Gyalshen Institute

March 29-March 30: Phowa Retreat

Phowa Retreat (Transference of Consciousness) From Magyud/Mother Tantra  With Chaphur Rinpoche March 29-March 30, 2025  9AM-12PM Pacific Standard Time In response to the request of many students, Chaphur Rinpoche has generously agreed to give instructions on the practice of Phowa, or Transference of Consciousness. The ultimate benefit of this practice is to steady the practitioner’s mind at the time of one’s own death and to clear any obstacles that would prevent consciousness from

February 22-23, Tummo, Inner Fire Teaching

Tummo, Inner Fire Teaching By Chaphur Rinpoche February 22-23, 2025. 8 am – 1 pm PST In Person and Via Zoom Join Gyalshen Institute’s sangha  for Tummo Instruction and  Practice.   Chaphur Rinpoche will lead practitioners in the preliminary and  core breathing practices from Shardza Rinpoche’s Tummo Text, “Self Arising Inner Kayas”. Tummo is a breathing practice central to Tantra practice and very helpful for Dzogchen practitioners in achieving  enlightenment,

Save the dates for Gyalshen events with His Holiness and His Eminence

HIS HOLINESS MENRI TRIZIN LUNGTOK DAWA DHARGYAL RINPOCHE”S  SAN FRANCISCO, BAY AREA VISIT   Save the dates. Registration links soon. The Heart Essence of the Dakinis and The Sherab Chamma Empowerment August 2 and 3 At Gyalshen Institute in the San Francisco Bay Area. Gyalshen Institute is very happy to announce that His Holiness Lungtok Dawa Dhargyal Rinpoche, the 34th Menri Trizen, will be visiting Gyalshen Institute August 1-3, 2025.

Sipe Gyalmo Healing Empowerment For the Full Moon

Sipe Gyalmo Healing Empowerment For the Full Moon Monday, January 13th,   2025, 8 am-9 am (PT) on Zoom  The supreme emanation of the protector deity of Yungdrung Bön, Sipe Gyalmo, not only protects but also blesses the practitioner with the power to heal.  This healing power has been transmitted continuously through the ages without interruption, from Yeshe Walmo, another aspect of Sipe Gyalmo herself,  to Bön teachers of our present day.