The Background” – €4,050
- Definitive compilation of Dzogchen Mengak – €3,050
- Treasury of Wisdom – Archive Software upgrade – €10,000
- Safeguarding Sogyal Rinpoche’s Collection of Dzogchen Teachings – €3,000
Support and Encourage Rigpa Teachers and Holders to Manifest
€
0
Details
These grants are offered to enable Senior Teachers to teach and to be available for students, create opportunities for Senior Holders to serve the sangha, and pass on their knowledge.
- Support Jeremy Tattersal in his study of Longchen Nyingtik so he can teach it – €3,000
- Rigpa Yeshe international Coordinator to relaunch Rigpa Yeshe – €10,000
- Teacher Training on Meditation based on Khandro Rinpoche’s teachings – €3,000
https://youtu.be/VG1E9O9OTfc
Canice O’Brien & Isabella Schlenz
Treasury of Wisdom – Archive Software Upgrade
Rita Ives-Truscott
Rigpé Yeshé International Coordinator
The vision of Rigpé Yeshé is to help children and teenagers, through the Buddha’s teachings, to grow into wise, compassionate and happy young people who take charge of their minds, have confidence in their goodness and live a meaningful life contributing to the well-being of others and the world.
Their aim is to develop and deliver dharma programmes for children and teenagers which:
- Train in meditation, awareness, compassion and wisdom and enable young people to cultivate inner values such as contentment, kindness and altruism.
- Give opportunities for children and teenagers to explore and understand the realities of karma – cause and effect, interconnectedness and change.
- Create the conditions in which young people develop genuine self – confidence based on understanding their true nature and connect with each other to form lasting and meaningful friendships.
Thanks to the Light of Dharma grant, the goal of continuing the vision and work of Rigpé Yeshé has been accomplished in 2024!
The Grantmaking Committee
The Grantmaking Committee approves the grants and the boards of the Tertön Sogyal Foundations ratify such approval in order to fund the grants in part or in full.
Alain Beauregard
ONE Rigpa Board
Anneke Hakman
Tertön Sogyal
Foundations Team
Christian Hauser
Investment Committee
France Manghardt
Rigpa’s ICG
Heinz Siepmann
Tertön Sogyal Stifung
(Germany)
Jane Gray
Rigpa Australia
ONE Rigpa Board
Jessical DuVal
Tertön Sogyal Foundations Team
Tertön Sogyal Foundation (US) Board member
Nuria Mendez
Fundación Tertön Sogyal
(Spain)
Malcolm MacClancy
Tertön Sogyal
Foundations Team
Mauro de March
Vision Board
Michele Phamtan
Fonds Tertön Sogyal
(France)
Pedro Beroy
Tertön Sogyal Foundation
(US)
The Investment Committee
The majority of the Restricted Funds and all of the Endowment Fund moneys held by the three Tertön Sogyal Foundations are invested through the advisory of the Investment Committee comprised of Rigpa students with experience in financial markets and that hold a close relationship with Rigpa and the Tertön Sogyal Foundations. All members of the Investment Committee are contributing their time and expertise on a voluntary basis.
Christian Hauser
Investment Committee
Dan Schuessler
Investment Committee
Heinz Siepmann
Tertön Sogyal Stifung (Germany)
Pedro Beroy
Tertön Sogyal Foundation (US)
A big
Thank You
to all donors who so generously supported the Tertön Sogyal Foundations. This is a major endeavour that we aim to continue long into the future to benefit a growing number of Buddhist students. Your support to make this happen is vital.
Please continue to support us.