Tulku Pema Wangyal Rinpoche was born in Tibet, and currently lives in France where he has been teaching for the past thirty years. He heads the Association du Centre d'Edutes de Chanteloube (ACEC) which runs courses, seminars, short retreats and the traditional Three-Year Retreat. He is also the director of the Padmakara Translation group.
Rinpoche is the son of Kyabje Kangyur Rinpoche and a close disciple of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche and His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. He is recognized as a highly accomplished master, speaks excellent English and communicates the Dharma in a style which is traditional, yet also relevant to the modern world.
That golden structure is a stupa. Please check out this link for all the info on this one.
Can't get to the stupa to do your rounds? Do
it the virtual way with this video!
(Warning: it doesn't count as actual practice!) The vid is not good quality, but the ending is magical.
Solar-powered garden objet d'arte. One each on the north and south sides of the stupa.
The sound you hear is just what was there during recording. Fun and beautiful!
Here are the bells of the stupa. Make sure you have your sound up.
One of the prayer flags which has a picture of Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion, along with the mantra of compassion: OM MANI PADME HUNG