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
. Weekly Atri Dzogchen Teaching and Practice . With Chaphur Rinpoche Mondays from 7 am to 7:45 am (Pacific Time) As many of you know, Chaphur Rinpoche has taught us Dru Gyalwa’s Dzogchen practice manual (Chaktrid), instruction on the Dzogchen preliminaries and actual practices, for about two years. Rinpoche has also given us the empowerment for these powerful practices. This year Rinpoche will be teaching Dru Gyalwa’s Atri Dzogchen. The
Barchod Lamsel (Remove the obstacles) on Full moon With Chaphur Rinpoche January 4th, 8am-9 am, 2026 Pacific Time via Zoom Chaphur Rinpoche will be teaching the powerful practice of Barchod Lamsel: The Spontaneous Wish-Fulfillment of Removing Obstacles from the Path. Through this important Bon practice, students will overcome all obstacles, including temporal and spiritual obstacles, when starting important endeavors. Temporal obstacles are caused either by deep-seated negative karma. Spiritual
The Arrangement of the Four Wheels of Dzogchen November 29-30, 2025, 9am-12pm (PT) With Chaphur Rinpoche In the Bon tradition there are many texts on Dzogchen, and among them the Zhangzhung Nyengyud is one of the most renowned. The very precious Zhangzhung Nyengyud lineage has been transmitted without interruption from Tonpa Kuntu Zangpo/Dharmakaya to the Abbots and Lopons or Ponlobs of Bon monasteries including Menri Monastery. As a result, the
