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Gomde Lindholme Hall

Hatfield Woodhouse Doncaster DN7 6DT Telephone: 01302 842503

Web: www.gomde.org.uk; E-mail: national@gomde.org.uk; Registered Charity No: 1132050

NEWSLETTER 022 October 2012

INTRODUCTION

A brief update about what’s been going on at Lindholme Hall since our last newsletter, read about it below.

Phakchok Rinpoche Visit – Exciting changes to advertised programme Peat Appeal update – Marvellous News Lama Oser

2012 Season at Gomde

An autumn chill covers the orange, yellow landscape of the Lindholme Island. As the trees lose their leaves the shimmering water of the National Nature Reserve is visible on the horizon. Thanks to a few enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers fire wood has been gathered, cut, chopped and stored and we are ready for winter…….

The autumn harvest of news is good…very good.

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Phakchok Rinpoche Visit Visit of Phakchok Rinpoche 14-18th November - Exciting change to advertised programme! This year Rinpoche will begin the Gradual Mahamudra Programme a progressive step by step teaching. OPEN TO ALL The precious Buddha taught many different paths and gave many different teachings. One of these was Mahamudra, the Great Seal. Mahamudra is the essence and peak of all dharma teachings, and one of the supreme paths of practice.

Rinpoche will base his teachings on a precious text, the Amrita of the Essential Accomplishment, which condenses all of the Buddha’s teachings into a single gradual path that guides the student step by step. It is short, precise, and easy to practice. It begins with the four mind-changings, teaches the four foundations or preliminaries, and goes on to give guidance on shamata meditation, vipashyana meditation, and finally Mahamudra itself—essential emptiness dharmadhatu meditation.

All five levels of meditation practice are complete within this one text. Moreover, they are taught extremely clearly, one by one, with a total of forty-three different stages of practice that are each numbered in a progressive order. The text not only teaches these different meditation techniques, but is also adorned with priceless pith instructions and teaches different methods for overcoming various obstacles that can occur in one’s meditation practice. It is a teaching that is beneficial for beginners and also for more advanced practitioners. The text will be taught in parts over a period of years. In this first year, Rinpoche plans to cover the four mind-changings, the four foundations, and the different levels of shamata practice. There is special chant text for the four mind-changings and four preliminaries for those who wish to practice these specifically but there is no commitment required for any particular practice.

This is a wonderful opportunity. Please see our website for more information and to register.

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The Peat Appeal

The Peat Appeal has reached its target!

The Peat Appeal - Safeguarding the

Peat land. A tribute to Pete Skidmore

Thanks to the unfailing, though tested,

determination of a few stalwarts, headed

by the heroine of our cause, Heather

Skidmore, we have great pleasure in

announcing that the Peat Appeal has

now reached its target!!!!!!

Through the generosity of many and the

passion of a few, not only have we raised

enough money for the purchase but we

also have sufficient funds to cover the

legal expenses too. £58,800 in total!

Many, many thanks to ALL.

Now comes the task of taking care of this rare and precious habitat. More news of the team’s progress in our next

newsletter.

Lama Oser

With the support and encouragement of both

Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and Chokling

Rinpoche, Lama Oser has been based at

Gomde Lindholme Hall since late June.

Lama Oser has been a patient and authentic

guide for the resident community and our

visitors. He has enabled us to host our

Rinpoche’s seminars with confidence and

some skill. Leading retreats and meditation

groups with humour and tenacity Lama Oser

has gently guided our practice and

understanding.

Lama Oser leaves Gomde Lindholme Hall at

the end of October. He has been an amazing

support. We will miss him a lot. We have made

many requests to Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche that he returns next year………

Lama Oser on Hatfield Moors

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2012 Season at Gomde

Our summer season has been so busy we have

extended it until November! So much has

been achieved and happened here this year.

In between seminars and retreats we have

continued to manage the Hall and Land at

Gomde.

We have made stores of chutney and jam,

worked our little vegetable plot, harvested fire

wood, cleaned out the workshops and wood

stores and maintained our lawns and garden

areas. The pond has been upgraded for the

gold fish.

We have extensively ‘bashed bracken’ all year, the trees are trimmed and we have created a new dining

facility for our seminars and maintained and updated the website.

This is only possible due Rinpoche’s blessings and the wonderful support and care we have received over

the year from our friends and supporters everywhere!

We would like to THANK YOU ALL for helping

to make Gomde, Lindholme Hall a place of refuge

for all beings.

Sarva mangalam! May all be auspicious!

Team Gomde

October 2012.