Annual Drukpa Council (ADC)

Live to Love is a program started by His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa in March 2007, to encourage one to put spiritual practice into daily use. His Holiness said that Live to Love is a fancy name for activities that encourage everyone to reach out to others, other than practicing in comfort. He said, "Compassion is to be cultivated and developed, but love is the action that is very much needed to be carried out as a support." Spiritual centers under the guidance of His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa and several other participating Rinpoches of the lineage such as H.E. Khamtrul Rinpoche Jigme Pema Nyinjadh who presently studies and resides in Bhutan, and H.E. Lhachok Rinpoche in Nangchen have been following His Holiness's call to carry out Live to Love activities in their own local communities.

The Drukpa Lineage or Lineage of the Dragons has the legacy of guiding countless beings on the path of Dharma and ultimate enlightenment for more than 800 years.

Yet with the passage of time, several important teachings and traditions of the lineage, such as the Yogini tradition within the Drukpa Lineage have been lost. The teachings of the three mad yogis: i.e. Tsangnyon Heruka (1452–1507), Druknyon Kunga Legpa (also known as Drukpa Kunleg, 1455–1529) and Unyon Kunga Sangpo (1458–1532) are almost disappearing. Many Drukpa followers neither know much about the Three Divine Madmen nor about other enlightened masters of the Drukpa Lineage such as Gyalwa Yangonpa (1213–1258) and Gyalwa Lorepa (1187–1250), even many of the monks and nuns do not know their biographies. His Holiness said in one of the commitee meetings that “We, the holders and followers of the glorious Drukpa Lineage, have the great responsibility of preserving and ensuring that this spiritually rich lineage continues to flourish, internally by upholding the sacred practices and externally through Live to Love activities.”

It is with great pleasure for the ADC Organizing and Working Committee to announce that the first of the much awaited annual event for the Drukpa Lineage will be taking place between 6th and 15th April 2009 on Druk Amitabha Mountain in Kathmandu, Nepal.