November 2014

Silent Retreat and Zhang Zhung Meri Empowerment སྨྱུང་གནས་དང་མེ་རིའི་བཀའ་དབང་།

July 15th-19th, 10am 4:30pm, 2015 – Gyalshen Institute will host a silent  retreat and the Empowerment of the Zhang Zhung Meri bestowed by the supreme Yangton Lama Tashi Gyaltsen Rinpoche.  This empowerment, from both tantra and dzogchen, is uncommon among the inner, secret tantras.  It is a cycle of teaching from the Yungdrung  Bön of Ancient Zhang Zhung and has powerful blessings.  The lamas of this unbroken lineage continue to

Transference of Consciousness (Phowa) འཕོ་བ་འཇའ་གུར་མ།

September 26-27, 2015 – 10 AM – 4:30 PM At the request of students again, Chaphur Rinpoche has generously agreed to give instructions on the practice of Phowa, or Transference of Consciousness. Although the ultimate benefit of this practice is to steady your mind at the time of your own death, the practice can also be used to assist others in the same way.  Phowa is also performed by lamas on

Dzogchen Transmission and Five Elements Practice Retreat in Connecticut:  With Chaphur Rinpoche རྫོགས་ཆེན་ཁྲིད་ལུང་དང་འབྱུང་ལྔའི་ཉམས་ལེན།

October 21 – October 25, 2015 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN Registration deadline October 6, 2015 Chaphur Rinpoche will give the main transmission from the Dzogchen Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyu. Receiving the Dzogchen transmission is very important if you wish to perform Dzogchen practice, because receiving the transmission supports your practice energetically and powerfully strengthens your connection to the lineage of previous Dzogchen practitioners and teachers. Chaphur Rinpoche will also teach the

Lopon Rinpoche

November 22, 10-11 AM – Chaphur Rinpoche and Gyalshen Institute are pleased to announce a webcast with His Eminence Menri Lopon Trinley Nyima Rinpoche.  On November 22, 2014, from 10 to 11 AM Lopon Rinpoche will present a teaching titled “The Power of Kindness”, to emphasize the healing power and blessing experience of generosity and compassion as personal practice in the path of Bon. As practitioners we aspire not only to