We are happy to announce that Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche – a teacher of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism – will be in Bulgaria from 21 to 26 October 2026 to give teachings and empowerments. The event is organized by the Diamond Way Buddhist Community in Bulgaria.

21 – 26 October 2026
The program and the venue have not been decided yet.
As soon as they are confirmed, the details will be published on this page.

PROGRAM

The program – lectures, empowerments, starting times and prices – is yet to be announced.

The official language of the course will be English. There will be a translation into Bulgarian.

PAYMENT

Information about prices and payment methods will be added once the program is confirmed.

JAMGON KONGTRUL RINPOCHE

 

Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche Mingyur Drakpa Senge was born in 1995 as the son of the most senior and great Karma Kagyu master Beru Khyentse Rinpoche.

He was recognized by the 17th Karmapa as the fourth incarnation of the great Jamgon Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye, a great scholar and meditator who lived in the 19th century and left an enormous legacy to all the lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. In 1998 the Dalai Lama performed the hair-cutting ceremony for Jamgon Yangsi, as he is also known, in Bodhgaya. In 2000, Penor Rinpoche, then the head of the Nyingma sect, performed the enthronement ceremony for the 4th Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche and again confirmed Jamgon Yangsi as the authentic reincarnation of the great Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye.

In 2016, the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Trinlay Thaye Dorje offered the red crown to the 4th Jamgon Kongtrul Mingyur Drakpa Senge, symbolizing him as a master of Buddha activity and holder of the Dharma transmissions of the Karma Kagyu Lineage.

The previous third incarnation, Lodro Chokyi Senge, was very close to Lama Ole and Hannah Nydahl. He visited Diamond Way centers in the West for teachings and initiations and gave the Kagyu Ngagdzö empowerments in Denmark to Hannah and Lama Ole and their students in 1989. Unfortunately he passed away in 1992 at the age of 38.

In 2017 the 4th Jamgon Kongtrul visited the Diamond Way Buddhism Europe Center as well as other Diamond Way centers for teachings and empowerments at the request of Lama Ole.

From 2018 to 2022 he remained in retreat in order to practice and accomplish the main Kagyu transmissions in the traditional way.

Source: diamondway-buddhism.org

ACCOMODATION

A list of hostels at cheap and affordable prices in Sofia can be found here.

Other accommodation offers can be found on Airbnb or Booking.com.

HALL

The venue is yet to be announced.

CONTACT

For questions and up-to-date information, please see our contact page or the meditation centers in Bulgaria.