H.E. Palchen Galo Rinpoche will give the Buddha Vajrasattva and Buddha Amitabha empowerments in San Jose, September 26 and 27, 2026. Please visit palchengalo.org for more information.
Galo Rinpoche to give Vajrasattva and Amitabha Empowerments
September 19, 2026 by
Galo Rinpoche to give Phowa Course
September 3, 2026 by
Click here for Daily Phowa Schedule Indianapolis 2026
Registration still being accepted. Contact Becky
H.E. Palchen Galo Rinpoche
son of H.E. Chöje Ayang Rinpoche
Spiritual Director, Thupten Shedrub Jangchub Ling Monastery, Bylakuppe, India
We are pleased to announce that H.E. Palchen Galo Rinpoche will give a 10-day Phowa Course September 7-16 in Indianapolis, Indiana, sponsored by An Lac Temple. There is no charge to attend, but voluntary offerings and sponsorships are welcome.
Please save the dates. More details will follow soon.
Annual Vajrayogini Drupchö August 27-31
August 31, 2026 by
The annual Vajrayogini (Dorje Phagmo) Drupchö (extensive prayer ceremony) began today, August 27, and ran through August 31 at Thupten Shedrub Jangchub Ling Monastic Institute, Ayang Rinpoche’s monastery in Bylakuppe.
Ayang Rinpoche said about Vajrayogini: “Among all the wisdom dakinis, Vajrayogini is the highest. She represents the True Nature of Mind, Prajnaparamita, the mother of all the Buddhas of the three times and ten directions.” (Sydney, March 2018)
Cremation Ceremony Live Streamed
July 17, 2026 by
Cremation Ceremony of H.E Choeje Ayang Rinpoche
at Thupten Shedrub Jangchubling Monastery in Bylakuppe, South India on July 18, 2026
7.00 AM (India) or 6:30 PM July 17 in California Here is a time zone converter.
His Eminence Gyangkhang Rinpoche, the head of Namdroling Monastery, and Lama Sonam Gyatso Rinpoche, along with the other Namdroling lamas performing the cremation ritual, will arrive at Thupten Shedrub Jangchub Ling Monastery with a traditional welcome by all the sangha members and lay people.
8.00 AM (India) or 7:30 PM July 17 in California
H.E Choeje Ayang Rinpoche’s Kudung (an honorific term for the mortal remains of a realized master) will be carried out from the shrine hall, led by a ceremonial procession of golden parasols and accompanied by skeletal dakas and dakinis. While circumambulating the old and the new temple with the sacred kudung, the monks will chant the prayer melody from “Drangchar Zimbu Mei Gur Yang (sbrang mchar zim bu mei mgur dbyang) from the songs of Kyobpa Jigten Sumgon’s prayer to the Lineage masters. Upon the holy kudung reaching the cremation stupa, notable Rinpoches, Khenpos, and other dignitaries will offer scarves.
On placing the kudung inside the Purkhang (cremation stupa), the Jinsek (fire offering rituals) will begin simultaneously, each of them led by an eminent Buddhist master in the four directions:
East- H.E Kyabje Gyangkhang Rinpoche presides over the Jinsek of Dorsem (Buddha Vajrasattva),
North- Venerable Lapchi Dorzin Thundup Palden presides over the Jinsek of Dorje Phagmo ( Buddha Vajravarahi),
West – His Eminence Palchen Galo Rinpoche presides over the Jinsek of Oepakme (Buddha Amitabha), and
South – Venerable Lama Sonam Gyatso Rinpoche presides over the jinsek of Shitro (100 peaceful and wrathful deities)
Download the full schedule July 16 – July 20, 2026.
For those of you unable to attend in person, the ceremony will be live streamed on Facebook. This is the Facebook page where you can access the live stream and find photos of the preparations.
We invite you to make a tax-deductible offering to help complete Rinpoche’s stupa and to support the cremation ceremonies. Please click below or send your check in USD to: Amitabha Foundation, P. O. Box 2572, Aptos, CA 95001