About Dzokden

Our Namesake

Why Rinpoche chose this name for our Organization

Khentrul Rinpoche, the founder of Dzokden is a Jonang lineage holder of the entire Kalachakra Tantra and its full pith instruction on the Completion Stage and the Profound Path of Vajra Yoga. It has been acknowledged by many great Lamas, including the great 14th Dalai Lama during his teachings and Kalachakra empowerments, of the Jonangpa’s expertise in these specific teachings. 

Khentrul Rinpoche has no doubt that our world has the potential to develop genuine peace and harmony while still preserving its environment and humanity. He believes the golden age on our earth is both necessary and possible.  Through the study and practice of the Kalachakra Tantra, and our own efforts we can bring about a karmicly better world.  This has been in the teachings for a long time but no one emphasizes it. Rinpoche believes having this practical goal can help us achieve the utlimate. To this end, Rinpoche has devoted his life to bring the precious teachings of this unique lineage to as many people as possible, free from sectarian bias.

Mission

Our mission is to generate the causes for global peace and harmony by practicing in accordance with the principles of the Kalachakra Tantra. While we embrace the vast diversity of wisdom traditions in this world, we specialise in the profound path of Vajra Yoga as taught in the Jonang Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.

Our Vision for a Harmonious World

The foundation upon which our community is built is an unwavering confidence in the recognition that all sentient beings possess a perfect and limitless nature. Due to possessing this nature, it is within all beings’ capacity to manifest the state of perfect and complete enlightenment—a state that is free from all forms of limitation. Since this nature is endowed with immeasurable aspects, we can each use different skilful means to reveal our deepest truth. This means that we can be free to focus on the methods which best suit our individual needs while still maintaining a deep respect and integrated view of those following different paths. 

While there are many paths which can bring us closer to our ultimate truth, our community emphasises the profound and direct path of Vajra Yoga as an extremely effective and complete method for developing non-dual wisdom. This path is most clearly taught in the Kalachakra Tantra and therefore we primarily draw our inspiration from its teachings. With the motivation to bring lasting benefit to all forms of life, we strive to actualise this path in every facet of our lives.

Through Dzokden, we envision a world without limitations, a world where each of us has the capacity to discover our infinite potential and where—regardless of the society we belong to or the traditions we follow—individuals can come together as a single global family united in our perfect nature. In such a world free from all forms of bias, our minds will abide in complete peace and harmony, giving rise to a prosperous planet in perfect balance where spirituality flourishes.