November 2017

Monthly Dzogchen Ngondro Teaching & Practice

Monthly Dzogchen Ngondro Teaching and Practice With Chaphur Rinpoche  Every second Saturday of the month 4PM-5PM  (PST) Pacific Time            Dearest Bönpo Dzogchen friends! Chaphur Rinpoche will be giving teachings and guidance on Dzogchen Ngondro (the preliminary practices) once a month through ZOOM. While these teachings are useful for any level of practitioner, Rinpoche feels they are especially important for anyone who has not yet completed his or her

Takla Mebar Five Days Retreat 

Takla Mebar Retreat  December 27- 31 2019 10 am-4:30 pm Chaphur Rinpoche will be in personal retreat for the month of December. During that time, his practice will be focused on his personal Yidam, Takla Mebar.  Rinpoche has been deepening his connection with his family lineage Yidam each December for many years. This year all sangha members are warmly invited to join Rinpoche in doing these powerful, healing practices from

A-Kar Zhi-Chöd

A-Kar Zhi-Chöd  With Chaphur Rinpoche January 8-12 five nights 8-9PM (PST) on Zoom  The Tibetan word chöd literally means “to cut, or to stop” the ego and negativities. There are many Bön chöd practices and traditions. In general, these can be classified as either peaceful, enriching, powerful or wrathful practices. A-kar Zhi-Chöd is a peaceful Chöd which originated from the peaceful deity Gyalwa Dukpa and was taught by Nyamed Sherab

Dark Retreat Preliminaries (for 49 days)

Dark Retreat Preliminaries by Chaphur Rinpoche  (teachings from the Zhang Zhang Nyen Gyud)  Weekly on Saturdays, May 30th-July, 2020 11th 8PM-8:30PM (PST) (The retreat is on Zoom only. The retreat will be recorded.) The Bönpo Dzogchen traditions divide Dzogchen practice into two parts – trekchöd (cutting through), and tögel (leaping over). The latter comprises methods to enhance and elaborate on the inherent clarity of the natural state. The dark retreat is one of those methods.