2019

5 Element Practice

5 Element Practice With  Chaphur Rinpoche April 28th Saturday-6:30pm Pacific time through ZOOM Chaphur Rinpoche will teach the Five Elements practice by explaining the purpose and qualities of each element and then guiding participants in performing the Five Elements practices. The Five Elements are an integral part of Tibetan cosmology and essential to understanding the relatedness and interdependence of all things in the universe. The Five Elements (space/ether, earth, water, fire,

3 Zoom Teachings in August:  A Tri Dzochen, Blue Zambala, and Medicine Buddha

A TRI DZOCHEN TEACHING by Zoom Saturday, August 10th 8-9:30am  Pacific Time    Following our 2 day retreat on A Tri Dzochen with His Holiness the 34th Menri Trizin Rinpoche, Chaphur Rinpoche will lead us in the A Tri. The Atri, one of the most important spiritual traditions of Yungdrung Bon,  guides the practitioner through fifteen step-by-step sessions to stabilize the realization of the awakened awareness of primordial wisdom.   Based

HEART DROPS OF KUNTU ZANGPO

AUGUST 28TH – SEPT 1ST HEART DROPS OF KUNTU ZANGPO (2019 SUMMER RETREAT) With Chaphur Rinpoche. Chaphur Rinpoche will be Teachings on the Heart Drops of Kuntu Zangpo. The text was written by Shardza Rinpoche, a Dzogchen master who achieved the rainbow body in 1936. The text has four main chapters: Rushen, Trekchod, Thodgal and Bardo, the Intermediate State. To click here for Registration

CHÖD for five nights

Sept 4-8th, 7-8 PM Pacific Standard On Zoom. The practice of Chöd is widespread and considered of profound importance. It is one of the four daily practices of generosity and is included in the foundational practices for the Dzogchen teachings of the Aural Transmission of Zhang Zhung. The Tibetan word chöd (Tib. gcod) literally means “to cut, to stop”. At its most fundamental, the practice of Chöd is used to cut attachment