His Holiness Longtok Tenpai Nyima Menri Trizin, the 33rd Throne Holder of the Menri Lineage and leader of Bön, left his body and peacefully entered into the mind of reality 6:25 PM on Thursday September 14, 2017 at the Pal Shenten Menri Labrang. We mourn his loss and celebrate with gratitude his years of leadership and great efforts to preserve the Bön teachings and rebuild Menri Monastery, the great seat of the
Saturday, July 1, 2017. 10am – 1pm Join us for a 3 hour Tummo Practice at Gyalshen Institute. Chaphur Rinpoche will lead practitioners in the preliminary and 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 to achieve enlightenment in this lifetime, according to Shardza Rinpoche, an accomplished Dzogchen master of the the 20th
/ As some of you may have already heard the good news, Chaphur Rinpoche and Gyalshen Institute have released a new Bön Calendar App! / The Bon Calendar shows the element combination for each day and whether it is auspicious or inauspicious. Each day also has inspirational quotes and teachings from Yungdrung Bön masters and lineage lamas. Also included are 3 Bon Daily Prayer Books: 1 in Tibetan, 1
April 29-30 10am-4:30 In the Yungdrung Bön tradition, the three essence mantras or Nyingpo NamSum, collectively embody the entirety of the buddha Tönpa Shenrab’s teachings. It is said that the Yungdrung Bön teachings are like an ocean, which contains within it 84,000 different teachings. These 84,000 can be condensed into the Nine Ways of Bön. These Nine Ways can be further condensed into the three views of sutra, tantra and
