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July 15th -19th: Dzogchen the Clear Ah retreat at Casa Chaphur, Costa Rica

The Fivefold Dzogchen Practices of the Clear Ah And  Kunzang Shenlha Ökar Empowerment With Chaphur Rinpoche July 15th -19th,  2026,  8am-11:30am (PT)  Casa Chaphur,  Costa Rica In Person and on Zoom    “Do not conceal from those who are qualified. Let what is hidden be fully    revealed. May it be understood and embraced.”   This powerful spiritual instruction  is a direct quote from the Fivefold Dzogchen Practices of the Clear Ah. 

Losar Eve and Morning events

Losar Eve Dokpa & Losar Morning Sang Rituals Losar Eve Dokpa: February 17th,  6pm – 7:00pm,  (PT) in Person and on Zoom Losar Morning Sang:  February 18th,   9am – 10am,  (PT) in Person and on Zoom Losar Eve is one of the important celebrations of the Tibetan New Year festival. It is a time to purify and send off all the negativity from the previous year and to welcome

February 28-March 1st: Tummo, Inner Fire Teaching 

Tummo, Inner Fire Teaching  By Chaphur Rinpoche February 28-March 1st,  2026 9am – 12pm (PT) Via Zoom/Zoom/Webinar Join Gyalshen Institute’s sangha for the 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, according to Shardza

May 29-31, “The Heart Essence of the Dakinis” and The Long Life  Empowerment

The Dzogchen teaching “The Heart Essence of the Dakinis” and The Long Life  Empowerment May 29-31, 2026, 9am-12pm, PT  San Francisco Bay Area In Person and Online  Gyalshen Institute is very happy to announce that His Holiness Lungtok Dawa Dhargyal Rinpoche, the 34th Menri Trizen, will be visiting us  May 29-31, 2026. His Holiness is the spiritual leader of Bön and the Abbot of Menri Monastery, Dolanji, India. Rinpoche  will