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December 1st -31st: Takla Mebar Winter Retreat

Takla Mebar Winter Retreat  December 1st -31st, 2024 With Chaphur Rinpoche  Zoom sessions will be on Sunday, December 1st, and  Saturdays: December 7th, 14th,  21st  and 28th, 2024.  8am to 9am (Pacific Time) December 1st 8am to 9am PT,  Rinpoche will give instructions regarding the preparations for the retreat as well as beginning the actual retreat in your home. This will include how to make the offering tormas, the initial

October 12th: Long Life Prayer Day

Long Life Prayer Day With Chaphur Rinpoche October. 12th, 2024 8 am-9 am (PT) on Zoom The great master of Bon, Tsewang Rigzin, is considered to have become the main long–life deity of Yungdrung Bon.  He taught that clearing the soul of negative influences helps to increase the life span, heal the soul, and encourage a happy life. In a deep meditative state, Tsewang Rigzin received a special teaching about soul healing.  It was transmitted to

Soul Retrieval

Soul and Life Force Retrieval on the  Full Moon With Chaphur Rinpoche October  28th,  10am-12pm (PT) In Person at San Francisco Bay Area and on Zoom            In the Yungdrung Bön tradition, there are many rituals for healing and  restoring  peace and harmony.  A particularly powerful one is the ritual known as Lalu Chilu, Soul Retrieval and Life Ransom.  This ritual is performed for those who

November 22-26: Phowa Retreat

Phowa Retreat Transference of Consciousness (Phowa)  With Chaphur Rinpoche In Person Retreat in Costa Rica and on Zoom November 22-26, 9 am-12 pm (PT)  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