From Saturday 17 January 2026
To Thursday 22 January 2026

Location: Main Gompa

Teacher

Serkong Rinpoche's past incarnation had a strong connection with Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche and early FPMT students, which is continuing in this incarnation. We feel very honoured to again offer an occasion for students to meet and make a connection with Serkong Rinpoche.

Find out more about Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche on our page – visiting teachers and course leaders.

Course format

The course will incorporate:

• Dharma teachings
• review / question and answer sessions, and
• guided meditations.

Root Text

Citation:

• The Precious Garland and the Song of the Four Mindfulnesses by the Seventh Dalai Lama/Nagarjuna; translated by Jeffrey Hopkins ©1975 Harper and Rowe.

The Song of the Four Mindfulnesses

Mindfulness of the Teacher
Mindfulness of Bodhicitta – the altruistic aspiration to enlightenment
Mindfulness of one’s body as the divine body
Mindfulness of the view of emptiness

On the seat of the immutable union of method and wisdom
Sits the kind guru who is the entity of all the refuges,
A Buddha who has perfect abandonment and wisdom is there.
Forsaking thoughts of defects, make a petition with pure perception,
Not letting your mind stray, place it within admiration and respect,
Making your attention unforgetful, maintain it within admiration and respect.

In the prison of the suffering of limitless cyclic existence
Wander the six types of sentient beings bereft of happiness,
Fathers and mothers who protected you with kindness are there.
Forsaking desire and hatred, cultivate endearment and compassion,
Not letting your mind stray, place it within compassion,
Making your attention unforgetful, maintain it within compassion.

Throughout the circle of appearance and occurring objects of knowledge
Pervades the space of clear light, the nature of phenomena, the ultimate,
An inexpressible mode of being of objects is there.
Forsaking mental fabrications, look to the entity of immaculate emptiness,
Not letting your mind stray, place it within the nature of phenomena.
Making your attention unforgetful, maintain it within the nature of phenomena.

At the crossroads of the varieties of appearance and the six consciousnesses
Is seen the confusion of the baseless phenomena of duality,
The illusory spectacles of a deceiving magician are there.
Not thinking they are true, look to their entity of emptiness,
Not letting your mind stray, place it within appearance and emptiness,
Making your attention unforgetful, maintain it within appearance and emptiness.

Schedule

Sat 17 Jan
4:30 pm	Course registration – in office
6:00 pm	Dinner
7:00 pm	Introduction to course by Spiritual Programme Coordinator(SPC)
Sun 18 Jan	Wed 21 Jan
6:45 am	Morning meditation
7:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am	Teachings with Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche
11:00 am	Tea break
Noon	Lunch
2:00 pm	Discussion groups
3:00 pm	Tea break
3:30 pm	Teachings with Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche
6:00 pm	Dinner
7:00 pm	Q&A with a senior student or with Rinpoche
Thu 22 Jan
6:45 am	Morning meditation
7:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am	Teachings with Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche
11:00 am	Tea break
Noon	Lunch
2:00 pm	Discussion groups
3:00 pm	Tea break
3:30 pm	Final teachings with Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche
6:00 pm	Dinner
7:00 pm	Free evening before pilgrimage the following day

 

Note: This schedule is subject to change.