About

About the Sangha

The local branch of the Padmasambhava Buddhist Center is happy to be able to provide opportunities to practice Buddhism in the Nyingma tradition for the Chicagoland area. We are very fortunate to have regular visits from our teachers, the Khenpos, for retreats in Chicago. Our members are frequently traveling to the New York center and throughout the country to attend retreats and often get together for other Buddhist related events (and the occasional movie). We hold weekly practices on Tuesdays and monthly practices with a potluck dinner on the first Sunday of every month. Anyone interested in attending is welcome and encouraged, we love to meet new people.

The Padmasambhava Buddhist Center spreads the teachings of Buddhism according to the Nyingma school lineage of Tibet. The Center was first established in New York in 1989 with the encouragement of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche by Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche. Khenchen Palden and Khenpo Tsewang, known informally as "the Khenpos," are the teachers and spiritual leaders of PBC. They also direct the activities of the New York Center, its many branches in the U.S.A., Puerto Rico and Russia, and its retreat center Padma Samye Ling in upstate New York. Their Sarnath Project in India has flourished with a traditional monastic institute and retreat center called Padma Samye Chokhor Ling; another monastic college and retreat center located in Shravasti, India called Padma Samye Jetvan is under construction. See http://www.padmasambhava.org for more information.