Lama Jigme Rinpoche Visits Bodhi Path Martha’s Vineyard July 2025

Lama Jigme Rinpoche will visit Bodhi Path Martha’s Vineyard for the month of July and teach Saturday July 12,19 and 26 10-11:30 am on his new book Refining the Mind: The Transformative Process of Buddhism. The teachings will be held in person and online via Zoom.

Jigme Rinpoche will also give a book talk presented by The Martha’s Vineyard Museum at their Vineyard Haven location on Refining the Mind: The Transformative Process of Buddhism on Sunday July 13 4-5-pm. Registration is required.

According to the Buddhist tradition, each of us is already a Buddha. If this is so, then why do we continue to experience dissatisfaction? What are the mental processes that cut us off from our profound nature?

Jigme Rinpoche describes the mechanisms that are at work—often without our knowing—in an approachable way.

This sincere look at our situation allows us to identify the patterns that keep us trapped in a painful and alienating way of functioning. He also considers what we can apply—like meditation, kindness, and compassion—to create new habits at the heart of our daily lives based on a Buddhist approach.

Lama Jigme Rinpoche

Lama Jigme Rinpoche is an author and teacher in the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. Born in 1949 in Kham, Tibet into the family of Rangjung Rigpa Dorje, the 16th Karmapa, he is the brother of the late 14th Shamar Rinpoche, Mipham Chokyi Lodro.

Jigme Rinpoche has played a significant role in ushering Tibetan Buddhism to the West through the establishment of Dhagpo Kagyu Ling in France, which receives visitors interested in learning about Buddhism from all over the world. Rinpoche also travels globally to provide Buddhist teachings.. He is the author of books about Buddhism including  Refining the Mind: The Transformative Process of Buddhism,,The Handbook of Ordinary Heroes: The Bodhisattavas’ Way; A Path of Wisdom; and Working with Emotions.

At the request of the 17th Karmapa Thaye Dorje, Jigme Rinpoche is now taking care of various learning institutions of the Karma Kagyu lineage worldwide. This supervision encompasses many of his late brother’s projects, including Bodhi Path Buddhist Centers, Sharminub Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal and Shri Diwakar Buddhist Academy in Kalimpong, India.