Talk:Dzogchen Orgyen Chö Ling

Questions:

• Are 'Princess Road' and 'Dzogchen Orgyen Choling' the same and one centre?

Pete: yes

• I also read on SR's bio on wikipedia that he founded Orgyen Choling in 1974 in the north-west of London. Is this a mistake, or was there really a centre before Dzogchen Orgyen Choling?

Pete: First it was called Orgyen Chöling, and then Dudjom Rinpoche added 'Dzogchen' as a prefix. That would have been in either 1976 or 1979, I think it was in '79, but that needs to be checked. Giles or Domique Side might know. After that it was known as Dzogchen Orgyen Chöling.

• Here you say, in 1981: "A need had arisen for a place to accommodate larger numbers of people. Alongside this, there is a need to give expression to the openness of the teaching of Buddha and derive full benefit from contact with various disciplines in the arts and sciences. To facilitate these needs, The Rigpa Fellowship, a charitable trust, was founded." Wikipedia says: "In 1979, Sogyal Rinpoche chose the name Rigpa—the innermost, essential nature of mind—for his work." So, which one is correct?

Pete: I think the name Rigpa only came about in 1981, that would be with the move to the centre in St Pauls Crescent. Princess Road remains Dzogchen Orgyen Chöling. That is my memory of events.

--Sébastien 19:44, 24 June 2011 (UTC)