Shechen Changchub Ling Canada

Lotus Speech is an entirely volunteer based society formed with the intention of assisting Changling Rinpoche spread the Dharma across Canada.

We are always in need of people willing to donate their time, skills and contacts, in the general running of the society, to organizing of events, large and small,  and  of course raising the necessary financial support to assist with everything from Rinpoche's flights to fund his various projects. If you think you may be able to contribute in any way, large or small, please email us at info@lotusspeech.ca!

Changling Rinpoche at Retreat Center, Summer, 2009

Lotus Speech Canada is based out of the Shechen Changchub Ling Canada retreat center on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

During his 2009 Teaching Tour on June 8, Changling Rinpoche with blessings from Rabjam Rinpoche in Kathmandu officially opened the Sproat Lake Retreat Centre as a sister Shechen Center.

The retreat center is located in a beautiful park like setting just minutes walk from Sproat Lake. The shrine room, overlooking the property is a serene and inspiring place to practice and visit especially now with the addition of the Vajrayogini Sand Mandala made and consecrated this June at the yearly 4 day retreat. The Center has already been blessed by many great masters and is looking forward to hosting Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche and Rabjam Rinpoche in 2010.

Please contact us for more information on attending regular, ongoing Guru Yoga, Tara and Vajrayogini practice sessions, or would like to visit the Mandala Monday-Friday 10am - 3pm: info@lotusspeech.ca. For directions, see this map.

To stay and do private retreat at Shechen Changchub Ling Canada please email: info@lotusspeech.ca

About Us

In 2005, Lotus Speech Canada Buddhist Society was incorporated in British Columbia and became a registered charitable organization (BN # 81855 3273 RR0001).

Lotus Speech programs are offered and available in Vancouver, British Columbia, where the head office is located, as well as across the country.

Our goals are:

• To provide an environment conducive for Buddhist philosophical study, meditation practice and contemplation;
• To maintain a centre for the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism particularly as taught in the Dzokchen and Northern Treasures lineages of the Nyingma School (click here to learn more about the Northern Treasures and a history of the Northern Treasures Nyingma Lineage);
• To support the development of service, compassion and concern for others in both our own membership, and in the larger society to maximize our potential;
• To collect, preserve, translate and produce Buddhist texts specific to the Nyingma School.

Lotus Speech Memberships:

Membership is $20.00 per year.  These funds are used to support Lotus Speech Canada activities.

Applications for membership can be sent to:

Lotus Speech Canada
c/o Box 358
Sechelt, B.C.
V0N 3A0

Our current activities are:

• Changling Rinpoche's 2009 teaching tour.
• We are inviting scholars and meditation masters from the six major monasteries or universities (called shedras in Tibetan) to teach seminars in Canada, according to a curriculum set by our board of
  directors in consultation with Changling Rinpoche.
• We support the Tibetan Buddhist Text Archival Project, which was established to collect, preserve, translate and author Buddhist texts specific to the Nyingma School in general, and the Northern Treasures
  lineage in particular.
• Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche's 2010 Teaching Tour
• Expanding Changling's Rinpoche's Center near Kalimpong to support more monks and nuns