Chökhor Duchen with
Khen Rinpoche Geshe Wangdu
Saturday 18 July 2026
One of the four main holy days in Buddhism
Chökhor Duchen, the “Day of Turning the Wheel of Dharma”, is one of the four annual holy days in Buddhism. This year, it will be commemorate on Saturday, July 18. On these special days, as taught in the Treasure of Quotations and Logic, the power of any action is multiplied by 100 million therefore it is very important to accumulate merits and to avoid negative karmas.
After having realized enlightenment, Lord Buddha did not teach during seven weeks. Indra and Brahma offered a dharmachakra and a conch shell. They then requested Lord Buddha to teach. Accepting, Shakyamuni Buddha turned the wheel of Dharma for the first time at Sarnath, with the teaching on the four noble truths.
Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice
For these merit-multiplying days, Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche’s advice can be found on the page “Practice on the Four Great Holy Days”.
Khen Rinpoche Geshe Lobsang Wangdu
An incredible opportunity!
On this meritorious day of Chökhor Duchen, Nalanda Monastery is very honored and pleased to welcome Khen Rinpoche Wangdu.
Khen Rinpoche came to participate to the Great Monlam in Paris from 6 to 8 July before going to Switzerland. At short, he very kindly accepted Nalanda’s invitation to visit our monastery and teach on this very auspicious day.
Khen Rinpoche Losang Wangdu is the former abbot of Gyudmed Tantric College.
He is now the 103rd Abbot of Sed gyued Monastery (the first Gelugpa Tantric College) in East India. For nearly six centuries the teachings of Sed Gyued have passed directly from one great master to the next, never through recognized reincarnation, but through scholarship, tantric mastery, and unbroken guru devotion.
Khen Rinpoche Geshe Lobsang Wangdu is an excellent monk and scholar, a kind and wise human being, very down to earth and accessible.
In teachings, the Late Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche who knew him well from Sera, referred to him on more than one occasion in praise of his guru devotion.
Horario
10 am to 12 pm: Developing Bodhicitta through the six causes and one effect in the main gompa.
12:00 pm to 12.30 pm: Presentation and blessings the great tangkha of Guru Shakyamuni Buddha outside the old monks building.
3 pm to 5 pm: Commentary on the Homage to Buddha Shakyamuni by Nagarjuna in the main gompa.
7 pm to 8.30 pm: Guru puja with Khen Rinpoche.
Traducciones
Khen Rinpoche will teach in Tibetan
Geshe Norbu will translate into Inglés
Someone will translate into Francés
You can follow online
You will be able to follow the teachings online.
The link will be added soon.
Participation to this auspicious day
You are welcome to participate to the costs for the travels of Khen Rinpoche and his assistant.
A suggested minimum donation of 15€ for each session will be greatly appreciated.
The participation to all the events organized by Nalanda Monastery is free for the Sangha.
Celebrate International Sangha Day
Chökhor Duchen is also the day on which FPMT celebrates International Sangha Day! it provides an opportunity for monastic and lay communities to come together in recognition of their interdependence and celebrate the ways in which they mutually rely on each other’s practice of the Dharma.
Offerings on Chokhor Duchen
On Chokhor Duchen the FPMT Puja Fund will be sponsoring numerous pujas including Guhyasamaja self-initiation, Namgyalma long life puja, and Drugchuma. The stupas of Boudhanath and Swambyunath in Nepal will be freshly painted, and the umbrellas will be offered at the pinnacle of each stupa. A new set of robes will be offered to the Buddha statue in the Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya. Additionally, animals will be liberated, sutras recited and printed, and offerings will be made to all of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s gurus and to all the IMI Sangha communities in FPMT.
Apoya a Nalanda
Sin un monasterio, es difícil mantener una sangha estable.
Sin sangha, no hay budadharma.
El monasterio Nalanda necesita que nos apoyes.