June 20, 2020 – 8am-9am (PST) Time in Pacific on Zoom With Chaphur Rinpoche – The Medicine Buddha is a compassionate manifestation of Tönpa Shenrab, the great Enlightened One of Bön. The teachings of the Medicine Buddha are comprised of twelve volumes. Their history is presented in the sutra “Healing Method for Sickness and Affliction and Ignorance” from the “Mandala of King Medicine and Ritual Ceremonies for Enlightenment” text. These
February 4th 6-7:30pm Losar is one of the most important celebrations of the Tibetan New Year where we send off all the negativity from the previous year and welcome the positive possibilities of what is to come in the new year. Losar literally means ‘New Year’. The Losar festival in Tibet is the biggest event of the year. Traditionally families gather together, traveling back to their homeland from all
December 15 – 1-4:30 PM – H. E. Gyawob Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche entered the bardo at Nangzhig Monastery in Tibet on November 22, 2013, at age 86. Because Gyawob Rinpoche was an important teacher to both Chaphur Rinpoche and Lama Yungdrung, we have a special karmic link to this noble practitioner. His exceptional kindness and profound wisdom are reflected in the very presence of our resident lamas here at Gyalshen Institute.
In 2014 the Gyalshen Institute will present in-depth teachings from two of Bon’s most important traditions: the Ma Gyu and the Aural Tradition of Zhang Zhung. From the Ma Gyu we will begin to explore the Six Methods as taught in the commentaries on the root tantras of the Ma Gyu. These Six Methods of the Ma Gyu, often compared with the Six Yogas of Naropa, present sophisticated methods for
